Table VI-B
Washington State
Public Assistance Recipients
by Program, Sex, Age and Race/Ethnic Group
June 1999
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Table VI-B |
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Refugee |
State General |
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TANF * |
Food Stamp |
Assistance |
Assistance |
Total |
Percent |
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Recipients |
Recipients |
Program |
Recipients |
All Programs |
of Total |
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Total Recipients |
70,227 |
187,069 |
728 |
9,630 |
267,654 |
100.0% |
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SEX |
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Male |
18,690 |
68,441 |
385 |
5,511 |
93,027 |
34.8% |
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Female |
51,536 |
118,612 |
343 |
4,118 |
174,609 |
65.2% |
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Unknown |
1 |
16 |
0 |
1 |
18 |
0.0% |
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AGE |
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14-15 |
9,051 |
12,058 |
6 |
0 |
21,115 |
7.9% |
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16-19 |
11,994 |
17,747 |
141 |
142 |
30,024 |
11.2% |
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20-21 |
4,372 |
6,782 |
84 |
328 |
11,566 |
4.3% |
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22-44 |
40,334 |
93,630 |
256 |
5,369 |
139,589 |
52.2% |
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45-54 |
3,819 |
23,961 |
64 |
2,810 |
30,654 |
11.5% |
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55 and over |
657 |
32,891 |
147 |
1,017 |
34,712 |
13.0% |
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RACE/ETHNIC GROUP |
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White |
45,104 |
128,039 |
446 |
7,291 |
180,880 |
67.6% |
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Black |
7,974 |
16,051 |
45 |
899 |
24,969 |
9.3% |
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Native American |
3,398 |
6,811 |
2 |
395 |
10,606 |
4.0% |
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Asian & Pacific Islander |
4,404 |
12,486 |
86 |
302 |
17,278 |
6.5% |
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Hispanic** |
6,121 |
15,530 |
12 |
380 |
22,043 |
8.2% |
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Other |
2,741 |
6,679 |
124 |
259 |
9,803 |
3.7% |
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Unknown |
485 |
1,563 |
13 |
104 |
2,165 |
0.8% |