Bayonne is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey, in the Gateway Region on Bergen Neck, a peninsula between Newark Bay to the west, the Kill Van Kull to the south, and New York Bay to the east. At the 2020 United States census, it was the state's 15th-most-populous municipality, surpassing Passaic, with a population of 71,686, an increase of 8,662 from the 2010 census count of 63,024, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,182 from the 61,842 counted in the 2000 census. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 74,532 for 2024, making it the 517th-most populous municipality in the nation. Bayonne was formed as a township in 1861, from portions of Bergen Township, and reincorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature in 1869. At the time it was formed, Bayonne included the communities of Bergen Point, Constable Hook, Centreville, Pamrapo and Saltersville.

County: Hudson
Incorporated: April 1, 1861 (as township)
Incorporated: March 10, 1869 (as city)
Named for: Bayonne, France, or, location on two bays
• Type: Faulkner Act Mayor-Council
• Body: City Council
• Mayor: Sharon Ashe-Nadrowski (term ends June 30, 2030)
• Administrator: Mary Jane Desmond
• Municipal clerk: Madelene C. Medina
• Water: 47.50%
Area rank: 201st of 565 in state, 2nd of 12 in county
Population (2020): 71,686
• Estimate (2024): 74,532
• Rank: 541st in country (as of 2023), 15th of 565 in state, 2nd of 12 in county
• Density rank: 24th of 565 in state, 10th of 12 in county
ZIP Code: 07002
Official Website: https://www.bayonnenj.org/
Wikidata description: city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States
Wikidata id: Q812589
Wikidata label: Bayonne
Wikidata aliases: Array
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