Poverty Status in 1999: Essex 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
Essex County 771,556 120,006 15.6 569,305 77,893 13.7 201,295 41,358 20.5
Belleville township 35,698 2,939 8.2 27,963 2,087 7.5 7,726 843 10.9
Bloomfield township 47,257 2,772 5.9 37,361 2,088 5.6 9,830 618 6.3
Caldwell borough 7,255 347 4.8 5,901 320 5.4 1,354 27 2.0
Cedar Grove township 11,295 230 2.0 8,957 212 2.4 2,338 18 0.8
City of Orange township 32,290 6,078 18.8 23,542 3,905 16.6 8,680 2,139 24.6
East Orange city 68,579 13,159 19.2 49,384 8,370 16.9 19,109 4,727 24.7
Essex Fells borough 2,160 23 1.1 1,518 17 1.1 642 6 0.9
Fairfield township 6,967 195 2.8 5,468 132 2.4 1,499 63 4.2
Glen Ridge borough 7,261 219 3.0 5,031 141 2.8 2,225 73 3.3
Irvington township 59,982 10,420 17.4 43,397 6,535 15.1 16,447 3,761 22.9
Livingston township 27,271 480 1.8 20,010 385 1.9 7,253 87 1.2
Maplewood township 23,845 1,049 4.4 17,232 717 4.2 6,596 324 4.9
Millburn township 19,761 288 1.5 13,808 202 1.5 5,948 86 1.4
Montclair township 38,234 2,149 5.6 28,517 1,611 5.6 9,692 520 5.4
Newark city 261,451 74,263 28.4 187,443 46,978 25.1 73,539 26,907 36.6
North Caldwell borough 6,285 75 1.2 4,585 35 0.8 1,700 40 2.4
Nutley township 27,340 1,312 4.8 21,419 1,035 4.8 5,904 260 4.4
Roseland borough 5,298 88 1.7 4,227 88 2.1 1,071 0 0.0
South Orange Village township 15,066 791 5.3 11,341 689 6.1 3,713 96 2.6
Verona township 13,509 441 3.3 10,507 362 3.4 3,002 79 2.6
West Caldwell township 10,980 227 2.1 8,213 157 1.9 2,767 70 2.5
West Orange township 43,772 2,461 5.6 33,481 1,827 5.5 10,260 614 6.0
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.