Food Stamp Households and Participants--Summary: 1998 statistics


Household type	Households		Age, sex,	Participants
and			race, and
income source	Number	Percent	Hispanic origin	Number	Percent
	(1,000)			(1,000)

Total	8,246	100.0	Total	19,969	100.0
With children	4,803	58.2	Children	10,546	52.8
Single-parent households	3,264	39.6	Under 5 years old	3,509	17.6
Married-couple households	712	8.6	5 to 17 years old	7,037	35.2
Other	830	10.0	Adults	9,409	47.1
With elderly	1,500	18.2	18 to 35 years old	4,292	21.5
Living alone	1,184	14.4	36 to 59 years old	3,480	17.4
Not living alone	316	3.8	60 years old and over	1,637	8.2
Disabled	2,015	24.4	Unknown	14	0.1
Disabled	2,015	24.4
Living alone	1,113	13.5	Male	7,926	39.7
Not living alone	903	10.9	Female	11,967	59.9
Other	980	11.9

Earned income	2,167	26.3	White, non-Hispanic	8,008	40.1
Wages and salaries	2,047	24.8	Black, non-Hispanic	7,248	36.3
Self-employment	111	1.3
Other	30	0.4
Unearned income	6,495	78.8	Hispanic	3,652	18.3
TANF ¹	2,591	31.4	Asian	605	3.0
General assistance	486	5.9
Supplemental Security Income	2,315	28.1	Native American	311	1.6
Social Security	1,924	23.3	Other	145	0.7
Unemployment	130	1.6
Other	1,341	16.3
No income	724	8.8

1 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service,Characteristics of Food Stamp Households:Fiscal Year 1998 (Advance Report), July 1999.

http://www.fns.usda.gov/fns/

https://allcountries.org/uscensus/629_food_stamp_households_and_participants_summary.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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629. Food Stamp Households and Participants--Summary: 1998