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==Demographics== {{US Census population |1790= 13363 |1800= 16115 |1810= 19744 |1820= 23089 |1830= 28431 |1840= 25438 |1840n=* |1850= 14655 |1850n=* |1860= 18444 |1870= 21562 |1880= 25886 |1890= 28649 |1900= 31905 |1910= 37368 |1920= 48224 |1930= 70802 |1940= 72219 |1950= 91727 |1960=134840 |1970=172681 |1980=199917 |1990=230082 |2000=254673 |2010=288288 |2020=302294 | estyear=2024 | estimate=311783 | estref=<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=PopEst>[https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2024/counties/totals/co-est2024-pop-34.xlsx Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties in New Jersey: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024], [[United States Census Bureau]], released March 2025. Accessed March 15, 2025.</ref> |footnote=Historical sources:<br>1790β1990<ref>Forstall, Richard L. [https://books.google.com/books?id=sezaSI_LPA8C&pg=PA108 ''Population of states and counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990 from the Twenty-one Decennial Censuses''], pp. 108β109. [[United States Census Bureau]], March 1996. {{ISBN|9780934213486}}. Accessed October 3, 2013.</ref> 1970β2010<ref name=CPH232>[https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf#page=32 ''New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts; 2010 Census of Population and Housing''], p. 6, CPH-2-32. [[United States Census Bureau]], August 2012. Accessed August 29, 2016.</ref><br>2000<ref name=Census2000>[https://archive.today/20200212085410/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0500000US34015 DP-1 β Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000; Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Gloucester County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 30, 2013.</ref> 2010<ref name=Census2010>[https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US34015 DP1 β Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Gloucester County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213040317/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US34015 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 26, 2016.</ref> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/gloucestercountynewjersey QuickFacts Gloucester County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 24, 2025.</ref><ref name=LWD2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf Total Population: Census 2010 - Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities], [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref><br>* = Lost territory in previous decade.<ref name=Story/>}} [[Swedesboro, New Jersey|Swedesboro]] and [[Bridgeport, New Jersey|Bridgeport]] were among the earliest European settlements in [[New Jersey]] and were both part of the 17th century [[New Sweden]] colony. Gloucester County dates back to May 26, 1686, when courts were established separate from those in [[Burlington County, New Jersey|Burlington County]]. On May 17, 1694, the county was officially formed and its boundaries defined as part of [[West Jersey]]. Portions of Gloucester County were set off on February 7, 1837, to create [[Atlantic County, New Jersey|Atlantic County]]. On March 13, 1844, its boundaries were again defined as part of the creation of neighboring [[Camden County, New Jersey|Camden County]].<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606β1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 137. Accessed January 21, 2013.</ref> The county was named for the city of [[Gloucester]] and the county of [[Gloucestershire]] in the United Kingdom.<ref>[[Joseph Nathan Kane|Kane, Joseph Nathan]]; and Aiken, Charles Curry. [https://books.google.com/books?id=yC9vFvCuW84C&pg=PA112 ''The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, and Population Data, 1950β2000''], p. 112. [[Scarecrow Press]], 2005. {{ISBN|0810850362}}. Accessed January 21, 2013.</ref> ===2020 census=== As of the [[2020 United States census]], the county's population was 302,294, representing an increase of 14,006 (4.9%) from 288,288 enumerated in the [[2010 United States census|2010 U.S. census]].<ref name=Census2020/> ===2010 census=== The [[2010 United States census]] counted 288,288 people, 104,271 households, and 75,805 families in the county. The population density was {{convert|895.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 109,796 housing units at an average density of {{convert|341|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup was 83.56% (240,890) [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 10.06% (29,006) [[Black (U.S. census)|Black or African American]], 0.17% (501) [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 2.64% (7,609) [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.03% (95) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.41% (4,055) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census#Race|other races]], and 2.13% (6,132) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 4.76% (13,712) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/> Of the 104,271 households, 33.4% had children under the age of 18; 55.6% were married couples living together; 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present and 27.3% were non-families. Of all households, 22% were made up of individuals and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.2.<ref name=Census2010/> 24.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.7 years. For every 100 females, the population had 94.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 91.1 males.<ref name=Census2010/>
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