| Poverty Status in 1999: Atlantic 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 | |||
| Atlantic County | 246,787 | 25,906 | 10.5 | 183,977 | 17,639 | 9.6 | 62,525 | 8,028 | 12.8 | ||
| Absecon city | 7,516 | 364 | 4.8 | 5,780 | 253 | 4.4 | 1,726 | 101 | 5.9 | ||
| Atlantic City city | 39,867 | 9,427 | 23.6 | 29,697 | 6,436 | 21.7 | 10,092 | 2,941 | 29.1 | ||
| Brigantine city | 12,557 | 1,185 | 9.4 | 9,969 | 758 | 7.6 | 2,570 | 409 | 15.9 | ||
| Buena borough | 3,867 | 725 | 18.7 | 2,875 | 446 | 15.5 | 992 | 279 | 28.1 | ||
| Buena Vista township | 7,373 | 890 | 12.1 | 5,610 | 657 | 11.7 | 1,763 | 233 | 13.2 | ||
| Corbin City city | 466 | 23 | 4.9 | 347 | 20 | 5.8 | 116 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Egg Harbor township | 30,535 | 1,637 | 5.4 | 21,967 | 1,089 | 5.0 | 8,547 | 527 | 6.2 | ||
| Egg Harbor City city | 4,485 | 588 | 13.1 | 3,252 | 422 | 13.0 | 1,233 | 166 | 13.5 | ||
| Estell Manor city | 1,559 | 77 | 4.9 | 1,100 | 47 | 4.3 | 451 | 22 | 4.9 | ||
| Folsom borough | 1,947 | 111 | 5.7 | 1,476 | 89 | 6.0 | 469 | 20 | 4.3 | ||
| Galloway township | 28,990 | 1,907 | 6.6 | 20,977 | 1,353 | 6.4 | 8,002 | 543 | 6.8 | ||
| Hamilton township | 19,405 | 1,280 | 6.6 | 13,902 | 773 | 5.6 | 5,483 | 498 | 9.1 | ||
| Hammonton town | 12,339 | 1,119 | 9.1 | 9,522 | 852 | 8.9 | 2,801 | 251 | 9.0 | ||
| Linwood city | 7,031 | 275 | 3.9 | 5,190 | 237 | 4.6 | 1,841 | 38 | 2.1 | ||
| Longport borough | 1,054 | 39 | 3.7 | 932 | 36 | 3.9 | 122 | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| Margate City city | 8,168 | 594 | 7.3 | 6,940 | 501 | 7.2 | 1,228 | 93 | 7.6 | ||
| Mullica township | 5,912 | 462 | 7.8 | 4,309 | 276 | 6.4 | 1,598 | 181 | 11.3 | ||
| Northfield city | 7,524 | 420 | 5.6 | 5,565 | 296 | 5.3 | 1,941 | 106 | 5.5 | ||
| Pleasantville city | 18,625 | 2,939 | 15.8 | 13,038 | 1,706 | 13.1 | 5,526 | 1,172 | 21.2 | ||
| Port Republic city | 1,032 | 36 | 3.5 | 801 | 36 | 4.5 | 231 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Somers Point city | 11,440 | 799 | 7.0 | 8,723 | 571 | 6.5 | 2,706 | 224 | 8.3 | ||
| Ventnor City city | 12,850 | 894 | 7.0 | 10,336 | 697 | 6.7 | 2,514 | 197 | 7.8 | ||
| Weymouth township | 2,245 | 115 | 5.1 | 1,669 | 88 | 5.3 | 573 | 24 | 4.2 | ||
| Source: 2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3. | |||||||||||
| Prepared by: New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002. | |||||||||||