Poverty Status in 1999: Passaic 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
Passaic County 481,200 59,072 12.3 355,843 36,991 10.4 124,694 21,531 17.3
Bloomingdale borough 7,486 251 3.4 5,797 181 3.1 1,683 64 3.8
Clifton city 78,299 4,932 6.3 61,522 3,461 5.6 16,716 1,444 8.6
Haledon borough 8,207 872 10.6 6,148 599 9.7 2,050 264 12.9
Hawthorne borough 18,209 619 3.4 14,270 461 3.2 3,932 158 4.0
Little Falls township 10,833 493 4.6 8,902 391 4.4 1,914 92 4.8
North Haledon borough 7,522 298 4.0 5,984 293 4.9 1,538 5 0.3
Passaic city 67,230 14,249 21.2 46,635 8,446 18.1 20,405 5,630 27.6
Paterson city 146,323 32,474 22.2 102,817 19,731 19.2 43,248 12,522 29.0
Pompton Lakes borough 10,634 343 3.2 8,039 220 2.7 2,576 104 4.0
Prospect Park borough 5,753 575 10.0 4,061 332 8.2 1,692 243 14.4
Ringwood borough 12,335 342 2.8 8,941 209 2.3 3,394 133 3.9
Totowa borough 9,673 398 4.1 7,960 398 5.0 1,713 0 0.0
Wanaque borough 9,868 330 3.3 7,460 217 2.9 2,378 83 3.5
Wayne township 51,667 1,443 2.8 39,216 1,146 2.9 12,401 258 2.1
West Milford township 26,254 1,085 4.1 19,196 639 3.3 7,042 430 6.1
West Paterson borough 10,907 368 3.4 8,895 267 3.0 2,012 101 5.0
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.