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
#101	Tract 57	Essex, NJ	30.5%
#102	Tract 4	Atlantic, NJ	30.4%
#103	Tract 205	Cape May, NJ	30.3%
#104	Tract 1808	Passaic, NJ	30.3%
#105	Tract 8	Mercer, NJ	30.2%
#106	Tract 6013	Camden, NJ	30.2%
#107	Tract 7154.03	Ocean, NJ	30.1%
#108	Tract 62	Essex, NJ	30.0%
#109	Tract 8	Essex, NJ	29.9%
#110	Tract 3	Essex, NJ	29.9%
#111	Tract 7004.07	Burlington, NJ	29.9%
#112	Tract 1752	Passaic, NJ	29.7%
#113	Tract 6077.01	Camden, NJ	29.6%
#114	Tract 1829	Passaic, NJ	29.5%
#115	Tract 1828	Passaic, NJ	29.5%
#116	Tract 227	Essex, NJ	29.4%
#117	Tract 55	Hudson, NJ	29.3%
#118	Tract 60.02	Middlesex, NJ	29.1%
#119	Tract 319.04	Union, NJ	29.0%
#120	Tract 7152.01	Ocean, NJ	29.0%
#121	Tract 6014	Camden, NJ	29.0%
#122	Tract 12	Mercer, NJ	29.0%
#123	Tract 44	Essex, NJ	29.0%
#124	Tract 4	Mercer, NJ	29.0%
#125	Tract 109	Essex, NJ	28.9%
#126	Tract 145.02	Hudson, NJ	28.8%
#127	Tract 10	Essex, NJ	28.8%
#128	Tract 1	Mercer, NJ	28.7%
#129	Tract 1815	Passaic, NJ	28.5%
#130	Tract 2036	Passaic, NJ	28.3%
#131	Tract 3	Atlantic, NJ	28.3%
#132	Tract 17	Essex, NJ	28.2%
#133	Tract 1830.01	Passaic, NJ	28.0%
#134	Tract 81	Essex, NJ	28.0%
#135	Tract 405	Cumberland, NJ	28.0%
#136	Tract 393.02	Union, NJ	27.8%
#137	Tract 8071	Monmouth, NJ	27.7%
#138	Tract 150.03	Hudson, NJ	27.7%
#139	Tract 43.13	Mercer, NJ	27.4%
#140	Tract 155	Hudson, NJ	27.4%
#141	Tract 1754.02	Passaic, NJ	27.4%
#142	Tract 7012.04	Burlington, NJ	27.4%
#143	Tract 19	Atlantic, NJ	27.1%
#144	Tract 6012	Camden, NJ	27.1%
#145	Tract 345	Union, NJ	27.1%
#146	Tract 6025.03	Camden, NJ	27.1%
#147	Tract 1830.02	Passaic, NJ	27.1%
#148	Tract 1807	Passaic, NJ	27.0%
#149	Tract 58.01	Hudson, NJ	26.9%
#150	Tract 49	Hudson, NJ	26.9%
#151	Tract 170	Hudson, NJ	26.7%
#152	Tract 6030.01	Camden, NJ	26.6%
#153	Tract 1803.02	Passaic, NJ	26.6%
#154	Tract 109	Hudson, NJ	26.6%
#155	Tract 82	Essex, NJ	26.5%
#156	Tract 62	Hudson, NJ	26.3%
#157	Tract 1818	Passaic, NJ	26.3%
#158	Tract 156	Hudson, NJ	26.2%
#159	Tract 145.01	Hudson, NJ	26.2%
#160	Tract 41	Essex, NJ	26.0%
#161	Tract 1753.02	Passaic, NJ	26.0%
#162	Tract 235.01	Bergen, NJ	26.0%
#163	Tract 6104	Camden, NJ	25.9%
#164	Tract 1802.01	Passaic, NJ	25.9%
#165	Tract 22.03	Essex, NJ	25.8%
#166	Tract 1755.01	Passaic, NJ	25.8%
#167	Tract 174	Hudson, NJ	25.7%
#168	Tract 126	Essex, NJ	25.6%
#169	Tract 43	Essex, NJ	25.6%
#170	Tract 5	Atlantic, NJ	25.4%
#171	Tract 2	Hudson, NJ	25.4%
#172	Tract 406.02	Cumberland, NJ	25.4%
#173	Tract 9.02	Hudson, NJ	25.4%
#174	Tract 149	Hudson, NJ	25.3%
#175	Tract 1814	Passaic, NJ	25.2%
#176	Tract 17	Mercer, NJ	25.2%
#177	Tract 8072	Monmouth, NJ	25.1%
#178	Tract 182	Essex, NJ	25.1%
#179	Tract 20.02	Hudson, NJ	25.1%
#180	Tract 108	Essex, NJ	24.8%
#181	Tract 41.02	Hudson, NJ	24.8%
#182	Tract 20.01	Hudson, NJ	24.7%
#183	Tract 314	Union, NJ	24.7%
#184	Tract 8055	Monmouth, NJ	24.6%
#185	Tract 8070.05	Monmouth, NJ	24.5%
#186	Tract 20	Mercer, NJ	24.4%
#187	Tract 7010.02	Burlington, NJ	24.4%
#188	Tract 8	Hudson, NJ	24.4%
#189	Tract 7154.01	Ocean, NJ	24.4%
#190	Tract 5014.04	Gloucester, NJ	24.2%
#191	Tract 313.01	Union, NJ	24.1%
#192	Tract 64	Essex, NJ	24.1%
#193	Tract 43	Hudson, NJ	24.0%
#194	Tract 121	Essex, NJ	24.0%
#195	Tract 7159.01	Ocean, NJ	23.9%
#196	Tract 101.05	Atlantic, NJ	23.9%
#197	Tract 57	Middlesex, NJ	23.8%
#198	Tract 31	Essex, NJ	23.8%
#199	Tract 124	Essex, NJ	23.7%
#200	Tract 1754.01	Passaic, NJ	23.6%