Atlantic County, New Jersey Demographics

Atlantic County is 10th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Atlantic County is 1st in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Atlantic County is 3rd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Size in square miles

Atlantic County is 4th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Atlantic County is 4th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Race - Two or More

Atlantic County is 5th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Female residents

Atlantic County is 5th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Income below poverty line

Atlantic County is 5th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Atlantic County is 5th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Atlantic County is 6th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Atlantic County is 6th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Atlantic County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Current population (2012)	275,422	15th	8,864,590	313,914,040
Size in square miles	555.7	3rd	7,354.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	494.1	15th	1,195.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Atlantic County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	9th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	12th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.0%	5th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Atlantic County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.2%	17th	87.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.2%	19th	35.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Atlantic County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Race - White	71.5%	15th	73.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	17.3%	6th	14.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	5th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	8.0%	7th	9.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	4th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.4%	4th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	7th	18.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	57.6%	14th	58.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Atlantic County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Female residents	51.5%	5th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	15.5%	10th	20.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Atlantic County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Housing units	126,782	13th	3,562,553	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	31.5%	7th	35.9%	25.9%
Households	101,418	15th	3,180,854	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.7%	12th	66.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$256,600	17th	$349,100	$186,200
People per household	2.6	15th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	441	16th	17,939	829,658

Income Demographics
	Atlantic County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Income per capita	$27,613	19th	$35,678	$27,915
Income per household	$55,222	20th	$71,180	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.5%	5th	9.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Atlantic County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Non-farm private establishments	6,408	14th	226,878	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	111,036	14th	3,377,848	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	21,027	14th	781,622	27,092,908
Retail sales	$4,429,395	14th	$124,813,580	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,409	6th	$14,453	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$6,093,042	1st	$19,993,613	$613,795,732