West New York is a town in the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated upon the New Jersey Palisades. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 52,912, an increase of 3,204 from the 2010 census count of 49,708, which in turn reflected an increase of 3,940 from the 45,768 counted in the 2000 census.