 From 1948–58, the population of Paramus increased from 6,000 to 23,000, the number of retail establishments tripled from 111 to 319, and annual retail sales increased twenty-fold, from $5.5 million to $112 million.By the 1980s, when the population had increased slightly over 1960s levels, retail sales had climbed to $1 billion.Paramus was the scene of one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in U.S. history when an outbreak at the New Jersey Veterans Home killed 72 people, all former soldiers, on May 10, 2020.