People QuickFacts	Paterson	New Jersey
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	146,427	8,834,773
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	146,199	8,791,898
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.2%	0.5%
 	Population, 2010    	146,199	8,791,894
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.0%	6.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	27.9%	23.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	8.9%	13.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.7%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	34.7%	68.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	31.7%	13.7%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.1%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	3.3%	8.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	5.3%	2.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	57.6%	17.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	9.2%	59.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	89.4%	89.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	29.3%	20.6%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	61.7%	29.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	71.8%	87.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	9.9%	35.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,655	472,716
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	23.9	30.1 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	47,946	3,553,562
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	29.8%	66.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	79.8%	35.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$318,700	$349,100
 	Households, 2007-2011    	43,640	3,180,854
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	3.29	2.69
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$15,498	$35,678
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$34,302	$71,180
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	27.1%	9.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Paterson	New Jersey
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	8,944	781,622
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	7.7%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.1%	0.4%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	5.0%	8.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	39.4%	8.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	24.9%	27.3% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,153,675	116,608,094
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	852,209	233,413,004
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	642,053	124,813,580
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$4,425	$14,453
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	19,993,613

   	Geography QuickFacts	Paterson	New Jersey
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	8.43	7,354.22
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	17,346.8	1,195.5
 	FIPS Code    	57000	34
 	Counties    	Passaic 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