279,114 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.8% since 2020)
556 square miles of land · 502 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
29 active community water systems list Atlantic County in the area they serve, reporting 390,973 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ATLANTIC CITY MUA surface water · local government · NJ0102001 | 152,415 served |
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - ATLANTIC COUNTY groundwater · private · NJ0119002 | 120,146 served |
| MARGATE CITY WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · NJ0116001 | 23,500 served |
| VENTNOR CITY WATER & SEWER UTILITY groundwater · local government · NJ0122001 | 22,150 served |
| HAMILTON TOWNSHIP MUA groundwater · local government · NJ0112001 | 21,720 served |
| BRIGANTINE WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · NJ0103001 | 14,450 served |
| HAMMONTON WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · NJ0113001 | 12,153 served |
| LONGPORT WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · NJ0115001 | 10,777 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 754 people were held in Atlantic County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 437 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 606.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
23 school districts have their office in Atlantic County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $202.4 million — $189.8 million to run schools, about $25,119 per student, plus $6.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $89.7 million local (mostly property tax), $115 million state, $10.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $47.3 million.
Spent $233.9 million — $219.1 million to run schools, about $33,884 per student, plus $2.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $89.7 million local (mostly property tax), $157.7 million state, $34.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $49.9 million.
Spent $116.6 million — $106.6 million to run schools, about $27,767 per student, plus $2.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.4 million local (mostly property tax), $98.2 million state, $11.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.6 million.
Spent $79.1 million — $74.5 million to run schools, about $21,809 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $31.2 million local (mostly property tax), $43.6 million state, $8.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.2 million.
Spent $92.1 million — $83.6 million to run schools, about $26,435 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $38.4 million local (mostly property tax), $46.3 million state, $6.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $338,000.
Spent $99.7 million — $90.1 million to run schools, about $29,627 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $43.6 million local (mostly property tax), $52.8 million state, $6.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $32.5 million.
Spent $69.3 million — $62.7 million to run schools, about $21,521 per student, plus $874,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $24.3 million local (mostly property tax), $45.2 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $26.3 million.
Spent $40.7 million — $38.6 million to run schools, about $21,957 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.8 million local (mostly property tax), $26.2 million state, $3.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.2 million.
And 15 more.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Atlantic County about $123.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
207 bridges in Atlantic County: 71 in good condition, 124 fair, and 12 poor (5.8%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| US 30 over NEWFOUND THOROFARE · built 1952 | 54,315 vehicles a day |
| U.S.ROUTE 30 over JONATHANS THOROFARE · built 1952 | 52,061 vehicles a day |
| US 30 over DUCK THOROFARE · built 1952 | 45,285 vehicles a day |
| US 40 & NJ 50 over GREAT EGG HARBOR RIVER · built 1928 | 31,688 vehicles a day |
| US 322-BLK HRSE PK over GREAT EGG HARBOR RIVER · built 1931 | 18,637 vehicles a day |
| MILL ROAD (CR 651) over ABSECON CREEK · built 1929 | 13,837 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $81.3 million of work in Atlantic County in fiscal 2025, about $296 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for New Jersey are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Atlantic County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Atlantic County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Cumberland County (28 mi) · Burlington County (28 mi) · Cape May County (29 mi) · Camden County (29 mi) · Gloucester County (32 mi) · Ocean County (34 mi).