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

Union City, NJ had the highest population speaking a language other than English at home of 117 cities in 2022, at 81.4%. Haddonfield, NJ had the lowest, at 5.4%. The median was 35.7% and the figure for New Jersey was 32.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest81.4Union City, NJ
Lowest5.4Haddonfield, NJ
Median35.7117 cities
New Jersey32.2History

Top 40 cities, 2022

Union City, NJ: 81.4 %Union City, NJ81.4Perth Amboy, NJ: 80.7 %Perth Amboy, NJ80.7West New York, NJ: 77.7 %West New York, NJ77.7Dover, NJ: 77.5 %Dover, NJ77.5Guttenberg, NJ: 76.6 %Guttenberg, NJ76.6Elizabeth, NJ: 76.4 %Elizabeth, NJ76.4Palisades Park, NJ: 74.9 %Palisades Park, NJ74.9Passaic, NJ: 73.4 %Passaic, NJ73.4Harrison, NJ: 68.2 %Harrison, NJ68.2Kearny, NJ: 67.8 %Kearny, NJ67.8Fairview, NJ: 66.9 %Fairview, NJ66.9Garfield, NJ: 66.9 %Garfield, NJ66.9Wallington, NJ: 66.5 %Wallington, NJ66.5Paterson, NJ: 65.8 %Paterson, NJ65.8Cliffside Park, NJ: 65 %Cliffside Park, NJ65Ridgefield, NJ: 62.6 %Ridgefield, NJ62.6Fort Lee, NJ: 60.3 %Fort Lee, NJ60.3Carteret, NJ: 59.3 %Carteret, NJ59.3Clifton, NJ: 57 %Clifton, NJ57Elmwood Park, NJ: 56.4 %Elmwood Park, NJ56.4Little Ferry, NJ: 55.9 %Little Ferry, NJ55.9Plainfield, NJ: 55.6 %Plainfield, NJ55.6Ridgefield Park, NJ: 54.9 %Ridgefield Park, NJ54.9Linden, NJ: 54.9 %Linden, NJ54.9North Plainfield, NJ: 54.5 %North Plainfield, NJ54.5Secaucus, NJ: 54.3 %Secaucus, NJ54.3New Brunswick, NJ: 54.3 %New Brunswick, NJ54.3Edgewater, NJ: 54.1 %Edgewater, NJ54.1Lodi, NJ: 53.3 %Lodi, NJ53.3Bound Brook, NJ: 52.4 %Bound Brook, NJ52.4Pleasantville, NJ: 52 %Pleasantville, NJ52Jersey City, NJ: 51.4 %Jersey City, NJ51.4Hackensack, NJ: 51.4 %Hackensack, NJ51.4Bergenfield, NJ: 50.6 %Bergenfield, NJ50.6Newark, NJ: 50.5 %Newark, NJ50.5East Rutherford, NJ: 50.2 %East Rutherford, NJ50.2Atlantic City, NJ: 49.7 %Atlantic City, NJ49.7North Arlington, NJ: 49.6 %North Arlington, NJ49.6South River, NJ: 48.5 %South River, NJ48.5Woodland Park, NJ: 48.4 %Woodland Park, NJ48.4Union City, NJ: 81.4 %Union City, NJ81.4Perth Amboy, NJ: 80.7 %Perth Amboy, NJ80.7West New York, NJ: 77.7 %West New York, NJ77.7Dover, NJ: 77.5 %Dover, NJ77.5Guttenberg, NJ: 76.6 %Guttenberg, NJ76.6Elizabeth, NJ: 76.4 %Elizabeth, NJ76.4Palisades Park, NJ: 74.9 %Palisades Park, NJ74.9Passaic, NJ: 73.4 %Passaic, NJ73.4Harrison, NJ: 68.2 %Harrison, NJ68.2Kearny, NJ: 67.8 %Kearny, NJ67.8Fairview, NJ: 66.9 %Fairview, NJ66.9Garfield, NJ: 66.9 %Garfield, NJ66.9Wallington, NJ: 66.5 %Wallington, NJ66.5Paterson, NJ: 65.8 %Paterson, NJ65.8Cliffside Park, NJ: 65 %Cliffside Park, NJ65Ridgefield, NJ: 62.6 %Ridgefield, NJ62.6Fort Lee, NJ: 60.3 %Fort Lee, NJ60.3Carteret, NJ: 59.3 %Carteret, NJ59.3Clifton, NJ: 57 %Clifton, NJ57Elmwood Park, NJ: 56.4 %Elmwood Park, NJ56.4Little Ferry, NJ: 55.9 %Little Ferry, NJ55.9Plainfield, NJ: 55.6 %Plainfield, NJ55.6Ridgefield Park, NJ: 54.9 %Ridgefield Park, NJ54.9Linden, NJ: 54.9 %Linden, NJ54.9North Plainfield, NJ: 54.5 %North Plainfield, NJ54.5Secaucus, NJ: 54.3 %Secaucus, NJ54.3New Brunswick, NJ: 54.3 %New Brunswick, NJ54.3Edgewater, NJ: 54.1 %Edgewater, NJ54.1Lodi, NJ: 53.3 %Lodi, NJ53.3Bound Brook, NJ: 52.4 %Bound Brook, NJ52.4Pleasantville, NJ: 52 %Pleasantville, NJ52Jersey City, NJ: 51.4 %Jersey City, NJ51.4Hackensack, NJ: 51.4 %Hackensack, NJ51.4Bergenfield, NJ: 50.6 %Bergenfield, NJ50.6Newark, NJ: 50.5 %Newark, NJ50.5East Rutherford, NJ: 50.2 %East Rutherford, NJ50.2Atlantic City, NJ: 49.7 %Atlantic City, NJ49.7North Arlington, NJ: 49.6 %North Arlington, NJ49.6South River, NJ: 48.5 %South River, NJ48.5Woodland Park, NJ: 48.4 %Woodland Park, NJ48.4
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Union City, NJ81.4-0.9 pts
2Perth Amboy, NJ80.7-0.5 pts
3West New York, NJ77.7-1.5 pts
4Dover, NJ77.5+4 pts
5Guttenberg, NJ76.6+2 pts
6Elizabeth, NJ76.4-0 pts
7Palisades Park, NJ74.9-1.2 pts
8Passaic, NJ73.40 pts
9Harrison, NJ68.2-3.8 pts
10Kearny, NJ67.8-0.3 pts
11Fairview, NJ66.9-1.8 pts
12Garfield, NJ66.9+1.7 pts
13Wallington, NJ66.5+0.9 pts
14Paterson, NJ65.8-0 pts
15Cliffside Park, NJ65+0.9 pts
16Ridgefield, NJ62.6-3.3 pts
17Fort Lee, NJ60.3+2.2 pts
18Carteret, NJ59.3+0.4 pts
19Clifton, NJ57+1.2 pts
20Elmwood Park, NJ56.4+1.3 pts
21Little Ferry, NJ55.9+1 pts
22Plainfield, NJ55.6+0.4 pts
23Ridgefield Park, NJ54.9-1.5 pts
24Linden, NJ54.9+2.5 pts
25North Plainfield, NJ54.5-0.5 pts
26Secaucus, NJ54.3+3.2 pts
27New Brunswick, NJ54.3-0.7 pts
28Edgewater, NJ54.1-1.6 pts
29Lodi, NJ53.3-2.8 pts
30Bound Brook, NJ52.4-0.6 pts
31Pleasantville, NJ52+1.7 pts
32Jersey City, NJ51.4-0.7 pts
33Hackensack, NJ51.4+2 pts
34Bergenfield, NJ50.6+1.3 pts
35Newark, NJ50.5-0.4 pts
36East Rutherford, NJ50.2+15.6 pts
37Atlantic City, NJ49.7+0.2 pts
38North Arlington, NJ49.6+0.2 pts
39South River, NJ48.5+3.7 pts
40Woodland Park, NJ48.4+1.1 pts
41Bridgeton, NJ48.4+0.9 pts
42Freehold, NJ46.1-6.1 pts
43Bayonne, NJ45.2-2.9 pts
44Camden, NJ44.3+0.4 pts
45Tenafly, NJ44.1-2.6 pts
46Roselle Park, NJ44-0.3 pts
47Roselle, NJ43.4-1.9 pts
48Highland Park, NJ42.1+9.4 pts
49Englewood, NJ42+3.8 pts
50Fair Lawn, NJ40.8-0.6 pts
51New Milford, NJ40.8-0.3 pts
52Trenton, NJ40.6+3.5 pts
53Sayreville, NJ40-0.5 pts
54Paramus, NJ39.3+1.2 pts
55Maywood, NJ36.6+0.5 pts
56Hasbrouck Heights, NJ36.5+1.9 pts
57Vineland, NJ36.3+1.2 pts
58River Edge, NJ35.7-0.6 pts
58Somerville, NJ35.7+2.4 pts
60Princeton, NJ35.6+1.1 pts
61Long Branch, NJ35-1.8 pts
62South Plainfield, NJ34.4+4.2 pts
63Dumont, NJ34.3-0.1 pts
64Totowa, NJ33.6-0.5 pts
65Rutherford, NJ33.5-0.6 pts
66Middlesex, NJ32.9+1.7 pts
67Morristown, NJ32.6-0.3 pts
68Wood-Ridge, NJ32.2+0.4 pts
69Rahway, NJ30.5+0.4 pts
70Lindenwold, NJ30.4+1.3 pts
71South Amboy, NJ28.8+1.9 pts
72Pompton Lakes, NJ27.5+2.8 pts
73Hoboken, NJ27.5+1.1 pts
74Hawthorne, NJ27.5+0.6 pts
75Summit, NJ27.2+0.2 pts
76Asbury Park, NJ26.7+1.1 pts
77Lincoln Park, NJ26.4+2.4 pts
78Hammonton, NJ25.4-1.7 pts
79Eatontown, NJ23.8+0.2 pts
80Red Bank, NJ23.5-1.2 pts
81Manville, NJ23.4+2.3 pts
82Ridgewood, NJ23.2+0.9 pts
83Hackettstown, NJ23-0.8 pts
84Westwood, NJ22.8+1.2 pts
85East Orange, NJ22.7+1.2 pts
86Metuchen, NJ22.5-1.8 pts
87Montvale, NJ22.3+1.6 pts
88Oakland, NJ22.1-1.8 pts
89New Providence, NJ21.6+1.8 pts
90Franklin Lakes, NJ21.1-1.4 pts
91Wanaque, NJ21+5.6 pts
92Glen Rock, NJ20.2+3 pts
93Bellmawr, NJ19.1-1.4 pts
94Madison, NJ19.1-1.1 pts
95Waldwick, NJ18.1+1.8 pts
96Gloucester City, NJ17.7+3.1 pts
97Ramsey, NJ17.7+0.1 pts
98Hillsdale, NJ16.5-1.8 pts
99Westfield, NJ16.2+0.1 pts
100Chatham, NJ16+1.2 pts
101Florham Park, NJ15.7-2.7 pts
102Tinton Falls, NJ15.4+1 pts
103Somers Point, NJ15.3-1.9 pts
104Phillipsburg, NJ14.8+0.7 pts
105Hopatcong, NJ14.7-1.6 pts
106Glassboro, NJ14.5+0.4 pts
107Burlington, NJ14.2+0.8 pts
108Millville, NJ13.6-0.1 pts
109Woodbury, NJ12.9-2.6 pts
110Collingswood, NJ12.6+0.6 pts
111Kinnelon, NJ12.4+1.8 pts
112Ringwood, NJ10.7+0.3 pts
113Point Pleasant, NJ9.9-0.6 pts
114Ocean City, NJ9.7-0.4 pts
115Pine Hill, NJ9.5+1.3 pts
116Beachwood, NJ9.4+0.2 pts
117Haddonfield, NJ5.4+0.1 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.

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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/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-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, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/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 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/new-jersey-cities?period=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/new-jersey-cities?period=2022 (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, 2022}},
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Which city has the highest population speaking a language other than English at home?

Union City, NJ, with 81.4% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Haddonfield, NJ, with 5.4% in 2022.

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