Households Receiving Means-Tested Noncash Benefits statistics

[In thousands (82,368 represents 82,368,000), except percent. Households as of March of following year. Covers civilian noninstitutional population, including persons in the Armed Forces living off post or with their families on post. A means-tested benefit program requires that the household's income and/or assets fall below specified guidelines in order to qualify for benefits. The means-tested noncash benefits covered are food stamps, free or reduced-price school lunches, public or subsidized housing, and medicaid. There are general trends toward underestimation of noncash beneficiaries. Households are classified according to poverty status of family or nonfamily householder; for explanation of poverty level, see text, Section 14, Income. Data for 1980-91 based on 1980 census population controls; beginning 1992, based on 1990 census population controls. Based on Current Population Survey; see text, Section 1, Population, and Appendix III]


				1990				1991				1992				1993				1994				1995				1996				1997				1998
			-				-				-				-				-				-				-				-				-
				Below poverty				Below poverty				Below poverty				Below poverty				Below poverty				Below poverty				Below poverty				Below poverty				Below poverty
TYPE OF BENEFIT RECEIVED	1980	1985	Total	level		Above	Total	level		Above	Total	level		Above	Total	level		Above	Total	level		Above	Total	level		Above	Total	level		Above	Total	level		Above	Total	level		Above
						poverty				poverty				poverty				poverty				poverty				poverty				poverty				poverty				poverty
					Percent	level			Percent	level			Percent	level			Percent	level			Percent	level			Percent	level			Percent	level			Percent	level			Percent	level
				Number	distribu-			Number	distribu-			Number	distribu-			Number	distribu-			Number	distribu-			Number	distribu-			Number	distribu-			Number	distribu-			Number	distribu-
					tion				tion				tion				tion				tion				tion				tion				tion				tion

Total households	82,368	88,458	94,312	12,227	100	82,085	95,669	12,949	100	82,720	96,426	13,563	100	82,863	97,107	13,777	100	83,330	98,990	13,660	100	85,330	99,627	12,926	100	86,701	101,018	13,102	100	87,916	102,528	12,960	100	89,568	103,874	12,714	100	91,160
Receiving at least one noncash benefit	14,266	14,466	16,098	7,671	63	8,427	17,387	8,262	64	9,125	18,639	8,614	64	10,025	19,937	8,817	64	11,120	21,267	8,730	64	12,537	21,148	8,298	64	12,850	21,666	8,383	64	13,283	19,713	7,949	61	11,764	19,807	7,707	61	12,100
Not receiving cash public assistance	7,860	7,860	8,819	3,169	26	5,650	9,539	3,362	26	6,177	10,431	3,584	26	6,847	11,573	3,824	28	7,749	13,269	3,995	29	9,274	13,335	3,874	30	9,461	13,895	4,020	31	9,875	12,805	3,956	31	8,849	13,461	4,133	33	9,328
Receiving cash public assistance ¹	6,407	6,607	7,279	4,502	37	2,777	7,849	4,900	38	2,949	8,208	5,030	37	3,178	8,365	4,993	36	3,372	7,998	4,735	35	3,263	7,813	4,425	34	3,388	7,770	4,363	33	3,407	6,908	3,993	31	2,915	6,346	3,574	28	2,772

Total households receiving--
Food stamps	6,769	6,779	7,163	5,193	43	1,970	7,839	5,489	42	2,350	8,669	6,001	44	2,668	9,167	4,827	35	4,340	8,925	5,939	44	2,986	8,388	5,399	42	2,989	8,263	5,399	41	2,864	7,256	4,924	38	2,332	6,357	4,293	34	2,064
School lunch	5,532	5,752	6,252	3,195	26	3,057	6,922	3,677	28	3,245	7,264	3,701	27	3,563	8,109	3,929	29	4,180	8,534	3,978	29	4,556	8,607	3,749	29	4,858	8,922	3,881	30	5,041	7,585	3,342	26	4,243	8,120	3,398	27	4,722
Public housing	2,777	3,799	4,339	2,637	22	1,702	4,511	2,765	21	1,746	4,550	2,669	20	1,881	5,183	2,909	21	2,274	4,946	2,743	20	2,203	4,846	2,546	20	2,300	4,981	2,622	20	2,359	4,778	2,728	21	2,050	4,808	2,709	21	2,099
Medicaid	8,287	8,178	10,321	5,609	46	4,712	11,458	6,220	48	5,238	12,476	6,587	49	5,889	13,134	6,746	49	6,388	14,119	6,625	49	7,494	14,111	6,309	49	7,802	14,486	6,373	49	8,113	13,589	6,063	47	7,526	13,363	5,676	45	7,687

1 Households receiving money from aid to families with dependent children program (beginning 1996, temporary assistance for needy families program), supplemental security income program or other public assistance programs.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, series P60-155 and earlier reports and "Current Population Survey, Annual Demographic Survey, March Supplement;" published 24 September 1998;

http://ferret.bls.census.gov/macro/031999/noncash/toc.htm

http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/603_households_receiving_means_tested_noncash_benefits.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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