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West New York
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town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Hudson
- Incorporated
- July 8, 1898
- Type
- Walsh Act
- Body
- Board of Commissioners
- Mayor
- Albio Sires (term ends May 15, 2027)
- Administrator
- Luis Baez
- Municipal clerk
- Adelinny Plaza
- Total
- 1.32 sq mi (3.42 km )
- Land
- 1.00 sq mi (2.58 km )
- Water
- 0.33 sq mi (0.85 km ) 25.11%
- Rank
- 466th of 565 in state, 8th of 12 in county
- Elevation
- 151 ft (46 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 50,754
- Density
- 53,231.4/sq mi (20,552.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
The Town of West New York
westnewyorknj.org →Link to the official site · 40,000 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- West New York
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Hudson County
- Population
- 52912
- Area
- 3.444266
- Elevation
- 46
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Head of government
- Albio Sires
- Shares border with
- North Bergen
- Official website
- westnewyorknj.org
- Image
- 60thStWNY.JPG
- Households
- 18951
- Dialing code
- 201
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- postal code
- 07093
- Commons category
- West New York, New Jersey
- topic's main category
- Category:West New York, New Jersey
- category of associated people
- Category:People from West New York, New Jersey
- water as percent of area
- 24.2446
- per capita income
- 31062
- P8168
- Pradiers
- date of incorporation
- 1898-07-08
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
West New York is a town in the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated upon the New Jersey Palisades. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 52,912, an increase of 3,204 (+6.4%) from the 2010 census count of 49,708, which in turn reflected an increase of 3,940 (+8.6%) from the 45,768 counted in the 2000 census. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 51,981 in 2022.
With more than 52,800 inhabitants per square mile (20,400/km) of land according to the 2010 census, West New York was the second-most densely populated municipality in the United States, among places with a population above 50,000, behind neighboring Union City.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West New York” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.