Paterson, New Jersey

Paterson population, 2020 to 2024

Paterson added 1,135 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1,926. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 159th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Paterson is 14.3 times that size.

Paterson covers 8.41 square miles of land and 0.29 of water, for 19,080 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Paterson is denser than the typical town.

What county Paterson is in

All of Paterson's residents live in Passaic County, which had 526,597 residents in 2024. Paterson holds 30.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Paterson

9 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Paterson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 07501, 07502, 07503, 07504, 07505, 07513, 07514, 07522, 07524. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Paterson is

The Census internal point of Paterson is at 40.914800, -74.162800. Trenton, the capital, is 57.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Newark, NJ (317,303 people), 13.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 33 m (108 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Paterson

At 40.91° N, Paterson gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Paterson daylight page.

Places near Paterson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Prospect Park, 1.9 miles away, with 6,382 people.