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A township of 53,793 people in Essex County, New Jersey
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Township in Essex County, New Jersey, US
53,105Population
5.3 sq miArea
174 ftElevation

Bloomfield is a township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and an inner-ring suburb of Newark. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 53,105, an increase of 5,790 (+12.2%) from the 2010 census count of 47,315, which in turn reflected a decline of 368 (-0.8%) from the 47,683 counted in the 2000 census. It is the location of the Bloomfield Green Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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ZIP code07003
Area code973
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