United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Public Noncash Benefit Recipients 321
No. 520. H o u s e h o l d s R e c e iv in g Pu b lic N o n c a s h Be n e fit s, by T y p e o f Ben efit and In c o m e
L e v e l : 1 9 8 0
[Households as of March 1991. See headnote, table 519. Persons of Spanish origin may be of any race. Metropolitan areas refers
to 243 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas as defined in 1970 census reports. For composition of regions, see fig. 1. inside
front cover. For definitions of household types, see text. pp. 3 and 4. Hhlds. *= households]
TYPE OF BENEFIT
AND CHARACTERISTIC
Total
RECIPIENT HOUSEHOLDS (1,000)
Under
$5,000 $ 5 ,0 0 0 -
$9,999
Total money income
$10,000-
$14,999
$15,000
and
over
Below
poverty
level
Above
poverty
level
RECIPIENT HHLDS. AS
PERCENT OF TOTAL
Total
Below
poverty
level
Above
poverty
level
MEOKJARE
Total h o u s e h o ld s 1...,.............. ....— 19,780 4,760 5,896 3,391 5,942 3,713 16,075 24.0 33.9 22.5
While...................................................... 17,593 3,900 5.029 3,127 5,537 2,806 14,737 24.5 35.8 23.1
Black....................................................... 1.964 809 618 229 307 863 1,101 22.2 30.1 18.4
Spanish origin....................................... . 500 158 140 73 120 165 335 12.8 17.3 11.4
Inside metropolitan areas...................... 12,502 2,749 3,502 2,096 4,153 2,006 10,494 22.3 29.8 21.3
Inside central cities............................. 6,044 1.707 1,706 949 1,682 1,273 4,771 24.7 31.0 23.4
Outside central cities.......................... 6,456 1,042 1,796 1,149 2,470 735 5,723 20.4 27.9 19.8
Outsfde metropolitan areas................... 7,286 2,011 2,194 1,293 1,788 1,705 5,581 27.7 40.4 25.3
Northeast................................................ 4,604 1,014 1,376 735 1,480 703 3,901 25.9 33.3 24.9
North Central................................. . 4,988 1,132 1,516 868 1.472 804 4,184 23.5 31.6 22.4
South...................................................... 6,767 1,918 1,820 1,179 1,850 1,783 4,984 24.9 39.2 22.0
West ........................................................ 3 /3 0 696 963 609 1,140 423 3,007 21.2 24.0 20.9
Married-couple families.................... ..... 9,404 593 2,402 2,169 4,239 779 8,625 19.1 25.7 16.6
Female family householder *.................. 1,790 234 499 329 720 333 1,457 19.7 11.2 23.6
Nonfarr% households............... ........... . 8,052 3,907 2,664 789 693 2,559 5,493 36.6 53.9 31.7
MEDICAID
Total households1............... ........ 8,287 3,516 2,206 980 1,586 4,421 3.866 10.1 40.3 5.4
While...................................................... 5,561 2,232 1,447 687 1,195 2,656 2,905 7.7 33.9 4.5
Black...................................................... 2,495 1,211 665 261 338 1,649 846 26.2 67.6 1 4 .1
Spanish origin......................................... 754 300 253 96 104 456 296 19.3 47.9 10.0
Inslda metropolitan areas...................... 5,732 2,349 1,539 661 1,183 2,962 2,770 10.2 43.9 5.6
Inside central cities............................ 3,420 1,584 923 345 566 1,974 1,446 14.0 48.1 7.1
Outside central cities......................... 2,312 764 616 316 615 9B6 1,324 7.3 37.5 4.6
Outside metropolitan areas................... 2,556 1,167 665 319 404 1,458 1,096 9.7 34.5 6.0
NorltiaaBt............................................... 1,999 833 549 250 366 1,078 921 11.2 51.1 5.9
North Central...... .................................. 1,892 788 516 211 376 1,043 649 8.9 41.0 4.6
South.... ............................................... 2,571 1,308 588 278 399 1,622 949 9.4 35.6 4.2
West....................... .............................. 1,025 690 561 240 444 676 1,147 11.3 36.4 8.0
Married-coupla families................... ...... 2,636 436 741 479 979 879 1,757 5.3 29.0 3.8
Female family householder2.................. 3,038 1,343 1,012 336 346 2,021 1,017 33.5 68.0 16.6
Nonfamily households........................... 2,322 1,697 364 113 147 1,440 882 10.5 3 0 .3 5 .1
FOOD 8TAMPS
Total households1........... ............ 6,769 3,102 2,048 916 704 4,433 2.336 8.2 40.4 3.3
White..................................................... 4,238 1,858 1,308 627 446 2,031 1,607 5.9 33.6 2.5
Black...................... ............................... 2,376 1,185 693 264 235 1,701 675 26.9 59.4 11.3
Spanish origin.................. .............. ....... 732 289 273 108 63 497 236 18.7 52.0 8.0
Inside metropolitan areas...................... 4,282 1,925 1,332 540 484 2,788 1,494 7.6 41.3 3.0
Inside central cities............................ 2,736 1,350 819 294 273 1,878 858 11.2 45.7 4.2
Outside central cities......................... 1,546 575 513 247 2 1 1 910 636 4.9 3 4 .6 2 .2
Outside metropolitan areas................... 2,487 1,175 716 376 2 2 0 1,645 843 9.5 38.9 3.6
Northeast............................................... 1,422 650 451 193 129 899 524 8.0 42.6 3.3
North Central......................................... 1,597 742 470 197 188 1,051 546 7.5 41.3 2.9
South....................... ............................ 2,741 1,366 764 360 231 1,921 820 10.1 42.2 3.6
West................... .................................. 1,009 324 363 165 156 562 447 6.2 31.9 3.1
Married-ooupie families......................... 2,246 457 838 527 423 1,096 1 ,1 5 0 4.6 36.1 2.5
Female family householder®................. 2,755 1,347 961 2 8 5 172 2,048 708 30.3 68.9 11.6
Norfamily households.......................... 1,575 1,256 191 66 63 1 ,2 0 0 374 7.1 25.3 22
SCHOOL LUNCH J
Total households1...................... 5,532 1,114 1,658 1,288 1,470 2,511 3,021 20.9 64.6 13.4
White.................................................... 3,429 577 959 8 6 3 1,030 1 ,3 5 3 2 ,0 7 6 15.6 55.5 10.6
Black......... ............................................ 1,889 505 642 377 366 1,076 613 49.9 B1.1 33.1
Spanish origin..................... ................. 804 143 286 178 198 393 412 43.1 75.4 30.6
Inside metropolitan areas___ _______ 3,391 738 1,052 720 880 1,610 1.781 19.3 65.3 11.8
Inside central cities........................... 2,040 519 654 395 471 1,053 987 30.3 71.5 18.8
Outside central cities........................ 1,351 220 397 325 409 557 794 12.5 56.0 8.1
Outside metropolitan areas.................. 2,141 376 606 568 590 901 1,240 24.0 63.5 16.5
Northeast.............................................. 1,053 230 323 247 254 492 561 18.9 62.9 11.7
North Central............. 1,076 224 327 230 293 505 570 15.B 59.3 9-5
South......................... 2,480 545 736 589 610 1,150 1,321 26.9 70.5 17.4
West....................... 923 114 272 223 315 355 568 18.8 5B.1 13.2
Married-couple families........................ 2,846 210 644 824 1,169 889 1,959 14.1 57.8 10.5
Female family householder5................. 2,458 884 927 414 232 1.556 902 45.2 70.8 27.9
Nonfamily households 46 5 17 6 17 12 34 22.2