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County · New Jersey
Cape May County
93,875Population
-1.5 %Change since 2020
-76Net migration
9.2 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 93,875 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.5 %
- Net migration
- -76 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 9.2 % (2025)
- State
- New Jersey
- Population base, April 2020
- 95,269 (2020)
- Births
- 752 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.0
- Deaths
- 1,422 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.1
- Natural change, 2023
- -670
- International migration
- 105 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -181 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -0.8
- Postal code
- NJ
- FIPS code
- 34009
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.2 % |
| 2024 | 8.3 % |
| 2023 | 8.0 % |
| 2022 | 7.2 % |
| 2021 | 10.0 % |
| 2020 | 14.6 % |
| 2019 | 7.2 % |
| 2018 | 8.5 % |
| 2017 | 9.4 % |
| 2016 | 10.0 % |
| 2015 | 11.0 % |
| 2014 | 12.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 93,875 |
| 2023 | 94,643 |
| 2022 | 95,415 |
| 2021 | 95,720 |
| 2020 | 95,051 |