New Jersey · Census place 3432250

Hoboken, New Jersey

Hoboken is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey with an estimated 59,149 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 13th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
59,149
#13 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-764 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
+ 0.72 sq mi water
Density
47,319 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Hoboken. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Hoboken population, 2020 to 2024

Hoboken lost 764 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +885. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 189th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Hoboken is 5.3 times that size.

59.9k202058.3k202157.7k202258.3k202359.1k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 60,057. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hoboken covers 1.25 square miles of land and 0.72 of water, for 47,319 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Hoboken is denser than the typical town.

What county Hoboken is in

All of Hoboken's residents live in Hudson County, which had 736,185 residents in 2024. Hoboken holds 8.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hoboken

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hoboken by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 07030. 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 Hoboken is

The Census internal point of Hoboken is at 40.745300, -74.027900. Trenton, the capital, is 52.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Union City, NJ (66,918 people), 1.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jersey City, NJ, 3.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.745300, -74.027900
DMS
40°44'43.08"N 74°01'40.44"W
UTM
18N 582069.6E 4510938.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G7PXWC+4R

Daylight in Hoboken

At 40.75° N, Hoboken gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hoboken

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Union City, 1.5 miles away, with 66,918 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hoboken, NJ?

59,149 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 764 (1.3%) from 59,913 in July 2020.

What county is Hoboken in?

Hudson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Hoboken?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07030.

How far is Hoboken from Trenton?

52.7 miles (84.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Hoboken.

What is the nearest larger city to Hoboken?

Union City, NJ, with 66,918 residents, 1.6 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.