Kearny, NJ -- U.S. town in New Jersey Population (2000): 40513 Housing Units (2000): 13872 Land area (2000): 9.138639 sq. miles (23.668966 sq. km) Water area (2000): 1.047833 sq. miles (2.713876 sq. km) Total area (2000): 10.186472 sq. miles (26.382842 sq. km) FIPS code: 36510 Located within: New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34 Location: 40.763051 N, 74.137187 W ZIP Codes (1990): 07029 07032 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Kearny, NJ Kearny