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Cities in New Jersey by civilian labor force

Jersey City, NJ had the highest civilian labor force of 38 cities in 2015, at 142,755. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 8,549. The median was 23,326. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest142,755Jersey City, NJ
Lowest8,549Bridgeton, NJ
Median23,32638 cities

All cities, 2015

Jersey City, NJ: 142,755 personsJersey City, NJ142,755Newark, NJ: 120,373 personsNewark, NJ120,373Elizabeth, NJ: 64,739 personsElizabeth, NJ64,739Paterson, NJ: 63,550 personsPaterson, NJ63,550Clifton, NJ: 46,276 personsClifton, NJ46,276Trenton, NJ: 39,861 personsTrenton, NJ39,861Hoboken, NJ: 36,975 personsHoboken, NJ36,975Union City, NJ: 35,562 personsUnion City, NJ35,562Bayonne, NJ: 33,939 personsBayonne, NJ33,939East Orange, NJ: 30,661 personsEast Orange, NJ30,661Passaic, NJ: 30,462 personsPassaic, NJ30,462West New York, NJ: 29,042 personsWest New York, NJ29,042Vineland, NJ: 28,987 personsVineland, NJ28,987Plainfield, NJ: 27,850 personsPlainfield, NJ27,850New Brunswick, NJ: 27,397 personsNew Brunswick, NJ27,397Camden, NJ: 26,963 personsCamden, NJ26,963Perth Amboy, NJ: 25,665 personsPerth Amboy, NJ25,665Hackensack, NJ: 24,807 personsHackensack, NJ24,807Sayreville, NJ: 24,291 personsSayreville, NJ24,291Linden, NJ: 22,361 personsLinden, NJ22,361Kearny, NJ: 21,248 personsKearny, NJ21,248Fort Lee, NJ: 19,278 personsFort Lee, NJ19,278Fair Lawn, NJ: 18,697 personsFair Lawn, NJ18,697Long Branch, NJ: 16,541 personsLong Branch, NJ16,541Garfield, NJ: 16,366 personsGarfield, NJ16,366Atlantic City, NJ: 16,069 personsAtlantic City, NJ16,069Princeton, NJ: 15,913 personsPrinceton, NJ15,913Englewood, NJ: 15,379 personsEnglewood, NJ15,379Rahway, NJ: 15,240 personsRahway, NJ15,240Bergenfield, NJ: 15,092 personsBergenfield, NJ15,092Westfield, NJ: 14,551 personsWestfield, NJ14,551Millville, NJ: 13,656 personsMillville, NJ13,656Paramus, NJ: 13,101 personsParamus, NJ13,101Lodi, NJ: 13,021 personsLodi, NJ13,021Cliffside Park, NJ: 12,911 personsCliffside Park, NJ12,911Ridgewood, NJ: 12,147 personsRidgewood, NJ12,147Carteret, NJ: 11,993 personsCarteret, NJ11,993Bridgeton, NJ: 8,549 personsBridgeton, NJ8,549Jersey City, NJ: 142,755 personsJersey City, NJ142,755Newark, NJ: 120,373 personsNewark, NJ120,373Elizabeth, NJ: 64,739 personsElizabeth, NJ64,739Paterson, NJ: 63,550 personsPaterson, NJ63,550Clifton, NJ: 46,276 personsClifton, NJ46,276Trenton, NJ: 39,861 personsTrenton, NJ39,861Hoboken, NJ: 36,975 personsHoboken, NJ36,975Union City, NJ: 35,562 personsUnion City, NJ35,562Bayonne, NJ: 33,939 personsBayonne, NJ33,939East Orange, NJ: 30,661 personsEast Orange, NJ30,661Passaic, NJ: 30,462 personsPassaic, NJ30,462West New York, NJ: 29,042 personsWest New York, NJ29,042Vineland, NJ: 28,987 personsVineland, NJ28,987Plainfield, NJ: 27,850 personsPlainfield, NJ27,850New Brunswick, NJ: 27,397 personsNew Brunswick, NJ27,397Camden, NJ: 26,963 personsCamden, NJ26,963Perth Amboy, NJ: 25,665 personsPerth Amboy, NJ25,665Hackensack, NJ: 24,807 personsHackensack, NJ24,807Sayreville, NJ: 24,291 personsSayreville, NJ24,291Linden, NJ: 22,361 personsLinden, NJ22,361Kearny, NJ: 21,248 personsKearny, NJ21,248Fort Lee, NJ: 19,278 personsFort Lee, NJ19,278Fair Lawn, NJ: 18,697 personsFair Lawn, NJ18,697Long Branch, NJ: 16,541 personsLong Branch, NJ16,541Garfield, NJ: 16,366 personsGarfield, NJ16,366Atlantic City, NJ: 16,069 personsAtlantic City, NJ16,069Princeton, NJ: 15,913 personsPrinceton, NJ15,913Englewood, NJ: 15,379 personsEnglewood, NJ15,379Rahway, NJ: 15,240 personsRahway, NJ15,240Bergenfield, NJ: 15,092 personsBergenfield, NJ15,092Westfield, NJ: 14,551 personsWestfield, NJ14,551Millville, NJ: 13,656 personsMillville, NJ13,656Paramus, NJ: 13,101 personsParamus, NJ13,101Lodi, NJ: 13,021 personsLodi, NJ13,021Cliffside Park, NJ: 12,911 personsCliffside Park, NJ12,911Ridgewood, NJ: 12,147 personsRidgewood, NJ12,147Carteret, NJ: 11,993 personsCarteret, NJ11,993Bridgeton, NJ: 8,549 personsBridgeton, NJ8,549
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Jersey City, NJ142,755+0.8%
2Newark, NJ120,373-0.2%
3Elizabeth, NJ64,739-0.2%
4Paterson, NJ63,550-0.1%
5Clifton, NJ46,276+0.5%
6Trenton, NJ39,861+1.7%
7Hoboken, NJ36,975+1.2%
8Union City, NJ35,562+0.4%
9Bayonne, NJ33,939+0.4%
10East Orange, NJ30,661-0.8%
11Passaic, NJ30,462-0.9%
12West New York, NJ29,042+1.3%
13Vineland, NJ28,987+0.4%
14Plainfield, NJ27,850+0.1%
15New Brunswick, NJ27,397+0.8%
16Camden, NJ26,963-1.1%
17Perth Amboy, NJ25,665+1.1%
18Hackensack, NJ24,807+0.9%
19Sayreville, NJ24,291+0.2%
20Linden, NJ22,361+0.9%
21Kearny, NJ21,248+0.9%
22Fort Lee, NJ19,278-0.5%
23Fair Lawn, NJ18,697+0.9%
24Long Branch, NJ16,541+2.1%
25Garfield, NJ16,366+0.5%
26Atlantic City, NJ16,069-4.4%
27Princeton, NJ15,913+0.5%
28Englewood, NJ15,379+3.5%
29Rahway, NJ15,240+3.1%
30Bergenfield, NJ15,092+1.2%
31Westfield, NJ14,551-0.9%
32Millville, NJ13,656+0.9%
33Paramus, NJ13,101+0.7%
34Lodi, NJ13,021+0.6%
35Cliffside Park, NJ12,911-2.4%
36Ridgewood, NJ12,147+1.1%
37Carteret, NJ11,993+1.3%
38Bridgeton, NJ8,549-0.3%

Other periods

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Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • 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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2015 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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.CurrentU15-19. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in New Jersey by civilian labor force, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in New Jersey by civilian labor force, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/new-jersey-cities?period=2015. 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. Cities in New Jersey by civilian labor force, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/new-jersey-cities?period=2015.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in New Jersey by civilian labor force, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/new-jersey-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Jersey City, NJ, with 142,755 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 8,549 in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 cities have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.

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