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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                                                                                                                                     
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                              
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                              
Total......................           7,997     6,233     77.9     4,988     62.4     1,460     18.3     2,631     32.9     4,597     57.5     1,103     13.8 
Under 18 years...............         3,570     3,149     88.2     2,463     69.0       681     19.1     1,448     40.5     2,308     64.7       540     15.1 
18 to 24 years...............         1,024       646     63.1       581     56.8       161     15.7       249     24.4       559     54.6       113     11.1 
25 to 34 years...............         1,238       927     74.8       735     59.4       184     14.8       362     29.2       676     54.6       147     11.8 
35 to 44 years...............           983       762     77.5       546     55.5       148     15.1       278     28.2       484     49.3       114     11.6 
45 to 54 years...............           443       292     65.8       249     56.2        94     21.3       121     27.3       206     46.5        72     16.2 
55 to 59 years...............           150        91     60.5        79     52.5        31     20.8        27     17.7        71     47.3        26     17.1 
60 to 64 years...............           176       107     61.0        95     53.9        55     31.1        51     29.2        79     45.0        25     14.4 
65 years and over............           413       260     63.1       240     58.2       106     25.6        96     23.2       214     51.8        67     16.2 
  65 to 74 years.............           254       161     63.3       146     57.4        65     25.5        57     22.5       127     49.8        44     17.1 
  75 years and over.........            159       100     62.8        95     59.6        41     25.9        39     24.3        87     54.9        23     14.8 
                                                                                                                                                              
Male                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total......................         3,754     2,838     75.6     2,217     59.1       598     15.9     1,116     29.7     2,030     54.1       483     12.9 
Under 18 years...............         1,828     1,602     87.6     1,239     67.8       328     17.9       703     38.5     1,172     64.1       281     15.3 
18 to 24 years...............           460       271     58.8       232     50.3        60     13.0        91     19.7       218     47.2        49     10.7 
25 to 34 years...............           526       346     65.8       272     51.6        60     11.4       116     22.0       239     45.4        45      8.6 
35 to 44 years...............           471       326     69.3       227     48.3        45      9.5       103     21.9       197     41.8        44      9.4 
45 to 54 years...............           178       109     61.3        81     45.8        28     15.9        35     19.5        60     33.8        24     13.5 
55 to 59 years...............            63        40      (B)        38      (B)        12      (B)         8      (B)        34      (B)         7      (B) 
60 to 64 years...............            81        49     59.9        44     53.6        22     27.0        20     24.2        33     40.8        10     12.7 
65 years and over............           147        95     64.8        85     57.9        44     29.8        42     28.3        78     53.3        22     14.9 
   65 to 74 years............            91        60     65.4        52     57.5        29     32.3        27     29.9        50     54.4        14     15.4 
   75 years and over........             56        35      (B)        33      (B)        14      (B)        14      (B)        29      (B)         8      (B) 
                                                                                                                                                              
Female                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total.......................        4,243     3,395     80.0     2,772     65.3       863     20.3     1,515     35.7     2,567     60.5       620     14.6 
Under 18 years...............         1,742     1,547     88.8     1,224     70.3       354     20.3       744     42.7     1,137     65.3       259     14.9 
18 to 24 years...............           563       375     66.6       350     62.1       101     17.9       159     28.2       341     60.6        64     11.3 
25 to 34 years...............           712       581     81.6       464     65.1       124     17.4       246     34.6       437     61.3       101     14.2 
35 to 44 years...............           512       435     85.0       318     62.2       104     20.2       175     34.1       287     56.1        70     13.6 
45 to 54 years...............           266       183     68.8       168     63.2        66     24.8        86     32.5       146     55.0        48     17.9 
55 to 59 years...............            87        50     57.8        41     47.2        20     22.4        19     21.3        37     42.6        18     20.9 
60 to 64 years...............            94        58     61.9        51     54.1        33     34.5        32     33.5        46     48.6        15     15.8 
65 years and over............           266       165     62.2       155     58.4        62     23.4        54     20.3       136     50.9        45     17.0 
   65 to 74 years............           163       101     62.1        93     57.3        35     21.7        30     18.3        77     47.2        30     18.1 
   75 years and over........            103        64     62.2        62     60.1        27     26.0        24     23.5        59     56.8        16     15.2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.........................        7,997     6,233     77.9     4,988     62.4     1,460     18.3     2,631     32.9     4,597     57.5     1,103     13.8 
  65 years and over..........           413       260     63.1       240     58.2       106     25.6        96     23.2       214     51.8        67     16.2 
In families..................         6,674     5,602     83.9     4,407     66.0     1,232     18.5     2,401     36.0     4,113     61.6       934     14.0 
  Householder................         1,649     1,320     80.1     1,066     64.6       318     19.3       560     33.9       984     59.7       254     15.4 
    Under 65 years...........         1,544     1,249     80.9     1,004     65.0       291     18.8       535     34.7       925     59.9       238     15.4 
    65 years and over........           105        72     68.1        62     59.0        27     26.1        24     23.3        58     55.6        16     15.5 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         3,433     3,065     89.3     2,390     69.6       659     19.2     1,405     40.9     2,243     65.3       535     15.6 
     Under 6 years...........         1,321     1,122     84.9       972     73.6       248     18.8       538     40.7       925     70.1       180     13.6 
      6 to 17 years..........         2,112     1,944     92.0     1,418     67.1       411     19.5       867     41.1     1,317     62.4       354     16.8 
  Own children 18 years and over        400       330     82.6       278     69.6        97     24.3       134     33.6       257     64.2        63     15.8 
                                                                                                                                                              
In married-couple families            3,609     2,974     82.4     2,135     59.2       355      9.8       982     27.2     1,985     55.0       242      6.7 
  Husbands...................           804       623     77.5       451     56.1        84     10.4       200     24.9       415     51.6        55      6.9 
    Under 65 years...........           730       579     79.4       416     57.0        67      9.2       181     24.8       382     52.3        45      6.2 
    65 years and over........            74        43      (B)        35      (B)        17      (B)        19      (B)        33      (B)        10      (B) 
  Wives......................           800       609     76.1       444     55.4        78      9.8       196     24.5       408     51.0        60      7.5 
    Under 65 years...........           751       584     77.7       421     56.1        68      9.1       187     24.9       386     51.5        53      7.0 
    65 years and over........            50        25      (B)        23      (B)        10      (B)         9      (B)        22      (B)         8      (B) 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         1,699     1,517     89.3     1,078     63.5       160      9.4       522     30.7     1,006     59.2       115      6.8 
      Under 6 years..........           661       572     86.7       476     72.1        74     11.2       233     35.2       450     68.1        50      7.5 
      6 to 17 years..........         1,038       945     91.0       602     58.0        86      8.3       290     27.9       556     53.6        65      6.3 
  Own children 18 years and over        176       135     76.7        96     54.7        23     13.1        45     25.3        91     51.6        10      5.4 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with female house-                                                                                                                                
  holder, no spouse present           2,585     2,307     89.3     2,025     78.4       823     31.8     1,278     49.5     1,895     73.3       659     25.5 
  Householder................           711       624     87.8       553     77.8       223     31.3       331     46.5       512     72.0       185     26.0 
    Under 65 years...........           678       594     87.7       526     77.6       210     31.0       325     48.0       487     71.9       177     26.2 
    65 years and over........            34        30      (B)        27      (B)        12      (B)         5      (B)        25      (B)         8      (B) 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         1,508     1,375     91.2     1,184     78.5       474     31.4       799     52.9     1,116     74.0       402     26.7 
      Under 6 years..........           561       469     83.7       426     76.0       159     28.3       261     46.6       406     72.4       127     22.7 
      6 to 17 years..........           947       906     95.6       758     80.0       315     33.2       537     56.7       710     74.9       275     29.0 
    18 years and over........           196       173     88.4       162     82.9        69     35.2        75     38.1       148     75.5        52     26.7 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                     480       321     66.8       247     51.5        55     11.4       141     29.4       232     48.4        33      7.0 
    Householder..............           139        85     61.0        69     49.6        18     13.0        32     23.2        63     45.0        12      8.7 
      Under 65 years.........           133        79     59.4        63     47.5        17     12.7        29     21.7        58     43.7        12      9.1 
      65 years and over......             6         6      (B)         6      (B)         1      (B)         3      (B)         4      (B)         0      (B) 
    Related children                                                                                                                                          
      Under 18 years.........           225       173     76.8       128     56.8        26     11.4        84     37.4       121     53.7        17      7.7 
        Under 6 years........            99        80     80.5        70     70.4        15     15.1        44     44.3        70     70.4         3      3.4 
        6 to 17 years........           126        93     73.8        58     46.0        11      8.5        40     32.0        51     40.7        14     11.1 
      18 years and over......            28        22      (B)        20      (B)         5      (B)        15      (B)        18      (B)         1      (B) 
                                                                                                                                                              
In unrelated subfamilies                113        81     71.9        76     67.5        25     21.9        41     36.0        73     64.7         3      2.7 
  Under 18 years.............            71        52      (B)        49      (B)        18      (B)        28      (B)        47      (B)         2      (B) 
    Under 6 years............            19        15      (B)        13      (B)         3      (B)         4      (B)        13      (B)         1      (B) 
    6 to 17 years............            52        37      (B)        36      (B)        15      (B)        24      (B)        34      (B)         2      (B) 
  18 years and over..........            42        29      (B)        27      (B)         7      (B)        13      (B)        26      (B)         1      (B) 
                                                                                                                                                              
Unrelated individuals......           1,211       550     45.4       505     41.7       203     16.8       189     15.6       411     34.0       166     13.7 
  Male.......................           595       234     39.4       213     35.9        90     15.2        84     14.1       154     26.0        85     14.2 
    Under 65 years...........           547       197     35.9       175     32.1        68     12.4        67     12.2       120     22.0        73     13.3 
      Living alone...........           120        68     56.3        68     56.3        23     18.9        20     16.9        33     27.4        46     38.7 
    65 years and over........            48        38      (B)        38      (B)        23      (B)        18      (B)        34      (B)        12      (B) 
      Living alone...........            37        30      (B)        30      (B)        15      (B)        14      (B)        26      (B)        10      (B) 
  Female.....................           616       315     51.2       292     47.4       113     18.4       105     17.1       257     41.7        81     13.2 
    Under 65 years...........           473       232     49.0       208     44.1        79     16.7        73     15.5       189     39.9        53     11.1 
      Living alone...........            98        48     48.5        48     48.5        32     32.9        24     24.6        43     44.0        33     33.7 
    65 years and over........           143        84     58.5        84     58.5        34     23.7        32     22.1        68     47.6        28     19.9 
      Living alone...........           130        76     58.6        76     58.6        29     22.4        31     23.6        62     47.6        28     21.8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002

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