Poverty Status in 1999: Somerset 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
Somerset County 293,732 11,061 3.8 218,451 8,117 3.7 75,150 2,836 3.8
Bedminster township 8,290 254 3.1 6,816 195 2.9 1,463 48 3.3
Bernards township 23,860 319 1.3 17,134 221 1.3 6,707 79 1.2
Bernardsville borough 7,345 202 2.8 5,439 159 2.9 1,906 43 2.3
Bound Brook borough 10,174 1,109 10.9 8,026 806 10.0 2,125 294 13.8
Branchburg township 14,556 282 1.9 10,673 229 2.1 3,883 53 1.4
Bridgewater township 42,179 885 2.1 31,210 691 2.2 10,949 183 1.7
Far Hills borough 854 21 2.5 698 15 2.1 156 6 3.8
Franklin township 50,102 2,535 5.1 38,633 1,791 4.6 11,440 715 6.3
Green Brook township 5,365 130 2.4 3,978 117 2.9 1,386 12 0.9
Hillsborough township 36,453 1,140 3.1 25,689 752 2.9 10,763 387 3.6
Manville borough 10,282 394 3.8 8,159 314 3.8 2,123 80 3.8
Millstone borough 416 19 4.6 322 13 4.0 94 6 6.4
Montgomery township 17,342 261 1.5 11,610 194 1.7 5,732 67 1.2
North Plainfield borough 20,926 1,340 6.4 15,625 983 6.3 5,290 346 6.5
Peapack and Gladstone borough 2,425 101 4.2 1,805 88 4.9 620 13 2.1
Raritan borough 6,317 406 6.4 4,930 323 6.6 1,387 83 6.0
Rocky Hill borough 658 18 2.7 546 16 2.9 112 2 1.8
Somerville borough 11,999 926 7.7 9,326 641 6.9 2,673 285 10.7
South Bound Brook borough 4,492 299 6.7 3,439 234 6.8 1,045 57 5.5
Warren township 14,148 299 2.1 10,017 233 2.3 4,123 58 1.4
Watchung borough 5,549 121 2.2 4,376 102 2.3 1,173 19 1.6
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.