Regional Data Bulletin
2000 Census Profile by Minor Civil Division (28-County
Data Services Area): Income and Poverty
No. 75
June 2003
 

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is an interstate, intercounty and intercity agency that provides comprehensive and coordinated planning for the orderly growth of the Delaware Valley region. As the region's metropolitan planning organization (MPO), the Commission provides technical assistance and services to its member state, county and local governments, the private sector and the public. Delaware Valley Data is our periodic series of free data bulletins and complementary analytical reports. This data bulletin contains information from Summary File 3 of Census 2000, issued by the United States Census Bureau in 2002. All information in this bulletin is compiled from the "long form" questionnaire filled out by a randomly selected sample of households responding to the 2000 Census of Population and Housing.

This bulletin includes municipal-level income and poverty data for DVRPC's extended 28-County Data Service Region. The Commission's extended data services area includes the Commission's nine member counties as well as 19 surrounding counties in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania (see map on page 10). Table 1 and Table 2 summarize the information included in this bulletin for the nine-county DVRPC region, while Table 3 and Table 4 provide regional and sub-regional totals. Table 5 and Table 6 provide income and poverty characteristics for each minor civil division in the 28-county extended data services area.

Variables included in the report

The following variables were selected for summary in this report:

  • Total households
  • Median household income, 1999
  • Total families
  • Median family income, 1999
  • Per capita income, 1999
  • Percent of the population w/ 1999 income below the poverty level, all ages
  • Percent of the population w/ 1999 income below the poverty level, children under 18 years
  • Percent of the population w/ 1999 income below the poverty level, persons age 65 years and over
  • Percent of all families w/ 1999 income below the poverty level
  • Number of households with 1999 income in the following ranges:

Less than $10,000
$10,000 to $19,999
$20,000 to $29,999
$30,000 to $39,999
$40,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $59,999

$60,000 to $74,999
$75,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to $124,999
$125,000 to $149,999
$150,000 to $199,999
$200,000 or more

DEFINITIONS OF CENSUS VARIABLES

The Census Bureau defines the above population variables as follow:

Family: A family consists of a householder and one or more persons living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage or adoption. All persons in a household who are related to the householder are regarded as members of his or her family.

Family income: Family income includes the incomes of all members 15 years and older who are related to the householder.

Household: A household includes all the persons who occupy a housing unit. A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms or a single room that is occupied (or, if vacant, is intended for occupancy) as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live and eat separately from any other persons in the building and which have direct access from the outside of the building or through a common hall. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or a group of related or unrelated persons who share living arrangements. In 100-percent tabulations, the counts of households or householders always equal the number of occupied housing units.

Household income: Household income includes the income of the householder and all other individuals 15 years and older in the household, whether they are related to the householder or not. Because many households consist of only one person, average household income is usually less than average family income.

Income: Eight types of income are reported in the census: wage and salary income; self-employment income; interest, dividends and net rental income; Social Security income; Supplemental Social Security income; public assistance income, retirement income; and all other income. Income is reported for calender year 1999.

Per capita income: Per capita income is the average income reported for every man, woman and child in a particular group, rounded to the nearest dollar.

Poverty status: Poverty status is determined by comparing the person's total family income with the poverty threshold for that person's family size and composition, as determined by a federal interagency committee. Poverty status in 1999 was determined using 48 thresholds (income cutoffs) arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, which consisted of family size cross-classified by presence and number of family members under 18. Unrelated persons and 2-person families were further differentiated by the age of the householder (under 65 years or 65 years and older). If the total income of the person's family was less than the threshold appropriate for that family, then the person was considered poor, together with every member of his or her family. Poverty status was determined for all people except institutionalized people, people in military group quarters, people in college dormitories, and unrelated individuals under 15 years of age.

NOTES:

  • New Morgan Borough was formed from portions of Robeson and Caernavon townships in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

  • Birmingham Township, Delaware County, officially changed its name to Chadds Ford Township in January 1997.

  • A dashed line (-) indicates that the information is not available.

  • This data bulletin was created from the latest electronic files available from the Census Bureau and may include data which has been updated from previously published data bulletins.

AREA DEFINITIONS:

  • The 9-county DVRPC region" consists of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer counties in New Jersey.

  • DVRPC's "28-county extended data service region" consists of the 9-county DVRPC region and the surrounding 19 counties, which includes portions of Delaware and Maryland.

  • The "Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City CMSA" consists of the Philadelphia PMSA region, the Atlantic City -Cape May PMSA region, the Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton PMSA region and the Wilmington- Newark PMSA region.

  • The "Philadelphia PMSA" consists of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties (Pennsylvania) and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Salem counties (New Jersey). The "Atlantic City- Cape May PMSA" consists of Atlantic and Cape May counties (New Jersey). The "Vineland- Millville-Bridgeton PMSA" consists of Cumberland county (New Jersey). The "Wilmington-Newark PMSA" consists of New Castle County (Delaware) and Cecil County (Maryland).

  • The "Trenton PMSA", which is no longer a part of the Philadelphia CMSA, consists of Mercer County (New Jersey).

  • The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) changed their definitions of some CMSA's and PMSA's in 1992. Any historical comparison of this data with earlier data should be done with caution.

Table 1. Income and Poverty, 1999: Nine-County Delaware Valley Region

 

Total
households
Median household income, 1999 Total families Median family income, 1999
Per capita income, 1999
% of population
living below poverty level, all ages
% of population living below poverty level, children under 18 years
% of population living below poverty level, age 65 years and older % of families living below poverty level

Burlington

154,571

$58,608

111,581

$67,841

$26,339

4.7%

5.5%

4.9%

3.2%

Camden

185,837

$48,097

129,844

$57,429

$22,354

10.4%

14.5%

8.1%

8.1%

Gloucester

90,755

$54,273

67,197

$62,482

$22,708

6.2%

6.6%

7.0%

4.3%

Mercer

125,787

$56,613

86,288

$68,494

$27,914

8.6%

10.6%

8.4%

5.9%

4 NJ Counties

556,950

n/a

394,910

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Bucks

218,773

$59,727

160,946

$68,727

$27,430

4.5%

4.8%

5.5%

3.1%

Chester

158,025

$65,295

113,303

$76,916

$31,627

5.2%

5.1%

5.5%

3.1%

Delaware

206,372

$50,092

139,453

$61,590

$25,040

8.0%

10.0%

7.1%

5.8%

Montgomery

286,255

$60,829

197,640

$72,183

$30,898

4.4%

4.6%

5.1%

2.8%

Philadelphia

590,283

$30,746

352,331

$37,036

$16,509

22.9%

31.3%

16.9%

18.4%

5 PA Counties

1,459,708

n/a

963,673

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

9-County DVRPC Region

2,016,658

n/a

1,358,583

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Source: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, May 2003. Derived from U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3.


Table 2. Household Income, 1999: Nine-County Delaware Valley Region

 
Total
households
Number of households

Less than $10,000

$10,000-19,999

$20,000-29,999

$30,000-39,999

$40,000-49,999

$50,000-59,999

$60,000-74,999

$75,000-99,999

$100,000-124,999

$125,000-149,999

$150,000-199,999

$200,000 or more

Burlington

154,571

6,016

11,134

14,686

15,882

15,856

15,432

20,493

23,990

14,064

7,176

5,371

4,471

Camden

185,837

15,391

19,812

20,900

21,054

18,954

16,955

22,430

23,075

11,986

6,179

4,769

4,332

Gloucester

90,755

5,037

7,953

9,391

9,506

9,236

9,192

11,941

14,417

7,321

3,179

2,169

1,413

Mercer

125,787

9,359

10,799

11,572

12,098

11,616

10,301

14,581

16,586

10,922

5,823

5,841

6,289

4 NJ Counties

556,950

35,803

49,698

56,549

58,540

55,662

51,880

69,445

78,068

44,293

22,357

18,150

16,505

Bucks

218,773

9,443

16,472

19,205

21,853

21,654

21,248

28,586

32,980

20,021

9,961

9,175

8,175

Chester

158,025

6,634

10,613

12,718

14,544

13,768

13,719

18,688

24,098

15,712

9,139

8,853

9,539

Delaware

206,372

14,415

21,146

23,440

23,490

20,457

18,952

23,889

26,014

14,206

7,078

6,496

6,789

Montgomery

286,255

12,344

21,384

25,465

28,553

26,886

25,868

35,877

42,693

25,288

13,439

13,091

15,367

Philadelphia

590,283

109,237

94,462

84,653

73,345

56,849

44,790

47,536

42,495

17,356

7,736

5,639

6,185

5 PA Counties

1,459,708

152,073

164,077

165,481

161,785

139,614

124,577

154,576

168,280

92,583

47,353

43,254

46,055

9-County DVRPC Region

2,016,658

187,876

213,775

222,030

220,325

195,276

176,457

224,021

246,348

136,876

69,710

61,404

62,560

Source: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, May, 2003. Derived from United States Census Bureau, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3.



Table 3. Income and Poverty, 1999: County, Regional and Sub-Regional Totals

 

Total
households
Median household income, 1999 Total families Median family income, 1999 Per capita income, 1999 % of pop. living below poverty level, all ages
% of pop. living below poverty level, children under 18 yrs. % of pop. living below poverty level, age 65 years and older
% of families living below poverty level

2 DE Counties

236,173

n/a

160,721

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Kent

47,199

$40,950

33,615

$46,504

$18,662

10.7%

14.8%

8.8%

8.1%

New Castle

188,974

$52,419

127,106

$62,144

$25,413

8.4%

10.2%

7.4%

5.6%

2 MD Counties

111,005

n/a

83,693

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Cecil

31,257

$50,510

23,290

$56,469

$21,384

7.2%

9.2%

7.7%

5.4%

Harford

79,748

$57,234

60,403

$63,868

$24,232

4.9%

5.8%

6.7%

3.6%

14 NJ Counties

1,649,900

n/a

1,165,686

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Atlantic

95,025

$43,993

63,151

$51,710

$21,034

10.5%

12.8%

10.5%

7.6%

Burlington

154,571

$58,608

111,581

$67,841

$26,339

4.7%

5.5%

4.9%

3.2%

Camden

185,837

$48,097

129,844

$57,429

$22,354

10.4%

14.5%

8.1%

8.1%

Cape May

42,140

$41,591

27,372

$51,402

$24,172

8.6%

11.7%

7.3%

6.4%

Cumberland

49,096

$39,150

35,185

$45,403

$17,376

15.0%

20.1%

12.9%

11.3%

Gloucester

90,755

$54,273

67,197

$62,482

$22,708

6.2%

6.6%

7.0%

4.3%

Hunterdon

43,730

$79,888

32,837

$91,050

$36,370

2.6%

2.1%

4.2%

1.6%

Mercer

125,787

$56,613

86,288

$68,494

$27,914

8.6%

10.6%

8.4%

5.9%

Middlesex

265,898

$61,446

190,930

$70,749

$26,535

6.6%

7.2%

6.0%

4.2%

Monmouth

224,447

$64,271

160,233

$76,823

$31,149

6.3%

7.5%

7.0%

4.5%

Ocean

200,553

$46,443

137,803

$56,420

$23,054

7.0%

10.0%

5.6%

4.8%

Salem

24,316

$45,573

17,371

$54,890

$20,874

9.5%

13.3%

6.6%

7.2%

Somerset

109,070

$76,993

78,409

$90,605

$37,970

3.8%

3.8%

4.9%

2.3%

Warren

38,675

$56,100

27,485

$66,223

$25,728

5.4%

5.9%

6.7%

3.6%

10 PA Counties

2,145,963

n/a

1,444,931

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Berks

141,609

$44,714

98,462

$52,997

$21,232

9.4%

13.0%

7.6%

6.3%

Bucks

218,773

$59,727

160,946

$68,727

$27,430

4.5%

4.8%

5.5%

3.1%

Chester

158,025

$65,295

113,303

$76,916

$31,627

5.2%

5.1%

5.5%

3.1%

Delaware

206,372

$50,092

139,453

$61,590

$25,040

8.0%

10.0%

7.1%

5.8%

Lancaster

172,780

$45,507

124,130

$52,513

$20,398

7.8%

6.6%

10.8%

5.3%

Lehigh

121,947

$43,449

82,106

$53,147

$21,897

9.3%

13.7%

7.5%

6.6%

Montgomery

286,255

$60,829

197,640

$72,183

$30,898

4.4%

4.6%

5.1%

2.8%

Northampton

101,631

$45,234

71,074

$53,955

$21,399

7.9%

9.8%

7.3%

5.7%

Philadelphia

590,283

$30,746

352,331

$37,036

$16,509

22.9%

31.3%

16.9%

18.4%

York

148,288

$45,268

105,486

$52,278

$21,086

6.7%

8.2%

6.8%

4.6%

Philadelphia/Wilm/ Atlantic City
CMSA

2,321,679

$47,528

1,565,770

$57,868

$23,699

10.9%

14.4%

9.4%

7.9%

Philadelphia PMSA

1,915,187


$47,536

1,289,666

$58,395

$23,874

11.1%

14.7%

9.5%

8.1%

Atlantic City-Cape May PMSA

137,165

$43,109

90,523

$51,622

$21,939

9.9%

12.9%

9.3%

7.2%

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton PMSA

49,096

$39,150

35,185

$45,403

$17,376

15.0%

20.1%

12.9%

11.3%

Wilmington-Newark PMSA

220,231

$52,121

150,396

$61,246

$24,822

8.2%

10.4%

7.4%

5.6%

Source: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, May 2003. Derived from U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3.



Table 4. Household Income, 1999: County, Regional and Sub-Regional Totals

 

Total households

Number of households

Less than $10,000

$10,000-19,999

$20,000-29,999

$30,000-39,999

$40,000-49,999

$50,000-59,999

$60,000-74,999

$75,000-99,999

$100,000-124,999

$125,000-149,999

$150,000-199,999

$200,000 or more

2 DE Counties

236,173

15,668

22,971

26,442

26,847

25,772

23,201

27,710

30,941

16,712

7,999

6,724

5,186

Kent

47,199

3,724

6,417

6,372

6,461

5,892

4,736

5,117

4,669

2,000

838

636

337

New Castle

188,974

11,944

16,554

20,070

20,386

19,880

18,465

22,593

26,272

14,712

7,161

6,088

4,849

2 MD Counties

111,005

5,139

8,304

10,924

12,199

12,239

12,232

15,745

17,571

8,454

3,693

2,770

1,735

Cecil

31,257

1,698

2,975

3,483

3,660

3,592

3,520

4,174

4,474

1,886

787

654

354

Harford

79,748

3,441

5,329

7,441

8,539

8,647

8,712

11,571

13,097

6,568

2,906

2,116

1,381

14 NJ Counties

1,649,900

98,042

150,964

163,477

166,310

159,350

147,145

197,982

231,073

136,848

73,312

65,237

60,060

Atlantic

95,025

8,064

10,829

12,552

11,402

10,803

9,651

10,787

10,847

5,006

2,059

1,335

1,690

Burlington

154,571

6,016

11,134

14,686

15,882

15,856

15,432

20,493

23,990

14,064

7,176

5,371

4,471

Camden

185,837

15,391

19,812

20,900

21,054

18,954

16,955

22,430

23,075

11,986

6,179

4,769

4,332

Cape May

42,140

3,152

5,866

5,871

5,247

4,595

3,543

4,129

4,553

2,141

985

915

1,143

Cumberland

49,096

5,243

6,888

6,756

6,061

5,437

4,437

5,510

4,716

2,163

799

494

592

Gloucester

90,755

5,037

7,953

9,391

9,506

9,236

9,192

11,941

14,417

7,321

3,179

2,169

1,413

Hunterdon

43,730

1,134

2,451

2,437

2,961

3,140

3,182

5,017

7,207

5,154

3,389

3,927

3,731

Mercer

125,787

9,359

10,799

11,572

12,098

11,616

10,301

14,581

16,486

10,922

5,823

5,841

6,289

Middlesex

265,898

13,102

20,052

22,300

24,884

24,827

23,854

33,454

42,599

26,526

14,018

11,823

8,459

Monmouth

224,447

12,292

17,384

19,030

19,382

18,506

17,327

25,747

32,229

21,782

13,751

13,429

13,588

Ocean

200,553

11,997

25,307

24,928

23,840

21,242

18,341

23,341

25,159

12,821

5,844

4,475

3,258

Salem

24,316

1,867

2,910

2,964

2,770

2,616

2,258

3,141

3,196

1,467

593

273

261

Somerset

109,070

3,145

6,065

6,683

7,653

8,487

8,779

12,330

16,763

12,030

7,896

9,259

9,980

Warren

38,675

2,243

3,514

3,407

3,570

4,035

3,893

5,081

5,836

3,465

1,621

1,157

853

10 PA Counties

2,145,963

197,896

242,412

253,929

249,815

220,614

197,660

239,767

244,364

127,238

61,320

54,525

56,243

Berks

141,609

10,573

16,586

18,114

17,295

15,938

14,913

17,135

16,420

7,188

2,805

2,322

2,140

Bucks

218,773

9,443

16,472

19,205

21,853

21,654

21,248

28,586

32,980

20,021

9,961

9,175

8,175

Chester

158,025

6,634

10,613

12,718

14,544

13,768

13,719

18,688

24,098

15,712

9,139

8,853

9,539

Delaware

206,372

14,415

21,146

23,440

23,490

20,457

18,952

23,889

26,014

14,206

7,078

6,496

6,789

Lancaster

172,780

10,041

18,123

22,296

23,010

22,369

19,032

22,245

18,865

8,236

3,331

2,721

2,511

Lehigh

121,947

9,016

15,706

15,800

15,032

13,173

11,952

13,698

13,052

6,954

2,953

2,441

2,170

Montgomery

286,255

12,344

21,384

25,465

28,553

26,886

25,868

35,877

42,693

25,288

13,439

13,091

15,367

Northampton

101,631

7,328

11,979

12,848

12,621

11,132

9,871

12,737

11,802

5,835

2,231

1,792

1,455

Philadelphia

590,283

109,237

94,462

84,653

73,345

56,849

44,790

47,536

42,495

17,356

7,736

5,639

6,185

York

148,288

8,865

15,941

19,390

20,072

18,388

17,315

19,376

15,945

6,442

2,647

1,995

1,912

Philadelphia/Wilm/ Atlantic City
CMSA

2,321,679

210,485

248,998

262,154

257,753

230,583

208,300

259,774

283,820

153,329

76,271

65,332

65,160

Philadelphia PMSA

1,915,187

180,384

205,886

213,422

210,997

186,276

168,414

212,581

232,958

127,421

64,480

55,836

56,532

Atlantic City-Cape May PMSA

137,165

11,216

16,695

18,423

16,649

15,398

13,194

14,916

15,400

7,147

3,044

2,250

2,833

Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton PMSA

49,096

5,243

6,888

6,756

6,061

5,437

4,437

5,510

4,716

2,163

799

494

592

Wilmington-Newark PMSA

220,231

13,642

19,529

23,553

24,046

23,472

21,985

26,767

30,746

16,598

7,948

6,742

5,203

Source: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, May, 2003. Derived from United States Census Bureau, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3.


DVRPC 28-County Data Service Area

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