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Unemployed people in Union City, NJ

Unemployed people in Union City, NJ was 1,999 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 11% from 2024. That is the 14th highest of 39 cities in 2025.

2025, persons1,999
Change on 2024+11%
Rank14th of 39Cities in New Jersey ranked
Series high4,8122020
Series low1,3032019

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Unemployed people in Union City, NJ, 1990 to 2025

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,00019901996200220082014202020251990: 2,707 persons1991: 3,256 persons1992: 4,160 persons1993: 3,791 persons1994: 3,466 persons1995: 3,480 persons1996: 3,432 persons1997: 3,036 persons1998: 2,684 persons1999: 2,617 persons2000: 2,100 persons2001: 2,391 persons2002: 3,306 persons2003: 3,152 persons2004: 2,592 persons2005: 1,929 persons2006: 1,933 persons2007: 1,712 persons2008: 2,234 persons2009: 3,816 persons2010: 4,082 persons2011: 3,921 persons2012: 3,876 persons2013: 3,394 persons2014: 2,742 persons2015: 2,292 persons2016: 1,966 persons2017: 1,765 persons2018: 1,531 persons2019: 1,303 persons2020: 4,812 persons2021: 3,122 persons2022: 1,462 persons2023: 1,628 persons2024: 1,801 persons2025: 1,999 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
20251,999
20241,801
20231,628
20221,462
20213,122
20204,812
20191,303
20181,531
20171,765
20161,966
20152,292
20142,742
20133,394
20123,876
20113,921
20104,082
20093,816
20082,234
20071,712
20061,933
20051,929
20042,592
20033,152
20023,306
20012,391
20002,100
19992,617
19982,684
19973,036
19963,432
19953,480
19943,466
19933,791
19924,160
19913,256
19902,707

Rankings

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, 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. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. 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: unemployment (measure 04), 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Union City, 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Union City, 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/unemployed-people/union-city-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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Union City, 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/unemployed-people/union-city-nj.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Union City, 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/unemployed-people/union-city-nj (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the unemployed people in Union City, NJ?

Unemployed people in Union City, NJ was 1,999 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 11% from 2024. That is the 14th 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Union City, NJ?

4,812 in 2020, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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