Vineland, New Jersey
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Vineland is a city and the most populous municipality in Cumberland County, within the U.S. state of New Jersey. Bridgeton and Vineland are the two principal cities of the Vineland-Bridgeton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of Cumberland County for statistical purposes and which constitutes a part of the Delaware Valley (the Philadelphia metropolitan area).[22] The MSA had a population of 156,898 as of the 2010 census.[23] As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 60,780,[11][12] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 56 (+0.1%) from the 60,724 recorded at the 2010 census,[24][25] which in turn reflected an increase of 4,453 (+7.9%) from the 56,271 counted in the 2000 census.[26] The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 60,491 in 2022,[11] ranking the city the 639th-most-populous in the country.[13]
Vineland, New Jersey | |
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Motto: "A Harvest of Opportunities in the Heart of the Northeast" | |
Coordinates: 39°27′54″N 75°00′23″W[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Cumberland |
Incorporated | February 5, 1952[3] |
Government | |
• Type | Faulkner Act Mayor-Council |
• Body | City council |
• Mayor | Anthony Fanucci (term ends December 31, 2024)[5][6] |
• Administrator | Robert E. Dickenson Jr.[7] |
• Municipal clerk | Keith Petrosky[8] |
Area | |
• Total | 68.99 sq mi (178.68 km2) |
• Land | 68.40 sq mi (177.16 km2) |
• Water | 0.59 sq mi (1.52 km2) 0.86% |
• Rank | 16th of 565 in state 2nd of 14 in county[1] |
Elevation | 98 ft (30 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 60,780 |
• Estimate | 60,491 |
• Rank | 639th in country (as of 2021)[13] 26th of 565 in state 1st of 14 in county[15] |
• Density | 888.7/sq mi (343.1/km2) |
• Rank | 396th of 565 in state 2nd of 14 in county[15] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Codes | |
Area code | 856[18] |
FIPS code | 3401176070[1][19][20] |
GNIS feature ID | 0885428[1][21] |
Website | www |
Vineland was formed on July 1, 1952, through the merger of Landis Township and Vineland Borough, based on the results of a referendum held on February 5, 1952.[3][27][28] Festivities on July 1, 1952, when the merger took effect, included a parade and speeches from such notables as Senator Estes Kefauver.[29] The name is derived from the plans of its founder to use the land to grow grapes.[30][31]
Geographically, the city is part of South Jersey. It has large Italian-American[32] and Hispanic-American populations.[33]