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East Orange
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city in Essex County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Essex
- Incorporated
- March 4, 1863 ; 163 years ago ( 1863-03-04 )
- Type
- City
- Body
- City Council
- Mayor
- Theodore R. "Ted" Green ( D , term ends December 31, 2029)
- Administrator
- Jean-Guy Lauture (acting)
- Municipal clerk
- Cynthia Brown
- Total
- 3.93 sq mi (10.17 km )
- Land
- 3.93 sq mi (10.17 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km ) 0.00%
- Rank
- 301st of 565 in state, 10th of 22 in county
- Elevation
- 177 ft (54 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 71,850
- Density
- 17,722/sq mi (6,843/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
East Orange is a city in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 69,612, an increase of 5,342 (+8.3%) from the 2010 census count of 64,270, which in turn reflected a decline of 5,554 (−8.0%) from the 69,824 counted in the 2000 census. The city was the state's 17th most populous municipality in 2020, after having been ranked 20th in 2010 and 14th statewide in 2000. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 69,556 for 2023, making it the 544th-most populous municipality in the nation.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “East Orange” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.