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Poverty rate for school-age kids growing faster in N.J. counties
Poverty rates for school-aged children increased by a statistically significant rate in more than 60 percent of New Jersey’s counties between 2007 and 2010, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates for income and poverty released today.
Nationally, that was the case in a little over 20 percent of counties, according to the Census Bureau.
Thirteen of New Jersey’s 21 counties experienced significant poverty rate increases for families with children ages 5 to 17 in that time span: Bergen, Camden, Cape May, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex and Union counties. (Symons, Gannett)
