Absecon, New Jersey
Demographics
Table:
Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±

1880	507	—
1890	501	−1.2%
1900	530	5.8%
1910	781	47.4%
1920	702	−10.1%
1930	2,158	207.4%
1940	2,084	−3.4%
1950	2,355	13.0%
1960	4,320	83.4%
1970	6,094	41.1%
1980	6,859	12.6%
1990	7,298	6.4%
2000	7,638	4.7%
2010	8,411	10.1%
2017 (est.)	8,283	[12][26]	−1.5%
Population sources: 1880-2000[27]
1880-1920[28] 1880-1890[29]
1890-1910[30] 1910-1930[31]
1930-1990[32] 2000[33][34] 2010[9][10][11]

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