Food Stamp Households and Participants--Summary: 2000 to 2005

Overview

The Statistical Abstract files are distributed by the US Census Department as Microsoft Excel files. These files have data mixed with notes and references, multiple tables per sheet, and, worst of all, the table headers are not easily matched to their rows and columns.

A few files had extraneous characters in the title. These were corrected to be consistent. A few files have a sheet of crufty gibberish in the first slot. The sheet order was shuffled but no data were changed.

The tables that were changed (this is table 554):

0166 0257 0362 0429 0445 0446 0459 0461 0462 0464 0465 0466 0467
0469 0479 0480 0481 0482 0483 0484 0485 0486 0487 0559 0628 0629
1144 1227 1231

This dataset consists of a table of 70 rows and 13 columns.

7,335 represents 7,335,000. For years ending September 30. Based on a sample of households from the Food Stamp Quality Control (QC) System. Figures are lower than official participation counts because they do not include ineligible participants or those receiving disaster food stamp assistance

Footnotes

  1. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

License

This dataset was prepared by the government and is therefore in the public domain. There are no restrictions upon its use.