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Table 3.  Program participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons                                                                                                                                  66
          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                                                                                                                                                     
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                              
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                    
Total......................          32,258    21,940     68.0    19,157     59.4     8,877     27.5    11,818     36.6    16,337     50.6     6,346     19.7 
Under 18 years...............        12,109    10,297     85.0     8,769     72.4     3,937     32.5     6,063     50.1     7,651     63.2     3,051     25.2 
18 to 24 years...............         4,603     2,458     53.4     2,253     48.9       956     20.8     1,247     27.1     1,863     40.5       765     16.6 
25 to 34 years...............         3,968     2,703     68.1     2,316     58.4       977     24.6     1,446     36.5     2,028     51.1       702     17.7 
35 to 44 years...............         3,733     2,491     66.7     2,084     55.8     1,026     27.5     1,271     34.0     1,766     47.3       616     16.5 
45 to 54 years...............         2,466     1,454     58.9     1,268     51.4       705     28.6       692     28.1     1,064     43.1       378     15.3 
55 to 59 years...............         1,179       606     51.4       578     49.0       349     29.6       297     25.2       474     40.2       193     16.3 
60 to 64 years...............         1,033       482     46.7       467     45.3       256     24.8       212     20.5       399     38.7       146     14.2 
65 years and over............         3,167     1,450     45.8     1,422     44.9       671     21.2       589     18.6     1,092     34.5       495     15.6 
  65 to 74 years.............         1,577       776     49.2       757     48.0       392     24.9       343     21.7       624     39.6       250     15.8 
  75 years and over.........          1,591       674     42.4       665     41.8       279     17.5       247     15.5       468     29.4       245     15.4 
                                                                                                                                                              
Male                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total......................        13,813     9,326     67.5     7,997     57.9     3,618     26.2     4,928     35.7     6,839     49.5     2,417     17.5 
Under 18 years...............         6,058     5,231     86.3     4,448     73.4     1,995     32.9     3,097     51.1     3,911     64.6     1,477     24.4 
18 to 24 years...............         1,859       868     46.7       759     40.8       266     14.3       357     19.2       582     31.3       246     13.2 
25 to 34 years...............         1,422       823     57.8       689     48.4       276     19.4       380     26.7       609     42.8       133      9.4 
35 to 44 years...............         1,562       958     61.4       781     50.0       399     25.6       470     30.1       665     42.6       200     12.8 
45 to 54 years...............         1,025       583     56.9       488     47.6       252     24.6       247     24.1       400     39.0       126     12.3 
55 to 59 years...............           485       229     47.3       216     44.6       130     26.8       107     22.1       176     36.4        54     11.1 
60 to 64 years...............           442       211     47.7       203     45.9       103     23.4        88     19.8       180     40.6        65     14.8 
65 years and over............           960       423     44.0       412     42.9       196     20.4       182     19.0       316     32.9       115     12.0 
   65 to 74 years............           574       269     46.9       262     45.6       125     21.8       123     21.4       214     37.2        71     12.3 
   75 years and over........            386       154     39.7       150     38.8        71     18.4        59     15.3       102     26.5        44     11.5 
                                                                                                                                                              
Female                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total.......................       18,445    12,614     68.4    11,160     60.5     5,259     28.5     6,889     37.4     9,499     51.5     3,929     21.3 
Under 18 years...............         6,051     5,066     83.7     4,320     71.4     1,942     32.1     2,966     49.0     3,740     61.8     1,574     26.0 
18 to 24 years...............         2,744     1,589     57.9     1,494     54.4       690     25.1       890     32.4     1,281     46.7       519     18.9 
25 to 34 years...............         2,545     1,881     73.9     1,627     63.9       701     27.5     1,066     41.9     1,420     55.8       569     22.4 
35 to 44 years...............         2,171     1,533     70.6     1,303     60.0       627     28.9       801     36.9     1,101     50.7       416     19.1 
45 to 54 years...............         1,441       871     60.4       780     54.1       453     31.4       445     30.9       664     46.1       252     17.5 
55 to 59 years...............           695       377     54.2       361     52.0       220     31.6       190     27.4       297     42.8       139     20.0 
60 to 64 years...............           590       271     45.9       265     44.8       153     25.8       124     21.0       220     37.2        81     13.7 
65 years and over............         2,207     1,027     46.5     1,010     45.7       475     21.5       407     18.4       776     35.2       380     17.2 
   65 to 74 years............         1,003       506     50.5       495     49.4       267     26.6       220     21.9       411     40.9       179     17.9 
   75 years and over........          1,204       521     43.2       515     42.7       208     17.3       187     15.6       365     30.3       201     16.7 
Table 3.  Program participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons                                                                                                                                  67
          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.........................       32,258    21,940     68.0    19,157     59.4     8,877     27.5    11,818     36.6    16,337     50.6     6,346     19.7 
  65 years and over..........         3,167     1,450     45.8     1,422     44.9       671     21.2       589     18.6     1,092     34.5       495     15.6 
In families..................        23,396    18,108     77.4    15,499     66.2     7,008     30.0    10,207     43.6    13,387     57.2     5,164     22.1 
  Householder................         6,676     4,824     72.3     4,204     63.0     1,925     28.8     2,721     40.8     3,642     54.6     1,491     22.3 
    Under 65 years...........         6,072     4,569     75.2     3,966     65.3     1,838     30.3     2,611     43.0     3,437     56.6     1,452     23.9 
    65 years and over........           604       255     42.2       238     39.5        87     14.5       110     18.3       206     34.1        39      6.5 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        11,510     9,939     86.4     8,472     73.6     3,826     33.2     5,887     51.1     7,385     64.2     3,014     26.2 
     Under 6 years...........         4,170     3,546     85.0     3,199     76.7     1,406     33.7     2,165     51.9     2,842     68.1     1,141     27.4 
      6 to 17 years..........         7,340     6,393     87.1     5,273     71.8     2,421     33.0     3,723     50.7     4,543     61.9     1,872     25.5 
  Own children 18 years and over      1,621     1,198     73.9     1,048     64.6       504     31.1       585     36.1       821     50.7       298     18.4 
                                                                                                                                                              
In married-couple families           10,422     6,998     67.1     5,540     53.2     1,995     19.1     3,317     31.8     4,699     45.1     1,094     10.5 
  Husbands...................         2,673     1,534     57.4     1,238     46.3       461     17.3       722     27.0     1,057     39.5       256      9.6 
    Under 65 years...........         2,247     1,407     62.6     1,116     49.7       419     18.7       660     29.4       956     42.6       231     10.3 
    65 years and over........           426       127     29.9       122     28.7        42      9.8        61     14.3       101     23.6        25      5.9 
  Wives......................         2,673     1,534     57.4     1,238     46.3       461     17.3       722     27.0     1,057     39.5       256      9.6 
    Under 65 years...........         2,382     1,446     60.7     1,155     48.5       426     17.9       681     28.6       988     41.5       230      9.7 
    65 years and over........           291        88     30.4        83     28.7        35     12.1        41     14.0        68     23.5        27      9.1 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         4,297     3,397     79.0     2,644     61.5       872     20.3     1,637     38.1     2,246     52.3       525     12.2 
      Under 6 years..........         1,565     1,188     75.9     1,015     64.8       303     19.4       592     37.8       883     56.4       192     12.3 
      6 to 17 years..........         2,732     2,209     80.8     1,629     59.6       569     20.8     1,045     38.2     1,363     49.9       333     12.2 
  Own children 18 years and over        510       348     68.3       275     53.9       137     26.9       173     33.9       201     39.5        41      8.1 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with female house-                                                                                                                                
  holder, no spouse present          11,607    10,174     87.7     9,233     79.5     4,764     41.0     6,462     55.7     8,081     69.6     3,910     33.7 
  Householder................         3,531     2,994     84.8     2,739     77.6     1,377     39.0     1,869     52.9     2,396     67.8     1,178     33.4 
    Under 65 years...........         3,348     2,871     85.8     2,623     78.4     1,331     39.8     1,826     54.5     2,292     68.5     1,164     34.8 
    65 years and over........           184       123     67.0       116     63.0        46     24.9        42     23.1       103     56.3        14      7.5 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         6,602     6,044     91.6     5,449     82.5     2,824     42.8     4,017     60.8     4,819     73.0     2,407     36.5 
      Under 6 years..........         2,353     2,149     91.3     2,011     85.5     1,064     45.2     1,468     62.4     1,827     77.6       908     38.6 
      6 to 17 years..........         4,249     3,895     91.7     3,438     80.9     1,760     41.4     2,549     60.0     2,992     70.4     1,499     35.3 
    18 years and over........         1,014       783     77.3       720     71.0       360     35.6       383     37.7       580     57.2       248     24.4 
Table 3.  Program participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons                                                                                                                                  68
          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                   1,366       936     68.5       726     53.1       249     18.2       428     31.3       607     44.4       160     11.7 
    Householder..............           472       295     62.6       227     48.2        87     18.4       131     27.8       190     40.2        57     12.0 
      Under 65 years.........           431       274     63.7       211     48.9        83     19.3       120     27.8       176     40.8        54     12.6 
      65 years and over......            41        21      (B)        17      (B)         4      (B)        11      (B)        14      (B)         2      (B) 
    Related children                                                                                                                                          
      Under 18 years.........           611       498     81.6       379     62.1       130     21.3       233     38.2       320     52.3        81     13.3 
        Under 6 years........           252       209     82.8       173     68.5        39     15.4       105     41.5       131     52.1        41     16.4 
        6 to 17 years........           359       290     80.7       207     57.6        91     25.5       129     35.8       188     52.5        40     11.2 
      18 years and over......            97        67     68.6        53     53.9         6      6.7        29     30.2        40     41.2         9      8.8 
                                                                                                                                                              
In unrelated subfamilies                558       417     74.7       353     63.3       155     27.7       231     41.3       332     59.5        27      4.9 
  Under 18 years.............           341       256     75.2       218     64.0        94     27.5       144     42.4       206     60.4        17      4.9 
    Under 6 years............           120        89     73.9        79     65.6        48     40.0        59     49.2        73     60.7         7      6.1 
    6 to 17 years............           221       168     75.9       139     63.2        46     20.7        85     38.6       133     60.3         9      4.3 
  18 years and over..........           217       160     74.0       135     62.3        61     28.1        86     39.7       126     58.0        10      4.8 
                                                                                                                                                              
Unrelated individuals......           8,305     3,415     41.1     3,304     39.8     1,715     20.7     1,380     16.6     2,619     31.5     1,155     13.9 
  Male.......................         3,398     1,392     41.0     1,330     39.1       721     21.2       568     16.7     1,077     31.7       420     12.4 
    Under 65 years...........         2,937     1,141     38.9     1,079     36.8       589     20.1       462     15.7       898     30.6       334     11.4 
      Living alone...........         1,135       445     39.2       445     39.2       283     24.9       208     18.4       364     32.1       210     18.5 
    65 years and over........           461       250     54.3       250     54.3       132     28.7       106     23.0       179     38.9        86     18.6 
      Living alone...........           332       174     52.5       174     52.5        87     26.3        77     23.1       109     32.8        80     24.0 
  Female.....................         4,907     2,023     41.2     1,974     40.2       994     20.3       812     16.5     1,542     31.4       736     15.0 
    Under 65 years...........         3,273     1,260     38.5     1,211     37.0       635     19.4       503     15.4       983     30.0       403     12.3 
      Living alone...........         1,303       591     45.3       591     45.3       372     28.5       274     21.0       455     34.9       299     23.0 
    65 years and over........         1,634       763     46.7       763     46.7       359     22.0       308     18.9       559     34.2       333     20.4 
      Living alone...........         1,488       681     45.8       681     45.8       326     21.9       290     19.5       483     32.5       330     22.1 

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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