About one-fifth of all Hispanic and Black New Jerseyans were living in poverty in 2014. (from Poverty Benchmarks 2015).
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Hispanic and Black child poverty rates are almost four times the rate for White non-Hispanic children (from Poverty Benchmarks 2015).
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Poverty tends to concentrate along the Route 1 corridor in the north and in the agricultural counties in the south. (from Poverty Benchmarks 2015).
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About 36% of children under the age of six were living in households with an income below 200% FPL in 2014, the equivalent of 226,956 children. (from Poverty Benchmarks 2015).
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Welfare grants, static for 28 years, now represent only 10.7% of the amount needed to escape actual poverty for TANF, 5.6% for GA single individuals who are employable, and 8.4% for single adults who are unemployable. (from Poverty Benchmarks 2015).
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In 2015, there were just 30 affordable units available for every 100 extremely low-income renters (those with incomes below 30% of the Area Median Income (AMI)). (from Poverty Benchmarks 2015).
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Poverty remains at 50-year record high levels, nearly 40% higher than before the 2007 economic collapse (from Poverty Benchmarks 2015).
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New Jersey’s labor participation rate in 2014 was at its lowest point in the last thirty years. (from Poverty Benchmarks 2015).
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New Jersey’s long-term unemployment (those out of work more than 26 weeks) rate is currently the third highest in the nation. (from Poverty Benchmarks 2015).
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Over 40% of residents in Hudson, Essex, Passaic, Cumberland, and Salem, had an income below 250% FPL in 2013. (from Poverty Benchmarks 2015).
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