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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                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                              
BLACK                                                                                                                                                         
ALL INCOME LEVELS                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                              
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                              
Total......................          35,871    16,505     46.0    13,801     38.5     5,162     14.4     5,619     15.7    11,764     32.8     4,350     12.1 
Under 18 years...............        11,556     6,994     60.5     5,601     48.5     1,989     17.2     2,756     23.8     4,971     43.0     1,993     17.2 
18 to 24 years...............         3,956     1,920     48.5     1,716     43.4       600     15.2       667     16.8     1,461     36.9       556     14.0 
25 to 34 years...............         5,040     2,156     42.8     1,745     34.6       576     11.4       741     14.7     1,453     28.8       560     11.1 
35 to 44 years...............         5,495     2,048     37.3     1,608     29.3       609     11.1       530      9.6     1,337     24.3       446      8.1 
45 to 54 years...............         4,475     1,460     32.6     1,301     29.1       567     12.7       459     10.3     1,071     23.9       308      6.9 
55 to 59 years...............         1,433       485     33.9       442     30.8       206     14.4       129      9.0       366     25.5       119      8.3 
60 to 64 years...............         1,063       382     36.0       364     34.3       184     17.3        75      7.1       295     27.8       114     10.7 
65 years and over............         2,853     1,058     37.1     1,024     35.9       431     15.1       263      9.2       808     28.3       253      8.9 
  65 to 74 years.............         1,763       637     36.1       615     34.9       261     14.8       156      8.9       484     27.5       155      8.8 
  75 years and over.........          1,091       421     38.6       410     37.6       170     15.6       107      9.8       324     29.7        98      9.0 
                                                                                                                                                              
Male                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total......................        16,626     7,092     42.7     5,865     35.3     2,177     13.1     2,211     13.3     4,982     30.0     1,701     10.2 
Under 18 years...............         5,833     3,479     59.6     2,768     47.4       953     16.3     1,364     23.4     2,436     41.8     1,013     17.4 
18 to 24 years...............         1,862       767     41.2       662     35.6       236     12.7       198     10.6       544     29.2       167      9.0 
25 to 34 years...............         2,244       755     33.7       621     27.7       213      9.5       185      8.3       504     22.5       147      6.6 
35 to 44 years...............         2,465       784     31.8       616     25.0       253     10.3       157      6.4       519     21.1       136      5.5 
45 to 54 years...............         2,026       618     30.5       553     27.3       252     12.4       169      8.4       468     23.1        88      4.3 
55 to 59 years...............           640       189     29.5       166     25.9        79     12.3        38      5.9       138     21.6        30      4.7 
60 to 64 years...............           434       135     31.1       126     29.0        59     13.6        23      5.3       103     23.8        37      8.4 
65 years and over............         1,122       365     32.5       353     31.4       133     11.8        77      6.8       269     23.9        83      7.4 
   65 to 74 years............           753       251     33.4       244     32.3        98     13.0        55      7.3       189     25.1        53      7.1 
   75 years and over........            369       114     30.8       109     29.6        35      9.6        22      5.9        80     21.6        30      8.2 
                                                                                                                                                              
Female                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total.......................       19,245     9,413     48.9     7,936     41.2     2,986     15.5     3,408     17.7     6,781     35.2     2,649     13.8 
Under 18 years...............         5,723     3,515     61.4     2,834     49.5     1,036     18.1     1,392     24.3     2,535     44.3       980     17.1 
18 to 24 years...............         2,095     1,154     55.1     1,054     50.3       364     17.4       469     22.4       917     43.8       389     18.6 
25 to 34 years...............         2,796     1,401     50.1     1,123     40.2       363     13.0       556     19.9       949     33.9       413     14.8 
35 to 44 years...............         3,030     1,265     41.7       992     32.7       356     11.8       373     12.3       818     27.0       310     10.2 
45 to 54 years...............         2,449       842     34.4       748     30.6       315     12.9       289     11.8       603     24.6       220      9.0 
55 to 59 years...............           793       296     37.4       276     34.9       127     16.1        91     11.5       227     28.7        89     11.2 
60 to 64 years...............           628       247     39.3       238     37.8       125     19.9        52      8.3       192     30.6        77     12.3 
65 years and over............         1,731       693     40.0       671     38.8       298     17.2       186     10.7       540     31.2       170      9.8 
   65 to 74 years............         1,009       386     38.2       371     36.7       163     16.2       101     10.0       295     29.2       102     10.1 
   75 years and over........            721       308     42.6       300     41.6       134     18.6        85     11.8       244     33.9        68      9.5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.........................       35,871    16,505     46.0    13,801     38.5     5,162     14.4     5,619     15.7    11,764     32.8     4,350     12.1 
  65 years and over..........         2,853     1,058     37.1     1,024     35.9       431     15.1       263      9.2       808     28.3       253      8.9 
In families..................        29,869    14,529     48.6    11,905     39.9     4,366     14.6     4,932     16.5    10,384     34.8     3,591     12.0 
  Householder................         8,847     3,988     45.1     3,283     37.1     1,171     13.2     1,345     15.2     2,823     31.9     1,078     12.2 
    Under 65 years...........         7,862     3,661     46.6     2,975     37.8     1,028     13.1     1,274     16.2     2,553     32.5     1,044     13.3 
    65 years and over........           985       327     33.2       307     31.2       143     14.5        70      7.1       270     27.4        34      3.4 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        11,419     6,919     60.6     5,535     48.5     1,975     17.3     2,734     23.9     4,914     43.0     1,985     17.4 
     Under 6 years...........         3,653     2,278     62.3     2,000     54.7       695     19.0     1,091     29.9     1,841     50.4       783     21.4 
      6 to 17 years..........         7,766     4,641     59.8     3,535     45.5     1,280     16.5     1,643     21.2     3,073     39.6     1,203     15.5 
  Own children 18 years and over      3,474     1,572     45.2     1,394     40.1       607     17.5       441     12.7     1,185     34.1       283      8.2 
                                                                                                                                                              
In married-couple families           15,089     4,707     31.2     3,472     23.0     1,034      6.8       775      5.1     3,012     20.0       527      3.5 
  Husbands...................         4,328     1,142     26.4       855     19.7       246      5.7       178      4.1       729     16.8       139      3.2 
    Under 65 years...........         3,644       971     26.6       696     19.1       194      5.3       153      4.2       598     16.4       114      3.1 
    65 years and over........           684       171     24.9       158     23.1        52      7.6        26      3.8       130     19.1        25      3.6 
  Wives......................         4,123     1,072     26.0       809     19.6       240      5.8       166      4.0       685     16.6       133      3.2 
    Under 65 years...........         3,676       993     27.0       736     20.0       209      5.7       147      4.0       622     16.9       128      3.5 
    65 years and over........           447        79     17.7        72     16.2        31      6.9        19      4.2        63     14.0         5      1.2 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         4,876     1,866     38.3     1,269     26.0       323      6.6       321      6.6     1,131     23.2       211      4.3 
      Under 6 years..........         1,542       586     38.0       431     27.9        73      4.8       110      7.1       385     25.0        80      5.2 
      6 to 17 years..........         3,334     1,280     38.4       839     25.2       250      7.5       211      6.3       746     22.4       131      3.9 
  Own children 18 years and over      1,372       438     31.9       368     26.8       151     11.0        73      5.3       318     23.2        35      2.6 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with female house-                                                                                                                                
  holder, no spouse present          12,550     8,798     70.1     7,648     60.9     3,016     24.0     3,868     30.8     6,664     53.1     2,934     23.4 
  Householder................         3,838     2,558     66.6     2,189     57.0       824     21.5     1,080     28.1     1,882     49.0       894     23.3 
    Under 65 years...........         3,532     2,394     67.8     2,033     57.6       743     21.0     1,042     29.5     1,739     49.2       876     24.8 
    65 years and over........           306       164     53.5       155     50.7        82     26.6        38     12.3       143     46.6        18      5.9 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         5,881     4,649     79.1     4,001     68.0     1,573     26.7     2,302     39.1     3,540     60.2     1,713     29.1 
      Under 6 years..........         1,887     1,536     81.4     1,446     76.6       597     31.6       929     49.2     1,346     71.3       680     36.0 
      6 to 17 years..........         3,994     3,113     77.9     2,555     64.0       975     24.4     1,372     34.4     2,194     54.9     1,033     25.9 
    18 years and over........         1,858     1,043     56.2       940     50.6       399     21.5       323     17.4       784     42.2       244     13.1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                   2,229     1,024     45.9       785     35.2       317     14.2       290     13.0       708     31.8       130      5.8 
    Householder..............           775       324     41.7       258     33.3       102     13.2        90     11.6       227     29.3        47      6.0 
      Under 65 years.........           702       289     41.2       224     31.8        81     11.5        81     11.5       195     27.7        46      6.5 
      65 years and over......            73        34      (B)        34      (B)        22      (B)         9      (B)        32      (B)         1      (B) 
    Related children                                                                                                                                          
      Under 18 years.........           662       403     60.9       265     39.9        79     12.0       112     16.9       244     36.8        61      9.2 
        Under 6 years........           224       156     69.5       123     55.1        24     10.8        52     23.1       110     49.2        23     10.1 
        6 to 17 years........           438       248     56.5       141     32.2        55     12.6        60     13.7       133     30.4        38      8.8 
      18 years and over......           245        91     37.2        86     35.2        58     23.5        45     18.4        83     34.0         5      1.9 
                                                                                                                                                              
In unrelated subfamilies                129        73     56.4        63     48.7        12      9.7        19     14.9        58     44.9         0      0.0 
  Under 18 years.............            79        43     54.3        38     47.9         7      9.1        11     13.6        34     43.5         0      0.0 
    Under 6 years............            23        10      (B)        10      (B)         0      (B)         2      (B)         8      (B)         0      (B) 
    6 to 17 years............            56        33      (B)        28      (B)         7      (B)         9      (B)        27      (B)         0      (B) 
  18 years and over..........            50        30      (B)        25      (B)         5      (B)         8      (B)        23      (B)         0      (B) 
                                                                                                                                                              
Unrelated individuals......           5,873     1,903     32.4     1,833     31.2       784     13.3       667     11.4     1,322     22.5       759     12.9 
  Male.......................         2,814       886     31.5       850     30.2       352     12.5       277      9.8       619     22.0       315     11.2 
    Under 65 years...........         2,506       754     30.1       718     28.6       307     12.2       240      9.6       538     21.5       259     10.3 
      Living alone...........         1,340       277     20.7       277     20.7       111      8.3        75      5.6       152     11.4       175     13.0 
    65 years and over........           308       133     43.2       133     43.2        45     14.6        37     11.9        81     26.3        56     18.2 
      Living alone...........           258       103     39.8       103     39.8        32     12.5        26      9.9        56     21.6        51     19.9 
  Female.....................         3,059     1,017     33.2       983     32.1       432     14.1       390     12.8       702     22.9       443     14.5 
    Under 65 years...........         2,328       696     29.9       662     28.4       308     13.2       292     12.5       474     20.4       309     13.3 
      Living alone...........         1,602       419     26.1       419     26.1       209     13.1       196     12.2       276     17.3       254     15.9 
    65 years and over........           731       321     43.9       321     43.9       124     16.9        98     13.5       228     31.1       135     18.4 
      Living alone...........           689       294     42.6       294     42.6       109     15.9        89     12.9       207     30.1       129     18.8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002

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