| POVERTY DATA FOR THE NORTHEAST | |||||||||||
| FIPS | State | County name | rate 2000 | # poor 2000 | rank 2000 | rate 1990 | # poor 1990 | rank 1990 | rate 1980 | # poor 1980 | rank 1980 |
| 9001 | CT | Fairfield County | 6.9 | 59,689 | 26 | 6.1 | 49479 | 26 | 7.5 | 59388 | 26 |
| 9003 | CT | Hartford County | 9.3 | 77,440 | 48 | 7.9 | 65521 | 41 | 8.2 | 64299 | 33 |
| 9005 | CT | Litchfield County | 4.5 | 8,061 | 6 | 4.0 | 6823 | 9 | 5.2 | 8095 | 9 |
| 9007 | CT | Middlesex County | 4.6 | 6,911 | 7 | 4.0 | 5435 | 9 | 6.4 | 7978 | 17 |
| 9009 | CT | New Haven County | 9.5 | 75,733 | 50 | 7.9 | 61288 | 41 | 9.4 | 69389 | 44 |
| 9011 | CT | New London County | 6.4 | 15,780 | 22 | 6.4 | 15342 | 29 | 8.2 | 18779 | 33 |
| 9013 | CT | Tolland County | 5.6 | 6,952 | 15 | 4.7 | 5476 | 13 | 6.0 | 6193 | 14 |
| 9015 | CT | Windham County | 8.5 | 8,948 | 40 | 8.0 | 7983 | 42 | 9.5 | 8529 | 45 |
| 10001 | DE | Kent County | 10.7 | 13,083 | 62 | 11.3 | 12071 | 69 | 13.6 | 12797 | 85 |
| 10003 | DE | New Castle County | 8.4 | 40,710 | 39 | 7.5 | 32268 | 39 | 11.0 | 42559 | 60 |
| 10005 | DE | Sussex County | 10.5 | 16,108 | 60 | 10.7 | 11884 | 64 | 13.6 | 13052 | 85 |
| 23001 | ME | Androscoggin County | 11.1 | 11,115 | 65 | 11.4 | 11572 | 70 | 12.6 | 12164 | 75 |
| 23003 | ME | Aroostook County | 14.3 | 10,313 | 95 | 14.5 | 11876 | 97 | 16.2 | 14280 | 105 |
| 23005 | ME | Cumberland County | 7.9 | 20,352 | 35 | 8.0 | 18772 | 42 | 10.5 | 21977 | 55 |
| 23007 | ME | Franklin County | 14.6 | 4,121 | 98 | 12.5 | 3480 | 80 | 12.8 | 3339 | 77 |
| 23009 | ME | Hancock County | 10.2 | 5,159 | 57 | 10.0 | 4546 | 57 | 14.6 | 5882 | 94 |
| 23011 | ME | Kennebec County | 11.1 | 12,637 | 65 | 10.2 | 11464 | 59 | 11.8 | 12452 | 68 |
| 23013 | ME | Knox County | 10.1 | 3,865 | 56 | 11.9 | 4199 | 75 | 14.4 | 4589 | 92 |
| 23015 | ME | Lincoln County | 10.1 | 3,375 | 56 | 9.6 | 2883 | 54 | 16.7 | 4248 | 108 |
| 23017 | ME | Oxford County | 11.8 | 6,353 | 72 | 12.5 | 6444 | 80 | 12.7 | 6098 | 76 |
| 23019 | ME | Penobscot County | 13.7 | 18,956 | 89 | 13.0 | 18095 | 84 | 13.0 | 16806 | 79 |
| 23021 | ME | Piscataquis County | 14.8 | 2,522 | 100 | 15.2 | 2800 | 104 | 14.1 | 2472 | 90 |
| 23023 | ME | Sagadahoc County | 8.6 | 3,014 | 41 | 7.2 | 2385 | 36 | 11.2 | 3140 | 62 |
| 23025 | ME | Somerset County | 14.9 | 7,471 | 101 | 14.5 | 7072 | 97 | 16.3 | 7200 | 106 |
| 23027 | ME | Waldo County | 13.9 | 4,973 | 91 | 16.0 | 5199 | 108 | 20.0 | 5591 | 123 |
| 23029 | ME | Washington County | 19 | 6,272 | 124 | 19.3 | 6600 | 123 | 21.6 | 7360 | 129 |
| 23031 | ME | York County | 8.2 | 15,003 | 37 | 6.8 | 11079 | 33 | 9.8 | 13398 | 48 |
| 24001 | MD | Allegany County | 14.8 | 10,149 | 100 | 16.5 | 11865 | 109 | 12.2 | 9512 | 71 |
| 24003 | MD | Anne Arundel County | 5.1 | 24,335 | 11 | 4.5 | 18391 | 12 | 6.3 | 22298 | 16 |
| 24005 | MD | Baltimore County | 6.5 | 47,603 | 23 | 5.5 | 37154 | 20 | 5.3 | 33861 | 10 |
| 24009 | MD | Calvert County | 4.4 | 3,235 | 5 | 5.2 | 2654 | 17 | 10.3 | 3527 | 53 |
| 24011 | MD | Caroline County | 11.7 | 3,442 | 71 | 11.8 | 3120 | 74 | 13.5 | 3077 | 84 |
| 24013 | MD | Carroll County | 3.8 | 5,617 | 2 | 3.8 | 4528 | 7 | 5.3 | 4860 | 10 |
| 24015 | MD | Cecil County | 7.2 | 6,066 | 29 | 7.5 | 5206 | 39 | 9.4 | 5542 | 44 |
| 24017 | MD | Charles County | 5.5 | 6,518 | 14 | 5.0 | 5007 | 15 | 8.9 | 6401 | 39 |
| 24019 | MD | Dorchester County | 13.8 | 4,153 | 90 | 14.2 | 4215 | 95 | 14.5 | 4317 | 93 |
| 24021 | MD | Frederick County | 4.5 | 8,550 | 6 | 4.8 | 7055 | 14 | 6.7 | 7447 | 20 |
| 24023 | MD | Garrett County | 13.3 | 3,873 | 86 | 14.7 | 4042 | 99 | 15.8 | 4097 | 104 |
| 24025 | MD | Harford County | 4.9 | 10,695 | 9 | 5.1 | 9122 | 16 | 7.5 | 10638 | 26 |
| 24027 | MD | Howard County | 3.9 | 9,491 | 3 | 3.1 | 5784 | 3 | 3.6 | 4240 | 2 |
| 24029 | MD | Kent County | 13 | 2,342 | 83 | 11.5 | 1943 | 71 | 13.2 | 2129 | 81 |
| 24031 | MD | Montgomery County | 5.4 | 47,024 | 13 | 4.2 | 31651 | 10 | 4.3 | 24882 | 5 |
| 24033 | MD | Prince George's County | 7.7 | 60,196 | 33 | 5.8 | 41282 | 23 | 6.7 | 43562 | 20 |
| 24035 | MD | Queen Anne's County | 6.3 | 2,537 | 21 | 6.7 | 2235 | 32 | 9.6 | 2416 | 46 |
| 24037 | MD | St. Mary's County | 7.2 | 6,031 | 29 | 7.3 | 5393 | 37 | 10.9 | 6300 | 59 |
| 24039 | MD | Somerset County | 20.1 | 3,993 | 132 | 16.0 | 3165 | 108 | 15.7 | 2908 | 103 |
| 24041 | MD | Talbot County | 8.3 | 2,771 | 38 | 8.5 | 2564 | 45 | 10.2 | 2584 | 52 |
| 24043 | MD | Washington County | 9.5 | 11,697 | 50 | 9.3 | 10574 | 51 | 10.8 | 11687 | 58 |
| 24045 | MD | Wicomico County | 12.8 | 10,463 | 81 | 11.6 | 8279 | 72 | 12.5 | 7764 | 74 |
| 24047 | MD | Worcester County | 9.6 | 4,381 | 51 | 11.0 | 3783 | 66 | 13.2 | 4035 | 81 |
| 24510 | MD | Baltimore city | 22.9 | 143,514 | 138 | 21.9 | 156284 | 136 | 22.9 | 176476 | 132 |
| 25001 | MA | Barnstable County | 6.9 | 15,021 | 26 | 7.5 | 13796 | 39 | 8.9 | 12983 | 39 |
| 25003 | MA | Berkshire County | 9.5 | 12,204 | 50 | 8.7 | 11560 | 47 | 9.5 | 13265 | 45 |
| 25005 | MA | Bristol County | 10 | 52,236 | 55 | 9.1 | 45167 | 49 | 10.1 | 46936 | 51 |
| 25007 | MA | Dukes County | 7.3 | 1,083 | 30 | 6.7 | 769 | 32 | 9.7 | 855 | 47 |
| 25009 | MA | Essex County | 8.9 | 63,137 | 44 | 9.3 | 60771 | 51 | 9.1 | 56379 | 41 |
| 25011 | MA | Franklin County | 9.4 | 6,634 | 49 | 9.6 | 6623 | 54 | 10.8 | 6872 | 58 |
| 25013 | MA | Hampden County | 14.7 | 65,024 | 99 | 13.0 | 57337 | 84 | 11.7 | 50620 | 67 |
| 25015 | MA | Hampshire County | 9.4 | 12,585 | 49 | 10.7 | 13684 | 64 | 11.4 | 13456 | 64 |
| 25017 | MA | Middlesex County | 6.5 | 92,705 | 23 | 6.2 | 82939 | 27 | 7.0 | 92338 | 21 |
| 25019 | MA | Nantucket County | 7.5 | 712 | 31 | 5.7 | 340 | 22 | 5.6 | 281 | 12 |
| 25021 | MA | Norfolk County | 4.6 | 29,377 | 7 | 4.5 | 27135 | 12 | 5.5 | 32417 | 11 |
| 25023 | MA | Plymouth County | 6.6 | 30,649 | 24 | 6.6 | 27853 | 31 | 8.0 | 31659 | 31 |
| 25025 | MA | Suffolk County | 19 | 124,918 | 124 | 18.1 | 114748 | 116 | 19.1 | 117754 | 121 |
| 25027 | MA | Worcester County | 9.2 | 67,136 | 47 | 8.3 | 56617 | 44 | 9.1 | 56643 | 41 |
| 33001 | NH | Belknap County | 6.1 | 3,350 | 19 | 6.5 | 3149 | 30 | 9.9 | 4118 | 49 |
| 33003 | NH | Carroll County | 7.9 | 3,411 | 35 | 9.0 | 3137 | 48 | 11.8 | 3279 | 68 |
| 33005 | NH | Cheshire County | 8 | 5,550 | 36 | 7.0 | 4672 | 34 | 10.0 | 5915 | 50 |
| 33007 | NH | Coos County | 10 | 3,231 | 55 | 10.1 | 3461 | 58 | 11.7 | 4073 | 67 |
| 33009 | NH | Grafton County | 8.6 | 6,462 | 41 | 9.6 | 6637 | 54 | 11.1 | 6711 | 61 |
| 33011 | NH | Hillsborough County | 6.3 | 23,358 | 21 | 5.9 | 19261 | 24 | 7.2 | 19394 | 23 |
| 33013 | NH | Merrimack County | 5.9 | 7,721 | 17 | 5.5 | 6399 | 20 | 8.0 | 7562 | 31 |
| 33015 | NH | Rockingham County | 4.5 | 12,347 | 6 | 4.4 | 10693 | 11 | 6.6 | 12316 | 19 |
| 33017 | NH | Strafford County | 9.2 | 9,733 | 47 | 8.2 | 7980 | 43 | 10.4 | 8243 | 54 |
| 33019 | NH | Sullivan County | 8.5 | 3,367 | 40 | 9.8 | 3715 | 56 | 10.5 | 3753 | 55 |
| 34001 | NJ | Atlantic County | 10.5 | 25,906 | 60 | 9.4 | 20469 | 52 | 12.6 | 24155 | 75 |
| 34003 | NJ | Bergen County | 5 | 43,417 | 10 | 3.9 | 31931 | 8 | 4.1 | 34703 | 4 |
| 34005 | NJ | Burlington County | 4.7 | 19,280 | 8 | 4.2 | 16084 | 10 | 6.3 | 21745 | 16 |
| 34007 | NJ | Camden County | 10.4 | 52,121 | 59 | 10.3 | 50632 | 60 | 11.8 | 55083 | 68 |
| 34009 | NJ | Cape May County | 8.6 | 8,549 | 41 | 8.3 | 7665 | 44 | 9.1 | 7224 | 41 |
| 34011 | NJ | Cumberland County | 15 | 20,367 | 102 | 13.0 | 17086 | 84 | 14.5 | 18599 | 93 |
| 34013 | NJ | Essex County | 15.6 | 120,006 | 106 | 14.3 | 108940 | 96 | 17.9 | 150323 | 117 |
| 34015 | NJ | Gloucester County | 6.2 | 15,395 | 20 | 6.2 | 13936 | 27 | 8.6 | 17038 | 36 |
| 34017 | NJ | Hudson County | 15.5 | 93,149 | 105 | 14.8 | 81171 | 100 | 16.9 | 93378 | 110 |
| 34019 | NJ | Hunterdon County | 2.6 | 3,027 | 1 | 2.6 | 2766 | 1 | 4.4 | 3708 | 6 |
| 34021 | NJ | Mercer County | 8.6 | 28,570 | 41 | 7.4 | 23084 | 38 | 9.4 | 27552 | 44 |
| 34023 | NJ | Middlesex County | 6.6 | 48,205 | 24 | 5.1 | 33169 | 16 | 6.3 | 36119 | 16 |
| 34025 | NJ | Monmouth County | 6.3 | 38,242 | 21 | 5.0 | 27230 | 15 | 7.5 | 37281 | 26 |
| 34027 | NJ | Morris County | 3.9 | 17,872 | 3 | 2.8 | 11459 | 2 | 3.5 | 14131 | 1 |
| 34029 | NJ | Ocean County | 7 | 34,945 | 27 | 6.0 | 25600 | 25 | 8.1 | 27613 | 32 |
| 34031 | NJ | Passaic County | 12.3 | 59,072 | 77 | 10.0 | 44556 | 57 | 12.8 | 56520 | 77 |
| 34033 | NJ | Salem County | 9.5 | 5,980 | 50 | 10.6 | 6736 | 63 | 11.7 | 7424 | 67 |
| 34035 | NJ | Somerset County | 3.8 | 11,061 | 2 | 2.6 | 6061 | 1 | 3.8 | 7592 | 3 |
| 34037 | NJ | Sussex County | 4 | 5,693 | 4 | 3.4 | 4444 | 4 | 5.5 | 6262 | 11 |
| 34039 | NJ | Union County | 8.4 | 43,319 | 39 | 7.2 | 35220 | 36 | 7.5 | 37628 | 26 |
| 34041 | NJ | Warren County | 5.4 | 5,492 | 13 | 5.4 | 4913 | 19 | 6.5 | 5413 | 18 |
| 36001 | NY | Albany County | 10.6 | 29,745 | 61 | 9.7 | 27031 | 55 | 10.2 | 27972 | 52 |
| 36003 | NY | Allegany County | 15.5 | 7,066 | 105 | 14.8 | 6726 | 100 | 15.0 | 7030 | 98 |
| 36005 | NY | Bronx County | 30.7 | 395,263 | 146 | 28.7 | 334137 | 152 | 27.6 | 315371 | 140 |
| 36007 | NY | Broome County | 12.8 | 24,559 | 81 | 10.5 | 21530 | 62 | 8.8 | 18071 | 38 |
| 36009 | NY | Cattaraugus County | 13.7 | 11,095 | 89 | 14.0 | 11394 | 93 | 13.5 | 11156 | 84 |
| 36011 | NY | Cayuga County | 11.1 | 8,544 | 65 | 10.2 | 7932 | 59 | 11.3 | 8645 | 63 |
| 36013 | NY | Chautauqua County | 13.8 | 18,530 | 90 | 13.8 | 18818 | 91 | 11.2 | 15911 | 62 |
| 36015 | NY | Chemung County | 13 | 11,063 | 83 | 11.4 | 10247 | 70 | 11.0 | 10354 | 60 |
| 36017 | NY | Chenango County | 14.4 | 7,195 | 96 | 11.7 | 5942 | 73 | 12.3 | 5984 | 72 |
| 36019 | NY | Clinton County | 13.9 | 10,127 | 91 | 13.2 | 10294 | 86 | 13.3 | 9743 | 82 |
| 36021 | NY | Columbia County | 9 | 5,471 | 45 | 9.6 | 5835 | 54 | 10.5 | 6108 | 55 |
| 36023 | NY | Cortland County | 15.5 | 7,015 | 105 | 12.7 | 5810 | 81 | 14.7 | 6651 | 95 |
| 36025 | NY | Delaware County | 12.9 | 5,915 | 82 | 12.8 | 5768 | 82 | 14.1 | 6303 | 90 |
| 36027 | NY | Dutchess County | 7.5 | 19,858 | 31 | 5.4 | 12997 | 19 | 7.3 | 16801 | 24 |
| 36029 | NY | Erie County | 12.2 | 112,358 | 76 | 12.2 | 115613 | 78 | 10.6 | 105664 | 56 |
| 36031 | NY | Essex County | 11.6 | 4,173 | 70 | 12.3 | 4263 | 79 | 13.4 | 4760 | 83 |
| 36033 | NY | Franklin County | 14.6 | 6,477 | 98 | 17.1 | 7354 | 111 | 16.7 | 7224 | 108 |
| 36035 | NY | Fulton County | 12.5 | 6,686 | 78 | 13.0 | 6889 | 84 | 11.8 | 6397 | 68 |
| 36037 | NY | Genesee County | 7.6 | 4,495 | 32 | 7.3 | 4300 | 37 | 9.1 | 5346 | 41 |
| 36039 | NY | Greene County | 12.2 | 5,432 | 76 | 9.7 | 4081 | 55 | 11.7 | 4656 | 67 |
| 36041 | NY | Hamilton County | 10.4 | 557 | 59 | 8.7 | 450 | 47 | 13.0 | 650 | 79 |
| 36043 | NY | Herkimer County | 12.5 | 7,921 | 78 | 13.1 | 8453 | 85 | 12.9 | 8512 | 78 |
| 36045 | NY | Jefferson County | 13.3 | 13,751 | 86 | 11.8 | 12252 | 74 | 13.7 | 11924 | 86 |
| 36047 | NY | Kings County | 25.1 | 610,476 | 141 | 22.7 | 514163 | 139 | 24.0 | 530106 | |