Editing Union City, New Jersey (section)

===20th century===
According to the [[1910 United States census]], the population of West Hoboken and Union Hill, the two towns that would later merge to form Union City was 37,000 and 23,000, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/06/18/104868978.pdf|title=New Jersey Towns May Consolidate|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=June 18, 1911|accessdate=March 10, 2022|archive-date=July 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720163858/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/06/18/104868978.pdf}}</ref>

By the late 20th century, Union City emerged as a [[working class]] community.<ref name=APNewsArchive>{{cite web|author=Fleeman, Michael|url=https://apnews.com/b1e566428018189847b95e645a9c08c5|title=Madonna Brings A Touch Of Hollywood Glamor To Union City|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|language=en-US|url-status=dead|date= January 10, 1988|access-date=October 14, 2015|archive-date=May 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523025837/https://apnews.com/article/b1e566428018189847b95e645a9c08c5|quote=Union City, N.J. (AP) _ On a snowy street corner in this predominantly Hispanic, working-class city, there's a touch of Hollywood glamor, a very small touch.}}</ref> One of Hudson County's three homeless shelters, Palisades Emergency Residence Corp. (PERC), is located in Union City.<ref>Wright, E. Assata. "Three deaths raise concerns". ''The Union City Reporter''. July 31, 2001</ref> The PERC facility, which includes a soup kitchen, food pantry and 40-bed shelter on 37th Street, lost $100,000 in federal funding in 2011, and in January and August 2012, aided a record-breaking number of guests.<ref>Pope, Gennarose. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2002/12/16/proactive-help-for-the-homeless-mayors-initiative-yields-results-local-death-shows-need-for-more-work/ "Use of homeless shelter breaks records; Fed. funding decreases, UC facility requests aid from community"], ''The Hudson Reporter'', December 16, 2012. Accessed November 14, 2019.</ref>