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Cities in New Jersey by unemployed people, 2025

Newark, NJ had the highest unemployed people of 39 cities in 2025, at 10,874. Ridgewood, NJ had the lowest, at 467. The median was 1,233. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest10,874Newark, NJ
Lowest467Ridgewood, NJ
Median1,23339 cities

All cities, 2025

Newark, NJ: 10,874 personsNewark, NJ10,874Jersey City, NJ: 8,434 personsJersey City, NJ8,434Paterson, NJ: 6,471 personsPaterson, NJ6,471Elizabeth, NJ: 4,559 personsElizabeth, NJ4,559Trenton, NJ: 3,178 personsTrenton, NJ3,178Camden, NJ: 2,995 personsCamden, NJ2,995East Orange, NJ: 2,898 personsEast Orange, NJ2,898Clifton, NJ: 2,557 personsClifton, NJ2,557Bayonne, NJ: 2,425 personsBayonne, NJ2,425Perth Amboy, NJ: 2,323 personsPerth Amboy, NJ2,323Vineland, NJ: 2,148 personsVineland, NJ2,148Passaic, NJ: 2,093 personsPassaic, NJ2,093Plainfield, NJ: 2,070 personsPlainfield, NJ2,070Union City, NJ: 1,999 personsUnion City, NJ1,999New Brunswick, NJ: 1,590 personsNew Brunswick, NJ1,590Atlantic City, NJ: 1,533 personsAtlantic City, NJ1,533Linden, NJ: 1,470 personsLinden, NJ1,470Hackensack, NJ: 1,424 personsHackensack, NJ1,424West New York, NJ: 1,405 personsWest New York, NJ1,405Hoboken, NJ: 1,233 personsHoboken, NJ1,233Sayreville, NJ: 1,230 personsSayreville, NJ1,230Kearny, NJ: 1,176 personsKearny, NJ1,176Garfield, NJ: 1,138 personsGarfield, NJ1,138Millville, NJ: 1,124 personsMillville, NJ1,124Rahway, NJ: 945 personsRahway, NJ945Fair Lawn, NJ: 847 personsFair Lawn, NJ847Fort Lee, NJ: 839 personsFort Lee, NJ839Englewood, NJ: 832 personsEnglewood, NJ832Long Branch, NJ: 824 personsLong Branch, NJ824Carteret, NJ: 814 personsCarteret, NJ814Lodi, NJ: 803 personsLodi, NJ803Bridgeton, NJ: 798 personsBridgeton, NJ798South Plainfield, NJ: 659 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ659Bergenfield, NJ: 654 personsBergenfield, NJ654Princeton, NJ: 592 personsPrinceton, NJ592Cliffside Park, NJ: 586 personsCliffside Park, NJ586Paramus, NJ: 575 personsParamus, NJ575Westfield, NJ: 572 personsWestfield, NJ572Ridgewood, NJ: 467 personsRidgewood, NJ467Newark, NJ: 10,874 personsNewark, NJ10,874Jersey City, NJ: 8,434 personsJersey City, NJ8,434Paterson, NJ: 6,471 personsPaterson, NJ6,471Elizabeth, NJ: 4,559 personsElizabeth, NJ4,559Trenton, NJ: 3,178 personsTrenton, NJ3,178Camden, NJ: 2,995 personsCamden, NJ2,995East Orange, NJ: 2,898 personsEast Orange, NJ2,898Clifton, NJ: 2,557 personsClifton, NJ2,557Bayonne, NJ: 2,425 personsBayonne, NJ2,425Perth Amboy, NJ: 2,323 personsPerth Amboy, NJ2,323Vineland, NJ: 2,148 personsVineland, NJ2,148Passaic, NJ: 2,093 personsPassaic, NJ2,093Plainfield, NJ: 2,070 personsPlainfield, NJ2,070Union City, NJ: 1,999 personsUnion City, NJ1,999New Brunswick, NJ: 1,590 personsNew Brunswick, NJ1,590Atlantic City, NJ: 1,533 personsAtlantic City, NJ1,533Linden, NJ: 1,470 personsLinden, NJ1,470Hackensack, NJ: 1,424 personsHackensack, NJ1,424West New York, NJ: 1,405 personsWest New York, NJ1,405Hoboken, NJ: 1,233 personsHoboken, NJ1,233Sayreville, NJ: 1,230 personsSayreville, NJ1,230Kearny, NJ: 1,176 personsKearny, NJ1,176Garfield, NJ: 1,138 personsGarfield, NJ1,138Millville, NJ: 1,124 personsMillville, NJ1,124Rahway, NJ: 945 personsRahway, NJ945Fair Lawn, NJ: 847 personsFair Lawn, NJ847Fort Lee, NJ: 839 personsFort Lee, NJ839Englewood, NJ: 832 personsEnglewood, NJ832Long Branch, NJ: 824 personsLong Branch, NJ824Carteret, NJ: 814 personsCarteret, NJ814Lodi, NJ: 803 personsLodi, NJ803Bridgeton, NJ: 798 personsBridgeton, NJ798South Plainfield, NJ: 659 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ659Bergenfield, NJ: 654 personsBergenfield, NJ654Princeton, NJ: 592 personsPrinceton, NJ592Cliffside Park, NJ: 586 personsCliffside Park, NJ586Paramus, NJ: 575 personsParamus, NJ575Westfield, NJ: 572 personsWestfield, NJ572Ridgewood, NJ: 467 personsRidgewood, NJ467
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Newark, NJ10,874+10.6%
2Jersey City, NJ8,434+7.8%
3Paterson, NJ6,471+8.6%
4Elizabeth, NJ4,559+14.4%
5Trenton, NJ3,178+9.7%
6Camden, NJ2,995+9.3%
7East Orange, NJ2,898+10.8%
8Clifton, NJ2,557+12.2%
9Bayonne, NJ2,425+19.4%
10Perth Amboy, NJ2,323+12%
11Vineland, NJ2,148+11.1%
12Passaic, NJ2,093+10.7%
13Plainfield, NJ2,070+12.4%
14Union City, NJ1,999+11%
15New Brunswick, NJ1,590+21.4%
16Atlantic City, NJ1,533+13.4%
17Linden, NJ1,470+18%
18Hackensack, NJ1,424+9.9%
19West New York, NJ1,405+13%
20Hoboken, NJ1,233+6.9%
21Sayreville, NJ1,230+14%
22Kearny, NJ1,176+8.1%
23Garfield, NJ1,138+9.6%
24Millville, NJ1,124+10.7%
25Rahway, NJ945+5.4%
26Fair Lawn, NJ847+13.7%
27Fort Lee, NJ839+18.5%
28Englewood, NJ832+18.3%
29Long Branch, NJ824+17.2%
30Carteret, NJ814+8.5%
31Lodi, NJ803+10.2%
32Bridgeton, NJ798+17.2%
33South Plainfield, NJ659+15.8%
34Bergenfield, NJ654+14.3%
35Princeton, NJ592+19.1%
36Cliffside Park, NJ586+11.2%
37Paramus, NJ575+13.9%
38Westfield, NJ572+8.5%
39Ridgewood, NJ467+13.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in New Jersey by unemployed people, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in New Jersey by unemployed people, 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/new-jersey-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in New Jersey by unemployed people, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/new-jersey-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in New Jersey by unemployed people, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/new-jersey-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Newark, NJ, with 10,874 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Ridgewood, NJ, with 467 in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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