Racial diversity in New Jersey is a mixed bag.
There are parts of New Jersey where there’s a high level of diversity. But where will you find the most diverse places in New Jersey?
To answer that question, we went to the US Census data. Using Saturday Night Science, we measured the Gini coefficient for all 190 cities in New Jersey to rank them from most to least diverse.
Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table
Here are the 10 most diverse places in New Jersey for 2024:
So what city is the most diverse in New Jersey? According to the most Census data, Jersey City took the number one over all spot for diversity in New Jersey.
Read on below to see how we crunched the numbers and how your town ranked. To see where New Jersey ranked as a state, we have a ranking of the most diverse states in Ameria.
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The 10 Most Diverse Places In New Jersey For 2024
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Population: 287,899
HHI: 2,320
% White: 23.0%
% African American: 19.9%
% Hispanic: 27.2%
% Asian: 25.4%
More on Jersey City: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Population: 29,109
HHI: 2,440
% White: 30.3%
% African American: 22.5%
% Hispanic: 29.0%
% Asian: 12.4%
More on Englewood: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Population: 38,487
HHI: 2,530
% White: 15.6%
% African American: 29.9%
% Hispanic: 33.4%
% Asian: 16.0%
More on Atlantic City: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Population: 25,161
HHI: 2,577
% White: 21.6%
% African American: 15.6%
% Hispanic: 35.2%
% Asian: 25.0%
More on Carteret: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Population: 45,758
HHI: 2,630
% White: 26.6%
% African American: 19.7%
% Hispanic: 36.8%
% Asian: 13.0%
More on Hackensack: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Population: 29,664
HHI: 2,707
% White: 32.0%
% African American: 30.7%
% Hispanic: 26.1%
% Asian: 6.3%
More on Rahway: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Population: 28,223
HHI: 2,778
% White: 33.3%
% African American: 8.2%
% Hispanic: 29.2%
% Asian: 27.4%
More on Bergenfield: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Population: 21,337
HHI: 2,900
% White: 29.8%
% African American: 31.6%
% Hispanic: 31.5%
% Asian: 3.2%
More on Lindenwold: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Population: 43,478
HHI: 3,036
% White: 32.9%
% African American: 27.4%
% Hispanic: 34.4%
% Asian: 3.3%
More on Linden: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
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Population: 13,964
HHI: 3,058
% White: 41.8%
% African American: 9.6%
% Hispanic: 32.7%
% Asian: 12.0%
More on Roselle Park: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
Methodology: How we determined the most diverse cities in New Jersey for 2024
We still believe in the accuracy of data — especially from the Census — and Saturday Night Science. So that’s where we went to get the race breakdown across New Jersey.
That leads us to the Census’s most recently available data, the 2018-2022 American Community Survey data from the US Census.
Specifically, we looked at table B03002: HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE. Here are the category names as defined by the Census:
- White alone*
- Black or African American alone*
- American Indian and Alaska Native alone*
- Asian alone*
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone*
- Some other race alone*
- Two or more races*
- Hispanic or Latino
We limited our analysis to non-CDPs with a population greater than 5,000 people. That left us with 190 cities.
We then calculated the HHI for each city by finding the racial breakdown of a city in percent terms, squaring them, and then adding the squares together. This left us with scores ranging from 2,320 (Jersey City) to 9,734 (Little Silver).
Finally, we ranked each city based on the HHI, with a lower score being more diverse than a high score. Jersey City took the distinction of being the most diverse, while Little Silver was the least diverse city.
We updated this article for 2024. This report is our tenth time ranking the most diverse places in New Jersey.
Summary: Diversity Across New Jersey
If you’re looking for a scientific breakdown of diversity across New Jersey, this is an accurate list.
The most diverse cities in New Jersey are Jersey City, Englewood, Atlantic City, Carteret, Hackensack, Rahway, Bergenfield, Lindenwold, Linden, and Roselle Park.
If you’re curious enough, here are the least diverse places in New Jersey:
- Little Silver
- Margate City
- Rumson
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Race By City In New Jersey For 2024
| Rank | City | Population | HHI | % White | % Black | % Hispanic | % Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jersey City, NJ | 287,899 | 2,320 | 23.0% | 19.9% | 27.2% | 25.4% |
| 2 | Englewood, NJ | 29,109 | 2,440 | 30.3% | 22.5% | 29.0% | 12.4% |
| 3 | Atlantic City, NJ | 38,487 | 2,530 | 15.6% | 29.9% | 33.4% | 16.0% |
| 4 | Carteret, NJ | 25,161 | 2,577 | 21.6% | 15.6% | 35.2% | 25.0% |
| 5 | Hackensack, NJ | 45,758 | 2,630 | 26.6% | 19.7% | 36.8% | 13.0% |
| 6 | Rahway, NJ | 29,664 | 2,707 | 32.0% | 30.7% | 26.1% | 6.3% |
| 7 | Bergenfield, NJ | 28,223 | 2,778 | 33.3% | 8.2% | 29.2% | 27.4% |
| 8 | Lindenwold, NJ | 21,337 | 2,900 | 29.8% | 31.6% | 31.5% | 3.2% |
| 9 | Linden, NJ | 43,478 | 3,036 | 32.9% | 27.4% | 34.4% | 3.3% |
| 10 | Roselle Park, NJ | 13,964 | 3,058 | 41.8% | 9.6% | 32.7% | 12.0% |
| 11 | Secaucus, NJ | 21,470 | 3,066 | 39.0% | 3.8% | 20.7% | 33.0% |
| 12 | Sayreville, NJ | 45,136 | 3,070 | 47.1% | 11.9% | 20.2% | 17.2% |
| 13 | Asbury Park, NJ | 15,245 | 3,076 | 38.3% | 34.1% | 20.6% | 2.1% |
| 14 | Leonia, NJ | 9,273 | 3,081 | 33.9% | 1.5% | 23.1% | 37.2% |
| 15 | Bayonne, NJ | 70,497 | 3,130 | 41.3% | 10.4% | 34.7% | 10.2% |
| 16 | South Plainfield, NJ | 24,273 | 3,169 | 49.0% | 11.4% | 18.4% | 17.0% |
| 17 | Ridgefield, NJ | 11,465 | 3,170 | 31.8% | 1.0% | 35.8% | 29.7% |
| 18 | Paulsboro, NJ | 6,195 | 3,182 | 38.1% | 38.5% | 13.7% | 1.1% |
| 19 | Edgewater, NJ | 14,394 | 3,207 | 36.0% | 4.1% | 12.3% | 41.4% |
| 20 | Harrison, NJ | 19,217 | 3,211 | 24.5% | 4.1% | 46.9% | 19.7% |
| 21 | New Brunswick, NJ | 55,718 | 3,222 | 27.4% | 13.8% | 46.9% | 8.8% |
| 22 | Burlington, NJ | 9,833 | 3,245 | 43.7% | 32.5% | 15.0% | 1.4% |
| 23 | Little Ferry, NJ | 10,954 | 3,245 | 37.7% | 3.6% | 37.0% | 21.0% |
| 24 | Cliffside Park, NJ | 25,546 | 3,290 | 42.1% | 2.1% | 36.2% | 13.4% |
| 25 | Somerville, NJ | 12,467 | 3,312 | 50.4% | 10.9% | 22.6% | 11.5% |
| 26 | North Plainfield, NJ | 22,695 | 3,316 | 22.7% | 21.2% | 48.2% | 4.7% |
| 27 | Lodi, NJ | 25,969 | 3,323 | 40.0% | 9.8% | 39.6% | 6.9% |
| 28 | Closter, NJ | 8,555 | 3,379 | 45.1% | 3.4% | 8.3% | 34.9% |
| 29 | New Milford, NJ | 16,888 | 3,383 | 50.6% | 4.1% | 19.7% | 20.2% |
| 30 | Roselle, NJ | 22,500 | 3,388 | 14.8% | 44.4% | 34.3% | 0.9% |
| 31 | East Rutherford, NJ | 10,020 | 3,492 | 49.9% | 4.0% | 18.7% | 25.1% |
| 32 | Fort Lee, NJ | 39,799 | 3,523 | 38.0% | 2.2% | 12.9% | 43.6% |
| 33 | Highland Park, NJ | 14,996 | 3,533 | 52.8% | 6.4% | 14.8% | 21.8% |
| 34 | Maywood, NJ | 10,040 | 3,538 | 50.8% | 4.3% | 25.2% | 17.4% |
| 35 | Newark, NJ | 307,355 | 3,553 | 9.4% | 45.4% | 37.2% | 2.0% |
| 36 | Vineland, NJ | 60,796 | 3,582 | 39.7% | 11.8% | 43.1% | 1.6% |
| 37 | Dumont, NJ | 18,014 | 3,586 | 52.3% | 3.7% | 22.0% | 18.3% |
| 38 | Dunellen, NJ | 7,598 | 3,624 | 37.9% | 4.6% | 45.6% | 9.0% |
| 39 | Elmwood Park, NJ | 21,261 | 3,627 | 49.8% | 6.2% | 31.8% | 9.5% |
| 40 | Englewood Cliffs, NJ | 5,347 | 3,628 | 41.0% | 1.8% | 9.6% | 42.8% |
| 41 | Bogota, NJ | 8,940 | 3,630 | 30.7% | 9.4% | 50.3% | 8.2% |
| 42 | Trenton, NJ | 90,055 | 3,634 | 13.3% | 44.2% | 38.7% | 1.1% |
| 43 | Raritan, NJ | 8,301 | 3,637 | 53.8% | 3.5% | 21.0% | 16.7% |
| 44 | Pine Hill, NJ | 10,698 | 3,663 | 52.8% | 27.0% | 9.2% | 3.9% |
| 45 | Freehold, NJ | 12,498 | 3,707 | 39.2% | 11.9% | 45.0% | 2.2% |
| 46 | Clifton, NJ | 89,451 | 3,739 | 46.5% | 3.8% | 38.5% | 8.5% |
| 47 | Haledon, NJ | 8,945 | 3,747 | 23.4% | 14.3% | 54.5% | 4.0% |
| 48 | Pleasantville, NJ | 20,562 | 3,766 | 9.2% | 36.0% | 48.7% | 1.7% |
| 49 | Long Branch, NJ | 31,932 | 3,836 | 56.5% | 12.1% | 21.5% | 2.2% |
| 50 | Ridgefield Park, NJ | 13,161 | 3,879 | 33.6% | 6.1% | 51.6% | 6.9% |
| 51 | Middlesex, NJ | 14,525 | 3,903 | 55.2% | 5.3% | 26.7% | 10.7% |
| 52 | Paramus, NJ | 26,582 | 3,913 | 56.0% | 3.3% | 14.3% | 23.7% |
| 53 | Prospect Park, NJ | 6,299 | 3,919 | 22.7% | 16.0% | 56.0% | 3.1% |
| 54 | Woodbury, NJ | 9,981 | 3,922 | 57.7% | 20.1% | 11.6% | 2.1% |
| 55 | Bound Brook, NJ | 11,906 | 3,950 | 35.1% | 4.8% | 51.6% | 4.5% |
| 56 | Bridgeton, NJ | 26,895 | 3,963 | 12.2% | 32.1% | 52.7% | 0.3% |
| 57 | Rutherford, NJ | 18,754 | 4,000 | 57.5% | 2.5% | 21.2% | 15.3% |
| 58 | Hasbrouck Heights, NJ | 12,080 | 4,008 | 57.1% | 6.3% | 25.0% | 9.3% |
| 59 | South River, NJ | 16,081 | 4,012 | 55.1% | 7.0% | 30.0% | 4.3% |
| 60 | River Edge, NJ | 12,022 | 4,018 | 55.2% | 5.2% | 6.4% | 29.9% |
| 61 | Plainfield, NJ | 54,358 | 4,038 | 8.1% | 35.0% | 52.4% | 0.8% |
| 62 | Morristown, NJ | 20,126 | 4,080 | 57.5% | 8.1% | 25.9% | 4.3% |
| 63 | Kearny, NJ | 41,157 | 4,085 | 32.5% | 3.9% | 54.7% | 3.2% |
| 64 | Somerdale, NJ | 5,524 | 4,089 | 57.4% | 26.0% | 9.9% | 2.1% |
| 65 | Kenilworth, NJ | 8,345 | 4,094 | 56.1% | 4.2% | 29.8% | 3.1% |
| 66 | Metuchen, NJ | 14,958 | 4,101 | 60.6% | 6.7% | 9.2% | 15.4% |
| 67 | Clementon, NJ | 5,312 | 4,133 | 59.3% | 19.5% | 15.0% | 2.4% |
| 68 | Jamesburg, NJ | 5,783 | 4,139 | 56.4% | 2.0% | 29.7% | 7.2% |
| 69 | Wharton, NJ | 7,217 | 4,161 | 40.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 7.3% |
| 70 | Wood-Ridge, NJ | 9,978 | 4,170 | 59.5% | 2.6% | 16.6% | 18.5% |
| 71 | Hight, NJ | 5,864 | 4,177 | 56.0% | 7.8% | 30.9% | 4.3% |
| 72 | Fairview, NJ | 14,935 | 4,198 | 33.3% | 2.3% | 55.0% | 7.2% |
| 73 | Woodland Park, NJ | 13,291 | 4,218 | 58.0% | 5.3% | 27.9% | 6.6% |
| 74 | Garfield, NJ | 32,472 | 4,294 | 51.3% | 4.7% | 40.4% | 2.9% |
| 75 | North Arlington, NJ | 16,352 | 4,321 | 57.4% | 1.0% | 30.9% | 7.8% |
| 76 | Millville, NJ | 27,523 | 4,325 | 62.0% | 15.0% | 15.0% | 2.2% |
| 77 | Old Tappan, NJ | 5,863 | 4,329 | 54.6% | 0.0% | 7.0% | 36.0% |
| 78 | Cresskill, NJ | 9,105 | 4,329 | 58.0% | 1.2% | 10.8% | 29.2% |
| 79 | Princeton, NJ | 30,450 | 4,337 | 62.2% | 7.3% | 6.2% | 19.0% |
| 80 | Camden, NJ | 71,799 | 4,399 | 3.5% | 39.3% | 53.3% | 2.0% |
| 81 | Salem, NJ | 5,285 | 4,406 | 29.2% | 58.7% | 10.3% | 0.2% |
| 82 | South Amboy, NJ | 9,336 | 4,407 | 61.0% | 8.4% | 24.3% | 4.4% |
| 83 | Palisades Park, NJ | 20,231 | 4,475 | 16.4% | 1.9% | 18.7% | 62.1% |
| 84 | Hoboken, NJ | 58,754 | 4,483 | 63.6% | 3.4% | 15.9% | 12.4% |
| 85 | Westwood, NJ | 11,241 | 4,500 | 63.1% | 3.1% | 20.7% | 7.7% |
| 86 | Tenafly, NJ | 15,299 | 4,513 | 59.1% | 0.8% | 7.0% | 31.1% |
| 87 | Glassboro, NJ | 23,014 | 4,516 | 63.9% | 16.9% | 10.3% | 6.1% |
| 88 | Eato, NJ | 13,522 | 4,522 | 64.6% | 7.8% | 12.8% | 10.3% |
| 89 | Summit, NJ | 22,555 | 4,554 | 65.2% | 7.4% | 11.9% | 9.2% |
| 90 | Red Bank, NJ | 12,868 | 4,575 | 62.0% | 7.9% | 25.6% | 1.0% |
| 91 | Norwood, NJ | 5,657 | 4,597 | 59.7% | 0.6% | 6.2% | 31.6% |
| 92 | Paterson, NJ | 157,864 | 4,609 | 7.7% | 23.5% | 63.1% | 4.6% |
| 93 | Boonton, NJ | 8,781 | 4,656 | 65.5% | 6.9% | 14.9% | 9.2% |
| 94 | Phillipsburg, NJ | 15,206 | 4,718 | 65.9% | 11.6% | 14.1% | 1.7% |
| 95 | Palmyra, NJ | 7,437 | 4,721 | 66.1% | 14.3% | 9.8% | 3.3% |
| 96 | Manville, NJ | 10,892 | 4,731 | 65.7% | 9.8% | 17.0% | 3.9% |
| 97 | Elizabeth, NJ | 135,665 | 4,740 | 13.0% | 16.2% | 65.6% | 2.0% |
| 98 | Clayton, NJ | 8,801 | 4,798 | 65.2% | 20.5% | 10.9% | 0.4% |
| 99 | Matawan, NJ | 9,546 | 4,853 | 67.2% | 11.7% | 13.0% | 3.0% |
| 100 | Caldwell, NJ | 8,897 | 4,864 | 67.1% | 4.7% | 11.8% | 14.1% |
