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Table 3.  Program Participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons in 2000                                                                                        09:57 Tuesday, December 11, 2001  80
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)

                                                                                                                          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......................          31,054    20,567     66.2    17,902     57.6     7,814     25.2    10,500     33.8    15,567     50.1     5,749     18.5 
Under 18 years...............        11,553     9,611     83.2     8,096     70.1     3,490     30.2     5,313     46.0     7,304     63.2     2,664     23.1 
18 to 24 years...............         3,890     2,042     52.5     1,877     48.3       680     17.5     1,015     26.1     1,577     40.5       625     16.1 
25 to 34 years...............         3,892     2,529     65.0     2,194     56.4       940     24.2     1,309     33.6     1,933     49.7       652     16.8 
35 to 44 years...............         3,678     2,461     66.9     2,033     55.3       856     23.3     1,119     30.4     1,768     48.1       567     15.4 
45 to 54 years...............         2,441     1,422     58.3     1,282     52.5       651     26.7       684     28.0     1,080     44.3       394     16.2 
55 to 59 years...............         1,175       613     52.2       582     49.5       344     29.2       261     22.2       486     41.3       186     15.8 
60 to 64 years...............         1,066       504     47.3       475     44.6       256     24.0       251     23.5       382     35.9       172     16.1 
65 years and over............         3,359     1,385     41.2     1,363     40.6       597     17.8       549     16.3     1,036     30.8       489     14.6 
  65 to 74 years.............         1,592       755     47.4       738     46.3       334     21.0       346     21.7       571     35.9       272     17.1 
  75 years and over.........          1,767       630     35.6       625     35.4       263     14.9       202     11.5       465     26.3       217     12.3 
                                                                                                                                                              
Male                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total......................        13,417     8,755     65.3     7,462     55.6     3,136     23.4     4,220     31.5     6,478     48.3     2,240     16.7 
Under 18 years...............         5,836     4,850     83.1     4,027     69.0     1,697     29.1     2,582     44.2     3,654     62.6     1,309     22.4 
18 to 24 years...............         1,568       709     45.2       628     40.1       200     12.8       316     20.1       496     31.6       201     12.8 
25 to 34 years...............         1,421       806     56.7       689     48.5       270     19.0       328     23.1       598     42.1       169     11.9 
35 to 44 years...............         1,520       927     61.0       763     50.2       335     22.0       377     24.8       649     42.7       175     11.5 
45 to 54 years...............         1,122       631     56.2       565     50.4       258     23.0       289     25.7       480     42.8       129     11.5 
55 to 59 years...............           477       240     50.2       226     47.3       130     27.2        92     19.2       183     38.3        58     12.1 
60 to 64 years...............           411       175     42.6       160     39.0        76     18.5        82     20.0       122     29.7        56     13.7 
65 years and over............         1,063       417     39.2       403     37.9       171     16.1       154     14.5       297     27.9       143     13.5 
   65 to 74 years............           575       264     45.9       253     44.0       111     19.4       105     18.2       186     32.4        97     17.0 
   75 years and over........            488       154     31.5       150     30.8        59     12.1        49     10.1       110     22.6        46      9.4 
                                                                                                                                                              
Female                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total.......................       17,637    11,811     67.0    10,440     59.2     4,678     26.5     6,280     35.6     9,089     51.5     3,510     19.9 
Under 18 years...............         5,717     4,761     83.3     4,069     71.2     1,793     31.4     2,731     47.8     3,650     63.9     1,355     23.7 
18 to 24 years...............         2,323     1,333     57.4     1,249     53.8       481     20.7       699     30.1     1,081     46.6       424     18.2 
25 to 34 years...............         2,472     1,722     69.7     1,505     60.9       670     27.1       981     39.7     1,335     54.0       484     19.6 
35 to 44 years...............         2,158     1,534     71.1     1,270     58.8       521     24.2       742     34.4     1,119     51.9       392     18.2 
45 to 54 years...............         1,319       791     60.0       717     54.4       393     29.8       395     30.0       600     45.5       266     20.2 
55 to 59 years...............           698       373     53.5       357     51.1       214     30.6       169     24.2       303     43.4       128     18.3 
60 to 64 years...............           655       330     50.3       315     48.0       180     27.5       169     25.8       260     39.7       115     17.6 
65 years and over............         2,296       967     42.1       959     41.8       426     18.6       394     17.2       740     32.2       346     15.1 
   65 to 74 years............         1,017       491     48.3       485     47.7       222     21.9       241     23.7       384     37.8       175     17.2 
   75 years and over........          1,279       476     37.2       474     37.1       204     16.0       153     12.0       355     27.8       171     13.4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
Table 3.  Program Participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons in 2000                                                                                        09:57 Tuesday, December 11, 2001  81
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)

                                                                                                                          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.........................       31,054    20,567     66.2    17,902     57.6     7,814     25.2    10,500     33.8    15,567     50.1     5,749     18.5 
  65 years and over..........         3,359     1,385     41.2     1,363     40.6       597     17.8       549     16.3     1,036     30.8       489     14.6 
In families..................        22,015    16,581     75.3    14,076     63.9     6,043     27.4     8,894     40.4    12,547     57.0     4,431     20.1 
  Householder................         6,222     4,364     70.1     3,788     60.9     1,629     26.2     2,355     37.8     3,343     53.7     1,260     20.3 
    Under 65 years...........         5,595     4,103     73.3     3,538     63.2     1,494     26.7     2,250     40.2     3,136     56.0     1,220     21.8 
    65 years and over........           627       261     41.5       250     39.9       134     21.4       105     16.8       207     33.0        40      6.4 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        11,018     9,273     84.2     7,827     71.0     3,411     31.0     5,214     47.3     7,075     64.2     2,615     23.7 
     Under 6 years...........         3,917     3,274     83.6     2,925     74.7     1,271     32.4     1,923     49.1     2,689     68.6     1,000     25.5 
      6 to 17 years..........         7,101     5,998     84.5     4,902     69.0     2,141     30.1     3,291     46.3     4,386     61.8     1,616     22.8 
  Own children 18 years and over      1,311       887     67.7       762     58.1       390     29.8       474     36.2       668     51.0       210     16.0 
                                                                                                                                                              
In married-couple families           10,138     6,599     65.1     5,211     51.4     1,692     16.7     2,850     28.1     4,573     45.1     1,040     10.3 
  Husbands...................         2,638     1,488     56.4     1,212     45.9       405     15.4       652     24.7     1,040     39.4       246      9.3 
    Under 65 years...........         2,179     1,345     61.7     1,076     49.4       336     15.4       588     27.0       939     43.1       214      9.8 
    65 years and over........           459       143     31.2       136     29.6        69     15.1        64     14.0       102     22.2        32      7.0 
  Wives......................         2,638     1,488     56.4     1,212     45.9       405     15.4       652     24.7     1,040     39.4       246      9.3 
    Under 65 years...........         2,305     1,392     60.4     1,120     48.6       362     15.7       609     26.4       968     42.0       230     10.0 
    65 years and over........           334        96     28.6        92     27.6        43     13.0        43     12.9        73     21.7        16      4.8 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         4,219     3,246     76.9     2,498     59.2       769     18.2     1,415     33.5     2,232     52.9       493     11.7 
      Under 6 years..........         1,490     1,142     76.6       916     61.4       248     16.6       516     34.6       833     55.9       187     12.5 
      6 to 17 years..........         2,728     2,104     77.1     1,583     58.0       521     19.1       899     32.9     1,399     51.3       306     11.2 
  Own children 18 years and over        477       280     58.7       217     45.6        97     20.3       108     22.6       195     40.9        49     10.2 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with female house-                                                                                                                                
  holder, no spouse present          10,425     8,957     85.9     8,026     77.0     4,049     38.8     5,649     54.2     7,239     69.4     3,176     30.5 
  Householder................         3,096     2,547     82.3     2,302     74.4     1,120     36.2     1,580     51.0     2,062     66.6       944     30.5 
    Under 65 years...........         2,921     2,439     83.5     2,195     75.1     1,058     36.2     1,543     52.8     1,961     67.1       933     31.9 
    65 years and over........           175       108     61.6       107     61.5        62     35.4        36     20.8       102     58.0        12      6.6 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         6,116     5,489     89.8     4,904     80.2     2,487     40.7     3,578     58.5     4,465     73.0     1,994     32.6 
      Under 6 years..........         2,196     1,945     88.6     1,844     84.0       973     44.3     1,323     60.2     1,718     78.2       766     34.9 
      6 to 17 years..........         3,920     3,544     90.4     3,060     78.1     1,514     38.6     2,255     57.5     2,746     70.1     1,228     31.3 
    18 years and over........           753       568     75.5       515     68.5       285     37.8       349     46.3       449     59.6       161     21.3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
Table 3.  Program Participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons in 2000                                                                                        09:57 Tuesday, December 11, 2001  82
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)

                                                                                                                          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                   1,452     1,025     70.6       840     57.8       301     20.7       395     27.2       735     50.6       215     14.8 
    Householder..............           488       329     67.5       274     56.1       104     21.2       123     25.1       240     49.2        70     14.3 
      Under 65 years.........           448       300     67.0       248     55.3        94     20.9       110     24.6       218     48.7        66     14.7 
      65 years and over......            40        29      (B)        26      (B)        10      (B)        13      (B)        22      (B)         4      (B) 
    Related children                                                                                                                                          
      Under 18 years.........           684       538     78.6       425     62.1       156     22.8       221     32.3       379     55.4       129     18.9 
        Under 6 years........           231       187     81.1       165     71.7        50     21.6        84     36.5       137     59.6        47     20.2 
        6 to 17 years........           453       351     77.4       259     57.3       106     23.4       137     30.2       241     53.3        82     18.2 
      18 years and over......            81        39     48.3        29     35.5         9     10.7        17     21.2        24     29.9         1      1.1 
                                                                                                                                                              
In unrelated subfamilies                510       383     75.1       300     58.8        93     18.2       127     25.0       258     50.6        48      9.4 
  Under 18 years.............           306       240     78.3       181     59.1        60     19.7        79     25.9       155     50.7        32     10.4 
    Under 6 years............           113        72     63.2        59     52.3        16     14.4        12     10.8        51     44.6         5      4.3 
    6 to 17 years............           193       168     87.2       122     63.2        44     22.9        67     34.7       105     54.3        27     14.0 
  18 years and over..........           204       143     70.4       119     58.3        32     15.9        48     23.7       103     50.4        16      7.8 
                                                                                                                                                              
Unrelated individuals......           8,529     3,602     42.2     3,526     41.3     1,678     19.7     1,479     17.3     2,762     32.4     1,270     14.9 
  Male.......................         3,459     1,400     40.5     1,364     39.4       640     18.5       558     16.1     1,052     30.4       464     13.4 
    Under 65 years...........         2,931     1,170     39.9     1,134     38.7       552     18.8       486     16.6       889     30.3       362     12.3 
      Living alone...........         1,155       550     47.6       550     47.6       268     23.2       267     23.1       399     34.5       246     21.3 
    65 years and over........           528       230     43.5       230     43.5        88     16.7        72     13.6       164     31.0       102     19.3 
      Living alone...........           437       179     40.9       179     40.9        70     15.9        60     13.8       121     27.7        98     22.3 
  Female.....................         5,071     2,202     43.4     2,162     42.6     1,039     20.5       922     18.2     1,709     33.7       807     15.9 
    Under 65 years...........         3,378     1,501     44.4     1,460     43.2       743     22.0       632     18.7     1,194     35.3       498     14.7 
      Living alone...........         1,575       848     53.8       848     53.8       498     31.6       434     27.6       671     42.6       421     26.7 
    65 years and over........         1,692       702     41.5       702     41.5       296     17.5       290     17.1       516     30.5       309     18.2 
      Living alone...........         1,584       669     42.2       669     42.2       281     17.8       276     17.4       489     30.8       307     19.4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.

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