Poverty Rate in Passaic County, NJ
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
13.0%
Rank #1,524/3,222 · #17 in NJ
53th
Passaic 13.0%
NJ 9.7% +33.7%
US 12.6% +3.1%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Passaic County's poverty rate of 13.0% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Passaic County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,521 | Linn County, OR | 13.0% |
| #1,522 | Grant County, WI | 13.0% |
| #1,523 | Ellis County, OK | 13.0% |
| #1,524 | Passaic County, NJ | 13.0% |
| #1,525 | Orange County, FL | 13.0% |
| #1,526 | Gooding County, ID | 13.0% |
| #1,527 | Calaveras County, CA | 13.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Passaic County, New Jersey has a poverty rate of 13.0%, ranking #1,524 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 3.1% above the national value of 12.6%. Within New Jersey, it ranks #17 of 21. This places it in the 53th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.