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Largest Bulgarian population, New Jersey cities

New Jersey cities ranked by the number of residents who are Bulgarian ancestry, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 59 cities in New Jersey that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 59 is 29. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Parsippany, NJ, up 42 places to #10.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

Largest Bulgarian population by state

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBULGARIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Jersey City, NJNJ302,013221+69%

02▲16Ocean City, NJNJ11,101181+805%

03Preakness, NJNJ18,520107–

04▲18Villas, NJNJ9,735103–

05Wallington, NJNJ12,092102–

06Absecon, NJNJ9,20993–

07East Orange, NJNJ72,15988–

08Princeton, NJNJ31,46980+471%

09Northfield, NJNJ8,49673+284%

10▲42Parsippany, NJNJ21,34562–

11▲5Hoboken, NJNJ59,02761−46%

12▼7Secaucus, NJNJ22,64054+93%

13▲25Linwood, NJNJ7,05151–

14West New York, NJNJ53,19248–

15▲5Holiday City-Berkeley, NJNJ12,99545–

16▲29Ventnor City, NJNJ9,34545–

17▲22Fort Lee, NJNJ40,34544−38%

18▲1Dumont, NJNJ18,50143+258%

19▲30Lodi, NJNJ26,18741–

20Rutherford, NJNJ19,13241–

21Carlstadt, NJNJ6,41037–

22Linden, NJNJ45,75236–

23▲3Strathmore, NJNJ6,70836–

24Upper Saddle River, NJNJ8,65035–

25Chatham, NJNJ10,02734–

26▼23Garfield, NJNJ33,35332−81%

27Red Bank, NJNJ12,89631–

28Old Tappan, NJNJ6,68630–

29Kendall Park, NJNJ10,01129–

30Westfield, NJNJ32,59529–

31McKee City, NJNJ10,73128–

32▼7Phillipsburg, NJNJ15,45628–

33▼6Pomona, NJNJ7,99528–

34▼5Princeton Meadows, NJNJ15,56127–

35▲12Leisure, NJNJ5,75123–

36Short Hills, NJNJ14,92323–

37South Plainfield, NJNJ24,89122+100%

38Clifton, NJNJ91,12721−80%

39▼33Englewood, NJNJ30,03520–

40▼8Roselle Park, NJNJ15,60320–

41Newark, NJNJ323,80818−22%

42Green Knoll, NJNJ6,78915–

43Highland Park, NJNJ15,25913−87%

44Pompton Plains, NJNJ10,97113–

45Cliffside Park, NJNJ26,53912–

46New Brunswick, NJNJ57,13312–

47Passaic, NJNJ71,33712–

48▼38South River, NJNJ16,26212–

49▼7Milltown, NJNJ7,10311–

50Ridgefield, NJNJ11,54711–

51▼44Fair Lawn, NJNJ37,12810−64%

52Rahway, NJNJ31,01010–

53Metuchen, NJNJ15,3639–

54Oak Ridge, NJNJ10,9549–

55▼38Summit, NJNJ23,3148–

56Wanaque, NJNJ11,4188–

57Vineland, NJNJ62,7036−87%

58▼4Springdale, NJNJ15,1735–

59▼50Paterson, NJNJ161,7931–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES