Table 3. Program participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons 16
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
BLACK
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
Both Sexes
Total...................... 8,360 6,947 83.1 6,400 76.6 3,354 40.1 4,354 52.1 5,302 63.4 2,964 35.5
Under 18 years............... 3,759 3,499 93.1 3,179 84.6 1,648 43.8 2,409 64.1 2,686 71.5 1,580 42.0
18 to 24 years............... 1,165 887 76.1 843 72.3 406 34.8 521 44.7 670 57.5 403 34.6
25 to 34 years............... 893 742 83.1 681 76.2 358 40.1 488 54.6 573 64.2 329 36.8
35 to 44 years............... 945 756 80.0 683 72.3 386 40.9 438 46.3 554 58.7 293 31.0
45 to 54 years............... 538 377 70.1 349 64.9 198 36.9 197 36.7 288 53.6 148 27.5
55 to 59 years............... 231 180 77.9 174 75.1 103 44.7 87 37.8 140 60.3 65 28.1
60 to 64 years............... 204 124 60.9 120 59.0 60 29.5 51 25.2 93 45.6 38 18.6
65 years and over............ 626 382 61.0 372 59.4 194 31.0 163 26.0 299 47.7 109 17.3
65 to 74 years............. 360 226 62.7 222 61.7 121 33.7 92 25.5 193 53.7 66 18.2
75 years and over......... 266 156 58.7 150 56.3 73 27.3 71 26.6 105 39.6 43 16.2
Male
Total...................... 3,341 2,809 84.1 2,553 76.4 1,317 39.4 1,757 52.6 2,107 63.1 1,109 33.2
Under 18 years............... 1,873 1,767 94.3 1,605 85.7 840 44.9 1,244 66.4 1,357 72.4 766 40.9
18 to 24 years............... 399 290 72.6 268 67.2 103 25.8 134 33.7 191 48.0 126 31.6
25 to 34 years............... 206 144 69.7 123 59.7 77 37.5 76 37.1 108 52.3 35 17.0
35 to 44 years............... 324 253 78.0 221 68.3 137 42.1 149 46.0 187 57.6 80 24.7
45 to 54 years............... 195 123 62.8 107 54.6 49 25.2 51 26.0 85 43.3 38 19.5
55 to 59 years............... 87 64 73.5 64 73.5 32 37.1 22 25.0 48 54.7 17 19.4
60 to 64 years............... 68 48 (B) 46 (B) 16 (B) 21 (B) 38 (B) 13 (B)
65 years and over............ 189 122 64.9 119 62.9 62 33.1 60 31.7 94 49.9 34 17.9
65 to 74 years............ 125 85 67.9 83 66.5 44 35.7 38 30.3 70 56.2 25 20.2
75 years and over........ 64 38 (B) 36 (B) 18 (B) 22 (B) 24 (B) 8 (B)
Female
Total....................... 5,019 4,137 82.4 3,848 76.7 2,036 40.6 2,597 51.8 3,195 63.7 1,855 37.0
Under 18 years............... 1,886 1,732 91.9 1,574 83.5 808 42.8 1,165 61.8 1,329 70.5 814 43.2
18 to 24 years............... 766 597 78.0 574 75.0 303 39.6 387 50.5 478 62.5 277 36.2
25 to 34 years............... 687 598 87.1 558 81.2 280 40.8 411 59.9 465 67.7 294 42.8
35 to 44 years............... 621 503 81.0 461 74.3 250 40.2 289 46.5 368 59.2 212 34.2
45 to 54 years............... 342 254 74.3 242 70.7 149 43.5 147 42.8 204 59.5 110 32.1
55 to 59 years............... 144 116 80.5 110 76.2 71 49.3 66 45.6 92 63.8 48 33.4
60 to 64 years............... 136 76 56.3 74 54.8 44 32.2 31 22.7 55 40.2 25 18.4
65 years and over............ 438 260 59.3 253 57.9 132 30.1 103 23.5 205 46.8 75 17.1
65 to 74 years............ 235 141 60.0 139 59.1 77 32.7 54 22.9 123 52.4 40 17.2
75 years and over........ 202 119 58.6 114 56.5 55 27.1 49 24.2 81 40.3 35 17.1
Table 3. Program participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons 17
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......................... 8,360 6,947 83.1 6,400 76.6 3,354 40.1 4,354 52.1 5,302 63.4 2,964 35.5
65 years and over.......... 626 382 61.0 372 59.4 194 31.0 163 26.0 299 47.7 109 17.3
In families.................. 6,688 5,986 89.5 5,488 82.1 2,835 42.4 3,918 58.6 4,569 68.3 2,602 38.9
Householder................ 1,898 1,656 87.3 1,530 80.7 772 40.7 1,064 56.1 1,285 67.7 761 40.1
Under 65 years........... 1,761 1,560 88.6 1,439 81.7 742 42.1 1,025 58.2 1,208 68.6 743 42.2
65 years and over........ 137 96 70.2 92 67.0 30 22.2 39 28.1 78 56.6 18 13.0
Related children
Under 18 years........... 3,644 3,409 93.6 3,107 85.3 1,616 44.4 2,368 65.0 2,621 71.9 1,571 43.1
Under 6 years........... 1,299 1,188 91.4 1,106 85.2 600 46.2 881 67.8 958 73.8 576 44.4
6 to 17 years.......... 2,345 2,222 94.7 2,001 85.3 1,017 43.3 1,487 63.4 1,663 70.9 995 42.4
Own children 18 years and over 622 529 85.0 503 80.9 266 42.7 277 44.6 379 61.0 171 27.4
In married-couple families 1,217 952 78.2 759 62.4 364 29.9 498 41.0 554 45.5 196 16.1
Husbands................... 305 225 73.6 186 61.0 86 28.1 123 40.5 143 47.0 53 17.4
Under 65 years........... 257 197 76.7 160 62.4 79 30.8 110 42.7 126 49.2 50 19.5
65 years and over........ 48 28 (B) 26 (B) 7 (B) 14 (B) 17 (B) 3 (B)
Wives...................... 282 199 70.5 160 56.8 73 26.1 102 36.2 118 41.7 44 15.6
Under 65 years........... 248 179 72.0 142 57.2 68 27.5 94 37.7 106 42.8 42 17.0
65 years and over........ 34 20 (B) 18 (B) 5 (B) 8 (B) 11 (B) 2 (B)
Related children
Under 18 years........... 510 430 84.2 324 63.5 149 29.3 216 42.3 231 45.2 94 18.5
Under 6 years.......... 146 106 72.6 87 59.9 53 36.5 70 48.4 62 42.7 17 11.7
6 to 17 years.......... 365 324 88.9 237 65.0 96 26.4 145 39.8 168 46.1 77 21.2
Own children 18 years and over 92 76 82.5 67 73.2 40 43.8 48 52.6 41 44.5 4 4.8
In families with female house-
holder, no spouse present 5,179 4,810 92.9 4,565 88.1 2,421 46.8 3,307 63.9 3,868 74.7 2,356 45.5
Householder................ 1,499 1,372 91.5 1,306 87.1 668 44.6 915 61.1 1,109 74.0 691 46.1
Under 65 years........... 1,415 1,309 92.5 1,246 88.1 646 45.7 895 63.2 1,054 74.5 678 47.9
65 years and over........ 84 63 74.8 61 71.9 22 26.6 21 24.6 55 65.3 12 14.8
Related children
Under 18 years........... 2,997 2,862 95.5 2,696 90.0 1,443 48.2 2,084 69.5 2,316 77.3 1,446 48.2
Under 6 years.......... 1,098 1,031 93.9 980 89.3 545 49.6 782 71.2 863 78.6 546 49.7
6 to 17 years.......... 1,899 1,831 96.4 1,716 90.3 899 47.3 1,302 68.6 1,453 76.5 900 47.4
18 years and over........ 509 432 84.9 419 82.4 220 43.2 221 43.5 322 63.2 166 32.7
Table 3. Program participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons 18
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 292 223 76.3 164 56.3 49 16.9 113 38.7 147 50.3 50 17.2
Householder.............. 104 73 70.2 51 49.4 20 19.4 35 33.8 46 44.3 19 18.1
Under 65 years......... 95 64 67.7 42 44.8 19 19.8 29 30.7 37 39.2 16 17.4
65 years and over...... 9 9 (B) 9 (B) 1 (B) 6 (B) 9 (B) 2 (B)
Related children
Under 18 years......... 137 117 85.7 87 63.2 24 17.2 68 49.5 75 54.5 31 22.8
Under 6 years........ 55 51 (B) 39 (B) 2 (B) 28 (B) 33 (B) 13 (B)
6 to 17 years........ 82 66 81.3 48 58.6 22 26.6 39 48.2 42 51.1 18 22.2
18 years and over...... 21 21 (B) 17 (B) 6 (B) 8 (B) 17 (B) 0 (B)
In unrelated subfamilies 120 111 92.8 83 69.0 43 35.9 54 45.3 83 69.0 5 4.1
Under 18 years............. 73 69 (B) 51 (B) 26 (B) 33 (B) 51 (B) 2 (B)
Under 6 years............ 18 16 (B) 8 (B) 6 (B) 6 (B) 8 (B) 0 (B)
6 to 17 years............ 55 52 (B) 43 (B) 19 (B) 27 (B) 43 (B) 2 (B)
18 years and over.......... 47 43 (B) 32 (B) 17 (B) 21 (B) 32 (B) 3 (B)
Unrelated individuals...... 1,552 850 54.7 829 53.4 475 30.6 381 24.6 650 41.9 358 23.1
Male....................... 663 399 60.1 385 58.1 212 32.0 184 27.8 309 46.6 144 21.7
Under 65 years........... 540 321 59.5 308 57.0 165 30.5 144 26.7 248 45.9 116 21.4
Living alone........... 249 162 65.1 162 65.1 100 40.3 67 26.7 130 52.1 84 33.8
65 years and over........ 123 77 63.0 77 63.0 48 38.9 40 32.5 61 50.1 28 23.1
Living alone........... 87 49 56.4 49 56.4 33 37.6 24 27.3 33 38.3 27 31.4
Female..................... 890 451 50.7 444 49.9 263 29.6 197 22.2 341 38.4 214 24.0
Under 65 years........... 597 290 48.5 282 47.3 170 28.5 126 21.1 214 35.9 153 25.6
Living alone........... 323 198 61.2 198 61.2 128 39.7 86 26.8 146 45.2 137 42.5
65 years and over........ 292 162 55.3 162 55.3 93 31.8 71 24.3 127 43.5 61 20.8
Living alone........... 280 153 54.6 153 54.6 88 31.4 65 23.1 122 43.6 61 21.7