There is also additional background information for this table group.

Contents for Table | Contact: hhes-info@census.gov

Table 3.  Program Participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons in 2000                                                                                        09:57 Tuesday, December 11, 2001  92
(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                                                                                                                                                         
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                              
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                              
Total......................           7,862     6,356     80.8     5,864     74.6     2,915     37.1     3,925     49.9     4,939     62.8     2,542     32.3 
Under 18 years...............         3,487     3,189     91.5     2,873     82.4     1,468     42.1     2,142     61.4     2,535     72.7     1,320     37.9 
18 to 24 years...............           941       726     77.2       701     74.5       317     33.7       453     48.1       577     61.3       326     34.6 
25 to 34 years...............           882       675     76.5       631     71.6       332     37.6       451     51.1       521     59.1       243     27.5 
35 to 44 years...............           896       692     77.3       615     68.6       286     31.9       342     38.1       513     57.2       246     27.4 
45 to 54 years...............           582       413     70.9       396     67.9       213     36.6       237     40.6       321     55.2       157     26.9 
55 to 59 years...............           253       189     74.9       186     73.5        89     35.2        80     31.7       136     53.8        71     28.3 
60 to 64 years...............           197       122     62.0       121     61.2        76     38.5        73     36.8        93     47.3        55     27.9 
65 years and over............           623       348     55.9       341     54.7       134     21.4       148     23.7       242     38.9       124     19.9 
  65 to 74 years.............           317       191     60.4       189     59.7        75     23.8        84     26.4       132     41.8        75     23.5 
  75 years and over.........            306       157     51.2       152     49.6        58     19.0        64     21.0       110     35.9        50     16.2 
                                                                                                                                                              
Male                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total......................         3,267     2,532     77.5     2,312     70.8     1,130     34.6     1,474     45.1     1,948     59.6       965     29.5 
Under 18 years...............         1,758     1,598     90.9     1,430     81.3       717     40.8     1,035     58.9     1,260     71.6       660     37.5 
18 to 24 years...............           346       231     66.7       215     62.2        90     26.0       120     34.7       163     47.1        85     24.7 
25 to 34 years...............           273       164     60.0       152     55.7        77     28.1        78     28.4       124     45.4        37     13.5 
35 to 44 years...............           330       204     61.9       191     57.7       102     30.9        85     25.8       166     50.1        64     19.2 
45 to 54 years...............           234       150     64.1       142     60.7        80     34.0        82     34.8       121     51.7        44     18.7 
55 to 59 years...............            90        61     67.6        61     67.6        31     34.4        21     23.5        38     41.7        15     16.5 
60 to 64 years...............            45        28      (B)        28      (B)        13      (B)        16      (B)        18      (B)        16      (B) 
65 years and over............           190        96     50.7        93     48.9        20     10.8        38     20.1        59     31.2        44     23.3 
   65 to 74 years............            87        49     56.6        49     56.6        15     16.8        22     25.3        34     38.8        30     34.4 
   75 years and over........            103        47     45.7        44     42.4         6      5.6        16     15.7        25     24.7        14     13.8 
                                                                                                                                                              
Female                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total.......................        4,595     3,824     83.2     3,552     77.3     1,784     38.8     2,451     53.3     2,991     65.1     1,577     34.3 
Under 18 years...............         1,728     1,592     92.1     1,443     83.5       751     43.4     1,107     64.1     1,276     73.8       661     38.2 
18 to 24 years...............           595       495     83.3       486     81.6       227     38.2       333     56.0       414     69.5       240     40.4 
25 to 34 years...............           609       511     83.9       479     78.7       255     41.9       373     61.3       397     65.2       206     33.8 
35 to 44 years...............           566       488     86.2       424     75.0       184     32.5       256     45.3       347     61.4       182     32.2 
45 to 54 years...............           348       263     75.6       253     72.8       133     38.3       155     44.6       200     57.6       113     32.4 
55 to 59 years...............           163       128     78.9       125     76.7        58     35.6        59     36.3        98     60.5        57     34.8 
60 to 64 years...............           153        94     61.8        93     60.8        63     41.0        57     37.3        75     49.2        39     25.2 
65 years and over............           434       252     58.1       249     57.3       113     26.1       110     25.3       183     42.2        80     18.4 
   65 to 74 years............           230       142     61.8       140     60.9        61     26.4        62     26.8        99     42.9        45     19.4 
   75 years and over........            204       110     54.0       108     53.2        52     25.7        48     23.6        85     41.5        35     17.3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  93
(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.........................        7,862     6,356     80.8     5,864     74.6     2,915     37.1     3,925     49.9     4,939     62.8     2,542     32.3 
  65 years and over..........           623       348     55.9       341     54.7       134     21.4       148     23.7       242     38.9       124     19.9 
In families..................         6,108     5,309     86.9     4,844     79.3     2,426     39.7     3,439     56.3     4,203     68.8     2,113     34.6 
  Householder................         1,685     1,416     84.1     1,301     77.2       625     37.1       911     54.1     1,106     65.6       592     35.1 
    Under 65 years...........         1,559     1,335     85.6     1,224     78.5       588     37.7       878     56.3     1,037     66.5       579     37.1 
    65 years and over........           126        81     64.5        77     61.6        36     29.0        33     26.0        69     54.4        13     10.5 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         3,417     3,140     91.9     2,841     83.1     1,453     42.5     2,130     62.3     2,511     73.5     1,313     38.4 
     Under 6 years...........         1,174     1,043     88.8       997     84.9       533     45.4       791     67.4       892     76.0       476     40.5 
      6 to 17 years..........         2,243     2,097     93.5     1,844     82.2       920     41.0     1,339     59.7     1,618     72.2       837     37.3 
  Own children 18 years and over        471       360     76.5       342     72.5       191     40.5       217     46.0       302     64.0       102     21.6 
                                                                                                                                                              
In married-couple families            1,020       708     69.4       582     57.1       270     26.4       407     39.9       473     46.4       184     18.0 
  Husbands...................           269       169     62.7       145     53.8        56     20.7        97     36.1       110     40.7        35     13.1 
    Under 65 years...........           214       145     67.9       125     58.3        53     25.0        88     41.3        94     44.0        32     14.9 
    65 years and over........            55        23      (B)        20      (B)         2      (B)         9      (B)        15      (B)         3      (B) 
  Wives......................           252       160     63.4       136     54.0        50     19.9        88     34.8       100     39.7        36     14.3 
    Under 65 years...........           205       139     67.7       118     57.9        49     23.9        80     39.1        87     42.4        33     16.1 
    65 years and over........            48        21      (B)        18      (B)         1      (B)         8      (B)        14      (B)         3      (B) 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........           402       308     76.6       238     59.2       122     30.4       189     47.1       202     50.1       101     25.2 
      Under 6 years..........           136        86     63.7        79     58.1        23     17.0        65     47.9        64     47.4        29     21.7 
      6 to 17 years..........           267       222     83.2       159     59.8        99     37.2       124     46.7       137     51.5        72     27.0 
  Own children 18 years and over         77        58     75.0        53     68.1        38     48.8        29     36.9        51     66.4         7      9.4 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with female house-                                                                                                                                
  holder, no spouse present           4,697     4,298     91.5     3,982     84.8     2,084     44.4     2,908     61.9     3,499     74.5     1,850     39.4 
  Householder................         1,301     1,160     89.1     1,074     82.6       549     42.2       782     60.1       930     71.5       532     40.9 
    Under 65 years...........         1,238     1,111     89.7     1,025     82.8       516     41.7       766     61.9       883     71.4       525     42.4 
    65 years and over........            63        49      (B)        49      (B)        33      (B)        15      (B)        47      (B)         7      (B) 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         2,830     2,674     94.5     2,463     87.0     1,290     45.6     1,867     66.0     2,189     77.4     1,167     41.2 
      Under 6 years..........           978       910     93.1       875     89.4       500     51.1       700     71.5       796     81.4       435     44.5 
      6 to 17 years..........         1,851     1,764     95.3     1,588     85.8       790     42.7     1,168     63.1     1,393     75.3       731     39.5 
    18 years and over........           360       291     80.7       277     76.9       150     41.6       183     50.7       241     66.8        94     26.2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  94
(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                     391       303     77.4       280     71.6        72     18.5       125     31.9       231     59.0        79     20.2 
    Householder..............           123        92     74.9        87     70.4        25     20.4        38     30.6        71     57.7        24     19.3 
      Under 65 years.........           112        85     76.0        79     71.0        25     22.5        30     27.1        66     59.4        21     18.7 
      65 years and over......            12         7      (B)         7      (B)         0      (B)         7      (B)         5      (B)         3      (B) 
    Related children                                                                                                                                          
      Under 18 years.........           185       157     84.9       140     75.6        41     22.1        73     39.5       120     64.8        45     24.2 
        Under 6 years........            61        46      (B)        43      (B)        10      (B)        26      (B)        32      (B)        11      (B) 
        6 to 17 years........           124       111     89.1        97     77.7        31     25.1        47     37.5        88     70.6        33     26.8 
      18 years and over......            34        12      (B)        12      (B)         3      (B)         6      (B)        10      (B)         0      (B) 
                                                                                                                                                              
In unrelated subfamilies                 45        30      (B)        10      (B)         6      (B)         5      (B)        10      (B)         6      (B) 
  Under 18 years.............            28        19      (B)         5      (B)         3      (B)         2      (B)         5      (B)         3      (B) 
    Under 6 years............            13        10      (B)         5      (B)         3      (B)         2      (B)         5      (B)         3      (B) 
    6 to 17 years............            14         9      (B)         0      (B)         0      (B)         0      (B)         0      (B)         0      (B) 
  18 years and over..........            18        10      (B)         5      (B)         3      (B)         2      (B)         5      (B)         3      (B) 
                                                                                                                                                              
Unrelated individuals......           1,708     1,018     59.6     1,009     59.1       483     28.3       481     28.2       726     42.5       423     24.8 
  Male.......................           742       382     51.5       376     50.7       180     24.2       166     22.4       276     37.2       160     21.6 
    Under 65 years...........           627       321     51.2       315     50.2       162     25.8       146     23.3       239     38.1       125     19.9 
      Living alone...........           241       143     59.3       143     59.3        65     26.9        76     31.7        91     37.5        91     37.6 
    65 years and over........           115        61     53.2        61     53.2        18     15.8        20     17.4        37     32.1        36     31.1 
      Living alone...........           107        58     54.6        58     54.6        17     16.2        18     16.8        36     33.8        35     32.7 
  Female.....................           967       635     65.7       633     65.5       303     31.4       315     32.6       450     46.6       263     27.2 
    Under 65 years...........           665       465     70.0       463     69.6       230     34.6       232     34.9       335     50.3       198     29.8 
      Living alone...........           429       308     71.8       308     71.8       140     32.6       176     41.0       212     49.4       172     40.1 
    65 years and over........           302       170     56.4       170     56.4        73     24.3        83     27.5       116     38.3        65     21.5 
      Living alone...........           276       157     56.6       157     56.6        71     25.7        78     28.2       107     38.8        64     23.3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: (hhes-info@census.gov) Housing and Household Economics Statistics Information Staff
Last revised: December 10, 2001
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032001/pov/new03_006.htm