Table 10. Number of Families Below Poverty Level and Poverty Rates
               New Jersey and United States: 2001 to 2018 (Numbers in Thousands)
Two-year  New Jersey    United States
Moving Average  Number  Rate    Number Rate 
ALL FAMILIES
2017-18          2,281 NA           82,958 NA  
2016-17          2,314 NA           82,506 NA  
2015-16          2,304 NA           81,950 NA  
2014-15          2,234 NA           81,454 NA  
2013-14          2,218 NA           81,047 NA  
2012-13          2,220 NA           80,704 NA  
2011-12          2,176 NA           79,560 NA  
2010-11          2,218 NA           78,756 NA  
2009-10          2,232 NA           78,842 NA  
2008-09          2,188 NA           78,361 NA  
2007-08          2,246 NA           78,208 NA  
2006-07          2,296 NA           78,000 NA  
2005-06          2,268 NA           77,100 NA  
2004-05          2,244 NA           76,614 NA  
2003-04          2,259 NA           75,907 NA  
2002-03          2,292 NA           74,962 NA  
2001-02          2,217 NA           73,352 NA  
ALL FAMILIES IN POVERTY
2017-18 149 6.5%          7,918 9.5%
2016-17 169 7.3%          8,334 10.1%
2015-16 193 8.4% 9,024 11.0%
2014-15 188 8.4% 9,295 11.4%
2013-14 175 7.9% 9,317 11.5%
2012-13 187 8.4% 9,495 11.8%
2011-12 187 8.6% 9,349 11.8%
2010-11 171 7.7% 8,996 11.4%
2009-10 159 7.1% 8,463 10.7%
2008-09 143 6.6% 7,882 10.1%
2007-08 149 6.6% 7,638 9.8%
2006-07 140 6.1% 7,657 9.8%
2005-06 131 5.8% 7,754 10.0%
2004-05 145 6.5% 7,728 10.1%
2003-04 145 6.4% 7,414 9.8%
2002-03 141 6.2% 7,017 9.4%
2001-02 131 5.9% 6,515 8.9%
  Married Couples 
2017-18 68 3.8%          3,050 3.7%
2016-17 78 4.4%          3,170 3.8%
2015-16 77 4.4% 3,490 4.3%
2014-15 77 4.6% 3,604 6.0%
2013-14 71 4.2% 3,589 6.0%
2012-13 63 3.9% 3,676 6.2%
2011-12 54 3.4% 3,622 6.2%
2010-11 48 2.9% 3,502 6.0%
2009-10 53 3.2% 3,334 5.7%
2008-09 58 3.5% 3,055 5.2%
2007-08 49 2.9% 2,879 4.9%
2006-07 54 3.1% 2,927 5.0%
2005-06 58 3.3% 3,082 5.3%
2004-05 64 3.7% 3,167 5.5%
2003-04 63 3.6% 3,082 5.4%
2002-03 59 3.3% 2,905 5.1%
2001-02 48 2.8% 2,698 4.8%
  Female Householders (spouse absent)
2017-18 70 18.7%          4,048 26.1%
2016-17 76 19.3% 4,270 27.4%
2015-16 99 23.6% 4,581 29.4%
2014-15 99 24.5% 4,703 30.6%
2013-14 92 23.1% 4,714 30.7%
2012-13 108 24.6% 4,834 31.0%
2011-12 118 27.5% 4,813 31.4%
2010-11 105 25.3% 4,585 30.7%
2009-10 84 21.0% 4,297 29.3%
2008-09 68 18.0% 4,120 28.5%
2007-08 86 20.5% 4,079 28.3%
2006-07 76 18.4% 4,062 28.5%
2005-06 64 16.7% 4,008 28.5%
2004-05 67 18.1% 3,914 28.2%
2003-04 70 17.3% 3,732 27.2%
2002-03 72 18.1% 3,539 26.4%
2001-02 83 23.0% 3,281 25.6%
  White Householders
2017-18 87 5.1%          5,301 8.1%
2016-17 107 6.2%          5,587 8.5%
2015-16 127 7.3% 6,022 9.3%
2014-15 117 7.0% 6,167 9.5%
2013-14 111 6.6% 6,163 9.5%
2012-13 113 6.6% 6,312 9.8%
2011-12 99 5.9% 6,294 9.8%
2010-11 97 5.6% 6,125 9.6%
2009-10 97 5.7% 5,701 8.9%
2008-09 87 5.2% 5,228 8.2%
2007-08 92 5.3% 5,077 8.0%
2006-07 91 5.0% 5,088 8.0%
2005-06 95 5.3% 5,067 8.0%
2004-05 96 5.4% 5,185 8.2%
2003-04 90 5.0% 4,959 7.9%
2002-03 96 5.2% 4,718 7.6%
2001-02 83 4.7% 4,362 7.2%
  Black Householders
2017-18 38 12.0%          1,859 18.6%
2016-17 40 13.7%          1,988 20.1%
2015-16 45 15.4% 2,174 22.0%
2014-15 55 18.2% 2,266 22.9%
2013-14 51 16.6% 2,291 23.2%
2012-13 57 18.8% 2,323 23.9%
2011-12 68 23.1% 2,305 24.2%
2010-11 59 19.9% 2,199 23.4%
2009-10 48 17.1% 2,087 22.3%
2008-09 41 15.1% 2,049 22.0%
2007-08 50 17.4% 2,024 21.9%
2006-07 44 15.0% 2,002 21.9%
2005-06 28 9.7% 1,997 22.1%
2004-05 37 13.0% 2,008 22.5%
2003-04 44 15.1% 1,952 21.9%
2002-03 38 13.4% 1,875 21.1%
2001-02 37 13.0%   1,757 19.9%
Source: US Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS): March 2001 through 2018.
Prepared by : NJ Dept of Labor & Workforce Dev., Div. of Economic & Demographic Research, 10/2018.