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Table 3.  Program Participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons in 2000                                                                                        09:57 Tuesday, December 11, 2001  83
(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                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                              
WHITE                                                                                                                                                         
ALL INCOME LEVELS                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                              
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                              
Total......................         225,997    44,980     19.9    35,859     15.9    11,333      5.0    10,600      4.7    31,337     13.9     5,719      2.5 
Under 18 years...............        56,412    16,866     29.9    12,184     21.6     3,387      6.0     4,501      8.0    11,115     19.7     1,873      3.3 
18 to 24 years...............        21,532     4,521     21.0     3,914     18.2     1,071      5.0     1,038      4.8     3,374     15.7       663      3.1 
25 to 34 years...............        29,867     6,128     20.5     4,874     16.3     1,365      4.6     1,473      4.9     4,350     14.6       745      2.5 
35 to 44 years...............        36,691     6,403     17.5     4,665     12.7     1,530      4.2     1,343      3.7     4,128     11.3       586      1.6 
45 to 54 years...............        31,964     3,987     12.5     3,404     10.6     1,375      4.3       783      2.4     2,924      9.1       405      1.3 
55 to 59 years...............        11,450     1,430     12.5     1,345     11.7       677      5.9       318      2.8     1,175     10.3       200      1.7 
60 to 64 years...............         8,960     1,230     13.7     1,150     12.8       487      5.4       291      3.2       984     11.0       186      2.1 
65 years and over............        29,122     4,414     15.2     4,324     14.8     1,442      5.0       854      2.9     3,287     11.3     1,062      3.6 
  65 to 74 years.............        15,604     2,253     14.4     2,176     13.9       812      5.2       477      3.1     1,771     11.4       461      3.0 
  75 years and over.........         13,518     2,160     16.0     2,148     15.9       629      4.7       377      2.8     1,516     11.2       601      4.4 
                                                                                                                                                              
Male                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total......................       111,297    21,218     19.1    16,724     15.0     5,139      4.6     4,674      4.2    14,691     13.2     2,332      2.1 
Under 18 years...............        28,950     8,698     30.0     6,286     21.7     1,738      6.0     2,276      7.9     5,758     19.9       945      3.3 
18 to 24 years...............        10,906     2,062     18.9     1,710     15.7       441      4.0       397      3.6     1,460     13.4       300      2.8 
25 to 34 years...............        14,937     2,734     18.3     2,233     14.9       587      3.9       543      3.6     1,970     13.2       282      1.9 
35 to 44 years...............        18,392     2,994     16.3     2,184     11.9       708      3.8       581      3.2     1,901     10.3       201      1.1 
45 to 54 years...............        15,795     1,964     12.4     1,656     10.5       634      4.0       359      2.3     1,420      9.0       174      1.1 
55 to 59 years...............         5,557       617     11.1       585     10.5       295      5.3       119      2.1       520      9.4        65      1.2 
60 to 64 years...............         4,198       499     11.9       462     11.0       191      4.6       112      2.7       397      9.5        57      1.4 
65 years and over............        12,562     1,651     13.1     1,607     12.8       544      4.3       287      2.3     1,264     10.1       308      2.5 
   65 to 74 years............         7,235       963     13.3       922     12.8       351      4.8       183      2.5       746     10.3       182      2.5 
   75 years and over........          5,326       688     12.9       685     12.9       194      3.6       105      2.0       517      9.7       126      2.4 
                                                                                                                                                              
Female                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total.......................      114,700    23,761     20.7    19,135     16.7     6,194      5.4     5,926      5.2    16,647     14.5     3,387      3.0 
Under 18 years...............        27,462     8,168     29.7     5,898     21.5     1,648      6.0     2,225      8.1     5,357     19.5       928      3.4 
18 to 24 years...............        10,626     2,460     23.1     2,204     20.7       630      5.9       641      6.0     1,913     18.0       363      3.4 
25 to 34 years...............        14,930     3,394     22.7     2,641     17.7       778      5.2       930      6.2     2,380     15.9       462      3.1 
35 to 44 years...............        18,299     3,409     18.6     2,481     13.6       821      4.5       762      4.2     2,228     12.2       385      2.1 
45 to 54 years...............        16,169     2,023     12.5     1,747     10.8       742      4.6       423      2.6     1,504      9.3       230      1.4 
55 to 59 years...............         5,893       814     13.8       760     12.9       382      6.5       199      3.4       655     11.1       134      2.3 
60 to 64 years...............         4,761       731     15.4       688     14.4       296      6.2       179      3.8       587     12.3       129      2.7 
65 years and over............        16,560     2,763     16.7     2,717     16.4       897      5.4       567      3.4     2,024     12.2       754      4.6 
   65 to 74 years............         8,369     1,290     15.4     1,253     15.0       462      5.5       294      3.5     1,025     12.2       279      3.3 
   75 years and over........          8,191     1,472     18.0     1,463     17.9       436      5.3       273      3.3       998     12.2       476      5.8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  84
(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.........................      225,997    44,980     19.9    35,859     15.9    11,333      5.0    10,600      4.7    31,337     13.9     5,719      2.5 
  65 years and over..........        29,122     4,414     15.2     4,324     14.8     1,442      5.0       854      2.9     3,287     11.3     1,062      3.6 
In families..................       187,677    38,791     20.7    29,953     16.0     9,183      4.9     8,903      4.7    26,849     14.3     3,976      2.1 
  Householder................        60,222    10,517     17.5     8,458     14.0     2,716      4.5     2,464      4.1     7,492     12.4     1,244      2.1 
    Under 65 years...........        49,923     9,157     18.3     7,132     14.3     2,182      4.4     2,218      4.4     6,384     12.8     1,118      2.2 
    65 years and over........        10,299     1,360     13.2     1,326     12.9       534      5.2       246      2.4     1,108     10.8       127      1.2 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        55,463    16,432     29.6    11,832     21.3     3,283      5.9     4,388      7.9    10,804     19.5     1,817      3.3 
     Under 6 years...........        18,277     5,648     30.9     4,603     25.2     1,197      6.5     1,711      9.4     4,263     23.3       756      4.1 
      6 to 17 years..........        37,186    10,784     29.0     7,229     19.4     2,086      5.6     2,678      7.2     6,540     17.6     1,062      2.9 
  Own children 18 years and over     16,725     3,392     20.3     2,858     17.1     1,165      7.0       590      3.5     2,547     15.2       262      1.6 
                                                                                                                                                              
In married-couple families          155,122    25,585     16.5    19,052     12.3     4,806      3.1     4,290      2.8    16,918     10.9     1,784      1.1 
  Husbands...................        48,677     6,259     12.9     4,910     10.1     1,310      2.7     1,026      2.1     4,279      8.8       514      1.1 
    Under 65 years...........        39,591     5,316     13.4     3,993     10.1       972      2.5       865      2.2     3,532      8.9       405      1.0 
    65 years and over........         9,086       944     10.4       917     10.1       338      3.7       161      1.8       747      8.2       109      1.2 
  Wives......................        48,636     6,263     12.9     4,912     10.1     1,312      2.7     1,044      2.1     4,274      8.8       518      1.1 
    Under 65 years...........        41,681     5,590     13.4     4,254     10.2     1,093      2.6       939      2.3     3,753      9.0       435      1.0 
    65 years and over........         6,955       673      9.7       658      9.5       219      3.1       105      1.5       521      7.5        83      1.2 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        43,818    10,314     23.5     7,030     16.0     1,405      3.2     1,903      4.3     6,357     14.5       648      1.5 
      Under 6 years..........        14,804     3,637     24.6     2,799     18.9       493      3.3       763      5.2     2,551     17.2       318      2.1 
      6 to 17 years..........        29,014     6,677     23.0     4,231     14.6       912      3.1     1,140      3.9     3,805     13.1       330      1.1 
  Own children 18 years and over     11,523     1,902     16.5     1,522     13.2       593      5.1       225      1.9     1,368     11.9        85      0.7 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with female house-                                                                                                                                
  holder, no spouse present          23,591    10,582     44.9     8,725     37.0     3,593     15.2     3,993     16.9     7,942     33.7     1,929      8.2 
  Householder................         8,293     3,364     40.6     2,809     33.9     1,129     13.6     1,218     14.7     2,544     30.7       646      7.8 
    Under 65 years...........         6,925     2,987     43.1     2,438     35.2       962     13.9     1,138     16.4     2,212     31.9       619      8.9 
    65 years and over........         1,368       378     27.6       371     27.1       167     12.2        79      5.8       332     24.3        27      2.0 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         8,941     5,078     56.8     4,007     44.8     1,639     18.3     2,184     24.4     3,698     41.4     1,054     11.8 
      Under 6 years..........         2,597     1,603     61.7     1,453     56.0       619     23.8       797     30.7     1,378     53.0       390     15.0 
      6 to 17 years..........         6,344     3,475     54.8     2,554     40.3     1,020     16.1     1,388     21.9     2,321     36.6       665     10.5 
    18 years and over........         4,175     1,282     30.7     1,144     27.4       489     11.7       339      8.1     1,015     24.3       161      3.9 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  85
(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                   8,964     2,624     29.3     2,176     24.3       783      8.7       621      6.9     1,989     22.2       263      2.9 
    Householder..............         3,274       892     27.2       743     22.7       277      8.5       214      6.5       676     20.7        92      2.8 
      Under 65 years.........         2,917       789     27.1       646     22.1       226      7.8       193      6.6       595     20.4        91      3.1 
      65 years and over......           356       103     28.8        98     27.5        51     14.3        21      6.0        81     22.9         1      0.4 
    Related children                                                                                                                                          
      Under 18 years.........         2,704     1,040     38.5       795     29.4       239      8.8       301     11.1       749     27.7       115      4.2 
        Under 6 years........           876       408     46.6       352     40.2        85      9.8       151     17.3       334     38.2        48      5.5 
        6 to 17 years........         1,828       633     34.6       443     24.3       153      8.4       150      8.2       414     22.7        67      3.6 
      18 years and over......         1,026       208     20.3       191     18.6        83      8.1        26      2.5       164     16.0        16      1.5 
                                                                                                                                                              
In unrelated subfamilies              1,109       551     49.7       445     40.1       142     12.8       166     15.0       390     35.2        61      5.5 
  Under 18 years.............           634       325     51.2       254     40.1        86     13.6        96     15.1       222     35.0        40      6.3 
    Under 6 years............           180        97     53.8        85     47.4        21     11.9        21     11.8        70     38.8         8      4.4 
    6 to 17 years............           454       228     50.2       169     37.2        65     14.3        75     16.5       152     33.5        32      7.0 
  18 years and over..........           475       226     47.6       191     40.1        56     11.8        70     14.7       168     35.5        21      4.5 
                                                                                                                                                              
Unrelated individuals......          37,211     5,638     15.2     5,461     14.7     2,008      5.4     1,531      4.1     4,098     11.0     1,682      4.5 
  Male.......................        17,615     2,521     14.3     2,408     13.7       873      5.0       691      3.9     1,867     10.6       586      3.3 
    Under 65 years...........        15,128     2,040     13.5     1,929     12.7       749      5.0       603      4.0     1,536     10.2       403      2.7 
      Living alone...........         7,371       697      9.5       697      9.5       288      3.9       245      3.3       501      6.8       237      3.2 
    65 years and over........         2,488       481     19.3       479     19.3       123      5.0        88      3.6       330     13.3       182      7.3 
      Living alone...........         2,139       399     18.7       399     18.7        91      4.2        74      3.5       261     12.2       179      8.3 
  Female.....................        19,596     3,116     15.9     3,053     15.6     1,135      5.8       840      4.3     2,231     11.4     1,097      5.6 
    Under 65 years...........        12,628     1,783     14.1     1,721     13.6       789      6.2       554      4.4     1,397     11.1       467      3.7 
      Living alone...........         7,000       877     12.5       877     12.5       469      6.7       314      4.5       676      9.7       373      5.3 
    65 years and over........         6,968     1,333     19.1     1,332     19.1       346      5.0       286      4.1       835     12.0       630      9.0 
      Living alone...........         6,705     1,275     19.0     1,275     19.0       314      4.7       266      4.0       781     11.6       628      9.4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.

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