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Outcomes

9.2% of people in New Jersey live below the poverty line.

Children below the poverty line, 2024
11.8%
Country: 15.5%
Median household income, 2024
$104,202
Country: $81,604
real output grew over five years
15.0%
bills traced into law in 24 months
0
Real output, year by year.
1997: $454Bchained 2017 dollars, adjusted for inflation2025: $688B

What became law

Enacted bills traced to their place on the books, latest first.

No enacted bill has been traced to its statute for New Jersey.

Coverage is partial, and nothing here says a law moved a number.

Counties by poverty rate: 8 counties
Counties by poverty rate
Hudson County$93,4684.3%14.7%
Cumberland County$66,9867.3%14.2%
Essex County$84,9005.6%13.4%
Salem County$81,0096.1%12.4%
Passaic County$85,2245.4%12.1%
Camden County$91,4115.1%11.4%
Atlantic County$74,6935.8%11.1%
Mercer County$102,7604.6%10.0%