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 70,996 in 2022, making it the 528th-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, when it had been ranked 12th in the state by population (falling behind both Brick Township and nearby Cherry Hill), which in turn reflected a decline of 1,984 (-2.5%) from the 79,318 counted in 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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