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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                                                                                                                                            
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                              
Both Sexes                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                              
Total......................          15,271     8,532     55.9     7,666     50.2     3,003     19.7     4,184     27.4     6,748     44.2     1,984     13.0 
Under 18 years...............         4,194     3,215     76.7     2,751     65.6       912     21.7     1,724     41.1     2,541     60.6       639     15.2 
18 to 24 years...............         2,088       881     42.2       818     39.2       258     12.4       416     19.9       722     34.6       199      9.5 
25 to 34 years...............         1,817     1,056     58.1       960     52.8       283     15.6       556     30.6       843     46.4       220     12.1 
35 to 44 years...............         1,804     1,062     58.9       928     51.5       393     21.8       522     28.9       823     45.6       201     11.2 
45 to 54 years...............         1,547       787     50.9       717     46.3       381     24.6       350     22.6       623     40.3       176     11.3 
55 to 59 years...............           833       365     43.8       347     41.6       228     27.4       171     20.5       301     36.1       121     14.6 
60 to 64 years...............           721       285     39.5       279     38.7       168     23.4       129     17.9       235     32.6        80     11.0 
65 years and over............         2,266       880     38.8       867     38.2       381     16.8       316     14.0       660     29.1       348     15.4 
  65 to 74 years.............           989       398     40.3       388     39.2       200     20.2       180     18.2       329     33.3       159     16.0 
  75 years and over.........          1,277       482     37.7       479     37.5       181     14.2       136     10.7       331     25.9       190     14.9 
                                                                                                                                                              
Male                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total......................         6,553     3,504     53.5     3,133     47.8     1,247     19.0     1,689     25.8     2,794     42.6       675     10.3 
Under 18 years...............         2,162     1,645     76.1     1,414     65.4       472     21.8       875     40.5     1,309     60.5       304     14.0 
18 to 24 years...............           866       291     33.6       268     31.0        87     10.1       107     12.4       229     26.4        51      5.9 
25 to 34 years...............           711       346     48.6       324     45.6       101     14.2       179     25.2       280     39.3        60      8.4 
35 to 44 years...............           753       388     51.6       344     45.7       142     18.8       175     23.2       295     39.2        58      7.7 
45 to 54 years...............           749       355     47.4       323     43.2       167     22.3       147     19.6       285     38.1        58      7.8 
55 to 59 years...............           355       141     39.6       129     36.2        98     27.5        60     16.8       118     33.2        41     11.4 
60 to 64 years...............           341       118     34.7       116     34.0        67     19.6        54     15.8       103     30.2        26      7.5 
65 years and over............           616       220     35.7       215     34.9       114     18.6        93     15.0       175     28.4        78     12.6 
   65 to 74 years............           323       128     39.6       124     38.3        77     23.8        69     21.3       108     33.4        52     15.9 
   75 years and over........            293        92     31.3        91     31.1        37     12.8        24      8.1        67     22.9        26      9.0 
                                                                                                                                                              
Female                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                              
  Total.......................        8,718     5,029     57.7     4,533     52.0     1,756     20.1     2,495     28.6     3,954     45.4     1,309     15.0 
Under 18 years...............         2,031     1,569     77.3     1,336     65.8       440     21.7       849     41.8     1,232     60.7       335     16.5 
18 to 24 years...............         1,222       590     48.3       550     45.0       171     14.0       309     25.3       493     40.3       148     12.1 
25 to 34 years...............         1,107       711     64.2       636     57.4       182     16.4       377     34.0       563     50.9       160     14.5 
35 to 44 years...............         1,051       674     64.2       585     55.6       251     23.9       347     33.0       528     50.2       143     13.6 
45 to 54 years...............           799       433     54.2       394     49.3       214     26.8       203     25.4       338     42.3       117     14.7 
55 to 59 years...............           478       224     46.9       218     45.6       130     27.3       111     23.3       183     38.2        81     16.9 
60 to 64 years...............           380       167     43.9       163     42.9       102     26.7        75     19.8       132     34.7        54     14.2 
65 years and over............         1,650       660     40.0       652     39.5       266     16.1       224     13.6       486     29.4       270     16.4 
   65 to 74 years............           666       270     40.6       264     39.6       123     18.4       111     16.7       221     33.3       107     16.1 
   75 years and over........            984       390     39.6       388     39.4       144     14.6       112     11.4       264     26.8       163     16.6 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.........................       15,271     8,532     55.9     7,666     50.2     3,003     19.7     4,184     27.4     6,748     44.2     1,984     13.0 
  65 years and over..........         2,266       880     38.8       867     38.2       381     16.8       316     14.0       660     29.1       348     15.4 
In families..................         9,122     5,984     65.6     5,165     56.6     1,854     20.3     3,094     33.9     4,739     52.0     1,177     12.9 
  Householder................         3,051     1,857     60.9     1,622     53.2       597     19.6       944     30.9     1,482     48.6       404     13.2 
    Under 65 years...........         2,692     1,726     64.1     1,503     55.8       542     20.1       904     33.6     1,380     51.3       385     14.3 
    65 years and over........           359       131     36.5       119     33.1        56     15.5        41     11.4       102     28.4        20      5.5 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         3,887     3,024     77.8     2,575     66.3       878     22.6     1,644     42.3     2,382     61.3       624     16.1 
     Under 6 years...........         1,450     1,105     76.3     1,030     71.0       324     22.4       660     45.5       966     66.6       284     19.6 
      6 to 17 years..........         2,437     1,918     78.7     1,545     63.4       554     22.7       984     40.4     1,416     58.1       340     14.0 
  Own children 18 years and over        470       297     63.1       254     54.2       130     27.7       123     26.2       241     51.3        45      9.7 
                                                                                                                                                              
In married-couple families            4,782     2,623     54.9     2,252     47.1       704     14.7     1,252     26.2     2,046     42.8       307      6.4 
  Husbands...................         1,469       661     45.0       580     39.5       187     12.8       309     21.1       518     35.2        85      5.8 
    Under 65 years...........         1,192       599     50.3       523     43.9       159     13.3       289     24.2       473     39.7        70      5.9 
    65 years and over........           277        62     22.3        57     20.6        29     10.4        21      7.4        45     16.3        15      5.3 
  Wives......................         1,477       680     46.1       596     40.4       196     13.3       323     21.9       535     36.2        86      5.8 
    Under 65 years...........         1,248       636     50.9       552     44.2       180     14.5       306     24.5       496     39.8        76      6.1 
    65 years and over........           229        45     19.6        44     19.3        16      6.9        17      7.5        39     16.9        10      4.3 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         1,645     1,163     70.7       976     59.3       290     17.6       581     35.3       902     54.8       129      7.8 
      Under 6 years..........           636       435     68.4       396     62.3        89     13.9       233     36.6       368     57.8        64     10.1 
      6 to 17 years..........         1,009       729     72.2       580     57.4       201     20.0       348     34.4       534     52.9        65      6.4 
  Own children 18 years and over        145        88     60.4        74     51.1        25     17.1        29     20.0        71     49.3         5      3.3 
                                                                                                                                                              
In families with female house-                                                                                                                                
  holder, no spouse present           3,661     2,947     80.5     2,556     69.8     1,007     27.5     1,692     46.2     2,368     64.7       792     21.6 
  Householder................         1,305     1,021     78.3       891     68.3       348     26.7       580     44.4       826     63.3       292     22.3 
    Under 65 years...........         1,202       959     79.8       837     69.6       321     26.7       563     46.8       776     64.5       285     23.7 
    65 years and over........           103        62     60.3        54     53.0        27     26.6        17     16.1        50     48.5         6      6.0 
  Related children                                                                                                                                            
    Under 18 years...........         1,953     1,653     84.6     1,426     73.0       526     26.9       982     50.3     1,322     67.7       448     23.0 
      Under 6 years..........           708       590     83.2       559     78.9       206     29.1       391     55.3       529     74.7       208     29.3 
      6 to 17 years..........         1,245     1,064     85.5       866     69.6       320     25.7       591     47.5       793     63.7       240     19.3 
    18 years and over........           277       185     66.6       157     56.8        91     32.8        84     30.2       148     53.2        38     13.7 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                     679       414     61.0       357     52.6       142     20.9       150     22.1       325     47.9        78     11.6 
    Householder..............           270       161     59.6       139     51.6        56     20.8        51     18.9       129     47.7        28     10.4 
      Under 65 years.........           256       155     60.6       134     52.1        55     21.6        51     19.8       124     48.2        28     10.8 
      65 years and over......            13         5      (B)         5      (B)         1      (B)         0      (B)         5      (B)         0      (B) 
    Related children                                                                                                                                          
      Under 18 years.........           288       207     71.9       174     60.2        62     21.5        81     28.1       158     54.9        47     16.3 
        Under 6 years........           105        81     77.3        74     70.9        29     28.0        36     34.0        70     66.2        12     11.6 
        6 to 17 years........           183       126     68.8        99     54.1        33     17.8        45     24.8        89     48.4        35     19.0 
      18 years and over......            48        24      (B)        23      (B)        14      (B)        11      (B)        22      (B)         3      (B) 
                                                                                                                                                              
In unrelated subfamilies                267       206     77.0       183     68.5        38     14.3        93     34.9       170     63.6        13      4.8 
  Under 18 years.............           164       126     77.1       112     68.3        23     14.2        61     37.2       104     63.7         8      4.7 
    Under 6 years............            43        30      (B)        30      (B)         7      (B)        11      (B)        29      (B)         5      (B) 
    6 to 17 years............           121        96     79.4        82     67.6        16     13.2        50     41.2        75     62.0         3      2.2 
  18 years and over..........           103        79     76.9        71     68.8        15     14.4        32     31.4        66     63.5         5      5.0 
                                                                                                                                                              
Unrelated individuals......           5,882     2,343     39.8     2,319     39.4     1,112     18.9       997     17.0     1,839     31.3       794     13.5 
  Male.......................         2,335       841     36.0       834     35.7       434     18.6       375     16.1       693     29.7       233     10.0 
    Under 65 years...........         2,027       697     34.4       690     34.0       350     17.2       307     15.1       576     28.4       173      8.5 
      Living alone...........           836       295     35.3       295     35.3       175     21.0       162     19.4       236     28.3       115     13.8 
    65 years and over........           308       144     46.8       144     46.8        85     27.4        68     22.2       117     38.1        60     19.5 
      Living alone...........           262       129     49.3       129     49.3        74     28.3        64     24.5       104     39.8        56     21.5 
  Female.....................         3,547     1,502     42.3     1,485     41.9       678     19.1       622     17.5     1,146     32.3       561     15.8 
    Under 65 years...........         2,270       971     42.8       955     42.1       460     20.3       437     19.3       769     33.9       310     13.6 
      Living alone...........         1,011       517     51.2       517     51.2       285     28.2       276     27.3       388     38.3       260     25.7 
    65 years and over........         1,277       530     41.5       530     41.5       217     17.0       185     14.5       376     29.5       252     19.7 
      Living alone...........         1,191       497     41.7       497     41.7       202     16.9       181     15.2       348     29.2       248     20.8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002

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