Exhibit III

Welfare Population Statistics By City

San Bernardino County

At January 1, 2006

City

 

Cash

Benefit*

Only Food

Stamps &

Medi-Cal

Only

Medi-Cal

Only

Food

Stamps

Total

On Aid

General

Pop.**

%

Of People

On Aid

 

Adelanto

 

2,432

1,678

3,231

595

7,936

24,880

31.9%

Apple Valley

 

3,406

2,258

5,440

938

12,042

67,507

17.8%

Barstow

 

2,819

1,897

3,182

668

8,566

23,599

36.3%

Big Bear Lake

 

96

90

750

50

986

6,182

15.9%

Chino

 

1,000

747

4,776

333

6,856

78,055

8.8%

Chino Hills

 

280

200

1,945

90

2,515

77,969

3.2%

Colton

 

2,575

1,876

5,757

959

11,167

51,781

21.6%

Fontana

 

6,522

4,530

21,081

1,877

34,010

165,462

20.6%

Grand Terrace

 

162

106

407

76

751

12,380

6.1%

Hesperia

 

3,917

2,641

7,447

1,180

15,185

80,268

18.9%

Highland

 

1,978

1,284

3,563

600

7,425

51,489

14.4%

Loma Linda

 

352

297

1,267

141

2,057

21,912

9.4%

Montclair

 

850

645

4,288

256

6,039

35,648

16.9%

Needles

 

425

224

486

134

1,269

5,681

22.3%

Ontario

 

4,435

3,468

19,335

1,473

28,711

171,113

16.8%

Rancho Cucamonga

 

1,627

1,107

5,909

581

9,224

170,479

5.4%

Redlands

 

1,632

1,270

3,514

535

6,951

71,086

9.8%

Rialto

 

4,676

3,318

10,119

1,418

19,531

99,189

19.7%

San Bernardino

 

19,445

12,550

27,367

5,884

65,246

201,823

32.3%

Twentynine Palms

 

1,027

645

1,234

276

3,182

27,498

11.6%

Upland

 

1,421

1,033

4,465

431

7,350

74,099

9.9%

Victorville

 

5,672

3,916

8,687

1,776

20,051

95,145

21.1%

Yucaipa

 

854

643

3,026

343

4,866

50,553

9.6%

Yucca Valley

 

1,047

632

2,089

268

4,036

20,537

19.7%

Unincorporated

 

5,055

3,213

11,900

1,713

21,881

307,494

7.1%

 

 

TOTAL

 

73,705

50,268

161,265

22,595

307,833

1,991,829

15.5%

 

* Most Cash Benefit recipients also receive Food Stamp and Medi-Cal benefits

** California Department of Finance