Ocean City, New Jersey

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The coastal city of Ocean City is located in Cape May County.

Ocean City is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Ocean City lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Florida, Maryland and Washington have communities that are also named Ocean City.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Ocean City had a population of 15,378 people^<2> (or 15.03% of the total population of Cape May County). The population of Ocean City represented 0.18% of the total of New Jersey, making it the state's 36th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Ocean City had a population of 14,756 people. This is a decrease of 4.04% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Ocean City.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Absecon	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	8,389	9.83% increase
	Atlantic City	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	39,408	2.74% decrease
	Brigantine	NE	15 mi [24.14 km]	12,647	0.42% increase
	Estell Manor	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	1,716	8.26% increase
	Margate City	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	8,501	3.76% increase
	Northfield	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	7,885	2.07% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Ocean City.

The Commemorative Quarter for New Jersey<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Ocean City. 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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