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Cities in New Jersey by employed residents

Jersey City, NJ had the highest employed residents of 39 cities in 2020, at 144,071. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 8,676. The median was 20,551. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest144,071Jersey City, NJ
Lowest8,676Bridgeton, NJ
Median20,55139 cities

All cities, 2020

Jersey City, NJ: 144,071 personsJersey City, NJ144,071Newark, NJ: 119,968 personsNewark, NJ119,968Paterson, NJ: 61,817 personsPaterson, NJ61,817Elizabeth, NJ: 59,313 personsElizabeth, NJ59,313Clifton, NJ: 42,551 personsClifton, NJ42,551Hoboken, NJ: 36,968 personsHoboken, NJ36,968Trenton, NJ: 34,373 personsTrenton, NJ34,373Bayonne, NJ: 31,735 personsBayonne, NJ31,735Union City, NJ: 31,328 personsUnion City, NJ31,328East Orange, NJ: 29,657 personsEast Orange, NJ29,657Passaic, NJ: 27,476 personsPassaic, NJ27,476West New York, NJ: 25,429 personsWest New York, NJ25,429Camden, NJ: 24,885 personsCamden, NJ24,885New Brunswick, NJ: 24,184 personsNew Brunswick, NJ24,184Plainfield, NJ: 23,910 personsPlainfield, NJ23,910Vineland, NJ: 23,704 personsVineland, NJ23,704Hackensack, NJ: 23,513 personsHackensack, NJ23,513Perth Amboy, NJ: 23,323 personsPerth Amboy, NJ23,323Sayreville, NJ: 21,773 personsSayreville, NJ21,773Linden, NJ: 20,551 personsLinden, NJ20,551Kearny, NJ: 19,741 personsKearny, NJ19,741Fort Lee, NJ: 18,507 personsFort Lee, NJ18,507Fair Lawn, NJ: 15,777 personsFair Lawn, NJ15,777Garfield, NJ: 15,299 personsGarfield, NJ15,299Long Branch, NJ: 14,228 personsLong Branch, NJ14,228Princeton, NJ: 14,182 personsPrinceton, NJ14,182Englewood, NJ: 14,056 personsEnglewood, NJ14,056Westfield, NJ: 13,380 personsWestfield, NJ13,380Bergenfield, NJ: 13,374 personsBergenfield, NJ13,374Rahway, NJ: 13,272 personsRahway, NJ13,272Atlantic City, NJ: 13,168 personsAtlantic City, NJ13,168Lodi, NJ: 12,141 personsLodi, NJ12,141Cliffside Park, NJ: 11,851 personsCliffside Park, NJ11,851Ridgewood, NJ: 11,531 personsRidgewood, NJ11,531South Plainfield, NJ: 11,487 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ11,487Millville, NJ: 11,260 personsMillville, NJ11,260Carteret, NJ: 10,848 personsCarteret, NJ10,848Paramus, NJ: 10,811 personsParamus, NJ10,811Bridgeton, NJ: 8,676 personsBridgeton, NJ8,676Jersey City, NJ: 144,071 personsJersey City, NJ144,071Newark, NJ: 119,968 personsNewark, NJ119,968Paterson, NJ: 61,817 personsPaterson, NJ61,817Elizabeth, NJ: 59,313 personsElizabeth, NJ59,313Clifton, NJ: 42,551 personsClifton, NJ42,551Hoboken, NJ: 36,968 personsHoboken, NJ36,968Trenton, NJ: 34,373 personsTrenton, NJ34,373Bayonne, NJ: 31,735 personsBayonne, NJ31,735Union City, NJ: 31,328 personsUnion City, NJ31,328East Orange, NJ: 29,657 personsEast Orange, NJ29,657Passaic, NJ: 27,476 personsPassaic, NJ27,476West New York, NJ: 25,429 personsWest New York, NJ25,429Camden, NJ: 24,885 personsCamden, NJ24,885New Brunswick, NJ: 24,184 personsNew Brunswick, NJ24,184Plainfield, NJ: 23,910 personsPlainfield, NJ23,910Vineland, NJ: 23,704 personsVineland, NJ23,704Hackensack, NJ: 23,513 personsHackensack, NJ23,513Perth Amboy, NJ: 23,323 personsPerth Amboy, NJ23,323Sayreville, NJ: 21,773 personsSayreville, NJ21,773Linden, NJ: 20,551 personsLinden, NJ20,551Kearny, NJ: 19,741 personsKearny, NJ19,741Fort Lee, NJ: 18,507 personsFort Lee, NJ18,507Fair Lawn, NJ: 15,777 personsFair Lawn, NJ15,777Garfield, NJ: 15,299 personsGarfield, NJ15,299Long Branch, NJ: 14,228 personsLong Branch, NJ14,228Princeton, NJ: 14,182 personsPrinceton, NJ14,182Englewood, NJ: 14,056 personsEnglewood, NJ14,056Westfield, NJ: 13,380 personsWestfield, NJ13,380Bergenfield, NJ: 13,374 personsBergenfield, NJ13,374Rahway, NJ: 13,272 personsRahway, NJ13,272Atlantic City, NJ: 13,168 personsAtlantic City, NJ13,168Lodi, NJ: 12,141 personsLodi, NJ12,141Cliffside Park, NJ: 11,851 personsCliffside Park, NJ11,851Ridgewood, NJ: 11,531 personsRidgewood, NJ11,531South Plainfield, NJ: 11,487 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ11,487Millville, NJ: 11,260 personsMillville, NJ11,260Carteret, NJ: 10,848 personsCarteret, NJ10,848Paramus, NJ: 10,811 personsParamus, NJ10,811Bridgeton, NJ: 8,676 personsBridgeton, NJ8,676
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Jersey City, NJ144,071-8%
2Newark, NJ119,968-7.3%
3Paterson, NJ61,817-8.3%
4Elizabeth, NJ59,313-8.2%
5Clifton, NJ42,551-8.3%
6Hoboken, NJ36,968-7.6%
7Trenton, NJ34,373-4.7%
8Bayonne, NJ31,735-7.7%
9Union City, NJ31,328-9.4%
10East Orange, NJ29,657-7.5%
11Passaic, NJ27,476-8.5%
12West New York, NJ25,429-8%
13Camden, NJ24,885-5.4%
14New Brunswick, NJ24,184-5.7%
15Plainfield, NJ23,910-8.2%
16Vineland, NJ23,704-3.9%
17Hackensack, NJ23,513-8.5%
18Perth Amboy, NJ23,323-6.7%
19Sayreville, NJ21,773-7.2%
20Linden, NJ20,551-8.3%
21Kearny, NJ19,741-9.4%
22Fort Lee, NJ18,507-8.7%
23Fair Lawn, NJ15,777-8.2%
24Garfield, NJ15,299-8.6%
25Long Branch, NJ14,228-6.6%
26Princeton, NJ14,182-5%
27Englewood, NJ14,056-8.5%
28Westfield, NJ13,380-8.4%
29Bergenfield, NJ13,374-8%
30Rahway, NJ13,272-7.1%
31Atlantic City, NJ13,168-13.4%
32Lodi, NJ12,141-8.6%
33Cliffside Park, NJ11,851-8.5%
34Ridgewood, NJ11,531-8.6%
35South Plainfield, NJ11,487n/a
36Millville, NJ11,260-4.3%
37Carteret, NJ10,848-6.6%
38Paramus, NJ10,811-8.8%
39Bridgeton, NJ8,676-4.8%

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. 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.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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/new-jersey-cities?period=2020.

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

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Jersey City, NJ, with 144,071 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 8,676 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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