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|subdivision_name1 = |subdivision_name2 = Camden |government_footnotes = 〔 |government_type = Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) |governing_body = City Council |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Dana Redd (term ends December 31, 2017)〔〔(2015 New Jersey Mayors Directory ), New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, as of October 20, 2015. Accessed November 16, 2015.〕 |leader_title1 = Administrator |leader_name1 = Christine T. J. Tucker〔(Office of the Business Administrator ), City of Camden. Accessed December 1, 2011.〕 |leader_title2 = Clerk |leader_name2 = Luis Pastoriza〔(Office of the City Clerk ), City of Camden. Accessed July 2, 2012.〕 |established_title = Settled |established_date = 1626 |established_title2 = Incorporated |established_date2 = February 13, 1828 |named_for = Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = 〔(2010 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed May 21, 2015.〕 |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 26.784 |area_land_km2 = 23.106 |area_water_km2 = 3.677 |area_total_sq_mi = 10.341 |area_land_sq_mi = 8.921 |area_water_sq_mi = 1.420 |area_water_percent = 13.73 |area_rank = 208th of 566 in state 7th of 37 in county〔 |population_as_of = 2010 Census |population_footnotes = 〔(DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Camden city, Camden County, New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2011.〕〔〔〔(Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Camden city ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed September 7, 2011.〕 |population_total = 77344 |population_rank = 12th of 566 in state 1st of 37 in county〔(GCT-PH1 Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – State – County Subdivision from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed October 4, 2012.〕 |population_density_km2 = 3347.4 |population_density_sq_mi = 8669.6 |population_density_rank = 42nd of 566 in state 2nd of 37 in county〔 |population_est = 77332 |pop_est_as_of = 2014 |pop_est_footnotes = 〔 |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = Eastern (EDT) |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = 〔, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 5, 2013.〕 |coordinates_type = region:US_type:city |coordinates_region = US-NJ |latd = 39.94 |longd = -75.105 |coordinates_display = inline,title |coordinates_footnotes = 〔〔 |elevation_m = 5 |elevation_ft = 16 |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = 08100-08105〔(Look Up a ZIP Code ), United States Postal Service. Accessed November 15, 2013.〕〔(Zip Codes ), State of New Jersey. Accessed October 21, 2013.〕 |area_code = 856〔(Area Code Lookup – NPA NXX for Camden, NJ ), Area-Codes.com. Accessed October 22, 2013.〕 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 3400710000〔〔(American FactFinder ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 29, 2014.〕〔("A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey" ), Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed July 2, 2012.〕 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 0885177〔〔(US Board on Geographic Names ), United States Geological Survey. Accessed July 29, 2014.〕 |website = }} Camden is a city in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. It is the county seat,〔(Find a County ), National Association of Counties. Accessed July 29, 2014.〕〔(Camden County, NJ ), National Association of Counties. Accessed January 20, 2013.〕 located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 77,344,〔〔〔 representing a decline of 2,560 (3.2%) from the 79,904 residents enumerated during the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 7,588 (8.7%) from the 87,492 counted in the 1990 Census.〔(Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed July 2, 2012.〕 Camden ranked as the 12th-most populous municipality in the state in 2010 after having been ranked 10th in 2000.〔(The Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships in 2010 in New Jersey: 2000 and 2010 ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 7, 2011.〕 Camden was originally incorporated as a city on February 13, 1828, from portions of the now-defunct Newton Township, while the area was still part of Gloucester County. On March 13, 1844, Camden became part of the newly formed Camden County.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 104. Accessed January 17, 2012.〕 The city derives its name from Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden.〔Hutchinson, Viola L. (''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names'' ), New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 28, 2015.〕〔Gannett, Henry. (''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States'' ), p. 65. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed August 28, 2015.〕 Three of Camden's mayors have been jailed for corruption, the most recent being Milton Milan in 2000.〔Staff. ("Milan Begins Sentence" ), ''The New York Times'', July 16, 2001. Accessed July 2, 2012. "Former Mayor Milton Milan, 38, convicted of corruption charges in December, is now serving his seven-year sentence at a low-security federal prison in Loretto, Pa., where he was transferred Friday. ... On June 15, Mr. Milan was sentenced on 14 counts of corruption, including taking payoffs from the mob, as well as concealing the source of a $65,000 loan from a drug kingpin."〕 From 2005 to 2012, the school system and police department were operated by the state of New Jersey. Camden public schools spent $23,770 per student ($19,118 on a budgetary per-pupil basis) in the 2009–10 school year〔Giordano, Rita; and Purcell, Dylan. ("Third of N.J. districts in area top state average in per-pupil spending" ), ''Philadelphia Inquirer'', May 21, 2011. Accessed August 12, 2012 ."Coming in at No. 6 statewide and first locally among K-12s was Camden, at $23,770 per student counting the new items – a 4 percent increase over 2008–09. In Camden, total per-student spending minus the added costs included this year – the 'budgetary per-pupil cost' – was $19,118."〕 In 2012, the city's graduation rate fell to 49%, well below the state average of 86%,〔Ly, Laura. ("State of New Jersey stepping in to run Camden's troubled schools" ), CNN, March 25, 2013. Accessed July 29, 2014.〕 and the national average of 93%.〔(Fast Facts: US High School Dropout Rates ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 29, 2014.〕 In 2012, 3 out of 882 SAT test-takers were scored "college-ready", defined as a combined score of 1550 or higher on the three sections of the test, a standard met by 43% of students taking the exam nationwide.〔Terruso, Julia. ("A look at what SAT report on Camden means" ), ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', December 22, 2013. Accessed July 29, 2014. "A statistic released by the Camden School District – that three out of about 882 high school seniors scored "college ready" on the SAT in 2012 – sparked criticism and questions from education advocates last week. The number, based on state performance reports from the 2011–12 school year, uses the College Board's college-readiness parameter score of 1550 out of 2400 on math, reading and writing."〕 Among residents, 40% are below the national poverty line.〔Staff. ("Camden's crisis: Ungovernable? The state may have failed the city it took over" ), ''The Economist'', November 26, 2009. Accessed July 29, 2014. "Camden spends $17,000 per child on education, yet only two thirds complete school. Two out of five people live below the poverty line."〕 Camden had the highest crime rate in the United States in 2012, with 2,566 violent crimes for every 100,000 people,〔( Crime in the United States 2012: NEW JERSEY Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by City, 2012 ), Federal Bureau of Investigation. Accessed December 20, 2014.〕 which is 6.6 times higher than the national average of 387 violent crimes per 100,000 citizens.〔(Crime in the United States 2012: Violent Crime ), Federal Bureau of Investigation. Accessed December 20, 2014. "There were an estimated 386.9 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants in 2012, a rate that remained virtually unchanged when compared to the 2011 estimated rate."〕 ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Camden, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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