155,678 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.3% since 2020)
483 square miles of land · 322 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.
14 active community water systems list Cumberland County in the area they serve, reporting 98,215 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| VINELAND WATER & SEWER UTILITY groundwater · local government · NJ0614003 | 36,250 served |
| MILLVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · NJ0610001 | 27,500 served |
| BRIDGETON CITY WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · NJ0601001 | 22,770 served |
| UPPER DEERFIELD TWP WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · NJ0613004 | 3,100 served |
| FAIRTON FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL groundwater · federal · NJ0605004 | 1,841 served |
| NJ STATE PRISON BAYSIDE groundwater · state · NJ0609001 | 1,679 served |
| NEWFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT groundwater · local government · NJ0813001 | 1,616 served |
| UNITED MOBILE HOMES OF VINELAND groundwater · private · NJ0614005 | 1,600 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 293 people were held in Cumberland County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021), or 301 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2016 it was about 443.
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.
15 school districts have their office in Cumberland County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $258.9 million — $237.6 million to run schools, about $22,878 per student, plus $3.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $32.9 million local (mostly property tax), $196.8 million state, $27.6 million federal.
Spent $171.5 million — $158 million to run schools, about $25,399 per student, plus $4.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.1 million local (mostly property tax), $150.7 million state, $35.5 million federal.
Spent $160.2 million — $151.6 million to run schools, about $29,782 per student, plus $3.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $31.7 million local (mostly property tax), $100.7 million state, $25 million federal.
Spent $36.1 million — $29.1 million to run schools, about $25,131 per student, plus $3.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.8 million local (mostly property tax), $19 million state, $4 million federal. Long-term debt: $3 million.
Spent $30.8 million — $24.4 million to run schools, about $23,107 per student, plus $3.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.7 million local (mostly property tax), $23.8 million state, $409,000 federal. Long-term debt: $77.1 million.
Spent $26.6 million — $24.7 million to run schools, about $25,687 per student, plus $155,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.9 million local (mostly property tax), $14.6 million state, $3.4 million federal.
Spent $11.9 million — $10.9 million to run schools, about $21,138 per student, plus $333,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.5 million local (mostly property tax), $6.6 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $776,000.
Spent $11.9 million — $11.3 million to run schools, about $22,092 per student, plus $11,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $9.3 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.7 million.
And 7 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 Cumberland County about $44 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.
102 bridges in Cumberland County: 25 in good condition, 72 fair, and 5 poor (4.9%). “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.
| NJ 55 NB over OAK ROAD (CR 681) · built 1972 | 25,321 vehicles a day |
| NJ 55 SB over OAK ROAD (CR 681) · built 1972 | 22,026 vehicles a day |
| NJ 49-MAIN STREET over MAURICE RIVER · built 1971 | 21,571 vehicles a day |
| RT 555-SOUTHMAINRD over NJ 55 · built 1968 | 12,440 vehicles a day |
| NJ 47 over MANANTICO CREEK · built 1925 | 2,250 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $127.7 million of work in Cumberland County in fiscal 2025, about $828 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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Salem County (21 mi) · Cape May County (22 mi) · Kent County, DE (26 mi) · Gloucester County (27 mi) · Atlantic County (28 mi) · New Castle County, DE (33 mi).