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Pontotoc County Factsheet SFY 2011

Category Number
Families, All Income Levels 9,698
Families, Below Poverty Level 1,126
Population, Total 37,492
Population, Under 18 8,759
Population, 18 to 64 23,163
Population, 65 and over 5,570
OKDHS Payments and Benefits $24,216,143
Per Capita Expenditures $646
Adult Protective Services, Investigations 570
Adult Protective Services, Substantiated Reports 464
Child Care Payments by Vendor $883,344
Child Care Children, Unduplicated 629
Child Care Licensed Facilities, Total 28
Child Care Licensed Facilities, OKDHS Contracted 19
Child Care Licensed Capacity, Total 1,158
Child Care Licensed Capacity, OKDHS Contracted 670
Child Protective Services, Investigations 181
Child Protective Services, Assessments 362
Child Protective Services, Substantiated Reports 94
Children in Out-of-Home Care at End of Year 113
Children with Adoption Payment 3
Children with Finalized Adoption 9
Developmental Disabilities Services, Persons Served 359
Developmental Disabilities Services, Waiting List 118
Foster Care Homes at End of Year 70
Senior Nutrition, Meals 28,444
Senior Nutrition, Congregate Meals 21,341
Senior Nutrition, Home Delivered Meals 7,103
State Supplemental, Payments $517,049
State Supplemental Persons, Monthly Average 1,186
State Supplemental Cases Opened During Year 399
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp), Payments $10,707,209
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Cases, Unduplicated 4,647
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Cases, Monthly Average 3,227
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Persons, Unduplicated 10,644
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Persons, Monthly Average 7,151
TANF, Payments $212,545
TANF Cases, Unduplicated 182
TANF Children Only Cases, Unduplicated 63
TANF Cases, Monthly Average 83
TANF Persons, Unduplicated 467
TANF Persons, Monthly Average 190
TANF Diversion Assistance Cases, Unduplicated 6
TANF Cases Opened During Year 142
TANF Hardship Extensions 2

Sources:  U.S. Census and Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

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