Poverty Status in 1999: Hudson 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
Hudson County	600,001	93,149	15.5		464,677	62,859	13.5		134,487	29,596	22.0
Bayonne city	61,767	6,262	10.1		48,211	4,645	9.6		13,532	1,604	11.9
East Newark borough	2,371	298	12.6		1,763	190	10.8		599	106	17.7
Guttenberg town	10,563	1,377	13.0		8,320	956	11.5		2,241	419	18.7
Harrison town	14,407	1,791	12.4		11,319	1,313	11.6		3,088	478	15.5
Hoboken city	37,568	4,124	11.0		33,669	3,193	9.5		3,886	918	23.6
Jersey City city	236,916	44,075	18.6		178,547	28,060	15.7		57,955	15,665	27.0
Kearny town	38,041	3,262	8.6		29,499	2,461	8.3		8,513	777	9.1
North Bergen township	57,418	6,397	11.1		44,309	4,549	10.3		13,085	1,831	14.0
Secaucus town	15,148	1,149	7.6		12,171	855	7.0		2,860	184	6.4
Union City city	66,668	14,244	21.4		49,944	9,461	18.9		16,635	4,709	28.3
Weehawken township	13,485	1,535	11.4		11,271	1,119	9.9		2,192	394	18.0
West New York town	45,649	8,635	18.9		35,654	6,057	17.0		9,901	2,511	25.4
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.