Poverty Rate in Sussex County, NJ
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.5%
Rank #78/3,222 · #4 in NJ
98th
Sussex 5.5%
NJ 9.7% -43.0%
US 12.6% -56.1%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Sussex County's poverty rate of 5.5% 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 Sussex County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #75 | Putnam County, OH | 5.5% |
| #76 | Trego County, KS | 5.5% |
| #77 | Rooks County, KS | 5.5% |
| #78 | Sussex County, NJ | 5.5% |
| #79 | York County, VA | 5.6% |
| #80 | Powell County, MT | 5.6% |
| #81 | Geauga County, OH | 5.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Sussex County, New Jersey has a poverty rate of 5.5%, ranking #78 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 56.1% below the national value of 12.6%. Within New Jersey, it ranks #4 of 21. This places it in the 98th 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.