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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                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                              
WHITE NON-HISPANIC                                                                                                                                            
ALL INCOME LEVELS                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                              
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                              
Total......................         194,538    31,882     16.4    27,317     14.0     8,011      4.1     7,431      3.8    23,760     12.2     4,162      2.1 
Under 18 years...............        44,095    10,677     24.2     8,307     18.8     1,911      4.3     2,837      6.4     7,659     17.4     1,088      2.5 
18 to 24 years...............        17,026     3,107     18.2     2,862     16.8       719      4.2       755      4.4     2,566     15.1       416      2.4 
25 to 34 years...............        24,320     4,038     16.6     3,440     14.1       828      3.4     1,030      4.2     3,028     12.5       511      2.1 
35 to 44 years...............        31,029     4,575     14.7     3,664     11.8     1,070      3.4       938      3.0     3,310     10.7       425      1.4 
45 to 54 years...............        29,733     3,230     10.9     2,924      9.8     1,159      3.9       696      2.3     2,556      8.6       310      1.0 
55 to 59 years...............        11,486     1,286     11.2     1,232     10.7       619      5.4       258      2.2     1,030      9.0       203      1.8 
60 to 64 years...............         8,876     1,096     12.4     1,068     12.0       502      5.7       238      2.7       888     10.0       161      1.8 
65 years and over............        27,973     3,872     13.8     3,820     13.7     1,202      4.3       680      2.4     2,722      9.7     1,048      3.7 
  65 to 74 years.............        14,550     1,892     13.0     1,852     12.7       626      4.3       383      2.6     1,434      9.9       402      2.8 
  75 years and over.........         13,423     1,980     14.7     1,968     14.7       576      4.3       297      2.2     1,288      9.6       646      4.8 
                                                                                                                                                              
Male                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total......................        95,260    14,496     15.2    12,358     13.0     3,698      3.9     3,160      3.3    10,849     11.4     1,555      1.6 
Under 18 years...............        22,631     5,406     23.9     4,212     18.6       996      4.4     1,410      6.2     3,873     17.1       523      2.3 
18 to 24 years...............         8,546     1,365     16.0     1,255     14.7       345      4.0       272      3.2     1,123     13.1       160      1.9 
25 to 34 years...............        12,142     1,734     14.3     1,517     12.5       369      3.0       384      3.2     1,308     10.8       213      1.8 
35 to 44 years...............        15,417     2,027     13.2     1,629     10.6       497      3.2       372      2.4     1,459      9.5       155      1.0 
45 to 54 years...............        14,766     1,577     10.7     1,421      9.6       539      3.6       306      2.1     1,253      8.5       115      0.8 
55 to 59 years...............         5,631       580     10.3       549      9.8       296      5.3        91      1.6       469      8.3        68      1.2 
60 to 64 years...............         4,261       453     10.6       442     10.4       214      5.0        95      2.2       373      8.8        52      1.2 
65 years and over............        11,866     1,353     11.4     1,333     11.2       443      3.7       230      1.9       992      8.4       269      2.3 
   65 to 74 years............         6,689       786     11.7       769     11.5       257      3.8       154      2.3       620      9.3       128      1.9 
   75 years and over........          5,177       567     10.9       564     10.9       187      3.6        76      1.5       371      7.2       141      2.7 
                                                                                                                                                              
Female                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total.......................       99,278    17,386     17.5    14,959     15.1     4,313      4.3     4,272      4.3    12,910     13.0     2,607      2.6 
Under 18 years...............        21,464     5,271     24.6     4,096     19.1       915      4.3     1,427      6.6     3,787     17.6       565      2.6 
18 to 24 years...............         8,480     1,742     20.5     1,606     18.9       374      4.4       483      5.7     1,442     17.0       256      3.0 
25 to 34 years...............        12,178     2,304     18.9     1,923     15.8       460      3.8       646      5.3     1,721     14.1       298      2.4 
35 to 44 years...............        15,612     2,547     16.3     2,035     13.0       573      3.7       566      3.6     1,852     11.9       270      1.7 
45 to 54 years...............        14,966     1,652     11.0     1,503     10.0       621      4.1       390      2.6     1,304      8.7       195      1.3 
55 to 59 years...............         5,855       707     12.1       682     11.7       324      5.5       167      2.8       561      9.6       136      2.3 
60 to 64 years...............         4,615       644     14.0       626     13.6       288      6.2       143      3.1       515     11.2       110      2.4 
65 years and over............        16,107     2,519     15.6     2,487     15.4       759      4.7       450      2.8     1,730     10.7       779      4.8 
   65 to 74 years............         7,861     1,106     14.1     1,083     13.8       369      4.7       228      2.9       814     10.3       274      3.5 
   75 years and over........          8,246     1,413     17.1     1,404     17.0       390      4.7       222      2.7       917     11.1       504      6.1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
Household relationship                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
Total.........................      194,538    31,882     16.4    27,317     14.0     8,011      4.1     7,431      3.8    23,760     12.2     4,162      2.1 
  65 years and over..........        27,973     3,872     13.8     3,820     13.7     1,202      4.3       680      2.4     2,722      9.7     1,048      3.7 
In families..................       159,178    26,163     16.4    21,759     13.7     6,117      3.8     5,803      3.6    19,669     12.4     2,379      1.5 
  Householder................        53,628     7,891     14.7     6,706     12.5     1,983      3.7     1,781      3.3     5,941     11.1       858      1.6 
    Under 65 years...........        43,964     6,805     15.5     5,659     12.9     1,603      3.6     1,615      3.7     5,098     11.6       777      1.8 
    65 years and over........         9,664     1,086     11.2     1,047     10.8       380      3.9       166      1.7       844      8.7        82      0.8 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        43,459    10,366     23.9     8,039     18.5     1,857      4.3     2,742      6.3     7,412     17.1     1,068      2.5 
     Under 6 years...........        13,638     3,513     25.8     3,089     22.6       649      4.8     1,129      8.3     2,845     20.9       482      3.5 
      6 to 17 years..........        29,821     6,854     23.0     4,950     16.6     1,208      4.1     1,613      5.4     4,567     15.3       586      2.0 
  Own children 18 years and over     13,962     2,414     17.3     2,208     15.8       828      5.9       363      2.6     2,069     14.8       130      0.9 
                                                                                                                                                              
In married-couple families          133,990    16,740     12.5    13,878     10.4     3,520      2.6     2,743      2.0    12,538      9.4       865      0.6 
  Husbands...................        44,213     4,499     10.2     3,861      8.7     1,044      2.4       711      1.6     3,385      7.7       277      0.6 
    Under 65 years...........        35,448     3,784     10.7     3,160      8.9       821      2.3       610      1.7     2,848      8.0       207      0.6 
    65 years and over........         8,765       715      8.2       701      8.0       223      2.5       101      1.1       537      6.1        70      0.8 
  Wives......................        43,738     4,455     10.2     3,830      8.8     1,032      2.4       719      1.6     3,367      7.7       266      0.6 
    Under 65 years...........        36,940     3,939     10.7     3,319      9.0       876      2.4       648      1.8     2,980      8.1       210      0.6 
    65 years and over........         6,798       517      7.6       511      7.5       156      2.3        72      1.1       387      5.7        56      0.8 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........        34,761     6,095     17.5     4,637     13.3       902      2.6     1,133      3.3     4,322     12.4       281      0.8 
      Under 6 years..........        11,260     2,165     19.2     1,836     16.3       298      2.7       489      4.3     1,692     15.0       156      1.4 
      6 to 17 years..........        23,501     3,930     16.7     2,802     11.9       604      2.6       645      2.7     2,631     11.2       125      0.5 
  Own children 18 years and over      9,757     1,282     13.1     1,167     12.0       388      4.0       131      1.3     1,109     11.4        31      0.3 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with female house-                                                                                                                                
  holder, no spouse present          18,365     7,588     41.3     6,347     34.6     2,171     11.8     2,662     14.5     5,737     31.2     1,356      7.4 
  Householder................         6,886     2,696     39.2     2,264     32.9       769     11.2       924     13.4     2,035     29.6       521      7.6 
    Under 65 years...........         5,792     2,380     41.1     1,972     34.0       626     10.8       873     15.1     1,777     30.7       506      8.7 
    65 years and over........         1,094       317     28.9       293     26.8       143     13.0        51      4.7       258     23.6        15      1.4 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         6,726     3,559     52.9     2,854     42.4       850     12.6     1,424     21.2     2,588     38.5       712     10.6 
      Under 6 years..........         1,785     1,084     60.7     1,008     56.5       302     16.9       555     31.1       927     52.0       301     16.8 
      6 to 17 years..........         4,941     2,475     50.1     1,846     37.4       548     11.1       869     17.6     1,660     33.6       411      8.3 
    18 years and over........         3,220       926     28.7       851     26.4       389     12.1       196      6.1       783     24.3        92      2.8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                   6,823     1,834     26.9     1,534     22.5       426      6.2       399      5.8     1,394     20.4       158      2.3 
    Householder..............         2,618       687     26.3       577     22.0       166      6.3       141      5.4       521     19.9        61      2.3 
      Under 65 years.........         2,302       597     25.9       488     21.2       137      6.0       126      5.5       438     19.0        60      2.6 
      65 years and over......           316        90     28.7        89     28.2        29      9.1        15      4.7        83     26.2         0    0.097 
    Related children                                                                                                                                          
      Under 18 years.........         1,972       713     36.1       547     27.8       105      5.3       185      9.4       502     25.5        75      3.8 
        Under 6 years........           594       264     44.5       245     41.2        49      8.2        85     14.3       226     38.1        25      4.2 
        6 to 17 years........         1,378       449     32.6       303     22.0        57      4.1       100      7.3       276     20.0        50      3.6 
      18 years and over......           984       207     21.0       190     19.3        50      5.1        36      3.7       177     18.0         7      0.7 
                                                                                                                                                              
In unrelated subfamilies                757       398     52.6       334     44.1        71      9.3       115     15.2       315     41.6        22      2.9 
  Under 18 years.............           413       230     55.5       191     46.3        40      9.6        72     17.5       181     43.8        12      2.9 
    Under 6 years............            90        44     48.5        44     48.3        11     11.7        16     17.5        43     47.4         5      5.6 
    6 to 17 years............           323       186     57.5       148     45.7        29      9.0        57     17.5       138     42.7         7      2.1 
  18 years and over..........           343       169     49.1       143     41.6        31      9.0        43     12.4       134     39.0        10      2.8 
                                                                                                                                                              
Unrelated individuals......          34,603     5,321     15.4     5,224     15.1     1,824      5.3     1,513      4.4     3,776     10.9     1,762      5.1 
  Male.......................        15,896     2,182     13.7     2,125     13.4       815      5.1       642      4.0     1,627     10.2       592      3.7 
    Under 65 years...........        13,440     1,708     12.7     1,651     12.3       652      4.8       539      4.0     1,311      9.8       397      3.0 
      Living alone...........         7,046       585      8.3       585      8.3       267      3.8       219      3.1       379      5.4       255      3.6 
    65 years and over........         2,456       474     19.3       474     19.3       163      6.6       103      4.2       316     12.9       195      7.9 
      Living alone...........         2,157       401     18.6       401     18.6       125      5.8        86      4.0       250     11.6       188      8.7 
  Female.....................        18,707     3,139     16.8     3,099     16.6     1,009      5.4       871      4.7     2,149     11.5     1,170      6.3 
    Under 65 years...........        11,569     1,705     14.7     1,665     14.4       637      5.5       571      4.9     1,293     11.2       476      4.1 
      Living alone...........         6,537       866     13.3       866     13.3       380      5.8       348      5.3       596      9.1       391      6.0 
    65 years and over........         7,138     1,434     20.1     1,433     20.1       372      5.2       300      4.2       856     12.0       695      9.7 
      Living alone...........         6,836     1,353     19.8     1,353     19.8       331      4.8       284      4.1       785     11.5       691     10.1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002

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