Poverty Status in 1999: Union 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
Union County	514,780	43,319	8.4		386,918	29,525	7.6		127,391	13,417	10.5
Berkeley Heights township	12,961	278	2.1		9,432	198	2.1		3,514	65	1.8
Clark township	14,450	248	1.7		11,462	187	1.6		2,988	61	2.0
Cranford township	22,246	553	2.5		17,042	476	2.8		5,204	77	1.5
Elizabeth city	117,723	20,963	17.8		86,544	13,961	16.1		31,022	6,886	22.2
Fanwood borough	7,174	243	3.4		5,323	194	3.6		1,851	49	2.6
Garwood borough	4,153	210	5.1		3,345	155	4.6		804	51	6.3
Hillside township	21,636	1,147	5.3		16,221	845	5.2		5,406	293	5.4
Kenilworth borough	7,667	157	2.0		6,045	121	2.0		1,622	36	2.2
Linden city	39,058	2,490	6.4		30,376	1,744	5.7		8,634	698	8.1
Mountainside borough	6,311	187	3.0		5,069	163	3.2		1,242	24	1.9
New Providence borough	11,782	212	1.8		8,691	181	2.1		3,091	31	1.0
Plainfield city	46,917	7,476	15.9		34,097	4,690	13.8		12,723	2,715	21.3
Rahway city	26,281	1,864	7.1		20,054	1,255	6.3		6,193	575	9.3
Roselle borough	21,175	1,582	7.5		15,840	1,105	7.0		5,299	452	8.5
Roselle Park borough	13,274	571	4.3		10,337	379	3.7		2,928	183	6.3
Scotch Plains township	22,589	674	3.0		16,925	547	3.2		5,649	112	2.0
Springfield township	14,429	453	3.1		11,534	424	3.7		2,889	29	1.0
Summit city	21,101	895	4.2		15,464	650	4.2		5,624	232	4.1
Union township	52,915	2,212	4.2		40,911	1,649	4.0		11,980	549	4.6
Westfield town	29,424	791	2.7		21,009	506	2.4		8,411	281	3.3
Winfield township	1,514	113	7.5		1,197	95	7.9		317	18	5.7
Source:          2000 Census of Population & Housing, Summary File 3.
Prepared by:  New Jersey State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor, May, 2002.