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Cities in New Jersey by foreign-born share of the population, 2024

West New York, NJ had the highest foreign-born share of the population of 117 cities in 2024, at 60.2%. Haddonfield, NJ had the lowest, at 4.3%. The median was 26.6% and the figure for New Jersey was 23.9%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest60.2West New York, NJ
Lowest4.3Haddonfield, NJ
Median26.6117 cities
New Jersey23.9History

Top 40 cities, 2024

West New York, NJ: 60.2 %West New York, NJ60.2Palisades Park, NJ: 59.3 %Palisades Park, NJ59.3Harrison, NJ: 54.5 %Harrison, NJ54.5Union City, NJ: 54.3 %Union City, NJ54.3Elizabeth, NJ: 51.6 %Elizabeth, NJ51.6Perth Amboy, NJ: 50.7 %Perth Amboy, NJ50.7Dover, NJ: 50.6 %Dover, NJ50.6Fort Lee, NJ: 50.1 %Fort Lee, NJ50.1Guttenberg, NJ: 50.1 %Guttenberg, NJ50.1Fairview, NJ: 50 %Fairview, NJ50Edgewater, NJ: 49.6 %Edgewater, NJ49.6Garfield, NJ: 47.9 %Garfield, NJ47.9Little Ferry, NJ: 46.7 %Little Ferry, NJ46.7Cliffside Park, NJ: 46.6 %Cliffside Park, NJ46.6Wallington, NJ: 45.9 %Wallington, NJ45.9Kearny, NJ: 45 %Kearny, NJ45Paterson, NJ: 44.6 %Paterson, NJ44.6North Plainfield, NJ: 44.3 %North Plainfield, NJ44.3Secaucus, NJ: 43.3 %Secaucus, NJ43.3Hackensack, NJ: 42.7 %Hackensack, NJ42.7Plainfield, NJ: 41.9 %Plainfield, NJ41.9Jersey City, NJ: 41.7 %Jersey City, NJ41.7Passaic, NJ: 41.4 %Passaic, NJ41.4Tenafly, NJ: 41.1 %Tenafly, NJ41.1Ridgefield Park, NJ: 40.3 %Ridgefield Park, NJ40.3New Brunswick, NJ: 39.9 %New Brunswick, NJ39.9Lodi, NJ: 39.5 %Lodi, NJ39.5Ridgefield, NJ: 39.4 %Ridgefield, NJ39.4Bergenfield, NJ: 39.1 %Bergenfield, NJ39.1Bound Brook, NJ: 38 %Bound Brook, NJ38Roselle Park, NJ: 36.7 %Roselle Park, NJ36.7Englewood, NJ: 36.4 %Englewood, NJ36.4Linden, NJ: 36.1 %Linden, NJ36.1Newark, NJ: 36.1 %Newark, NJ36.1Clifton, NJ: 35.1 %Clifton, NJ35.1Elmwood Park, NJ: 34.4 %Elmwood Park, NJ34.4Highland Park, NJ: 34.3 %Highland Park, NJ34.3Roselle, NJ: 33.7 %Roselle, NJ33.7Carteret, NJ: 33.7 %Carteret, NJ33.7Sayreville, NJ: 33.3 %Sayreville, NJ33.3
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024 (%)Change on 2023
1West New York, NJ60.2+2.2 pts
2Palisades Park, NJ59.3-0.9 pts
3Harrison, NJ54.5-0.5 pts
4Union City, NJ54.3-0.8 pts
5Elizabeth, NJ51.6+1 pts
6Perth Amboy, NJ50.7+2.8 pts
7Dover, NJ50.6-0.9 pts
8Fort Lee, NJ50.1-0.3 pts
9Guttenberg, NJ50.1-6.3 pts
10Fairview, NJ50+2.1 pts
11Edgewater, NJ49.6-3.5 pts
12Garfield, NJ47.9+0.6 pts
13Little Ferry, NJ46.7+2.3 pts
14Cliffside Park, NJ46.6+0.9 pts
15Wallington, NJ45.9+3.3 pts
16Kearny, NJ45+0.2 pts
17Paterson, NJ44.6+0.5 pts
18North Plainfield, NJ44.3+1.1 pts
19Secaucus, NJ43.3+0.4 pts
20Hackensack, NJ42.7+2.3 pts
21Plainfield, NJ41.9+0.4 pts
22Jersey City, NJ41.7+0.5 pts
23Passaic, NJ41.4-0.7 pts
24Tenafly, NJ41.1+3 pts
25Ridgefield Park, NJ40.3+1.8 pts
26New Brunswick, NJ39.9+3.4 pts
27Lodi, NJ39.5+1.3 pts
28Ridgefield, NJ39.4-2.3 pts
29Bergenfield, NJ39.1+0.5 pts
30Bound Brook, NJ38+1.3 pts
31Roselle Park, NJ36.7-1.2 pts
32Englewood, NJ36.4+1.5 pts
33Linden, NJ36.1+0.4 pts
33Newark, NJ36.1+1.3 pts
35Clifton, NJ35.1+0.1 pts
36Elmwood Park, NJ34.4-1.2 pts
37Highland Park, NJ34.3-0.4 pts
38Roselle, NJ33.7+1.8 pts
39Carteret, NJ33.7-1 pts
40Sayreville, NJ33.3+0.2 pts
41East Orange, NJ32.2+3 pts
42East Rutherford, NJ31.5-1.1 pts
43Woodland Park, NJ31.4-0 pts
44Fair Lawn, NJ31.4-0.3 pts
45Paramus, NJ31.3+2.3 pts
46Bayonne, NJ31+0.6 pts
47Trenton, NJ30.9+1.5 pts
48Princeton, NJ30.9+1 pts
49North Arlington, NJ30.1-2 pts
50New Milford, NJ30.1-0.4 pts
51Pleasantville, NJ29.1-0.6 pts
52Atlantic City, NJ28.8-0.8 pts
53Wood-Ridge, NJ28.4+1.8 pts
54Hasbrouck Heights, NJ28.3-2 pts
55Dumont, NJ28.2+0.4 pts
56Middlesex, NJ27.7+4 pts
57Long Branch, NJ27.4+1 pts
58River Edge, NJ27.1+0.1 pts
59Freehold, NJ26.6-0.8 pts
60South River, NJ26.4+1.6 pts
61Manville, NJ26.1+4.7 pts
62Eatontown, NJ26.1+2.7 pts
63Bridgeton, NJ25.7+0.1 pts
64Maywood, NJ25-0.7 pts
65Rahway, NJ24+1.5 pts
66Somerville, NJ23.9-1.6 pts
67South Plainfield, NJ23.9+0.5 pts
68Totowa, NJ22.5+1.7 pts
69Morristown, NJ22.5+1.6 pts
70Ridgewood, NJ22.3+0.8 pts
71New Providence, NJ22.10 pts
72Westwood, NJ21.4+2.9 pts
73Rutherford, NJ21.3-3.9 pts
74Lincoln Park, NJ20.7+2.6 pts
75Montvale, NJ20.6+1.1 pts
76Hawthorne, NJ20.4+1.7 pts
77Asbury Park, NJ20.4+1.9 pts
78Lindenwold, NJ19.8-0.8 pts
79Franklin Lakes, NJ19.4+1.6 pts
80Camden, NJ18.9+0.2 pts
81Summit, NJ18.8+1.4 pts
82South Amboy, NJ18.2+0.9 pts
83Red Bank, NJ18.2-0.2 pts
84Ramsey, NJ18.1+2 pts
85Hoboken, NJ17.7-1.3 pts
86Metuchen, NJ17.20 pts
87Glen Rock, NJ17.2-0.3 pts
88Wanaque, NJ16.9+1.8 pts
89Hackettstown, NJ16.5-0.9 pts
90Florham Park, NJ15.3+1.2 pts
91Waldwick, NJ15.1-1.6 pts
92Madison, NJ14.8-0.6 pts
93Hopatcong, NJ14.6+0.4 pts
94Pompton Lakes, NJ14.2-0.9 pts
95Vineland, NJ14.2+1.7 pts
96Oakland, NJ13.8-0.6 pts
97Chatham, NJ13.7+0.6 pts
98Westfield, NJ13.6+0.4 pts
99Burlington, NJ13.6-1.4 pts
100Hillsdale, NJ12.3-0.8 pts
101Somers Point, NJ12-0.5 pts
102Bellmawr, NJ11.4+0.3 pts
103Kinnelon, NJ11.3-1 pts
104Glassboro, NJ10.1+1.1 pts
105Woodbury, NJ9.6+1.8 pts
106Tinton Falls, NJ9.5-4.1 pts
107Gloucester City, NJ9.3+1 pts
107Hammonton, NJ9.3-1.5 pts
109Ringwood, NJ9-1.9 pts
110Beachwood, NJ8.9+1.8 pts
111Phillipsburg, NJ8-0.7 pts
112Ocean City, NJ7.5+0.9 pts
113Pine Hill, NJ7+1.7 pts
114Collingswood, NJ6.8-0.3 pts
115Millville, NJ6.1-1.3 pts
116Point Pleasant, NJ5.9-1.1 pts
117Haddonfield, NJ4.3-0 pts

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About this ranking

People born outside the country where they live, as a percentage of the total population. United States: people who were not US citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants and unauthorized immigrants; American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span. EU countries: residents on 1 January whose country of birth is not the reporting country (Eurostat). England and Wales: usual residents born outside the United Kingdom, Census 2021.

Based on place of birth, not nationality: a naturalized citizen counts as foreign born. In the United States people born in Puerto Rico, the US island areas or abroad to American parents count as native; in the EU everyone born outside the reporting country counts as foreign born, including people born in another EU country or abroad to national parents. Not comparable with foreign_population_share, which counts foreign nationals in Spain and the EU.

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. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in New Jersey by foreign-born share of the population, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in New Jersey by foreign-born share of the population, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/new-jersey-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in New Jersey by foreign-born share of the population, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/new-jersey-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in New Jersey by foreign-born share of the population, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/new-jersey-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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