| Intercensal Population Estimates: | |||||
| New Jersey: 1970-2000 | |||||
| Type | Date | Year | Population | ||
| Census | April 1 | 1970 | 7,171,112 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1971 | 7,282,000 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1972 | 7,337,000 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1973 | 7,335,000 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1974 | 7,335,000 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1975 | 7,341,000 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1976 | 7,344,000 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1977 | 7,342,000 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1978 | 7,356,000 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1979 | 7,373,000 | ||
| Census | April 1 | 1980 | 7,365,011 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1981 | 7,407,471 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1982 | 7,430,970 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1983 | 7,467,784 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1984 | 7,515,474 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1985 | 7,565,530 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1986 | 7,622,161 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1987 | 7,670,741 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1988 | 7,712,333 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1989 | 7,726,086 | ||
| Census | April 1 | 1990 | 7,730,188 | ||
| Census | April 1 | 1990 | 7,747,750 | (revised) | |
| Estimate | July 1 | 1990 | 7,762,963 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1991 | 7,814,676 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1992 | 7,880,508 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1993 | 7,948,915 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1994 | 8,014,306 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1995 | 8,083,242 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1996 | 8,149,596 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1997 | 8,218,808 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1998 | 8,287,418 | ||
| Estimate | July 1 | 1999 | 8,359,592 | ||
| Census | April 1 | 2000 | 8,414,350 | ||
| Source: US Bureau of the Census, Population Estimates Branch | |||||