Research Article
Economic Transition in the City of Paterson, New Jersey (America’s First Planned Industrial City): Causes, Impacts, and Urban Policy Implications
Table 5
Employment changes by major sector in selected distressed cities, 1967–1972 (in %).
| | Manufacturing | Retail | Wholesale trade | Selected services | Total |
| Newark | | | | | | SMSA | −7.2 | −13.8 | +7.3 | +36.3 | +2.7 | City | −30.9 | −18.5 | −26.8 | −7.2 | −24.9 | (SMSA-city) | +0.04 | +23.6 | +23.0 | +43.8 | −12.0 | Paterson | | | | | | SMSA | −8.7 | +25.0 | +21.0 | +50.0 | +3.8 | City | −16.8 | −23.9 | +7.9 | +20.0 | −13.2 | (SMSA-city) | +4.4 | +48.3 |
+29.0 | +68.6 | +12.7 | Jersey City | | | | | | SMSA | −11.5 | +3.7 | +17.6 | +17.6 | −8.5 | City | −12.8 | +1.1 | +10.4 | +10.4 | −5.7 | (SMSA-city) | −11.0 | +5.4 | +25.9 | +25.9 | −4.5 |
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