| People QuickFacts | Paramus | New Jersey |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 26,507 | 8,834,773 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 26,342 | 8,791,898 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 0.6% | 0.5% |
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Population, 2010 | 26,342 | 8,791,894 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 4.0% | 6.2% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 21.5% | 23.5% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 21.9% | 13.5% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.3% | 51.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 72.3% | 68.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.4% | 13.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 22.3% | 8.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.5% | 2.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 7.3% | 17.7% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 66.9% | 59.3% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 93.6% | 89.7% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 26.8% | 20.6% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 34.7% | 29.2% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 91.2% | 87.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 46.8% | 35.0% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,612 | 472,716 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 28.8 | 30.1 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 8,915 | 3,553,562 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 88.6% | 66.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.1% | 35.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $578,500 | $349,100 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 8,322 | 3,180,854 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 3.00 | 2.69 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $40,098 | $35,678 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $104,105 | $71,180 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.6% | 9.4% |
| Business QuickFacts | Paramus | New Jersey |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,383 | 781,622 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.9% | 7.7% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 8.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.6% | 8.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 20.9% | 27.3% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | NA | 116,608,094 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,641,027 | 233,413,004 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,621,063 | 124,813,580 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $139,368 | $14,453 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 151,481 | 19,993,613 |