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Although welfare recipients have declined, the number receiving
food stamps has not declined as quickly. This suggests that although the number
of families receiving welfare has declined, their condition of poverty has
not.
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Food Stamp and Welfare Recipients |
| Recipients |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
| Food
Stamp |
272,618 |
268,256 |
251,880 |
243,692 |
216,748 |
191,015 |
173,497 |
155,948 |
152,643 |
180,910 |
| Welfare |
123,308 |
118,081 |
110,742 |
99,739 |
87,434 |
55,352 |
40,799 |
27,699 |
27,042 |
30,288 |
| Welfare /
FS |
45% |
44% |
44% |
41% |
40% |
29% |
24% |
18% |
18% |
17% |
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