| Recipient Ethnicity/Race | Year | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Total | 494 | 674 | 847 | 1,055 | 1,197 | 1,385 | 1,504 | 1,568 | 1,593 |
| White | 466 | 630 | 765 | 940 | 1,056 | 1,229 | 1,325 | 1,385 | 1,404 |
| African American | 19 | 25 | 44 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 89 | 96 | 95 |
| Other/Multi-race | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Asian | - | - | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 4 | 14 | 29 | 39 | 48 | 61 | 74 | 71 | 76 |
| Unknown | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Total (%) | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| White | 94.3% | 93.5% | 90.3% | 89.1% | 88.2% | 88.7% | 88.1% | 88.3% | 88.1% |
| African American | 3.8% | 3.7% | 5.2% | 6.0% | 6.0% | 5.4% | 5.9% | 6.1% | 6.0% |
| Other/Multi-race | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Asian | - | - | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 0.8% | 2.1% | 3.4% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 4.4% | 4.9% | 4.5% | 4.8% |
| Unknown | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | - | - | - |