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Cities in New Jersey by employed residents

Jersey City, NJ had the highest employed residents of 38 cities in 2014, at 132,576. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 7,602. The median was 21,588. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest132,576Jersey City, NJ
Lowest7,602Bridgeton, NJ
Median21,58838 cities

All cities, 2014

Jersey City, NJ: 132,576 personsJersey City, NJ132,576Newark, NJ: 108,228 personsNewark, NJ108,228Elizabeth, NJ: 59,372 personsElizabeth, NJ59,372Paterson, NJ: 56,022 personsPaterson, NJ56,022Clifton, NJ: 42,861 personsClifton, NJ42,861Trenton, NJ: 35,538 personsTrenton, NJ35,538Hoboken, NJ: 35,353 personsHoboken, NJ35,353Union City, NJ: 32,684 personsUnion City, NJ32,684Bayonne, NJ: 31,407 personsBayonne, NJ31,407Passaic, NJ: 27,835 personsPassaic, NJ27,835East Orange, NJ: 27,817 personsEast Orange, NJ27,817West New York, NJ: 26,732 personsWest New York, NJ26,732Vineland, NJ: 26,090 personsVineland, NJ26,090New Brunswick, NJ: 25,513 personsNew Brunswick, NJ25,513Plainfield, NJ: 25,423 personsPlainfield, NJ25,423Camden, NJ: 23,767 personsCamden, NJ23,767Hackensack, NJ: 23,007 personsHackensack, NJ23,007Sayreville, NJ: 22,767 personsSayreville, NJ22,767Perth Amboy, NJ: 22,655 personsPerth Amboy, NJ22,655Linden, NJ: 20,521 personsLinden, NJ20,521Kearny, NJ: 19,520 personsKearny, NJ19,520Fort Lee, NJ: 18,560 personsFort Lee, NJ18,560Fair Lawn, NJ: 17,615 personsFair Lawn, NJ17,615Princeton, NJ: 15,248 personsPrinceton, NJ15,248Long Branch, NJ: 15,100 personsLong Branch, NJ15,100Garfield, NJ: 14,823 personsGarfield, NJ14,823Atlantic City, NJ: 14,292 personsAtlantic City, NJ14,292Bergenfield, NJ: 14,178 personsBergenfield, NJ14,178Westfield, NJ: 14,062 personsWestfield, NJ14,062Englewood, NJ: 13,998 personsEnglewood, NJ13,998Rahway, NJ: 13,651 personsRahway, NJ13,651Cliffside Park, NJ: 12,561 personsCliffside Park, NJ12,561Paramus, NJ: 12,299 personsParamus, NJ12,299Millville, NJ: 12,258 personsMillville, NJ12,258Lodi, NJ: 11,941 personsLodi, NJ11,941Ridgewood, NJ: 11,531 personsRidgewood, NJ11,531Carteret, NJ: 10,968 personsCarteret, NJ10,968Bridgeton, NJ: 7,602 personsBridgeton, NJ7,602Jersey City, NJ: 132,576 personsJersey City, NJ132,576Newark, NJ: 108,228 personsNewark, NJ108,228Elizabeth, NJ: 59,372 personsElizabeth, NJ59,372Paterson, NJ: 56,022 personsPaterson, NJ56,022Clifton, NJ: 42,861 personsClifton, NJ42,861Trenton, NJ: 35,538 personsTrenton, NJ35,538Hoboken, NJ: 35,353 personsHoboken, NJ35,353Union City, NJ: 32,684 personsUnion City, NJ32,684Bayonne, NJ: 31,407 personsBayonne, NJ31,407Passaic, NJ: 27,835 personsPassaic, NJ27,835East Orange, NJ: 27,817 personsEast Orange, NJ27,817West New York, NJ: 26,732 personsWest New York, NJ26,732Vineland, NJ: 26,090 personsVineland, NJ26,090New Brunswick, NJ: 25,513 personsNew Brunswick, NJ25,513Plainfield, NJ: 25,423 personsPlainfield, NJ25,423Camden, NJ: 23,767 personsCamden, NJ23,767Hackensack, NJ: 23,007 personsHackensack, NJ23,007Sayreville, NJ: 22,767 personsSayreville, NJ22,767Perth Amboy, NJ: 22,655 personsPerth Amboy, NJ22,655Linden, NJ: 20,521 personsLinden, NJ20,521Kearny, NJ: 19,520 personsKearny, NJ19,520Fort Lee, NJ: 18,560 personsFort Lee, NJ18,560Fair Lawn, NJ: 17,615 personsFair Lawn, NJ17,615Princeton, NJ: 15,248 personsPrinceton, NJ15,248Long Branch, NJ: 15,100 personsLong Branch, NJ15,100Garfield, NJ: 14,823 personsGarfield, NJ14,823Atlantic City, NJ: 14,292 personsAtlantic City, NJ14,292Bergenfield, NJ: 14,178 personsBergenfield, NJ14,178Westfield, NJ: 14,062 personsWestfield, NJ14,062Englewood, NJ: 13,998 personsEnglewood, NJ13,998Rahway, NJ: 13,651 personsRahway, NJ13,651Cliffside Park, NJ: 12,561 personsCliffside Park, NJ12,561Paramus, NJ: 12,299 personsParamus, NJ12,299Millville, NJ: 12,258 personsMillville, NJ12,258Lodi, NJ: 11,941 personsLodi, NJ11,941Ridgewood, NJ: 11,531 personsRidgewood, NJ11,531Carteret, NJ: 10,968 personsCarteret, NJ10,968Bridgeton, NJ: 7,602 personsBridgeton, NJ7,602
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Jersey City, NJ132,576+2.7%
2Newark, NJ108,228+1.3%
3Elizabeth, NJ59,372+1.4%
4Paterson, NJ56,022+1.4%
5Clifton, NJ42,861+1.4%
6Trenton, NJ35,538+2.1%
7Hoboken, NJ35,353+2.2%
8Union City, NJ32,684+1.4%
9Bayonne, NJ31,407+2.3%
10Passaic, NJ27,835+1.7%
11East Orange, NJ27,817+1.3%
12West New York, NJ26,732+1.7%
13Vineland, NJ26,090+0.3%
14New Brunswick, NJ25,513+4.2%
15Plainfield, NJ25,423+1.2%
16Camden, NJ23,767+1.5%
17Hackensack, NJ23,007+1.8%
18Sayreville, NJ22,767+3.9%
19Perth Amboy, NJ22,655+2.6%
20Linden, NJ20,521+1.3%
21Kearny, NJ19,520+1.2%
22Fort Lee, NJ18,560+3.7%
23Fair Lawn, NJ17,615+2.5%
24Princeton, NJ15,248+6.3%
25Long Branch, NJ15,100+2.3%
26Garfield, NJ14,823+1.7%
27Atlantic City, NJ14,292-2.1%
28Bergenfield, NJ14,178+1.6%
29Westfield, NJ14,062+0.6%
30Englewood, NJ13,998+1.3%
31Rahway, NJ13,651+0.9%
32Cliffside Park, NJ12,561+2%
33Paramus, NJ12,299+1.4%
34Millville, NJ12,258-0.6%
35Lodi, NJ11,941+1.4%
36Ridgewood, NJ11,531+1.4%
37Carteret, NJ10,968+2.5%
38Bridgeton, NJ7,602+0.5%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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 2014 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. 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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-jersey-cities?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-jersey-cities?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-jersey-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 2014}},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Jersey City, NJ, with 132,576 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 7,602 in 2014.

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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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