Passaic, New Jersey

"Passaic" redirects here. For other uses, see Passaic (disambiguation).

Passaic, New Jersey
City
St. Mary's General Hospital in Passaic, New Jersey
Seal
Location of Passaic in Passaic County highlighted in yellow (left). Inset map: Location of Passaic County in New Jersey highlighted in black (right).
Census Bureau map of Passaic, New Jersey
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Coordinates: 40.857552°N 74.129089°W / 40.857552; -74.129089
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Passaic
Settled	1679
Incorporated	April 2, 1873
Government
• Type	Faulkner Act (mayor-council)
• Body	City Council
• Mayor	Hector C. Lora (term ends June 30, 2029)
• Administrator	Rick Fernandez
• Municipal clerk	Weatherly Frias
Area
• Total	3.24 sq mi (8.39 km2)
• Land	3.13 sq mi (8.11 km2)
• Water	0.11 sq mi (0.28 km2)  3.33%
• Rank	326th of 565 in state 11th of 16 in county
Elevation	98 ft (30 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	70,537
• Estimate  (2023)	68,903
• Rank	552nd in country (as of 2023) 16th of 565 in state 3rd of 16 in county
• Density	22,514.2/sq mi (8,692.8/km2)
• Rank	7th of 565 in state 1st of 16 in county
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code	07055
Area code	973
FIPS code	3403156550
GNIS feature ID	0885342
Website	cityofpassaic.com

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Passaic (/pəˈseɪ.ɪk/ pə-SAY-ik or locally /pəˈseɪk/ pə-SAYK) is a city in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city was the state's 16th-most-populous municipality, with a population of 70,537, falling behind Bayonne (ranked 16th in 2010), an increase of 756 (+1.1%) from the 2010 census count of 69,781, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,920 residents (+2.8%) from the 2000 census population of 67,861. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 68,903 for 2023, making it the 552nd-most populous municipality in the nation. Among cities with more than 50,000 people, Passaic was the fifth-most densely populated municipality in the United States, with more than 22,000 people per square mile.

Located north of Newark on the Passaic River, it was first settled in 1678 by Dutch traders, as Acquackanonk Township. The city and river get their name from the Lenape word "pahsayèk" which has been variously attributed to mean "valley" or "place where the land splits."