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Table 3.  Program Participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons in 2001
(Numbers in thousands)

                                                                                                                          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                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                              
ALL RACES AND                                                                                                                                                 
ALL INCOME LEVELS                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                              
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                              
Total......................         281,475    70,258     25.0    57,385     20.4    17,525      6.2    17,757      6.3    50,448     17.9    10,906      3.9 
Under 18 years...............        72,021    26,994     37.5    20,425     28.4     5,401      7.5     7,852     10.9    18,712     26.0     4,049      5.6 
18 to 24 years...............        27,312     7,373     27.0     6,479     23.7     1,814      6.6     1,918      7.0     5,783     21.2     1,243      4.6 
25 to 34 years...............        38,670     9,847     25.5     7,960     20.6     1,958      5.1     2,465      6.4     7,044     18.2     1,423      3.7 
35 to 44 years...............        44,284     9,620     21.7     7,282     16.4     2,188      4.9     1,991      4.5     6,469     14.6     1,166      2.6 
45 to 54 years...............        39,545     6,241     15.8     5,438     13.8     2,172      5.5     1,466      3.7     4,689     11.9       796      2.0 
55 to 59 years...............        14,667     2,255     15.4     2,102     14.3     1,007      6.9       483      3.3     1,783     12.2       378      2.6 
60 to 64 years...............        11,208     1,879     16.8     1,803     16.1       872      7.8       410      3.7     1,513     13.5       336      3.0 
65 years and over............        33,769     6,048     17.9     5,897     17.5     2,113      6.3     1,172      3.5     4,454     13.2     1,516      4.5 
  65 to 74 years.............        18,123     3,194     17.6     3,085     17.0     1,147      6.3       678      3.7     2,464     13.6       678      3.7 
  75 years and over.........         15,647     2,854     18.2     2,812     18.0       966      6.2       494      3.2     1,991     12.7       837      5.4 
                                                                                                                                                              
Male                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total......................       137,558    32,145     23.4    26,023     18.9     7,802      5.7     7,492      5.4    22,952     16.7     4,344      3.2 
Under 18 years...............        36,857    13,689     37.1    10,342     28.1     2,702      7.3     3,902     10.6     9,449     25.6     2,036      5.5 
18 to 24 years...............        13,705     3,222     23.5     2,779     20.3       787      5.7       680      5.0     2,448     17.9       457      3.3 
25 to 34 years...............        19,234     4,181     21.7     3,478     18.1       827      4.3       858      4.5     3,035     15.8       512      2.7 
35 to 44 years...............        21,822     4,232     19.4     3,181     14.6       963      4.4       735      3.4     2,826     13.0       411      1.9 
45 to 54 years...............        19,332     2,928     15.1     2,524     13.1       982      5.1       597      3.1     2,191     11.3       270      1.4 
55 to 59 years...............         7,091       978     13.8       902     12.7       439      6.2       167      2.4       774     10.9       113      1.6 
60 to 64 years...............         5,282       746     14.1       712     13.5       340      6.4       151      2.9       599     11.3       107      2.0 
65 years and over............        14,235     2,169     15.2     2,104     14.8       762      5.3       402      2.8     1,629     11.4       438      3.1 
   65 to 74 years............         8,245     1,326     16.1     1,274     15.5       465      5.6       271      3.3     1,047     12.7       231      2.8 
   75 years and over........          5,991       843     14.1       830     13.8       297      5.0       130      2.2       582      9.7       207      3.5 
                                                                                                                                                              
Female                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total.......................      143,917    38,112     26.5    31,362     21.8     9,723      6.8    10,266      7.1    27,496     19.1     6,562      4.6 
Under 18 years...............        35,164    13,305     37.8    10,083     28.7     2,699      7.7     3,950     11.2     9,262     26.3     2,013      5.7 
18 to 24 years...............        13,607     4,151     30.5     3,699     27.2     1,027      7.6     1,238      9.1     3,335     24.5       786      5.8 
25 to 34 years...............        19,436     5,667     29.2     4,482     23.1     1,131      5.8     1,607      8.3     4,009     20.6       910      4.7 
35 to 44 years...............        22,461     5,388     24.0     4,101     18.3     1,225      5.5     1,256      5.6     3,643     16.2       755      3.4 
45 to 54 years...............        20,213     3,313     16.4     2,914     14.4     1,191      5.9       869      4.3     2,498     12.4       526      2.6 
55 to 59 years...............         7,575     1,277     16.9     1,200     15.8       567      7.5       316      4.2     1,009     13.3       265      3.5 
60 to 64 years...............         5,926     1,133     19.1     1,091     18.4       532      9.0       259      4.4       914     15.4       229      3.9 
65 years and over............        19,534     3,878     19.9     3,793     19.4     1,351      6.9       770      3.9     2,825     14.5     1,078      5.5 
   65 to 74 years............         9,878     1,868     18.9     1,810     18.3       682      6.9       407      4.1     1,417     14.3       448      4.5 
   75 years and over........          9,656     2,011     20.8     1,982     20.5       669      6.9       363      3.8     1,409     14.6       630      6.5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
Table 3.  Program Participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons in 2001
(Numbers in thousands)

                                                                                                                          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.........................      281,475    70,258     25.0    57,385     20.4    17,525      6.2    17,757      6.3    50,448     17.9    10,906      3.9 
  65 years and over..........        33,769     6,048     17.9     5,897     17.5     2,113      6.3     1,172      3.5     4,454     13.2     1,516      4.5 
In families..................       233,911    60,963     26.1    48,466     20.7    14,346      6.1    15,018      6.4    43,777     18.7     7,965      3.4 
  Householder................        74,340    16,623     22.4    13,555     18.2     4,145      5.6     4,144      5.6    12,023     16.2     2,494      3.4 
    Under 65 years...........        62,700    14,859     23.7    11,872     18.9     3,471      5.5     3,825      6.1    10,617     16.9     2,317      3.7 
    65 years and over........        11,641     1,765     15.2     1,684     14.5       674      5.8       319      2.7     1,407     12.1       177      1.5 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        70,950    26,435     37.3    19,951     28.1     5,299      7.5     7,682     10.8    18,281     25.8     4,004      5.6 
     Under 6 years...........        23,014     8,979     39.0     7,655     33.3     1,867      8.1     3,040     13.2     7,133     31.0     1,587      6.9 
      6 to 17 years..........        47,936    17,456     36.4    12,296     25.7     3,432      7.2     4,642      9.7    11,147     23.3     2,417      5.0 
  Own children 18 years and over     21,746     5,714     26.3     4,929     22.7     1,922      8.8     1,153      5.3     4,495     20.7       571      2.6 
                                                                                                                                                              
In married-couple families          182,212    34,911     19.2    26,655     14.6     6,463      3.5     5,549      3.0    24,269     13.3     2,248      1.2 
  Husbands...................        56,755     8,476     14.9     6,723     11.8     1,725      3.0     1,309      2.3     5,968     10.5       624      1.1 
    Under 65 years...........        46,509     7,355     15.8     5,645     12.1     1,354      2.9     1,133      2.4     5,106     11.0       484      1.0 
    65 years and over........        10,245     1,122     11.0     1,078     10.5       371      3.6       175      1.7       862      8.4       140      1.4 
  Wives......................        56,755     8,476     14.9     6,723     11.8     1,725      3.0     1,309      2.3     5,968     10.5       624      1.1 
    Under 65 years...........        48,912     7,732     15.8     6,000     12.3     1,476      3.0     1,192      2.4     5,407     11.1       530      1.1 
    65 years and over........         7,842       745      9.5       724      9.2       248      3.2       117      1.5       561      7.2        94      1.2 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        51,287    13,882     27.1     9,768     19.0     1,866      3.6     2,435      4.7     9,095     17.7       846      1.7 
      Under 6 years..........        17,057     4,890     28.7     3,924     23.0       633      3.7     1,012      5.9     3,664     21.5       376      2.2 
      6 to 17 years..........        34,229     8,993     26.3     5,843     17.1     1,232      3.6     1,423      4.2     5,431     15.9       470      1.4 
  Own children 18 years and over     13,958     2,728     19.5     2,268     16.2       775      5.6       345      2.5     2,126     15.2       128      0.9 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with female house-                                                                                                                                
  holder, no spouse present          39,261    21,836     55.6    18,401     46.9     6,893     17.6     8,433     21.5    16,438     41.9     5,281     13.5 
  Householder................        13,146     6,750     51.3     5,686     43.3     2,075     15.8     2,513     19.1     5,032     38.3     1,718     13.1 
    Under 65 years...........        11,529     6,150     53.3     5,122     44.4     1,792     15.5     2,394     20.8     4,525     39.2     1,668     14.5 
    65 years and over........         1,616       600     37.1       563     34.8       282     17.5       119      7.4       507     31.4        50      3.1 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        16,137    10,893     67.5     8,955     55.5     3,179     19.7     4,794     29.7     8,061     50.0     2,966     18.4 
      Under 6 years..........         4,764     3,430     72.0     3,146     66.0     1,121     23.5     1,808     38.0     2,920     61.3     1,146     24.1 
      6 to 17 years..........        11,374     7,464     65.6     5,808     51.1     2,057     18.1     2,986     26.3     5,141     45.2     1,820     16.0 
    18 years and over........         6,316     2,604     41.2     2,321     36.8     1,021     16.2       700     11.1     2,053     32.5       428      6.8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
Table 3.  Program Participation Status of Household--Poverty Status of Persons in 2001
(Numbers in thousands)

                                                                                                                          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                  12,438     4,216     33.9     3,410     27.4       991      8.0     1,036      8.3     3,070     24.7       436      3.5 
    Householder..............         4,440     1,397     31.5     1,147     25.8       346      7.8       322      7.3     1,022     23.0       152      3.4 
      Under 65 years.........         4,009     1,250     31.2     1,003     25.0       285      7.1       290      7.2       889     22.2       150      3.7 
      65 years and over......           431       147     34.1       144     33.3        61     14.1        32      7.4       134     31.0         2      0.5 
    Related children                                                                                                                                          
      Under 18 years.........         3,526     1,659     47.1     1,229     34.8       255      7.2       453     12.8     1,125     31.9       192      5.5 
        Under 6 years........         1,193       660     55.3       585     49.0       113      9.4       219     18.4       550     46.1        66      5.5 
        6 to 17 years........         2,333     1,000     42.8       644     27.6       142      6.1       233     10.0       575     24.7       127      5.4 
      18 years and over......         1,472       382     25.9       340     23.1       127      8.6       108      7.4       316     21.5        16      1.1 
                                                                                                                                                              
In unrelated subfamilies              1,171       640     54.6       538     45.9       116      9.9       193     16.4       508     43.4        29      2.4 
  Under 18 years.............           656       377     57.5       317     48.3        69     10.5       122     18.5       299     45.6        16      2.4 
    Under 6 years............           156        85     54.5        80     51.3        15      9.6        25     15.7        77     49.2         7      4.7 
    6 to 17 years............           500       292     58.5       236     47.3        54     10.8        97     19.4       222     44.5         9      1.7 
  18 years and over..........           515       263     51.0       221     42.9        47      9.1        71     13.8       209     40.5        13      2.5 
                                                                                                                                                              
Unrelated individuals......          46,392     8,654     18.7     8,381     18.1     3,063      6.6     2,546      5.5     6,163     13.3     2,912      6.3 
  Male.......................        22,176     3,822     17.2     3,659     16.5     1,381      6.2     1,093      4.9     2,768     12.5     1,095      4.9 
    Under 65 years...........        19,212     3,124     16.3     2,962     15.4     1,128      5.9       926      4.8     2,302     12.0       809      4.2 
      Living alone...........         9,481       987     10.4       987     10.4       414      4.4       328      3.5       592      6.2       494      5.2 
    65 years and over........         2,964       698     23.6       697     23.5       252      8.5       167      5.6       466     15.7       286      9.7 
      Living alone...........         2,569       575     22.4       575     22.4       189      7.3       132      5.1       360     14.0       270     10.5 
  Female.....................        24,216     4,832     20.0     4,722     19.5     1,683      6.9     1,453      6.0     3,396     14.0     1,817      7.5 
    Under 65 years...........        15,930     2,898     18.2     2,789     17.5     1,106      6.9     1,011      6.3     2,166     13.6       917      5.8 
      Living alone...........         8,884     1,425     16.0     1,425     16.0       651      7.3       598      6.7       980     11.0       733      8.3 
    65 years and over........         8,286     1,934     23.3     1,933     23.3       577      7.0       442      5.3     1,230     14.8       899     10.9 
      Living alone...........         7,910     1,811     22.9     1,811     22.9       515      6.5       415      5.2     1,127     14.3       888     11.2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002

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