U.S. PLACE PROFILE
Plainfield, NJ
Plainfield is a City in Union County, New Jersey. The loaded 2025 population estimate is 57,141.
Published locationNew Jersey
Population estimate57,1412025 loaded Census estimate
CountyUnion CountyPrimary loaded county
Place typeCityCensus place classification
Coordinates40.61544, -74.41578Census representative point
EXPLORE FROM PLAINFIELD
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Closest published places
Nearest qualifying Census places by straight-line distance.
North Plainfield, NJ1.3 miles · W
Watchung, NJ2.2 miles · NW
Fanwood, NJ2.4 miles · NE
South Plainfield, NJ2.8 miles · S
Dunellen, NJ3.1 miles · SW
Westfield, NJ4.5 miles · NE→County coverage
Some incorporated places cross county lines. These county-part values come from the loaded Census county-place-part population layer.
| County | 2025 population in this place part |
|---|---|
| Union County | 57,141 |
DATA COVERAGE
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PRIMARY GEOGRAPHIC SOURCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Place identity, coordinates and geographic identifiers are tied to the loaded Census source record for this location.