Passaic County, New Jersey
Founding: 1837 Parent counties: Bergen and Essex Namesake: The Passaic River Seat: Paterson (1837–) Land area: 185 square miles Population (2020): 524,118 Population (historic): 16,734 (1840); 29,013 (1860); 68,860 (1880); 155,202 (1900); 302,129 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1970; 1980–2020 Subdivisions: Three cities; ten boroughs; three townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 37,335 (21.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.2% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 21.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.5% Average farmhouse value (1930): $4,591 Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,176 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms Number of farms (1920): 475 Average farm size (1920): 25.4 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Paterson ...