Poverty Status in 1999: Middlesex 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
Middlesex County	731,461	48,205	6.6		556,716	34,937	6.3		173,903	12,529	7.2
Carteret borough	20,545	2,253	11.0		15,453	1,431	9.3		5,072	802	15.8
Cranbury township	3,172	51	1.6		2,200	25	1.1		972	26	2.7
Dunellen borough	6,814	224	3.3		5,179	184	3.6		1,627	32	2.0
East Brunswick township	46,664	1,321	2.8		34,592	935	2.7		12,054	368	3.1
Edison township	96,221	4,606	4.8		74,192	3,470	4.7		21,791	941	4.3
Helmetta borough	1,825	61	3.3		1,419	40	2.8		406	21	5.2
Highland Park borough	13,982	1,181	8.4		10,957	941	8.6		3,010	232	7.7
Jamesburg borough	5,892	206	3.5		4,400	130	3.0		1,492	76	5.1
Metuchen borough	12,830	500	3.9		9,879	378	3.8		2,936	107	3.6
Middlesex borough	13,687	499	3.6		10,413	366	3.5		3,265	133	4.1
Milltown borough	6,980	158	2.3		5,367	99	1.8		1,607	53	3.3
Monroe township	27,237	908	3.3		23,124	787	3.4		4,113	121	2.9
New Brunswick city	42,344	11,454	27.0		32,857	8,836	26.9		9,248	2,395	25.9
North Brunswick township	35,132	1,661	4.7		27,002	1,332	4.9		8,123	322	4.0
Old Bridge township	59,938	2,547	4.2		44,558	1,743	3.9		15,343	767	5.0
Perth Amboy city	46,629	8,190	17.6		33,381	4,935	14.8		13,148	3,172	24.1
Piscataway township	46,794	1,769	3.8		35,931	1,402	3.9		10,855	359	3.3
Plainsboro township	20,201	601	3.0		15,296	515	3.4		4,902	83	1.7
Sayreville borough	40,123	1,905	4.7		30,696	1,321	4.3		9,413	570	6.1
South Amboy city	7,894	582	7.4		5,992	381	6.4		1,902	201	10.6
South Brunswick township	37,608	1,156	3.1		26,911	822	3.1		10,670	314	2.9
South Plainfield borough	21,569	727	3.4		16,145	522	3.2		5,413	198	3.7
South River borough	15,249	744	4.9		11,830	603	5.1		3,412	134	3.9
Spotswood borough	7,880	336	4.3		6,157	238	3.9		1,718	93	5.4
Woodbridge township	94,251	4,565	4.8		72,785	3,501	4.8		21,411	1,009	4.7
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.