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A city of 158,735 people in New Jersey
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City in Passaic County, New Jersey, US
1792Established
159,732Population
8.7 sq miArea
105 ftElevation

Paterson (English pronunciation: /ˈpætɚsən/ ) is the largest city in and the county seat of Passaic County, in the North Jersey region of 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 161,793 for 2025, making it the 165th-most populous municipality in the nation. A prominent mill town within the New York–New Jersey metropolitan area, Paterson has…

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ZIP code07501, 07502, 07503
Area code973, 201
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