Jersey City, NJ

1959‑1983:		Jersey City, NJ SMSA in New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ SCSA
1983‑1992:		Jersey City, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT CMSA
1992‑1993:		Not defined
1993‑2003:		Jersey City, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
2003‑2006:		Not defined

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Hudson County, NJ	647,437	610,734	609,266	556,972	553,099	608,975	602,970



Total	-	610,734	609,266	556,972	553,099	608,975	-
Percent Change	-	-	-0.2%	-8.6%	-0.7%	10.1%	-100.0%

Timeline

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Component

Hudson County, NJ

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950	1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Jersey City, NJ	299,017	276,101	*	260,545	*	223,532	*	228,537	*	240,055	*	239,614

Hoboken, NJ	50,676	48,441		45,380		42,460		33,397	*	38,577		39,900

Bayonne, NJ	77,203	74,215		72,743		65,047		61,444		61,842	*	59,987



Total	0	276,101		260,545		223,532		261,934		301,897		0
Metro	0	610,734		609,266		556,972		553,099		608,975		0
Percent		45.2%		42.8%		40.1%		47.4%		49.6%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

Jersey City, NJ

Hoboken, NJ

Bayonne, NJ

Urban/Rural Population



1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			610,734	100.0%
		UA Population		610,734	100.0%
	Rural Population			0	0.0%

	Inside Central Cities			276,101	45.2%
	Outside Central Cities			334,633	54.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			610,734	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ		14,114,927	610,734	4.3%

	Total			610,734


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			609,266	100.0%
		UA Population		609,266	100.0%
	Rural Population			0	0.0%

	Inside Central Cities			260,545	42.8%
	Outside Central Cities			348,721	57.2%

	Total Metro Area Population			609,266	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ		16,206,841	609,266	3.8%

	Total			609,266


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			556,972	100.0%
		UA Population		556,972	100.0%
	Rural Population			0	0.0%

	Inside Central Cities			265,992	47.8%
	Outside Central Cities			290,980	52.2%

	Total Metro Area Population			556,972	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ		15,590,274	556,972	3.6%

	Total			556,972


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			553,099	100.0%
		UA Population		553,099	100.0%
	Rural Population			0	0.0%

	Inside Central Cities			289,981	52.4%
	Outside Central Cities			263,118	47.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			553,099	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ		16,044,012	553,099	3.4%

	Total			553,099


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		Hudson County, NJ included as original component of New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ SMA


Jun 1959



-		New SMSA: Jersey City, NJ SMSA
-		Hudson County, NJ included as original SMSA component, transferred from New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ SMA
-		Jersey City, NJ designated as original central city of new SMSA


Jun 1983



-		Jersey City, NJ SMSA in New York-Northeastern New Jersey, NY-NJ SCSA became Jersey City, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT CMSA
-		Hoboken, NJ designated as central city of PMSA


Dec 1992



-		Jersey City, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT CMSA abolished
-		Hudson County, NJ transferred to New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Bayonne, NJ designated as central city of New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Jersey City, NJ transferred to New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA, designated as central city of PMSA
-		Hoboken, NJ no longer designated as central city


Jun 1993



-		PMSA reestablished: Jersey City, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Hudson County, NJ included as original component of reestablished PMSA, transferred from New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Bayonne, NJ designated as original central city of reestablished PMSA, transferred from New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA
-		Jersey City, NJ designated as original central city of reestablished PMSA, transferred from New York-Newark, NY-NJ-PA PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA


Jun 2003



-		Jersey City, NJ PMSA in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA abolished
-		Hudson County, NJ transferred to New York-Wayne-White Plains, NY-NJ Metro Division in New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area in New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA
-		Bayonne, NJ no longer designated as principal/central city
-		Jersey City, NJ no longer designated as principal/central city

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