# Cities in New Jersey by unemployed people, 2025

All 39 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployed_persons`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: 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. 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/new-jersey-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Newark, NJ | 10,874 |
| 2 | Jersey City, NJ | 8,434 |
| 3 | Paterson, NJ | 6,471 |
| 4 | Elizabeth, NJ | 4,559 |
| 5 | Trenton, NJ | 3,178 |
| 6 | Camden, NJ | 2,995 |
| 7 | East Orange, NJ | 2,898 |
| 8 | Clifton, NJ | 2,557 |
| 9 | Bayonne, NJ | 2,425 |
| 10 | Perth Amboy, NJ | 2,323 |
| 11 | Vineland, NJ | 2,148 |
| 12 | Passaic, NJ | 2,093 |
| 13 | Plainfield, NJ | 2,070 |
| 14 | Union City, NJ | 1,999 |
| 15 | New Brunswick, NJ | 1,590 |
| 16 | Atlantic City, NJ | 1,533 |
| 17 | Linden, NJ | 1,470 |
| 18 | Hackensack, NJ | 1,424 |
| 19 | West New York, NJ | 1,405 |
| 20 | Hoboken, NJ | 1,233 |
| 21 | Sayreville, NJ | 1,230 |
| 22 | Kearny, NJ | 1,176 |
| 23 | Garfield, NJ | 1,138 |
| 24 | Millville, NJ | 1,124 |
| 25 | Rahway, NJ | 945 |
| 26 | Fair Lawn, NJ | 847 |
| 27 | Fort Lee, NJ | 839 |
| 28 | Englewood, NJ | 832 |
| 29 | Long Branch, NJ | 824 |
| 30 | Carteret, NJ | 814 |
| 31 | Lodi, NJ | 803 |
| 32 | Bridgeton, NJ | 798 |
| 33 | South Plainfield, NJ | 659 |
| 34 | Bergenfield, NJ | 654 |
| 35 | Princeton, NJ | 592 |
| 36 | Cliffside Park, NJ | 586 |
| 37 | Paramus, NJ | 575 |
| 38 | Westfield, NJ | 572 |
| 39 | Ridgewood, NJ | 467 |