Poverty Status in 1999: Ocean 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
Ocean County	502,712	34,945	7.0		385,275	22,866	5.9		117,051	11,695	10.0
Barnegat township	15,109	944	6.2		11,032	550	5.0		4,077	394	9.7
Barnegat Light borough	767	36	4.7		641	19	3.0		126	17	13.5
Bay Head borough	1,279	39	3.0		1,099	34	3.1		180	5	2.8
Beach Haven borough	1,268	47	3.7		1,021	36	3.5		244	8	3.3
Beachwood borough	10,314	462	4.5		7,337	259	3.5		2,970	196	6.6
Berkeley township	39,637	2,157	5.4		35,179	1,867	5.3		4,393	225	5.1
Brick township	75,440	3,411	4.5		57,450	2,293	4.0		17,906	1,034	5.8
Dover township	87,833	4,988	5.7		67,217	3,534	5.3		20,543	1,381	6.7
Eagleswood township	1,439	51	3.5		1,088	38	3.5		347	11	3.2
Harvey Cedars borough	353	18	5.1		314	16	5.1		39	2	5.1
Island Heights borough	1,743	71	4.1		1,307	49	3.7		429	15	3.5
Jackson township	42,324	1,573	3.7		29,764	1,146	3.9		12,539	406	3.2
Lacey township	25,140	1,140	4.5		18,821	747	4.0		6,308	382	6.1
Lakehurst borough	2,519	179	7.1		1,754	121	6.9		765	58	7.6
Lakewood township	57,826	11,440	19.8		38,964	5,944	15.3		18,799	5,433	28.9
Lavallette borough	2,524	201	8.0		2,181	151	6.9		343	50	14.6
Little Egg Harbor township	15,765	1,028	6.5		11,944	657	5.5		3,807	357	9.4
Long Beach township	3,325	171	5.1		2,982	145	4.9		343	26	7.6
Manchester township	38,205	2,102	5.5		34,027	1,829	5.4		4,178	273	6.5
Mantoloking borough	364	3	0.8		324	3	0.9		40	0	0.0
Ocean township	6,400	502	7.8		4,812	335	7.0		1,580	159	10.1
Ocean Gate borough	2,076	213	10.3		1,543	149	9.7		533	64	12.0
Pine Beach borough	1,950	68	3.5		1,509	46	3.0		441	22	5.0
Plumsted township	7,275	367	5.0		5,237	242	4.6		2,018	105	5.2
Point Pleasant borough	19,031	616	3.2		14,451	480	3.3		4,580	136	3.0
Point Pleasant Beach borough	5,294	325	6.1		4,274	295	6.9		1,020	30	2.9
Seaside Heights borough	3,128	753	24.1		2,408	480	19.9		720	273	37.9
Seaside Park borough	2,266	195	8.6		1,965	146	7.4		301	49	16.3
Ship Bottom borough	1,388	114	8.2		1,168	81	6.9		220	33	15.0
South Toms River borough	3,598	452	12.6		2,474	240	9.7		1,118	206	18.4
Stafford township	22,266	899	4.0		17,027	692	4.1		5,239	207	4.0
Surf City borough	1,429	107	7.5		1,266	71	5.6		163	36	22.1
Tuckerton borough	3,437	273	7.9		2,695	171	6.3		742	102	13.7
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.