Atlantic City is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 40,517 people and 19 constituent neighborhoods, Atlantic City is the 32nd largest community in New Jersey.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Atlantic City is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Atlantic City is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Atlantic City who work in food service (15.65%), personal care services (14.08%), and sales jobs (11.40%).

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Atlantic City are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Atlantic City use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Atlantic City's citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

Atlantic City Information and Demographics

In Atlantic City, just 10.37% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Atlantic City in 2000 was $15,402, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $61,608 for a family of four.

Atlantic City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Atlantic City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Atlantic City is African-American, followed by White. Atlantic City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.94% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Atlantic City include Italian and Irish.

In addition, Atlantic City has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (24.70%).

The languages spoken by people in Atlantic City are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Atlantic City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Vietnamese, and Other Indic languages.