Census tract rankings · New Jersey

Highest-poverty census tracts in New Jersey

Largest share of residents under the federal poverty line. Group-quarters tracts (universities, prisons) get a population floor to avoid skewing the list. Filtered to New Jersey, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	high poverty
#1	Tract 9801	Essex, NJ	83.3%
#2	Tract 6018	Camden, NJ	61.2%
#3	Tract 15	Atlantic, NJ	60.7%
#4	Tract 39	Essex, NJ	54.6%
#5	Tract 203	Salem, NJ	53.5%
#6	Tract 54	Essex, NJ	52.9%
#7	Tract 164	Hudson, NJ	50.5%
#8	Tract 6019	Camden, NJ	50.5%
#9	Tract 6008	Camden, NJ	50.5%
#10	Tract 201	Cumberland, NJ	50.2%
#11	Tract 1832	Passaic, NJ	49.9%
#12	Tract 301	Cumberland, NJ	49.8%
#13	Tract 7153.04	Ocean, NJ	49.7%
#14	Tract 52	Middlesex, NJ	49.1%
#15	Tract 14	Atlantic, NJ	49.1%
#16	Tract 6004	Camden, NJ	47.7%
#17	Tract 6017	Camden, NJ	47.4%
#18	Tract 24	Atlantic, NJ	47.3%
#19	Tract 37	Essex, NJ	47.1%
#20	Tract 7153.01	Ocean, NJ	47.1%
#21	Tract 169	Hudson, NJ	46.6%
#22	Tract 15	Essex, NJ	45.9%
#23	Tract 7153.03	Ocean, NJ	45.3%
#24	Tract 93	Middlesex, NJ	45.0%
#25	Tract 1822	Passaic, NJ	44.9%
#26	Tract 7154.04	Ocean, NJ	43.5%
#27	Tract 14.01	Mercer, NJ	43.2%
#28	Tract 111	Essex, NJ	43.0%
#29	Tract 1251	Passaic, NJ	42.5%
#30	Tract 7159.02	Ocean, NJ	42.2%
#31	Tract 7280.03	Ocean, NJ	41.9%
#32	Tract 168	Hudson, NJ	41.8%
#33	Tract 92	Essex, NJ	41.1%
#34	Tract 25	Atlantic, NJ	40.7%
#35	Tract 134	Hudson, NJ	40.6%
#36	Tract 52	Essex, NJ	40.4%
#37	Tract 19	Mercer, NJ	40.2%
#38	Tract 228	Essex, NJ	40.0%
#39	Tract 11.02	Mercer, NJ	39.9%
#40	Tract 19	Essex, NJ	39.5%
#41	Tract 230	Essex, NJ	39.4%
#42	Tract 6007	Camden, NJ	39.2%
#43	Tract 51	Middlesex, NJ	38.9%
#44	Tract 203.02	Cumberland, NJ	38.8%
#45	Tract 23	Atlantic, NJ	38.7%
#46	Tract 12.02	Hudson, NJ	38.7%
#47	Tract 232	Essex, NJ	38.5%
#48	Tract 48.02	Essex, NJ	38.3%
#49	Tract 35	Essex, NJ	38.0%
#50	Tract 1755.02	Passaic, NJ	38.0%
#51	Tract 1802.04	Passaic, NJ	37.6%
#52	Tract 1817.02	Passaic, NJ	37.4%
#53	Tract 2642	Passaic, NJ	37.3%
#54	Tract 6009	Camden, NJ	37.2%
#55	Tract 67	Essex, NJ	37.0%
#56	Tract 7152.02	Ocean, NJ	36.9%
#57	Tract 58	Middlesex, NJ	36.8%
#58	Tract 43	Middlesex, NJ	36.6%
#59	Tract 96	Essex, NJ	36.5%
#60	Tract 205.03	Cumberland, NJ	36.5%
#61	Tract 186	Essex, NJ	36.4%
#62	Tract 1758.03	Passaic, NJ	36.2%
#63	Tract 10	Mercer, NJ	36.2%
#64	Tract 119.02	Atlantic, NJ	35.2%
#65	Tract 7201.05	Ocean, NJ	35.2%
#66	Tract 55	Middlesex, NJ	35.0%
#67	Tract 309	Warren, NJ	34.4%
#68	Tract 127	Essex, NJ	34.4%
#69	Tract 220	Salem, NJ	34.2%
#70	Tract 6103	Camden, NJ	34.1%
#71	Tract 122	Atlantic, NJ	33.8%
#72	Tract 1806	Passaic, NJ	33.5%
#73	Tract 27	Hudson, NJ	33.4%
#74	Tract 52	Hudson, NJ	33.4%
#75	Tract 201.02	Cape May, NJ	33.4%
#76	Tract 409.01	Cumberland, NJ	33.1%
#77	Tract 67	Hudson, NJ	33.0%
#78	Tract 6082.10	Camden, NJ	32.8%
#79	Tract 6016	Camden, NJ	32.7%
#80	Tract 1753.01	Passaic, NJ	32.6%
#81	Tract 93	Essex, NJ	32.5%
#82	Tract 1759	Passaic, NJ	32.4%
#83	Tract 153	Hudson, NJ	32.4%
#84	Tract 94	Essex, NJ	32.4%
#85	Tract 393.01	Union, NJ	32.2%
#86	Tract 187	Essex, NJ	32.1%
#87	Tract 42	Hudson, NJ	32.0%
#88	Tract 38.02	Middlesex, NJ	32.0%
#89	Tract 38	Essex, NJ	31.7%
#90	Tract 53	Middlesex, NJ	31.6%
#91	Tract 132	Essex, NJ	31.6%
#92	Tract 13	Essex, NJ	31.5%
#93	Tract 202	Salem, NJ	31.4%
#94	Tract 203.01	Cumberland, NJ	31.3%
#95	Tract 171	Essex, NJ	31.3%
#96	Tract 46	Essex, NJ	31.2%
#97	Tract 324	Hudson, NJ	31.1%
#98	Tract 6085.04	Camden, NJ	30.8%
#99	Tract 1809	Passaic, NJ	30.6%
#100	Tract 1758.04	Passaic, NJ	30.6%