Camden County

Camden County can refer to:

Camden County, New Jersey

Camden County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Camden. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 513,657, having increased by 4,725 (up 0.9%, the third-lowest growth rate in the state) from the 508,932 counted in the 2000 Census, retaining its position as the state's eighth-most populous county. As of 2014, Camden County's Census-estimated population was 511,038. The most populous place was Camden, with 77,344 residents at the time of the 2010 Census, while Winslow Township covered 58.19 square miles (150.7 km²), the largest total area of any municipality.

It was formed on March 13, 1844, from portions of Gloucester County. The county was named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, a British judge, civil libertarian, and defender of the American cause.

The county is part of the Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD / Delaware Valley Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

According to the 2010 Census, the county had a total area of 227.293 square miles (588.69 km²), including 221.263 square miles (573.07 km²) of land (97.3%) and 6.030 square miles (15.62 km²) of water (2.7%).