Municipal · New Jersey

City of Paterson

Paterson is the largest city in and the county seat of Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, Paterson was the state's third-most-populous municipality, with a population of 159,732, an increase of 13,533 (+9.3%) from the 2010 census count of 146,199, which in turn reflected a decline of 3,023 (-2.0%) from the 149,222 counted in the 2000 census. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 156,452 for 2023, making it the 168th-most populous municipality in the nation.

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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 184046
FIPS state: 34
FIPS county: 031
FIPS place: 57000
Census record name: CITY OF PATERSON
Mailing address: 155 MARKET ST, PATERSON 07505