Elizabeth, New Jersey

Elizabeth population, 2020 to 2024

Elizabeth added 3,732 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +2,368. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 59th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Elizabeth is 12.5 times that size.

Elizabeth covers 12.32 square miles of land and 1.32 of water, for 11,397 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Elizabeth is denser than the typical town.

What county Elizabeth is in

All of Elizabeth's residents live in Union County, which had 594,160 residents in 2024. Elizabeth holds 23.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elizabeth

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Elizabeth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 07201, 07202, 07206, 07208. 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 Elizabeth is

The Census internal point of Elizabeth is at 40.666400, -74.193500. Trenton, the capital, is 42.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Newark, NJ (317,303 people), 4.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 6 m (20 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Elizabeth

At 40.67° N, Elizabeth gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Elizabeth daylight page.

Places near Elizabeth

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Linden, 3.5 miles away, with 45,393 people.