Atlantic City, NJ

1950‑1959:		Atlantic City, NJ SMA
1959‑1983:		Atlantic City, NJ SMSA
1983‑1992:		Atlantic City, NJ MSA
1992‑2003:		Atlantic-Cape May, NJ PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE CMSA
2003‑2006:		Atlantic City, NJ Metro Area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Atlantic County, NJ	132,399	160,880	175,043	194,119	224,327	252,552	270,318

Cape May County, NJ	37,131	48,555	59,554	82,266	95,089	102,326	98,805



Total	132,399	160,880	175,043	194,119	319,416	354,878	270,318
Percent Change	-	21.5%	8.8%	10.9%	64.5%	11.1%	-23.8%



Total (as currently defined)	132,399	160,880	175,043	194,119	224,327	252,552	270,318
Percent Change	-	21.5%	8.8%	10.9%	15.6%	12.6%	7.0%

Timeline

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Component

Atlantic County, NJ

Cape May County, NJ

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Atlantic City, NJ	61,657	*	59,544	*	47,859	*	40,199	*	37,986	*	40,517	*	40,368	*



Total	61,657		59,544		47,859		40,199		37,986		40,517		40,368
Metro	132,399		160,880		175,043		194,119		319,416		354,878		270,318
Percent	46.6%		37.0%		27.3%		20.7%		11.9%		11.4%		14.9%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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Atlantic City, NJ

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			113,860	86.0%
		UA Population		98,971	74.8%
	Rural Population			18,539	14.0%

	Inside Central Cities			61,657	46.6%
	Outside Central Cities			70,742	53.4%

	Total Metro Area Population			132,399	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Atlantic City, NJ		105,083	98,971	94.2%

	Total			98,971


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			134,797	83.8%
		UA Population		117,284	72.9%
	Rural Population			26,083	16.2%

	Inside Central Cities			59,544	37.0%
	Outside Central Cities			101,336	63.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			160,880	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Atlantic City, NJ		124,902	117,284	93.9%

	Total			117,284


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			141,893	81.1%
		UA Population		126,125	72.1%
	Rural Population			33,150	18.9%

	Inside Central Cities			47,859	27.3%
	Outside Central Cities			127,184	72.7%

	Total Metro Area Population			175,043	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Atlantic City, NJ		134,016	122,842	91.7%
	Vineland-Millville, NJ		73,579	3,283	4.5%

	Total			126,125


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			204,209	73.9%
		UA Population		149,676	54.2%
	Rural Population			72,176	26.1%

	Inside Central Cities			40,199	14.5%
	Outside Central Cities			236,186	85.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			276,385	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Atlantic City, NJ		146,034	146,034	100.0%
	Vineland-Millville, NJ		88,822	3,642	4.1%

	Total			149,676


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			233,434	73.1%
		UA Population		174,897	54.8%
	Rural Population			85,982	26.9%

	Inside Central Cities			37,986	11.9%
	Outside Central Cities			281,430	88.1%

	Total Metro Area Population			319,416	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Atlantic City, NJ		169,993	169,993	100.0%
	Vineland-Millville, NJ		94,236	4,904	5.2%

	Total			174,897


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			216,507	85.7%
		UA Population		200,592	79.4%
	Rural Population			36,045	14.3%

	Inside Principal Cities			40,517	16.0%
	Outside Principal Cities			212,035	84.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			252,552	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Atlantic City, NJ		227,180	194,036	85.4%
	Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD		5,149,079	2,765	0.1%
	Vineland, NJ		88,724	3,791	4.3%

	Total			200,592


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Atlantic City, NJ SMA
-		Atlantic County, NJ included as original SMA component
-		Atlantic City, NJ designated as original central city of new SMA


Jun 1983



-		Cape May County, NJ added


Dec 1992



-		Atlantic City, NJ MSA became Atlantic-Cape May, NJ PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE CMSA


Jun 2003



-		Atlantic-Cape May, NJ PMSA in Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE CMSA became Atlantic City, NJ Metro Area
-		Cape May County, NJ included as original component of Ocean City, NJ Metro Area

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