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Paterson, NJ
160,463 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3457000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Paterson ranked #296 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Paterson and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Jersey City NJ, Elizabeth NJ, Newark NJ, Bridgeport CT, Lynn MA, Berkeley CA, Inglewood CA, New Haven CT, Yonkers NY, Lowell MA, El Monte CA, Hartford CT, Hialeah FL · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #296 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #311 | #291 | #280 | #317 | #326 | #297 | #327 | #306 | #322 | #278 | #302 | #320 | #311 | #280 | #308 | #160 | #326 | #328 | #296 | #320 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 146,918 | 146,036 | 145,461 | 145,435 | 145,911 | 146,391 | 145,593 | 146,111 | 146,049 | 145,911 | 145,928 | 145,773 | 146,015 | 145,594 | 145,233 | 159,328 | 158,102 | 157,278 | 158,537 | 160,463 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #307 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | -1.6 | -1.8 | -1.6 | -1.2 | -0.6 | — | -0.9 | -1.1 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -1.3 | -1.4 | -1.3 | -1.3 | -1.2 | -0.2 | -1.5 | -2.0 | -1.3 | -1.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #184 of 303 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data · 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | — | — | 2.8 | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #331 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 30.1% | 36.2% | 34.7% | 32.7% | 42.1% | 38.5% | 39.8% | 39.6% | 43.6% | 38.0% | 41.0% | 36.4% | 34.2% | 28.8% | 31.2% | — | 33.6% | 35.2% | 31.9% | 32.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #176 of 304 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | 13.6 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 10.3 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 16.4 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 14.4 | 8.9 | 13.1 | 16.9 | 24.7 | 16.5 | 10.1 | 6.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #164 of 295 cities with data · 10th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 65.6 | 71.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 40,930 | 41,527 | 42,508 | 41,477 | 40,486 | 41,319 | 36,876 | 41,884 | 37,094 | 43,143 | 43,907 | 43,872 | 44,129 | 42,709 | 41,502 | 39,302 | 39,626 | 41,998 | 42,912 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #163 of 329 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.8 | +0.5 | +0.5 | -2.4 | -3.3 | +0.1 | -12.0 | +12.8 | -13.1 | +14.1 | -0.1 | -2.7 | -0.7 | -4.9 | -4.1 | +4.1 | -0.4 | -1.1 | -0.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51,690 | 56,055 | 57,969 | 56,712 | 58,375 | 63,596 | 64,837 | 66,657 | 66,456 | — | 64,199 | 67,338 | 73,349 | 73,660 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #310 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16.3% | 12.8% | 9.2% | 6.6% | 5.9% | 5.7% | 4.6% | 2.8% | 4.6% | — | 15.8% | 9.1% | 4.5% | 7.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #247 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 13 in its peer group with data | 11% | 15% | 11% | 13% | 11% | 4% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 10% | 13% | 7% | 9% | 13% | 14% | 18% | 19% | 18% | 8% | 8% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #26 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 13 in its peer group with data | $872 | $915 | $891 | $745 | $1,019 | $945 | $869 | $807 | $978 | $911 | $858 | $794 | $722 | $990 | $866 | $682 | $563 | $928 | $599 | $508 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Paterson. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.