Highest poverty rate in New Jersey

New Jersey counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of New Jersey by poverty rate — which have the highest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Cumberland County leads at 16.3%.

Among cities & places, The College of New Jersey leads at 92.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Cumberland County	16.3%
2	Essex County	15.0%
3	Hudson County	14.8%
4	Passaic County	13.7%
5	Atlantic County	13.1%
6	Salem County	12.8%
7	Camden County	12.2%
8	Mercer County	11.1%
9	Ocean County	10.4%
10	Union County	8.9%
11	Cape May County	8.7%
12	Middlesex County	8.5%
13	Warren County	8.1%
14	Gloucester County	7.6%
15	Burlington County	6.8%
16	Bergen County	6.7%
17	Monmouth County	6.4%
18	Somerset County	5.5%
19	Sussex County	5.4%
20	Morris County	5.1%
21	Hunterdon County	3.8%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	The College of New Jersey	92.0%
2	Teterboro	59.0%
3	Pluckemin	47.6%
4	Sunset Lake	45.0%
5	Leisure Village	39.2%
6	Harrisonville	38.4%
7	Penns Grove	36.3%
8	Dorchester	35.9%
9	Seaside Heights	34.4%
10	Port Colden	34.2%
11	Seabrook Farms	34.0%
12	Atlantic City	33.9%
13	Bridgeton	31.7%
14	New Brunswick	31.6%
15	Victory Gardens	31.5%
16	Salem	31.2%
17	Money Island	30.4%
18	Lakewood	29.3%
19	Camden	28.5%
20	Juliustown	26.6%
21	Cedarville	26.4%
22	Woodbine	26.4%
23	Oldwick	26.0%
24	Blairstown	26.0%
25	East Newark	25.2%
26	Prospect Park	24.9%
27	Keasbey	24.7%
28	Trenton	24.7%
29	Newark	24.7%
30	Lindenwold	24.3%
31	Paterson	23.6%
32	Pleasantville	23.3%
33	Dunellen	23.1%
34	Passaic	23.0%
35	New Village	23.0%
36	Deerfield Street	22.6%
37	West New York	21.4%
38	Union City	21.3%
39	Delmont	20.7%
40	Newport	20.1%
41	Perth Amboy	20.0%
42	Pedricktown	19.7%
43	Arrowhead Lake	19.6%
44	Lawnside	19.6%
45	Ampere North	19.6%
46	Asbury Park	18.8%
47	Wharton	18.8%
48	Voorhees	18.2%
49	Neptune City	18.2%
50	Wildwood	18.1%
51	West Park	17.9%
52	Clearbrook	17.8%
53	Rutgers University-Busch Campus	17.8%
54	Fairview	17.7%
55	East Orange	17.6%
56	Phillipsburg	17.4%
57	Plainfield	17.1%
58	Westville	17.0%
59	Laurel Lake	16.9%
60	Villas	16.8%
61	Merchantville	16.7%
62	South Bound Brook	16.4%
63	Mystic Island	16.4%
64	Glassboro	16.4%
65	Vincentown	16.4%
66	Long Branch	16.2%
67	Burlington	16.2%
68	South Seaville	16.2%
69	Oak Valley	16.1%
70	Lodi	16.0%
71	Cape May Court House	15.9%
72	Woodlynne	15.9%
73	Laurel Heights	15.9%
74	Gandys Beach	15.8%
75	Jersey City	15.6%
76	Somerdale	15.5%
77	Pine Hill	15.4%
78	Wrightstown	15.3%
79	Madison Park	15.3%
80	Elizabeth	15.3%
81	Newton	15.0%
82	Englishtown	14.6%
83	Corbin City	14.5%
84	Port Norris	14.4%
85	Bayonne	14.4%
86	Browns Mills	14.3%
87	Delaware	14.3%
88	Freehold	14.3%
89	Garfield	14.2%
90	Loch Arbour	14.1%
91	North Plainfield	14.0%
92	Vineland	13.9%
93	Harrison	13.9%
94	Collings Lakes	13.9%
95	Woodbury	13.9%
96	Silver Lake	13.8%
97	Guttenberg	13.8%
98	Deal	13.6%
99	Hampton	13.5%
100	Columbia	13.4%

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