Report: Poverty Rates Steady, But Many in NJ Still in Need

Housing costs are a major burden for many New Jerseyans. (David Owens/Flickr)Housing costs are a major burden for many New Jerseyans. (David Owens/Flickr)

TRENTON, NJ—(SBN)—The poverty rate didn’t move much between 2016 and 2017, but many New Jerseyans still are struggling.

On this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the latest New Jersey Poverty Snapshot finds more than 880,000, or 10 percent of people in the state, lived in poverty in 2017.

Correspondent Steve Lubetkin has more in this audio news report:

The report is online at chn.org.