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

Table 3

Employment in manufacturing industries, City of Paterson, 1950–1970.

				Location quotient
	1950	1960	1970	1950	1960	1970
Textile	14,384	7,358	5,887	5.15	4.46	4.05
Apparel	7,133	5,546	6,085	2.67	2.52	2.98
Fabric metal	2,332	2384	2452	0.81	1.18	1.19
Furniture	505	745	594	0.62	1.32	0.87
Paper	810	878	702	0.75	0.82	0.67
Printing	952	1243	1236	0.57	0.77	0.75
Chemical	825	689	1203	0.58	0.47	0.77
Rubber	16	443	1209	0.02	0.65	1.40
Leather	603	664	707	0.69	1.02	1.48
Stone/glass	269	161	171	0.49	0.15	0.18
Food	1,301	1,386	1,694	0.33	0.43	0.64
Primary metal	546	800	518	0.10	0.36	0.34
Machinery	2313	2,173	2,401	0.78	0.82	0.82
Electrical	1352	2384	2177	0.61	0.91	0.86
Instruments	110	677	133	0.20	1.07	0.20
Misc. small Gds	942	1,276	760	0.06	1.83	1.02
Total	33,845	29554	28,442

Source: Paterson Division of Planning and Zoning, 1975 [18].