Is Cape May County, NJ's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It shrank by 704 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Cape May County, NJ’s 0.75% annual decrease was primarily driven by deaths outpacing births.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Cape May County, NJ’s population shrank by 1%.
-704
population change (2024 to 2025)
-0.75%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Cape May County, NJ’s population increased 3 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2019 and 2020, when Cape May County, NJ gained 2,800 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2003 and 2004 when there were 1,400 fewer residents.
Cape May County, NJ lost 704 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in Cape May County, NJ?
A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was negative in Cape May County, NJ, with deaths exceeding births by 598.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, Cape May County, NJ’s population change from immigration was positive with about 21 more people coming from another country directly to Cape May County, NJ than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Cape May County, NJ’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 121 more people moving to any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, natural change was the primary driver of population decline in Cape May County, NJ.
Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025
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