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Table 3.  Program participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons                                                                                                                                  63
          in 1999

                                                                                                                          In household in                     
                                                                In household that  In household that                     which one or more                    
                                             In household that   received means-    received means-   In household that     persons were      Live in public  
                                              received means-   tested assistance     tested cash       received food        covered by       or subsidized   
                                             tested assistance  excl.school lunch      assistance           stamps            Medicaid           housing      
                                                                                                                                                              
                                      Total    Number  Percent    Number  Percent    Number  Percent    Number  Percent    Number  Percent    Number  Percent 
Characteristic                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                              
ALL RACES AND                                                                                                                                                 
ALL INCOME LEVELS                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                              
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                    
Total......................         273,493    63,627     23.3    51,108     18.7    20,306      7.4    18,722      6.8    43,589     15.9    10,638      3.9 
Under 18 years...............        71,731    25,140     35.0    18,730     26.1     6,868      9.6     8,692     12.1    16,502     23.0     4,399      6.1 
18 to 24 years...............        26,532     6,813     25.7     5,951     22.4     2,246      8.5     2,022      7.6     5,048     19.0     1,258      4.7 
25 to 34 years...............        37,786     8,676     23.0     6,800     18.0     2,329      6.2     2,459      6.5     5,836     15.4     1,359      3.6 
35 to 44 years...............        44,805     8,737     19.5     6,495     14.5     2,663      5.9     2,210      4.9     5,603     12.5     1,049      2.3 
45 to 54 years...............        36,631     5,402     14.7     4,608     12.6     2,193      6.0     1,279      3.5     3,890     10.6       722      2.0 
55 to 59 years...............        12,868     1,900     14.8     1,782     13.9       982      7.6       515      4.0     1,506     11.7       315      2.4 
60 to 64 years...............        10,519     1,572     14.9     1,495     14.2       743      7.1       384      3.7     1,240     11.8       271      2.6 
65 years and over............        32,621     5,386     16.5     5,248     16.1     2,282      7.0     1,161      3.6     3,964     12.2     1,266      3.9 
  65 to 74 years.............        17,796     2,865     16.1     2,770     15.6     1,306      7.3       663      3.7     2,192     12.3       586      3.3 
  75 years and over.........         14,825     2,521     17.0     2,478     16.7       976      6.6       498      3.4     1,773     12.0       680      4.6 
                                                                                                                                                              
Male                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total......................       133,647    29,659     22.2    23,471     17.6     9,230      6.9     8,142      6.1    20,111     15.0     4,170      3.1 
Under 18 years...............        36,746    13,137     35.8     9,712     26.4     3,554      9.7     4,451     12.1     8,580     23.4     2,144      5.8 
18 to 24 years...............        13,291     2,997     22.6     2,551     19.2       913      6.9       694      5.2     2,095     15.8       476      3.6 
25 to 34 years...............        18,563     3,637     19.6     2,892     15.6       974      5.2       831      4.5     2,470     13.3       423      2.3 
35 to 44 years...............        22,135     3,940     17.8     2,952     13.3     1,205      5.4       908      4.1     2,581     11.7       362      1.6 
45 to 54 years...............        17,890     2,497     14.0     2,073     11.6       984      5.5       520      2.9     1,746      9.8       237      1.3 
55 to 59 years...............         6,105       803     13.1       742     12.2       420      6.9       185      3.0       648     10.6        94      1.5 
60 to 64 years...............         5,032       669     13.3       627     12.5       287      5.7       161      3.2       514     10.2       112      2.2 
65 years and over............        13,886     1,979     14.2     1,922     13.8       893      6.4       391      2.8     1,475     10.6       322      2.3 
   65 to 74 years............         8,049     1,178     14.6     1,137     14.1       540      6.7       249      3.1       916     11.4       172      2.1 
   75 years and over........          5,837       801     13.7       785     13.4       352      6.0       142      2.4       560      9.6       150      2.6 
                                                                                                                                                              
Female                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total.......................      139,846    33,968     24.3    27,637     19.8    11,076      7.9    10,581      7.6    23,478     16.8     6,468      4.6 
Under 18 years...............        34,985    12,003     34.3     9,018     25.8     3,314      9.5     4,241     12.1     7,922     22.6     2,254      6.4 
18 to 24 years...............        13,242     3,816     28.8     3,400     25.7     1,333     10.1     1,328     10.0     2,953     22.3       782      5.9 
25 to 34 years...............        19,223     5,039     26.2     3,907     20.3     1,355      7.1     1,628      8.5     3,366     17.5       935      4.9 
35 to 44 years...............        22,670     4,797     21.2     3,543     15.6     1,458      6.4     1,302      5.7     3,022     13.3       687      3.0 
45 to 54 years...............        18,741     2,905     15.5     2,535     13.5     1,209      6.5       759      4.1     2,143     11.4       485      2.6 
55 to 59 years...............         6,763     1,098     16.2     1,040     15.4       562      8.3       329      4.9       858     12.7       221      3.3 
60 to 64 years...............         5,487       903     16.5       868     15.8       456      8.3       223      4.1       725     13.2       159      2.9 
65 years and over............        18,735     3,407     18.2     3,326     17.8     1,390      7.4       769      4.1     2,489     13.3       945      5.0 
   65 to 74 years............         9,747     1,687     17.3     1,632     16.7       766      7.9       414      4.2     1,276     13.1       415      4.3 
   75 years and over........          8,988     1,720     19.1     1,693     18.8       623      6.9       356      4.0     1,213     13.5       530      5.9 
Table 3.  Program participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons                                                                                                                                  64
          in 1999

                                                                                                                          In household in                     
                                                                In household that  In household that                     which one or more                    
                                             In household that   received means-    received means-   In household that     persons were      Live in public  
                                              received means-   tested assistance     tested cash       received food        covered by       or subsidized   
                                             tested assistance  excl.school lunch      assistance           stamps            Medicaid           housing      
                                                                                                                                                              
                                      Total    Number  Percent    Number  Percent    Number  Percent    Number  Percent    Number  Percent    Number  Percent 
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
Household relationship                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
Total.........................      273,493    63,627     23.3    51,108     18.7    20,306      7.4    18,722      6.8    43,589     15.9    10,638      3.9 
  65 years and over..........        32,621     5,386     16.5     5,248     16.1     2,282      7.0     1,161      3.6     3,964     12.2     1,266      3.9 
In families..................       228,633    55,659     24.3    43,591     19.1    17,128      7.5    16,280      7.1    37,904     16.6     8,357      3.7 
  Householder................        72,031    14,860     20.6    11,997     16.7     4,757      6.6     4,320      6.0    10,312     14.3     2,504      3.5 
    Under 65 years...........        60,443    13,243     21.9    10,452     17.3     4,002      6.6     4,000      6.6     9,009     14.9     2,353      3.9 
    65 years and over........        11,588     1,616     13.9     1,544     13.3       754      6.5       320      2.8     1,303     11.2       150      1.3 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        70,480    24,527     34.8    18,238     25.9     6,685      9.5     8,480     12.0    16,051     22.8     4,338      6.2 
     Under 6 years...........        23,105     8,108     35.1     6,776     29.3     2,264      9.8     3,069     13.3     6,070     26.3     1,616      7.0 
      6 to 17 years..........        47,375    16,419     34.7    11,461     24.2     4,421      9.3     5,411     11.4     9,981     21.1     2,722      5.7 
  Own children 18 years and over     21,696     5,388     24.8     4,599     21.2     2,297     10.6     1,239      5.7     3,964     18.3       572      2.6 
                                                                                                                                                              
In married-couple families          179,169    31,550     17.6    23,271     13.0     7,815      4.4     6,358      3.5    20,216     11.3     2,515      1.4 
  Husbands...................        55,315     7,554     13.7     5,831     10.5     2,001      3.6     1,451      2.6     4,980      9.0       667      1.2 
    Under 65 years...........        45,369     6,544     14.4     4,862     10.7     1,559      3.4     1,299      2.9     4,183      9.2       559      1.2 
    65 years and over........         9,946     1,009     10.1       969      9.7       441      4.4       152      1.5       798      8.0       108      1.1 
  Wives......................        55,315     7,554     13.7     5,831     10.5     2,001      3.6     1,451      2.6     4,980      9.0       667      1.2 
    Under 65 years...........        47,689     6,867     14.4     5,166     10.8     1,705      3.6     1,355      2.8     4,448      9.3       568      1.2 
    65 years and over........         7,626       687      9.0       665      8.7       296      3.9        96      1.3       532      7.0        99      1.3 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        51,341    12,654     24.6     8,518     16.6     2,316      4.5     2,852      5.6     7,492     14.6     1,049      2.0 
      Under 6 years..........        17,300     4,177     24.1     3,252     18.8       721      4.2     1,032      6.0     2,897     16.7       407      2.4 
      6 to 17 years..........        34,042     8,477     24.9     5,266     15.5     1,595      4.7     1,821      5.3     4,595     13.5       642      1.9 
  Own children 18 years and over     13,890     2,608     18.8     2,098     15.1     1,071      7.7       393      2.8     1,845     13.3       102      0.7 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with female house-                                                                                                                                
  holder, no spouse present          38,223    20,401     53.4    17,303     45.3     8,214     21.5     9,007     23.6    15,050     39.4     5,483     14.3 
  Householder................        12,687     6,135     48.4     5,210     41.1     2,399     18.9     2,603     20.5     4,505     35.5     1,714     13.5 
    Under 65 years...........        10,952     5,594     51.1     4,698     42.9     2,128     19.4     2,456     22.4     4,064     37.1     1,669     15.2 
    65 years and over........         1,735       541     31.2       512     29.5       271     15.6       148      8.5       441     25.4        45      2.6 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        15,762    10,392     65.9     8,586     54.5     4,029     25.6     5,190     32.9     7,548     47.9     3,130     19.9 
      Under 6 years..........         4,678     3,343     71.5     3,026     64.7     1,434     30.7     1,836     39.2     2,731     58.4     1,144     24.4 
      6 to 17 years..........        11,084     7,049     63.6     5,559     50.2     2,595     23.4     3,354     30.3     4,816     43.5     1,987     17.9 
    18 years and over........         6,471     2,438     37.7     2,200     34.0     1,085     16.8       754     11.6     1,846     28.5       453      7.0 
Table 3.  Program participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons                                                                                                                                  65
          in 1999

                                                                                                                          In household in                     
                                                                In household that  In household that                     which one or more                    
                                             In household that   received means-    received means-   In household that     persons were      Live in public  
                                              received means-   tested assistance     tested cash       received food        covered by       or subsidized   
                                             tested assistance  excl.school lunch      assistance           stamps            Medicaid           housing      
                                                                                                                                                              
                                      Total    Number  Percent    Number  Percent    Number  Percent    Number  Percent    Number  Percent    Number  Percent 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with male householder                                                                                                                             
  no spouse present                  11,242     3,708     33.0     3,017     26.8     1,099      9.8       915      8.1     2,637     23.5       360      3.2 
    Householder..............         4,028     1,171     29.1       955     23.7       357      8.9       266      6.6       826     20.5       123      3.1 
      Under 65 years.........         3,612     1,036     28.7       827     22.9       290      8.0       230      6.4       712     19.7       121      3.3 
      65 years and over......           416       135     32.4       129     30.9        67     16.1        35      8.5       114     27.5         2      0.6 
    Related children                                                                                                                                          
      Under 18 years.........         3,377     1,481     43.9     1,134     33.6       340     10.1       438     13.0     1,012     30.0       159      4.7 
        Under 6 years........         1,127       588     52.2       499     44.2       109      9.7       202     17.9       442     39.2        65      5.8 
        6 to 17 years........         2,250       893     39.7       636     28.3       231     10.3       236     10.5       570     25.3        94      4.2 
      18 years and over......         1,335       342     25.6       301     22.6       140     10.5        92      6.9       273     20.5        17      1.3 
                                                                                                                                                              
In unrelated subfamilies              1,428       751     52.6       608     42.6       247     17.3       284     19.9       573     40.1        53      3.7 
  Under 18 years.............           825       451     54.7       363     44.0       147     17.8       173     20.9       347     42.0        32      3.9 
    Under 6 years............           250       146     58.5       127     50.9        63     25.4        67     26.8       120     47.8        15      6.0 
    6 to 17 years............           575       305     53.0       236     41.0        84     14.5       106     18.4       227     39.5        17      2.9 
  18 years and over..........           603       300     49.7       245     40.6       100     16.6       111     18.4       226     37.5        21      3.5 
                                                                                                                                                              
Unrelated individuals......          43,432     7,217     16.6     6,909     15.9     2,931      6.7     2,159      5.0     5,113     11.8     2,227      5.1 
  Male.......................        20,806     3,309     15.9     3,110     14.9     1,405      6.8     1,005      4.8     2,410     11.6       808      3.9 
    Under 65 years...........        17,991     2,720     15.1     2,521     14.0     1,163      6.5       865      4.8     2,050     11.4       604      3.4 
      Living alone...........         8,849       854      9.6       854      9.6       455      5.1       291      3.3       632      7.1       370      4.2 
    65 years and over........         2,816       589     20.9       589     20.9       242      8.6       141      5.0       361     12.8       204      7.3 
      Living alone...........         2,361       461     19.5       461     19.5       162      6.9        98      4.2       248     10.5       195      8.3 
  Female.....................        22,626     3,908     17.3     3,799     16.8     1,527      6.7     1,154      5.1     2,702     11.9     1,419      6.3 
    Under 65 years...........        14,800     2,222     15.0     2,114     14.3       971      6.6       713      4.8     1,618     10.9       642      4.3 
      Living alone...........         8,122     1,013     12.5     1,013     12.5       497      6.1       375      4.6       715      8.8       473      5.8 
    65 years and over........         7,826     1,686     21.5     1,686     21.5       556      7.1       441      5.6     1,085     13.9       776      9.9 
      Living alone...........         7,436     1,550     20.9     1,550     20.9       491      6.6       416      5.6       958     12.9       771     10.4 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
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