| New Brunswick | ||||||
| Total | Poor | Distribution of total | Distribution of poor | Poverty rate | ||
| Unattached Individuals | 77,100 | 33,500 | 100% | 100% | 43% | |
| Non-elderly women | 23,200 | 11,800 | 30% | 35% | 51% | |
| Non-elderly men | 27,600 | 11,000 | 36% | 33% | 40% | |
| Elderly women | 19,400 | 8,600 | 25% | 26% | 44% | |
| Elderly men | 6,800 | 2,200 | 9% | 6% | 31% | |
| Economic Families | 207,900 | 34,200 | 100% | 100% | 16% | |
| Couples with no children < 18 | 95,500 | 9,000 | 46% | 26% | 9% | |
| Couples with children < 18 | 79,900 | 11,100 | 38% | 32% | 14% | |
| Lone-parent families < 18 | 17,300 | 10,600 | 8% | 31% | 61% | |
| Other families | 15,200 | 3,500 | 7% | 10% | 23% | |
| Non-elderly family | 171,900 | 31,400 | 83% | 92% | 18% | |
| Elderly family | 36,100 | 2,800 | 17% | 8% | 8% | |
| Children 0-17 in families | 169,900 | 37,600 | 100% | 100% | 22% | |
| Aged 0-5 | 51,300 | 13,200 | 30% | 35% | 26% | |
| Aged 6-17 | 118,600 | 24,400 | 70% | 65% | 21% | |
| All persons | 721,000 | 137,300 | 100% | 100% | 19% | |
| Aged 0-14 | 141,900 | 32,900 | 20% | 24% | 23% | |
| Aged 15-24 | 104,300 | 24,300 | 14% | 18% | 23% | |
| Aged 25-34 | 110,700 | 21,100 | 15% | 15% | 19% | |
| Aged 35-44 | 121,000 | 19,500 | 17% | 14% | 16% | |
| Aged 45-54 | 95,200 | 13,700 | 13% | 10% | 14% | |
| Aged 55-64 | 61,600 | 11,400 | 9% | 8% | 19% | |
| Aged 65-74 | 50,300 | 7,200 | 7% | 5% | 14% | |
| Aged 75+ | 36,000 | 7,300 | 5% | 5% | 20% | |
| Females | 366,500 | 76,100 | 51% | 55% | 21% | |
| Males | 354,500 | 61,200 | 49% | 45% | 17% | |
| Population groups (all persons)* | 721,000 | 137,300 | 100% | 100% | 19% | |
| Recent immigrants | 2,500 | 700 | 0% | 1% | 29% | |
| Visible minorities | 7,900 | 2,700 | 1% | 2% | 34% | |
| Aboriginal identity | 4,600 | 2,000 | 1% | 1% | 43% | |
| With disabilities | 87,300 | 27,500 | 12% | 20% | 31% | |
| Education level (aged 15-64) | 492,800 | 90,000 | 100% | 100% | 18% | |
| Post-secondary certificate | 144,700 | 13,900 | 29% | 15% | 10% | |
| Secondary | 122,100 | 20,900 | 25% | 23% | 17% | |
| Less than secondary | 226,000 | 55,200 | 46% | 61% | 24% | |
| Employment activity (aged 15-64) | 492,800 | 90,000 | 100% | 100% | 18% | |
| Full-time, full year employment | 162,500 | 9,200 | 33% | 10% | 6% | |
| Part-time, full year employment | 22,900 | 3,400 | 5% | 4% | 15% | |
| Part-time, part year employment | 183,100 | 32,600 | 37% | 36% | 18% | |
| No employment in 1995 | 124,300 | 44,900 | 25% | 50% | 36% | |
| Sources of income (non-elderly economic families) | ||||||
| Average total income | $47,800 | $11,200 | ||||
| Average earnings | $41,600 | $6,800 | ||||
| Average government transfers | $6,500 | $6,700 | ||||
| Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families) | ||||||
| Number with incomes < .5 of LICO | 11,600 | |||||
| Average poverty gap | $9,000 | |||||
| Average market gap** | $12,600 | |||||
| * Population groups not mutually exclusive. **Market gap based on income of market-poor families. Notes: see Glossary for definitions of terms. A margin of error may be present due to rounding of figures. Percentages based on unrounded figures. | ||||||