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

Table 5

Employment changes by major sector in selected distressed cities, 1967–1972 (in %).

	Manufacturing	Retail	Wholesale trade	Selected services	Total
Newark
SMSA	−7.2	−13.8	+7.3	+36.3	+2.7
City	−30.9	−18.5	−26.8	−7.2	−24.9
(SMSA-city)	+0.04	+23.6	+23.0	+43.8	−12.0
Paterson
SMSA	−8.7	+25.0	+21.0	+50.0	+3.8
City	−16.8	−23.9	+7.9	+20.0	−13.2
(SMSA-city)	+4.4	+48.3	+29.0	+68.6	+12.7
Jersey City
SMSA	−11.5	+3.7	+17.6	+17.6	−8.5
City	−12.8	+1.1	+10.4	+10.4	−5.7
(SMSA-city)	−11.0	+5.4	+25.9	+25.9	−4.5