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Table 3.  Program Participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons in 2000                                                                                        09:57 Tuesday, December 11, 2001 101
(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 NON-HISPANIC                                                                                                                                            
ALL INCOME LEVELS                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                              
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                              
Total......................         193,917    29,490     15.2    25,016     12.9     8,096      4.2     6,972      3.6    21,596     11.1     3,836      2.0 
Under 18 years...............        45,155     9,907     21.9     7,565     16.8     2,087      4.6     2,679      5.9     6,926     15.3     1,004      2.2 
18 to 24 years...............        17,534     2,803     16.0     2,577     14.7       747      4.3       651      3.7     2,187     12.5       419      2.4 
25 to 34 years...............        24,501     3,864     15.8     3,254     13.3       973      4.0       994      4.1     2,892     11.8       489      2.0 
35 to 44 years...............        31,925     4,278     13.4     3,394     10.6     1,172      3.7       963      3.0     3,002      9.4       400      1.3 
45 to 54 years...............        28,887     2,918     10.1     2,622      9.1     1,099      3.8       583      2.0     2,233      7.7       284      1.0 
55 to 59 years...............        10,440     1,110     10.6     1,069     10.2       556      5.3       247      2.4       927      8.9       171      1.6 
60 to 64 years...............         8,168       929     11.4       896     11.0       372      4.6       214      2.6       771      9.4       138      1.7 
65 years and over............        27,308     3,682     13.5     3,638     13.3     1,090      4.0       642      2.4     2,657      9.7       930      3.4 
  65 to 74 years.............        14,498     1,818     12.5     1,779     12.3       610      4.2       348      2.4     1,407      9.7       371      2.6 
  75 years and over.........         12,810     1,865     14.6     1,859     14.5       480      3.7       294      2.3     1,250      9.8       559      4.4 
                                                                                                                                                              
Male                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total......................        95,206    13,714     14.4    11,558     12.1     3,713      3.9     3,020      3.2    10,070     10.6     1,452      1.5 
Under 18 years...............        23,146     5,122     22.1     3,918     16.9     1,101      4.8     1,356      5.9     3,601     15.6       484      2.1 
18 to 24 years...............         8,883     1,247     14.0     1,110     12.5       299      3.4       224      2.5       942     10.6       183      2.1 
25 to 34 years...............        12,191     1,700     13.9     1,465     12.0       431      3.5       350      2.9     1,282     10.5       178      1.5 
35 to 44 years...............        15,977     1,987     12.4     1,597     10.0       540      3.4       430      2.7     1,390      8.7       137      0.9 
45 to 54 years...............        14,307     1,429     10.0     1,294      9.0       527      3.7       280      2.0     1,105      7.7       116      0.8 
55 to 59 years...............         5,077       485      9.5       464      9.1       242      4.8        98      1.9       407      8.0        57      1.1 
60 to 64 years...............         3,818       376      9.8       363      9.5       153      4.0        83      2.2       316      8.3        37      1.0 
65 years and over............        11,807     1,368     11.6     1,347     11.4       422      3.6       200      1.7     1,028      8.7       258      2.2 
   65 to 74 years............         6,752       782     11.6       762     11.3       272      4.0       127      1.9       602      8.9       145      2.2 
   75 years and over........          5,054       586     11.6       585     11.6       150      3.0        73      1.4       426      8.4       113      2.2 
                                                                                                                                                              
Female                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total.......................       98,711    15,776     16.0    13,458     13.6     4,383      4.4     3,952      4.0    11,526     11.7     2,384      2.4 
Under 18 years...............        22,010     4,785     21.7     3,647     16.6       987      4.5     1,323      6.0     3,326     15.1       520      2.4 
18 to 24 years...............         8,650     1,555     18.0     1,467     17.0       449      5.2       427      4.9     1,246     14.4       236      2.7 
25 to 34 years...............        12,310     2,164     17.6     1,789     14.5       543      4.4       644      5.2     1,611     13.1       311      2.5 
35 to 44 years...............        15,948     2,291     14.4     1,797     11.3       632      4.0       533      3.3     1,612     10.1       263      1.6 
45 to 54 years...............        14,580     1,488     10.2     1,328      9.1       572      3.9       303      2.1     1,128      7.7       168      1.2 
55 to 59 years...............         5,363       626     11.7       605     11.3       315      5.9       149      2.8       520      9.7       114      2.1 
60 to 64 years...............         4,350       553     12.7       533     12.3       219      5.0       130      3.0       455     10.5       101      2.3 
65 years and over............        15,501     2,314     14.9     2,291     14.8       668      4.3       442      2.9     1,629     10.5       672      4.3 
   65 to 74 years............         7,746     1,036     13.4     1,017     13.1       338      4.4       221      2.9       805     10.4       226      2.9 
   75 years and over........          7,756     1,278     16.5     1,274     16.4       329      4.2       221      2.9       824     10.6       446      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 102
(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.........................      193,917    29,490     15.2    25,016     12.9     8,096      4.2     6,972      3.6    21,596     11.1     3,836      2.0 
  65 years and over..........        27,308     3,682     13.5     3,638     13.3     1,090      4.0       642      2.4     2,657      9.7       930      3.4 
In families..................       159,143    24,318     15.3    19,993     12.6     6,270      3.9     5,560      3.5    17,832     11.2     2,358      1.5 
  Householder................        52,883     7,273     13.8     6,149     11.6     2,005      3.8     1,693      3.2     5,416     10.2       823      1.6 
    Under 65 years...........        43,206     6,132     14.2     5,031     11.6     1,580      3.7     1,506      3.5     4,499     10.4       726      1.7 
    65 years and over........         9,677     1,141     11.8     1,117     11.5       424      4.4       187      1.9       917      9.5        97      1.0 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        44,447     9,585     21.6     7,284     16.4     2,001      4.5     2,592      5.8     6,680     15.0       979      2.2 
     Under 6 years...........        14,096     3,158     22.4     2,723     19.3       731      5.2     1,015      7.2     2,527     17.9       422      3.0 
      6 to 17 years..........        30,351     6,427     21.2     4,561     15.0     1,270      4.2     1,577      5.2     4,152     13.7       557      1.8 
  Own children 18 years and over     14,237     2,218     15.6     2,000     14.0       844      5.9       374      2.6     1,755     12.3       144      1.0 
                                                                                                                                                              
In married-couple families          134,406    15,879     11.8    12,905      9.6     3,518      2.6     2,707      2.0    11,391      8.5     1,088      0.8 
  Husbands...................        43,634     4,283      9.8     3,620      8.3     1,020      2.3       703      1.6     3,134      7.2       343      0.8 
    Under 65 years...........        35,028     3,490     10.0     2,844      8.1       754      2.2       585      1.7     2,514      7.2       259      0.7 
    65 years and over........         8,606       793      9.2       776      9.0       266      3.1       118      1.4       620      7.2        84      1.0 
  Wives......................        43,452     4,276      9.8     3,616      8.3     1,027      2.4       722      1.7     3,116      7.2       360      0.8 
    Under 65 years...........        36,841     3,700     10.0     3,053      8.3       854      2.3       639      1.7     2,680      7.3       303      0.8 
    65 years and over........         6,611       576      8.7       564      8.5       173      2.6        83      1.3       437      6.6        57      0.9 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        35,905     5,781     16.1     4,285     11.9       919      2.6     1,098      3.1     3,900     10.9       326      0.9 
      Under 6 years..........        11,751     1,940     16.5     1,606     13.7       329      2.8       433      3.7     1,473     12.5       175      1.5 
      6 to 17 years..........        24,154     3,841     15.9     2,680     11.1       589      2.4       665      2.8     2,427     10.0       151      0.6 
  Own children 18 years and over      9,917     1,204     12.1     1,072     10.8       440      4.4       133      1.3       947      9.6        49      0.5 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with female house-                                                                                                                                
  holder, no spouse present          18,011     6,765     37.6     5,625     31.2     2,170     12.0     2,461     13.7     5,090     28.3     1,139      6.3 
  Householder................         6,681     2,348     35.1     1,979     29.6       757     11.3       833     12.5     1,785     26.7       424      6.3 
    Under 65 years...........         5,449     2,033     37.3     1,670     30.6       627     11.5       769     14.1     1,513     27.8       400      7.3 
    65 years and over........         1,231       314     25.5       309     25.1       130     10.6        64      5.2       272     22.1        23      1.9 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         6,490     3,152     48.6     2,465     38.0       907     14.0     1,290     19.9     2,280     35.1       591      9.1 
      Under 6 years..........         1,755       975     55.5       901     51.3       344     19.6       483     27.5       852     48.5       228     13.0 
      6 to 17 years..........         4,735     2,178     46.0     1,565     33.0       562     11.9       807     17.1     1,428     30.2       363      7.7 
    18 years and over........         3,437       874     25.4       798     23.2       338      9.8       227      6.6       692     20.1        91      2.6 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 103
(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                   6,726     1,674     24.9     1,463     21.7       583      8.7       392      5.8     1,352     20.1       131      1.9 
    Householder..............         2,571       611     23.8       530     20.6       222      8.6       139      5.4       486     18.9        50      2.0 
      Under 65 years.........         2,270       540     23.8       463     20.4       185      8.1       131      5.8       432     19.0        49      2.2 
      65 years and over......           301        71     23.7        68     22.5        37     12.3         8      2.6        54     17.8         1      0.4 
    Related children                                                                                                                                          
      Under 18 years.........         2,052       652     31.8       533     26.0       176      8.6       204      9.9       500     24.4        62      3.0 
        Under 6 years........           589       243     41.3       217     36.8        57      9.7       100     16.9       203     34.4        19      3.1 
        6 to 17 years........         1,463       409     27.9       317     21.6       119      8.1       105      7.1       297     20.3        44      3.0 
      18 years and over......           883       140     15.8       130     14.8        67      7.5        14      1.5       116     13.1         4      0.4 
                                                                                                                                                              
In unrelated subfamilies                893       438     49.0       385     43.1       116     13.0       140     15.7       330     37.0        37      4.2 
  Under 18 years.............           505       256     50.7       221     43.7        70     13.8        79     15.6       188     37.3        21      4.2 
    Under 6 years............           141        77     54.5        73     52.0        21     15.1        21     14.8        58     41.1         8      5.7 
    6 to 17 years............           364       179     49.2       147     40.5        48     13.2        58     16.0       130     35.8        13      3.6 
  18 years and over..........           387       181     46.8       164     42.3        47     12.1        61     15.8       142     36.6        16      4.1 
                                                                                                                                                              
Unrelated individuals......          33,881     4,735     14.0     4,638     13.7     1,709      5.0     1,271      3.8     3,434     10.1     1,441      4.3 
  Male.......................        15,688     2,036     13.0     1,969     12.6       722      4.6       542      3.5     1,519      9.7       474      3.0 
    Under 65 years...........        13,321     1,604     12.0     1,537     11.5       618      4.6       474      3.6     1,229      9.2       311      2.3 
      Living alone...........         6,846       623      9.1       623      9.1       264      3.9       222      3.2       462      6.8       196      2.9 
    65 years and over........         2,367       432     18.3       432     18.3       104      4.4        68      2.9       290     12.3       163      6.9 
      Living alone...........         2,036       360     17.7       360     17.7        78      3.8        57      2.8       228     11.2       162      8.0 
  Female.....................        18,193     2,699     14.8     2,669     14.7       988      5.4       729      4.0     1,915     10.5       967      5.3 
    Under 65 years...........        11,530     1,497     13.0     1,467     12.7       713      6.2       486      4.2     1,196     10.4       385      3.3 
      Living alone...........         6,582       792     12.0       792     12.0       433      6.6       291      4.4       616      9.4       336      5.1 
    65 years and over........         6,663     1,203     18.0     1,203     18.0       275      4.1       244      3.7       719     10.8       582      8.7 
      Living alone...........         6,424     1,153     17.9     1,153     17.9       247      3.9       227      3.5       671     10.5       582      9.1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.

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