Income and Poverty Data

This directory contains estimates of personal income from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and money income and poverty from the U.S. Bureau of the Census.

NOTE: There are definitional differences between personal income and money income. Download or browse "definitional differences between money and personal income" for a brief explanation.


For more information on the personal income, money income and poverty data, contact Paul Bieksza (609) 984-7349.

2010 Census Money Income Data
(From the American Community Survey)
Income in 2010

Poverty Status in 2010

Census 2000 Income and Poverty Data 
(Updated with data from Summary File Three (SF3) released (8/06/02) 

Income in 1999

Poverty Status in 1999

Annual Personal Income (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis)

State Personal Income


Per Capita and Personal Income for 1969 - 2010 (Excel)


Note: Notes about BEA revised personal income estimates:

http://www.bea.gov/regional/docs/popnote.cfm


Metropolitan Area Personal Income 


County Personal Income

  • Per capita personal income for all New Jersey counties: 1969 to 2009
    HTML | EXCEL 
  • Total personal income for all New Jersey counties: 1969 to 2009 
    HTML | EXCEL
  • 250 Highest and Lowest Per Capita Incomes of the 3113 Counties in the United States, 2009 (Excel)


Quarterly Personal Income

Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (US Census Bureau)


Estimated Number and Percent Poor for Total Persons, Persons Under 18 & Related Children Age 5 to 17 & Estimated Median Household Income by State, New Jersey Counties and New Jersey School Districts:  2010 Estimates (excel) 

Small Area Health Insurance Estimates

The Census Bureau's Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) program produces estimates of health insurance coverage for states and all counties. In October, 2011, SAHIE released 2009 estimates of health insurance coverage by age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, and income categories at the state-level and by age, sex, and income categories at the county-level.
All New Jersey Counties
All U.S. States



Money Income (1990 Census) (U.S. Bureau of the Census) 

Money Income (1990 Census) (U.S. Bureau of the Census) 


Median Household, Median Family, & Per Capita Money Income for NJ & Counties: 1979 & 1989


New Jersey Household, Family & Per Capita Income: 1989 :
Household, Family & Nonfamily Income Distributions: 1989:

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