Palisades Park, New Jersey
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Palisades Park (Korean: 팰리세이즈 파크, romanized: Paelliseijeu Pakeu) is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 20,292,[10][11] an increase of 670 (+3.4%) from the 2010 census count of 19,622,[20][21] which in turn reflected an increase of 2,549 (+14.9%) from the 17,073 counted in the 2000 census.[22]
Palisades Park, New Jersey | |
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Coordinates: 40.847017°N 73.997061°W / 40.847017; -73.997061[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Bergen |
Incorporated | March 22, 1899 |
Government | |
• Type | Borough |
• Body | Borough Council |
• Mayor | Chong "Paul" Kim (D, term ends December 31, 2026)[4][5] |
• Administrator | David J. Lorenzo[6] |
• Municipal clerk | Gina S. Kim[7] |
Area | |
• Total | 1.28 sq mi (3.32 km2) |
• Land | 1.24 sq mi (3.21 km2) |
• Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2) 3.28% |
• Rank | 474th of 565 in state 60th of 70 in county[1] |
Elevation | 112 ft (34 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 20,292 |
• Estimate | 20,106 |
• Rank | 136th of 565 in state 15th of 70 in county[13] |
• Density | 16,377.7/sq mi (6,323.5/km2) |
• Rank | 14th of 565 in state 3rd of 70 in county[13] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | |
Area code(s) | 201[16] |
FIPS code | 3400355770[1][17][18] |
GNIS feature ID | 0885338[1][19] |
Website | www |
The borough of Palisades Park was created by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 22, 1899, from portions of Ridgefield Township. A portion of its area was annexed by the neighboring borough of Fort Lee in April 1909.[23][24][25] The borough was named for its location atop the New Jersey Palisades.[26][27]
It is one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnic Korean enclaves outside of Korea. Koreans comprise the majority (65%) of the population of the borough of Palisades Park,[28][29][30][31] the municipality with the highest density of ethnic Koreans in the Western Hemisphere and the home of both the highest Korean-American density and percentage of any municipality in the United States. It has been called Koreatown on the Hudson[32] and Little Korea.[33] The borough's population has grown by 40% since the 1990 census, accelerated by zoning laws that permit duplex homes on land previously containing a single-family detached home.[34]