People QuickFacts Atlantic City New Jersey Population, 2011 estimate 39,527 8,834,773 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 39,558 8,791,898 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 -0.1% 0.5% Population, 2010 39,558 8,791,894 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.8% 6.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 24.6% 23.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 12.7% 13.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.0% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 26.7% 68.6% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 38.3% 13.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.6% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 15.6% 8.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 4.8% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 30.4% 17.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 16.0% 59.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 85.9% 89.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 28.1% 20.6% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 41.0% 29.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 70.9% 87.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 15.6% 35.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,052 472,716 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.7 30.1  Housing units, 2010 20,013 3,553,562 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 33.7% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 67.7% 35.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $223,900 $349,100 Households, 2007-2011 16,300 3,180,854 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.40 2.69 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $19,840 $35,678 Median household income, 2007-2011 $28,526 $71,180 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 29.3% 9.4%     Business QuickFacts Atlantic City New Jersey Total number of firms, 2007 2,141 781,622 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 13.9% 7.7% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.4% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 8.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 12.0% 8.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 19.4% 27.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 116,608,094 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 70,865 233,413,004 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 554,035 124,813,580 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,992 $14,453 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 5,602,533 19,993,613     Geography QuickFacts Atlantic City New Jersey Land area in square miles, 2010 10.75 7,354.22 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,680.8 1,195.5 FIPS Code 02080 34 Counties Atlantic County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts