Most polluted cities in New Jersey, United States

16 measured cities ranked by PM2.5, last 7 days. Worst: Toms River at 5.2 µg/m³, #1771 in the world.

#	City	µg/m³
1	Toms River New Jersey	5.2
2	Pennsauken New Jersey	4.7
3	Elizabeth New Jersey	4.3
4	Camden low-cost sensorsNew Jersey	4.1
5	Randolph New Jersey	3.9
6	Jersey City New Jersey	3.8
7	Linden New Jersey	3.8
8	Newark New Jersey	3.7
9	Pleasantville New Jersey	3.5
10	Trenton New Jersey	3.4
11	Paterson New Jersey	3.2
12	Atlantic City New Jersey	3.1
13	Fort Lee New Jersey	3.1
14	New Brunswick New Jersey	2.8
15	Sewell New Jersey	2.7
16	South Vineland New Jersey	2.6

Good 0–9.0Moderate 9.1+Unhealthy for sensitive groups 35.5+Unhealthy 55.5+Very unhealthy 125.5+Hazardous 225.5+No data

Updated 2026-10-01 04:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 in µg/m³ (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors.