# Counties in New Jersey by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 21 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/new-jersey-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cumberland County | 15.6 |
| 2 | Hudson County | 14.9 |
| 3 | Essex County | 14.6 |
| 4 | Atlantic County | 13.2 |
| 5 | Passaic County | 13 |
| 6 | Salem County | 12.7 |
| 7 | Camden County | 12.4 |
| 8 | Ocean County | 10.5 |
| 9 | Mercer County | 10.3 |
| 10 | Union County | 9.2 |
| 11 | Cape May County | 8.7 |
| 12 | Middlesex County | 8.6 |
| 13 | Warren County | 8.3 |
| 14 | Gloucester County | 7.7 |
| 15 | Bergen County | 6.8 |
| 16 | Burlington County | 6.7 |
| 17 | Monmouth County | 6.5 |
| 18 | Sussex County | 5.5 |
| 19 | Somerset County | 5.4 |
| 20 | Morris County | 4.9 |
| 21 | Hunterdon County | 4 |