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Cities in New Jersey by unemployed people

Newark, NJ had the highest unemployed people of 39 cities in 2024, at 9,833. Ridgewood, NJ had the lowest, at 411. The median was 1,153. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest9,833Newark, NJ
Lowest411Ridgewood, NJ
Median1,15339 cities

All cities, 2024

Newark, NJ: 9,833 personsNewark, NJ9,833Jersey City, NJ: 7,822 personsJersey City, NJ7,822Paterson, NJ: 5,959 personsPaterson, NJ5,959Elizabeth, NJ: 3,984 personsElizabeth, NJ3,984Trenton, NJ: 2,896 personsTrenton, NJ2,896Camden, NJ: 2,739 personsCamden, NJ2,739East Orange, NJ: 2,616 personsEast Orange, NJ2,616Clifton, NJ: 2,279 personsClifton, NJ2,279Perth Amboy, NJ: 2,074 personsPerth Amboy, NJ2,074Bayonne, NJ: 2,031 personsBayonne, NJ2,031Vineland, NJ: 1,934 personsVineland, NJ1,934Passaic, NJ: 1,890 personsPassaic, NJ1,890Plainfield, NJ: 1,841 personsPlainfield, NJ1,841Union City, NJ: 1,801 personsUnion City, NJ1,801Atlantic City, NJ: 1,352 personsAtlantic City, NJ1,352New Brunswick, NJ: 1,310 personsNew Brunswick, NJ1,310Hackensack, NJ: 1,296 personsHackensack, NJ1,296Linden, NJ: 1,246 personsLinden, NJ1,246West New York, NJ: 1,243 personsWest New York, NJ1,243Hoboken, NJ: 1,153 personsHoboken, NJ1,153Kearny, NJ: 1,088 personsKearny, NJ1,088Sayreville, NJ: 1,079 personsSayreville, NJ1,079Garfield, NJ: 1,038 personsGarfield, NJ1,038Millville, NJ: 1,015 personsMillville, NJ1,015Rahway, NJ: 897 personsRahway, NJ897Carteret, NJ: 750 personsCarteret, NJ750Fair Lawn, NJ: 745 personsFair Lawn, NJ745Lodi, NJ: 729 personsLodi, NJ729Fort Lee, NJ: 708 personsFort Lee, NJ708Englewood, NJ: 703 personsEnglewood, NJ703Long Branch, NJ: 703 personsLong Branch, NJ703Bridgeton, NJ: 681 personsBridgeton, NJ681Bergenfield, NJ: 572 personsBergenfield, NJ572South Plainfield, NJ: 569 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ569Cliffside Park, NJ: 527 personsCliffside Park, NJ527Westfield, NJ: 527 personsWestfield, NJ527Paramus, NJ: 505 personsParamus, NJ505Princeton, NJ: 497 personsPrinceton, NJ497Ridgewood, NJ: 411 personsRidgewood, NJ411Newark, NJ: 9,833 personsNewark, NJ9,833Jersey City, NJ: 7,822 personsJersey City, NJ7,822Paterson, NJ: 5,959 personsPaterson, NJ5,959Elizabeth, NJ: 3,984 personsElizabeth, NJ3,984Trenton, NJ: 2,896 personsTrenton, NJ2,896Camden, NJ: 2,739 personsCamden, NJ2,739East Orange, NJ: 2,616 personsEast Orange, NJ2,616Clifton, NJ: 2,279 personsClifton, NJ2,279Perth Amboy, NJ: 2,074 personsPerth Amboy, NJ2,074Bayonne, NJ: 2,031 personsBayonne, NJ2,031Vineland, NJ: 1,934 personsVineland, NJ1,934Passaic, NJ: 1,890 personsPassaic, NJ1,890Plainfield, NJ: 1,841 personsPlainfield, NJ1,841Union City, NJ: 1,801 personsUnion City, NJ1,801Atlantic City, NJ: 1,352 personsAtlantic City, NJ1,352New Brunswick, NJ: 1,310 personsNew Brunswick, NJ1,310Hackensack, NJ: 1,296 personsHackensack, NJ1,296Linden, NJ: 1,246 personsLinden, NJ1,246West New York, NJ: 1,243 personsWest New York, NJ1,243Hoboken, NJ: 1,153 personsHoboken, NJ1,153Kearny, NJ: 1,088 personsKearny, NJ1,088Sayreville, NJ: 1,079 personsSayreville, NJ1,079Garfield, NJ: 1,038 personsGarfield, NJ1,038Millville, NJ: 1,015 personsMillville, NJ1,015Rahway, NJ: 897 personsRahway, NJ897Carteret, NJ: 750 personsCarteret, NJ750Fair Lawn, NJ: 745 personsFair Lawn, NJ745Lodi, NJ: 729 personsLodi, NJ729Fort Lee, NJ: 708 personsFort Lee, NJ708Englewood, NJ: 703 personsEnglewood, NJ703Long Branch, NJ: 703 personsLong Branch, NJ703Bridgeton, NJ: 681 personsBridgeton, NJ681Bergenfield, NJ: 572 personsBergenfield, NJ572South Plainfield, NJ: 569 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ569Cliffside Park, NJ: 527 personsCliffside Park, NJ527Westfield, NJ: 527 personsWestfield, NJ527Paramus, NJ: 505 personsParamus, NJ505Princeton, NJ: 497 personsPrinceton, NJ497Ridgewood, NJ: 411 personsRidgewood, NJ411
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Newark, NJ9,833+11%
2Jersey City, NJ7,822+10.3%
3Paterson, NJ5,959+8.9%
4Elizabeth, NJ3,984+8.3%
5Trenton, NJ2,896+5.1%
6Camden, NJ2,739+9.6%
7East Orange, NJ2,616+14.2%
8Clifton, NJ2,279+8.4%
9Perth Amboy, NJ2,074+2.5%
10Bayonne, NJ2,031+12.6%
11Vineland, NJ1,934+3.7%
12Passaic, NJ1,890+6.6%
13Plainfield, NJ1,841+10.3%
14Union City, NJ1,801+10.6%
15Atlantic City, NJ1,352+17.2%
16New Brunswick, NJ1,310+9.8%
17Hackensack, NJ1,296+5.4%
18Linden, NJ1,246+4.2%
19West New York, NJ1,243+7.7%
20Hoboken, NJ1,153+8.3%
21Kearny, NJ1,088+5.3%
22Sayreville, NJ1,079+6.8%
23Garfield, NJ1,038+3.6%
24Millville, NJ1,015+9.5%
25Rahway, NJ897+9.1%
26Carteret, NJ750+1.1%
27Fair Lawn, NJ745+9.4%
28Lodi, NJ729+3.8%
29Fort Lee, NJ708+8.1%
30Englewood, NJ703+7%
30Long Branch, NJ703+1.3%
32Bridgeton, NJ681+3.3%
33Bergenfield, NJ572+5.1%
34South Plainfield, NJ569+8.8%
35Cliffside Park, NJ527+6.7%
35Westfield, NJ527+10.5%
37Paramus, NJ505+2.4%
38Princeton, NJ497+10.4%
39Ridgewood, NJ411+11.1%

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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Newark, NJ, with 9,833 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Ridgewood, NJ, with 411 in 2024.

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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