The 30 Least-populated Places in New Jersey

• New Jersey is home to both massive cities and tiny towns
• Some municipalities have only a handful of residents
• We ranked the 30 smallest towns in the Garden State

Big vs. Small in the Garden State

If someone asked you to name some towns and cities in New Jersey, what would you say?

It's probably easy to guess that places like Newark, Trenton, New Brunswick, Jersey City, Atlantic City, Wildwood, and Cape May would come to mind.

But what about places like Hi-Nella, Interlaken, Greenwich Township, and Shiloh?

Could you even find those towns on a map?

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The Largest Cities in New Jersey

Consider this — here are the five largest cities/towns by population in the Garden State:

• Newark - 311,500
• Jersey City - 292,500
• Paterson - 160,000
• Elizabeth - 137,000
• Lakewood Township - 135,000

That's over one million people in those five areas.

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New Jersey's Smallest Town

In stark comparison, New Jersey's smallest town has a total of five people living in it.

Yes, five.

The 30 Smallest Municipalities

We recently took a look at some population statistics and came up with a list of the 30 municipalities in New Jersey that have the smallest populations.

And if you think rural South Jersey dominates this list, think again. There are sparsely populated places from one end of the state to the other.