Poverty Status in 1999: Salem 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
Salem County	63,178	5,980	9.5		47,038	3,786	8.0		16,083	2,137	13.3
Alloway township	2,742	226	8.2		1,987	136	6.8		724	59	8.1
Carneys Point township	7,500	808	10.8		5,781	600	10.4		1,715	204	11.9
Elmer borough	1,382	73	5.3		1,043	52	5.0		339	21	6.2
Elsinboro township	1,089	19	1.7		862	17	2.0		227	2	0.9
Lower Alloways Creek township	1,845	135	7.3		1,401	67	4.8		441	65	14.7
Mannington township	1,424	98	6.9		1,084	59	5.4		340	39	11.5
Oldmans township	1,792	146	8.1		1,358	99	7.3		431	44	10.2
Penns Grove borough	4,849	1,020	21.0		3,254	548	16.8		1,584	461	29.1
Pennsville township	13,200	653	4.9		10,286	502	4.9		2,914	151	5.2
Pilesgrove township	3,538	120	3.4		2,658	95	3.6		880	25	2.8
Pittsgrove township	8,753	434	5.0		6,427	276	4.3		2,326	158	6.8
Quinton township	2,776	258	9.3		2,138	191	8.9		638	67	10.5
Salem city	5,762	1,531	26.6		3,890	871	22.4		1,872	660	35.3
Upper Pittsgrove township	3,390	288	8.5		2,516	177	7.0		874	111	12.7
Woodstown borough	3,136	171	5.5		2,353	96	4.1		778	70	9.0
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.