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Cities in New Jersey by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2024

Union City, NJ had the highest population speaking a language other than English at home of 117 cities in 2024, at 81.8%. Haddonfield, NJ had the lowest, at 5.3%. The median was 37.2% and the figure for New Jersey was 33.1%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest81.8Union City, NJ
Lowest5.3Haddonfield, NJ
Median37.2117 cities
New Jersey33.1History

Top 40 cities, 2024

Union City, NJ: 81.8 %Union City, NJ81.8Perth Amboy, NJ: 79.5 %Perth Amboy, NJ79.5West New York, NJ: 79.3 %West New York, NJ79.3Guttenberg, NJ: 77.8 %Guttenberg, NJ77.8Elizabeth, NJ: 77.1 %Elizabeth, NJ77.1Dover, NJ: 76.9 %Dover, NJ76.9Palisades Park, NJ: 72.6 %Palisades Park, NJ72.6Passaic, NJ: 72.3 %Passaic, NJ72.3Fairview, NJ: 69.8 %Fairview, NJ69.8Garfield, NJ: 68.5 %Garfield, NJ68.5Paterson, NJ: 67.3 %Paterson, NJ67.3Harrison, NJ: 66.9 %Harrison, NJ66.9Kearny, NJ: 65.2 %Kearny, NJ65.2Wallington, NJ: 65 %Wallington, NJ65Cliffside Park, NJ: 64.6 %Cliffside Park, NJ64.6Fort Lee, NJ: 60.5 %Fort Lee, NJ60.5Little Ferry, NJ: 60.2 %Little Ferry, NJ60.2North Plainfield, NJ: 59.6 %North Plainfield, NJ59.6Plainfield, NJ: 58.5 %Plainfield, NJ58.5Ridgefield, NJ: 58.4 %Ridgefield, NJ58.4New Brunswick, NJ: 57.4 %New Brunswick, NJ57.4Linden, NJ: 56.7 %Linden, NJ56.7Clifton, NJ: 56.3 %Clifton, NJ56.3Ridgefield Park, NJ: 56 %Ridgefield Park, NJ56Pleasantville, NJ: 55.2 %Pleasantville, NJ55.2Lodi, NJ: 55 %Lodi, NJ55Carteret, NJ: 54.9 %Carteret, NJ54.9Freehold, NJ: 54.9 %Freehold, NJ54.9Hackensack, NJ: 54.8 %Hackensack, NJ54.8Bridgeton, NJ: 54.8 %Bridgeton, NJ54.8Bound Brook, NJ: 54.6 %Bound Brook, NJ54.6Bergenfield, NJ: 52.1 %Bergenfield, NJ52.1Elmwood Park, NJ: 52.1 %Elmwood Park, NJ52.1Edgewater, NJ: 51.9 %Edgewater, NJ51.9Woodland Park, NJ: 51.4 %Woodland Park, NJ51.4Newark, NJ: 51.4 %Newark, NJ51.4Tenafly, NJ: 51.1 %Tenafly, NJ51.1Roselle, NJ: 51 %Roselle, NJ51Roselle Park, NJ: 50.9 %Roselle Park, NJ50.9Jersey City, NJ: 50.9 %Jersey City, NJ50.9Union City, NJ: 81.8 %Union City, NJ81.8Perth Amboy, NJ: 79.5 %Perth Amboy, NJ79.5West New York, NJ: 79.3 %West New York, NJ79.3Guttenberg, NJ: 77.8 %Guttenberg, NJ77.8Elizabeth, NJ: 77.1 %Elizabeth, NJ77.1Dover, NJ: 76.9 %Dover, NJ76.9Palisades Park, NJ: 72.6 %Palisades Park, NJ72.6Passaic, NJ: 72.3 %Passaic, NJ72.3Fairview, NJ: 69.8 %Fairview, NJ69.8Garfield, NJ: 68.5 %Garfield, NJ68.5Paterson, NJ: 67.3 %Paterson, NJ67.3Harrison, NJ: 66.9 %Harrison, NJ66.9Kearny, NJ: 65.2 %Kearny, NJ65.2Wallington, NJ: 65 %Wallington, NJ65Cliffside Park, NJ: 64.6 %Cliffside Park, NJ64.6Fort Lee, NJ: 60.5 %Fort Lee, NJ60.5Little Ferry, NJ: 60.2 %Little Ferry, NJ60.2North Plainfield, NJ: 59.6 %North Plainfield, NJ59.6Plainfield, NJ: 58.5 %Plainfield, NJ58.5Ridgefield, NJ: 58.4 %Ridgefield, NJ58.4New Brunswick, NJ: 57.4 %New Brunswick, NJ57.4Linden, NJ: 56.7 %Linden, NJ56.7Clifton, NJ: 56.3 %Clifton, NJ56.3Ridgefield Park, NJ: 56 %Ridgefield Park, NJ56Pleasantville, NJ: 55.2 %Pleasantville, NJ55.2Lodi, NJ: 55 %Lodi, NJ55Carteret, NJ: 54.9 %Carteret, NJ54.9Freehold, NJ: 54.9 %Freehold, NJ54.9Hackensack, NJ: 54.8 %Hackensack, NJ54.8Bridgeton, NJ: 54.8 %Bridgeton, NJ54.8Bound Brook, NJ: 54.6 %Bound Brook, NJ54.6Bergenfield, NJ: 52.1 %Bergenfield, NJ52.1Elmwood Park, NJ: 52.1 %Elmwood Park, NJ52.1Edgewater, NJ: 51.9 %Edgewater, NJ51.9Woodland Park, NJ: 51.4 %Woodland Park, NJ51.4Newark, NJ: 51.4 %Newark, NJ51.4Tenafly, NJ: 51.1 %Tenafly, NJ51.1Roselle, NJ: 51 %Roselle, NJ51Roselle Park, NJ: 50.9 %Roselle Park, NJ50.9Jersey City, NJ: 50.9 %Jersey City, NJ50.9
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Union City, NJ81.8-0.1 pts
2Perth Amboy, NJ79.5-1.3 pts
3West New York, NJ79.3+1.7 pts
4Guttenberg, NJ77.8-1.9 pts
5Elizabeth, NJ77.1+0.4 pts
6Dover, NJ76.9-1.2 pts
7Palisades Park, NJ72.6-3.1 pts
8Passaic, NJ72.3-0.6 pts
9Fairview, NJ69.8-1 pts
10Garfield, NJ68.5+1.2 pts
11Paterson, NJ67.3+1.4 pts
12Harrison, NJ66.9+0.2 pts
13Kearny, NJ65.2+0.6 pts
14Wallington, NJ65+2.7 pts
15Cliffside Park, NJ64.6+0.6 pts
16Fort Lee, NJ60.5-0.1 pts
17Little Ferry, NJ60.2+2.6 pts
18North Plainfield, NJ59.6+0.6 pts
19Plainfield, NJ58.5-0.1 pts
20Ridgefield, NJ58.4-1.8 pts
21New Brunswick, NJ57.4+0.9 pts
22Linden, NJ56.7+0.1 pts
23Clifton, NJ56.3+1.1 pts
24Ridgefield Park, NJ56+1 pts
25Pleasantville, NJ55.2+1.2 pts
26Lodi, NJ55+2.6 pts
27Carteret, NJ54.9-0.6 pts
28Freehold, NJ54.9+1.6 pts
29Hackensack, NJ54.8+3.4 pts
30Bridgeton, NJ54.8+2.4 pts
31Bound Brook, NJ54.6+1.4 pts
32Bergenfield, NJ52.1+1.9 pts
32Elmwood Park, NJ52.1-1.2 pts
34Edgewater, NJ51.9-4.8 pts
35Woodland Park, NJ51.4-0.9 pts
36Newark, NJ51.4+1.1 pts
37Tenafly, NJ51.1+3.6 pts
38Roselle, NJ51+6.5 pts
39Roselle Park, NJ50.9+1.9 pts
40Jersey City, NJ50.90 pts
41Secaucus, NJ50.4-1.7 pts
42East Rutherford, NJ49.6-1.3 pts
43Englewood, NJ48.6+2 pts
44North Arlington, NJ47.3-2 pts
45Camden, NJ46+0.4 pts
46Trenton, NJ45.9+1.2 pts
47Atlantic City, NJ45.6-2.7 pts
48New Milford, NJ43.1-0.8 pts
49Totowa, NJ42.7+3.7 pts
50South River, NJ42.5-0.9 pts
51Bayonne, NJ41.5-0.9 pts
52Sayreville, NJ41.4+1.8 pts
53Fair Lawn, NJ41.1-0.6 pts
54Wood-Ridge, NJ40.5+2.6 pts
55Highland Park, NJ40-0.1 pts
56Paramus, NJ39.5+1.7 pts
57Dumont, NJ38.2+4.7 pts
58Maywood, NJ37.9+0.8 pts
59River Edge, NJ37.2+1.7 pts
60Manville, NJ36.8+4.9 pts
61Vineland, NJ36.4-0.6 pts
62Hasbrouck Heights, NJ36.3-4.2 pts
63Morristown, NJ36.3+1.4 pts
64Long Branch, NJ35.3-0.2 pts
65Middlesex, NJ35.3+0.9 pts
66Princeton, NJ35.2-0.4 pts
67South Plainfield, NJ34.5+1.9 pts
68Asbury Park, NJ33.6+2.9 pts
69Rahway, NJ33.6+1.2 pts
70Somerville, NJ33.6-1 pts
71Lincoln Park, NJ30.5+1.8 pts
72Rutherford, NJ30.4-2.6 pts
73Eatontown, NJ29.5+2.2 pts
74Hawthorne, NJ29.1+3.2 pts
75Lindenwold, NJ29+0.1 pts
76Pompton Lakes, NJ27.8-1.9 pts
77Red Bank, NJ27.6-0.3 pts
78Westwood, NJ27.3+3.1 pts
79South Amboy, NJ26.9+0.2 pts
80New Providence, NJ25.7-0.7 pts
81Ridgewood, NJ25.6-0.4 pts
82Hackettstown, NJ25.2-0.2 pts
83Franklin Lakes, NJ24.9+2.6 pts
84Montvale, NJ24+1.7 pts
85Hoboken, NJ24-1.7 pts
86East Orange, NJ23+2.8 pts
87Metuchen, NJ22.9+0.2 pts
88Glen Rock, NJ22.5+3.2 pts
89Oakland, NJ22.4-0 pts
90Hammonton, NJ22.3-4.7 pts
91Hopatcong, NJ21.6+0.9 pts
91Summit, NJ21.6-0.3 pts
93Gloucester City, NJ21.4+2.3 pts
94Wanaque, NJ21.2-0.7 pts
95Ramsey, NJ21+1.5 pts
96Florham Park, NJ20.7+2.4 pts
97Bellmawr, NJ20.1+1.4 pts
98Westfield, NJ19.6+0.8 pts
99Waldwick, NJ18.9-2.8 pts
100Chatham, NJ18.5+1.8 pts
101Woodbury, NJ18.5+1.7 pts
102Madison, NJ18.3-0.2 pts
103Glassboro, NJ16.1+0.9 pts
104Hillsdale, NJ15.9-1.3 pts
105Pine Hill, NJ15.8+3.5 pts
106Phillipsburg, NJ15.3-1.1 pts
107Millville, NJ15.2-1.1 pts
108Somers Point, NJ15-1 pts
109Kinnelon, NJ15+0.4 pts
110Tinton Falls, NJ13.3-3.4 pts
111Burlington, NJ13-0.7 pts
112Beachwood, NJ12.5+2.3 pts
113Ocean City, NJ11.4-0.1 pts
114Ringwood, NJ10.1-1.5 pts
115Collingswood, NJ9.6-2.5 pts
116Point Pleasant, NJ8.2-1.7 pts
117Haddonfield, NJ5.3-0.4 pts

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About this ranking

People aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of all people aged 5 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Measures the language used at home, not English ability: most people in this group also speak English. Spanish speakers are shown separately in spanish_at_home_share.

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 C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, 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-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in New Jersey by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in New Jersey by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/new-jersey-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in New Jersey by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/new-jersey-cities.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in New Jersey by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/new-jersey-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in New Jersey by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2024}},
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Which city has the highest population speaking a language other than English at home?

Union City, NJ, with 81.8% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Haddonfield, NJ, with 5.3% in 2024.

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