Poverty Status in 1999: New Jersey and Counties
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
New Jersey 8,232,588 699,668 8.5 6,177,499 471,914 7.6 2,047,206 220,991 10.8
Atlantic County 246,787 25,906 10.5 183,977 17,639 9.6 62,525 8,028 12.8
Bergen County 874,201 43,417 5.0 673,389 33,050 4.9 200,256 9,901 4.9
Burlington County 409,125 19,280 4.7 304,252 13,312 4.4 104,544 5,699 5.5
Camden County 499,327 52,121 10.4 365,486 32,351 8.9 133,379 19,324 14.5
Cape May County 99,640 8,549 8.6 77,236 5,837 7.6 22,295 2,612 11.7
Cumberland County 135,350 20,367 15.0 98,933 12,834 13.0 36,120 7,262 20.1
Essex County 771,556 120,006 15.6 569,305 77,893 13.7 201,295 41,358 20.5
Gloucester County 249,843 15,395 6.2 183,751 10,815 5.9 65,880 4,368 6.6
Hudson County 600,001 93,149 15.5 464,677 62,859 13.5 134,487 29,596 22.0
Hunterdon County 117,914 3,027 2.6 86,815 2,301 2.7 31,024 665 2.1
Mercer County 330,373 28,570 8.6 247,710 19,555 7.9 82,361 8,769 10.6
Middlesex County 731,461 48,205 6.6 556,716 34,937 6.3 173,903 12,529 7.2
Monmouth County 605,698 38,242 6.3 447,440 26,026 5.8 157,805 11,842 7.5
Morris County 462,131 17,872 3.9 346,797 13,408 3.9 115,069 4,244 3.7
Ocean County 502,712 34,945 7.0 385,275 22,866 5.9 117,051 11,695 10.0
Passaic County 481,200 59,072 12.3 355,843 36,991 10.4 124,694 21,531 17.3
Salem County 63,178 5,980 9.5 47,038 3,786 8.0 16,083 2,137 13.3
Somerset County 293,732 11,061 3.8 218,451 8,117 3.7 75,150 2,836 3.8
Sussex County 142,641 5,693 4.0 102,821 3,940 3.8 39,709 1,642 4.1
Union County 514,780 43,319 8.4 386,918 29,525 7.6 127,391 13,417 10.5
Warren County 100,938 5,492 5.4 74,669 3,872 5.2 26,185 1,536 5.9
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.