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FIRST SETTLED: 1679
COUNTY ESTABLISHED BY: Act of State Legislature, February
1837; First Freeholder Board established in May, 1837
CURRENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Executive with 9 member
Freeholder Board
COUNTY SEAT: Mays Landing
POPULATION: County Population: 263,410 (2003 estimate)
Population Density: 470 persons per square mile; Median Age: 37 years*;
Number of Families: 63,151*
HOUSING: Number of Households: 95,024*
Persons per Household: 2.59*
Housing Units: 117,445 (2002)
Average Sale Price - Residential Property: $141,614 (4/01)
Median Value, Owner Occupied Residence: $122,000*
Median Household Income: $43,933*
Median Family Income: $51,710*
Per Capita Income: $21,034*
LAND AREA: 561.01 square miles (Third in NJ)
LARGEST
MUNICIPALITY: Geographic: Hamilton Township (111.26 sq. miles);
Population: Atlantic City (40,517)*
SMALLEST MUNICIPALITY: Geographic: Longport (0.38 sq.
miles); Population: Corbin City (468)*
COLLEGES:
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona & Atlantic City;
Atlantic Cape Community College, Mays Landing & Atlantic City
ROAD MILEAGE: State: 6,671 miles; County:
373.23 miles; Garden State Parkway (toll road): 31 miles; Atlantic
City Expressway (toll road): 29 miles
MAJOR HIGHWAYS: Garden State Parkway; Atlantic
City Expressway; U.S. Routes 9, 30, 40, 206, 322; State Routes
49, 50, 52, 54, 87, 152
RAILROADS: Passenger: Amtrak (Atlantic City
to Philadelphia); NJ Transit: Atlantic City,Absecon, Egg Harbor
City, Hammonton,Atco, Lindenwold, Philadelphia; Freight: Southern
Railroad Company of New Jersey
AIRPORTS: Atlantic City International Airport,
Pomona; Bader Field, Atlantic City; Hammonton Municipal Airport
HELIPORTS: Bader Field, Atlantic City |
ELEVATION: Highest Elevation: 124 ft. above sea level
(Buena Borough): Lowest Elevation: sea level
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE: (Degrees F): January: 40.3; July:
85.8; Annual: 63.9
MAJOR RIVERS: Mullica River, Great Egg Harbor River
(Designated Federal Wild and Scenic River),Tuckahoe River
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE: Federal: 20,263 acres; State: 59,130
acres; County: 6,156 acres; Municipal: 3,689 acres; Beach: 14 miles;
Boardwalk: 5.75 miles; Bikeways: 38.2 miles
PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES: Casino hotels, fine china production,
aviation testing/ engineering, agriculture, yacht building, glass, plastics,
pharmaceutical
research and promotion, tourism related services
HOSPITALS:
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Atlantic City Campus
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Mainland Campus, Pomona
Kessler Memorial Hospital, Hammonton
Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point
Bacharach Rehabilitation Hospital, Pomona
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,
Specialty Care Center, Hamilton Township
AtlantiCare Urgent Care Center, Egg Harbor Township
*2000 census |
