Population in Emergency Shelters: New Jersey Counties, 1990-2000

                          Census      Census        Change: 1990-00
County                      1990        2000      Number     Percent

New Jersey                 7,470       5,500      -1,970      -26.4%

Atlantic County              646         434        -212      -32.8%
Bergen County                182         247          65       35.7%
Burlington County            198         225          27       13.6%
Camden County                520         183        -337      -64.8%
Cape May County               81         107          26       32.1%
Cumberland County            188          --        n.a.        n.a.
Essex County               2,412       1,026      -1,386      -57.5%

Gloucester County             61         196         135      221.3%
Hudson County                780         437        -343      -44.0%
Hunterdon County              35          --         n.a.        n.a.
Mercer County                495         370        -125      -25.3%
Middlesex County             311         524         213       68.5%
Monmouth County              514         353        -161      -31.3%
Morris County                138         212          74       53.6%

Ocean County                 395         260        -135      -34.2%
Passaic County               266         487         221       83.1%
Salem County                  67          --         n.a.        n.a.
Somerset County               77          --         n.a.        n.a.
Sussex County                  1          --         n.a.        n.a.
Union County                  91         131          40       44.0%
Warren County                 12          --         n.a.        n.a.

Note: Counties with less than 100 people in Emergency Shelters were not
         tabulated in 2000.
Source: US Bureau of the Census, October 31, 2001.