Selected Characteristics of Food Stamp Households and Participants statistics

[For years ending September 30. Data for 1990-1992 exclude Guam and the Virgin Islands. Based on a sample of 47,145 households from the Food Stamp Quality Control System]


		Households				Participants

Year		Percent of total				Percent of total
	Total				Total
	(1,000)	With	With	With	(1,000)
		children	elderly ¹	disabled ²		Children	Elderly ¹

1990	7,803	60.3	18.1	8.9	20,411	49.6	7.7
1991	8,855	60.4	16.4	9.0	22,963	52.0	7.0
1992	10,049	62.2	15.4	9.5	25,743	51.9	6.6
1993	10.791	62.1	15.5	10.7	27,595	51.5	6.8
1994	11,091	61.1	15.8	12.5	28,009	51.4	7.0
1995	10,883	59.7	16.0	18.9	26,955	51.5	7.1
1996	10,552	59.5	16.2	20.2	25,926	51.0	7.3
1997	9,452	58.3	17.6	22.3	23,117	51.4	7.9
1998	8,246	58.3	18.2	24.4	19,969	52.8	8.2

1 Persons 60 years old and over.
2 Beginning 1995, disabled households are defined as households with at least one member under age 65 who received SSI, or at least one member age 18 to 61 who received Social Security, veterans benefits, or other government benefits as a result of a disability. For years prior to 1995, disabled households are defined as households with SSI but no members over age 59. The substantial increase in the percentage of households with a disabled member between 1994 and 1995 is due in part to the change in the definition of disabled households. Using the previous definition, 13.3 percent of households included a disabled person in fiscal year 1995.

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

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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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