Camden, New Jersey

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The 2000 Census showed that Camden had a population of 79,904 people^<1>. This represents 0.95% of the total population of New Jersey, making it the state's 6th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
3	Paterson	NE	83 mi [133.6 km]	145,643	2.4% decrease
4	Elizabeth	NE	69 mi [111 km]	124,755	3.47% increase
5	Trenton	NE	26 mi [41.84 km]	82,883	2.95% decrease
-6-	Camden			79,383	0.65% decrease
7	Clifton	NE	81 mi [130.4 km]	78,219	0.58% decrease
8	East Orange	NE	74 mi [119.1 km]	65,390	6.35% decrease
9	Passaic	NE	81 mi [130.4 km]	66,884	1.44% decrease

Camden had 29,769 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Camden has a total area of 10.38 square miles [26.88 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 8.82 square miles [22.85 km²]1.56 square miles [4.03 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Camden had a 2000 population density of 9,057 people per square mile [3,496 people/km²], making it the state's 19th most densely populated area.

Camden County

The city of Camden is located in Camden County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 507,593 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 79,904 people, Camden contained 15.74% of the Camden County total.

In addition, where the community of Camden has a population density of 9,057 people per square mile [3,496 people/km²], Camden County averages 2,283 people per square mile [881 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Camden County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Camden and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Camden. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Camden. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Camden, it also contains a comparison between Camden and the state of New Jersey.

Click here for the Camden QuickFact (QF-3410000).

The following communities are nearby Camden and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Philadelphia (PA)	QF-4260000	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	1,447,395	4.62% decrease
	Cherry Hill	QF-3412310	E	4 mi [6.44 km]
	Upper Darby (PA)	QF-4278784	W	8 mi [12.87 km]
	Marlboro	QF-3443995	E	10 mi [16.09 km]
	Mount Laurel	QF-3448990	E	11 mi [17.7 km]
	Abington (PA)	QF-4200145	N	12 mi [19.31 km]
	Willingboro	QF-3481470	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]
	Chester (PA)	QF-4213208	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	36,564	0.79% decrease

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Camden.

A Census Quickfact is available for Camden County (QF-42007).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Camden County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Burlington	QF-34005	NE	445,475	4.95% increase
	Atlantic	QF-34001	SE	270,681	7% increase
	Gloucester	QF-34015	SW	287,860	12.3% increase
	Philadelphia (PA)	QF-42101	NW	1,447,395	4.39% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Camden:

Camden is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and in Division #2 (the Middle Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Camden.

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Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Camden. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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