New Jersey · Census place 3413690
Clifton, New Jersey
Clifton is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey with an estimated 90,322 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 6th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 90,322
- #6 of 294 in New Jersey
- Change since 2020
- +0.8%
- +742 people
- Land area
- 11.3 sq mi
- + 0.16 sq mi water
- Density
- 8,007 / sq mi
- State median 4,474
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Clifton population, 2020 to 2024
Clifton added 742 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +1,118. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 157th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Clifton is 8.0 times that size.
Clifton covers 11.28 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 8,007 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Clifton is denser than the typical town.
What county Clifton is in
All of Clifton's residents live in Passaic County, which had 526,597 residents in 2024. Clifton holds 17.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Clifton
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Clifton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 07011, 07012, 07013, 07014. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Clifton is
The Census internal point of Clifton is at 40.862100, -74.160400. Trenton, the capital, is 54.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Paterson, NJ (160,463 people), 3.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.862100, -74.160400
- DMS
- 40°51'43.56"N 74°09'37.44"W
- UTM
- 18N 570759.0E 4523788.2N
- Geohash
- dr722qwnc
- Plus code
- 87G7VR6Q+RR
Daylight in Clifton
At 40.86° N, Clifton gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Clifton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Passaic, 1.7 miles away, with 70,722 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Clifton, NJ?
90,322 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 742 (0.8%) from 89,580 in July 2020.
What county is Clifton in?
Passaic County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Clifton?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 07011, 07012, 07013, 07014.
How far is Clifton from Trenton?
54.2 miles (87.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Clifton.
What is the nearest larger city to Clifton?
Paterson, NJ, with 160,463 residents, 3.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.