Poverty Status in 1999: Cumberland 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
Cumberland County 135,350 20,367 15.0 98,933 12,834 13.0 36,120 7,262 20.1
Bridgeton city 18,320 4,880 26.6 12,479 2,916 23.4 5,811 1,934 33.3
Commercial township 5,235 827 15.8 3,776 505 13.4 1,445 308 21.3
Deerfield township 2,922 268 9.2 2,152 204 9.5 770 64 8.3
Downe township 1,627 213 13.1 1,251 132 10.6 374 79 21.1
Fairfield township 4,898 551 11.2 3,683 364 9.9 1,198 179 14.9
Greenwich township 842 67 8.0 670 52 7.8 172 15 8.7
Hopewell township 4,247 279 6.6 3,363 259 7.7 884 20 2.3
Lawrence township 2,718 242 8.9 1,950 187 9.6 761 48 6.3
Maurice River township 3,552 287 8.1 2,681 182 6.8 864 98 11.3
Millville city 26,582 4,034 15.2 19,188 2,401 12.5 7,346 1,599 21.8
Shiloh borough 536 31 5.8 359 23 6.4 177 8 4.5
Stow Creek township 1,434 96 6.7 1,088 68 6.3 346 28 8.1
Upper Deerfield township 7,540 1,032 13.7 5,441 545 10.0 2,099 487 23.2
Vineland city 54,897 7,560 13.8 40,852 4,996 12.2 13,873 2,395 17.3
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.