Food Stamp Households, 2005
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Household type | Households | |
---|---|---|
Number (in thousands) | Percent | |
Total 1 | 10,854 | 100.0% |
Children | 5,838 | 53.8 |
Single-adult households | 3,635 | 33.5 |
Multiple-adult households | 1,558 | 14.4 |
Children only | 645 | 5.9 |
Elderly | 1,856 | 17.1 |
Living alone | 1,456 | 13.4 |
Not living alone | 400 | 3.7 |
Disabled nonelderly | 2,505 | 23.1 |
Living alone | 1,386 | 12.8 |
Not living alone | 1,119 | 10.4 |
Other households | 1,722 | 15.9 |
Sex, race, and Hispanic origin | Participants | |
---|---|---|
Number (in thousands) | Percent | |
Total | 24,881 | 100.0% |
Male | 10,174 | 40.9 |
Female | 14,701 | 59.1 |
White | 10,727 | 43.1 |
African-American | 8,299 | 33.4 |
Hispanic | 4,786 | 19.2 |
Asian | 594 | 2.4 |
Native American | 367 | 1.5 |
Unknown race | 108 | 0.4 |
1. Sum does not match table total because a household can have more than one of the characteristics in the table.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2005, Sept. 2006.
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