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Passaic County, NJ

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Municipalities

Municipalities in Passaic County (with 2010 Census data for population, housing units and area in square miles) are:  Other, unincorporated communities in the county are listed next to their parent municipality. Most of these areas are census-designated places (CDPs) that have been created by the United States Census Bureau for enumeration purposes within a Township. Other communities and enclaves that exist within a municipality are also listed next to the name.

MunicipalityMunicipal
type
PopulationHousing
units
Total
area
Water
area
Land
area
Pop.
density
Housing
density
Unincorporated communities / notes
Bloomingdaleborough7,6563,0899.170.458.71878.6354.5
Cliftoncity84,13631,94611.400.1411.267,472.02,837.1
Haledonborough8,3182,9321.160.001.157,203.92,539.3
Hawthorneborough18,7917,7563.360.033.335,635.32,326.0
Little Fallstownship14,4324,9252.810.072.745,276.21,800.5Great Notch
Singac CDP (3,618)
North Haledonborough8,4173,2133.500.043.452,436.8930.2
Passaiccity69,78120,4323.240.103.1522,179.66,494.2
Patersoncity146,19947,9468.700.288.4317,346.35,688.7
Pompton Lakesborough11,0974,3413.190.282.913,809.11,490.1
Prospect Parkborough5,8651,9310.480.000.4812,347.24,065.2
Ringwoodborough12,2284,33128.172.9625.21485.0171.8
Totowaborough10,8043,9184.070.073.992,704.9980.9
Wanaqueborough11,1164,1849.251.267.991,391.2523.7Haskell
Waynetownship54,71719,76825.171.4523.732,306.0833.1Packanack Lake
Pines Lake
Preakness
West Milfordtownship25,85010,41980.325.2375.09344.3138.8Cooper
Hewitt
Macopin
Newfoundland
Oak Ridge
Woodland Parkborough11,8194,8353.110.152.963,987.91,631.4(formerly West Paterson)
Passaic Countycounty501,226175,966197.1112.51184.592,715.3953.3

Economy, Business

  • Toys “R” Us’ former US corporate headquarters was in Wayne, NJ
  • Valley National Bank’s corporate headquarters is in Wayne, NJ.
  • Linens ‘n Things’s headquarters office was in Clifton, NJ and employed 17,500 before closing in 2009.
  • JVC has their US office in Wayne and employ approximately 19,040.

Education

  • Passaic County Community College, founded in 1971, serves students from Passaic County at campuses in Paterson, Wanaque and Wayne.
  • William Paterson University, established in 1855, is a public university located in Wayne.
  • Montclair State University, founded in 1908, is a public university located in Montclair, as well as portions of Little Falls and Clifton.

Local Media

Passaic County is served by New York City-based commercial television & radio stations and New Jersey Network public television.

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