BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — New Jersey is getting hit with one of the biggest tariff bills in the country, with a new analysis estimating the Garden State has absorbed roughly $14 billion in tariff costs since January 2025.

That works out to about $4,031 per New Jersey household, according to the National Taxpayers Union Foundation’s new State Tariffs Tracker. The analysis ranks New Jersey seventh among the 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico.

Only California, Texas, Michigan, Georgia, Illinois and New York have higher estimated costs.

Food and beverages are the category taking the biggest tariff hit in New Jersey, according to the tracker.

The numbers are likely to keep the tariff fight front and center in New Jersey, where the cost of living is already a major concern for families and businesses.

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., has repeatedly criticized President Trump’s tariffs and argued they are raising costs for New Jersey residents.

“Hard-working Jersey families shouldn't be blindsided by higher prices from President Trump's reckless tariffs,” Gottheimer previously said. His legislation would require the Congressional Budget Office to review the economic impact of future tariffs before they take effect.

Gottheimer has also said tariffs have “jacked up prices on everyday goods and have punished our small businesses and their customers.”

The new tracker gives a dollar figure to the tariff burden by state.

New Jersey’s estimated $14 billion tab puts it ahead of neighboring Pennsylvania, at roughly $11 billion, and far ahead of Delaware, at about $893 million. New York is slightly higher at approximately $15 billion.

California has the largest estimated tariff cost in the country at about $63 billion, followed by Texas at $37 billion and Michigan at $23 billion.

The estimates were prepared by Trade Partnership Worldwide using U.S. Census Bureau import data and compiled by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation. The tracker is updated quarterly.

There is an important wrinkle: the tariff landscape has changed since some of the costs in the analysis were incurred. The Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s broad emergency-power tariffs earlier this year, and importers are seeking refunds for some duties already paid. Other tariffs remain in place.

For New Jersey families, the latest estimate puts the state among the places where the tariff bill has been particularly large.