VI. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
According to the 1990 U.S. Census, of the total 638,166
persons living in households in San Mateo County, 40,544 persons or 6.4% were living in
households with public assistance. Other Bay Area counties showed a proportionate rate of
persons living in households with Public Assistance ranging from 4.2% (Marin County) to
13% (San Francisco County).
The San Mateo County Human Services Agency provides
caseload statistics by City/Zip Code areas for each of the Department's major programs,
Major programs include AFDC (Aid for Families with Dependent Children), GA (General
Assistance), Food Stamps and Medi-Cal.
For the quarter ending March 31, 1993, Text Table 13 shows
the number of cases and persons receiving Public Assistance for major programs distributed
by Subcounty areas, cities and zip codes in San Mateo County.
The greatest concentration of persons receiving aid from
San Mateo's Human Services Agency encompasses the zip codes 94303, East Palo Alto
with 3,269 persons receiving AFDC, 6,086 receiving Medi-Cal, and 3,285 receiving Food
Stamps; and 94063, portion of Redwood City and North Fair Oaks with 1,839 persons
receiving AFDC, 5,366 receiving Medi-Cal, and 2,066 receiving Food Stamps. Both of these
zip code areas are located in the South County subarea giving South County the largest
concentration of persons receiving public assistance in San Mateo County.
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| TEXT TABLE
13 |
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| Number of
Cases and Persons for Public Assistance Program by Subcounty Areas and City/Zip Codes, San
Mateo, March 1993 |
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| City/Zip Codes (94000) |
AFDC |
GA |
MEDI-CAL |
FOOD STAMPS |
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| Total County |
7,464 |
15,700 |
1,450 |
21,489 |
35,595 |
5,901 |
14,748 |
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| North County |
2,491 |
5,757 |
405 |
7,149 |
11,694 |
1,912 |
5,192 |
| Brisbane-005 |
24 |
41 |
6 |
59 |
91 |
17 |
38 |
Daly City/Colma
-014,015,017 |
1,157 |
2,636 |
203 |
3,509 |
5,630 |
853 |
2,368 |
| Pacifica-044 |
370 |
853 |
42 |
830 |
1,416 |
263 |
762 |
| San Bruno-066 |
336 |
779 |
53 |
902 |
1,492 |
282 |
724 |
| So.SF-080,082 |
604 |
1,448 |
101 |
1,849 |
3,065 |
497 |
1,300 |
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| Central County |
1,068 |
2,206 |
321 |
4,525 |
6,552 |
939 |
2,201 |
| Atherton-027 |
2 |
3 |
- |
18 |
18 |
1 |
2 |
| East Palo Alto-303 |
1,524 |
3,269 |
260 |
3,137 |
6,086 |
1,353 |
3,285 |
| Menlo Park-025 |
394 |
891 |
65 |
966 |
1,720 |
336 |
853 |
| Portola Valley-028 |
3 |
4 |
- |
10 |
17 |
2 |
7 |
Redwood City-
061,062,063,
064,065 |
1,264 |
2,601 |
145 |
4,164 |
7,394 |
1,220 |
2,847 |
| San Carlos-070 |
100 |
172 |
20 |
256 |
358 |
62 |
146 |
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| Coastside |
106 |
192 |
17 |
581 |
927 |
63 |
181 |
| El Granada-018 |
19 |
37 |
4 |
51 |
88 |
14 |
36 |
| Half Moon Bay-019 |
43 |
73 |
6 |
332 |
521 |
20 |
60 |
| La Honda-020 |
8 |
15 |
- |
22 |
37 |
4 |
11 |
| Loma Mor-021 |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
| Montara-037 |
19 |
33 |
- |
25 |
49 |
7 |
20 |
| Moss Beach-038 |
10 |
26 |
3 |
100 |
152 |
9 |
25 |
| Pescadero-060 |
7 |
8 |
4 |
44 |
70 |
8 |
25 |
| San Gregorio |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
2 |
- |
- |
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| Other |
512 |
605 |
217 |
683 |
829 |
13 |
34 |
| (Homeless/Non-Homeless) |
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| Source: San Mateo County Human Services
Agency: Income Maintenance Division Fact Sheet, 4/01/93. *Persons and cases generally the same count.
For More Information call Dave White, The
United Way, (415) 772-4467 (Revised: May 27, 1993) |
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