Hackensack, New Jersey

Hackensack, New Jersey
City
The Bergen County Court House, designed in the American Renaissance style
Motto:  A City in Motion[1]
Location of Hackensack in Bergen County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Bergen County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right). Interactive map of Hackensack, New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Hackensack, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°53′22″N 74°02′45″W / 40.889398°N 74.045698°W / 40.889398; -74.045698[2][3]
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Bergen
Settled	1665 (as New Barbadoes)
Incorporated	October 31, 1693 (as New Barbadoes Township)
Reincorporated	November 21, 1921 (as a city under current name)
Government [4]
• Type	1923 Municipal Manager Law
• Body	City Council
Area [5]
• Total	4.35 sq mi (11.27 km2)
• Land	4.19 sq mi (10.86 km2)
• Water	0.16 sq mi (0.41 km2)  3.63%
• Rank	287th of 565 in state 16th of 70 in county[2]
Elevation [6]	20 ft (6 m)
Population  (2020)[7][8]
• Total	46,030
• Rank	45th of 565 in state 1st of 70 in county[9]
• Density	10,983.1/sq mi (4,240.6/km2)
• Rank	33rd of 565 in state 10th of 70 in county[9]
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code	07601[10][11]
Area code(s)	201[12]
FIPS code	3400328680[2][13][14]
GNIS feature ID	885236[2][15]
Website	www.hackensack.org

Hackensack is a city of Bergen County in the state of New Jersey in the United States. It is the county seat of Bergen County. Almost 46,000 people were living in Hackensack as of 2020.

1. ↑ "Hackensack", FDU Magazine, Fall / Winter 2001. Accessed June 14, 2007. "Billed as 'A City in Motion,' Hackensack has been on the move since before the founding of the United States."
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} 2019 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Places, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 1, 2020.
3. ↑ US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
4. ↑ Cite error: The named reference DataBook was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
5. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
6. ↑ "City of Hackensack". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
7. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Census2020 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
8. ↑ Cite error: The named reference LWD2020 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Population Density by County and Municipality: New Jersey, 2020 and 2021, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed March 1, 2023.
10. ↑ Look Up a ZIP Code, United States Postal Service. Accessed November 8, 2011.
11. ↑ Zip Codes, State of New Jersey. Accessed August 29, 2013.
12. ↑ Area Code Lookup – NPA NXX for Hackensack, NJ, Area-Codes.com. Accessed August 29, 2013.
13. ↑ U.S. Census website, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.
14. ↑ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.
15. ↑ US Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.