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The City of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey in the United States. It is located just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 79,904. Image File history File links Image of the Tweeter Center in Camden, NJ. Obtained from http://www. ...
Image File history File links Image of the Tweeter Center in Camden, NJ. Obtained from http://www. ...
City lights from space. ...
A county seat is a town which is the capital of a county. ...
Camden County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ...
The Delaware River at New Hope, Pennsylvania The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. ...
Independence Hall Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as Philly or the City of Brotherly Love) is the fifth most populous city in the United States and the largest city in the state of Pennsylvania, both in area and population. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
Camden is the home of a branch campus of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. The USS New Jersey is preserved as a museum on Camden's Delaware River waterfront near the New Jersey State Aquarium and the Tweeter Center. Campbell's Field, the stadium where the Camden Riversharks minor league baseball team plays, is located between the aquarium and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. Riverfront State Prison is immediately adjacent to the stadium on the other side of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. Campbell Soup Company's main offices are here, however, its Camden plant closed in 1996. Rutgers University Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is located in New Brunswick and Piscataway. ...
A professor giving a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ...
State nickname: The Garden State Other U.S. States Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (D) Official languages None defined Area 22,608 km² (47th) - Land 19,231 km² - Water 3,378 km² (14. ...
The second United States Navy New Jersey (BB-62), known as Big J, is an Iowa-class battleship that was in service from 1943 to 1991, one of the longest-serving battleships of the 20th century. ...
A 335,000 US gallon (1. ...
Campbells Field is a baseball stadium in Camden, New Jersey. ...
The Camden Riversharks are a minor league baseball team which plays in Camden, New Jersey. ...
A nighttime view of the bridge. ...
Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB) (also known as Campbells) is undeniably the most well-known producer of canned soups and related products in the United States (and possibly the world). ...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
The Delaware River Port Authority (or DRPA) maintains its main offices in Camden, owns the Benjamin Franklin Bridge which connects Camden to Philadelphia, the PATCO Hi-Speedline's three Camden stations, the RiverLink ferry to Penns Landing in Philadelphia, and numerous area port facilities. Categories: Government of New Jersey | Government of Pennsylvania | Stub ...
Port Authority Transit Corporation operates the PATCO Speedline between Philadelphia, PA and Camden County, NJ in the United States. ...
New Jersey Transit's Walter Rand Transportation Center is located at Broadway & Mickle Blvd. Besides being a major hub for New Jersey Transit buses and Greyhound Lines, the Walter Rand Transportation Center is also a PATCO and River LINE station. New Jersey Transit Arrow III at West Windsor, NJ Hudson-Bergen Light Rail vehicle at 2nd Street station New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) is a statewide public transportation system serving the U.S. state of New Jersey. ...
Greyhound Lines is the largest intercity common carrier of passengers by bus in North America, serving 2200 destinations in the United States. ...
The New Jersey Transit River LINE is a light rail system in the United States that connects Camden, New Jersey with Trenton, New Jersey. ...
In 2004, Camden was awarded the title of "America's Most Dangerous City" by the Morgan Quinto Corporation [1], moving up from third place in 2003 and topping the 354 cities studied.
History
Walt Whitman lived his last years in Camden and is buried in Harleigh Cemetery on Haddon Avenue. Download high resolution version (1985x2453, 1533 KB)This image was made in 1887 in New York, by photographer George C. Cox. ...
Download high resolution version (1985x2453, 1533 KB)This image was made in 1887 in New York, by photographer George C. Cox. ...
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman, age 37, frontispiece to Leaves of Grass, Fulton St. ...
From 1901 through 1929 Camden was headquarters of the Victor Talking Machine Company, and thereafter to its successor RCA Victor, the world's largest manufacturer of phonographs and phonograph records for the first two thirds of the 20th century. 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Victor Talking Machine Company (1901 - 1929) was a United States corporation, the leading American producer of phonographs and phonograph records and one of the leading phonograph companies in the world at the time. ...
Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ...
Edison cylinder phonograph from about 1899 The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the 1870s through the 1980s. ...
Manufacturers put records inside protective and decorative cardboard jackets and an inner paper sleeve to protect the grooves from dust and scratches. ...
(19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...
Camden is the place where the first drive-in theater opened, invented by Richard Hollingshead, on June 6, 1933. Drive-ins are an important pop-culture memory for many. ...
Camden was once the home of a New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard. The New York Shipbuilding Corporation (or New York Ship for short) was founded in 1899 and opened its first shipyard in 1900. ...
On September 6, 1949 mass murderer Howard Unruh went on a killing spree in his Camden neighborhood. Thirteen people died as a result. Unruh remains confined in a state psychiatric facility. In 1996, New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman frisked Sherron Rolax in Camden, which many alleged violated Rolax's civil rights. In 2004, Morgan Quitno Press also ranked Camden as the US' "most dangerous city", or city with the highest crime rate, adding to its already infamous reputation. September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ...
1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...
A mass murder (massacre) is an act of murdering of a large number of people. ...
Howard Unruh (born January 21, 1921, Camden, N.J) is a World War Two veteran and American mass murderer, and is regarded as one of the first of the lone gunmen to go on an indiscriminate shooting spree, an event that became more common in the latter half of the...
A spree killer is someone who embarks on a murderous rampage. ...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
Christine Todd Whitman Christine Todd Christie Whitman (born September 26, 1946) is an American Republican politician, the former Governor of New Jersey, and the former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration of President George W. Bush. ...
Sherron Rolax (2003) Sherron Rolax (born June 3, 1979) of Lawnside, New Jersey, United States first achieved public fame when his civil rights were allegedly violated by then New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman in 1996. ...
Based on statistics reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Camden was the third-most dangerous city in the U.S. during 2002, and the nation's most dangerous city during 2003. "Most dangerous city" is based on crime statistics in six categories: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and auto theft. [2] City Councilman Ali Sloan-El, responding to 2004 news about the 2003 statistics, cites Camden's poverty as an important contributing factor to its high crime rate. The demographic data from the Census indicates about a third of the city's residents live below the poverty line. Official FBI Seal The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ...
The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...
Politics
 United States Courthouse. Camden has historically been a stronghold of the Democratic Party. The city is chartered under the Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council). The Mayor and City Council are elected in non-partisan elections in May. Municipal corruption is rampant. Of the five most recent former Camden Mayors, Angelo Errichetti, Arnold Webster, and Milton Milan have been convicted of crimes ranging from embezzelment to laundering drug money and taking bribes. Federal Building [United States District Court, Post Office, & GSA]; Camden, New Jersey; Photo taken from Department of Justice website http://www. ...
Federal Building [United States District Court, Post Office, & GSA]; Camden, New Jersey; Photo taken from Department of Justice website http://www. ...
The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ...
Modern forms of municipal government Walsh Act/Commission 1923 Municipal Manager Faulkner Act forms of municipal government Mayor-Council Council-Manager Small Municipality Mayor-Council-Administrator The Faulkner Act or Optional Municipal Charter Law provides for New Jersey municipalities to adopt a Mayor-Council government. ...
Gwendolyn Faison is presently Mayor, and a street has already been renamed in her honor.
Camden was once a center of production of everything from pens and soup to ships and phonographs. Camden has moved into the 21st century well prepared as a center for New Jersey's fastest growing industry: government. Government, education, and healthcare are the three biggest employers in Camden, however most employees commute to Camden and live in nearby suburbs such as Cherry Hill. Cherry Hill highlighted in Camden County Cherry Hill Township is a township located in Camden County, New Jersey. ...
Then Camden became a big ole' crack den. According to America Online, Camden is the worst city to live in in the United States. Entire buildings have been found full of cocaine, guns, and occasionally prostitutes.
Geography
 Camden highlighted in Camden County Camden is located at 39°56'14" North, 75°6'22" West (39.937195, -75.106186)1. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (550x681, 6 KB)taken from State of New Jersey website - adapted by H. Cheney - GFDL & CC-SA-BY File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (550x681, 6 KB)taken from State of New Jersey website - adapted by H. Cheney - GFDL & CC-SA-BY File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 26.9 km² (10.4 mi²). 22.8 km² (8.8 mi²) of it is land and 4.0 km² (1.6 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 15.03% water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
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Camden borders Collingswood, Gloucester City, Haddon Township, Pennsauken, and Woodlynne. Collingswood highlighted in Camden County Collingswood is a Walsh Act borough located in Camden County, New Jersey. ...
Gloucester City highlighted in Camden County Gloucester City is a city located in Camden County, New Jersey. ...
Haddon Township highlighted in Camden County Haddon Township is a Walsh Act township located in Camden County, New Jersey. ...
Pennsauken highlighted in Camden County Pennsauken Township is a census-designated place and township located in Camden County, New Jersey. ...
Woodlynne highlighted in Camden County Woodlynne is a borough located in Camden County, New Jersey. ...
Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there are 79,904 people, 24,177 households, and 17,431 families residing in the city. The population density is 3,497.9/km² (9,057.0/mi²). There are 29,769 housing units at an average density of 1,303.2/km² (3,374.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 16.84% White, 53.35% Black or African American, 0.54% Native American, 2.45% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 22.83% from other races, and 3.92% from two or more races. 38.82% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
Hispanic, as used in the United States, is one of several terms used to categorize US citizens, permanent residents and temporary immigrants, whose background hail either from the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America or relating to a Spanish-speaking culture. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There are 24,177 households out of which 42.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 26.1% are married couples living together, 37.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% are non-families. 22.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.12 and the average family size is 3.62. Marriage is a relationship and bond between individuals that plays a key role in the definition of many families. ...
In the city the population is spread out with 34.6% under the age of 18, 12.0% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 7.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 27 years. For every 100 females there are 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 90.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $23,421, and the median income for a family is $24,612. Males have a median income of $25,624 versus $21,411 for females. The per capita income for the city is $9,815. 35.5% of the population and 32.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 45.5% of those under the age of 18 and 23.8% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the number of people. ...
The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...
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