Mays Landing, New Jersey

Atlantic County

34-44820

Mays Landing is a town within the Hamilton Township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, United States. In the 2000 census, a total population of 2,321 was recorded. Mays Landing is the county seat ( county seat ) of Atlantic County.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.0 km ², of which 4.4 km ² of land and 0.5 km ² ( 10.94% ) is water.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Suzette Charles, Miss America 1984
  • Mae Faggs, track and field athlete and Olympic champion

Demography

According to the census of 2000, there are 2,321 people, 892 households, and 599 families residing in the city. The population density is 527.1 inhabitants per km ². 91.25 % of the population are White, 5.00 % African American, 0.09 % Native American, 0.73 % Asian, 0.22 % Pacific Islander, 0.78 % from other races, and 1.94% mixed race. 3.96% are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 892 households 33.9 % have children under 18 years. 49.2 % are married couples living together, 14.5% are single mothers, 32.8 % are non-families, 27.4 % consists of single-person households and 10.3% in people older than 65, the average household size is 2, 55, the average family size is 3.12.

25.4 % of the population are under the age of 18, 7.2 % from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 23.1% between 45 and 64, 13.4% older than 65 is the average age 37 years. The ratio of women to men is 100:93,1, for people older than 18 years, the ratio 100:88,3.

The median household income is $ 52,628, and the median income for a family $ 60,000. Males have a median income of $ 41,432, women $ 30,154. The per capita income for the city is $ 23,477. 6.8 % of the population and 4.9 % of families are below the poverty line, including 14.1 % have children younger than 18 years and 3.0 % of people older than 65

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