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Table 3.  Program Participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons in 2000                                                                                        09:57 Tuesday, December 11, 2001  89
(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                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                              
BLACK                                                                                                                                                         
ALL INCOME LEVELS                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                              
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                              
Total......................          35,752    15,740     44.0    12,858     36.0     5,162     14.4     5,550     15.5    10,542     29.5     4,208     11.8 
Under 18 years...............        11,407     6,833     59.9     5,304     46.5     2,124     18.6     2,780     24.4     4,575     40.1     1,932     16.9 
18 to 24 years...............         3,995     1,774     44.4     1,562     39.1       580     14.5       648     16.2     1,210     30.3       568     14.2 
25 to 34 years...............         5,146     2,030     39.4     1,600     31.1       623     12.1       663     12.9     1,260     24.5       479      9.3 
35 to 44 years...............         5,739     2,030     35.4     1,588     27.7       583     10.2       541      9.4     1,299     22.6       450      7.8 
45 to 54 years...............         4,277     1,296     30.3     1,103     25.8       491     11.5       394      9.2       867     20.3       322      7.5 
55 to 59 years...............         1,339       421     31.4       388     29.0       194     14.5       124      9.2       313     23.4       109      8.1 
60 to 64 years...............         1,060       339     32.0       320     30.2       166     15.6       110     10.4       271     25.5        89      8.4 
65 years and over............         2,789     1,017     36.5       992     35.6       401     14.4       289     10.4       748     26.8       259      9.3 
  65 to 74 years.............         1,630       563     34.5       546     33.5       207     12.7       183     11.2       392     24.0       150      9.2 
  75 years and over.........          1,159       454     39.1       446     38.5       194     16.7       107      9.2       356     30.8       110      9.5 
                                                                                                                                                              
Male                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total......................        16,680     6,899     41.4     5,598     33.6     2,242     13.4     2,267     13.6     4,534     27.2     1,678     10.1 
Under 18 years...............         5,770     3,478     60.3     2,686     46.6     1,055     18.3     1,390     24.1     2,295     39.8       981     17.0 
18 to 24 years...............         1,868       729     39.0       614     32.9       227     12.2       215     11.5       445     23.8       195     10.5 
25 to 34 years...............         2,317       740     32.0       615     26.5       236     10.2       168      7.2       465     20.1       120      5.2 
35 to 44 years...............         2,649       803     30.3       648     24.4       264     10.0       183      6.9       534     20.2       140      5.3 
45 to 54 years...............         1,935       530     27.4       449     23.2       214     11.1       155      8.0       359     18.6       100      5.2 
55 to 59 years...............           590       156     26.4       143     24.2        69     11.7        38      6.4       113     19.2        25      4.2 
60 to 64 years...............           442       117     26.5       108     24.4        56     12.6        33      7.4        88     19.9        29      6.6 
65 years and over............         1,110       347     31.2       336     30.3       119     10.8        86      7.8       235     21.2        87      7.9 
   65 to 74 years............           652       192     29.4       188     28.8        61      9.3        59      9.1       128     19.7        56      8.5 
   75 years and over........            458       155     33.8       149     32.5        59     12.8        27      5.9       107     23.3        32      6.9 
                                                                                                                                                              
Female                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total.......................       19,072     8,841     46.4     7,260     38.1     2,920     15.3     3,283     17.2     6,008     31.5     2,531     13.3 
Under 18 years...............         5,637     3,355     59.5     2,618     46.4     1,069     19.0     1,391     24.7     2,280     40.4       951     16.9 
18 to 24 years...............         2,127     1,046     49.2       948     44.6       353     16.6       433     20.4       765     36.0       373     17.5 
25 to 34 years...............         2,829     1,290     45.6       985     34.8       387     13.7       496     17.5       795     28.1       359     12.7 
35 to 44 years...............         3,090     1,227     39.7       940     30.4       319     10.3       358     11.6       765     24.8       310     10.0 
45 to 54 years...............         2,342       765     32.7       654     27.9       276     11.8       239     10.2       507     21.7       221      9.5 
55 to 59 years...............           749       265     35.4       245     32.7       125     16.7        86     11.5       200     26.7        84     11.2 
60 to 64 years...............           618       221     35.8       213     34.4       110     17.8        77     12.5       182     29.5        60      9.7 
65 years and over............         1,680       670     39.9       656     39.1       281     16.7       203     12.1       513     30.6       172     10.2 
   65 to 74 years............           978       371     38.0       359     36.7       146     15.0       123     12.6       264     26.9        94      9.6 
   75 years and over........            701       299     42.6       297     42.4       135     19.2        80     11.4       250     35.6        78     11.1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  90
(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.........................       35,752    15,740     44.0    12,858     36.0     5,162     14.4     5,550     15.5    10,542     29.5     4,208     11.8 
  65 years and over..........         2,789     1,017     36.5       992     35.6       401     14.4       289     10.4       748     26.8       259      9.3 
In families..................        29,497    13,770     46.7    10,975     37.2     4,398     14.9     4,818     16.3     9,222     31.3     3,467     11.8 
  Householder................         8,814     3,736     42.4     2,988     33.9     1,166     13.2     1,263     14.3     2,449     27.8     1,028     11.7 
    Under 65 years...........         7,822     3,429     43.8     2,689     34.4     1,028     13.1     1,180     15.1     2,189     28.0       991     12.7 
    65 years and over........           991       307     31.0       299     30.2       137     13.9        82      8.3       260     26.2        37      3.7 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        11,242     6,743     60.0     5,246     46.7     2,103     18.7     2,763     24.6     4,529     40.3     1,919     17.1 
     Under 6 years...........         3,574     2,077     58.1     1,782     49.9       751     21.0       989     27.7     1,572     44.0       640     17.9 
      6 to 17 years..........         7,668     4,666     60.8     3,464     45.2     1,352     17.6     1,774     23.1     2,958     38.6     1,279     16.7 
  Own children 18 years and over      3,470     1,440     41.5     1,233     35.5       543     15.6       393     11.3     1,038     29.9       251      7.2 
                                                                                                                                                              
In married-couple families           15,208     4,515     29.7     3,236     21.3     1,131      7.4       823      5.4     2,671     17.6       523      3.4 
  Husbands...................         4,331     1,057     24.4       781     18.0       258      6.0       199      4.6       617     14.2       134      3.1 
    Under 65 years...........         3,652       899     24.6       634     17.4       209      5.7       170      4.7       504     13.8       111      3.0 
    65 years and over........           679       158     23.3       148     21.7        49      7.3        28      4.2       113     16.7        23      3.4 
  Wives......................         4,145     1,004     24.2       735     17.7       245      5.9       178      4.3       585     14.1       126      3.0 
    Under 65 years...........         3,655       895     24.5       630     17.2       204      5.6       151      4.1       504     13.8       112      3.1 
    65 years and over........           490       109     22.3       104     21.3        42      8.5        26      5.3        81     16.5        14      2.9 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         4,922     1,854     37.7     1,232     25.0       390      7.9       353      7.2     1,049     21.3       239      4.9 
      Under 6 years..........         1,531       540     35.3       430     28.1       118      7.7       132      8.6       367     24.0        68      4.5 
      6 to 17 years..........         3,391     1,314     38.7       802     23.6       272      8.0       221      6.5       682     20.1       171      5.0 
  Own children 18 years and over      1,458       477     32.7       376     25.8       189     12.9        69      4.7       324     22.2        19      1.3 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with female house-                                                                                                                                
  holder, no spouse present          12,172     8,278     68.0     6,914     56.8     2,986     24.5     3,763     30.9     5,898     48.5     2,770     22.8 
  Householder................         3,762     2,389     63.5     1,956     52.0       814     21.6       999     26.6     1,631     43.4       837     22.3 
    Under 65 years...........         3,444     2,241     65.1     1,812     52.6       732     21.3       955     27.7     1,496     43.4       820     23.8 
    65 years and over........           318       148     46.4       145     45.6        81     25.6        45     14.0       135     42.4        17      5.2 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         5,731     4,516     78.8     3,718     64.9     1,625     28.4     2,301     40.2     3,219     56.2     1,611     28.1 
      Under 6 years..........         1,818     1,416     77.9     1,256     69.1       601     33.0       817     44.9     1,122     61.7       552     30.4 
      6 to 17 years..........         3,913     3,100     79.2     2,462     62.9     1,025     26.2     1,484     37.9     2,097     53.6     1,058     27.0 
    18 years and over........         1,797       903     50.3       811     45.1       335     18.6       313     17.4       681     37.9       232     12.9 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  91
(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                   2,117       977     46.2       825     39.0       281     13.3       232     10.9       652     30.8       174      8.2 
    Householder..............           762       303     39.8       260     34.1        98     12.8        74      9.7       207     27.2        53      6.9 
      Under 65 years.........           711       280     39.4       237     33.3        90     12.6        66      9.3       188     26.4        50      7.0 
      65 years and over......            50        23      (B)        23      (B)         8      (B)         8      (B)        20      (B)         3      (B) 
    Related children                                                                                                                                          
      Under 18 years.........           589       373     63.3       297     50.4        88     14.9       109     18.5       261     44.3        69     11.8 
        Under 6 years........           225       121     53.7        96     42.9        33     14.5        40     17.8        83     36.8        20      8.7 
        6 to 17 years........           364       252     69.2       200     55.0        55     15.1        69     18.9       178     49.0        50     13.7 
      18 years and over......           215        60     28.0        46     21.3        20      9.2        11      4.9        33     15.3         0      0.0 
                                                                                                                                                              
In unrelated subfamilies                155        72     46.3        36     23.5         6      3.8        11      7.1        30     19.6        12      7.6 
  Under 18 years.............            91        46     50.0        21     22.9         3      3.0         6      6.4        18     19.4         6      6.5 
    Under 6 years............            38        17      (B)        12      (B)         3      (B)         2      (B)         9      (B)         6      (B) 
    6 to 17 years............            54        29      (B)         8      (B)         0      (B)         3      (B)         8      (B)         0      (B) 
  18 years and over..........            64        26      (B)        15      (B)         3      (B)         5      (B)        13      (B)         6      (B) 
                                                                                                                                                              
Unrelated individuals......           6,099     1,898     31.1     1,846     30.3       758     12.4       721     11.8     1,290     21.1       729     12.0 
  Male.......................         3,013       891     29.6       854     28.3       349     11.6       309     10.3       601     19.9       327     10.8 
    Under 65 years...........         2,707       766     28.3       728     26.9       306     11.3       271     10.0       537     19.8       267      9.9 
      Living alone...........         1,353       295     21.8       295     21.8       125      9.2       109      8.1       176     13.0       182     13.4 
    65 years and over........           305       126     41.2       126     41.2        43     14.1        38     12.5        64     21.0        59     19.4 
      Living alone...........           263       107     40.5       107     40.5        39     14.9        25      9.4        58     22.2        55     21.1 
  Female.....................         3,087     1,007     32.6       993     32.2       409     13.3       411     13.3       689     22.3       402     13.0 
    Under 65 years...........         2,407       694     28.8       680     28.3       296     12.3       303     12.6       472     19.6       273     11.3 
      Living alone...........         1,568       450     28.7       450     28.7       185     11.8       228     14.6       289     18.4       241     15.4 
    65 years and over........           680       313     46.0       313     46.0       113     16.7       108     15.9       217     31.9       129     19.0 
      Living alone...........           641       291     45.4       291     45.4       111     17.3        99     15.5       205     31.9       129     20.1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.

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