The population of Cape May county is estimated at 93,920. In 2017 there were 872 births and 1,282 deaths in Cape May county. Cape May county has 19,314 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 10,841 that are owned free and clear and 10,657 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Cape May County filed 49,930 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.1% of all New Jersey filings and 0.033% of the entire nation. Cape May had a combined total federal tax liability of $488,204,000 on earned income of $3,151,286,000. Other notable statistics from Cape May County were 6,050 unemployment claims which collected a total of $35,316,000 and 15,090 charitable contributions valued at $47,586,000. 16,560 filings from Cape May County paid a combined total of $98,917,000 in property taxes and 13,140 filings paid $111,173,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Cape May county had 101 religious congregations with an estimated 53,136 members.
31.3% of the Cape May population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 52% of Cape May County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 1,132 votes.
At $64,450 the median income is 80.5% of the New Jersey average. An estimated 4,308 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Cape May, the equivalant of around 9.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 9.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Cape May County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
5,888	Accommodation and food services
5,803	Retail trade
4,767	Health care and social assistance
4,001	Food services and drinking places
3,562	Restaurants and other eating places
2,787	Full-service restaurants
1,887	Accommodation
1,878	Food and beverage stores
1,784	Ambulatory health care services
1,655	Traveler accommodation
1,526	Hotels (except casino hotels) and motels
1,480	Grocery stores
1,237	Other services (except public administration)
1,235	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
1,105	Arts, entertainment, and recreation

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