Poverty Status in 1999: Middlesex 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
Middlesex County 731,461 48,205 6.6 556,716 34,937 6.3 173,903 12,529 7.2
Carteret borough 20,545 2,253 11.0 15,453 1,431 9.3 5,072 802 15.8
Cranbury township 3,172 51 1.6 2,200 25 1.1 972 26 2.7
Dunellen borough 6,814 224 3.3 5,179 184 3.6 1,627 32 2.0
East Brunswick township 46,664 1,321 2.8 34,592 935 2.7 12,054 368 3.1
Edison township 96,221 4,606 4.8 74,192 3,470 4.7 21,791 941 4.3
Helmetta borough 1,825 61 3.3 1,419 40 2.8 406 21 5.2
Highland Park borough 13,982 1,181 8.4 10,957 941 8.6 3,010 232 7.7
Jamesburg borough 5,892 206 3.5 4,400 130 3.0 1,492 76 5.1
Metuchen borough 12,830 500 3.9 9,879 378 3.8 2,936 107 3.6
Middlesex borough 13,687 499 3.6 10,413 366 3.5 3,265 133 4.1
Milltown borough 6,980 158 2.3 5,367 99 1.8 1,607 53 3.3
Monroe township 27,237 908 3.3 23,124 787 3.4 4,113 121 2.9
New Brunswick city 42,344 11,454 27.0 32,857 8,836 26.9 9,248 2,395 25.9
North Brunswick township 35,132 1,661 4.7 27,002 1,332 4.9 8,123 322 4.0
Old Bridge township 59,938 2,547 4.2 44,558 1,743 3.9 15,343 767 5.0
Perth Amboy city 46,629 8,190 17.6 33,381 4,935 14.8 13,148 3,172 24.1
Piscataway township 46,794 1,769 3.8 35,931 1,402 3.9 10,855 359 3.3
Plainsboro township 20,201 601 3.0 15,296 515 3.4 4,902 83 1.7
Sayreville borough 40,123 1,905 4.7 30,696 1,321 4.3 9,413 570 6.1
South Amboy city 7,894 582 7.4 5,992 381 6.4 1,902 201 10.6
South Brunswick township 37,608 1,156 3.1 26,911 822 3.1 10,670 314 2.9
South Plainfield borough 21,569 727 3.4 16,145 522 3.2 5,413 198 3.7
South River borough 15,249 744 4.9 11,830 603 5.1 3,412 134 3.9
Spotswood borough 7,880 336 4.3 6,157 238 3.9 1,718 93 5.4
Woodbridge township 94,251 4,565 4.8 72,785 3,501 4.8 21,411 1,009 4.7
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.