Poverty Status in 1999: New Jersey and Counties
	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
New Jersey	8,232,588	699,668	8.5		6,177,499	471,914	7.6		2,047,206	220,991	10.8
Atlantic County	246,787	25,906	10.5		183,977	17,639	9.6		62,525	8,028	12.8
Bergen County	874,201	43,417	5.0		673,389	33,050	4.9		200,256	9,901	4.9
Burlington County	409,125	19,280	4.7		304,252	13,312	4.4		104,544	5,699	5.5
Camden County	499,327	52,121	10.4		365,486	32,351	8.9		133,379	19,324	14.5
Cape May County	99,640	8,549	8.6		77,236	5,837	7.6		22,295	2,612	11.7
Cumberland County	135,350	20,367	15.0		98,933	12,834	13.0		36,120	7,262	20.1
Essex County	771,556	120,006	15.6		569,305	77,893	13.7		201,295	41,358	20.5
Gloucester County	249,843	15,395	6.2		183,751	10,815	5.9		65,880	4,368	6.6
Hudson County	600,001	93,149	15.5		464,677	62,859	13.5		134,487	29,596	22.0
Hunterdon County	117,914	3,027	2.6		86,815	2,301	2.7		31,024	665	2.1
Mercer County	330,373	28,570	8.6		247,710	19,555	7.9		82,361	8,769	10.6
Middlesex County	731,461	48,205	6.6		556,716	34,937	6.3		173,903	12,529	7.2
Monmouth County	605,698	38,242	6.3		447,440	26,026	5.8		157,805	11,842	7.5
Morris County	462,131	17,872	3.9		346,797	13,408	3.9		115,069	4,244	3.7
Ocean County	502,712	34,945	7.0		385,275	22,866	5.9		117,051	11,695	10.0
Passaic County	481,200	59,072	12.3		355,843	36,991	10.4		124,694	21,531	17.3
Salem County	63,178	5,980	9.5		47,038	3,786	8.0		16,083	2,137	13.3
Somerset County	293,732	11,061	3.8		218,451	8,117	3.7		75,150	2,836	3.8
Sussex County	142,641	5,693	4.0		102,821	3,940	3.8		39,709	1,642	4.1
Union County	514,780	43,319	8.4		386,918	29,525	7.6		127,391	13,417	10.5
Warren County	100,938	5,492	5.4		74,669	3,872	5.2		26,185	1,536	5.9
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.