Attorney Notes on Census Data

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':to 12 million.

A majority of households receiving fecd stamps (65 percent), Medicaid
(53 percent), and subsidized housiné3(51 percent) had incomes below the pbverty

-line ($8,414 for a nonfarm family offfour in 1980). About 45 percent of house-

holds with children getting subsidized or free lunches were in poverty households.

The report also contains information on recipients of non—cash benefits
having no eligibilty requirements based on income and assets, including
Medicare, regular price school lunches, employer or union provided pension and

‘group health insurance plans.

During 1980, the number of households with one or more members covered by

-Medicare, 19.8 million; remained unchanged from 1979. Households with school

age children receiving regular—price school lunches declined by abouti800,000
, 1. . . .1 v — c, Pliffi'IU".

Cbpies of the report, Characteristics of'Househost Receiving Nondash

benefits: 1980, Series P-60, N0. 128, are available fbr $1.75 each from GPO.‘

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STATE REGISTRATION AND VOTING DATA FOR 1980 ARE AVAILABLE FROM
CENSUS BUREAU BY RACE AND SPANISH ORIGIN: ~ .
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Estimates of the percent of the voting—age population reporting that they
registered for and voted in the November 1980 election are now available from

the Census Bureau upon request.

The data cover all persons 18 years old and over and are presented by race
and Spanish origin for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Information in the unpublished summary table is based on data collected in
the November 1980 supplement to the Current P0pu1ation Survey which was conducted
approximately two weeks after the Presidential elecfion. The survey involved
68,000 households nationwide. . u a - . .-. :

Census Bureau contacts are Martin O'Connell, 763—5303, and Jerry Jennings,
763-5179. .4 ”2

HOWEOWNERS SPENT NDRE FOR ELECTRICITY THAN GAS IN 1978:
This latest Annual Housing Survey Report shows that in 1978 the median monthly
cost of electricity for homeowners was $35 compared with $29 for gas. This is
partially because most homes using gas also use electricity, while homes using
electricity may or may not also use gas. ' ' '

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Gas was heavily favored for house and water heating by both owners-and renters.
Gas-—inc1uding utility, bottled, tank and LP--was used by 60 percent of all house-
holds for house heating and 58 percent for water heating. Electricity and gas were
essentially the only fuels used for cooking by American households; 50 percent
used electricity and 49 percent used gas as cooking fuel. - *~'

House heating equipment in owner-occupied units has a median age of 10.7
years in 1978. Some form of maintenance or modification work was required on
this equipment by 22 percent of homeowners in the 12 months prior to the survey.