Camden County, New Jersey
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Camden County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Camden.[1] As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's ninth-most populous county,[5][6] with a population of 523,485,[3][7] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 9,828 (+1.9%) from the 2010 census count of 513,657,[8] which in turn reflected an increase of 4,725 (0.9%) from the 508,932 counted in the 2000 census.[9][10] The county is part of the South Jersey region of the state.[11]
Camden County | |
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Coordinates: 39.80°N 74.96°W / 39.80; -74.96 | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
Founded | March 13, 1844 |
Named for | Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden |
Seat | Camden[1] |
Largest municipality | Cherry Hill (population) Winslow Township (area) |
Government | |
• Commissioner Director | Louis Cappelli Jr. (D, term ends December 31, 2023) |
Area | |
• Total | 227.42 sq mi (589.0 km2) |
• Land | 221.36 sq mi (573.3 km2) |
• Water | 6.06 sq mi (15.7 km2) 2.7% |
Population | |
• Total | 523,485 |
• Estimate | 527,196 |
• Density | 2,364.9/sq mi (913.1/km2) |
Congressional district | 1st |
Website | www |
The most populous place was Cherry Hill with 74,553 residents in the 2020 census,[7] and its geographically largest municipality is Winslow Township, which covers 58.19 square miles (150.7 km2).[12] The county borders Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-most populous city, to its northwest.
The county was formed on March 13, 1844, from portions of Gloucester County.[13] The county was named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, a British judge, civil libertarian, and defender of the American cause.[14][15][16] Camden County is part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley.[17][18][19]