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County · New Jersey
Atlantic County
279,114Population
1.7 %Change since 2020
1,086Net migration
6.7 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 279,114 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.7 %
- Net migration
- 1,086 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 6.7 % (2025)
- State
- New Jersey
- Population base, April 2020
- 274,533 (2020)
- Births
- 2,758 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.9
- Deaths
- 2,972 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.6
- Natural change, 2023
- -214
- International migration
- 1,996 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -910 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 3.9
- Postal code
- NJ
- FIPS code
- 34001
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.7 % |
| 2024 | 5.8 % |
| 2023 | 5.3 % |
| 2022 | 5.0 % |
| 2021 | 9.2 % |
| 2020 | 15.9 % |
| 2019 | 4.6 % |
| 2018 | 5.3 % |
| 2017 | 6.5 % |
| 2016 | 6.8 % |
| 2015 | 9.5 % |
| 2014 | 10.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 279,114 |
| 2023 | 276,937 |
| 2022 | 276,111 |
| 2021 | 274,991 |
| 2020 | 274,196 |