Data / Civilian labor force / Kearny, NJ

Civilian labor force in Kearny, NJ

Civilian labor force in Kearny, NJ was 22,805 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.4% from 2024. That is the 21st highest of 39 cities in 2025.

2025, persons22,805
Change on 2024-0.4%
Rank21st of 39Cities in New Jersey ranked
Series high22,8882024
Series low17,8012007

Next release: Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.

Civilian labor force in Kearny, NJ, 1990 to 2025

16K18K20K22K24K19901996200220082014202020251990: 18,786 persons1991: 18,700 persons1992: 18,310 persons1993: 18,253 persons1994: 18,557 persons1995: 18,724 persons1996: 18,905 persons1997: 18,935 persons1998: 18,794 persons1999: 18,838 persons2000: 19,292 persons2001: 19,188 persons2002: 19,036 persons2003: 18,836 persons2004: 18,623 persons2005: 18,161 persons2006: 17,988 persons2007: 17,801 persons2008: 17,905 persons2009: 18,297 persons2010: 21,292 persons2011: 21,429 persons2012: 21,541 persons2013: 21,244 persons2014: 21,054 persons2015: 21,248 persons2016: 21,969 persons2017: 21,978 persons2018: 22,039 persons2019: 22,576 persons2020: 22,329 persons2021: 21,690 persons2022: 22,080 persons2023: 22,647 persons2024: 22,888 persons2025: 22,805 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202522,805
202422,888
202322,647
202222,080
202121,690
202022,329
201922,576
201822,039
201721,978
201621,969
201521,248
201421,054
201321,244
201221,541
201121,429
201021,292
200918,297
200817,905
200717,801
200617,988
200518,161
200418,623
200318,836
200219,036
200119,188
200019,292
199918,838
199818,794
199718,935
199618,905
199518,724
199418,557
199318,253
199218,310
199118,700
199018,786

Rankings

Definition

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Civilian labor force, Kearny, NJ, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Civilian labor force, Kearny, NJ, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/civilian-labor-force/kearny-nj. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Civilian labor force, Kearny, NJ, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/civilian-labor-force/kearny-nj.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Civilian labor force, Kearny, NJ, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/civilian-labor-force/kearny-nj (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{bureau_civilian_labor_force_kearny_2025,
  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average: Civilian labor force, Kearny, NJ, 1990 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/civilian-labor-force/kearny-nj. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
TI  - Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average: Civilian labor force, Kearny, NJ, 1990 to 2025
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/30
PB  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/civilian-labor-force/kearny-nj
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/civilian-labor-force/kearny-nj.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest civilian labor force in Kearny, NJ? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"civilian_labor_force","place":"us-place-3436510"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=civilian_labor_force&place=us-place-3436510

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the civilian labor force in Kearny, NJ?

Civilian labor force in Kearny, NJ was 22,805 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.4% from 2024. That is the 21st highest of 39 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest civilian labor force in Kearny, NJ?

22,888 in 2024, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

Civilian labor force elsewhere in New Jersey

Related statistics for Kearny, NJ

All statistics for Kearny, NJ | Kearny, NJ in figures