Hammonton is a town in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that has been referred to as the "Blueberry Capital of the World". As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 14,711, a decrease of 80 from the 2010 census count of 14,791, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,187 from the 12,604 counted in the 2000 census.