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PinC-12. Source of Income in 1996--Number With Income and Mean Income in 1996 of Persons15 Years Old and Over, by Race,Hispanic Origin and Sex (Numbers in thousands)
All Races White Black Hispanic Origin
Number With Income (Thous.) Mean Income (Dols.) Number With Income (Thous.) Mean Income (Dols.) Number With Income (Thous.) Mean Income (Dols.) Number With Income (Thous.) Mean Income (Dols.) All WGTD-Agg
Female Total- 15 Years and Over Total 96558 18369 80741 18524 11817 16531 7744 135401773701*06
Earnings 66661 20038 55340 20039 8337 18853 5524 155081335777*06
WageS and Salary 64058 19998 52990 20002 8197 18889 5380 155111281024*06
Nonfarm Self-Employment 4226 12734 3792 12692 252 9323 206 104595381494*04
Farm Self-Employment 201 4678 195 4648 3 200 4 12273 938360830
Unemployment Compensation 2725 2315 2157 2355 444 2299 278 21526308629849
State or Local 2553 2291 2041 2313 398 2363 258 20805848285096
Combinations 172 2681 116 3091 46 1745 20 3054 460344753
Workers Compensation 803 3548 698 3674 66 2830 73 28222849565657
State Payments 317 3167 281 3217 21 3846 49 23101004842576
Employment Insurance 443 3925 381 4106 43 2418 23 39831737008547
Own Insurance 26 2202 23 2330 1 4044 1 1800 58238079
Other 17 2956 14 3253 2 1020 0 (B) 49476454
Social Security 21642 6987 19099 7084 2097 6178 1029 55051512152*05
SSI (Supplemental Security) 3313 4100 2225 4100 914 4177 479 43511358468*04
Public Assistance, Total 3940 3483 2296 3404 1438 3482 806 42341372522*04
AFDC Only 3202 3626 1883 3561 1155 3577 639 43281161081*04
Other Assistance Only 647 2456 364 2220 248 2764 129 28961589514776
Both 91 5768 49 6141 35 5463 38 7186 524892071
Veterans Benefits 490 5377 416 5504 68 4714 20 80132632449381
Disability Only 70 4926 60 5557 10 1222 1 10799 345024510
Survivors Only 299 5759 264 5705 29 6544 15 83091722442729
Pension Only 40 7129 33 6507 6 10755 3 5726 285627134
Education Only 24 1954 16 1882 9 2083 1 1615 47268495
Other Only 35 4178 22 5352 13 2228 1 9719 148116412
Combinations 21 4052 21 4052 0 (B) 0 (B) 83970097
Means-Tested 129 3467 100 3723 26 2637 6 1828 447232352
Nonmeans-Tested 361 6061 315 6070 42 5983 15 103702185217029
Survivors Benefits 1946 8498 1782 8760 138 5919 48 69311653273*04
Company or Union 892 5112 794 5212 86 4077 19 42124561908543
Federal Government 232 11030 205 11156 26 9978 7 76042553869978
Military Retirement 119 4856 114 5054 0 (B) 5 9034 578751233
State or Local Government 151 9386 150 9413 0 10800 5 55341421176731
Railroad Retirement 64 7249 55 6981 9 8939 0 (B) 462367047
Workers Compensation 16 9537 15 10165 1 2952 2 7200 152513186
Black Lung 44 4967 41 5005 2 4314 1 7836 217099822
Estates or Trusts 205 16615 199 16913 4 9000 1 3003404937156
Annuities 168 8040 155 8299 8 6935 5 81731353671399
Other or Dont Know 152 11975 145 12463 7 2265 5 145681818091150
Disability Benefits 714 5717 568 5979 118 4768 48 37784084159888
Workers Compensation 58 4907 49 5085 6 5905 1 10200 284257277
Company or Union 219 4667 181 4401 30 6070 10 31231023570336
Federal Government 56 7788 51 7920 3 8365 4 5886 436579315
Military Retirement 0 (B) 0 (B) 0 (B) 0 (B) 0
State or Local Government 76 4530 61 5047 12 2021 8 5406 346543492
Railroad Retirement 0 (B) 0 (B) 0 (B) 0 (B) 0
Accident Insurance 75 11481 68 12288 3 6277 2 7440 859837453
Black Lung 1 5124 1 5124 0 (B) 0 (B) 5475813
Temporary Insurance 8 1342 8 1342 0 (B) 0 (B) 10228396
Other or Dont Know 234 4775 161 4839 65 4345 23 25641117667801

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PinC-12. Source of Income in 1996--Number With Income and Mean Income in 1996 of Persons15 Years Old and Over, by Race,Hispanic Origin and Sex (Numbers in thousands)
White WGTD-Agg Black WGTD-Agg Hisp WGTD-Agg
Female Total- 15 Years and Over Total1495680*061953378*051048508*05
Earnings1108943*061571803*058565949*04
WageS and Salary1059914*061548293*058344873*04
Nonfarm Self-Employment4812482*0423504660742159209067
Farm Self-Employment 904326914 533816 51546625
Unemployment Compensation50787690361021380494 598666223
State or Local4719567686 941157929 536128080
Combinations 359201350 80222565 62538142
Workers Compensation2564485485 187199708 207376872
State Payments 904033301 79224023 114104555
Employment Insurance1562522083 103663484 91068846
Own Insurance 52604443 2118813 2203470
Other 45325656 2193387 0
Social Security1352914*051295519*045665664048
SSI (Supplemental Security)912019188438155316762085894360
Public Assistance, Total781729992950063205873412475034
AFDC Only670608341041308715642767699231
Other Assistance Only 807835137 685782818 372617063
Both 303381381 189666204 272158739
Veterans Benefits2287290751 319233876 161282231
Disability Only 332566732 12457777 12907504
Survivors Only1505762970 191612841 120941040
Pension Only 217302859 67466439 14555801
Education Only 29243603 18024892 985521
Other Only 118444487 29671925 11892362
Combinations 83970097 0 0
Means-Tested 373036513 67759095 10151465
Nonmeans-Tested1914254237 251474781 151130766
Survivors Benefits1561213*04 816471702 332585449
Company or Union4138095903 348889503 81632969
Federal Government2281643046 261086582 50862124
Military Retirement 577172849 0 41848967
State or Local Government1414059435 4885056 26951188
Railroad Retirement 384135952 78231095 0
Workers Compensation 148401611 4111575 12812616
Black Lung 206921453 10178368 7021682
Estates or Trusts3361388676 33828120 405126
Annuities1290318866 58816800 44354286
Other or Dont Know1801646549 16444601 66696486
Disability Benefits3395190993 564099141 180411116
Workers Compensation 250575535 33539267 11710314
Company or Union 796308218 181624221 32039711
Federal Government 407736040 23352343 21239881
Military Retirement 0 0 0
State or Local Government 309096412 24268356 44316466
Railroad Retirement 0 0 0
Accident Insurance 835604866 20452349 11166844
Black Lung 5475813 0 0
Temporary Insurance 10228396 0 0
Other or Dont Know 780165708 280862603 59937898

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PinC-12. Source of Income in 1996--Number With Income and Mean Income in 1996 of Persons15 Years Old and Over, by Race,Hispanic Origin and Sex (Numbers in thousands)
All Races White Black Hispanic Origin
Number With Income (Thous.) Mean Income (Dols.) Number With Income (Thous.) Mean Income (Dols.) Number With Income (Thous.) Mean Income (Dols.) Number With Income (Thous.) Mean Income (Dols.) All WGTD-Agg
Female Total- 15 Years and Over Pensions 5313 8085 4769 8124 457 7699 123 64874295594*04
Company or Union 3249 6278 2919 6315 274 5720 70 36222039392*04
Federal Government 358 15569 327 16055 29 10396 17 150255576983556
Military Retirement 69 13563 55 14205 10 9186 1 32565 940311966
State or Local Government 1286 10291 1138 10165 132 11243 28 69621323271*04
Railroad Retirement 62 7535 59 7519 3 7884 0 6000 468629725
Annuities 110 4563 102 4462 5 6041 2 255 502003059
IRA or Keough 137 4171 128 4282 3 2200 3 860 571780945
Other or Dont Know 190 6601 185 6729 6 2319 4 141291256745089
interest 53550 1481 48191 1537 3343 926 2403 6057930382*04
Dividends 14932 2423 13926 2446 507 2302 352 22713618551*04
Rents and Royalties 6272 3484 5732 3541 235 1819 286 29062185292*04
Education 4555 3378 3607 3387 712 2854 322 27461538899*04
Pell Grant Only 1007 1806 688 1888 275 1548 108 17331818106109
Other Government Only 655 3841 518 3749 97 3169 51 21902515915614
Scholarships Only 955 3441 768 3272 114 3485 48 27103285519093
Other Only 929 2148 838 2039 67 2060 44 19891994277145
Combinations 1010 5718 794 5984 158 4815 70 52075775173776
Child Support 4833 3620 3839 3860 871 2542 328 26921749659*04
Alimony 476 8669 432 8993 36 4429 18 95824124605340
Financial Assistance 1160 5089 933 4569 130 4159 104 50195901620684
Other Income 1016 3722 878 3662 73 4307 48 42523781023305
Combinations of Income Types
Government Transfer Payments 31747 6914 26199 7168 4614 5694 2498 52202194926*05
Public Assistance or SSI 6818 4006 4293 3945 2180 4047 1226 44862730990*04
Social Security or Railroad
Retirement 21705 7010 19157 7106 2101 6214 1029 55051521462*05
Company or Union Pension 4243 6123 3781 6180 385 5447 100 36863507030*04
Military Retirement 186 8172 167 8166 10 9186 6 133151519063199
Federal Government
Retirement 636 13474 573 13845 58 10190 27 120188567432851
State or Local Retirement 1487 10090 1323 10049 144 10506 41 64791500043*04
Workers Compensation
Payments 1000 4381 875 4595 79 3241 79 31744378977608
Property Income 55369 2542 49790 2647 3482 1357 2519 12251407472*05
Child Support or Alimony 5135 4210 4115 4545 893 2659 340 31022162210*04
Rents, Royalties, Estates,
or Trusts 6439 3922 5893 4015 238 1932 288 28942525786*04
Pensions or Annuities 6852 7991 6126 8080 607 7247 184 61845475053*04

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PinC-12. Source of Income in 1996--Number With Income and Mean Income in 1996 of Persons15 Years Old and Over, by Race,Hispanic Origin and Sex (Numbers in thousands)
White WGTD-Agg Black WGTD-Agg Hisp WGTD-Agg
Female Total- 15 Years and Over Pensions3874224*043516344056 798248583
Company or Union1843575*041568806070 253868206
Federal Government5249874081 304369822 258035815
Military Retirement 785703133 93877472 33549765
State or Local Government1156692*041478544878 193117352
Railroad Retirement 446810203 21819521 1464540
Annuities 453270006 29515788 390670
IRA or Keough 547170623 6547442 2503334
Other or Dont Know1243882030 12863059 53247443
interest7407027*0430975638941453316585
Dividends3405852*041167502381 800124972
Rents and Royalties2029711*04 426685808 831692048
Education1221930*042031058450 883675081
Pell Grant Only1299870455 426187391 187561071
Other Government Only1942898764 308055922 112278851
Scholarships Only2512945474 398673893 130040914
Other Only1709812116 138065130 87765179
Combinations4752869515 760076112 366029064
Child Support1481788*042213778676 884231209
Alimony3884222469 161368275 170643413
Financial Assistance4264857373 542679911 522021059
Other Income3216634442 315077960 203031449
Combinations of Income Types
Government Transfer Payments1877865*052626939*041304086*04
Public Assistance or SSI1693749*0488218522645498369394
Social Security or Railroad
Retirement1361224*051305524*045667128588
Company or Union Pension2337016*042099319795 367540887
Military Retirement1362875982 93877472 75398733
Federal Government
Retirement7939253168 588808748 330137821
State or Local Retirement1329008*041507698290 264385007
Workers Compensation
Payments4021693163 255481269 250088329
Property Income1317873*0547255802053085538731
Child Support or Alimony1870210*0423751469511054874623
Rents, Royalties, Estates,
or Trusts2365850*04 460513928 832097174
Pensions or Annuities4949701*0443974473971137958185

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PinC-12. Source of Income in 1996--Number With Income and Mean Income in 1996 of Persons15 Years Old and Over, by Race,Hispanic Origin and Sex (Numbers in thousands)
All Races White Black Hispanic Origin
Number With Income (Thous.) Mean Income (Dols.) Number With Income (Thous.) Mean Income (Dols.) Number With Income (Thous.) Mean Income (Dols.) Number With Income (Thous.) Mean Income (Dols.) All WGTD-Agg
Female Under 65 Years Total 78532 19387 64633 19616 10276 17404 6965 140101522468*06
Earnings 64533 20219 53435 20280 8175 18962 5439 155561304797*06
WageS and Salary 62137 20143 51280 20205 8042 18990 5297 155611251608*06
Nonfarm Self-Employment 3987 13121 3567 13088 240 9561 200 106265231313*04
Farm Self-Employment 170 5142 168 5221 3 200 4 12273 876371395
Unemployment Compensation 2645 2318 2081 2357 442 2309 275 21596131935197
State or Local 2482 2297 1971 2321 398 2363 255 20875701449591
Combinations 164 2632 110 2989 44 1822 20 3054 430485606
Workers Compensation 738 3548 640 3671 64 2765 73 28222619114709
State Payments 300 3117 266 3176 18 3742 49 2310 935170466
Employment Insurance 400 3990 342 4163 43 2418 23 39831594458610
Own Insurance 26 2202 23 2330 1 4044 1 1800 58238079
Other 12 2596 9 2935 2 1020 0 (B) 31247553
Social Security 4834 5954 3937 6022 753 5425 401 49632878059*04
SSI (Supplemental Security) 2242 4637 1497 4626 648 4705 272 48301039640*04
Public Assistance, Total 3862 3510 2248 3436 1414 3504 798 42431355428*04
AFDC Only 3182 3632 1873 3565 1146 3585 635 43441155612*04
Other Assistance Only 589 2503 326 2283 234 2815 125 28431473267433
Both 91 5768 49 6141 35 5463 38 7186 524892071
Veterans Benefits 236 4822 183 4999 50 4349 11 52511137715691
Disability Only 40 3469 30 4237 10 1222 0 (B) 138719977
Survivors Only 110 5806 95 5677 12 7744 6 4542 637808465
Pension Only 25 6124 19 4654 6 10755 3 5726 155327980
Education Only 24 1954 16 1882 9 2083 1 1615 47268495
Other Only 26 4044 12 5981 13 2228 1 9719 104332750
Combinations 11 5056 11 5056 0 (B) 0 (B) 54258022
Means-Tested 57 2869 41 2620 13 3882 3 99 163114388
Nonmeans-Tested 179 5442 142 5691 37 4506 8 6996 974601303
Survivors Benefits 608 11840 547 12575 54 5509 12 102277204072166
Company or Union 199 7393 160 8073 33 4833 3 41641471597233
Federal Government 55 10256 46 11151 9 5641 3 9148 562759210
Military Retirement 33 6102 33 6102 0 (B) 2 9792 200242816
State or Local Government 36 19206 36 19206 0 (B) 0 (B) 685059033
Railroad Retirement 5 5215 4 6267 1 2400 0 (B) 28601903
Workers Compensation 9 13735 9 13735 0 (B) 0 (B) 123988376
Black Lung 4 5163 4 5163 0 (B) 0 (B) 21498199
Estates or Trusts 127 15067 123 15252 4 9000 1 3001913991608
Annuities 62 9138 57 9358 4 8203 0 (B) 566283401
Other or Dont Know 94 17340 90 18067 4 2820 5 145681629946381
Disability Benefits 633 5681 499 5936 106 4820 41 38393598393442
Workers Compensation 49 4593 41 4741 6 5905 1 10200 226282973
Company or Union 196 4556 162 4227 25 6381 9 3273 891276938
Federal Government 48 6888 43 6950 3 8365 4 5886 327764672
Military Retirement 0 (B) 0 (B) 0 (B) 0 (B) 0
State or Local Government 67 4258 52 4791 12 2021 6 5020 284789917
Railroad Retirement 0 (B) 0 (B) 0 (B) 0 (B) 0
Accident Insurance 73 11550 66 12388 3 6277 2 7440 842424338
Black Lung 1 5124 1 5124 0 (B) 0 (B) 5475813
Temporary Insurance 8 1342 8 1342 0 (B) 0 (B) 10228396
Other or Dont Know 200 5040 135 5218 57 4351 19 26041010150390

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PinC-12. Source of Income in 1996--Number With Income and Mean Income in 1996 of Persons15 Years Old and Over, by Race,Hispanic Origin and Sex (Numbers in thousands)
White WGTD-Agg Black WGTD-Agg Hisp WGTD-Agg
Female Under 65 Years Total1267817*061788378*059758375*04
Earnings1083653*061550168*058460270*04
WageS and Salary1036091*061527233*058242705*04
Nonfarm Self-Employment4668673*0422929453782124103030
Farm Self-Employment 875837579 533816 51546625
Unemployment Compensation49049510391020577904 594649518
State or Local4574806246 941157929 532111375
Combinations 330144792 79419975 62538142
Workers Compensation2349025866 176737730 207376872
State Payments 844823170 68762045 114104555
Employment Insurance1424501496 103663484 91068846
Own Insurance 52604443 2118813 2203470
Other 27096755 2193387 0
Social Security2370953*0440870148221989163598
SSI (Supplemental Security)692440376030484428491313024136
Public Assistance, Total772291093549537925453387079890
AFDC Only667602349541065676072759286505
Other Assistance Only 743506059 657558732 355634645
Both 303381381 189666204 272158739
Veterans Benefits 913461848 217817100 56008962
Disability Only 126262199 12457777 0
Survivors Only 542033492 90196064 28575276
Pension Only 87003705 67466439 14555801
Education Only 29243603 18024892 985521
Other Only 74660825 29671925 11892362
Combinations 54258022 0 0
Means-Tested 107813381 48864263 267202
Nonmeans-Tested 805648466 168952836 55741759
Survivors Benefits6884321044 297762105 127185587
Company or Union1289685796 161437836 13108537
Federal Government 512496702 50262508 25077882
Military Retirement 200242816 0 21897555
State or Local Government 685059033 0 0
Railroad Retirement 25023383 3578520 0
Workers Compensation 123988376 0 0
Black Lung 21498199 0 0
Estates or Trusts1880163488 33828120 405126
Annuities 528759145 36008840 0
Other or Dont Know1617300100 12646281 66696486
Disability Benefits2962060973 511462715 155700018
Workers Compensation 192601231 33539267 11710314
Company or Union 684092781 161546260 29406129
Federal Government 298921397 23352343 21239881
Military Retirement 0 0 0
State or Local Government 247342838 24268356 31932526
Railroad Retirement 0 0 0
Accident Insurance 818191751 20452349 11166844
Black Lung 5475813 0 0
Temporary Insurance 10228396 0 0
Other or Dont Know 705206762 248304138 50244321

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PinC-12. Source of Income in 1996--Number With Income and Mean Income in 1996 of Persons15 Years Old and Over, by Race,Hispanic Origin and Sex (Numbers in thousands)
All Races White Black Hispanic Origin
Number With Income (Thous.) Mean Income (Dols.) Number With Income (Thous.) Mean Income (Dols.) Number With Income (Thous.) Mean Income (Dols.) Number With Income (Thous.) Mean Income (Dols.) All WGTD-Agg
Female Under 65 Years Pensions 1480 9900 1270 10083 171 8530 38 48341464953*04
Company or Union 783 8176 663 8291 98 6725 20 34596399956769
Federal Government 92 14529 84 14721 7 12192 7 66341334945536
Military Retirement 55 11027 41 11026 10 9186 1 32565 607747718
State or Local Government 376 13534 323 13785 49 11898 5 51585089712137
Railroad Retirement 13 9120 13 9120 0 (B) 0 (B) 122694771
Annuities 30 4098 25 4259 3 5000 0 (B) 124773921
IRA or Keough 78 4581 69 4929 3 2200 3 860 355288617
Other or Dont Know 83 7406 77 7771 6 2319 1 1500 614407535
interest 42551 1065 37785 1101 2894 678 2183 4944532624*04
Dividends 11837 2000 10922 2045 455 1209 317 20012367658*04
Rents and Royalties 4745 3231 4292 3256 182 1877 240 27351532965*04
Education 4539 3372 3594 3380 709 2849 322 27461530850*04
Pell Grant Only 1002 1782 686 1864 272 1522 108 17331785638429
Other Government Only 654 3847 517 3757 97 3169 51 21902515914562
Scholarships Only 953 3449 766 3282 114 3485 48 27103285516752
Other Only 922 2112 832 1999 67 2060 44 19891946507589
Combinations 1010 5720 794 5987 158 4815 70 52075774020176
Child Support 4823 3623 3836 3861 863 2541 328 26921747143*04
Alimony 421 8940 380 9334 33 4095 17 97083764273005
Financial Assistance 1043 5201 825 4650 125 4297 89 51515425604735
Other Income 870 3789 737 3721 73 4307 47 42273297581640
Combinations of Income Types
Government Transfer Payments 14415 5194 10648 5337 3175 4730 1759 45347486943*04
Public Assistance or SSI 5699 4202 3536 4142 1899 4213 1017 46212395068*04
Social Security or Railroad
Retirement 4852 5963 3954 6034 755 5419 401 49632893188*04
Company or Union Pension 1163 7537 972 7685 154 6359 33 34768762830941
Military Retirement 85 9472 71 9165 10 9186 3 16974 807990534
Federal Government
Retirement 194 11479 173 11874 19 8579 14 69442225469419
State or Local Retirement 469 12932 400 13454 61 9948 12 50846059561088
Workers Compensation
Payments 878 4386 764 4610 73 3167 76 30253849012808
Property Income 44025 1959 39084 2041 2997 963 2286 10378624647*04
Child Support or Alimony 5070 4188 4060 4522 883 2640 340 31012123660*04
Rents, Royalties, Estates,
or Trusts 4851 3555 4394 3609 185 2021 242 27211724364*04
Pensions or Annuities 2103 9279 1790 9568 254 7541 65 50551951661*04

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PinC-12. Source of Income in 1996--Number With Income and Mean Income in 1996 of Persons15 Years Old and Over, by Race,Hispanic Origin and Sex (Numbers in thousands)
White WGTD-Agg Black WGTD-Agg Hisp WGTD-Agg
Female Under 65 Years Pensions1280498*041455169629 183868147
Company or Union5493347284 658187539 70666920
Federal Government1238545049 90386327 47474679
Military Retirement 453138885 93877472 33549765
State or Local Government4447512729 580761138 28078288
Railroad Retirement 122694771 0 0
Annuities 107721166 12546650 0
IRA or Keough 340475095 6547442 2503334
Other or Dont Know 601544476 12863059 1595160
interest4159419*0419615783421079066506
Dividends2233082*04 549753523 633514810
Rents and Royalties1397600*04 340860999 657172998
Education1214881*042019245770 883675081
Pell Grant Only1279215455 414374711 187561071
Other Government Only1942897711 308055922 112278851
Scholarships Only2512943134 398673893 130040914
Other Only1662042560 138065130 87765179
Combinations4751715915 760076112 366029064
Child Support1481352*042192975079 884231209
Alimony3548206171 137052239 168929561
Financial Assistance3834487324 535683011 460318201
Other Income2742243971 315077960 200082397
Combinations of Income Types
Government Transfer Payments5682697*041501886*047974831479
Public Assistance or SSI1464731*0480022353944700104027
Social Security or Railroad
Retirement2385725*0440905933421989163598
Company or Union Pension7467125862 981171636 113181587
Military Retirement 653381701 93877472 55447321
Federal Government
Retirement2049963148 164001178 93792442
State or Local Retirement5379914600 605029494 60010814
Workers Compensation
Payments3521009635 230729346 230254030
Property Income7978117*0428860209862370159440
Child Support or Alimony1836173*0423300273181053160771
Rents, Royalties, Estates,
or Trusts1585617*04 374689119 657578124
Pensions or Annuities1712889*041912045773 326530661

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 20, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031997/perinc/12_007.htm