Editing Cape May County, New Jersey (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790=   2571
|1800=   3066
|1810=   3632
|1820=   4265
|1830=   4936
|1840=   5324
|1850=   6433
|1860=   7130
|1870=   8349
|1880=   9765
|1890=  11268
|1900=  13201
|1910=  19745
|1920=  19460
|1930=  29486
|1940=  28919
|1950=  37131
|1960=  48555
|1970=  59554
|1980=  82266
|1990=  95089
|2000= 102326
|2010=  97265
|2020=  95263
| estyear=2024
| estimate=93875
| 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: 1790-1990<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''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102172947/https://books.google.com/books?id=sezaSI_LPA8C&pg=PA108 |date=January 2, 2016 }}, pp. 108-109. [[United States Census Bureau]], March 1996. {{ISBN|9780934213486}}. Accessed October 3, 2013.</ref><br />1970-2010<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''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723055400/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf#page=32 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019110730/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |url-status=live |date=July 23, 2013 }}, p. 6, CPH-2-32. [[United States Census Bureau]], August 2012. Accessed August 29, 2016.</ref> 2000<ref name=Census2000>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0500000US34009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212083619/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0500000US34009|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=DP-1 - Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000; Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Cape May County, New Jersey|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 21, 2013}}</ref> 2010<ref name=Census2010>[https://archive.today/20200212092800/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US34009 DP1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Cape May County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 26, 2016.</ref> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/capemaycountynewjersey QuickFacts Cape May County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 17, 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><ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/2020-census-a-look-at-two-nj-counties-on-opposite-ends-of-the-population-growth/ar-AANwTk2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822222254/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/2020-census-a-look-at-two-nj-counties-on-opposite-ends-of-the-population-growth/ar-AANwTk2 |date=August 22, 2021 }} Accessed September 10, 2021.</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census]], the county had 95,263 people, 40,939 households, and 26,792 families. The [[population density]] was {{convert|378.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 99,606 housing units at an average density of {{convert|396.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The county's racial makeup was 85.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.74% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.26% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.95% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 5.95% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 7.83% of the population.

There were 40,939 households, of which 23.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 26.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 15.5% had a male householder with no wife present and 34.5% were non-families. 15.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.70.

About 17.6% of the county's population was under age 18, 6.7% was from age 18 to 24, 29.2% was from age 15 to 44, and 27.0% was age 65 or older. The median age was 50.5 years. The gender makeup of the county was 48.4% male and 51.5% female. For every 100 females, there were 94.0 males.

The county's median household income was $69,980, and the median family income was $83,695. About 8.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.2% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020|title=Cape May County {{!}} Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US34009|access-date=January 19, 2022|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

Cape May County is part of the [[Ocean City, New Jersey|Ocean City]], NJ [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]], as well as the [[Philadelphia]]-[[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]]-[[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]], [[Pennsylvania|PA]]-NJ-[[Delaware|DE]]-[[Maryland|MD]] [[Delaware Valley|Combined Statistical Area]].<ref>{{cite report|page=68|title=Metropolitan Statistical Areas: New Standards and Their Impact on Selected Federal Programs|publisher=United States General Accounting Office|url=https://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04758.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040624132457/http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04758.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2004|access-date=January 22, 2019}}</ref>

===2010 census===
The [[2010 United States census]] counted 97,265 people, 40,812 households, and 25,956 families in the county. The population density was {{convert|386.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 98,309 housing units at an average density of {{convert|391|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup was 89.83% (87,369) [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 4.69% (4,565) [[Black (U.S. census)|Black or African American]], 0.21% (205) [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 0.86% (834) [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.04% (36) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.47% (2,399) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census#Race|other races]], and 1.91% (1,857) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 6.22% (6,054) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/> 

Of the 40,812 households, 21.6% had children under the age of 18; 48.3% were married couples living together; 11% had a female householder with no husband present and 36.4% were non-families. Of all households, 31.2% were made up of individuals and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.89.<ref name=Census2010/> 

18.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 8% from 18 to 24, 20.1% from 25 to 44, 31.6% from 45 to 64, and 21.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 94.6 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 92.4 males.<ref name=Census2010/>

As of the 2010 census, there were 98,365 houses in the county, of which only 42% were occupied year round. There are 47 campgrounds with 17,999 campsites, greater than the number of campsites in all other counties in the state combined. There are also 18,700 hotel rooms in the county.<ref name="strat">{{cite report|title=Strategic Recovery Planning Report|date=March 17, 2016|publisher=Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders|author=Maser Consulting P.A.|access-date=April 11, 2018|url=http://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/lps/SRPRs/Cape%20May%20County_SRPR.pdf|archive-date=April 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412001222/http://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/lps/SRPRs/Cape%20May%20County_SRPR.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[median household income]] of the county was $57,168 as of 2013, the fourth-lowest of New Jersey's 21 counties. About 10% of residents live below the [[Poverty in the United States|federal poverty line]]. The county ranked last in the state in terms of residents with Assets Limited, Income Constrained, and Employed (ALICE), representing nearly one-third of the county's residents.<ref name="eco">{{cite report|date=May 2015|title=Economic Indicators and Quality of Life in Southern New Jersey|author=Kelly E. Sloane|publisher=Stockton University|page=9|url=https://intraweb.stockton.edu/eyos/hughescenter/content/docs/Research/Eco%20Indicators%20-%202015-0512.pdf|access-date=March 22, 2018|archive-date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913232521/http://intraweb.stockton.edu/eyos/hughescenter/content/docs/Research/Eco%20Indicators%20-%202015-0512.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>