CRD 07-17 Table 4

CRD 07-17 Table 4. Decadal proportion of population below the poverty line in coastal counties by county and state
	Proportion of Population Living Below Poverty by Census Year				Change in Poverty Status
	1970	1980	1990	2000	1970 to 2000
Maine	13.6%	13.0%	10.8%	10.9%	-19.7%
Washington	23.0%	21.6%	19.3%	19.0%	-17.5%
Hancock	16.9%	14.6%	10.0%	10.2%	-39.5%
Knox	15.9%	14.4%	11.9%	10.1%	-36.7%
Lincoln	15.7%	16.7%	9.6%	10.1%	-35.4%
Sagadahoc	13.4%	11.2%	7.2%	8.6%	-35.6%
Cumberland	10.6%	10.5%	8.0%	7.9%	-25.7%
York	11.6%	9.8%	6.8%	8.2%	-29.6%
New Hampshire	9.1%	8.5%	6.4%	6.5%	-28.2%
Strafford	9.6%	10.4%	8.2%	9.2%	-4.4%
Rockingham	8.2%	6.6%	4.4%	4.5%	-45.2%
Massachusetts	8.6%	9.6%	8.9%	9.3%	8.9%
Essex	7.8%	9.1%	9.3%	8.9%	14.3%
Suffolk	15.2%	19.1%	18.1%	19.0%	24.9%
Norfolk	4.9%	5.5%	4.5%	4.6%	-6.2%
Plymouth	7.2%	8.0%	6.6%	6.6%	-7.8%
Barnstable	11.1%	8.9%	7.5%	6.9%	-38.1%
Dukes	9.1%	9.7%	6.7%	7.3%	-19.7%
Bristol	10.5%	10.1%	9.1%	10.0%	-4.8%
Rhode Island	11.0%	10.3%	9.6%	11.9%	8.3%
Newport	13.3%	9.9%	7.5%	7.1%	-46.4%
Washington	13.0%	8.2%	6.8%	7.3%	-43.9%
Connecticut	7.2%	8.0%	6.8%	7.9%	9.4%
New London	9.8%	8.2%	6.4%	6.4%	-35.2%
New Haven	8.1%	9.4%	7.9%	9.5%	17.5%
Fairfield	6.3%	7.5%	6.1%	6.9%	10.2%
New York	11.0%	13.4%	13.0%	14.6%	32.1%
Suffolk	5.9%	6.6%	4.7%	6.0%	1.5%
Nassau	4.4%	4.8%	3.7%	5.2%	19.6%
New Jersey	8.1%	9.5%	7.6%	8.5%	4.3%
Monmouth	7.7%	7.5%	5.0%	6.3%	-18.1%
Ocean	8.6%	8.1%	6.0%	7.0%	-18.8%
Atlantic	13.1%	12.6%	9.4%	10.5%	-20.1%
Cape May	12.6%	9.1%	8.3%	8.6%	-31.7%

(Modified Jun. 13 2008)