Bridgeton is a
city in
Cumberland County,
New Jersey, United States, in the southern part of the state, on the
Cohansey River, near
Delaware Bay. As of the
2010 United States Census, the city's population was 25,349, reflecting an increase of 2,578 (+11.3%) from the 22,771 counted in the
2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 3,829 (+20.2%) from the 18,942 counted in the
1990 Census. It is the
county seat of Cumberland County. Bridgeton,
Millville, and
Vineland are the three principal cities of the Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses those cities and all of Cumberland County for statistical purposes and which constitutes a part of the
Delaware Valley.