Paramus, New Jersey Demographics

Paramus is 10th out of 4,418 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Paramus is 1st in New Jersey out of 185 other cities in Retail sales

Paramus is 1st in New Jersey out of 185 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Paramus is 5th in New Jersey out of 179 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Paramus is 13th in New Jersey out of 185 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Paramus is 13th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Paramus is 18th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Paramus	Rank	New Jersey	US
Current population (2012)	26,532	32nd	8,864,590	313,914,040
Size in square miles	10.5	18th	7,354.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2,516	184th	1,195.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Paramus	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents younger than 5	4.0%	246th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.5%	171st	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.9%	13th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Paramus	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.2%	120th	87.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	46.8%	72nd	35.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Paramus	Rank	New Jersey	US
Race - White	72.3%	162nd	73.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.4%	207th	14.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	184th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	22.3%	23rd	9.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	113th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.5%	115th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	160th	18.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	66.9%	152nd	58.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Paramus	Rank	New Jersey	US
Female residents	51.3%	153rd	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	26.8%	71st	20.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Paramus	Rank	New Jersey	US
Housing units	8,915	39th	3,562,553	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.1%	212th	35.9%	25.9%
Households	8,322	38th	3,180,854	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	88.6%	48th	66.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$578,500	38th	$349,100	$186,200
People per household	3.0	37th	2.7	2.6

Income Demographics
	Paramus	Rank	New Jersey	US
Income per capita	$40,098	81st	$35,678	$27,915
Income per household	$104,105	55th	$71,180	$52,762
Income below poverty line	3.6%	182nd	9.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Paramus	Rank	New Jersey	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,383	13th	781,622	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,621,063	1st	$124,813,580	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$139,368	1st	$14,453	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$151,481	5th	$19,993,613	$613,795,732