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Cities in New Jersey by unemployed people

Newark, NJ had the highest unemployed people of 38 cities in 2014, at 12,385. Ridgewood, NJ had the lowest, at 488. The median was 1,555. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest12,385Newark, NJ
Lowest488Ridgewood, NJ
Median1,55538 cities

All cities, 2014

Newark, NJ: 12,385 personsNewark, NJ12,385Jersey City, NJ: 9,012 personsJersey City, NJ9,012Paterson, NJ: 7,593 personsPaterson, NJ7,593Elizabeth, NJ: 5,488 personsElizabeth, NJ5,488Trenton, NJ: 3,660 personsTrenton, NJ3,660Camden, NJ: 3,508 personsCamden, NJ3,508Clifton, NJ: 3,177 personsClifton, NJ3,177East Orange, NJ: 3,096 personsEast Orange, NJ3,096Passaic, NJ: 2,900 personsPassaic, NJ2,900Vineland, NJ: 2,786 personsVineland, NJ2,786Union City, NJ: 2,742 personsUnion City, NJ2,742Perth Amboy, NJ: 2,725 personsPerth Amboy, NJ2,725Atlantic City, NJ: 2,513 personsAtlantic City, NJ2,513Plainfield, NJ: 2,406 personsPlainfield, NJ2,406Bayonne, NJ: 2,394 personsBayonne, NJ2,394West New York, NJ: 1,931 personsWest New York, NJ1,931New Brunswick, NJ: 1,678 personsNew Brunswick, NJ1,678Linden, NJ: 1,634 personsLinden, NJ1,634Hackensack, NJ: 1,576 personsHackensack, NJ1,576Kearny, NJ: 1,534 personsKearny, NJ1,534Sayreville, NJ: 1,485 personsSayreville, NJ1,485Garfield, NJ: 1,457 personsGarfield, NJ1,457Millville, NJ: 1,282 personsMillville, NJ1,282Hoboken, NJ: 1,171 personsHoboken, NJ1,171Rahway, NJ: 1,124 personsRahway, NJ1,124Long Branch, NJ: 1,101 personsLong Branch, NJ1,101Lodi, NJ: 1,006 personsLodi, NJ1,006Bridgeton, NJ: 971 personsBridgeton, NJ971Fair Lawn, NJ: 920 personsFair Lawn, NJ920Carteret, NJ: 871 personsCarteret, NJ871Englewood, NJ: 868 personsEnglewood, NJ868Fort Lee, NJ: 806 personsFort Lee, NJ806Bergenfield, NJ: 738 personsBergenfield, NJ738Paramus, NJ: 707 personsParamus, NJ707Cliffside Park, NJ: 668 personsCliffside Park, NJ668Westfield, NJ: 619 personsWestfield, NJ619Princeton, NJ: 593 personsPrinceton, NJ593Ridgewood, NJ: 488 personsRidgewood, NJ488Newark, NJ: 12,385 personsNewark, NJ12,385Jersey City, NJ: 9,012 personsJersey City, NJ9,012Paterson, NJ: 7,593 personsPaterson, NJ7,593Elizabeth, NJ: 5,488 personsElizabeth, NJ5,488Trenton, NJ: 3,660 personsTrenton, NJ3,660Camden, NJ: 3,508 personsCamden, NJ3,508Clifton, NJ: 3,177 personsClifton, NJ3,177East Orange, NJ: 3,096 personsEast Orange, NJ3,096Passaic, NJ: 2,900 personsPassaic, NJ2,900Vineland, NJ: 2,786 personsVineland, NJ2,786Union City, NJ: 2,742 personsUnion City, NJ2,742Perth Amboy, NJ: 2,725 personsPerth Amboy, NJ2,725Atlantic City, NJ: 2,513 personsAtlantic City, NJ2,513Plainfield, NJ: 2,406 personsPlainfield, NJ2,406Bayonne, NJ: 2,394 personsBayonne, NJ2,394West New York, NJ: 1,931 personsWest New York, NJ1,931New Brunswick, NJ: 1,678 personsNew Brunswick, NJ1,678Linden, NJ: 1,634 personsLinden, NJ1,634Hackensack, NJ: 1,576 personsHackensack, NJ1,576Kearny, NJ: 1,534 personsKearny, NJ1,534Sayreville, NJ: 1,485 personsSayreville, NJ1,485Garfield, NJ: 1,457 personsGarfield, NJ1,457Millville, NJ: 1,282 personsMillville, NJ1,282Hoboken, NJ: 1,171 personsHoboken, NJ1,171Rahway, NJ: 1,124 personsRahway, NJ1,124Long Branch, NJ: 1,101 personsLong Branch, NJ1,101Lodi, NJ: 1,006 personsLodi, NJ1,006Bridgeton, NJ: 971 personsBridgeton, NJ971Fair Lawn, NJ: 920 personsFair Lawn, NJ920Carteret, NJ: 871 personsCarteret, NJ871Englewood, NJ: 868 personsEnglewood, NJ868Fort Lee, NJ: 806 personsFort Lee, NJ806Bergenfield, NJ: 738 personsBergenfield, NJ738Paramus, NJ: 707 personsParamus, NJ707Cliffside Park, NJ: 668 personsCliffside Park, NJ668Westfield, NJ: 619 personsWestfield, NJ619Princeton, NJ: 593 personsPrinceton, NJ593Ridgewood, NJ: 488 personsRidgewood, NJ488
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Newark, NJ12,385-20.1%
2Jersey City, NJ9,012-22.8%
3Paterson, NJ7,593-19.5%
4Elizabeth, NJ5,488-18.9%
5Trenton, NJ3,660-20.4%
6Camden, NJ3,508-21.6%
7Clifton, NJ3,177-21.7%
8East Orange, NJ3,096-18.1%
9Passaic, NJ2,900-19.7%
10Vineland, NJ2,786-20.4%
11Union City, NJ2,742-19.2%
12Perth Amboy, NJ2,725-23.9%
13Atlantic City, NJ2,513-10.5%
14Plainfield, NJ2,406-20.1%
15Bayonne, NJ2,394-22.4%
16West New York, NJ1,931-16.8%
17New Brunswick, NJ1,678-21.2%
18Linden, NJ1,634-22.9%
19Hackensack, NJ1,576-18.1%
20Kearny, NJ1,534-21.7%
21Sayreville, NJ1,485-21.1%
22Garfield, NJ1,457-18.7%
23Millville, NJ1,282-21.4%
24Hoboken, NJ1,171-23.8%
25Rahway, NJ1,124-19.5%
26Long Branch, NJ1,101-21%
27Lodi, NJ1,006-20.7%
28Bridgeton, NJ971-13.8%
29Fair Lawn, NJ920-25.4%
30Carteret, NJ871-20.7%
31Englewood, NJ868-17.4%
32Fort Lee, NJ806-23.8%
33Bergenfield, NJ738-25.8%
34Paramus, NJ707-16%
35Cliffside Park, NJ668-22.5%
36Westfield, NJ619-20.3%
37Princeton, NJ593-17.2%
38Ridgewood, NJ488-25.8%

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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. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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.CurrentU10-14. 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, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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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, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/new-jersey-cities?period=2014. 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, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/new-jersey-cities?period=2014.

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, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/new-jersey-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Newark, NJ, with 12,385 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Ridgewood, NJ, with 488 in 2014.

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. 1 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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