Ward Cleaver's

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

for New Jersey

based on year 1980 census counts

(Total population = 7,364,158)

(14 districts -- ideal population = 526,011.3)

(Municipalities divided between districts are shaded.)

#	DISTRICT LOCATION	TOTAL POP.	DIFFERENCE FROM AVERAGE POPULATION IN HOUSE	DIFFERENCE FROM AVERAGE POPULATION IN STATE	PERCENT HISPANIC	PERCENT BLACK	GEOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
NJ	STATE	7,364,158			6.7%	12.6%
NJ 1.	Passaic County (Paterson)	534,326	+2.91%	+1.58%	11.8%	11.2%	In New Jersey state, Passaic county and in Bergen county, Allendale, Franklin Lakes, Midland Park, Oakland, Ramsey, Saddle River, and Upper Saddle River boroughs and Mahwah and Wyckoff townships.
NJ 2.	central Bergen County	532,046	+2.47%	+1.15%	3.7%	5.7%	In New Jersey state, in Bergen county, Alpine, Bergenfield, Bogota, Closter, Creskill, Demarest, Dumont, Edgewater, Emerson, Englewood Clffs, Fair Lawn, Fort Lee, Glen Rock, Harrington Park, Haworth, Hillsdale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Leonia, Maywood, Montvale, New Milford, Northvale, Norwood, Old Tappan, Oradell, Palisades Park, Paramus, Park Ridge, River Edge, Rockleigh, Tenafly, Waldwick, Westwood, and Woodcliff Lake boroughs, Englewood and Hackensack cities, River Vale, Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook, Teaneck, and Washington townships, and Ridgefield Park and Ridgewood villages.
NJ 3.	Jersey City	535,630	+3.16%	+1.83%	26.2%	13.1%	In New Jersey state, in Bergen county, Cliffside Park, Fairview, and Ridgefield boroughs and in Hudson county, Bayonne, Hoboken, Jersey City, and Union City cities, Guttenburg and West New York towns, and North Bergen and Weehawken townships.
NJ 4.	northern Essex & southern Bergen	533,185	+2.69%	+1.36%	3.2%	3.6%	In New Jersey state, in Bergen county, Carlstadt, East Rutherford, Elmwood Park, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry, Lodi, Moonachie, North Arlington, Rutherford, Teterboro, Wallington, and Wood-Ridge boroughs, Garfield city, and Lyndhurst and South Hackensack townships, in Essex county, Caldwell, Essex Fells, Glen Ridge, North Caldwell, Roseland, Verona, and West Caldwell boroughs, Bloomfield, Montclair, Nutley, and West Orange towns, and Cedar Grove, Livingston, Millburn, and South Orange Village townships, and in Hudson county, East Newark borough and Harrison, Kearney, and Secaucus towns.
NJ 5.	Newark	534,269	+2.90%	+1.57%	13.4%	55.8%	In New Jersey state, in Essex county, East Orange, Newark, and Orange cities and Belleville and Irvington towns.
NJ 6.	Union County	527,044	+1.50%	+0.20%	7.8%	15.6%	In New Jersey state, Union county and in Essex county, Maplewood township.
NJ 7.	Morris County	531,736	+2.41%	+1.09%	2.4%	2.0%	In New Jersey state, Morris and Sussex counties, and in Essex county, Fairfield township.
NJ 8.	Mercer County (Trenton)	524,284	+0.97%	-0.33%	2.5%	11.4%	In New Jersey state, Hunterdon, Mercer, and Warren counties and in Middlesex county, Jamesburg borough and Cranbury, Monroe, Plainsboro, and South Brunswick townships.
NJ 9.	Somerset County & Perth Amboy	519,524	+0.06%	-1.23%	5.4%	5.3%	In New Jersey state, Somerset county and in Middlesex county, Carteret, Dunellen, Metuchen, Middlesex, and South Plainfield boroughs, Perth Amboy city, and Edison, Piscataway, and Woodbridge townships.
NJ 10.	Raritan Bay	520,828	+0.31%	-0.99%	3.3%	6.5%	In New Jersey state, in Middlesex county, Helmetta, Highland Park, Milltown, Sayreville, South River, and Spotswood boroughs, New Brunswick and South Amboy cities, and East Brunswick, North Brunswick, and Old Bridge townships and in Monmouth county, Allenhurst, Atlantic Highlands, Deal, Eatontown, Fair Haven, Highlands, Interlaken, Keansburg, Keyport, Little Silver, Matawan, Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Red Bank, Rumson, Sea Bright, Shrewsbury, Tinton Falls, Union Beach, and West Long Branch boroughs, Long Branch city, Aberdeen, Hazlet, Holmdel, Middletown, Ocean, and Shrewsbury townships, and Loch Arbour village.
NJ 11.	Ocean County	516,327	-0.56%	-1.84%	3.3%	6.2%	In New Jersey state, Ocean county and in Monmouth county, Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Brielle, Farmingdale, Freehold, Manasquan, Neptune City, Sea Girt, South Belmar, Spring Lake, and Spring Lake Heights boroughs, Asbury Park city, and Colts Neck, Freehold, Howell, Neptune, and Wall townships.
NJ 12.	Burlington County	515,997	-0.62%	-1.90%	2.1%	10.1%	In New Jersey state, Burlington county, and in Camden county, Merchantville borough and Cherry Hill and Pennsauken townships, and in Monmouth county, Allentown, Englishtown, and Roosevelt boroughs and Manalapan, Marlboro, Millstone, and Upper Freehold townships.
NJ 13.	Camden	523,327	+0.79%	-0.51%	4.1%	14.9%	In New Jersey state, Gloucester and Salem counties and in Camden county, Audubon, Audubon Park, Barrington, Bellmawr, Brooklawn, Collingswood, Haddon Heights, Haddonfield, Lawnside, Magnolia, Mount Ephraim, Oaklyn, Runnemede, Tavistock, and Woodlynne boroughs, Camden and Gloucester City cities, and Gloucester and Haddon townships.
NJ 14.	southern New Jersey (Atlantic City)	515,635	-0.69%	-1.97%	4.4%	13.7%	In New Jersey state, Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland counties and in Camden county, Berlin, Chesilhurst, Clementon, Gibbsboro, Hi-Nella, Laurel Springs, Lindenwold, Pine Hill, Pine Valley, Somerdale, and Stratford boroughs and Berlin, Voorhees, Waterford, and Winslow townships.
#	DISTRICT LOCATION	TOTAL POP.	DIFFERENCE FROM AVERAGE POPULATION IN HOUSE	DIFFERENCE FROM AVERAGE POPULATION IN STATE	PERCENT HISPANIC	PERCENT BLACK	GEOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION

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