Poverty Status in 1999: Camden 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
Camden County 499,327 52,121 10.4 365,486 32,351 8.9 133,379 19,324 14.5
Audubon borough 9,170 502 5.5 6,919 364 5.3 2,251 138 6.1
Audubon Park borough 1,102 97 8.8 870 76 8.7 232 21 9.1
Barrington borough 7,047 134 1.9 5,582 115 2.1 1,457 11 0.8
Bellmawr borough 11,238 446 4.0 8,918 357 4.0 2,317 86 3.7
Berlin borough 6,095 212 3.5 4,620 162 3.5 1,465 40 2.7
Berlin township 5,290 312 5.9 3,921 221 5.6 1,348 76 5.6
Brooklawn borough 2,338 170 7.3 1,743 97 5.6 595 73 12.3
Camden city 75,416 26,786 35.5 48,436 14,453 29.8 26,876 12,233 45.5
Cherry Hill township 68,743 2,725 4.0 52,374 2,047 3.9 16,298 607 3.7
Chesilhurst borough 1,421 214 15.1 1,084 160 14.8 337 54 16.0
Clementon borough 4,986 570 11.4 3,767 417 11.1 1,219 153 12.6
Collingswood borough 14,230 866 6.1 11,189 655 5.9 3,035 205 6.8
Gibbsboro borough 2,377 101 4.2 1,798 76 4.2 579 25 4.3
Gloucester township 63,918 3,934 6.2 46,927 2,762 5.9 16,956 1,137 6.7
Gloucester City city 11,421 1,155 10.1 8,465 834 9.9 2,945 316 10.7
Haddon township 14,651 607 4.1 11,306 501 4.4 3,316 77 2.3
Haddonfield borough 11,565 250 2.2 8,442 175 2.1 3,110 62 2.0
Haddon Heights borough 7,541 211 2.8 5,734 176 3.1 1,807 35 1.9
Hi-Nella borough 1,033 126 12.2 780 99 12.7 253 27 10.7
Laurel Springs borough 1,967 72 3.7 1,500 56 3.7 467 16 3.4
Lawnside borough 2,713 289 10.7 2,074 182 8.8 633 101 16.0
Lindenwold borough 17,385 2,047 11.8 13,325 1,426 10.7 4,050 611 15.1
Magnolia borough 4,394 346 7.9 3,323 224 6.7 1,065 116 10.9
Merchantville borough 3,801 259 6.8 2,825 167 5.9 976 92 9.4
Mount Ephraim borough 4,491 219 4.9 3,494 197 5.6 992 17 1.7
Oaklyn borough 4,162 271 6.5 3,213 200 6.2 949 71 7.5
Pennsauken township 35,180 2,807 8.0 25,426 1,778 7.0 9,708 983 10.1
Pine Hill borough 10,847 768 7.1 7,978 513 6.4 2,869 255 8.9
Pine Valley borough 16 0 0.0 12 0 0.0 4 0 0.0
Runnemede borough 8,500 474 5.6 6,560 376 5.7 1,940 98 5.1
Somerdale borough 5,164 283 5.5 4,042 189 4.7 1,122 94 8.4
Stratford borough 7,157 327 4.6 5,367 253 4.7 1,783 67 3.8
Tavistock borough 23 5 21.7 10 1 10.0 12 3 25.0
Voorhees township 27,271 1,551 5.7 20,055 1,117 5.6 7,194 412 5.7
Waterford township 10,476 590 5.6 7,808 442 5.7 2,649 129 4.9
Winslow township 33,413 2,007 6.0 23,719 1,290 5.4 9,665 688 7.1
Woodlynne borough 2,785 388 13.9 1,880 193 10.3 905 195 21.5
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.