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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 2024, at 176,246. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 9,884. The median was 24,121. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest176,246Jersey City, NJ
Lowest9,884Bridgeton, NJ
Median24,12139 cities

All cities, 2024

Jersey City, NJ: 176,246 personsJersey City, NJ176,246Newark, NJ: 140,677 personsNewark, NJ140,677Paterson, NJ: 76,118 personsPaterson, NJ76,118Elizabeth, NJ: 69,038 personsElizabeth, NJ69,038Clifton, NJ: 50,629 personsClifton, NJ50,629Hoboken, NJ: 42,288 personsHoboken, NJ42,288Trenton, NJ: 39,367 personsTrenton, NJ39,367Bayonne, NJ: 39,263 personsBayonne, NJ39,263Union City, NJ: 36,479 personsUnion City, NJ36,479East Orange, NJ: 35,394 personsEast Orange, NJ35,394Passaic, NJ: 33,031 personsPassaic, NJ33,031West New York, NJ: 30,177 personsWest New York, NJ30,177Camden, NJ: 29,540 personsCamden, NJ29,540Plainfield, NJ: 28,384 personsPlainfield, NJ28,384Hackensack, NJ: 28,211 personsHackensack, NJ28,211New Brunswick, NJ: 28,189 personsNew Brunswick, NJ28,189Perth Amboy, NJ: 27,713 personsPerth Amboy, NJ27,713Vineland, NJ: 27,157 personsVineland, NJ27,157Sayreville, NJ: 25,362 personsSayreville, NJ25,362Linden, NJ: 24,121 personsLinden, NJ24,121Kearny, NJ: 22,888 personsKearny, NJ22,888Fort Lee, NJ: 21,832 personsFort Lee, NJ21,832Fair Lawn, NJ: 19,352 personsFair Lawn, NJ19,352Garfield, NJ: 18,795 personsGarfield, NJ18,795Englewood, NJ: 17,079 personsEnglewood, NJ17,079Long Branch, NJ: 16,662 personsLong Branch, NJ16,662Atlantic City, NJ: 16,250 personsAtlantic City, NJ16,250Bergenfield, NJ: 15,969 personsBergenfield, NJ15,969Princeton, NJ: 15,836 personsPrinceton, NJ15,836Rahway, NJ: 15,587 personsRahway, NJ15,587Westfield, NJ: 15,344 personsWestfield, NJ15,344Lodi, NJ: 14,535 personsLodi, NJ14,535Cliffside Park, NJ: 14,163 personsCliffside Park, NJ14,163Ridgewood, NJ: 13,808 personsRidgewood, NJ13,808South Plainfield, NJ: 13,244 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ13,244Millville, NJ: 12,902 personsMillville, NJ12,902Paramus, NJ: 12,772 personsParamus, NJ12,772Carteret, NJ: 12,673 personsCarteret, NJ12,673Bridgeton, NJ: 9,884 personsBridgeton, NJ9,884Jersey City, NJ: 176,246 personsJersey City, NJ176,246Newark, NJ: 140,677 personsNewark, NJ140,677Paterson, NJ: 76,118 personsPaterson, NJ76,118Elizabeth, NJ: 69,038 personsElizabeth, NJ69,038Clifton, NJ: 50,629 personsClifton, NJ50,629Hoboken, NJ: 42,288 personsHoboken, NJ42,288Trenton, NJ: 39,367 personsTrenton, NJ39,367Bayonne, NJ: 39,263 personsBayonne, NJ39,263Union City, NJ: 36,479 personsUnion City, NJ36,479East Orange, NJ: 35,394 personsEast Orange, NJ35,394Passaic, NJ: 33,031 personsPassaic, NJ33,031West New York, NJ: 30,177 personsWest New York, NJ30,177Camden, NJ: 29,540 personsCamden, NJ29,540Plainfield, NJ: 28,384 personsPlainfield, NJ28,384Hackensack, NJ: 28,211 personsHackensack, NJ28,211New Brunswick, NJ: 28,189 personsNew Brunswick, NJ28,189Perth Amboy, NJ: 27,713 personsPerth Amboy, NJ27,713Vineland, NJ: 27,157 personsVineland, NJ27,157Sayreville, NJ: 25,362 personsSayreville, NJ25,362Linden, NJ: 24,121 personsLinden, NJ24,121Kearny, NJ: 22,888 personsKearny, NJ22,888Fort Lee, NJ: 21,832 personsFort Lee, NJ21,832Fair Lawn, NJ: 19,352 personsFair Lawn, NJ19,352Garfield, NJ: 18,795 personsGarfield, NJ18,795Englewood, NJ: 17,079 personsEnglewood, NJ17,079Long Branch, NJ: 16,662 personsLong Branch, NJ16,662Atlantic City, NJ: 16,250 personsAtlantic City, NJ16,250Bergenfield, NJ: 15,969 personsBergenfield, NJ15,969Princeton, NJ: 15,836 personsPrinceton, NJ15,836Rahway, NJ: 15,587 personsRahway, NJ15,587Westfield, NJ: 15,344 personsWestfield, NJ15,344Lodi, NJ: 14,535 personsLodi, NJ14,535Cliffside Park, NJ: 14,163 personsCliffside Park, NJ14,163Ridgewood, NJ: 13,808 personsRidgewood, NJ13,808South Plainfield, NJ: 13,244 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ13,244Millville, NJ: 12,902 personsMillville, NJ12,902Paramus, NJ: 12,772 personsParamus, NJ12,772Carteret, NJ: 12,673 personsCarteret, NJ12,673Bridgeton, NJ: 9,884 personsBridgeton, NJ9,884
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

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Jersey City, NJ176,246+1.2%
2Newark, NJ140,677+1.7%
3Paterson, NJ76,118+1.1%
4Elizabeth, NJ69,038+0.6%
5Clifton, NJ50,629+0.9%
6Hoboken, NJ42,288+1%
7Trenton, NJ39,367-0.6%
8Bayonne, NJ39,263+3.4%
9Union City, NJ36,479+1.3%
10East Orange, NJ35,394+1%
11Passaic, NJ33,031+0.9%
12West New York, NJ30,177+1.7%
13Camden, NJ29,540+0.3%
14Plainfield, NJ28,384+0.8%
15Hackensack, NJ28,211+0.5%
16New Brunswick, NJ28,189+0.6%
17Perth Amboy, NJ27,713+0.4%
18Vineland, NJ27,157-1%
19Sayreville, NJ25,362+1%
20Linden, NJ24,121+0.3%
21Kearny, NJ22,888+1.1%
22Fort Lee, NJ21,832+0.8%
23Fair Lawn, NJ19,352+1.3%
24Garfield, NJ18,795+1.7%
25Englewood, NJ17,079+0.6%
26Long Branch, NJ16,662-0.2%
27Atlantic City, NJ16,250+0.7%
28Bergenfield, NJ15,969+0.8%
29Princeton, NJ15,836+1%
30Rahway, NJ15,587+0.5%
31Westfield, NJ15,344+1.9%
32Lodi, NJ14,535+0.6%
33Cliffside Park, NJ14,163+0.9%
34Ridgewood, NJ13,808+0.6%
35South Plainfield, NJ13,244+1.3%
36Millville, NJ12,902-0.9%
37Paramus, NJ12,772+0.4%
38Carteret, NJ12,6730%
39Bridgeton, NJ9,884+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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Jersey City, NJ, with 176,246 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 9,884 in 2024.

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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