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Cities in New Jersey by unemployed people

Newark, NJ had the highest unemployed people of 39 cities in 2022, at 7,540. Ridgewood, NJ had the lowest, at 313. The median was 968. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest7,540Newark, NJ
Lowest313Ridgewood, NJ
Median96839 cities

All cities, 2022

Newark, NJ: 7,540 personsNewark, NJ7,540Jersey City, NJ: 5,909 personsJersey City, NJ5,909Paterson, NJ: 4,580 personsPaterson, NJ4,580Elizabeth, NJ: 3,032 personsElizabeth, NJ3,032Trenton, NJ: 2,207 personsTrenton, NJ2,207Camden, NJ: 2,026 personsCamden, NJ2,026East Orange, NJ: 1,913 personsEast Orange, NJ1,913Clifton, NJ: 1,870 personsClifton, NJ1,870Bayonne, NJ: 1,627 personsBayonne, NJ1,627Perth Amboy, NJ: 1,545 personsPerth Amboy, NJ1,545Plainfield, NJ: 1,515 personsPlainfield, NJ1,515Vineland, NJ: 1,511 personsVineland, NJ1,511Passaic, NJ: 1,469 personsPassaic, NJ1,469Union City, NJ: 1,462 personsUnion City, NJ1,462West New York, NJ: 1,087 personsWest New York, NJ1,087Linden, NJ: 1,045 personsLinden, NJ1,045Hackensack, NJ: 1,024 personsHackensack, NJ1,024New Brunswick, NJ: 994 personsNew Brunswick, NJ994Atlantic City, NJ: 990 personsAtlantic City, NJ990Kearny, NJ: 968 personsKearny, NJ968Garfield, NJ: 932 personsGarfield, NJ932Sayreville, NJ: 918 personsSayreville, NJ918Hoboken, NJ: 823 personsHoboken, NJ823Millville, NJ: 734 personsMillville, NJ734Rahway, NJ: 711 personsRahway, NJ711Lodi, NJ: 649 personsLodi, NJ649Fair Lawn, NJ: 642 personsFair Lawn, NJ642Long Branch, NJ: 635 personsLong Branch, NJ635Carteret, NJ: 605 personsCarteret, NJ605Fort Lee, NJ: 601 personsFort Lee, NJ601Englewood, NJ: 596 personsEnglewood, NJ596Bridgeton, NJ: 536 personsBridgeton, NJ536Bergenfield, NJ: 525 personsBergenfield, NJ525South Plainfield, NJ: 491 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ491Paramus, NJ: 452 personsParamus, NJ452Cliffside Park, NJ: 424 personsCliffside Park, NJ424Westfield, NJ: 382 personsWestfield, NJ382Princeton, NJ: 378 personsPrinceton, NJ378Ridgewood, NJ: 313 personsRidgewood, NJ313Newark, NJ: 7,540 personsNewark, NJ7,540Jersey City, NJ: 5,909 personsJersey City, NJ5,909Paterson, NJ: 4,580 personsPaterson, NJ4,580Elizabeth, NJ: 3,032 personsElizabeth, NJ3,032Trenton, NJ: 2,207 personsTrenton, NJ2,207Camden, NJ: 2,026 personsCamden, NJ2,026East Orange, NJ: 1,913 personsEast Orange, NJ1,913Clifton, NJ: 1,870 personsClifton, NJ1,870Bayonne, NJ: 1,627 personsBayonne, NJ1,627Perth Amboy, NJ: 1,545 personsPerth Amboy, NJ1,545Plainfield, NJ: 1,515 personsPlainfield, NJ1,515Vineland, NJ: 1,511 personsVineland, NJ1,511Passaic, NJ: 1,469 personsPassaic, NJ1,469Union City, NJ: 1,462 personsUnion City, NJ1,462West New York, NJ: 1,087 personsWest New York, NJ1,087Linden, NJ: 1,045 personsLinden, NJ1,045Hackensack, NJ: 1,024 personsHackensack, NJ1,024New Brunswick, NJ: 994 personsNew Brunswick, NJ994Atlantic City, NJ: 990 personsAtlantic City, NJ990Kearny, NJ: 968 personsKearny, NJ968Garfield, NJ: 932 personsGarfield, NJ932Sayreville, NJ: 918 personsSayreville, NJ918Hoboken, NJ: 823 personsHoboken, NJ823Millville, NJ: 734 personsMillville, NJ734Rahway, NJ: 711 personsRahway, NJ711Lodi, NJ: 649 personsLodi, NJ649Fair Lawn, NJ: 642 personsFair Lawn, NJ642Long Branch, NJ: 635 personsLong Branch, NJ635Carteret, NJ: 605 personsCarteret, NJ605Fort Lee, NJ: 601 personsFort Lee, NJ601Englewood, NJ: 596 personsEnglewood, NJ596Bridgeton, NJ: 536 personsBridgeton, NJ536Bergenfield, NJ: 525 personsBergenfield, NJ525South Plainfield, NJ: 491 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ491Paramus, NJ: 452 personsParamus, NJ452Cliffside Park, NJ: 424 personsCliffside Park, NJ424Westfield, NJ: 382 personsWestfield, NJ382Princeton, NJ: 378 personsPrinceton, NJ378Ridgewood, NJ: 313 personsRidgewood, NJ313
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Newark, NJ7,540-45.3%
2Jersey City, NJ5,909-45.1%
3Paterson, NJ4,580-46.5%
4Elizabeth, NJ3,032-45.1%
5Trenton, NJ2,207-39.2%
6Camden, NJ2,026-43.1%
7East Orange, NJ1,913-41.8%
8Clifton, NJ1,870-46%
9Bayonne, NJ1,627-44.7%
10Perth Amboy, NJ1,545-45.7%
11Plainfield, NJ1,515-34.9%
12Vineland, NJ1,511-35.8%
13Passaic, NJ1,469-47%
14Union City, NJ1,462-53.2%
15West New York, NJ1,087-47.2%
16Linden, NJ1,045-41.8%
17Hackensack, NJ1,024-46.3%
18New Brunswick, NJ994-40.9%
19Atlantic City, NJ990-52.6%
20Kearny, NJ968-43.4%
21Garfield, NJ932-47.6%
22Sayreville, NJ918-44.3%
23Hoboken, NJ823-37.1%
24Millville, NJ734-34.8%
25Rahway, NJ711-40.6%
26Lodi, NJ649-47.4%
27Fair Lawn, NJ642-44.1%
28Long Branch, NJ635-38.9%
29Carteret, NJ605-38.6%
30Fort Lee, NJ601-43%
31Englewood, NJ596-42.4%
32Bridgeton, NJ536-27.2%
33Bergenfield, NJ525-39.5%
34South Plainfield, NJ491-39.5%
35Paramus, NJ452-43.1%
36Cliffside Park, NJ424-45.8%
37Westfield, NJ382-38.8%
38Princeton, NJ378-31%
39Ridgewood, NJ313-46.7%

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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2022. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/new-jersey-cities?period=2022. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/new-jersey-cities?period=2022.

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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/new-jersey-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Newark, NJ, with 7,540 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Ridgewood, NJ, with 313 in 2022.

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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