This is a list of the 565
municipalities in the U.S. state of New Jersey, ordered by population. There are five types of municipality in the state —
boroughs (250),
cities (52),
towns (15),
townships (245), and
villages (3). New Jersey, the fourth-smallest state, covers , meaning the average land size of a municipality in the state is about — but note the wide range of actual sizes in the map at right.