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Employed residents in Kearny, NJ

Employed residents in Kearny, NJ was 21,629 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.8% from 2024. That is the 21st highest of 39 cities in 2025.

2025, persons21,629
Change on 2024-0.8%
Rank21st of 39Cities in New Jersey ranked
Series high21,8002024
Series low16,1742009

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Employed residents in Kearny, NJ, 1990 to 2025

16K18K20K22K19901996200220082014202020251990: 17,822 persons1991: 17,540 persons1992: 16,829 persons1993: 16,903 persons1994: 17,323 persons1995: 17,485 persons1996: 17,682 persons1997: 17,854 persons1998: 17,838 persons1999: 17,906 persons2000: 18,535 persons2001: 18,327 persons2002: 17,845 persons2003: 17,701 persons2004: 17,689 persons2005: 17,178 persons2006: 16,971 persons2007: 16,898 persons2008: 16,709 persons2009: 16,174 persons2010: 18,842 persons2011: 19,132 persons2012: 19,285 persons2013: 19,286 persons2014: 19,520 persons2015: 19,870 persons2016: 20,826 persons2017: 21,005 persons2018: 21,094 persons2019: 21,785 persons2020: 19,741 persons2021: 19,980 persons2022: 21,112 persons2023: 21,614 persons2024: 21,800 persons2025: 21,629 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202521,629
202421,800
202321,614
202221,112
202119,980
202019,741
201921,785
201821,094
201721,005
201620,826
201519,870
201419,520
201319,286
201219,285
201119,132
201018,842
200916,174
200816,709
200716,898
200616,971
200517,178
200417,689
200317,701
200217,845
200118,327
200018,535
199917,906
199817,838
199717,854
199617,682
199517,485
199417,323
199316,903
199216,829
199117,540
199017,822

Rankings

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, 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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, 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/employed-residents/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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, 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/employed-residents/kearny-nj.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, 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/employed-residents/kearny-nj (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the employed residents in Kearny, NJ?

Employed residents in Kearny, NJ was 21,629 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.8% 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Kearny, NJ?

21,800 in 2024, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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