Poverty Status in 1999: Cape May 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
Cape May County	99,640	8,549	8.6		77,236	5,837	7.6		22,295	2,612	11.7
Avalon borough	2,143	93	4.3		1,842	64	3.5		301	29	9.6
Cape May city	3,680	336	9.1		3,038	291	9.6		642	45	7.0
Cape May Point borough	238	4	1.7		219	4	1.8		19	0	0.0
Dennis township	6,336	346	5.5		4,531	227	5.0		1,805	119	6.6
Lower township	22,663	1,742	7.7		17,276	1,155	6.7		5,347	553	10.3
Middle township	15,523	1,580	10.2		11,503	996	8.7		4,020	584	14.5
North Wildwood city	4,935	575	11.7		4,083	446	10.9		852	129	15.1
Ocean City city	15,084	1,031	6.8		12,742	771	6.1		2,313	231	10.0
Sea Isle City city	2,819	214	7.6		2,365	152	6.4		454	62	13.7
Stone Harbor borough	1,127	39	3.5		983	30	3.1		144	9	6.3
Upper township	12,074	417	3.5		8,654	286	3.3		3,395	106	3.1
West Cape May borough	1,093	81	7.4		915	67	7.3		175	11	6.3
West Wildwood borough	449	29	6.5		367	18	4.9		82	11	13.4
Wildwood city	5,494	1,448	26.4		4,117	902	21.9		1,374	546	39.7
Wildwood Crest borough	3,846	231	6.0		3,180	218	6.9		660	7	1.1
Woodbine borough	2,136	383	17.9		1,421	210	14.8		712	170	23.9
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.