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Table 3.  Program participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons                                                                                                                                  19
          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                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                              
PEOPLE OF HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                                                                     
ALL INCOME LEVELS                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                              
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                    
Total......................          32,669    15,408     47.2    10,884     33.3     3,958     12.1     4,344     13.3     9,651     29.5     2,199      6.7 
Under 18 years...............        11,560     6,935     60.0     4,706     40.7     1,659     14.4     2,258     19.5     4,181     36.2     1,023      8.9 
18 to 24 years...............         3,958     1,712     43.2     1,347     34.0       452     11.4       429     10.8     1,206     30.5       281      7.1 
25 to 34 years...............         5,660     2,419     42.7     1,694     29.9       499      8.8       599     10.6     1,486     26.3       306      5.4 
35 to 44 years...............         4,974     2,063     41.5     1,268     25.5       440      8.8       457      9.2     1,145     23.0       211      4.2 
45 to 54 years...............         3,019     1,011     33.5       722     23.9       307     10.2       209      6.9       633     21.0       130      4.3 
55 to 59 years...............           990       294     29.7       252     25.5       141     14.2        96      9.7       229     23.1        41      4.1 
60 to 64 years...............           755       256     33.9       224     29.7       109     14.4        80     10.6       199     26.3        50      6.7 
65 years and over............         1,752       718     40.9       670     38.2       351     20.0       216     12.3       573     32.7       155      8.9 
  65 to 74 years.............         1,132       444     39.3       409     36.1       212     18.7       131     11.6       348     30.7        97      8.6 
  75 years and over.........            621       273     44.0       261     42.1       139     22.4        85     13.7       226     36.3        58      9.3 
                                                                                                                                                              
Male                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total......................        16,371     7,469     45.6     5,197     31.7     1,791     10.9     1,883     11.5     4,635     28.3       975      6.0 
Under 18 years...............         5,928     3,607     60.8     2,434     41.1       855     14.4     1,098     18.5     2,186     36.9       528      8.9 
18 to 24 years...............         2,078       815     39.2       633     30.5       209     10.1       172      8.3       558     26.9       146      7.0 
25 to 34 years...............         2,855     1,106     38.7       782     27.4       208      7.3       210      7.4       693     24.3       111      3.9 
35 to 44 years...............         2,480       965     38.9       586     23.6       178      7.2       182      7.4       533     21.5        77      3.1 
45 to 54 years...............         1,489       464     31.2       313     21.0       124      8.3        76      5.1       274     18.4        35      2.3 
55 to 59 years...............           461       125     27.1       107     23.3        57     12.5        26      5.7       102     22.1        13      2.9 
60 to 64 years...............           359       125     34.8       104     28.8        47     13.0        40     11.2        94     26.3        15      4.1 
65 years and over............           720       262     36.4       239     33.1       113     15.6        78     10.8       193     26.8        51      7.1 
   65 to 74 years............           469       162     34.4       143     30.5        63     13.4        51     10.8       116     24.8        29      6.2 
   75 years and over........            251       100     40.0        96     38.1        50     19.7        27     10.7        77     30.7        22      8.9 
                                                                                                                                                              
Female                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total.......................       16,297     7,939     48.7     5,687     34.9     2,167     13.3     2,461     15.1     5,017     30.8     1,223      7.5 
Under 18 years...............         5,632     3,329     59.1     2,272     40.3       804     14.3     1,159     20.6     1,995     35.4       496      8.8 
18 to 24 years...............         1,880       897     47.7       714     38.0       243     12.9       257     13.7       648     34.5       135      7.2 
25 to 34 years...............         2,805     1,313     46.8       913     32.5       291     10.4       389     13.9       793     28.3       195      7.0 
35 to 44 years...............         2,493     1,098     44.0       682     27.3       262     10.5       274     11.0       612     24.5       134      5.4 
45 to 54 years...............         1,530       547     35.7       410     26.8       183     12.0       133      8.7       358     23.4        95      6.2 
55 to 59 years...............           529       169     31.9       145     27.4        83     15.7        70     13.3       127     23.9        28      5.2 
60 to 64 years...............           396       131     33.1       121     30.5        62     15.7        40     10.1       104     26.4        35      9.0 
65 years and over............         1,032       456     44.2       431     41.8       239     23.1       138     13.4       380     36.8       104     10.1 
   65 to 74 years............           662       283     42.7       266     40.1       149     22.5        80     12.2       231     34.9        68     10.3 
   75 years and over........            370       173     46.8       166     44.8        90     24.3        58     15.7       149     40.2        36      9.7 
Table 3.  Program participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons                                                                                                                                  20
          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.........................       32,669    15,408     47.2    10,884     33.3     3,958     12.1     4,344     13.3     9,651     29.5     2,199      6.7 
  65 years and over..........         1,752       718     40.9       670     38.2       351     20.0       216     12.3       573     32.7       155      8.9 
In families..................        29,198    14,389     49.3    10,008     34.3     3,628     12.4     4,006     13.7     8,910     30.5     1,984      6.8 
  Householder................         7,561     3,311     43.8     2,362     31.2       882     11.7       912     12.1     2,075     27.4       520      6.9 
    Under 65 years...........         6,938     3,077     44.3     2,151     31.0       770     11.1       852     12.3     1,894     27.3       485      7.0 
    65 years and over........           623       234     37.6       210     33.8       112     18.0        61      9.7       181     29.0        35      5.6 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        11,300     6,798     60.2     4,603     40.7     1,634     14.5     2,208     19.5     4,089     36.2     1,009      8.9 
     Under 6 years...........         4,247     2,443     57.5     1,881     44.3       601     14.1       850     20.0     1,702     40.1       394      9.3 
      6 to 17 years..........         7,052     4,356     61.8     2,722     38.6     1,034     14.7     1,358     19.3     2,387     33.9       615      8.7 
  Own children 18 years and over      2,523     1,105     43.8       815     32.3       399     15.8       250      9.9       746     29.6       172      6.8 
                                                                                                                                                              
In married-couple families           20,942     9,278     44.3     5,837     27.9     1,621      7.7     1,879      9.0     5,156     24.6       816      3.9 
  Husbands...................         5,166     1,961     38.0     1,258     24.3       349      6.7       366      7.1     1,097     21.2       193      3.7 
    Under 65 years...........         4,714     1,825     38.7     1,137     24.1       300      6.4       332      7.0       996     21.1       167      3.5 
    65 years and over........           452       136     30.1       121     26.8        48     10.6        34      7.5       100     22.2        26      5.7 
  Wives......................         5,302     1,947     36.7     1,256     23.7       350      6.6       374      7.1     1,096     20.7       190      3.6 
    Under 65 years...........         4,940     1,838     37.2     1,155     23.4       304      6.2       347      7.0     1,015     20.5       163      3.3 
    65 years and over........           362       108     30.0       101     27.8        45     12.5        27      7.4        81     22.3        27      7.6 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         7,846     4,229     53.9     2,534     32.3       627      8.0       954     12.2     2,208     28.1       365      4.6 
      Under 6 years..........         3,062     1,552     50.7     1,106     36.1       231      7.6       376     12.3       980     32.0       156      5.1 
      6 to 17 years..........         4,784     2,677     55.9     1,428     29.9       395      8.3       579     12.1     1,228     25.7       209      4.4 
  Own children 18 years and over      1,540       592     38.4       387     25.1       169     10.9        93      6.0       369     23.9        45      2.9 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with female house-                                                                                                                                
  holder, no spouse present           6,113     4,099     67.1     3,389     55.4     1,784     29.2     1,899     31.1     3,028     49.5     1,111     18.2 
  Householder................         1,769     1,106     62.5       910     51.5       474     26.8       483     27.3       803     45.4       307     17.3 
    Under 65 years...........         1,623     1,019     62.8       829     51.1       422     26.0       459     28.2       732     45.1       299     18.4 
    65 years and over........           146        87     59.2        81     55.6        52     35.7        25     16.9        71     48.8         8      5.2 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         2,806     2,140     76.3     1,754     62.5       942     33.6     1,144     40.8     1,581     56.3       625     22.3 
      Under 6 years..........           910       709     77.9       625     68.7       348     38.3       425     46.7       579     63.7       230     25.3 
      6 to 17 years..........         1,897     1,431     75.5     1,129     59.5       594     31.3       718     37.9     1,002     52.8       395     20.8 
    18 years and over........           816       446     54.6       379     46.4       206     25.2       134     16.4       334     40.9       120     14.7 
Table 3.  Program participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons                                                                                                                                  21
          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                   2,143     1,013     47.3       782     36.5       223     10.4       229     10.7       726     33.9        57      2.6 
    Householder..............           658       278     42.3       215     32.6        68     10.3        64      9.8       197     30.0        20      3.1 
      Under 65 years.........           608       255     41.9       196     32.2        56      9.2        57      9.3       180     29.6        20      3.3 
      65 years and over......            50        23      (B)        19      (B)        11      (B)         8      (B)        17      (B)         0      (B) 
    Related children                                                                                                                                          
      Under 18 years.........           648       430     66.3       315     48.6        66     10.2       110     17.0       300     46.3        20      3.0 
        Under 6 years........           276       182     65.8       150     54.2        21      7.7        49     17.8       142     51.3         8      3.1 
        6 to 17 years........           371       248     66.8       165     44.4        45     12.0        61     16.4       158     42.5        11      3.0 
      18 years and over......           168        67     40.1        50     29.8        25     14.8        23     13.7        44     26.0         7      4.4 
                                                                                                                                                              
In unrelated subfamilies                264       143     54.3       106     40.1        32     12.1        53     20.2        99     37.4         8      3.1 
  Under 18 years.............           149        81     54.3        62     41.3        20     13.3        36     23.9        56     37.5         7      4.4 
    Under 6 years............            59        35      (B)        33      (B)        11      (B)        17      (B)        30      (B)         5      (B) 
    6 to 17 years............            90        46     51.0        29     32.1         8      9.4        19     21.1        26     29.3         1      1.4 
  18 years and over..........           115        62     54.3        44     38.6        12     10.5        18     15.4        43     37.4         2      1.5 
                                                                                                                                                              
Unrelated individuals......           3,207       876     27.3       771     24.0       298      9.3       285      8.9       642     20.0       206      6.4 
  Male.......................         1,887       440     23.3       383     20.3       130      6.9       121      6.4       320     17.0        89      4.7 
    Under 65 years...........         1,766       392     22.2       336     19.0       108      6.1       103      5.9       291     16.5        66      3.7 
      Living alone...........           567        60     10.6        60     10.6        23      4.1        25      4.4        43      7.5        22      3.9 
    65 years and over........           121        47     39.2        47     39.2        21     17.6        18     14.9        29     23.9        23     19.1 
      Living alone...........           100        39     38.8        39     38.8        18     17.7        11     11.2        22     22.2        22     21.8 
  Female.....................         1,320       436     33.0       388     29.4       169     12.8       163     12.4       322     24.4       118      8.9 
    Under 65 years...........         1,036       305     29.4       257     24.8        90      8.7       101      9.7       212     20.4        58      5.6 
      Living alone...........           373        83     22.2        83     22.2        47     12.6        38     10.2        59     15.9        42     11.2 
    65 years and over........           284       131     46.0       131     46.0        78     27.5        62     22.0       111     38.9        60     21.1 
      Living alone...........           258       123     47.8       123     47.8        76     29.4        58     22.6       105     40.6        58     22.4 

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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