Poverty Status in 1999: Gloucester 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
Gloucester County 249,843 15,395 6.2 183,751 10,815 5.9 65,880 4,368 6.6
Clayton borough 7,085 209 2.9 5,030 126 2.5 2,055 83 4.0
Deptford township 26,189 1,535 5.9 19,936 1,124 5.6 6,229 387 6.2
East Greenwich township 5,253 203 3.9 3,907 136 3.5 1,335 56 4.2
Elk township 3,482 297 8.5 2,561 234 9.1 917 59 6.4
Franklin township 15,383 778 5.1 11,248 622 5.5 4,135 156 3.8
Glassboro borough 16,593 2,525 15.2 12,525 1,864 14.9 4,037 630 15.6
Greenwich township 4,865 174 3.6 3,762 118 3.1 1,090 43 3.9
Harrison township 8,734 278 3.2 5,802 205 3.5 2,932 73 2.5
Logan township 6,024 257 4.3 4,131 151 3.7 1,887 100 5.3
Mantua township 14,180 510 3.6 10,449 343 3.3 3,724 160 4.3
Monroe township 28,728 1,769 6.2 21,387 1,204 5.6 7,325 549 7.5
National Park borough 3,168 242 7.6 2,337 171 7.3 815 55 6.7
Newfield borough 1,610 105 6.5 1,221 67 5.5 389 38 9.8
Paulsboro borough 6,134 1,084 17.7 4,348 601 13.8 1,786 483 27.0
Pitman borough 9,314 526 5.6 6,970 399 5.7 2,333 116 5.0
South Harrison township 2,409 193 8.0 1,772 144 8.1 637 49 7.7
Swedesboro borough 2,048 198 9.7 1,494 124 8.3 548 68 12.4
Washington township 46,870 1,518 3.2 33,453 1,066 3.2 13,391 426 3.2
Wenonah borough 2,317 57 2.5 1,712 40 2.3 605 17 2.8
West Deptford township 19,127 1,015 5.3 14,694 796 5.4 4,412 198 4.5
Westville borough 4,489 389 8.7 3,394 237 7.0 1,095 152 13.9
Woodbury city 9,837 1,324 13.5 7,337 868 11.8 2,485 441 17.7
Woodbury Heights borough 2,979 121 4.1 2,200 92 4.2 779 29 3.7
Woolwich township 3,025 88 2.9 2,081 83 4.0 939 0 0.0
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.