People QuickFacts	Paramus	New Jersey
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	26,507	8,821,155
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	26,342	8,791,894
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.6%	0.3%
 	Population, 2010    	26,342	8,791,894
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	4.0%	6.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	21.5%	23.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	21.9%	13.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.3%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	72.3%	68.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.4%	13.7%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	22.3%	8.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.5%	2.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	7.3%	17.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	66.9%	59.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	93.3%	89.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	27.1%	20.3%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	37.2%	28.7%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	90.9%	87.3%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	46.3%	34.6%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	28.8	29.8 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	89.7%	66.9%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	8.8%	36.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$594,600	$357,000
 	Households, 2006-2010    	8,203	3,176,069
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	3.04	2.69
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$40,024	$34,858
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$104,986	$69,811
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	2.8%	9.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Paramus	New Jersey
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	4,383	781,622
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.9%	7.7%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.4%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	8.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.6%	8.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	20.9%	27.3% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	116,608,094
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,641,027	233,413,004
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,621,063	124,813,580
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$139,368	$14,453
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	151,481	19,993,613

   	Geography QuickFacts	Paramus	New Jersey
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	10.47	7,354.22
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2,516.0	1,195.5
 	FIPS Code    	55950	34
 	Counties    	Bergen County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts