The poverty rate for Pennsylvania in 2016 was 12.9 percent, slightly above the U.S. figure of 12.7 percent. In New Jersey, the poverty rate was 10.4 percent. Both state figures were slightly less than in 2015. The median household income in Pennsylvania was up slightly to $56,907, while New Jersey's saw a large 4 percentage-point gain to $76,126. In the city of Camden, the poverty rate was 30 percent.