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Secaucus
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town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Hudson
- Incorporated
- March 12, 1900 (as borough)
- Reincorporated
- June 5, 1917 (as town)
- Type
- Town
- Body
- Town Council
- Mayor
- Michael J. Gonnelli ( I , term ends December 31, 2029)
- Administrator
- Gary M. Jeffas
- Municipal clerk
- Michael Marra
- Total
- 6.54 sq mi (16.95 km )
- Land
- 5.83 sq mi (15.09 km )
- Water
- 0.72 sq mi (1.86 km ) 10.96%
- Rank
- 248th of 565 in state, 4th of 12 in county
- Elevation
- 7 ft (2.1 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 21,005
- Density
- 3,807.2/sq mi (1,470.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Secaucus
- Population
- 22181
- Area
- 17.090473
- Elevation
- 2
- Official website
- secaucusnj.gov
- Image
- 2014-05-07 16 23 15 View of New York City, Secaucus, New Jersey, the Hackensack River, the New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur and New Jersey Route 3 from an airplane heading for Newark Liberty International Airport.JPG
- Households
- 7672
- Dialing code
- 201
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- Commons category
- Secaucus, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07096
- inception
- 1900-03-12
- water as percent of area
- 11.7736
- per capita income
- 52428
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Secaucus (/ˈsiːkɔːkəs/ SEE-kaw-kəs) is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 22,181, an increase of 5,917 (+36.4%) from the 2010 census count of 16,264, which in turn reflected an increase of 333 (+2.1%) from the 15,931 counted in the 2000 census.
Located within the New Jersey Meadowlands, it is the most suburban of the county's municipalities, though large parts of the town are dedicated to light manufacturing, retail, and transportation uses, as well as protected areas.