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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                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                              
PEOPLE OF HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                                                                     
ALL INCOME LEVELS                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                              
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                              
Total......................          37,312    18,386     49.3    13,280     35.6     3,220      8.6     3,913     10.5    12,265     32.9     1,967      5.3 
Under 18 years...............        12,763     8,061     63.2     5,502     43.1     1,148      9.0     1,927     15.1     5,163     40.5       841      6.6 
18 to 24 years...............         4,879     2,023     41.5     1,612     33.0       363      7.4       399      8.2     1,496     30.7       226      4.6 
25 to 34 years...............         6,994     3,238     46.3     2,398     34.3       431      6.2       597      8.5     2,229     31.9       302      4.3 
35 to 44 years...............         5,439     2,408     44.3     1,539     28.3       379      7.0       427      7.9     1,401     25.8       223      4.1 
45 to 54 years...............         3,399     1,193     35.1       901     26.5       300      8.8       231      6.8       791     23.3       137      4.0 
55 to 59 years...............         1,103       346     31.3       295     26.8       112     10.2        67      6.1       270     24.5        44      4.0 
60 to 64 years...............           839       305     36.4       277     33.1       143     17.1        76      9.1       246     29.4        51      6.1 
65 years and over............         1,896       812     42.8       756     39.9       343     18.1       188      9.9       669     35.3       143      7.5 
  65 to 74 years.............         1,175       491     41.8       452     38.5       192     16.4       114      9.7       394     33.5        94      8.0 
  75 years and over.........            722       321     44.4       304     42.2       150     20.8        75     10.4       275     38.1        48      6.7 
                                                                                                                                                              
Male                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total......................        19,058     8,937     46.9     6,390     33.5     1,467      7.7     1,745      9.2     5,893     30.9       897      4.7 
Under 18 years...............         6,557     4,126     62.9     2,792     42.6       577      8.8       947     14.4     2,631     40.1       439      6.7 
18 to 24 years...............         2,586       950     36.8       735     28.4       156      6.0       164      6.4       670     25.9       104      4.0 
25 to 34 years...............         3,726     1,514     40.6     1,167     31.3       192      5.2       240      6.4     1,073     28.8       132      3.5 
35 to 44 years...............         2,839     1,174     41.3       740     26.1       166      5.9       176      6.2       678     23.9        88      3.1 
45 to 54 years...............         1,625       558     34.3       407     25.1       145      9.0        90      5.5       353     21.7        48      3.0 
55 to 59 years...............           516       151     29.3       128     24.8        43      8.3        29      5.5       116     22.4        12      2.4 
60 to 64 years...............           401       133     33.1       118     29.5        48     12.0        26      6.4       101     25.2        17      4.3 
65 years and over............           809       330     40.8       303     37.4       140     17.3        74      9.1       272     33.6        56      6.9 
   65 to 74 years............           522       219     42.0       197     37.7        84     16.1        47      9.0       179     34.4        34      6.6 
   75 years and over........            287       111     38.7       105     36.8        55     19.3        27      9.3        92     32.2        21      7.5 
                                                                                                                                                              
Female                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total.......................       18,254     9,449     51.8     6,890     37.7     1,752      9.6     2,167     11.9     6,371     34.9     1,070      5.9 
Under 18 years...............         6,205     3,935     63.4     2,709     43.7       571      9.2       981     15.8     2,532     40.8       402      6.5 
18 to 24 years...............         2,293     1,073     46.8       877     38.2       207      9.0       234     10.2       826     36.0       122      5.3 
25 to 34 years...............         3,268     1,724     52.7     1,231     37.7       239      7.3       357     10.9     1,156     35.4       170      5.2 
35 to 44 years...............         2,601     1,235     47.5       799     30.7       212      8.2       251      9.6       723     27.8       135      5.2 
45 to 54 years...............         1,774       635     35.8       493     27.8       155      8.7       141      7.9       438     24.7        89      5.0 
55 to 59 years...............           587       194     33.1       167     28.5        69     11.8        39      6.6       154     26.3        32      5.4 
60 to 64 years...............           438       173     39.5       159     36.3        96     21.8        51     11.5       145     33.2        34      7.8 
65 years and over............         1,088       481     44.3       454     41.7       203     18.7       114     10.5       397     36.5        87      8.0 
   65 to 74 years............           653       272     41.6       255     39.1       108     16.6        66     10.2       214     32.9        60      9.2 
   75 years and over........            435       210     48.2       199     45.7        95     21.9        48     11.1       183     42.0        27      6.2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.........................       37,312    18,386     49.3    13,280     35.6     3,220      8.6     3,913     10.5    12,265     32.9     1,967      5.3 
  65 years and over..........         1,896       812     42.8       756     39.9       343     18.1       188      9.9       669     35.3       143      7.5 
In families..................        33,110    17,136     51.8    12,155     36.7     2,841      8.6     3,584     10.8    11,320     34.2     1,690      5.1 
  Householder................         8,516     3,954     46.4     2,894     34.0       727      8.5       852     10.0     2,646     31.1       470      5.5 
    Under 65 years...........         7,845     3,687     47.0     2,645     33.7       614      7.8       787     10.0     2,425     30.9       429      5.5 
    65 years and over........           671       267     39.8       249     37.1       114     16.9        64      9.6       222     33.0        41      6.2 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        12,539     7,926     63.2     5,399     43.1     1,122      8.9     1,882     15.0     5,070     40.4       835      6.7 
     Under 6 years...........         4,565     2,830     62.0     2,268     49.7       443      9.7       745     16.3     2,163     47.4       294      6.4 
      6 to 17 years..........         7,974     5,096     63.9     3,131     39.3       679      8.5     1,136     14.2     2,906     36.4       541      6.8 
  Own children 18 years and over      3,167     1,447     45.7     1,092     34.5       377     11.9       274      8.6     1,026     32.4       134      4.2 
                                                                                                                                                              
In married-couple families           23,544    11,187     47.5     7,347     31.2     1,260      5.4     1,604      6.8     6,916     29.4       624      2.7 
  Husbands...................         5,757     2,360     41.0     1,597     27.7       303      5.3       337      5.9     1,478     25.7       159      2.8 
    Under 65 years...........         5,218     2,174     41.7     1,427     27.4       230      4.4       295      5.7     1,326     25.4       128      2.5 
    65 years and over........           539       185     34.4       170     31.4        73     13.5        42      7.8       153     28.3        31      5.7 
  Wives......................         5,959     2,396     40.2     1,610     27.0       295      5.0       341      5.7     1,489     25.0       163      2.7 
    Under 65 years...........         5,579     2,284     40.9     1,505     27.0       251      4.5       318      5.7     1,407     25.2       142      2.5 
    65 years and over........           380       112     29.4       105     27.7        44     11.5        23      6.0        82     21.7        21      5.5 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         8,712     5,023     57.7     3,118     35.8       420      4.8       766      8.8     2,964     34.0       258      3.0 
      Under 6 years..........         3,223     1,859     57.7     1,416     43.9       205      6.4       361     11.2     1,356     42.1       120      3.7 
      6 to 17 years..........         5,488     3,164     57.7     1,701     31.0       215      3.9       405      7.4     1,608     29.3       139      2.5 
  Own children 18 years and over      2,000       819     41.0       567     28.3       162      8.1       100      5.0       543     27.2        34      1.7 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with female house-                                                                                                                                
  holder, no spouse present           6,830     4,775     69.9     3,868     56.6     1,364     20.0     1,684     24.7     3,553     52.0       943     13.8 
  Householder................         1,922     1,273     66.2     1,045     54.4       375     19.5       441     23.0       946     49.2       272     14.1 
    Under 65 years...........         1,778     1,189     66.9       965     54.3       333     18.7       421     23.7       870     48.9       258     14.5 
    65 years and over........           143        84     58.4        80     56.0        42     29.3        20     13.9        76     52.7        14      9.5 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         3,060     2,428     79.4     1,922     62.8       640     20.9       980     32.0     1,773     57.9       532     17.4 
      Under 6 years..........         1,007       752     74.7       656     65.1       203     20.1       313     31.1       613     60.9       160     15.9 
      6 to 17 years..........         2,053     1,676     81.7     1,266     61.7       438     21.3       666     32.5     1,160     56.5       372     18.1 
    18 years and over........           998       554     55.6       463     46.4       193     19.4       149     15.0       424     42.5        95      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 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with male householder                                                                                                                             
  no spouse present                   2,736     1,173     42.9       940     34.4       218      8.0       295     10.8       851     31.1       123      4.5 
    Householder..............           817       325     39.8       263     32.3        63      7.7        74      9.1       235     28.8        38      4.6 
      Under 65 years.........           786       306     38.9       244     31.1        52      6.6        67      8.6       217     27.7        38      4.8 
      65 years and over......            31        19      (B)        19      (B)        10      (B)         7      (B)        18      (B)         0      (B) 
    Related children                                                                                                                                          
      Under 18 years.........           768       474     61.7       360     46.8        62      8.1       136     17.8       333     43.3        45      5.8 
        Under 6 years........           334       219     65.4       196     58.7        35     10.6        71     21.2       194     58.1        14      4.2 
        6 to 17 years........           434       255     58.8       164     37.7        27      6.1        65     15.1       138     31.9        31      7.1 
      18 years and over......           170        74     43.3        63     36.8        22     13.0        24     14.3        58     34.2         5      2.8 
                                                                                                                                                              
In unrelated subfamilies                222       139     62.7       112     50.7        28     12.5        46     20.6       107     48.2         3      1.4 
  Under 18 years.............           127        85     66.8        68     53.8        19     14.9        30     23.8        65     51.1         2      1.8 
    Under 6 years............            33        26      (B)        21      (B)         4      (B)         5      (B)        21      (B)         1      (B) 
    6 to 17 years............            94        59     62.6        47     49.7        15     15.7        26     27.2        44     46.8         2      1.7 
  18 years and over..........            95        54     57.2        44     46.6         9      9.4        15     16.3        42     44.4         1      0.8 
                                                                                                                                                              
Unrelated individuals......           3,981     1,112     27.9     1,013     25.4       350      8.8       283      7.1       838     21.1       274      6.9 
  Male.......................         2,433       612     25.2       551     22.7       188      7.7       146      6.0       439     18.0       146      6.0 
    Under 65 years...........         2,296       540     23.5       480     20.9       149      6.5       125      5.5       379     16.5       122      5.3 
      Living alone...........           623        96     15.4        96     15.4        30      4.8        25      4.1        53      8.6        55      8.9 
    65 years and over........           137        72     52.8        71     51.9        39     28.1        20     14.9        60     43.7        24     17.6 
      Living alone...........           104        55     52.5        55     52.5        27     25.5        15     14.5        45     42.9        21     20.0 
  Female.....................         1,548       500     32.3       461     29.8       163     10.5       138      8.9       399     25.8       127      8.2 
    Under 65 years...........         1,265       368     29.1       330     26.1       104      8.2        97      7.6       288     22.8        84      6.6 
      Living alone...........           412        82     19.9        82     19.9        44     10.8        31      7.4        65     15.9        52     12.7 
    65 years and over........           283       132     46.6       132     46.6        58     20.6        41     14.6       111     39.2        44     15.4 
      Living alone...........           265       122     46.1       122     46.1        51     19.3        40     15.3       102     38.7        44     16.5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002

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