Poverty Status in 1999: Essex 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
Essex County	771,556	120,006	15.6		569,305	77,893	13.7		201,295	41,358	20.5
Belleville township	35,698	2,939	8.2		27,963	2,087	7.5		7,726	843	10.9
Bloomfield township	47,257	2,772	5.9		37,361	2,088	5.6		9,830	618	6.3
Caldwell borough	7,255	347	4.8		5,901	320	5.4		1,354	27	2.0
Cedar Grove township	11,295	230	2.0		8,957	212	2.4		2,338	18	0.8
City of Orange township	32,290	6,078	18.8		23,542	3,905	16.6		8,680	2,139	24.6
East Orange city	68,579	13,159	19.2		49,384	8,370	16.9		19,109	4,727	24.7
Essex Fells borough	2,160	23	1.1		1,518	17	1.1		642	6	0.9
Fairfield township	6,967	195	2.8		5,468	132	2.4		1,499	63	4.2
Glen Ridge borough	7,261	219	3.0		5,031	141	2.8		2,225	73	3.3
Irvington township	59,982	10,420	17.4		43,397	6,535	15.1		16,447	3,761	22.9
Livingston township	27,271	480	1.8		20,010	385	1.9		7,253	87	1.2
Maplewood township	23,845	1,049	4.4		17,232	717	4.2		6,596	324	4.9
Millburn township	19,761	288	1.5		13,808	202	1.5		5,948	86	1.4
Montclair township	38,234	2,149	5.6		28,517	1,611	5.6		9,692	520	5.4
Newark city	261,451	74,263	28.4		187,443	46,978	25.1		73,539	26,907	36.6
North Caldwell borough	6,285	75	1.2		4,585	35	0.8		1,700	40	2.4
Nutley township	27,340	1,312	4.8		21,419	1,035	4.8		5,904	260	4.4
Roseland borough	5,298	88	1.7		4,227	88	2.1		1,071	0	0.0
South Orange Village township	15,066	791	5.3		11,341	689	6.1		3,713	96	2.6
Verona township	13,509	441	3.3		10,507	362	3.4		3,002	79	2.6
West Caldwell township	10,980	227	2.1		8,213	157	1.9		2,767	70	2.5
West Orange township	43,772	2,461	5.6		33,481	1,827	5.5		10,260	614	6.0
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.