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Cities in New Jersey by civilian labor force

Jersey City, NJ had the highest civilian labor force of 39 cities in 2020, at 158,634. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 9,524. The median was 22,988. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest158,634Jersey City, NJ
Lowest9,524Bridgeton, NJ
Median22,98839 cities

All cities, 2020

Jersey City, NJ: 158,634 personsJersey City, NJ158,634Newark, NJ: 137,643 personsNewark, NJ137,643Paterson, NJ: 73,660 personsPaterson, NJ73,660Elizabeth, NJ: 66,985 personsElizabeth, NJ66,985Clifton, NJ: 47,556 personsClifton, NJ47,556Trenton, NJ: 38,826 personsTrenton, NJ38,826Hoboken, NJ: 38,642 personsHoboken, NJ38,642Union City, NJ: 36,140 personsUnion City, NJ36,140Bayonne, NJ: 35,947 personsBayonne, NJ35,947East Orange, NJ: 33,989 personsEast Orange, NJ33,989Passaic, NJ: 31,412 personsPassaic, NJ31,412Camden, NJ: 29,150 personsCamden, NJ29,150West New York, NJ: 28,572 personsWest New York, NJ28,572Perth Amboy, NJ: 27,375 personsPerth Amboy, NJ27,375Plainfield, NJ: 26,830 personsPlainfield, NJ26,830Vineland, NJ: 26,827 personsVineland, NJ26,827New Brunswick, NJ: 26,281 personsNew Brunswick, NJ26,281Hackensack, NJ: 26,264 personsHackensack, NJ26,264Sayreville, NJ: 23,902 personsSayreville, NJ23,902Linden, NJ: 22,988 personsLinden, NJ22,988Kearny, NJ: 22,329 personsKearny, NJ22,329Fort Lee, NJ: 20,087 personsFort Lee, NJ20,087Garfield, NJ: 17,680 personsGarfield, NJ17,680Fair Lawn, NJ: 17,367 personsFair Lawn, NJ17,367Atlantic City, NJ: 17,221 personsAtlantic City, NJ17,221Long Branch, NJ: 15,627 personsLong Branch, NJ15,627Englewood, NJ: 15,543 personsEnglewood, NJ15,543Princeton, NJ: 14,844 personsPrinceton, NJ14,844Rahway, NJ: 14,829 personsRahway, NJ14,829Bergenfield, NJ: 14,675 personsBergenfield, NJ14,675Westfield, NJ: 14,160 personsWestfield, NJ14,160Lodi, NJ: 13,910 personsLodi, NJ13,910Cliffside Park, NJ: 13,002 personsCliffside Park, NJ13,002Millville, NJ: 12,796 personsMillville, NJ12,796South Plainfield, NJ: 12,640 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ12,640Ridgewood, NJ: 12,241 personsRidgewood, NJ12,241Carteret, NJ: 12,215 personsCarteret, NJ12,215Paramus, NJ: 11,991 personsParamus, NJ11,991Bridgeton, NJ: 9,524 personsBridgeton, NJ9,524Jersey City, NJ: 158,634 personsJersey City, NJ158,634Newark, NJ: 137,643 personsNewark, NJ137,643Paterson, NJ: 73,660 personsPaterson, NJ73,660Elizabeth, NJ: 66,985 personsElizabeth, NJ66,985Clifton, NJ: 47,556 personsClifton, NJ47,556Trenton, NJ: 38,826 personsTrenton, NJ38,826Hoboken, NJ: 38,642 personsHoboken, NJ38,642Union City, NJ: 36,140 personsUnion City, NJ36,140Bayonne, NJ: 35,947 personsBayonne, NJ35,947East Orange, NJ: 33,989 personsEast Orange, NJ33,989Passaic, NJ: 31,412 personsPassaic, NJ31,412Camden, NJ: 29,150 personsCamden, NJ29,150West New York, NJ: 28,572 personsWest New York, NJ28,572Perth Amboy, NJ: 27,375 personsPerth Amboy, NJ27,375Plainfield, NJ: 26,830 personsPlainfield, NJ26,830Vineland, NJ: 26,827 personsVineland, NJ26,827New Brunswick, NJ: 26,281 personsNew Brunswick, NJ26,281Hackensack, NJ: 26,264 personsHackensack, NJ26,264Sayreville, NJ: 23,902 personsSayreville, NJ23,902Linden, NJ: 22,988 personsLinden, NJ22,988Kearny, NJ: 22,329 personsKearny, NJ22,329Fort Lee, NJ: 20,087 personsFort Lee, NJ20,087Garfield, NJ: 17,680 personsGarfield, NJ17,680Fair Lawn, NJ: 17,367 personsFair Lawn, NJ17,367Atlantic City, NJ: 17,221 personsAtlantic City, NJ17,221Long Branch, NJ: 15,627 personsLong Branch, NJ15,627Englewood, NJ: 15,543 personsEnglewood, NJ15,543Princeton, NJ: 14,844 personsPrinceton, NJ14,844Rahway, NJ: 14,829 personsRahway, NJ14,829Bergenfield, NJ: 14,675 personsBergenfield, NJ14,675Westfield, NJ: 14,160 personsWestfield, NJ14,160Lodi, NJ: 13,910 personsLodi, NJ13,910Cliffside Park, NJ: 13,002 personsCliffside Park, NJ13,002Millville, NJ: 12,796 personsMillville, NJ12,796South Plainfield, NJ: 12,640 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ12,640Ridgewood, NJ: 12,241 personsRidgewood, NJ12,241Carteret, NJ: 12,215 personsCarteret, NJ12,215Paramus, NJ: 11,991 personsParamus, NJ11,991Bridgeton, NJ: 9,524 personsBridgeton, NJ9,524
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

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Jersey City, NJ158,634-1.9%
2Newark, NJ137,643+0.7%
3Paterson, NJ73,660+3%
4Elizabeth, NJ66,985-0.7%
5Clifton, NJ47,556-0.9%
6Trenton, NJ38,826+1.4%
7Hoboken, NJ38,642-5.1%
8Union City, NJ36,140+0.7%
9Bayonne, NJ35,947+0.7%
10East Orange, NJ33,989+0.3%
11Passaic, NJ31,412-0.1%
12Camden, NJ29,150+2.9%
13West New York, NJ28,572+0.1%
14Perth Amboy, NJ27,375+3.8%
15Plainfield, NJ26,830-2.1%
16Vineland, NJ26,827+2.5%
17New Brunswick, NJ26,281-0.8%
18Hackensack, NJ26,264-1.3%
19Sayreville, NJ23,902-1.4%
20Linden, NJ22,988-1.3%
21Kearny, NJ22,329-1.1%
22Fort Lee, NJ20,087-3.1%
23Garfield, NJ17,680+1%
24Fair Lawn, NJ17,367-2%
25Atlantic City, NJ17,221+5.9%
26Long Branch, NJ15,627-1.3%
27Englewood, NJ15,543-1.9%
28Princeton, NJ14,844-2.6%
29Rahway, NJ14,829-0.4%
30Bergenfield, NJ14,675-1.8%
31Westfield, NJ14,160-5.3%
32Lodi, NJ13,910+0.6%
33Cliffside Park, NJ13,002-2.2%
34Millville, NJ12,796+2.5%
35South Plainfield, NJ12,640n/a
36Ridgewood, NJ12,241-4.9%
37Carteret, NJ12,215+0.7%
38Paramus, NJ11,991-1.8%
39Bridgeton, NJ9,524-1.3%

Other periods

About this ranking

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. 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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2020. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/new-jersey-cities?period=2020. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/new-jersey-cities?period=2020.

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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/new-jersey-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Jersey City, NJ, with 158,634 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 9,524 in 2020.

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.

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