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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 2019, at 161,650. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 9,650. The median was 23,762. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest161,650Jersey City, NJ
Lowest9,650Bridgeton, NJ
Median23,76238 cities

All cities, 2019

Jersey City, NJ: 161,650 personsJersey City, NJ161,650Newark, NJ: 136,687 personsNewark, NJ136,687Paterson, NJ: 71,500 personsPaterson, NJ71,500Elizabeth, NJ: 67,457 personsElizabeth, NJ67,457Clifton, NJ: 47,997 personsClifton, NJ47,997Hoboken, NJ: 40,702 personsHoboken, NJ40,702Trenton, NJ: 38,272 personsTrenton, NJ38,272Union City, NJ: 35,881 personsUnion City, NJ35,881Bayonne, NJ: 35,704 personsBayonne, NJ35,704East Orange, NJ: 33,894 personsEast Orange, NJ33,894Passaic, NJ: 31,431 personsPassaic, NJ31,431West New York, NJ: 28,548 personsWest New York, NJ28,548Camden, NJ: 28,333 personsCamden, NJ28,333Plainfield, NJ: 27,412 personsPlainfield, NJ27,412Hackensack, NJ: 26,602 personsHackensack, NJ26,602New Brunswick, NJ: 26,492 personsNew Brunswick, NJ26,492Perth Amboy, NJ: 26,385 personsPerth Amboy, NJ26,385Vineland, NJ: 26,176 personsVineland, NJ26,176Sayreville, NJ: 24,235 personsSayreville, NJ24,235Linden, NJ: 23,288 personsLinden, NJ23,288Kearny, NJ: 22,576 personsKearny, NJ22,576Fort Lee, NJ: 20,720 personsFort Lee, NJ20,720Fair Lawn, NJ: 17,715 personsFair Lawn, NJ17,715Garfield, NJ: 17,506 personsGarfield, NJ17,506Atlantic City, NJ: 16,260 personsAtlantic City, NJ16,260Englewood, NJ: 15,846 personsEnglewood, NJ15,846Long Branch, NJ: 15,832 personsLong Branch, NJ15,832Princeton, NJ: 15,245 personsPrinceton, NJ15,245Westfield, NJ: 14,947 personsWestfield, NJ14,947Bergenfield, NJ: 14,942 personsBergenfield, NJ14,942Rahway, NJ: 14,888 personsRahway, NJ14,888Lodi, NJ: 13,830 personsLodi, NJ13,830Cliffside Park, NJ: 13,299 personsCliffside Park, NJ13,299Ridgewood, NJ: 12,876 personsRidgewood, NJ12,876Millville, NJ: 12,478 personsMillville, NJ12,478Paramus, NJ: 12,215 personsParamus, NJ12,215Carteret, NJ: 12,125 personsCarteret, NJ12,125Bridgeton, NJ: 9,650 personsBridgeton, NJ9,650Jersey City, NJ: 161,650 personsJersey City, NJ161,650Newark, NJ: 136,687 personsNewark, NJ136,687Paterson, NJ: 71,500 personsPaterson, NJ71,500Elizabeth, NJ: 67,457 personsElizabeth, NJ67,457Clifton, NJ: 47,997 personsClifton, NJ47,997Hoboken, NJ: 40,702 personsHoboken, NJ40,702Trenton, NJ: 38,272 personsTrenton, NJ38,272Union City, NJ: 35,881 personsUnion City, NJ35,881Bayonne, NJ: 35,704 personsBayonne, NJ35,704East Orange, NJ: 33,894 personsEast Orange, NJ33,894Passaic, NJ: 31,431 personsPassaic, NJ31,431West New York, NJ: 28,548 personsWest New York, NJ28,548Camden, NJ: 28,333 personsCamden, NJ28,333Plainfield, NJ: 27,412 personsPlainfield, NJ27,412Hackensack, NJ: 26,602 personsHackensack, NJ26,602New Brunswick, NJ: 26,492 personsNew Brunswick, NJ26,492Perth Amboy, NJ: 26,385 personsPerth Amboy, NJ26,385Vineland, NJ: 26,176 personsVineland, NJ26,176Sayreville, NJ: 24,235 personsSayreville, NJ24,235Linden, NJ: 23,288 personsLinden, NJ23,288Kearny, NJ: 22,576 personsKearny, NJ22,576Fort Lee, NJ: 20,720 personsFort Lee, NJ20,720Fair Lawn, NJ: 17,715 personsFair Lawn, NJ17,715Garfield, NJ: 17,506 personsGarfield, NJ17,506Atlantic City, NJ: 16,260 personsAtlantic City, NJ16,260Englewood, NJ: 15,846 personsEnglewood, NJ15,846Long Branch, NJ: 15,832 personsLong Branch, NJ15,832Princeton, NJ: 15,245 personsPrinceton, NJ15,245Westfield, NJ: 14,947 personsWestfield, NJ14,947Bergenfield, NJ: 14,942 personsBergenfield, NJ14,942Rahway, NJ: 14,888 personsRahway, NJ14,888Lodi, NJ: 13,830 personsLodi, NJ13,830Cliffside Park, NJ: 13,299 personsCliffside Park, NJ13,299Ridgewood, NJ: 12,876 personsRidgewood, NJ12,876Millville, NJ: 12,478 personsMillville, NJ12,478Paramus, NJ: 12,215 personsParamus, NJ12,215Carteret, NJ: 12,125 personsCarteret, NJ12,125Bridgeton, NJ: 9,650 personsBridgeton, NJ9,650
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

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Jersey City, NJ161,650+2.4%
2Newark, NJ136,687+1.8%
3Paterson, NJ71,500+2%
4Elizabeth, NJ67,457+2%
5Clifton, NJ47,997+2.4%
6Hoboken, NJ40,702+2.5%
7Trenton, NJ38,272+1.4%
8Union City, NJ35,881+2.7%
9Bayonne, NJ35,704+3.4%
10East Orange, NJ33,894+2.3%
11Passaic, NJ31,431+1.9%
12West New York, NJ28,548+3.1%
13Camden, NJ28,333+0.7%
14Plainfield, NJ27,412+1.2%
15Hackensack, NJ26,602+2%
16New Brunswick, NJ26,492+1.3%
17Perth Amboy, NJ26,385+0.7%
18Vineland, NJ26,176+1.3%
19Sayreville, NJ24,235+1.1%
20Linden, NJ23,288+1.3%
21Kearny, NJ22,576+2.4%
22Fort Lee, NJ20,720+4.7%
23Fair Lawn, NJ17,715+2.3%
24Garfield, NJ17,506+2.4%
25Atlantic City, NJ16,260+2.8%
26Englewood, NJ15,846+2%
27Long Branch, NJ15,832+1.2%
28Princeton, NJ15,245+1.7%
29Westfield, NJ14,947+0.9%
30Bergenfield, NJ14,942+2.4%
31Rahway, NJ14,888+2%
32Lodi, NJ13,830+1.9%
33Cliffside Park, NJ13,299+3.8%
34Ridgewood, NJ12,876+2.2%
35Millville, NJ12,478+1.2%
36Paramus, NJ12,215+1.7%
37Carteret, NJ12,125+1.2%
38Bridgeton, NJ9,650+0.7%

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 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Jersey City, NJ, with 161,650 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 9,650 in 2019.

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 2019 and are not ranked.

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