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Table 3.  Program participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons                                                                                                                                  22
          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                                                                                                                                     
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                              
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                    
Total......................           7,439     5,867     78.9     4,653     62.5     1,894     25.5     2,869     38.6     4,148     55.8     1,257     16.9 
Under 18 years...............         3,506     3,060     87.3     2,423     69.1       991     28.3     1,622     46.3     2,158     61.5       666     19.0 
18 to 24 years...............           941       627     66.7       524     55.7       191     20.3       255     27.1       482     51.2       142     15.1 
25 to 34 years...............         1,121       863     77.0       664     59.3       241     21.5       398     35.6       585     52.3       143     12.7 
35 to 44 years...............           811       635     78.3       456     56.2       174     21.4       271     33.4       408     50.4       116     14.3 
45 to 54 years...............           422       295     69.9       230     54.5       106     25.2       120     28.5       199     47.1        68     16.1 
55 to 59 years...............           141        86     60.9        79     55.8        43     30.3        53     37.4        72     50.9        25     17.5 
60 to 64 years...............           140        87     62.4        80     57.3        42     30.4        43     30.8        71     50.6        28     20.0 
65 years and over............           358       214     59.8       197     55.1       106     29.8       106     29.7       173     48.5        69     19.3 
  65 to 74 years.............           221       131     59.5       116     52.7        72     32.7        63     28.5       103     46.6        41     18.6 
  75 years and over.........            137        82     60.2        81     59.1        34     25.0        43     31.6        70     51.4        28     20.4 
                                                                                                                                                              
Male                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total......................         3,292     2,581     78.4     1,996     60.6       779     23.7     1,186     36.0     1,800     54.7       510     15.5 
Under 18 years...............         1,709     1,512     88.5     1,180     69.1       491     28.7       769     45.0     1,073     62.8       329     19.3 
18 to 24 years...............           425       271     63.8       220     51.7        77     18.1       102     23.9       202     47.6        70     16.5 
25 to 34 years...............           443       309     69.7       234     52.9        71     16.0       117     26.3       205     46.2        36      8.1 
35 to 44 years...............           346       257     74.2       171     49.5        55     15.8        99     28.5       154     44.4        36     10.5 
45 to 54 years...............           174       118     67.5        87     50.0        38     22.0        42     23.9        73     41.7        18     10.2 
55 to 59 years...............            48        28      (B)        28      (B)        10      (B)        13      (B)        26      (B)         2      (B) 
60 to 64 years...............            51        35      (B)        32      (B)        19      (B)        20      (B)        30      (B)         7      (B) 
65 years and over............            96        51     53.9        44     46.2        19     20.1        26     27.5        37     39.1        11     11.2 
   65 to 74 years............            60        32      (B)        26      (B)        12      (B)        16      (B)        23      (B)         7      (B) 
   75 years and over........             36        19      (B)        18      (B)         7      (B)        10      (B)        14      (B)         4      (B) 
                                                                                                                                                              
Female                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total.......................        4,147     3,286     79.2     2,656     64.1     1,115     26.9     1,683     40.6     2,348     56.6       747     18.0 
Under 18 years...............         1,797     1,548     86.2     1,243     69.2       500     27.8       853     47.5     1,085     60.4       337     18.7 
18 to 24 years...............           515       356     69.0       304     59.0       114     22.1       153     29.8       279     54.2        72     13.9 
25 to 34 years...............           678       554     81.7       430     63.5       170     25.1       282     41.6       381     56.2       107     15.8 
35 to 44 years...............           465       378     81.4       285     61.2       119     25.6       172     37.1       255     54.8        80     17.1 
45 to 54 years...............           248       177     71.6       143     57.7        68     27.5        79     31.8       126     50.9        50     20.2 
55 to 59 years...............            93        58     62.2        51     54.6        33     35.4        40     42.9        46     49.0        22     23.8 
60 to 64 years...............            88        52     59.2        48     54.3        23     26.5        23     26.3        41     46.1        21     24.0 
65 years and over............           262       162     61.9       153     58.4        87     33.3        80     30.5       136     51.9        58     22.3 
   65 to 74 years............           161        99     61.7        90     55.9        60     37.3        47     29.3        80     49.7        34     21.3 
   75 years and over........            101        63     62.3        63     62.3        27     26.8        33     32.4        56     55.4        24     23.8 
Table 3.  Program participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons                                                                                                                                  23
          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.........................        7,439     5,867     78.9     4,653     62.5     1,894     25.5     2,869     38.6     4,148     55.8     1,257     16.9 
  65 years and over..........           358       214     59.8       197     55.1       106     29.8       106     29.7       173     48.5        69     19.3 
In families..................         6,349     5,297     83.4     4,154     65.4     1,671     26.3     2,641     41.6     3,717     58.6     1,117     17.6 
  Householder................         1,525     1,208     79.3       954     62.6       400     26.3       592     38.8       859     56.3       278     18.2 
    Under 65 years...........         1,448     1,165     80.4       921     63.6       386     26.7       573     39.6       829     57.2       273     18.9 
    65 years and over........            77        44     56.9        33     43.1        14     18.4        19     25.2        30     39.5         5      6.0 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         3,382     2,978     88.1     2,363     69.9       978     28.9     1,588     47.0     2,108     62.3       657     19.4 
     Under 6 years...........         1,300     1,113     85.6       945     72.7       370     28.5       598     46.0       862     66.3       259     19.9 
      6 to 17 years..........         2,082     1,865     89.6     1,418     68.1       608     29.2       990     47.5     1,247     59.9       399     19.1 
  Own children 18 years and over        342       291     85.2       219     64.1        89     26.1       128     37.4       202     59.0        80     23.4 
                                                                                                                                                              
In married-couple families            3,522     2,810     79.8     2,075     58.9       593     16.8     1,198     34.0     1,820     51.7       343      9.7 
  Husbands...................           728       542     74.4       402     55.2       113     15.6       219     30.0       353     48.4        68      9.3 
    Under 65 years...........           680       527     77.5       390     57.4       110     16.1       209     30.7       341     50.1        66      9.7 
    65 years and over........            48        15      (B)        12      (B)         4      (B)        10      (B)        12      (B)         2      (B) 
  Wives......................           741       544     73.4       407     54.9       113     15.2       228     30.7       359     48.4        69      9.3 
    Under 65 years...........           698       528     75.6       394     56.4       108     15.4       216     30.9       347     49.7        65      9.3 
    65 years and over........            43        16      (B)        13      (B)         5      (B)        11      (B)        11      (B)         4      (B) 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         1,745     1,486     85.2     1,105     63.3       308     17.6       671     38.5       957     54.8       176     10.1 
      Under 6 years..........           734       608     82.9       499     67.9       139     19.0       270     36.8       441     60.1        84     11.5 
      6 to 17 years..........         1,011       877     86.8       606     60.0       168     16.7       401     39.7       515     51.0        92      9.1 
  Own children 18 years and over        131       107     81.1        68     51.9        19     14.5        40     30.1        63     47.9        16     12.0 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with female house-                                                                                                                                
  holder, no spouse present           2,488     2,222     89.3     1,898     76.3     1,049     42.2     1,375     55.2     1,727     69.4       757     30.4 
  Householder................           686       587     85.5       498     72.6       278     40.5       349     50.9       455     66.4       203     29.6 
    Under 65 years...........           660       562     85.3       477     72.3       267     40.5       340     51.6       437     66.3       201     30.4 
    65 years and over........            27        24      (B)        21      (B)        11      (B)         9      (B)        18      (B)         2      (B) 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         1,471     1,349     91.7     1,158     78.7       655     44.5       884     60.1     1,054     71.6       473     32.1 
      Under 6 years..........           497       451     90.9       403     81.0       227     45.7       316     63.5       377     76.0       173     34.8 
      6 to 17 years..........           974       898     92.2       755     77.5       428     43.9       568     58.3       676     69.4       300     30.8 
    18 years and over........           188       165     88.0       139     74.3        69     36.9        81     43.0       131     69.7        63     33.4 
Table 3.  Program participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons                                                                                                                                  24
          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                     338       265     78.3       181     53.5        28      8.3        68     20.1       170     50.2        17      5.2 
    Householder..............           111        86     77.1        59     53.0        12     10.9        25     22.8        55     49.2         8      6.8 
      Under 65 years.........           104        80     76.8        57     55.2        12     11.6        25     23.8        53     51.2         8      7.2 
      65 years and over......             7         6      (B)         1      (B)         0      (B)         1      (B)         1      (B)         0      (B) 
    Related children                                                                                                                                          
      Under 18 years.........           166       143     86.3       101     60.6        15      9.1        33     19.9        98     58.8         8      5.0 
        Under 6 years........            69        53      (B)        44      (B)         4      (B)        12      (B)        43      (B)         2      (B) 
        6 to 17 years........            97        90     93.0        57     58.6        11     11.4        21     21.4        55     56.6         7      7.0 
      18 years and over......            23        19      (B)        11      (B)         1      (B)         7      (B)         8      (B)         1      (B) 
                                                                                                                                                              
In unrelated subfamilies                100        84     84.1        61     61.5        19     18.9        37     37.4        54     54.4         8      8.3 
  Under 18 years.............            60        50      (B)        39      (B)        12      (B)        26      (B)        33      (B)         7      (B) 
    Under 6 years............            27        23      (B)        21      (B)         9      (B)        14      (B)        18      (B)         5      (B) 
    6 to 17 years............            33        27      (B)        17      (B)         3      (B)        11      (B)        15      (B)         1      (B) 
  18 years and over..........            40        34      (B)        23      (B)         7      (B)        11      (B)        21      (B)         2      (B) 
                                                                                                                                                              
Unrelated individuals......             991       486     49.0       438     44.2       205     20.6       191     19.3       376     38.0       131     13.2 
  Male.......................           420       174     41.4       152     36.2        68     16.2        58     13.8       132     31.4        40      9.4 
    Under 65 years...........           394       154     39.1       132     33.5        59     15.0        46     11.7       119     30.2        33      8.3 
      Living alone...........            69        23      (B)        23      (B)        12      (B)        12      (B)        20      (B)        12      (B) 
    65 years and over........            26        20      (B)        20      (B)         9      (B)        12      (B)        13      (B)         7      (B) 
      Living alone...........            18        15      (B)        15      (B)         8      (B)         8      (B)        10      (B)         7      (B) 
  Female.....................           570       312     54.7       286     50.1       137     23.9       133     23.3       244     42.8        91     16.0 
    Under 65 years...........           403       211     52.4       185     45.9        73     18.0        80     19.9       156     38.7        44     11.0 
      Living alone...........           104        64     61.8        64     61.8        40     38.5        32     30.5        49     47.0        35     34.2 
    65 years and over........           167       101     60.3       101     60.3        64     38.2        53     31.4        88     52.8        47     28.1 
      Living alone...........           149        94     63.1        94     63.1        61     41.1        49     33.1        83     55.8        46     30.7 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032000/pov/new03_008.htm