Table 9.  Number of Families Below Poverty Level and Family Poverty Rates by Selected Characteristics:
New Jersey: 1999 to 2006  (Numbers in Thousands)
Two-year	1999-00			2000-01			2001-02			2002-03			2003-04			2004-05			2005-06
Moving Average	Number	Rate		Number	Rate		Number	Rate		Number	Rate		Number	Rate		Number	Rate		Number	Rate
ALL FAMILIES
IN POVERTY	123	5.9%		131	5.9%		141	6.2%		145	6.4%		145	6.5%		131	5.8%		140	6.1%
FAMILY TYPE
Married Couple Families	37	2.3%		48	2.8%		59	3.3%		63	3.6%		64	3.7%		58	3.3%		54	3.1%
Female Householder
(Spouse Absent)	72	20.8%		83	23.0%		72	18.1%		70	17.3%		67	18.1%		64	16.7%		76	18.4%
RACE
White Families	68	4.1%		83	4.7%		96	5.2%		90	5.0%		96	5.4%		95	5.3%		91	5.0%
Black Families	42	14.0%		37	13.0%		38	13.4%		44	15.1%		37	13.0%		28	9.7%		44	15.0%
Hispanic Families	29	13.2%		35	15.0%		41	15.8%		40	14.7%		46	16.6%		53	16.5%		54	15.4%
OWN CHILDREN UNDER
18 YEARS OLD
None	39	3.6%		46	3.9%		56	4.6%		56	4.8%		57	5.0%		49	4.3%		46	3.9%
One	22	5.6%		30	7.3%		41	8.9%		41	8.6%		33	7.2%		27	5.7%		33	6.8%
Two	40	9.8%		32	7.4%		25	5.8%		22	5.3%		31	6.8%		35	7.7%		29	6.6%
Three or More	22	10.6%		24	11.7%		20	10.7%		26	12.5%		24	11.1%		20	10.1%		32	16.5%
OWN CHILDREN UNDER
6 YEARS OLD	37	8.7%		42	9.6%		37	8.2%		46	10.7%		48	10.8%		41	8.8%		54	11.7%
FAMILY MEMBERS IN
LABOR FORCE
None	41	14.4%		41	12.2%		48	14.0%		54	18.1%		58	21.1%		53	18.9%		49	18.3%
One	64	10.1%		66	10.0%		67	10.3%		66	9.9%		61	8.7%		49	7.2%		66	9.5%
Two	15	1.7%		22	2.3%		23	2.2%		21	2.1%		20	2.1%		23	2.4%		21	2.1%
Three or More	2	0.9%		3	1.1%		4	1.4%		3	1.1%		6	1.9%		6	1.9%		5	1.6%
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey: March 2000 through 2007.
Prepared by : NJ Dept of Labor & Workforce Development, Division of Labor Market & Demographic Research, 11/07.