Paterson, New Jersey

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

Paterson is 30 feet [9.14 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Paterson lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

British Columbia, Manitoba and Washington have communities that are also named Paterson.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Paterson had a population of 149,222 people^<2> (or 30.4% of the total population of Passaic County). The population of Paterson represented 1.77% of the total of New Jersey, making it the state's 3rd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Paterson had a population of 145,643 people. This is a decrease of 2.4% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Paterson.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	East Orange	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	65,390	6.35% decrease
	Elizabeth	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	124,755	3.47% increase
	Jersey City	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	241,114	0.44% increase
	Newark	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	278,980	1.99% increase
	Union City	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	62,183	7.31% decrease
	Clarkstown (NY)	NE	18 mi [28.97 km]	82,801	0.88% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Paterson.

Website for Paterson

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The Commemorative Quarter for New Jersey<4>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning 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.

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