Table 9.  Number of Families Below Poverty Level and Family Poverty Rates by Selected Characteristics:
New Jersey: 2001 to 2018
Two-year		2001-02		2002-03		2003-04		2004-05		2005-06		2006-07		2007-08		2008-09		2009-10		2010-11		2011-12		2012-13		2013-14		2014-15		2015-16		2016-17		2017-18
Moving Average		Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
IN POVERTY
ALL FAMILIES		131	5.9%	141	6.2%	145	6.4%	145	6.5%	131	5.8%	140	6.1%	149	6.6%	143	6.6%	159	7.1%	171	7.7%	187	8.6%	187	8.4%	175	7.9%	188	8.4%	193	8.4%	169	7.3%	149	6.5%
FAMILY TYPE
Married Couple Families		48	2.8%	59	3.3%	63	3.6%	64	3.7%	58	3.3%	54	3.1%	49	2.9%	58	3.5%	53	3.2%	48	2.9%	54	3.4%	63	3.9%	71	4.2%	77	4.6%	77	4.4%	78	4.4%	68	3.8%
Female Householder
(Spouse Absent)		83	23.0%	72	18.1%	70	17.3%	67	18.1%	64	16.7%	76	18.4%	86	20.5%	68	18.0%	84	21.0%	105	25.3%	118	27.5%	108	24.6%	92	23.1%	99	24.5%	99	23.6%	76	19.3%	70	18.7%
RACE
White Families		83	4.7%	96	5.2%	90	5.0%	96	5.4%	95	5.3%	91	5.0%	92	5.3%	87	5.2%	97	5.7%	97	5.6%	99	5.9%	113	6.6%	111	6.6%	117	7.0%	127	7.3%	107	6.2%	87	5.1%
Black Families		37	13.0%	38	13.4%	44	15.1%	37	13.0%	28	9.7%	44	15.0%	50	17.4%	41	15.1%	48	17.1%	59	19.9%	68	23.1%	57	18.8%	51	16.6%	55	18.2%	45	15.4%	40	13.7%	38	12.0%
Hispanic Families		35	15.0%	41	15.8%	40	14.7%	46	16.6%	53	16.5%	54	15.4%	47	13.9%	51	15.7%	53	15.4%	54	15.1%	67	17.9%	81	20.4%	85	21.7%	86	23.0%	82	21.3%	67	17.4%	53	13.7%
OWN CHILDREN
UNDER 18 YEARS OLD
None		46	3.9%	56	4.6%	56	4.8%	57	5.0%	49	4.3%	46	3.9%	44	3.8%	35	3.0%	48	4.0%	63	5.1%	61	5.0%	55	4.4%	47	3.8%	54	4.3%	69	5.2%	64	4.8%	55	4.1%
One		30	7.3%	41	8.9%	41	8.6%	33	7.2%	27	5.7%	33	6.8%	43	9.0%	26	6.5%	32	7.7%	37	8.5%	39	8.7%	45	10.3%	45	9.8%	41	8.9%	44	10.3%	38	9.0%	27	6.8%
Two		32	7.4%	25	5.8%	22	5.3%	31	6.8%	35	7.7%	29	6.6%	30	7.0%	43	10.5%	38	9.5%	41	10.8%	63	16.4%	57	14.9%	56	15.5%	64	17.2%	40	10.6%	28	7.3%	36	9.3%
Three or More		24	11.7%	20	10.7%	26	12.5%	24	11.1%	20	10.1%	32	16.5%	32	17.8%	40	18.6%	40	19.0%	30	17.0%	25	17.5%	30	18.6%	27	10.2%	30	18.9%	40	22.8%	40	23.4%	16	19.3%
OWN CHILDREN
UNDER 6 YEARS OLD		42	9.6%	37	8.2%	46	10.7%	48	10.8%	41	8.8%	54	11.7%	58	12.8%	56	13.4%	54	13.1%	49	12.6%	60	16.6%	71	18.3%	69	17.6%	67	18.2%	62	16.5%	46	12.1%	41	11.2%
FAMILY MEMBERS IN
LABOR FORCE
None		41	12.2%	48	14.0%	54	18.1%	58	21.1%	53	18.9%	49	18.3%	53	20.3%	56	21.1%	54	21.3%	56	22.2%	64	22.7%	30	19.2%	32	19.2%	51	20.1%	62	20.8%	34	19.5%	32	13.8%
One		66	10.0%	67	10.3%	66	9.9%	61	8.7%	49	7.2%	66	9.5%	72	10.3%	56	8.2%	69	10.1%	73	11.0%	77	12.1%	62	16.9%	56	12.4%	87	14.0%	83	12.5%	52	12.7%	56	10.6%
Two		22	2.3%	23	2.2%	21	2.1%	20	2.1%	23	2.4%	21	2.1%	19	1.9%	23	2.5%	25	2.5%	29	2.9%	31	3.3%	49	7.0%	46	6.2%	29	3.3%	39	4.0%	34	4.5%	24	3.0%
Three or More		3	1.1%	4	1.4%	3	1.1%	6	1.9%	6	1.9%	5	1.6%	5	1.7%	8	2.6%	10	3.3%	13	4.2%	16	4.8%	45	4.6%	41	4.7%	21	4.4%	9	2.5%	50	5.0%	37	5.1%
Source: US Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS): March 2001 through 2018.
Prepared by : NJ Dept of Labor & Workforce Dev., Div. of Economic & Demographic Research, 10/2018.