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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 2017, at 156,301. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 9,659. The median was 23,595. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest156,301Jersey City, NJ
Lowest9,659Bridgeton, NJ
Median23,59538 cities

All cities, 2017

Jersey City, NJ: 156,301 personsJersey City, NJ156,301Newark, NJ: 134,103 personsNewark, NJ134,103Paterson, NJ: 70,137 personsPaterson, NJ70,137Elizabeth, NJ: 66,380 personsElizabeth, NJ66,380Clifton, NJ: 46,691 personsClifton, NJ46,691Hoboken, NJ: 39,602 personsHoboken, NJ39,602Trenton, NJ: 37,487 personsTrenton, NJ37,487Union City, NJ: 34,909 personsUnion City, NJ34,909Bayonne, NJ: 34,618 personsBayonne, NJ34,618East Orange, NJ: 33,221 personsEast Orange, NJ33,221Passaic, NJ: 30,921 personsPassaic, NJ30,921Camden, NJ: 28,553 personsCamden, NJ28,553West New York, NJ: 27,472 personsWest New York, NJ27,472Plainfield, NJ: 27,190 personsPlainfield, NJ27,190Perth Amboy, NJ: 26,410 personsPerth Amboy, NJ26,410New Brunswick, NJ: 26,331 personsNew Brunswick, NJ26,331Hackensack, NJ: 26,096 personsHackensack, NJ26,096Vineland, NJ: 26,064 personsVineland, NJ26,064Sayreville, NJ: 24,138 personsSayreville, NJ24,138Linden, NJ: 23,051 personsLinden, NJ23,051Kearny, NJ: 21,978 personsKearny, NJ21,978Fort Lee, NJ: 19,516 personsFort Lee, NJ19,516Fair Lawn, NJ: 17,341 personsFair Lawn, NJ17,341Garfield, NJ: 17,129 personsGarfield, NJ17,129Atlantic City, NJ: 15,987 personsAtlantic City, NJ15,987Long Branch, NJ: 15,777 personsLong Branch, NJ15,777Englewood, NJ: 15,556 personsEnglewood, NJ15,556Westfield, NJ: 14,905 personsWestfield, NJ14,905Princeton, NJ: 14,904 personsPrinceton, NJ14,904Rahway, NJ: 14,630 personsRahway, NJ14,630Bergenfield, NJ: 14,610 personsBergenfield, NJ14,610Lodi, NJ: 13,574 personsLodi, NJ13,574Ridgewood, NJ: 12,621 personsRidgewood, NJ12,621Millville, NJ: 12,448 personsMillville, NJ12,448Cliffside Park, NJ: 12,225 personsCliffside Park, NJ12,225Carteret, NJ: 12,070 personsCarteret, NJ12,070Paramus, NJ: 12,065 personsParamus, NJ12,065Bridgeton, NJ: 9,659 personsBridgeton, NJ9,659Jersey City, NJ: 156,301 personsJersey City, NJ156,301Newark, NJ: 134,103 personsNewark, NJ134,103Paterson, NJ: 70,137 personsPaterson, NJ70,137Elizabeth, NJ: 66,380 personsElizabeth, NJ66,380Clifton, NJ: 46,691 personsClifton, NJ46,691Hoboken, NJ: 39,602 personsHoboken, NJ39,602Trenton, NJ: 37,487 personsTrenton, NJ37,487Union City, NJ: 34,909 personsUnion City, NJ34,909Bayonne, NJ: 34,618 personsBayonne, NJ34,618East Orange, NJ: 33,221 personsEast Orange, NJ33,221Passaic, NJ: 30,921 personsPassaic, NJ30,921Camden, NJ: 28,553 personsCamden, NJ28,553West New York, NJ: 27,472 personsWest New York, NJ27,472Plainfield, NJ: 27,190 personsPlainfield, NJ27,190Perth Amboy, NJ: 26,410 personsPerth Amboy, NJ26,410New Brunswick, NJ: 26,331 personsNew Brunswick, NJ26,331Hackensack, NJ: 26,096 personsHackensack, NJ26,096Vineland, NJ: 26,064 personsVineland, NJ26,064Sayreville, NJ: 24,138 personsSayreville, NJ24,138Linden, NJ: 23,051 personsLinden, NJ23,051Kearny, NJ: 21,978 personsKearny, NJ21,978Fort Lee, NJ: 19,516 personsFort Lee, NJ19,516Fair Lawn, NJ: 17,341 personsFair Lawn, NJ17,341Garfield, NJ: 17,129 personsGarfield, NJ17,129Atlantic City, NJ: 15,987 personsAtlantic City, NJ15,987Long Branch, NJ: 15,777 personsLong Branch, NJ15,777Englewood, NJ: 15,556 personsEnglewood, NJ15,556Westfield, NJ: 14,905 personsWestfield, NJ14,905Princeton, NJ: 14,904 personsPrinceton, NJ14,904Rahway, NJ: 14,630 personsRahway, NJ14,630Bergenfield, NJ: 14,610 personsBergenfield, NJ14,610Lodi, NJ: 13,574 personsLodi, NJ13,574Ridgewood, NJ: 12,621 personsRidgewood, NJ12,621Millville, NJ: 12,448 personsMillville, NJ12,448Cliffside Park, NJ: 12,225 personsCliffside Park, NJ12,225Carteret, NJ: 12,070 personsCarteret, NJ12,070Paramus, NJ: 12,065 personsParamus, NJ12,065Bridgeton, NJ: 9,659 personsBridgeton, NJ9,659
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

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Jersey City, NJ156,301+1.6%
2Newark, NJ134,103-0.3%
3Paterson, NJ70,137-0.2%
4Elizabeth, NJ66,380-0.8%
5Clifton, NJ46,691+0.3%
6Hoboken, NJ39,602+0.7%
7Trenton, NJ37,487-0.4%
8Union City, NJ34,909+0.4%
9Bayonne, NJ34,618+0.4%
10East Orange, NJ33,221-0.7%
11Passaic, NJ30,921-0%
12Camden, NJ28,553+0.1%
13West New York, NJ27,472+0.5%
14Plainfield, NJ27,190-0.8%
15Perth Amboy, NJ26,410-0.2%
16New Brunswick, NJ26,331-0.1%
17Hackensack, NJ26,096+0.5%
18Vineland, NJ26,064-0.8%
19Sayreville, NJ24,138+0.5%
20Linden, NJ23,051-0.7%
21Kearny, NJ21,9780%
22Fort Lee, NJ19,516+0.5%
23Fair Lawn, NJ17,341-0%
24Garfield, NJ17,129+0.6%
25Atlantic City, NJ15,987-2.5%
26Long Branch, NJ15,777-0.4%
27Englewood, NJ15,556+1.6%
28Westfield, NJ14,905-0.9%
29Princeton, NJ14,904+0.9%
30Rahway, NJ14,630+0.4%
31Bergenfield, NJ14,610+0.5%
32Lodi, NJ13,574-0.3%
33Ridgewood, NJ12,621+0.2%
34Millville, NJ12,448-1.1%
35Cliffside Park, NJ12,225+0.3%
36Carteret, NJ12,070+0.1%
37Paramus, NJ12,065+0.2%
38Bridgeton, NJ9,659-1.5%

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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Jersey City, NJ, with 156,301 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 9,659 in 2017.

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 2017 and are not ranked.

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