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Atlantic County
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county in New Jersey, United States
Atlantic County is a county located in New Jersey along the Atlantic coast. It is notable as the home of Atlantic City, a major resort destination known for its casinos and beaches.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- Named after
- Atlantic Ocean
- Seat
- Mays Landing
- Largest municipality
- Egg Harbor Township (population), Galloway Township (total area), Hamilton Township (land area)
- County executive
- Dennis Levinson ( R , term ends December 31, 2027)
- Total
- 671.84 sq mi (1,740.1 km )
- Land
- 555.51 sq mi (1,438.8 km )
- Water
- 116.32 sq mi (301.3 km ) 17.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 278,657
- Density
- 494.20/sq mi (190.81/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- https://www.atlanticcountynj.gov/
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Encyclopedic overview
Atlantic County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's 15th-most-populous county, with a population of 274,534, a drop of 15 from the 2010 census count of 274,549. The United States Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program estimated a 2025 population of 278,657, an increase of 4,123 (+1.5%) from the 2020 decennial census. Its county seat is the Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township. The county is part of the Jersey Shore region of the state.
The most populous place in Atlantic County is Egg Harbor Township, with 47,842 residents at the time of the 2020 census; Galloway Township, covered 115.21 square miles (298.4 km), the largest total area of any municipality, though Hamilton Township has the largest land area, covering 111.13 square miles (287.8 km). Atlantic County forms the Atlantic City–Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which is also part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
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