INCOME & POVERTY DATA

This directory contains estimates of personal income from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and money income and poverty from the U.S. Bureau of the Census.

NOTE: There are definitional differences between personal income and money income. Download or browse "definitional differences between money and personal income" for a brief explanation.

For more information on the personal income data, contact Robert Vaden (609) 984-2170.


For more information on the money income and poverty data, contact Walter Nyakanga (609) 984-7349.

Census 2000 Income and Poverty Data
(Updated with data from Summary File Three (SF3) released (8/06/02)

Income in 1999

Poverty Status in 1999

Annual Personal Income (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis)

State Personal Income

• Per capita personal income for the U.S. and the 50 states: 1998 - 2006 
  
• Total personal income for the U.S. and the 50 states: 1998 - 2006  
  
• Total disposable personal income by state, 1998 - 2006 
  
• Per capita disposable personal income by state, 1998 - 2006 

Per Capita and Personal Income for 1969 - 2006 (Excel)

Note: The state personal income estimates, released March 27, 2007, have been revised for 2003–2005. Per capita personal income and per capita disposable personal income estimates have been revised for 2003-2005.

Metropolitan Area Personal Income

• Personal Income and Per Capita Personal Income by Metropolitan Area, 2004-2006(Excel)
  
• Metropolitan Statistical Area Personal Income: 2006 -  August 7, 2007 Press Release

• Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas (Current list and definitions US Census Bureau's site)
  

County Personal Income

• Per capita personal income for all New Jersey counties: 1969 to 2005
  HTML | EXCEL  
  
• Total personal income for all New Jersey counties: 1969 to 2005 
  HTML | EXCEL
  
• 250 Highest and Lowest Per Capita Incomes of the 3111 Counties in the United States, 2005 (Excel)
  

Quarterly Personal Income

• Quarterly Personal Income by State & Region, IIIQ06-IVQ07: EXCEL
  
• Quarterly Personal Income by State & Region, 1969 - 2007: EXCEL
  
• Quarterly Personal Income & Earnings by Industry - New Jersey:
  IVQ05-IVQ07: EXCEL 

• State Per Capita and Personal Income, Fourth Quarter 2007 - March 26, 2008 News Release (Bureau of Economic Analysis)

Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (US Census Bureau)

Estimated Number and Percent Poor for Total Persons, Persons Under 18 & Related Children Age 5 to 17 & Estimated Median Household Income by State: 2005 Excel 

Estimated Number and Percent Poor for Total Persons, Persons Under 18 & Related Children Age 5 to 17 & Estimated Median Household Income by County: New Jersey 2005  Excel

New Jersey School District Estimates 2005 (includes estimated number of children and estimated number of children in poverty 5-17 years old) Excel

Money Income (1990 Census) (U.S. Bureau of the Census)

Median Household, Median Family, & Per Capita Money Income for NJ & Counties: 1979 & 1989

New Jersey Household, Family & Per Capita Income: 1989 :
Household, Family & Nonfamily Income Distributions: 1989:

• New Jersey
• Atlantic
• Bergen
• Burlington
• Camden
• Cape May
• Cumberland
• Essex
• Gloucester
• Hudson
• Hunterdon
• Mercer
• Middlesex
• Monmouth
• Morris
• Ocean
• Passaic
• Salem
• Somerset
• Sussex
• Union
• Warren

  Median Household, Family & Nonfamily & Per-Capita Money Income by Municipality; 1989

• New Jersey
• Atlantic
• Bergen
• Burlington
• Camden
• Cape May
• Cumberland
• Essex
• Gloucester
• Hudson
• Hunterdon
• Mercer
• Middlesex
• Monmouth
• Morris
• Ocean
• Passaic
• Salem
• Somerset
• Sussex
• Union
• Warren

Related Links:

Summary File Three (SF3) Data for New Jersey

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