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Paramus
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borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Bergen
- Incorporated
- April 4, 1922
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Christopher DiPiazza ( R , term ends December 31, 2026)
- Administrator
- Hector Olmo
- Municipal clerk
- Annemarie Krusznis
- Total
- 10.51 sq mi (27.21 km )
- Land
- 10.44 sq mi (27.05 km )
- Water
- 0.062 sq mi (0.16 km ) 0.60%
- Rank
- 206th of 565 in state, 2nd of 70 in county
- Elevation
- 49 ft (15 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 26,282
- Density
- 2,556.1/sq mi (986.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Paramus
- Population
- 26698
- Area
- 27.245955
- Elevation
- 15
- Official website
- www.paramusborough.org
- Image
- Paramus welcome sign.jpg
- Households
- 8334
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- Commons category
- Paramus, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07653
- inception
- 1922-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.4727
- per capita income
- 49843
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Paramus ( English pronunciation: /pəˈɹæːməs/ ) is a borough in the central portion of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A suburban bedroom community of New York City, Paramus is located 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) northwest of Midtown Manhattan and approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of Upper Manhattan. The Wall Street Journal characterized Paramus as "quintessentially suburban". The borough is also a major commercial hub for North Jersey (home to Garden State Plaza and various corporate headquarters).
As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 26,698, an increase of 356 (+1.4%) from the 2010 census count of 26,342, which in turn reflected an increase of 605 (+2.4%) from the 25,737 counted in the 2000 census.