Most Populous New Jersey Municipalities in 1940

Name the twenty most populous municipalities in New Jersey in 1940.

City proper populations; townships are included!

Due to incomplete data, only municipalities that still exist today (in some form) are included.

If a municipality has city status now but was a township at the time of the census, it is considered a township for this quiz.

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Population	County	Status	Municipality
429,760	Essex	City	Newark
301,173	Hudson	City	Jersey City
139,656	Passaic	City	Paterson
124,697	Mercer	City	Trenton
117,536	Camden	City	Camden
109,912	Union	City	Elizabeth
79,198	Hudson	City	Bayonne
68,945	Essex	City	East Orange
64,094	Atlantic	City	Atlantic City
61,394	Passaic	City	Passaic

Population	County	Status	Municipality
56,173	Hudson	City	Union City
55,328	Essex	Town	Irvington
50,115	Hudson	City	Hoboken
48,827	Passaic	City	Clifton
41,623	Essex	Town	Bloomfield
41,242	Middlesex	City	Perth Amboy
39,807	Essex	Town	Montclair
39,714	Hudson	Township	North Bergen
39,467	Hudson	Town	Kearny
39,439	Hudson	Town	West New York