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This county is part of the Delaware Valley area.
All of what is known today as Atlantic County was once called Egg Harbor, the eastern half of the original County of Gloucester. Named as an official district as early as 1693, when the area was known as the province of West Jersey, it was bounded on the north by the Little Egg Harbor River (now known as the Mullica River), and on the south by the Great Egg Harbor River and its southern branch the Tuckahoe River. Its eastern boundary was the Atlantic Ocean but the western boundary in the South Jersey interior was not fixed until 1761.
According to the U.S. Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is defined in the Constitution of the United States, which directs that the population be enumerated at least once every te, the county has a total area of 1,739 km² (671 mi²This article is about the unit of measure. In England, the Square Mile is a traditional name for the City of London. A square mile (symbol sq. or mi is an imperial unit which is the area of a square whose side is one mile (or 5,280 feet). A square mile is). 1,453 km² (561 mi²) of it is land and 286 km² (110 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 16.44% water.
As of the censusA census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). It can be contrasted with sampling in which information is only obtained from a subset of a population. As such it is a method used f 2 of 2000, there are 252,552 people, 95,024 households, and 63,190 families residing in the county. The population densityIf you were linked from a country article: the density there is based on land area, see below Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. However it is most frequently applied to living organisms. Population density is usually ex is 174/km² (450/mi²). There are 114,090 housing units at an average density of 79/km² (203/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is 68.36% White, 17.63% Black or African American, 0.26% Native American, 5.06% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 6.06% from other races, and 2.58% from two or more races. 12.17% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 95,024 households out of which 31.70% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.50% are married couples living together, 14.80% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.50% are non-families. 27.00% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.70% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.59 and the average family size is 3.16.
In the county the population is spread out with 25.30% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 30.60% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 13.60% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 93.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 90.20 males.
The median income for a household in the county is $43,933, and the median income for a family is $51,710. Males have a median income of $36,397 versus $28,059 for females. The per capita income for the county is $21,034. 10.50% of the population and 7.60% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 12.80% of those under the age of 18 and 10.50% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.