Hackensack, New Jersey

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.

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: 40.889398°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