Poverty Status in 1999: Burlington County
Individuals Individuals 18 and over Related Chlidren under 18
Number for Number Percent Number for Number Percent Number for Number Percent
Whom Poverty Below Below Whom Poverty Below Below Whom Poverty Below Below
Status is Poverty Poverty Status is Poverty Poverty Status is Poverty Poverty
Determined Level Level Determined Level Level Determined Level Level
Burlington County 409,125 19,280 4.7 304,252 13,312 4.4 104,544 5,699 5.5
Bass River township 1,546 81 5.2 1,143 60 5.2 400 18 4.5
Beverly city 2,623 302 11.5 1,903 176 9.2 710 120 16.9
Bordentown city 3,938 266 6.8 3,119 193 6.2 809 63 7.8
Bordentown township 8,352 234 2.8 6,399 192 3.0 1,953 42 2.2
Burlington city 9,697 776 8.0 7,389 513 6.9 2,302 257 11.2
Burlington township 19,425 969 5.0 13,938 700 5.0 5,476 258 4.7
Chesterfield township 2,611 46 1.8 1,923 31 1.6 673 0 0.0
Cinnaminson township 14,443 353 2.4 10,913 273 2.5 3,514 71 2.0
Delanco township 3,227 305 9.5 2,450 199 8.1 777 106 13.6
Delran township 15,517 637 4.1 11,704 454 3.9 3,813 183 4.8
Eastampton township 6,189 179 2.9 4,385 143 3.3 1,804 36 2.0
Edgewater Park township 7,864 677 8.6 6,079 422 6.9 1,776 246 13.9
Evesham township 42,242 1,174 2.8 30,986 832 2.7 11,247 333 3.0
Fieldsboro borough 528 10 1.9 383 9 2.3 145 1 0.7
Florence township 10,644 654 6.1 7,985 473 5.9 2,646 168 6.3
Hainesport township 4,099 121 3.0 3,061 89 2.9 1,038 32 3.1
Lumberton township 10,136 381 3.8 7,238 288 4.0 2,886 93 3.2
Mansfield township 5,090 228 4.5 4,140 200 4.8 950 28 2.9
Maple Shade township 18,758 1,009 5.4 15,064 867 5.8 3,694 142 3.8
Medford township 22,012 410 1.9 16,094 277 1.7 5,901 122 2.1
Medford Lakes borough 4,170 89 2.1 3,118 73 2.3 1,047 11 1.1
Moorestown township 18,688 634 3.4 13,473 456 3.4 5,204 171 3.3
Mount Holly township 10,346 1,023 9.9 7,594 681 9.0 2,719 309 11.4
Mount Laurel township 39,859 1,243 3.1 30,619 872 2.8 9,229 360 3.9
New Hanover township 3,732 146 3.9 2,275 98 4.3 1,457 48 3.3
North Hanover township 7,296 387 5.3 4,865 227 4.7 2,426 155 6.4
Palmyra borough 7,050 295 4.2 5,506 184 3.3 1,544 111 7.2
Pemberton borough 1,209 94 7.8 886 64 7.2 319 30 9.4
Pemberton township 28,150 2,612 9.3 20,490 1,613 7.9 7,595 948 12.5
Riverside township 7,847 642 8.2 5,897 496 8.4 1,949 145 7.4
Riverton borough 2,639 82 3.1 2,044 55 2.7 595 27 4.5
Shamong township 6,408 168 2.6 4,566 99 2.2 1,842 69 3.7
Southampton township 10,265 399 3.9 8,388 310 3.7 1,871 89 4.8
Springfield township 3,221 116 3.6 2,396 106 4.4 825 10 1.2
Tabernacle township 7,085 144 2.0 5,131 116 2.3 1,947 21 1.1
Washington township 424 68 16.0 339 49 14.5 85 19 22.4
Westampton township 7,157 180 2.5 5,089 136 2.7 2,068 44 2.1
Willingboro township 32,746 1,934 5.9 23,900 1,157 4.8 8,800 731 8.3
Woodland township 1,145 33 2.9 869 24 2.8 275 8 2.9
Wrightstown borough 747 179 24.0 511 105 20.5 233 74 31.8
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.