Paterson, New Jersey

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Paterson
Nickname : The Silk City
Downtown Paterson
Downtown Paterson
Location of Paterson in New Jersey
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson
Paterson
Basic data
Foundation : 1792
State : United States
State : New Jersey
County : Passaic County
Coordinates : 40 ° 55 ′  N , 74 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 55 ′  N , 74 ° 10 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 146.199 (as of 2010)
Population density : 6,675.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 22.6 km 2  (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of
which 21.9 km 2  (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 32 m
Postal code : 07500
Area code : +1 973
FIPS : 34-57000
GNIS ID : 0879164
Website : www.patersonnj.gov
Mayor : Jose 'Joey' Torres (since 2014)
Passaic falls.jpg
The Great Falls of the Passaic River

Paterson is the third largest city in the US state of New Jersey with 146,199 inhabitants (according to the last census in 2010) . Paterson is the administrative seat of Passaic County .

The town was named after William Paterson and was once a center of silk processing . With William Carlos Williams ' cycle of poems Paterson, the place is one of the most memorable places in American literary history .

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of ​​22.6 km 2 , of which 21.9 km 2 is land and 0.8 km 2 (3.32%) is water.

Paterson is located approximately 15 miles north of Newark, New Jersey, in northeast New Jersey. At a similar distance is Manhattan ( New York ), which can be reached via Interstate 95 at Fort Lee on the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River or further south at Weehawken through the Lincoln Tunnel .

Demographics

According to the 2000 census, there are 149,222 people, 44,710 households, and 33,353 families in the city. The population density is 6826.4 inhabitants per km 2 . 32.90% of the population is African American , 13.20% White, 0.60% Native American , 1.90% Asian , 0.06% Pacific Islander , 27.60% Other Ethnicity, and 6.17% Mixed Race , 50 , 11% are Latinos of various origins. Paterson is one of the communities in the US with the highest proportion of Muslims in the total population (around 25% of the population), including Turks , Syrians , Lebanese , Palestinians , Circassians, and Bangladeshis . In addition, Paterson is considered the capital of the Peruvian diaspora in the USA. The ethnic and cultural diversity of Paterson is also evident in the various quarters of the city, which are shaped by individual immigrant communities and bear names such as Little Lima , Little Istanbul and Little Ramallah .

Of the 44,710 households, 40.9% have children under the age of 18. 39.4% of them are married couples living together, 26.8% are single mothers, 25.4% are not families, 20.4% are single households and 7.9% are people older than 65. The average household size is 3 , 25, the average family size 3.71 people.

29.8% of the population are under 18 years old, 11.2% between 18 and 24, 32.0% between 25 and 44, 18.7% between 45 and 64, 8.3% older than 65. The average age is 30 years. The ratio of women to men is 100: 94.4; for people over the age of 18 the ratio is 100: 91.1.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 32,778 and the median income for a family is $ 35,420. Males have a median income of $ 27,911 versus $ 22,733 for females. The per capita income for the city is $ 13,257. 22.2% of the population and 19.2% of families live below the poverty line, of which 29.0% are children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 19.1% of people are older than 65 years.

Population development
year Residents¹
1980 137.970
1990 140.891
2000 149.222
2010 146.199

¹ 1980-2010: US Census Bureau Census Results

religion

Paterson is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson . The cathedral is dedicated to John the Baptist .

Attractions

The historic Great Falls (also known as Argus Mill ) on the Passaic River is on the National Register of Historic Places with number 86001507.

In art

sons and daughters of the town

(in alphabetic order)

Web links

Commons : Paterson, New Jersey  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files