Chapter 3: Information About Camden County

Information About Camden County:

Population: 523,485

Age:

• Under 5 years old: 5.9% 

• Under 18 years old: 22.7% 

• 65 years or older: 16.3%

Race: 

• Caucasian: 68.2% 

• Black or African American: 22.0% 

• American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.7% 

• Asian: 6.2% 

• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1% 

• Two or More Races: 2.8% 

• Hispanic or Latino: 18.5%

Veterans: 21,984

Income:
• Median household income (2017-2021): $75,485 

• Per capita income in past 12 months: $38,907 

• Persons in poverty: 12.0%

Housing Units: 213,486

Households: 196,939

Businesses: 11,443

Size of County: Miles: 227.3 square miles 

• Cherry Hill Township has the largest population in Camden County, with 74,553 residents counted in the 2020 census. Winslow Township covers 58.19 square miles, making it our geographically largest municipality. 

• Camden County has 36 municipalities of diverse sizes and populations. Most county residents live in five municipalities with populations over 30,000: Cherry Hill (74,553), Camden (71,791), Gloucester Township (66,034), Winslow (39,097) and Pennsauken (37,034). 

• As of the 2020 census, Camden County was New Jersey’s ninth-most populous county.

 

List of Municipalities:

Audubon, Audubon Park, Barrington, Bellmawr, Berlin Borough, Berlin Township, Brooklawn, Camden, Cherry Hill, Chesilhurst, Clementon, Collingswood, Gibbsboro, Gloucester Township, Gloucester City, Haddon Township, Haddon Heights, Haddonfield, Hi-Nella, Laurel Springs, Lawnside, Lindenwold, Magnolia, Merchantville, Mount Ephraim, Oaklyn, Pennsauken, Pine Hill, Pine Valley, Runnemede, Somerdale, Stratford, Tavistock, Voorhees, Waterford, Winslow, Woodlynne.

 

 

Distance from Camden County:

Camden County is close to many major metropolitan areas in the United States. See below, using the City of Camden as the starting point. 

• Philadelphia, Pa.: 11 minutes, 5.1 miles 

• Wilmington, Del.: 35 minutes, 33 miles 

• Cape May, N.J. 1.5 hours away, 89 miles 

• New York City, N.Y.: 1.5 hours, 97 miles 

• Baltimore, Md.: 1.45 hours, 106 miles 

• Washington, D.C.: 2.5 hours, 143 miles 

• Pittsburgh, Pa.: 5 hours, 308 miles 

• Boston, Mass.: 5 hours, 309 miles 

• Chicago, Ill.: 12 hours, 763 miles 

• Miami, Fla.: 17.15 hours, 1190 miles 

• Houston, Texas: 22.45 hours, 1548 miles away 

• Los Angeles, Calif.: 40 hours, 2713 miles


 

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