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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 2022, at 167,341. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 9,639. The median was 23,154. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest167,341Jersey City, NJ
Lowest9,639Bridgeton, NJ
Median23,15439 cities

All cities, 2022

Jersey City, NJ: 167,341 personsJersey City, NJ167,341Newark, NJ: 134,771 personsNewark, NJ134,771Paterson, NJ: 72,870 personsPaterson, NJ72,870Elizabeth, NJ: 66,424 personsElizabeth, NJ66,424Clifton, NJ: 49,001 personsClifton, NJ49,001Hoboken, NJ: 40,654 personsHoboken, NJ40,654Trenton, NJ: 38,725 personsTrenton, NJ38,725Bayonne, NJ: 36,402 personsBayonne, NJ36,402Union City, NJ: 35,065 personsUnion City, NJ35,065East Orange, NJ: 33,795 personsEast Orange, NJ33,795Passaic, NJ: 31,838 personsPassaic, NJ31,838West New York, NJ: 28,806 personsWest New York, NJ28,806Camden, NJ: 28,487 personsCamden, NJ28,487New Brunswick, NJ: 27,476 personsNew Brunswick, NJ27,476Plainfield, NJ: 27,454 personsPlainfield, NJ27,454Hackensack, NJ: 27,264 personsHackensack, NJ27,264Vineland, NJ: 27,012 personsVineland, NJ27,012Perth Amboy, NJ: 26,770 personsPerth Amboy, NJ26,770Sayreville, NJ: 24,498 personsSayreville, NJ24,498Linden, NJ: 23,154 personsLinden, NJ23,154Kearny, NJ: 22,080 personsKearny, NJ22,080Fort Lee, NJ: 21,191 personsFort Lee, NJ21,191Fair Lawn, NJ: 18,603 personsFair Lawn, NJ18,603Garfield, NJ: 18,017 personsGarfield, NJ18,017Englewood, NJ: 16,566 personsEnglewood, NJ16,566Long Branch, NJ: 16,372 personsLong Branch, NJ16,372Atlantic City, NJ: 15,828 personsAtlantic City, NJ15,828Princeton, NJ: 15,518 personsPrinceton, NJ15,518Bergenfield, NJ: 15,490 personsBergenfield, NJ15,490Rahway, NJ: 15,066 personsRahway, NJ15,066Westfield, NJ: 14,709 personsWestfield, NJ14,709Lodi, NJ: 14,109 personsLodi, NJ14,109Cliffside Park, NJ: 13,666 personsCliffside Park, NJ13,666Ridgewood, NJ: 13,386 personsRidgewood, NJ13,386South Plainfield, NJ: 12,882 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ12,882Millville, NJ: 12,836 personsMillville, NJ12,836Paramus, NJ: 12,473 personsParamus, NJ12,473Carteret, NJ: 12,288 personsCarteret, NJ12,288Bridgeton, NJ: 9,639 personsBridgeton, NJ9,639Jersey City, NJ: 167,341 personsJersey City, NJ167,341Newark, NJ: 134,771 personsNewark, NJ134,771Paterson, NJ: 72,870 personsPaterson, NJ72,870Elizabeth, NJ: 66,424 personsElizabeth, NJ66,424Clifton, NJ: 49,001 personsClifton, NJ49,001Hoboken, NJ: 40,654 personsHoboken, NJ40,654Trenton, NJ: 38,725 personsTrenton, NJ38,725Bayonne, NJ: 36,402 personsBayonne, NJ36,402Union City, NJ: 35,065 personsUnion City, NJ35,065East Orange, NJ: 33,795 personsEast Orange, NJ33,795Passaic, NJ: 31,838 personsPassaic, NJ31,838West New York, NJ: 28,806 personsWest New York, NJ28,806Camden, NJ: 28,487 personsCamden, NJ28,487New Brunswick, NJ: 27,476 personsNew Brunswick, NJ27,476Plainfield, NJ: 27,454 personsPlainfield, NJ27,454Hackensack, NJ: 27,264 personsHackensack, NJ27,264Vineland, NJ: 27,012 personsVineland, NJ27,012Perth Amboy, NJ: 26,770 personsPerth Amboy, NJ26,770Sayreville, NJ: 24,498 personsSayreville, NJ24,498Linden, NJ: 23,154 personsLinden, NJ23,154Kearny, NJ: 22,080 personsKearny, NJ22,080Fort Lee, NJ: 21,191 personsFort Lee, NJ21,191Fair Lawn, NJ: 18,603 personsFair Lawn, NJ18,603Garfield, NJ: 18,017 personsGarfield, NJ18,017Englewood, NJ: 16,566 personsEnglewood, NJ16,566Long Branch, NJ: 16,372 personsLong Branch, NJ16,372Atlantic City, NJ: 15,828 personsAtlantic City, NJ15,828Princeton, NJ: 15,518 personsPrinceton, NJ15,518Bergenfield, NJ: 15,490 personsBergenfield, NJ15,490Rahway, NJ: 15,066 personsRahway, NJ15,066Westfield, NJ: 14,709 personsWestfield, NJ14,709Lodi, NJ: 14,109 personsLodi, NJ14,109Cliffside Park, NJ: 13,666 personsCliffside Park, NJ13,666Ridgewood, NJ: 13,386 personsRidgewood, NJ13,386South Plainfield, NJ: 12,882 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ12,882Millville, NJ: 12,836 personsMillville, NJ12,836Paramus, NJ: 12,473 personsParamus, NJ12,473Carteret, NJ: 12,288 personsCarteret, NJ12,288Bridgeton, NJ: 9,639 personsBridgeton, NJ9,639
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

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Jersey City, NJ167,341+5.9%
2Newark, NJ134,771-0.8%
3Paterson, NJ72,870+0.1%
4Elizabeth, NJ66,424+0.7%
5Clifton, NJ49,001+2.6%
6Hoboken, NJ40,654+4.4%
7Trenton, NJ38,725-0.8%
8Bayonne, NJ36,402+3.4%
9Union City, NJ35,065+0.6%
10East Orange, NJ33,795+0.7%
11Passaic, NJ31,838+1.7%
12West New York, NJ28,806+2%
13Camden, NJ28,487-2.5%
14New Brunswick, NJ27,476+1.1%
15Plainfield, NJ27,454+0.9%
16Hackensack, NJ27,264+3%
17Vineland, NJ27,012+0.2%
18Perth Amboy, NJ26,770-0.9%
19Sayreville, NJ24,498+1.3%
20Linden, NJ23,154+0.7%
21Kearny, NJ22,080+1.8%
22Fort Lee, NJ21,191+4%
23Fair Lawn, NJ18,603+4.3%
24Garfield, NJ18,017+1.3%
25Englewood, NJ16,566+5.4%
26Long Branch, NJ16,372+1.4%
27Atlantic City, NJ15,828-2.7%
28Princeton, NJ15,518+2.1%
29Bergenfield, NJ15,490+4.4%
30Rahway, NJ15,066+0.6%
31Westfield, NJ14,709+2.5%
32Lodi, NJ14,109+1.6%
33Cliffside Park, NJ13,666+3.6%
34Ridgewood, NJ13,386+4.4%
35South Plainfield, NJ12,882+1.3%
36Millville, NJ12,836+0.2%
37Paramus, NJ12,473+3.4%
38Carteret, NJ12,288+0.9%
39Bridgeton, NJ9,639+0.4%

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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Jersey City, NJ, with 167,341 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 9,639 in 2022.

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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