Gloucester County, New Jersey

administration
Gloucester County Courthouse
US state :	New Jersey
Administrative headquarters :	Woodbury
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1 North Broad Street Woodbury, NJ 08096-4602
Foundation :	1686
Area code :	+1 856
Demographics
Residents :	288,288 (2010)
Population density :	342.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	873 km²
Water surface :	32 km²
map

Website : www.co.gloucester.nj.us

The Gloucester County is a county in the US state of New Jersey . The county seat is Woodbury .

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

geography

The county is located in the southern suburbs of Philadelphia in neighboring Pennsylvania , from which it is separated by the Delaware River . In the far west, the river forms the border with Delaware .

It has an area of 873 square kilometers, of which 32 square kilometers are water. Gloucester County consists largely of low-lying rivers and coastal plains. It's right on the Delaware River.

The highest point is a slight climb on County Route 654, south of Cross Keys, at 55 m above sea level. The lowest point is in the Delaware River. Part of the Great Egg Harbor River Conservation Area is located in this county.

The following counties border Gloucester County:

Delaware County, Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Camden County
New Castle County (Delaware)
Salem County	Cumberland County	Atlantic County

history

The Big Timber Creek

Lower Big Timber Creek

After the country was first settled by Indians of the Lenni Lenape and the Susquehannock , the area on both sides of the lower Delaware River was first colonized by Swedes in 1638 and called New Sweden . After the end of Swedish rule in 1655, a change between English and Dutch sovereignty over the area, which lasted until 1674, was followed by the final connection to the English colonial territory in North America.

Gloucester County's beginnings go back to May 26, 1686, when a jurisdiction was established separate from that of Burlington County . On May 17, 1694, the county was officially established and added to the then West Jersey Province. It was named after the English city of Gloucester .

On February 7, 1837, Atlantic County was spun off and on March 13, 1844, Camden County was formed .

Woodbury, founded in 1683 by Henry Wood, is the oldest town in Gloucester County, after. During the colonization the region was strongly influenced by agriculture.

One place in the county has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Red Bank Battlefield . 33 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	13,363	-
1800	16,115	20.6%
1810	19,744	22.5%
1820	23,089	16.9%
1830	28,431	23.1%
1840	25,438	-10.5%
1850	14,655	-42.4%
1860	18,444	25.9%
1870	21,562	16.9%
1880	25,886	20.1%
1890	28,649	10.7%
1900	31,905	11.4%
1910	37,368	17.1%
1920	48,224	29.1%
1930	70,802	46.8%
1940	72,219	2%
1950	91,727	27%
1960	134,840	47%
1970	172.681	28.1%
1980	199.917	15.8%
1990	230.082	15.1%
2000	254.673	10.7%
2010	288.288	13.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Gloucester County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2010 census , Gloucester County had 288,288 people in 100,680 households. The population density was 342.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.77 people each in the 100,680 households.

The racial the population was composed of 83.6 percent white, 10.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 2.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 4.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 69,928 USD . The per capita income was $ 30,843. 7.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.