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

Palisades Park, NJ had the highest foreign-born share of the population of 117 cities in 2022, at 60.2%. Haddonfield, NJ had the lowest, at 4.1%. The median was 25.6% and the figure for New Jersey was 23.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest60.2Palisades Park, NJ
Lowest4.1Haddonfield, NJ
Median25.6117 cities
New Jersey23.2History

Top 40 cities, 2022

Palisades Park, NJ: 60.2 %Palisades Park, NJ60.2West New York, NJ: 59.1 %West New York, NJ59.1Guttenberg, NJ: 55 %Guttenberg, NJ55Union City, NJ: 54.6 %Union City, NJ54.6Harrison, NJ: 53.8 %Harrison, NJ53.8Edgewater, NJ: 51.2 %Edgewater, NJ51.2Fort Lee, NJ: 50.4 %Fort Lee, NJ50.4Dover, NJ: 50.1 %Dover, NJ50.1Elizabeth, NJ: 49.2 %Elizabeth, NJ49.2Wallington, NJ: 47.3 %Wallington, NJ47.3Fairview, NJ: 47.3 %Fairview, NJ47.3Garfield, NJ: 46.6 %Garfield, NJ46.6Cliffside Park, NJ: 46.5 %Cliffside Park, NJ46.5Perth Amboy, NJ: 46.4 %Perth Amboy, NJ46.4Kearny, NJ: 45.9 %Kearny, NJ45.9Secaucus, NJ: 44.6 %Secaucus, NJ44.6Ridgefield, NJ: 44.2 %Ridgefield, NJ44.2Paterson, NJ: 43.7 %Paterson, NJ43.7Hackensack, NJ: 42.4 %Hackensack, NJ42.4Passaic, NJ: 42.2 %Passaic, NJ42.2Little Ferry, NJ: 42.2 %Little Ferry, NJ42.2Jersey City, NJ: 41.2 %Jersey City, NJ41.2Lodi, NJ: 41.1 %Lodi, NJ41.1North Plainfield, NJ: 40.5 %North Plainfield, NJ40.5Plainfield, NJ: 39.3 %Plainfield, NJ39.3Bergenfield, NJ: 38.7 %Bergenfield, NJ38.7Ridgefield Park, NJ: 37.7 %Ridgefield Park, NJ37.7Highland Park, NJ: 36.6 %Highland Park, NJ36.6Elmwood Park, NJ: 36.5 %Elmwood Park, NJ36.5Englewood, NJ: 36.4 %Englewood, NJ36.4Clifton, NJ: 36.3 %Clifton, NJ36.3Carteret, NJ: 35.5 %Carteret, NJ35.5Bound Brook, NJ: 35.1 %Bound Brook, NJ35.1Newark, NJ: 34.7 %Newark, NJ34.7Linden, NJ: 34.6 %Linden, NJ34.6East Rutherford, NJ: 34.5 %East Rutherford, NJ34.5Tenafly, NJ: 33.9 %Tenafly, NJ33.9New Brunswick, NJ: 33.8 %New Brunswick, NJ33.8Roselle Park, NJ: 33.6 %Roselle Park, NJ33.6Sayreville, NJ: 32.7 %Sayreville, NJ32.7Palisades Park, NJ: 60.2 %Palisades Park, NJ60.2West New York, NJ: 59.1 %West New York, NJ59.1Guttenberg, NJ: 55 %Guttenberg, NJ55Union City, NJ: 54.6 %Union City, NJ54.6Harrison, NJ: 53.8 %Harrison, NJ53.8Edgewater, NJ: 51.2 %Edgewater, NJ51.2Fort Lee, NJ: 50.4 %Fort Lee, NJ50.4Dover, NJ: 50.1 %Dover, NJ50.1Elizabeth, NJ: 49.2 %Elizabeth, NJ49.2Wallington, NJ: 47.3 %Wallington, NJ47.3Fairview, NJ: 47.3 %Fairview, NJ47.3Garfield, NJ: 46.6 %Garfield, NJ46.6Cliffside Park, NJ: 46.5 %Cliffside Park, NJ46.5Perth Amboy, NJ: 46.4 %Perth Amboy, NJ46.4Kearny, NJ: 45.9 %Kearny, NJ45.9Secaucus, NJ: 44.6 %Secaucus, NJ44.6Ridgefield, NJ: 44.2 %Ridgefield, NJ44.2Paterson, NJ: 43.7 %Paterson, NJ43.7Hackensack, NJ: 42.4 %Hackensack, NJ42.4Passaic, NJ: 42.2 %Passaic, NJ42.2Little Ferry, NJ: 42.2 %Little Ferry, NJ42.2Jersey City, NJ: 41.2 %Jersey City, NJ41.2Lodi, NJ: 41.1 %Lodi, NJ41.1North Plainfield, NJ: 40.5 %North Plainfield, NJ40.5Plainfield, NJ: 39.3 %Plainfield, NJ39.3Bergenfield, NJ: 38.7 %Bergenfield, NJ38.7Ridgefield Park, NJ: 37.7 %Ridgefield Park, NJ37.7Highland Park, NJ: 36.6 %Highland Park, NJ36.6Elmwood Park, NJ: 36.5 %Elmwood Park, NJ36.5Englewood, NJ: 36.4 %Englewood, NJ36.4Clifton, NJ: 36.3 %Clifton, NJ36.3Carteret, NJ: 35.5 %Carteret, NJ35.5Bound Brook, NJ: 35.1 %Bound Brook, NJ35.1Newark, NJ: 34.7 %Newark, NJ34.7Linden, NJ: 34.6 %Linden, NJ34.6East Rutherford, NJ: 34.5 %East Rutherford, NJ34.5Tenafly, NJ: 33.9 %Tenafly, NJ33.9New Brunswick, NJ: 33.8 %New Brunswick, NJ33.8Roselle Park, NJ: 33.6 %Roselle Park, NJ33.6Sayreville, NJ: 32.7 %Sayreville, NJ32.7
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Palisades Park, NJ60.2-0 pts
2West New York, NJ59.1+0.5 pts
3Guttenberg, NJ55-0.1 pts
4Union City, NJ54.6-0.3 pts
5Harrison, NJ53.8-2.3 pts
6Edgewater, NJ51.2+0.5 pts
7Fort Lee, NJ50.4+1.8 pts
8Dover, NJ50.1+2.6 pts
9Elizabeth, NJ49.2+1.1 pts
10Wallington, NJ47.3-1.6 pts
11Fairview, NJ47.3-3.4 pts
12Garfield, NJ46.6+0.7 pts
13Cliffside Park, NJ46.5-1.4 pts
14Perth Amboy, NJ46.4-0.2 pts
15Kearny, NJ45.9-0.6 pts
16Secaucus, NJ44.6+4.2 pts
17Ridgefield, NJ44.2-0.6 pts
18Paterson, NJ43.7+0.1 pts
19Hackensack, NJ42.4+2.2 pts
20Passaic, NJ42.2+1.5 pts
21Little Ferry, NJ42.2+1.3 pts
22Jersey City, NJ41.2-0.4 pts
23Lodi, NJ41.1-0.6 pts
24North Plainfield, NJ40.5+0.7 pts
25Plainfield, NJ39.3+2.1 pts
26Bergenfield, NJ38.7+2 pts
27Ridgefield Park, NJ37.7-0.8 pts
28Highland Park, NJ36.6+7.8 pts
29Elmwood Park, NJ36.5+0.2 pts
30Englewood, NJ36.4+1.8 pts
31Clifton, NJ36.3-0.2 pts
32Carteret, NJ35.5+0.5 pts
33Bound Brook, NJ35.1+0.5 pts
34Newark, NJ34.7+0.8 pts
35Linden, NJ34.6+1.3 pts
36East Rutherford, NJ34.5+9.2 pts
37Tenafly, NJ33.9+0.4 pts
38New Brunswick, NJ33.8+1.7 pts
39Roselle Park, NJ33.6+0.6 pts
40Sayreville, NJ32.7-0.2 pts
41North Arlington, NJ32.1+0.2 pts
42Roselle, NJ32+0.5 pts
43Fair Lawn, NJ31.2-0.6 pts
44Atlantic City, NJ30.7+0.8 pts
45Paramus, NJ30.5+1.4 pts
46New Milford, NJ30.3+1.6 pts
47Bayonne, NJ30.1-1.7 pts
48East Orange, NJ30+1.5 pts
49Princeton, NJ29.1+0.3 pts
50Freehold, NJ28.4-0.9 pts
51South River, NJ28.4+3.9 pts
52River Edge, NJ28.3+0.9 pts
53Dumont, NJ28.3+0.5 pts
54Hasbrouck Heights, NJ28.3+1.3 pts
55Somerville, NJ27.2+1.7 pts
55Woodland Park, NJ27.2-0.3 pts
57Pleasantville, NJ26.5-1.4 pts
58Trenton, NJ26.2+2.9 pts
59Long Branch, NJ25.6-1.6 pts
60Wood-Ridge, NJ25.3+1.3 pts
61Rutherford, NJ24.7+0.1 pts
62Maywood, NJ24.4-1.1 pts
63South Plainfield, NJ23.9+2.4 pts
64Middlesex, NJ22.5+1.8 pts
65Bridgeton, NJ21.8-0.2 pts
66Lindenwold, NJ21.4+2.4 pts
67Morristown, NJ21.2-1.1 pts
68Eatontown, NJ21.1+0.1 pts
69Summit, NJ21.1-0.3 pts
70Rahway, NJ20.7+0.2 pts
71Hoboken, NJ19.7+0.5 pts
72Ridgewood, NJ19.6+1.2 pts
73Totowa, NJ19.2+0.3 pts
74Hawthorne, NJ19.1+0.7 pts
75Montvale, NJ18.9+0.6 pts
76South Amboy, NJ18.7+1 pts
77New Providence, NJ18.5+1.6 pts
78Westwood, NJ18.4-1.3 pts
79Red Bank, NJ17.9+0.4 pts
80Manville, NJ17.8+0.2 pts
81Franklin Lakes, NJ17.7-0 pts
82Lincoln Park, NJ17.4+0.9 pts
83Camden, NJ17.2+1.1 pts
84Glen Rock, NJ16.2+2.4 pts
85Metuchen, NJ16.2-0.7 pts
86Hackettstown, NJ16.1+1.4 pts
87Ramsey, NJ15.8+0.1 pts
88Asbury Park, NJ15.3-1.5 pts
89Madison, NJ15.2-0.3 pts
90Oakland, NJ15.1-0.5 pts
91Pompton Lakes, NJ14.7+0.2 pts
92Waldwick, NJ14+0.1 pts
93Chatham, NJ13.8+1.3 pts
94Bellmawr, NJ13.5-0.9 pts
95Tinton Falls, NJ13.4+1.1 pts
96Wanaque, NJ13.1+1.6 pts
97Florham Park, NJ12.7-2.5 pts
98Hillsdale, NJ12.5-0.4 pts
99Somers Point, NJ12.4-1.1 pts
100Vineland, NJ11.7+0.6 pts
101Westfield, NJ11.6+0.1 pts
102Kinnelon, NJ11.2+0.2 pts
103Burlington, NJ11.1+1.5 pts
104Hopatcong, NJ11-0.3 pts
105Hammonton, NJ10.2-1.1 pts
106Glassboro, NJ8.8+1.6 pts
107Ringwood, NJ8.7+0.3 pts
108Woodbury, NJ7.9-0.9 pts
109Phillipsburg, NJ7.7-1.3 pts
110Gloucester City, NJ7.3+0.7 pts
111Millville, NJ7+0.3 pts
112Beachwood, NJ6.5-1.1 pts
113Point Pleasant, NJ6.50 pts
114Collingswood, NJ5.8+0.4 pts
115Pine Hill, NJ5+1.8 pts
116Ocean City, NJ4.5-1.7 pts
117Haddonfield, NJ4.10 pts

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About this ranking

People born outside the country where they live, as a percentage of the total population.

More on how it is measured
  • 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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b05002.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/new-jersey-cities?period=2022. 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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b05002.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/new-jersey-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest foreign-born share of the population?

Palisades Park, NJ, with 60.2% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Haddonfield, NJ, with 4.1% in 2022.

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