- State:New JerseyCounty:Cape May CountyZips:08226,08252,08218,08252,08245,08212,08270,08246,08250,08219,08248,08214,08204,08204,08251,08270,08242,08260,08202,08243,08247,08230,08223,08204,08226,08210,08260Coordinates:39.08509826243267, -74.84997710870073Area total:620.31 sq. mi., 1606.59 sq. km, 396995.84 acresArea land:251.48 sq. mi., 651.34 sq. km, 160949.12 acresArea water:368.82 sq. mi., 955.25 sq. km, 236046.72 acresEstablished:1692Capital seat:
Cape May Court House
Address: 4 Moore Rd
County Administration Building
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210-1654
Governing Body: Board of Freeholders with 5 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Cape May County, New Jersey, United States
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- Population:95,263; Population change: -2.06% (2010 - 2020)Population density:378.9 persons per square mileHousehold income:$53,039Households:39,634Unemployment rate:13.80% per 45,492 county labor force
- Sales taxes:7.00%Income taxes:8.97%GDP:$5.07 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Cape May County's population of New Jersey of 29,486 residents in 1930 has increased 3,23-fold to 95,263 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 51.81% female residents and 48.19% male residents live in as of 2020, 57.59% in Cape May County, New Jersey are married and the remaining 42.41% are single population.
As of 2020, 57.59% in Cape May County, New Jersey are married and the remaining 42.41% are single population.
- Housing units:99,606 residential units of which 41.17% share occupied residential units.
25 minutes is the average time that residents in Cape May County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
79.85% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 9.39% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 1.79% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 2.83% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Cape May County, New Jersey 30.87% are owner-occupied homes, another 10.91% are rented apartments, and the remaining 58.22% are vacant.
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The 44.24% of the population in Cape May County, New Jersey who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 53.520%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 44.900%) of those eligible to vote in Cape May County, New Jersey.
