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Fort Lee
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borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Bergen
- Incorporated
- March 29, 1904
- Named after
- Fort Lee / General Charles Lee
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Mark Sokolich ( D , term ends December 31, 2027)
- Administrator
- Alfred R. Restaino
- Municipal clerk
- Evelyn Rosario
- Total
- 2.86 sq mi (7.41 km )
- Land
- 2.52 sq mi (6.52 km )
- Water
- 0.34 sq mi (0.89 km ) 12.33%
- Rank
- 344th of 565 in state, 30th of 70 in county
- Elevation
- 289 ft (88 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 39,700
- Density
- 15,961.5/sq mi (6,162.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Fort Lee
- Population
- 40191
- Area
- 7.478229
- Elevation
- 90
- Official website
- www.fortleenj.org
- Image
- FortLeeGWB.jpg
- Households
- 17396
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- Commons category
- Fort Lee, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07024
- water as percent of area
- 12.0023
- per capita income
- 54345
- date of incorporation
- 1904-03-29
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Fort Lee is a borough at the eastern border of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated along the Hudson River atop The Palisades.
As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 40,191, an increase of 4,846 (+13.7%) from the 2010 census count of 35,345, which in turn reflected a decline of 116 (−0.3%) from the 35,461 counted in the 2000 census. Along with other communities in Bergen County, it is one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnic Korean enclaves outside of Korea.