Poverty Status in 1999: Mercer 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
Mercer County	330,373	28,570	8.6		247,710	19,555	7.9		82,361	8,769	10.6
East Windsor township	24,565	1,312	5.3		18,784	1,035	5.5		5,739	249	4.3
Ewing township	30,629	1,964	6.4		24,394	1,617	6.6		6,221	333	5.4
Hamilton township	86,535	3,619	4.2		66,432	2,521	3.8		20,069	1,077	5.4
Hightstown borough	5,197	380	7.3		4,049	275	6.8		1,148	105	9.1
Hopewell borough	2,035	43	2.1		1,513	43	2.8		519	0	0.0
Hopewell township	15,219	173	1.1		10,976	111	1.0		4,243	62	1.5
Lawrence township	26,940	1,311	4.9		20,801	1,038	5.0		6,108	242	4.0
Pennington borough	2,696	64	2.4		1,916	53	2.8		780	11	1.4
Princeton borough	7,257	656	9.0		5,874	582	9.9		1,383	74	5.4
Princeton township	15,622	897	5.7		11,871	665	5.6		3,722	213	5.7
Trenton city	81,502	17,222	21.1		58,518	10,967	18.7		22,854	6,132	26.8
Washington township	10,275	381	3.7		7,589	272	3.6		2,686	109	4.1
West Windsor township	21,901	548	2.5		14,993	376	2.5		6,889	162	2.4
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.