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Table 3.  Program Participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons in 2000                                                                                        09:57 Tuesday, December 11, 2001 104
(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                                                                                                                                            
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                              
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                              
Total......................          14,532     7,711     53.1     6,861     47.2     2,974     20.5     3,784     26.0     5,956     41.0     1,803     12.4 
Under 18 years...............         4,185     3,045     72.7     2,566     61.3     1,028     24.6     1,613     38.5     2,347     56.1       615     14.7 
18 to 24 years...............         1,862       674     36.2       630     33.8       216     11.6       295     15.9       520     28.0       158      8.5 
25 to 34 years...............         1,715     1,005     58.6       908     53.0       382     22.2       531     30.9       821     47.9       227     13.3 
35 to 44 years...............         1,838     1,038     56.5       876     47.7       391     21.3       496     27.0       765     41.6       203     11.0 
45 to 54 years...............         1,284       643     50.0       595     46.3       317     24.7       306     23.8       501     39.0       159     12.4 
55 to 59 years...............           730       313     42.9       300     41.1       199     27.2       136     18.6       262     35.9        84     11.5 
60 to 64 years...............           654       234     35.8       231     35.3       124     19.0       125     19.1       185     28.3        88     13.5 
65 years and over............         2,264       759     33.5       756     33.4       318     14.0       283     12.5       554     24.5       269     11.9 
  65 to 74 years.............           982       379     38.6       375     38.2       169     17.2       181     18.4       284     29.0       129     13.2 
  75 years and over.........          1,282       381     29.7       381     29.7       148     11.6       102      8.0       270     21.1       139     10.9 
                                                                                                                                                              
Male                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total......................         6,148     3,269     53.2     2,827     46.0     1,226     19.9     1,533     24.9     2,435     39.6       653     10.6 
Under 18 years...............         2,106     1,551     73.7     1,265     60.1       509     24.2       785     37.3     1,165     55.3       281     13.3 
18 to 24 years...............           754       219     29.0       195     25.8        63      8.4        93     12.3       144     19.1        62      8.2 
25 to 34 years...............           591       316     53.4       286     48.4       125     21.1       148     25.0       256     43.3        60     10.1 
35 to 44 years...............           795       423     53.3       354     44.5       168     21.1       184     23.2       291     36.6        73      9.2 
45 to 54 years...............           632       324     51.2       305     48.3       143     22.6       157     24.8       255     40.3        53      8.4 
55 to 59 years...............           314       131     41.7       121     38.5        75     23.8        50     16.1       103     32.7        31      9.8 
60 to 64 years...............           275        89     32.4        89     32.4        48     17.5        46     16.6        68     24.8        31     11.4 
65 years and over............           681       216     31.7       212     31.2        97     14.2        70     10.3       153     22.5        62      9.1 
   65 to 74 years............           361       141     39.0       137     38.0        63     17.6        51     14.1        98     27.2        42     11.6 
   75 years and over........            320        75     23.5        75     23.5        33     10.4        19      6.0        55     17.2        20      6.2 
                                                                                                                                                              
Female                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total.......................        8,384     4,442     53.0     4,034     48.1     1,748     20.8     2,251     26.8     3,521     42.0     1,150     13.7 
Under 18 years...............         2,079     1,493     71.8     1,301     62.6       520     25.0       827     39.8     1,182     56.8       334     16.1 
18 to 24 years...............         1,108       455     41.1       435     39.3       152     13.8       202     18.3       376     34.0        96      8.7 
25 to 34 years...............         1,124       689     61.3       622     55.4       257     22.8       383     34.1       565     50.3       168     14.9 
35 to 44 years...............         1,044       615     58.9       522     50.0       224     21.4       312     29.9       474     45.4       130     12.4 
45 to 54 years...............           652       319     48.9       290     44.4       175     26.8       149     22.8       246     37.7       106     16.2 
55 to 59 years...............           416       183     43.9       179     43.1       124     29.8        85     20.5       159     38.3        53     12.8 
60 to 64 years...............           378       145     38.3       141     37.3        76     20.0        79     20.9       117     30.9        57     15.0 
65 years and over............         1,582       543     34.3       543     34.3       221     14.0       213     13.5       401     25.4       207     13.1 
   65 to 74 years............           621       238     38.3       238     38.3       106     17.1       130     20.9       186     30.0        87     14.1 
   75 years and over........            961       305     31.8       305     31.8       115     12.0        83      8.6       215     22.4       119     12.4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 105
(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.........................       14,532     7,711     53.1     6,861     47.2     2,974     20.5     3,784     26.0     5,956     41.0     1,803     12.4 
  65 years and over..........         2,264       759     33.5       756     33.4       318     14.0       283     12.5       554     24.5       269     11.9 
In families..................         8,753     5,431     62.1     4,646     53.1     1,934     22.1     2,894     33.1     4,174     47.7     1,112     12.7 
  Householder................         2,819     1,630     57.8     1,425     50.6       597     21.2       858     30.4     1,272     45.1       373     13.2 
    Under 65 years...........         2,448     1,525     62.3     1,324     54.1       539     22.0       808     33.0     1,194     48.8       365     14.9 
    65 years and over........           371       105     28.2       101     27.2        58     15.8        50     13.5        78     21.1         8      2.0 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         3,886     2,844     73.2     2,389     61.5       982     25.3     1,552     39.9     2,196     56.5       603     15.5 
     Under 6 years...........         1,319       999     75.7       919     69.6       383     29.1       573     43.4       863     65.4       255     19.4 
      6 to 17 years..........         2,566     1,845     71.9     1,470     57.3       599     23.3       978     38.1     1,333     51.9       347     13.5 
  Own children 18 years and over        444       221     49.7       186     41.8        98     22.2       132     29.7       152     34.3        39      8.7 
                                                                                                                                                              
In married-couple families            4,836     2,557     52.9     2,154     44.5       802     16.6     1,233     25.5     1,884     39.0       330      6.8 
  Husbands...................         1,425       644     45.2       551     38.7       214     15.0       309     21.7       476     33.4        89      6.2 
    Under 65 years...........         1,123       571     50.9       480     42.7       173     15.4       273     24.3       423     37.7        76      6.8 
    65 years and over........           302        73     24.1        72     23.7        42     13.8        37     12.1        53     17.4        13      4.2 
  Wives......................         1,439       659     45.8       566     39.3       215     15.0       326     22.7       483     33.6       107      7.4 
    Under 65 years...........         1,207       609     50.5       516     42.7       189     15.6       302     25.0       447     37.0       103      8.5 
    65 years and over........           232        50     21.4        50     21.4        27     11.5        25     10.6        36     15.7         4      1.9 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         1,767     1,186     67.1       975     55.2       349     19.7       564     31.9       878     49.7       125      7.1 
      Under 6 years..........           574       404     70.3       356     62.0       139     24.2       209     36.3       335     58.3        62     10.7 
      6 to 17 years..........         1,192       782     65.6       619     51.9       210     17.6       355     29.8       544     45.6        63      5.3 
  Own children 18 years and over        170        55     32.2        48     28.6        21     12.3        27     15.7        37     21.9         9      5.6 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with female house-                                                                                                                                
  holder, no spouse present           3,252     2,447     75.2     2,131     65.5       955     29.4     1,482     45.6     1,969     60.5       698     21.4 
  Householder................         1,126       818     72.6       735     65.2       317     28.2       481     42.7       678     60.3       239     21.3 
    Under 65 years...........         1,049       787     75.0       704     67.1       304     29.0       470     44.8       650     62.0       239     22.8 
    65 years and over........            77        31     39.9        31     39.9        14     17.6        11     14.4        29     37.1         0      0.0 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         1,809     1,448     80.0     1,239     68.5       546     30.2       887     49.0     1,157     63.9       427     23.6 
      Under 6 years..........           657       531     80.9       501     76.4       225     34.2       330     50.3       479     72.9       177     27.0 
      6 to 17 years..........         1,153       917     79.5       737     64.0       321     27.9       556     48.3       678     58.8       250     21.7 
    18 years and over........           240       146     61.0       123     51.2        72     30.1        96     40.1       103     42.9        28     11.8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 106
(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                     665       427     64.3       361     54.3       177     26.7       179     26.9       321     48.3        84     12.6 
    Householder..............           245       149     60.9       123     50.2        64     26.0        58     23.5       109     44.4        30     12.3 
      Under 65 years.........           228       137     60.1       113     49.7        58     25.4        53     23.2       101     44.2        29     12.8 
      65 years and over......            17        13      (B)        10      (B)         6      (B)         5      (B)         8      (B)         1      (B) 
    Related children                                                                                                                                          
      Under 18 years.........           310       210     67.7       175     56.6        88     28.3       101     32.6       161     51.8        51     16.4 
        Under 6 years........            89        64     72.0        62     69.6        20     22.5        34     38.6        49     55.8        17     18.7 
        6 to 17 years........           221       146     65.9       114     51.4        68     30.6        67     30.2       111     50.2        34     15.4 
      18 years and over......            35        20      (B)        15      (B)         5      (B)         9      (B)        12      (B)         1      (B) 
                                                                                                                                                              
In unrelated subfamilies                335       266     79.5       240     71.8        66     19.8       102     30.4       198     59.3        21      6.3 
  Under 18 years.............           195       161     83.0       142     73.1        41     21.0        60     30.6       117     59.9        12      6.4 
    Under 6 years............            67        45      (B)        44      (B)        14      (B)        10      (B)        35      (B)         2      (B) 
    6 to 17 years............           128       117     91.1        99     77.0        27     21.3        50     38.8        82     63.8        10      8.0 
  18 years and over..........           140       105     74.7        98     69.9        25     18.1        42     30.0        82     58.4         9      6.3 
                                                                                                                                                              
Unrelated individuals......           5,445     2,013     37.0     1,975     36.3       974     17.9       788     14.5     1,583     29.1       670     12.3 
  Male.......................         2,071       777     37.5       754     36.4       363     17.5       296     14.3       591     28.5       232     11.2 
    Under 65 years...........         1,718       646     37.6       624     36.3       314     18.3       267     15.6       498     29.0       184     10.7 
      Living alone...........           781       352     45.0       352     45.0       177     22.7       165     21.1       271     34.7       127     16.2 
    65 years and over........           354       131     37.0       131     37.0        49     13.9        29      8.1        92     26.1        48     13.6 
      Living alone...........           281        91     32.5        91     32.5        38     13.6        26      9.2        59     21.1        47     16.6 
  Female.....................         3,373     1,237     36.7     1,221     36.2       611     18.1       492     14.6       993     29.4       438     13.0 
    Under 65 years...........         2,143       800     37.3       784     36.6       438     20.4       326     15.2       680     31.8       240     11.2 
      Living alone...........           986       456     46.2       456     46.2       316     32.0       228     23.1       393     39.8       214     21.7 
    65 years and over........         1,231       437     35.5       437     35.5       173     14.1       165     13.4       313     25.4       198     16.1 
      Living alone...........         1,166       422     36.2       422     36.2       163     13.9       158     13.6       298     25.6       198     17.0 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.

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