Paterson, New Jersey
| Paterson, New Jersey | |
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| City | |
| City of Paterson | |
Downtown Paterson
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| Nickname(s): The Silk City | |
 Map of Paterson in Passaic County. Inset: Passaic County's location in New Jersey. |
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 Census Bureau map of Paterson, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: 40°54′53″N 74°09′46″W / 40.914746°N 74.162826°WCoordinates: 40°54′53″N 74°09′46″W / 40.914746°N 74.162826°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New Jersey
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| County | Passaic |
| Established | November 22, 1791 |
| Incorporated | April 11, 1831 (as township) |
| Reincorporated | April 14, 1851 (as city) |
| Named for | William Paterson |
| Government | |
| • Type | Faulkner Act Mayor-Council |
| • Body | City Council |
| • Mayor | Jose "Joey" Torres (term ends June 30, 2018) |
| • Clerk | Sonia Gordon (acting) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.704 sq mi (22.544 km2) |
| • Land | 8.428 sq mi (21.829 km2) |
| • Water | 0.276 sq mi (0.715 km2) 3.17% |
| Area rank | 223rd of 566 in state 7th of 16 in county |
| Elevation | 112 ft (34 m) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| • Total | 146,199 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 147,754 |
| • Rank | 3rd of 565 in state 1st of 16 in county |
| • Density | 17,346.3/sq mi (6,697.4/km2) |
| • Density rank | 9th of 566 in state 2nd of 16 in county |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 07501-07505, 07508-07514, 07522, 07524, 07533, 07538, 07543, 07544 |
| Area code(s) | 201 and 973 |
| FIPS code | 3403157000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885343 |
| Website | www |
Paterson is the largest city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 146,199, rendering it New Jersey's third-most-populous city. Paterson has the second-highest density of any U.S. city with over 100,000 people, behind only New York City. For 2015, the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 147,754, an increase of 1.1% from the 2010 enumeration, ranking the city the 177th-largest in the nation.
Paterson is known as the "Silk City" for its dominant role in silk production during the latter half of the 19th century. The city has since evolved into a major destination for Hispanic emigrants as well as for immigrants from the Arab and Muslim world. It has the second-largest Muslim population in the United States by percentage.
The area of Paterson was inhabited by the Algonquian-speaking Native American Acquackanonk tribe of the Lenape, referred to as the Delaware Indians. The land was known as the Lenapehoking. The Dutch claimed the land as New Netherlands, then the British as the Province of New Jersey.
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