Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Thinking of the Paterson Community...

Did you know...


Paterson is located in the Northern part of the state New Jersey, and is a part of the county of Passaic. The population of Paterson makes it the third largest in the state of New Jersey. The city of Paterson, NJ has a total population of 145, 744 and of that 54.7% of them are Hispanic or Latino. What are so basically interesting are the different groups of Hispanics that make up the city. The Puerto Ricans come in at the top of the population chain bringing in just over 20,000 people to inhabit the city. It is interesting to see that if you break down the numbers you have a high population of hispanics in an already high populated area.
The people who are only one race total up to about 143,525. So out of all those people who are not mixed with anything, and only Hispanic, there are many purely Hispanic people. The city itself has a small household control with an average of only 3 people, which correlates with the family size well. This is interesting because people I know who live in Paterson, a majority of them, have extended families that live with them. The stats show that most household only inhabit the people who are the immediate family.


-Keirsten
















information:
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