Camden is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 71,100 people and 19 associated neighborhoods, Camden is the 11th largest community in New Jersey. Camden has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.Camden is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Camden is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Camden who work in office and administrative support (11.84%), maintenance occupations (8.19%), and sales jobs (8.04%). Camden has a lot of people who ride the bus to and from work. In fact, for its size, Camden has quite a high level of public transit users. Camden’s need for inexpensive transportation options for its citizens is quite high.The population of Camden has a very low overall level of education: only 9.57% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Camden in 2022 was $20,043, which is low income relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,172 for a family of four. However, Camden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Camden is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Camden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Camden, accounting for 54.23% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Camden residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Camden include Irish, German, Haitian, Jamaican, and Italian. In addition, Camden has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.73%). The most common language spoken in Camden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
