<H3>• U.S. Participation in Government Assistance Programs — 2012</H3>

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Approximately 52.2 million (or 21.3 percent) people in the U.S. participated in major means-tested government assistance programs each month in 2012, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report . Participation rates were highest for Medicaid (15.3 percent) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as the food stamp program (13.4 percent). • Children under age 18: Those under 18 were more likely to receive means-tested benefits than all other age groups. In an average month, 39.2 percent of children received some type of means-tested benefit, compared with 16.6 percent of people age 18 to 64 and 12.6 percent of people 65 and older. • The black population: At 41.6 percent, blacks were more likely to participate in government assistance programs in an average month. The black participation rate was followed by Hispanics at 36.4 percent, Asians or Pacific Islanders at 17.8 percent, and non-Hispanic whites at 13.2 percent. • Female-householder families: At 50 percent, people in female-householder families had the highest rates of participation in major means-tested programs. The rates for people in married-couple families and male-householder families were 14.7 percent and 29.5 percent, respectively. • Non-high school graduates: 37.3 percent of people who did not graduate from high school received means-tested benefits. 21.6 percent of high school graduates and 9.6 percent of individuals with one or more years of college participated in one of the major means-tested government assistance programs. • The unemployed: In an average month, 33.5 percent of the unemployed received means-tested benefits in an average month of 2012. By comparison, 25.3 percent of those not in the labor force, 17.6 percent of part-time workers, and 6.7 percent of full-time workers participated in means-tested programs. Please visit this link to read the full report: USDOC-Census Image from ABC2News.com NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/

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