Paterson, New Jersey

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The 2000 Census showed that Paterson had a population of 149,222 people^<1>. This represents 1.77% of the total population of New Jersey, making it the state's 3rd most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
1	Newark	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	278,980	1.99% increase
2	Jersey City	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	241,114	0.44% increase
-3-	Paterson			145,643	2.4% decrease
4	Elizabeth	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	124,755	3.47% increase
5	Trenton	SW	57 mi [91.7 km]	82,883	2.95% decrease
6	Camden	SW	83 mi [133.6 km]	79,383	0.65% decrease
7	Clifton	S	3 mi [4.83 km]	78,219	0.58% decrease

Paterson had 47,169 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Paterson has an area^<4> of 8.44 square miles [21.87 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Paterson had a 2000 population density of 17,675 people per square mile [6,824 people/km²], making it the state's 7th most densely populated area.

Passaic County

The city of Paterson is located in Passaic County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 490,824 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 149,222 people, Paterson contained 30.4% of the Passaic County total.

In addition, where the community of Paterson has a population density of 17,675 people per square mile [6,824 people/km²], Passaic County averages 2,648 people per square mile [1,022 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Passaic County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Paterson and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Paterson. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Paterson. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Paterson, it also contains a comparison between Paterson and the state of New Jersey.

Click here for the Paterson QuickFact (QF-3457000).

The following communities are nearby Paterson and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Clifton	QF-3413690	S	3 mi [4.83 km]	78,219	0.58% decrease
	Garfield	QF-3425770	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	28,971	2.74% decrease
	Passaic	QF-3456550	SE	4 mi [6.44 km]	66,884	1.44% decrease
	Hackensack	QF-3428680	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	42,804	0.3% increase
	Franklin	QF-3424830	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]
	East Orange	QF-3419390	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	65,390	6.35% decrease
	North Bergen	QF-3452440	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]
	Kearny	QF-3436510	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	36,746	9.3% decrease

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Paterson.

A Census Quickfact is available for Passaic County (QF-34031).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Passaic County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Orange (NY)	QF-36071	N	379,647	10.65% increase
	Rockland (NY)	QF-36087	NE	298,545	3.87% increase
	Bergen	QF-34003	E	894,840	1.06% increase
	Essex	QF-34013	S	770,675	2.73% decrease
	Morris	QF-34027	W	487,548	3.44% increase
	Sussex	QF-34037	NW	150,909	4.36% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Paterson:

Paterson is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and in Division #2 (the Middle Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Paterson.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Paterson. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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