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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 2023, at 60.1%. Haddonfield, NJ had the lowest, at 4.4%. The median was 25.6% and the figure for New Jersey was 23.5%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest60.1Palisades Park, NJ
Lowest4.4Haddonfield, NJ
Median25.6117 cities
New Jersey23.5History

Top 40 cities, 2023

Palisades Park, NJ: 60.1 %Palisades Park, NJ60.1West New York, NJ: 58 %West New York, NJ58Guttenberg, NJ: 56.4 %Guttenberg, NJ56.4Union City, NJ: 55.2 %Union City, NJ55.2Harrison, NJ: 55 %Harrison, NJ55Edgewater, NJ: 53.1 %Edgewater, NJ53.1Dover, NJ: 51.5 %Dover, NJ51.5Elizabeth, NJ: 50.6 %Elizabeth, NJ50.6Fort Lee, NJ: 50.4 %Fort Lee, NJ50.4Perth Amboy, NJ: 48 %Perth Amboy, NJ48Fairview, NJ: 47.9 %Fairview, NJ47.9Garfield, NJ: 47.3 %Garfield, NJ47.3Cliffside Park, NJ: 45.7 %Cliffside Park, NJ45.7Kearny, NJ: 44.8 %Kearny, NJ44.8Little Ferry, NJ: 44.4 %Little Ferry, NJ44.4Paterson, NJ: 44.1 %Paterson, NJ44.1North Plainfield, NJ: 43.2 %North Plainfield, NJ43.2Secaucus, NJ: 42.9 %Secaucus, NJ42.9Wallington, NJ: 42.7 %Wallington, NJ42.7Passaic, NJ: 42.1 %Passaic, NJ42.1Ridgefield, NJ: 41.7 %Ridgefield, NJ41.7Plainfield, NJ: 41.5 %Plainfield, NJ41.5Jersey City, NJ: 41.3 %Jersey City, NJ41.3Hackensack, NJ: 40.4 %Hackensack, NJ40.4Ridgefield Park, NJ: 38.5 %Ridgefield Park, NJ38.5Bergenfield, NJ: 38.5 %Bergenfield, NJ38.5Lodi, NJ: 38.2 %Lodi, NJ38.2Tenafly, NJ: 38.1 %Tenafly, NJ38.1Roselle Park, NJ: 37.9 %Roselle Park, NJ37.9Bound Brook, NJ: 36.7 %Bound Brook, NJ36.7New Brunswick, NJ: 36.5 %New Brunswick, NJ36.5Linden, NJ: 35.7 %Linden, NJ35.7Elmwood Park, NJ: 35.6 %Elmwood Park, NJ35.6Clifton, NJ: 35.1 %Clifton, NJ35.1Englewood, NJ: 35 %Englewood, NJ35Newark, NJ: 34.9 %Newark, NJ34.9Highland Park, NJ: 34.7 %Highland Park, NJ34.7Carteret, NJ: 34.7 %Carteret, NJ34.7Sayreville, NJ: 33.2 %Sayreville, NJ33.2East Rutherford, NJ: 32.6 %East Rutherford, NJ32.6Palisades Park, NJ: 60.1 %Palisades Park, NJ60.1West New York, NJ: 58 %West New York, NJ58Guttenberg, NJ: 56.4 %Guttenberg, NJ56.4Union City, NJ: 55.2 %Union City, NJ55.2Harrison, NJ: 55 %Harrison, NJ55Edgewater, NJ: 53.1 %Edgewater, NJ53.1Dover, NJ: 51.5 %Dover, NJ51.5Elizabeth, NJ: 50.6 %Elizabeth, NJ50.6Fort Lee, NJ: 50.4 %Fort Lee, NJ50.4Perth Amboy, NJ: 48 %Perth Amboy, NJ48Fairview, NJ: 47.9 %Fairview, NJ47.9Garfield, NJ: 47.3 %Garfield, NJ47.3Cliffside Park, NJ: 45.7 %Cliffside Park, NJ45.7Kearny, NJ: 44.8 %Kearny, NJ44.8Little Ferry, NJ: 44.4 %Little Ferry, NJ44.4Paterson, NJ: 44.1 %Paterson, NJ44.1North Plainfield, NJ: 43.2 %North Plainfield, NJ43.2Secaucus, NJ: 42.9 %Secaucus, NJ42.9Wallington, NJ: 42.7 %Wallington, NJ42.7Passaic, NJ: 42.1 %Passaic, NJ42.1Ridgefield, NJ: 41.7 %Ridgefield, NJ41.7Plainfield, NJ: 41.5 %Plainfield, NJ41.5Jersey City, NJ: 41.3 %Jersey City, NJ41.3Hackensack, NJ: 40.4 %Hackensack, NJ40.4Ridgefield Park, NJ: 38.5 %Ridgefield Park, NJ38.5Bergenfield, NJ: 38.5 %Bergenfield, NJ38.5Lodi, NJ: 38.2 %Lodi, NJ38.2Tenafly, NJ: 38.1 %Tenafly, NJ38.1Roselle Park, NJ: 37.9 %Roselle Park, NJ37.9Bound Brook, NJ: 36.7 %Bound Brook, NJ36.7New Brunswick, NJ: 36.5 %New Brunswick, NJ36.5Linden, NJ: 35.7 %Linden, NJ35.7Elmwood Park, NJ: 35.6 %Elmwood Park, NJ35.6Clifton, NJ: 35.1 %Clifton, NJ35.1Englewood, NJ: 35 %Englewood, NJ35Newark, NJ: 34.9 %Newark, NJ34.9Highland Park, NJ: 34.7 %Highland Park, NJ34.7Carteret, NJ: 34.7 %Carteret, NJ34.7Sayreville, NJ: 33.2 %Sayreville, NJ33.2East Rutherford, NJ: 32.6 %East Rutherford, NJ32.6
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Palisades Park, NJ60.1-0 pts
2West New York, NJ58-1.1 pts
3Guttenberg, NJ56.4+1.3 pts
4Union City, NJ55.2+0.6 pts
5Harrison, NJ55+1.2 pts
6Edgewater, NJ53.1+1.9 pts
7Dover, NJ51.5+1.4 pts
8Elizabeth, NJ50.6+1.4 pts
9Fort Lee, NJ50.40 pts
10Perth Amboy, NJ48+1.6 pts
11Fairview, NJ47.9+0.6 pts
12Garfield, NJ47.3+0.7 pts
13Cliffside Park, NJ45.7-0.8 pts
14Kearny, NJ44.8-1.1 pts
15Little Ferry, NJ44.4+2.2 pts
16Paterson, NJ44.1+0.4 pts
17North Plainfield, NJ43.2+2.7 pts
18Secaucus, NJ42.9-1.7 pts
19Wallington, NJ42.7-4.6 pts
20Passaic, NJ42.1-0.1 pts
21Ridgefield, NJ41.7-2.5 pts
22Plainfield, NJ41.5+2.3 pts
23Jersey City, NJ41.3+0.1 pts
24Hackensack, NJ40.4-2 pts
25Ridgefield Park, NJ38.5+0.8 pts
26Bergenfield, NJ38.5-0.2 pts
27Lodi, NJ38.2-2.9 pts
28Tenafly, NJ38.1+4.3 pts
29Roselle Park, NJ37.9+4.3 pts
30Bound Brook, NJ36.7+1.6 pts
31New Brunswick, NJ36.5+2.7 pts
32Linden, NJ35.7+1.1 pts
33Elmwood Park, NJ35.6-0.9 pts
34Clifton, NJ35.1-1.3 pts
35Englewood, NJ35-1.4 pts
36Newark, NJ34.9+0.2 pts
37Highland Park, NJ34.7-1.9 pts
38Carteret, NJ34.7-0.9 pts
39Sayreville, NJ33.2+0.5 pts
40East Rutherford, NJ32.6-1.9 pts
41North Arlington, NJ32.10 pts
42Roselle, NJ31.9-0.1 pts
43Fair Lawn, NJ31.7+0.5 pts
44Woodland Park, NJ31.4+4.2 pts
45Bayonne, NJ30.5+0.4 pts
45New Milford, NJ30.5+0.2 pts
47Hasbrouck Heights, NJ30.4+2.1 pts
48Princeton, NJ29.9+0.8 pts
49Pleasantville, NJ29.7+3.2 pts
50Atlantic City, NJ29.6-1.1 pts
51Trenton, NJ29.3+3.1 pts
52East Orange, NJ29.2-0.8 pts
53Paramus, NJ29-1.4 pts
54Dumont, NJ27.8-0.5 pts
55Freehold, NJ27.4-1 pts
56River Edge, NJ27-1.3 pts
57Wood-Ridge, NJ26.6+1.3 pts
58Long Branch, NJ26.3+0.8 pts
59Maywood, NJ25.6+1.2 pts
60Somerville, NJ25.6-1.6 pts
61Bridgeton, NJ25.5+3.8 pts
62Rutherford, NJ25.2+0.5 pts
63South River, NJ24.8-3.6 pts
64Middlesex, NJ23.7+1.2 pts
65South Plainfield, NJ23.4-0.5 pts
66Eatontown, NJ23.4+2.2 pts
67Rahway, NJ22.5+1.7 pts
68New Providence, NJ22.1+3.5 pts
69Ridgewood, NJ21.4+1.8 pts
70Manville, NJ21.4+3.6 pts
71Morristown, NJ20.9-0.3 pts
72Totowa, NJ20.8+1.6 pts
73Lindenwold, NJ20.6-0.8 pts
74Montvale, NJ19.5+0.6 pts
75Hoboken, NJ19.1-0.6 pts
76Camden, NJ18.7+1.6 pts
77Hawthorne, NJ18.7-0.4 pts
78Westwood, NJ18.5+0.1 pts
79Asbury Park, NJ18.5+3.2 pts
80Red Bank, NJ18.3+0.4 pts
81Lincoln Park, NJ18.1+0.7 pts
82Franklin Lakes, NJ17.8+0.1 pts
83Glen Rock, NJ17.5+1.3 pts
84Summit, NJ17.4-3.7 pts
85Hackettstown, NJ17.3+1.2 pts
86South Amboy, NJ17.3-1.4 pts
87Metuchen, NJ17.2+1.1 pts
88Waldwick, NJ16.7+2.7 pts
89Ramsey, NJ16.1+0.3 pts
90Madison, NJ15.4+0.1 pts
91Pompton Lakes, NJ15.1+0.5 pts
92Wanaque, NJ15+1.9 pts
93Burlington, NJ15+4 pts
94Oakland, NJ14.4-0.7 pts
95Florham Park, NJ14.2+1.5 pts
96Hopatcong, NJ14.1+3.2 pts
97Tinton Falls, NJ13.6+0.3 pts
98Westfield, NJ13.2+1.7 pts
99Chatham, NJ13.1-0.7 pts
99Hillsdale, NJ13.1+0.6 pts
101Somers Point, NJ12.5+0.1 pts
101Vineland, NJ12.5+0.9 pts
103Kinnelon, NJ12.2+1 pts
104Bellmawr, NJ11-2.5 pts
105Ringwood, NJ10.9+2.2 pts
106Hammonton, NJ10.8+0.5 pts
107Glassboro, NJ8.9+0.1 pts
108Phillipsburg, NJ8.8+1.1 pts
109Gloucester City, NJ8.3+1 pts
110Woodbury, NJ7.8-0.1 pts
111Millville, NJ7.4+0.5 pts
112Collingswood, NJ7.1+1.3 pts
113Beachwood, NJ7.1+0.5 pts
114Point Pleasant, NJ6.9+0.4 pts
115Ocean City, NJ6.6+2.1 pts
116Pine Hill, NJ5.3+0.3 pts
117Haddonfield, NJ4.4+0.2 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-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, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b05002.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/new-jersey-cities?period=2023. 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, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b05002.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/new-jersey-cities?period=2023.

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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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b05002.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/new-jersey-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Palisades Park, NJ, with 60.1% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Haddonfield, NJ, with 4.4% in 2023.

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