Editing Bergen County, New Jersey (section)

====Filipino American====
{{see also|Filipinos in New Jersey|Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area}}
[[Bergenfield, New Jersey|Bergenfield]], along with [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]], [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]],<ref>[https://archive.today/20200212101452/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3400328680 DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Hackensack city, Bergen County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed October 8, 2014.</ref> [[New Milford, New Jersey|New Milford]], [[Dumont, New Jersey|Dumont]],<ref name=TyphoonHaiyan/> [[Fair Lawn, New Jersey|Fair Lawn]], and [[Teaneck, New Jersey|Teaneck]],<ref name="Housing Characteristics 2014"/> have become growing hubs for [[Filipino American]]s. Taken as a whole, these municipalities are home to a significant proportion of Bergen County's Philippine population.<ref name="DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1 2007" /><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=16000US3451660&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for New Milford borough, New Jersey: 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212042805/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=16000US3451660&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 17, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=16000US3418400&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for Dumont borough, New Jersey: 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212044046/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=16000US3418400&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 17, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=06000US3400372360&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for Teaneck township, New Jersey: 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212212827/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=06000US3400372360&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 17, 2007.</ref> A census-estimated 20,859 Filipino Americans resided in Bergen County as of 2013,<ref name="http">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_1YR_DP05&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150104214440/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_1YR_DP05&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2015|title=Geographies – Bergen County, New Jersey – ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates – 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 29, 2014}}</ref> embodying an increase from the 19,155 counted in 2010.<ref name=BergenCountyQuickLinks>{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/34003lk.html|title=Bergen County, New Jersey QuickLinks|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 29, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030040635/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/34003lk.html|archive-date=October 30, 2014}}</ref> Between 2000 and 2010, the Filipino-American population of Bergenfield grew from 11.7%, or 3,081 residents, to 17.1%, or 4,569,<ref name=FilipinoLawyer>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/filipino-born-lawyer-savors-council-victory-1.1128811|title=Filipino-born lawyer savors council victory in Bergenfield|author=Nicholas Pugliese|date=November 7, 2014|access-date=December 2, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203033750/http://www.northjersey.com/news/filipino-born-lawyer-savors-council-victory-1.1128811|archive-date=December 3, 2014}}</ref> and increasing further to 5,062 (18.4%) by 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP05/1600000US3405170|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates - Bergenfield borough, New Jersey|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 29, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213092415/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP05/1600000US3405170|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bergenfield is informally known as the ''[[Filipinos in New Jersey|Little Manila]]'' of Bergen County, with a significant concentration of Filipino residents and businesses.<ref>Stevens, Jean. "Popular roast pig finds a following in North Jersey", ''[[Herald News]]'', September 12, 2007. "One might find more lechon in Passaic these days. The city may be North Jersey's next so-called Little Manila, following Bergenfield, Bloomfield and Belleville." Accessed April 29, 2018.</ref><ref>Pizarro, Max. [http://observer.com/2009/07/rivas-and-soriano-champion-corzine-and-christie-respectively-in-bergenfield/ "Rivas and Soriano champion Corzine and Christie respectively in Bergenfield"], [[PolitickerNJ]], July 12, 2009. Accessed April 29, 2018. "'I think people see him as an everyday man who is upset about the situation we are facing in New Jersey,' the reverend said today as he made the rounds with Christie from one vendor's booth to the next in a town dubbed Bergen's little Manila, home to 15,000 Filipino-Americans."</ref> In the late 1990s, Bergenfield became the first municipality on the [[East Coast of the United States]] to elect a Filipino mayor, Robert C. Rivas.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} The annual Filipino American Festival is held in Bergenfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asianjournal.com/news/2nd-filipino-american-festival-in-bergenfield-ready-to-go/|title=2nd Filipino American Festival in Bergenfield ready to go|publisher=Asian Journal – The Filipino Community Newspaper since 1991|date=June 26, 2014|access-date=June 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214020515/http://asianjournal.com/news/2nd-filipino-american-festival-in-bergenfield-ready-to-go/|archive-date=December 14, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Philippine-American Community of Bergen County (PACBC) organization is based in Paramus,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pacbc.org/contact|title=Helping to build our diverse community!|publisher=Philippine-American Community of Bergen County (PACBC)|access-date=June 1, 2015|archive-date=June 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607055542/http://pacbc.org/contact|url-status=dead}}</ref> while other Filipino organizations are based in Fair Lawn<ref name=TyphoonHaiyan/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://faafl.org/|title=Filipino-American Association of Fair Lawn – "Committed to Community"|access-date=August 17, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084420/http://faafl.org/|archive-date=August 19, 2014}}</ref><ref name=FilipinoAmericanFestival>{{cite web|url=http://www.filipinoamericanfestival.com/about-us-29/mission-statement|title=Mission Statement|publisher=The Filipino American Festival, Inc|access-date=December 13, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211080857/http://www.filipinoamericanfestival.com/about-us-29/mission-statement|archive-date=December 11, 2014}}</ref> and Bergenfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/c/mmg9tqt/filipino-american-tennis-association|title=Filipino American Tennis Association|access-date=August 17, 2014}}</ref> Bergen County's culturally active Filipino community repatriated significant financial assistance to victims of [[Typhoon Haiyan]], which ravaged the [[Philippines]] in November 2013.<ref name=TyphoonHaiyan>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/community/North_Jersey_Filipinos_marshal_aid_for_typhoon_relief.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131116222507/http://www.northjersey.com/community/North_Jersey_Filipinos_marshal_aid_for_typhoon_relief.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 16, 2013|title=North Jersey Filipinos marshal aid for typhoon relief|author1=Mary Diduch|author2=Christopher Maag|name-list-style=amp|work=northjersey.com|date=November 10, 2013|access-date=June 1, 2015}}</ref> Between 2011 and 2017, Fair Lawn's Filipino population was estimated to have more than doubled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/1600000US3422470|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates - Fair Lawn borough, New Jersey|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=October 13, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213114343/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/1600000US3422470|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2021, the multinational [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] [[Jollibee]] restaurant chain based in [[Metro Manila]], planned to open its first Bergen County location in [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/business/2021/06/jollibee-is-opening-2-more-restaurants-in-nj.html|title=Jollibee is opening 2 more restaurants in N.J.|author=Christopher Burch|publisher=[[NJ Advance Media]]|date=June 25, 2021|access-date=June 25, 2021}}</ref>