Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City population, 2020 to 2024

Atlantic City added 543 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +258. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 130th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Atlantic City is 3.5 times that size.

Atlantic City covers 10.76 square miles of land and 6.45 of water, for 3,621 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Atlantic City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Atlantic City is in

All of Atlantic City's residents live in Atlantic County, which had 279,114 residents in 2024. Atlantic City holds 14.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Atlantic City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Atlantic City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 08401. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Atlantic City is

The Census internal point of Atlantic City is at 39.377300, -74.451100. Trenton, the capital, is 60.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Vineland, NJ (62,070 people), 29.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 56.8 miles away.

Daylight in Atlantic City

At 39.38° N, Atlantic City gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Atlantic City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Ventnor City, 3.0 miles away, with 9,372 people.