Little Egg Harbor Township is a township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township’s population was 20,784, an increase of 719 (+3.6%) from the 2010 census count of 20,065, which in turn reflected an increase of 4,120 (+25.8%) from the 15,945 counted in the 2000 census. The 2010 population was the highest recorded in any decennial census.