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Ocean County, NJ Demographics

Ocean County, NJ is the 6th most populous of 21 counties in New Jersey, with 637,074 residents across 628 square miles. That is about 1,014 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 637,074
Land area 628 sq mi
Density 1,014 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Central Location: Ocean County, NJ

Measured from the county's main population center using 2020 census blocks.

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Census tracts in Ocean County, NJ

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Census Tract 7158 12,984 4.9 2,667
Census Tract 7157.01 12,850 1.5 8,684
Census Tract 7152.01 11,817 1.0 12,378
Census Tract 7156 10,459 0.9 11,504
Census Tract 7150.01 10,354 3.8 2,718
Census Tract 7153.01 10,137 0.7 14,191
Census Tract 7172 9,136 15.5 591
Census Tract 7171.01 8,832 5.5 1,595
Census Tract 7180 8,072 20.8 388
Census Tract 7175.01 7,920 3.0 2,679
Census Tract 7340.03 7,788 7.5 1,032
Census Tract 7221 7,553 4.9 1,551
Census Tract 7340.02 7,243 4.3 1,691
Census Tract 7175.02 7,206 7.2 995
Census Tract 7350.01 7,043 1.6 4,336
Census Tract 7320.01 7,025 70.5 100
Census Tract 7311.02 6,903 3.5 1,997
Census Tract 7152.02 6,784 0.4 16,400
Census Tract 7350.04 6,741 1.3 5,263
Census Tract 7233 6,679 1.7 4,007
Census Tract 7155.02 6,629 0.4 18,461
Census Tract 7131 6,573 1.7 3,942
Census Tract 7154.01 6,454 1.9 3,477
Census Tract 7142 6,416 2.3 2,799
Census Tract 7139 6,381 1.5 4,180
Census Tract 7202.06 6,289 3.4 1,837
Census Tract 7232 6,265 2.0 3,191
Census Tract 7321.01 6,253 3.3 1,894
Census Tract 7140 6,079 1.4 4,274
Census Tract 7174 5,978 36.4 164
Census Tract 7114 5,840 1.2 4,860
Census Tract 7250.02 5,821 0.9 6,601
Census Tract 7202.04 5,819 1.4 4,095
Census Tract 7220.03 5,782 2.1 2,698
Census Tract 7361.01 5,701 10.0 569
Census Tract 7173 5,679 16.6 342
Census Tract 7229 5,666 1.2 4,825
Census Tract 7155.03 5,627 1.4 4,154
Census Tract 7220.01 5,583 1.9 2,913
Census Tract 7170.02 5,520 1.3 4,371
Census Tract 7330.01 5,481 2.9 1,900
Census Tract 7230 5,476 5.1 1,067
Census Tract 7224.01 5,194 1.3 4,086
Census Tract 7228 5,150 1.2 4,417
Census Tract 7132.03 5,145 1.4 3,677
Census Tract 7340.04 5,109 20.7 246
Census Tract 7134.01 5,076 1.4 3,742
Census Tract 7171.02 4,980 3.0 1,656
Census Tract 7159.02 4,966 1.3 3,808
Census Tract 7155.01 4,939 0.8 6,112
Census Tract 7361.07 4,867 2.2 2,262
Census Tract 7320.04 4,846 3.9 1,231
Census Tract 7311.03 4,844 5.3 923
Census Tract 7159.01 4,593 0.5 9,283
Census Tract 7111 4,591 0.8 5,765
Census Tract 7150.02 4,562 1.3 3,596
Census Tract 7227.01 4,562 2.3 1,965
Census Tract 7312.02 4,552 1.8 2,480
Census Tract 7202.03 4,512 1.5 3,059
Census Tract 7312.01 4,407 1.4 3,193
Census Tract 7227.02 4,381 1.0 4,192
Census Tract 7112 4,282 0.8 5,463
Census Tract 7153.04 4,262 0.3 15,525
Census Tract 7133 4,259 1.1 4,027
Census Tract 7220.04 4,249 1.9 2,183
Census Tract 7113 4,228 0.7 5,960
Census Tract 7160 4,189 1.7 2,450
Census Tract 7351.04 4,172 15.1 276
Census Tract 7223 4,158 4.3 972
Census Tract 7340.05 4,156 1.4 2,893
Census Tract 7321.04 4,154 2.2 1,866
Census Tract 7200.01 4,140 13.5 306
Census Tract 7130 4,139 1.1 3,740
Census Tract 7157.02 4,127 1.6 2,579
Census Tract 7310.02 4,078 3.1 1,313
Census Tract 7224.02 4,068 1.0 4,201
Census Tract 7231 3,909 1.4 2,730
Census Tract 7202.05 3,903 2.6 1,516
Census Tract 7134.02 3,849 1.9 2,004
Census Tract 7320.03 3,813 1.0 3,973
Census Tract 7202.02 3,801 2.9 1,308
Census Tract 7132.02 3,740 1.1 3,465
Census Tract 7240 3,643 1.2 3,147
Census Tract 7312.04 3,634 15.9 229
Census Tract 7312.05 3,614 1.6 2,212
Census Tract 7201.02 3,579 2.6 1,369
Census Tract 7370 3,577 3.4 1,064
Census Tract 7136 3,529 0.9 4,052
Census Tract 7361.05 3,523 2.6 1,358
Census Tract 7310.01 3,515 2.7 1,309
Census Tract 7360.01 3,403 22.1 154
Census Tract 7330.02 3,348 17.3 194
Census Tract 7154.03 3,334 0.2 20,550
Census Tract 7350.03 3,327 18.0 184
Census Tract 7311.01 3,301 1.2 2,728
Census Tract 7141 3,301 1.3 2,503
Census Tract 7234 3,293 0.8 4,209
Census Tract 7143 3,292 1.6 2,089
Census Tract 7361.06 3,288 2.4 1,396
Census Tract 7138 3,272 2.7 1,220

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