Burlington County

administration
Burlington County Courthouse
US state :	New Jersey
Administrative headquarters :	Mount Holly Township
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Office Building 49 Rancocas Road, PO Box 6000 Mount Holly, NJ 08060-1388
Foundation :	May 17, 1694
Made up from:	West Jersey
Area code :	+1 609 or +1 856
Demographics
Residents :	448,734 (2010)
Population density :	215.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2122 km²
Water surface :	38 km²
map

Website : www.co.burlington.nj.us

The Burlington County is a county in the US state of New Jersey . The county seat is Mount Holly Township .

The Burlington County is part of the Delaware Valley called metropolitan area around the city of Philadelphia .

geography

The county is located in the eastern suburbs of Philadelphia on the left bank of the Delaware River , which forms the border with Pennsylvania . Burlington County covers an area of 2,122 square kilometers, of which 38 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , Bucks County, Pennsylvania	Mercer County	Monmouth County
Camden County		Ocean County
	Atlantic County

history

Burlington County was formed as the original county on May 17, 1694. It was named after the old name of the town of Bridlington in England .

Historical objects

In Mount Holly Township is the historic former prison building Burlington County Prison , which was built 1811th

In addition to the Burlington County Prison, three other places in the county have the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Francis Hopkinson House , the New St. Mary's Episcopal Church and Paulsdale . 95 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 16, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	18,095	-
1800	21,521	18.9%
1810	24,979	16.1%
1820	28,822	15.4%
1830	31,107	7.9%
1840	32,831	5.5%
1850	43.203	31.6%
1860	49,730	15.1%
1870	53,639	7.9%
1880	55.402	3.3%
1890	58,528	5.6%
1900	58,241	-0.5%
1910	66,565	14.3%
1920	81,770	22.8%
1930	93,541	14.4%
1940	97.013	3.7%
1950	135.910	40.1%
1960	224,499	65.2%
1970	323.132	43.9%
1980	362,542	12.2%
1990	395.066	9%
2000	423.394	7.2%
2010	448.734	6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

According to the 2010 census , Burlington County had 448,734 people in 264,100 households. The population density was 215.3 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 73.8 percent white, 16.6 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 4.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 6.4 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.62 people lived in each of the 264,100 households.

23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 74,481 USD . The per capita income was $ 34,165. 6.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.