Camden is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 79,904 people and 21 constituent neighborhoods, Camden is the eighth largest community in New Jersey.

Camden is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Camden is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Camden who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.92%), sales jobs (9.17%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (6.65%).

One of the nice things about Camden is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

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.

Camden Information and Demographics

The population of Camden has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.36% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Camden in 2000 was $9,815, which is low income relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $39,260 for a family of four.

Camden is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Camden home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Camden is African-American, followed by White. Camden also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.63% of the city's residents.

The most common language spoken in Camden is English. Some people also speak Spanish.