Statistics about Phillipsburg, NJ (as of November 2004)
As school employees, we see the young faces of poverty in Phillipsburg on a daily basis. The statistics below are provided to demonstrate how widespread the problem is in Phillipsburg. Last year, NORWESCAP distributed almost 2,000,000 pounds of food to over 130 agencies in Hunterdon, Sussex & Warren counties. Over 8,000 individuals, over half of them children, are fed every month by NORWESCAP's Food Bank. For every $1 donated, the Food Bank is able to purchase 14 pounds of food. 1 Thus over the past four years, the PEA has enabled the Food Bank to purchase 135,000 pounds, or 67 tons, of food for the people of Phillipsburg and the surrounding areas.
Category	Phillipsburg	Greenwich	Warren County	New Jersey 2
Population	15,730	3,760	102,437	8,414,350
Area Size	3.3 sq. mi.	10.56 mi.	364.5 sq. mi.	7,417 sq. mi.
Population Density	4,766/sq. mi.	356/sq. mi.	281/sq. mi.	1,134/sq. mi.
Median Household Income	$37,368	$87,613	$56,100	$55,146
Per Capita Income	$18,452	$32,886	$25,728	$27,006
Per Capita Rank	512	163	11
% below Poverty Adults - Children	13.4 - 16.6	2.4 - 2.5	5.4 - 5.9	8.8 - 10.8
1. Source: NORWESCAP website			2. Source: NJ Dept. of Labor website

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