Economic Transition in the City of Paterson, New Jersey (America’s First Planned Industrial City): Causes, Impacts, and Urban Policy Implications

Table 11

Ethnic change in Paterson, 1900–1990.

	White	%	Non-White	%	Total
1900	103,859	98.8	1,313	1.2	105,171
1910	123,969	98.7	1,631	1.3	125,600
1920	134,254	98.8	1,621	1.2	135,875
1930	135,424	97.8	3,089	2.2	138,513
1940	135,300	96.9	4,353	3.1	139,656
1950	130,845	94.0	8,290	5.9	139,135
1960	122,310	85.1	21,353	14.8	143,663
1970	103,777	71.6	41,047	27.4	144,824
1980	83,750	56.1	65,419	46.4	149,169
1990	57,977	41.1	82,912	58.8	140,889

Source: US Bureau of the Census, various years [23].