Passaic
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Location in New Jersey
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1679 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | New Jersey | ||
| County : | Passaic County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 51 ′ N , 74 ° 8 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 69,781 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 8,614.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 8.3 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 8.1 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 31 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 07055, 07057 | ||
| Area code : | +1 973 | ||
| FIPS : | 34-56550 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0879156 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofpassaic.com | ||
| Mayor : | Hector C. Lora | ||
Passaic is a city in Passaic County , New Jersey , United States . Passaic belongs to the New York Metropolitan Area and is located about 20 km west of Manhattan . In the census of 2010 had a total population of 69,781 has been registered.
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 8.3 km 2 , of which 8.1 km 2 is land and 0.3 km 2 (3.12%) is water. The Passaic River flows through the city.
Demographics
As of the 2000 census, there are 67,861 people, 19,458 households and 14,457 families in the city. The population density is 8,424.8 people per km 2 . 35.43% of the population are White, 13.83% African American , 0.78% Native American , 5.51% Asian , 0.04% Pacific Islander , 39.36% Other Ethnicity, and 5.04% Mixed Race . 62.46% are Latinos of any race .
Of the 19,458 households, 42.0% have children under the age of 18. 43.7% of them are married couples living together, 21.7% are single mothers, 25.7% are not families, 20.3% consist of single households and 8.4% are people over 65. The average household size is 3 , 46, the average family size 3.93.
30.8% of the population are under 18 years old, 12.5% between 18 and 24, 31.6% between 25 and 44, 16.9% between 45 and 64, 8.1% older than 65. The average age is 29 years. The ratio of women to men is 100: 99.5, for people older than 18 the ratio is 100: 97.4.
The median income for a household in the city is $ 33,594 and the median income for a family is $ 34,935. Males have a median income of $ 24,568 versus $ 21,352 for females. The per capita income for the city is $ 12,874. 21.2% of the population and 18.4% of families live below the poverty line, of which 27.6% are children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 16.0% of the people are over 65.
Population development
| year | Residents¹ |
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| 1980 | 52,463 |
| 1990 | 58,041 |
| 2000 | 67,861 |
| 2010 | 69,781 |
¹ 1980–2010: Census Results
sons and daughters of the town
- Joseph Rankin (1833–1886), politician
- Władysław Mietelski (1906–1991), Polish ski jumper
- Ben Maddow (1909-1992), screenwriter
- Jack Fina (1913–1970), band leader, pianist, arranger and songwriter
- Bob Russell (1914–1970), songwriter and composer
- Sherwood Schwartz (1916–2011), television producer and screenwriter
- Saul Zaentz (1921–2014), film producer
- David Okrent (1922–2012), reactor physicist
- Robert Helps (1928–2001), pianist and composer
- Warren Dean (1932–1994), professor of Latin American history
- Marvin David Levy (1932-2015), composer
- Shep Meyers (1936–2009), pianist and arranger
- Loretta Swit (born 1937), film actress
- Harold C. Hollenbeck (* 1938), lawyer and politician
- Tony Inzalaco (* 1938), modern jazz drummer
- Millie Perkins (born 1938), film actress
- Robert Smithson (1938–1973), painter and country artist
- Michael J. Pollard (1939–2019), film actor
- Michael Zager (* 1943), producer, composer and musician
- Gerald J. Popek (1946–2008), computer scientist
- William J. Martini (* 1947), lawyer and politician
- Donald Fagen (* 1948), singer and keyboardist of the Steely Dan duo
- Alan Rosenberg (born 1950), actor
- Harriet Rubin (* 1952), writer
- Frank Jolliffe (1958–2012), tap guitarist, librarian and music teacher
- Reed Gusciora (* 1960), politician
- Paul Rudd (* 1969), film actor, screenwriter and film producer
- Liza Weil (* 1977), actress
- Zoe Saldana (* 1978), film actress and producer
- Danny Szetela (* 1987), football player
- Ronnie Ash (* 1988), hurdler
- Brandon Lopez (* 1988), jazz musician
Movies
- The fictional film Abgedannt takes place in Passaic and addresses the economic decline of the city.
literature
- Jean-Pierre Criqui: Inverted Ruins. Introduction to Robert Smithson's drive to the monuments of Passaic. First in French (1993, 2002); in German: Trivium. Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences , # 1, 2008 online only
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hector Lora wins Passaic mayoral race. NorthJersey.com, May 9, 2017, accessed July 1, 2017 .