The city was incorporated on May 1, 1854, from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township. Atlantic City and Hammonton are the two principal cities of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of Atlantic County for statistical purposes and are part of the larger Delaware Valley ( Philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest metropolitan area as of 2020. Atlantic City had been the home of the Miss America pageant from 1921 to 2004, and returned to the city from 2013 to 2018.Īs of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,497, a decline of 1,061 (−2.7%) from the 2010 census count of 39,558, which in turn reflected a decrease of 959 (−2.4%) from the 40,517 counted in the 2000 census. In 1976, New Jersey voters legalized casino gambling in Atlantic City, and the first casino opened in 1978.

version of the board game Monopoly, which uses various Atlantic City street names and destinations in the game. The city is known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches. Atlantic City, sometimes referred to by its initials A.C., is a coastal resort city in Atlantic County, in the U.S.

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