![]() The Quakers' expansion and use of natural resources, in addition to the introduction of alcohol and infectious disease, diminished the Lenape's population in the area. By the 1700s, Quakers and the Lenni Lenape Native Americans were coexisting. The area developed further when a ferry system was established along the east side of the Delaware River to facilitate trade between Fort Nassau and Philadelphia, the growing capital of the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania directly across the river. After the Restoration in 1660, the land around Camden was controlled by nobles serving under King Charles II, until it was sold off to a group of New Jersey Quakers in 1673. Throughout the 17th century, Europeans settled along the Delaware, competing to control the local fur trade. In 1626, Fort Nassau was established by the Dutch West India Company at the confluence of Big Timber Creek and the Delaware River. Overall crime reports in 2020 were down 74% compared to 1974, the first year of uniform crime-reporting in the city. As of January 2021, violent crime was down 46% from its high in the 1990s and at the lowest level since the 1960s. The city saw 24 and 23 homicides in 20 respectively, the fourth-highest toll among New Jersey cities, behind Paterson, Trenton, and Newark. There were 23 homicides in Camden in 2017, the fewest in the city in three decades. Ĭamden had once been known for its high crime rate, though there has been a substantial decrease in crime in recent decades, especially since 2012, when the city disbanded its municipal police department and replaced it with a county-level police department. ![]() ![]() The " eds and meds" institutions account for roughly 45% of Camden's total employment. Camden County College and Rowan University also have campuses in downtown Camden. Camden also houses both Cooper University Hospital and Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center. The city is the home of Rutgers University–Camden, which was founded as the South Jersey Law School in 1926, and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, which opened in 2012. The Camden waterfront holds three tourist attractions: the USS New Jersey, the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, and the Adventure Aquarium. In 1971, civil unrest reached its peak, with riots breaking out in response to the death of Horacio Jimenez, a Puerto Rican motorist who was killed by two police officers. Civil unrest and crime became common in Camden. The growth of the interstate highway system also played a large role in suburbanization, which resulted in white flight. With the loss of manufacturing jobs came a sharp population decline. During the 1950s, Camden manufacturers began gradually closing their factories and moving out of the city. The city is part of the South Jersey region of the state.īeginning in the early 1900s, Camden was a prosperous industrial city, and remained so throughout the Great Depression and World War II. Camden is made up of over 20 neighborhoods. The city derives its name from Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden. Camden has been the county seat of Camden County since the county was formed on March 13, 1844. The city was incorporated on February 13, 1828. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the population was 71,773 in 2021, making it the 513th-most-populous in the country. At the 2020 United States census, Camden was the 14th-most populous municipality in the state, with a population of 71,791, a decrease of 5,553 (−7.2%) from the 2010 census count of 77,344, which in turn reflected a decline of 1,984 (-2.5%) from the 79,318 counted at the 2000 census. Camden is part of the Delaware Valley (Philadelphia metropolitan area) and is located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, the nation's sixth most populous city. Camden is a city in and the county seat of Camden County, in the U.S.
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