Cape May County, New Jersey Demographics

Cape May County is 1st in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Cape May County is 3rd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Cape May County is 4th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Race - White

Cape May County is 7th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Cape May County is 8th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Cape May County is 9th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Cape May County is 10th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Home ownership rate

Cape May County is 10th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Income below poverty line

Cape May County is 11th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Female residents

Cape May County is 11th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Home median value

Size Demographics
	Cape May County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Current population (2012)	96,304	20th	8,864,590	313,914,040
Size in square miles	251.4	14th	7,354.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	386.9	16th	1,195.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Cape May County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents younger than 5	4.7%	20th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.2%	21st	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	22.8%	1st	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Cape May County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.9%	11th	87.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.1%	16th	35.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Cape May County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Race - White	91.9%	4th	73.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	5.0%	16th	14.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	15th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	20th	9.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	8th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	15th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	19th	18.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	86.4%	3rd	58.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Cape May County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Female residents	51.3%	11th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.3%	20th	20.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Cape May County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Housing units	98,017	16th	3,562,553	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	28.6%	9th	35.9%	25.9%
Households	44,788	19th	3,180,854	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.3%	10th	66.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$332,400	11th	$349,100	$186,200
People per household	2.1	21st	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	491	14th	17,939	829,658

Income Demographics
	Cape May County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Income per capita	$33,796	11th	$35,678	$27,915
Income per household	$55,315	19th	$71,180	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.6%	10th	9.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Cape May County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,801	17th	226,878	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	24,667	20th	3,377,848	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	11,290	18th	781,622	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,584,880	19th	$124,813,580	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,390	7th	$14,453	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$516,973	15th	$19,993,613	$613,795,732