533,988 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.1% since 2020)
221 square miles of land · 2,412 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.
22 active community water systems list Camden County in the area they serve, reporting 545,461 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| NJ AMERICAN WATER - WESTERN surface water · private · NJ0327001 | 274,291 served |
| MERCHANTVILLE PENNSAUKEN buys surface water · local government · NJ0424001 | 47,144 served |
| CITY OF CAMDEN buys surface water · local government · NJ0408001 | 46,585 served |
| AQUA NJ - BLACKWOOD buys surface water · private · NJ0415002 | 44,396 served |
| WINSLOW TWP DMU buys surface water · local government · NJ0436007 | 39,174 served |
| COLLINGSWOOD WATER DEPAR groundwater · local government · NJ0412001 | 24,500 served |
| BERLIN WATER DEPARTMENT buys surface water · local government · NJ0405001 | 12,991 served |
| GLOUCESTER CITY W DEPT groundwater · local government · NJ0414001 | 12,460 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 864 people were held in Camden County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 254 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 869.
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.
36 school districts have their office in Camden County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $294.4 million — $272.5 million to run schools, about $25,192 per student, plus $18.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $195.2 million local (mostly property tax), $82.6 million state, $9 million federal.
Spent $350.1 million — $324.4 million to run schools, about $45,703 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $17.8 million local (mostly property tax), $388.4 million state, $80.6 million federal.
Spent $156.7 million — $143.1 million to run schools, about $21,483 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $59.6 million local (mostly property tax), $92.1 million state, $9.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.3 million.
Spent $136.1 million — $124 million to run schools, about $25,236 per student, plus $3.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $59.5 million local (mostly property tax), $71.4 million state, $10 million federal.
Spent $139.8 million — $127.6 million to run schools, about $26,439 per student, plus $4.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $48.1 million local (mostly property tax), $95.8 million state, $9.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $33 million.
Spent $99 million — $86.3 million to run schools, about $23,964 per student, plus $2.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $39.5 million local (mostly property tax), $56.9 million state, $4.2 million federal.
Spent $80.4 million — $69.4 million to run schools, about $22,390 per student, plus $7.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15 million local (mostly property tax), $64.7 million state, $7.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $36.5 million.
Spent $77.9 million — $72.7 million to run schools, about $24,043 per student, plus $3.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $53.7 million local (mostly property tax), $21.5 million state, $3.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $940,000.
And 28 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 Camden County about $121.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
261 bridges in Camden County: 57 in good condition, 187 fair, and 17 poor (6.5%). “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.
| I-676 NB & RAMP FN over NEWTON CREEK · built 1956 | 73,907 vehicles a day |
| US 30 over CHANDLERS RUN · built 1925 | 71,176 vehicles a day |
| RT 73 & RAMP G over ROUTE US 130 · built 1930 | 60,600 vehicles a day |
| RT NJ 73 over PENNSAUKEN CREEK · built 1930 | 54,495 vehicles a day |
| US 130 over MAIN BR. NEWTON CREEK · built 1927 | 47,355 vehicles a day |
| I-676 SB over Newton Creek · built 1956 | 42,110 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $267.5 million of work in Camden County in fiscal 2025, about $511 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 Camden 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 Camden County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Gloucester County (11 mi) · Burlington County (17 mi) · Philadelphia County, PA (17 mi) · Delaware County, PA (24 mi) · Salem County (26 mi) · Atlantic County (29 mi).