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Cities in New Jersey by unemployed people

Newark, NJ had the highest unemployed people of 39 cities in 2023, at 8,860. Ridgewood, NJ had the lowest, at 370. The median was 1,065. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest8,860Newark, NJ
Lowest370Ridgewood, NJ
Median1,06539 cities

All cities, 2023

Newark, NJ: 8,860 personsNewark, NJ8,860Jersey City, NJ: 7,091 personsJersey City, NJ7,091Paterson, NJ: 5,471 personsPaterson, NJ5,471Elizabeth, NJ: 3,677 personsElizabeth, NJ3,677Trenton, NJ: 2,756 personsTrenton, NJ2,756Camden, NJ: 2,500 personsCamden, NJ2,500East Orange, NJ: 2,291 personsEast Orange, NJ2,291Clifton, NJ: 2,102 personsClifton, NJ2,102Perth Amboy, NJ: 2,024 personsPerth Amboy, NJ2,024Vineland, NJ: 1,865 personsVineland, NJ1,865Bayonne, NJ: 1,804 personsBayonne, NJ1,804Passaic, NJ: 1,773 personsPassaic, NJ1,773Plainfield, NJ: 1,669 personsPlainfield, NJ1,669Union City, NJ: 1,628 personsUnion City, NJ1,628Hackensack, NJ: 1,230 personsHackensack, NJ1,230Linden, NJ: 1,196 personsLinden, NJ1,196New Brunswick, NJ: 1,193 personsNew Brunswick, NJ1,193Atlantic City, NJ: 1,154 personsAtlantic City, NJ1,154West New York, NJ: 1,154 personsWest New York, NJ1,154Hoboken, NJ: 1,065 personsHoboken, NJ1,065Kearny, NJ: 1,033 personsKearny, NJ1,033Sayreville, NJ: 1,010 personsSayreville, NJ1,010Garfield, NJ: 1,002 personsGarfield, NJ1,002Millville, NJ: 927 personsMillville, NJ927Rahway, NJ: 822 personsRahway, NJ822Carteret, NJ: 742 personsCarteret, NJ742Lodi, NJ: 702 personsLodi, NJ702Long Branch, NJ: 694 personsLong Branch, NJ694Fair Lawn, NJ: 681 personsFair Lawn, NJ681Bridgeton, NJ: 659 personsBridgeton, NJ659Englewood, NJ: 657 personsEnglewood, NJ657Fort Lee, NJ: 655 personsFort Lee, NJ655Bergenfield, NJ: 544 personsBergenfield, NJ544South Plainfield, NJ: 523 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ523Cliffside Park, NJ: 494 personsCliffside Park, NJ494Paramus, NJ: 493 personsParamus, NJ493Westfield, NJ: 477 personsWestfield, NJ477Princeton, NJ: 450 personsPrinceton, NJ450Ridgewood, NJ: 370 personsRidgewood, NJ370Newark, NJ: 8,860 personsNewark, NJ8,860Jersey City, NJ: 7,091 personsJersey City, NJ7,091Paterson, NJ: 5,471 personsPaterson, NJ5,471Elizabeth, NJ: 3,677 personsElizabeth, NJ3,677Trenton, NJ: 2,756 personsTrenton, NJ2,756Camden, NJ: 2,500 personsCamden, NJ2,500East Orange, NJ: 2,291 personsEast Orange, NJ2,291Clifton, NJ: 2,102 personsClifton, NJ2,102Perth Amboy, NJ: 2,024 personsPerth Amboy, NJ2,024Vineland, NJ: 1,865 personsVineland, NJ1,865Bayonne, NJ: 1,804 personsBayonne, NJ1,804Passaic, NJ: 1,773 personsPassaic, NJ1,773Plainfield, NJ: 1,669 personsPlainfield, NJ1,669Union City, NJ: 1,628 personsUnion City, NJ1,628Hackensack, NJ: 1,230 personsHackensack, NJ1,230Linden, NJ: 1,196 personsLinden, NJ1,196New Brunswick, NJ: 1,193 personsNew Brunswick, NJ1,193Atlantic City, NJ: 1,154 personsAtlantic City, NJ1,154West New York, NJ: 1,154 personsWest New York, NJ1,154Hoboken, NJ: 1,065 personsHoboken, NJ1,065Kearny, NJ: 1,033 personsKearny, NJ1,033Sayreville, NJ: 1,010 personsSayreville, NJ1,010Garfield, NJ: 1,002 personsGarfield, NJ1,002Millville, NJ: 927 personsMillville, NJ927Rahway, NJ: 822 personsRahway, NJ822Carteret, NJ: 742 personsCarteret, NJ742Lodi, NJ: 702 personsLodi, NJ702Long Branch, NJ: 694 personsLong Branch, NJ694Fair Lawn, NJ: 681 personsFair Lawn, NJ681Bridgeton, NJ: 659 personsBridgeton, NJ659Englewood, NJ: 657 personsEnglewood, NJ657Fort Lee, NJ: 655 personsFort Lee, NJ655Bergenfield, NJ: 544 personsBergenfield, NJ544South Plainfield, NJ: 523 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ523Cliffside Park, NJ: 494 personsCliffside Park, NJ494Paramus, NJ: 493 personsParamus, NJ493Westfield, NJ: 477 personsWestfield, NJ477Princeton, NJ: 450 personsPrinceton, NJ450Ridgewood, NJ: 370 personsRidgewood, NJ370
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Newark, NJ8,860+17.5%
2Jersey City, NJ7,091+20%
3Paterson, NJ5,471+19.5%
4Elizabeth, NJ3,677+21.3%
5Trenton, NJ2,756+24.9%
6Camden, NJ2,500+23.4%
7East Orange, NJ2,291+19.8%
8Clifton, NJ2,102+12.4%
9Perth Amboy, NJ2,024+31%
10Vineland, NJ1,865+23.4%
11Bayonne, NJ1,804+10.9%
12Passaic, NJ1,773+20.7%
13Plainfield, NJ1,669+10.2%
14Union City, NJ1,628+11.4%
15Hackensack, NJ1,230+20.1%
16Linden, NJ1,196+14.4%
17New Brunswick, NJ1,193+20%
18Atlantic City, NJ1,154+16.6%
18West New York, NJ1,154+6.2%
20Hoboken, NJ1,065+29.4%
21Kearny, NJ1,033+6.7%
22Sayreville, NJ1,010+10%
23Garfield, NJ1,002+7.5%
24Millville, NJ927+26.3%
25Rahway, NJ822+15.6%
26Carteret, NJ742+22.6%
27Lodi, NJ702+8.2%
28Long Branch, NJ694+9.3%
29Fair Lawn, NJ681+6.1%
30Bridgeton, NJ659+22.9%
31Englewood, NJ657+10.2%
32Fort Lee, NJ655+9%
33Bergenfield, NJ544+3.6%
34South Plainfield, NJ523+6.5%
35Cliffside Park, NJ494+16.5%
36Paramus, NJ493+9.1%
37Westfield, NJ477+24.9%
38Princeton, NJ450+19%
39Ridgewood, NJ370+18.2%

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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Newark, NJ, with 8,860 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Ridgewood, NJ, with 370 in 2023.

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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