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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 2016, at 153,843. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 9,804. The median was 23,620. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest153,843Jersey City, NJ
Lowest9,804Bridgeton, NJ
Median23,62038 cities

All cities, 2016

Jersey City, NJ: 153,843 personsJersey City, NJ153,843Newark, NJ: 134,472 personsNewark, NJ134,472Paterson, NJ: 70,267 personsPaterson, NJ70,267Elizabeth, NJ: 66,886 personsElizabeth, NJ66,886Clifton, NJ: 46,569 personsClifton, NJ46,569Hoboken, NJ: 39,323 personsHoboken, NJ39,323Trenton, NJ: 37,633 personsTrenton, NJ37,633Union City, NJ: 34,770 personsUnion City, NJ34,770Bayonne, NJ: 34,483 personsBayonne, NJ34,483East Orange, NJ: 33,464 personsEast Orange, NJ33,464Passaic, NJ: 30,926 personsPassaic, NJ30,926Camden, NJ: 28,535 personsCamden, NJ28,535Plainfield, NJ: 27,398 personsPlainfield, NJ27,398West New York, NJ: 27,344 personsWest New York, NJ27,344Perth Amboy, NJ: 26,459 personsPerth Amboy, NJ26,459New Brunswick, NJ: 26,356 personsNew Brunswick, NJ26,356Vineland, NJ: 26,283 personsVineland, NJ26,283Hackensack, NJ: 25,965 personsHackensack, NJ25,965Sayreville, NJ: 24,017 personsSayreville, NJ24,017Linden, NJ: 23,223 personsLinden, NJ23,223Kearny, NJ: 21,969 personsKearny, NJ21,969Fort Lee, NJ: 19,420 personsFort Lee, NJ19,420Fair Lawn, NJ: 17,343 personsFair Lawn, NJ17,343Garfield, NJ: 17,028 personsGarfield, NJ17,028Atlantic City, NJ: 16,398 personsAtlantic City, NJ16,398Long Branch, NJ: 15,840 personsLong Branch, NJ15,840Englewood, NJ: 15,310 personsEnglewood, NJ15,310Westfield, NJ: 15,047 personsWestfield, NJ15,047Princeton, NJ: 14,765 personsPrinceton, NJ14,765Rahway, NJ: 14,568 personsRahway, NJ14,568Bergenfield, NJ: 14,541 personsBergenfield, NJ14,541Lodi, NJ: 13,616 personsLodi, NJ13,616Ridgewood, NJ: 12,592 personsRidgewood, NJ12,592Millville, NJ: 12,583 personsMillville, NJ12,583Cliffside Park, NJ: 12,190 personsCliffside Park, NJ12,190Carteret, NJ: 12,054 personsCarteret, NJ12,054Paramus, NJ: 12,043 personsParamus, NJ12,043Bridgeton, NJ: 9,804 personsBridgeton, NJ9,804Jersey City, NJ: 153,843 personsJersey City, NJ153,843Newark, NJ: 134,472 personsNewark, NJ134,472Paterson, NJ: 70,267 personsPaterson, NJ70,267Elizabeth, NJ: 66,886 personsElizabeth, NJ66,886Clifton, NJ: 46,569 personsClifton, NJ46,569Hoboken, NJ: 39,323 personsHoboken, NJ39,323Trenton, NJ: 37,633 personsTrenton, NJ37,633Union City, NJ: 34,770 personsUnion City, NJ34,770Bayonne, NJ: 34,483 personsBayonne, NJ34,483East Orange, NJ: 33,464 personsEast Orange, NJ33,464Passaic, NJ: 30,926 personsPassaic, NJ30,926Camden, NJ: 28,535 personsCamden, NJ28,535Plainfield, NJ: 27,398 personsPlainfield, NJ27,398West New York, NJ: 27,344 personsWest New York, NJ27,344Perth Amboy, NJ: 26,459 personsPerth Amboy, NJ26,459New Brunswick, NJ: 26,356 personsNew Brunswick, NJ26,356Vineland, NJ: 26,283 personsVineland, NJ26,283Hackensack, NJ: 25,965 personsHackensack, NJ25,965Sayreville, NJ: 24,017 personsSayreville, NJ24,017Linden, NJ: 23,223 personsLinden, NJ23,223Kearny, NJ: 21,969 personsKearny, NJ21,969Fort Lee, NJ: 19,420 personsFort Lee, NJ19,420Fair Lawn, NJ: 17,343 personsFair Lawn, NJ17,343Garfield, NJ: 17,028 personsGarfield, NJ17,028Atlantic City, NJ: 16,398 personsAtlantic City, NJ16,398Long Branch, NJ: 15,840 personsLong Branch, NJ15,840Englewood, NJ: 15,310 personsEnglewood, NJ15,310Westfield, NJ: 15,047 personsWestfield, NJ15,047Princeton, NJ: 14,765 personsPrinceton, NJ14,765Rahway, NJ: 14,568 personsRahway, NJ14,568Bergenfield, NJ: 14,541 personsBergenfield, NJ14,541Lodi, NJ: 13,616 personsLodi, NJ13,616Ridgewood, NJ: 12,592 personsRidgewood, NJ12,592Millville, NJ: 12,583 personsMillville, NJ12,583Cliffside Park, NJ: 12,190 personsCliffside Park, NJ12,190Carteret, NJ: 12,054 personsCarteret, NJ12,054Paramus, NJ: 12,043 personsParamus, NJ12,043Bridgeton, NJ: 9,804 personsBridgeton, NJ9,804
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

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Jersey City, NJ153,843+7.8%
2Newark, NJ134,472+11.7%
3Paterson, NJ70,267+10.6%
4Elizabeth, NJ66,886+3.3%
5Clifton, NJ46,569+0.6%
6Hoboken, NJ39,323+6.4%
7Trenton, NJ37,633-5.6%
8Union City, NJ34,770-2.2%
9Bayonne, NJ34,483+1.6%
10East Orange, NJ33,464+9.1%
11Passaic, NJ30,926+1.5%
12Camden, NJ28,535+5.8%
13Plainfield, NJ27,398-1.6%
14West New York, NJ27,344-5.8%
15Perth Amboy, NJ26,459+3.1%
16New Brunswick, NJ26,356-3.8%
17Vineland, NJ26,283-9.3%
18Hackensack, NJ25,965+4.7%
19Sayreville, NJ24,017-1.1%
20Linden, NJ23,223+3.9%
21Kearny, NJ21,969+3.4%
22Fort Lee, NJ19,420+0.7%
23Fair Lawn, NJ17,343-7.2%
24Garfield, NJ17,028+4%
25Atlantic City, NJ16,398+2%
26Long Branch, NJ15,840-4.2%
27Englewood, NJ15,310-0.4%
28Westfield, NJ15,047+3.4%
29Princeton, NJ14,765-7.2%
30Rahway, NJ14,568-4.4%
31Bergenfield, NJ14,541-3.7%
32Lodi, NJ13,616+4.6%
33Ridgewood, NJ12,592+3.7%
34Millville, NJ12,583-7.9%
35Cliffside Park, NJ12,190-5.6%
36Carteret, NJ12,054+0.5%
37Paramus, NJ12,043-8.1%
38Bridgeton, NJ9,804+14.7%

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 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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.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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Jersey City, NJ, with 153,843 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 9,804 in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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