New Jersey · Census place 3461680

Ramsey, New Jersey

Ramsey is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey with an estimated 15,003 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 69th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
15,003
#69 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+1.7%
+250 people
Land area
5.5 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
2,728 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Ramsey. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Ramsey population, 2020 to 2024

Ramsey added 250 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +164. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 106th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Ramsey is 1.3 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 14,795. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ramsey covers 5.50 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 2,728 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Ramsey is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ramsey is in

All of Ramsey's residents live in Bergen County, which had 978,641 residents in 2024. Ramsey holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ramsey

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ramsey by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07446. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Ramsey is

The Census internal point of Ramsey is at 41.061300, -74.147000. Trenton, the capital, is 66.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ridgewood, NJ (26,701 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 10.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.061300, -74.147000
DMS
41°03'40.68"N 74°08'49.20"W
UTM
18N 571672.5E 4545912.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
87H73V63+G6

Daylight in Ramsey

At 41.06° N, Ramsey gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ramsey

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Allendale, 2.1 miles away, with 6,928 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ramsey, NJ?

15,003 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 250 (1.7%) from 14,753 in July 2020.

What county is Ramsey in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ramsey?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07446.

How far is Ramsey from Trenton?

66.3 miles (106.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Ramsey.

What is the nearest larger city to Ramsey?

Ridgewood, NJ, with 26,701 residents, 5.8 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.