Florence is an

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and

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(CDP) located within Florence Township, in Burlington County, in the

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, that was established as part of the 2010 United States Census.New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)

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, p. III-3, August 2012. Accessed June 17, 2013. "Burlington County — Annexations from MCDs: Medford Lakes borough from Medford township; New CDPs: Florence (formed from part of deleted Florence-Roebling CDP), Juliustown (formed from part of Fort Dix CDP and additional area), and Roebling (formed from part of deleted Florence-Roebling CDP); Deleted CDPs: Florence-Roebling (split to form Florence and Roebling CDPs)" As of the 2000 United States Census, the CDP was combined as Florence-Roebling, which had a total population of 8,200. As of the 2010 Census, the Florence-Roebling CDP was split into its components,

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(with a population of 3,715) and Florence. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the Florence CDP was 4,426.DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Florence CDP, New Jersey
,

. Accessed June 27, 2012.

Geography

According to the

, the CDP had a total area of 1.490 square miles (3.857 km²), including 1.263 square miles (3.270 km²) of land and 0.587 square miles (1.029 km²) of water (15.23%).US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990

. Accessed September 4, 2014.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 4,426 people, 1,857 households, and 1,166 families in the CDP. The

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was . There were 1,998 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 74.20% (3,284)

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, 16.85% (746) Black or African American, 0.16% (7) Native American, 2.87% (127) Asian, 0.05% (2)

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, 1.63% (72) from other races, and 4.25% (188) from two or more races.

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of any race were 5.24% (232) of the population. Of the 1,857 households, 24.9% had children under the age of 18; 42.1% were married couples living together; 16.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 37.2% were non-families. Of all households, 31.4% were made up of individuals and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.00. 21.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 31.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.3 years. For every 100 females, the population had 90.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 88.7 males.

Transportation

The

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offers service to Camden and

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, with stations in

at Hornberger Avenue and

Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...

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. New Jersey Transit provides service to and from

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on the 409.

Education

The school district is Florence Township School District.
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References

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