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Jersey City, NJ
302,824 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3436000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Jersey City ranked #181 of 340 cities and 4th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Jersey City and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Paterson NJ, Newark NJ, Yonkers NY, Elizabeth NJ, Bridgeport CT, Cambridge MA, Santa Ana CA, Washington DC, Inglewood CA, Lowell MA, El Monte CA, Lynn MA, Hialeah FL · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #181 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #243 | #316 | #214 | #218 | #320 | #241 | #203 | #234 | #265 | #275 | #225 | #230 | #165 | #248 | #156 | #36 | #140 | #99 | #181 | #188 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 241,057 | 240,387 | 240,171 | 242,244 | 245,547 | 248,324 | 252,877 | 256,072 | 257,119 | 258,632 | 260,171 | 260,427 | 263,292 | 263,851 | 262,075 | 291,960 | 285,143 | 292,360 | 298,215 | 302,824 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #330 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | -2.4 | -2.6 | -2.4 | -1.4 | -0.9 | — | -0.5 | -0.9 | -1.2 | -1.5 | -1.7 | -1.7 | -1.8 | -1.9 | -1.6 | -0.4 | -3.5 | -1.8 | -1.6 | -1.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #29 of 303 cities with data · 1st of 11 in its peer group with data · 2022 | 12.8 | 10.1 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 6.6 | 8.4 | 10.2 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 17.8 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 12.8 | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #229 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 25.6% | 25.8% | 22.8% | 22.7% | 23.2% | 25.4% | 23.8% | 24.8% | 25.6% | 23.6% | 25.0% | 24.4% | 24.2% | 24.3% | 22.6% | — | 25.5% | 23.4% | 26.1% | 26.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #70 of 304 cities with data · 2nd of 13 in its peer group with data | 15.8 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 8.1 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #94 of 295 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.8 | 10.6 | 18.4 | 29.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 102,496 | 88,013 | 96,605 | 98,919 | 93,455 | 105,102 | 108,879 | 110,841 | 112,434 | 113,859 | 118,226 | 124,550 | 129,027 | 126,570 | 126,849 | 117,565 | 122,126 | 131,859 | 134,993 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #152 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +6.8 | -15.1 | +7.9 | +2.4 | -6.4 | +10.5 | +2.4 | +1.0 | -0.2 | -1.0 | +2.0 | +2.7 | +2.4 | -3.6 | -1.0 | +2.0 | +2.6 | +0.9 | +0.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 126,463 | 125,582 | 129,086 | 131,939 | 134,339 | 136,778 | 140,298 | 141,780 | 145,091 | — | 142,742 | 165,463 | 164,393 | 171,536 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #123 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.8% | 9.5% | 8.8% | 9.2% | 7.5% | 6.2% | 5.3% | 5.0% | 3.4% | — | 8.6% | 3.7% | 4.7% | 4.4% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | 52% | — | 52% | — | 43% | — | 42% | 55% | 0% | 52% | 0% | 56% | 0% | 51% | 0% | 57% | 0% | 57% | 54% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #291 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data | 5% | 8% | 4% | 5% | -0% | 5% | 25% | 7% | 6% | 10% | 18% | 17% | 43% | -33% | 8% | 47% | 12% | -6% | 11% | -10% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #66 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 13 in its peer group with data | $3,261 | $3,149 | $4,366 | $4,218 | $4,320 | $4,297 | $4,531 | $4,307 | $4,173 | $3,841 | $3,755 | $3,537 | $3,215 | $2,149 | $1,742 | $458 | $1,320 | $2,834 | $1,824 | $1,241 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Jersey City. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.