Poverty Status in 1999: Somerset 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
Somerset County	293,732	11,061	3.8		218,451	8,117	3.7		75,150	2,836	3.8
Bedminster township	8,290	254	3.1		6,816	195	2.9		1,463	48	3.3
Bernards township	23,860	319	1.3		17,134	221	1.3		6,707	79	1.2
Bernardsville borough	7,345	202	2.8		5,439	159	2.9		1,906	43	2.3
Bound Brook borough	10,174	1,109	10.9		8,026	806	10.0		2,125	294	13.8
Branchburg township	14,556	282	1.9		10,673	229	2.1		3,883	53	1.4
Bridgewater township	42,179	885	2.1		31,210	691	2.2		10,949	183	1.7
Far Hills borough	854	21	2.5		698	15	2.1		156	6	3.8
Franklin township	50,102	2,535	5.1		38,633	1,791	4.6		11,440	715	6.3
Green Brook township	5,365	130	2.4		3,978	117	2.9		1,386	12	0.9
Hillsborough township	36,453	1,140	3.1		25,689	752	2.9		10,763	387	3.6
Manville borough	10,282	394	3.8		8,159	314	3.8		2,123	80	3.8
Millstone borough	416	19	4.6		322	13	4.0		94	6	6.4
Montgomery township	17,342	261	1.5		11,610	194	1.7		5,732	67	1.2
North Plainfield borough	20,926	1,340	6.4		15,625	983	6.3		5,290	346	6.5
Peapack and Gladstone borough	2,425	101	4.2		1,805	88	4.9		620	13	2.1
Raritan borough	6,317	406	6.4		4,930	323	6.6		1,387	83	6.0
Rocky Hill borough	658	18	2.7		546	16	2.9		112	2	1.8
Somerville borough	11,999	926	7.7		9,326	641	6.9		2,673	285	10.7
South Bound Brook borough	4,492	299	6.7		3,439	234	6.8		1,045	57	5.5
Warren township	14,148	299	2.1		10,017	233	2.3		4,123	58	1.4
Watchung borough	5,549	121	2.2		4,376	102	2.3		1,173	19	1.6
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.