Camden, New Jersey

Camden population, 2020 to 2024

Camden added 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +336. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 174th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Camden is 6.4 times that size.

Camden covers 8.92 square miles of land and 1.46 of water, for 8,044 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Camden is denser than the typical town.

What county Camden is in

All of Camden's residents live in Camden County, which had 533,988 residents in 2024. Camden holds 13.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Camden

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Camden by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 08102, 08103, 08104, 08105. 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 Camden is

The Census internal point of Camden is at 39.936800, -75.106600. Trenton, the capital, is 27.0 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Philadelphia, PA (1,573,916 people), 5.2 miles away.

Daylight in Camden

At 39.94° N, Camden gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Camden

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Woodlynne, 1.5 miles away, with 2,941 people.