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PinC-12. Source of Income in 1997--Number With Income and Mean Income in 1997 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
Both Sexes Total- 15 Years and Over Total 191615 27022 161752 27989 21631 19756 17641 187935177764*06
Earnings 144429 28754 121516 29700 16266 21447 14306 203524152935*06
WageS and Salary 135415 28496 113364 29443 15803 21501 13740 203073858780*06
Nonfarm Self-Employment 12301 22378 11053 22905 706 12708 748 158352752807*05
Farm Self-Employment 2101 8850 1946 9132 88 1389 77 34901859223*04
Unemployment Compensation 6042 2626 4962 2613 818 2692 673 31751586670*04
State or Local 5657 2584 4657 2558 747 2729 629 32771461750*04
Combinations 386 3242 304 3453 71 2294 44 17111250105269
Workers Compensation 2043 5838 1740 5791 220 6370 201 43441192967*04
State Payments 864 4762 700 4594 116 5372 110 37734113890152
Employment Insurance 1084 6592 951 6685 103 6858 84 49967142473397
Own Insurance 33 3531 29 3778 0 (B) 3 2826 114871665
Other 68 8272 60 6551 6 13336 4 7117 558430255
Social Security 37743 8359 33217 8480 3784 7431 2021 67743154942*05
SSI (Supplemental Security) 5111 4444 3488 4370 1341 4509 733 42352271748*04
Public Assistance, Total 3758 3240 2288 3108 1264 3249 809 38301217623*04
AFDC Only 2802 3510 1635 3444 1002 3381 647 39689834052108
Other Assistance Only 845 2376 571 2199 242 2669 144 30052007225217
Both 112 3000 82 2754 21 3651 18 5427 334952007
Veterans Benefits 2353 7047 2007 7157 291 6601 88 73941657916*04
Disability Only 1257 5888 1091 5978 136 5341 49 67957400020213
Survivors Only 293 6178 242 6541 43 4655 9 90871812945868
Pension Only 482 10469 403 10274 70 11749 18 97775050037270
Education Only 95 3499 74 3737 17 2539 6 4068 331061198
Other Only 121 5943 105 6456 11 1437 4 8663 716094474
Combinations 105 12098 91 12710 13 8112 2 19471269002196
Means-Tested 427 6402 356 6212 61 6754 18 80942730661328
Nonmeans-Tested 1926 7190 1650 7361 230 6561 70 72121384940*04
Survivors Benefits 2405 10004 2172 9847 196 12249 71 74672406141*04
Company or Union 986 5193 917 5187 57 5418 32 55315118377968
Federal Government 281 11076 239 11142 33 10921 10 110653109728022
Military Retirement 146 8685 121 8187 23 11712 2 17561271545764
State or Local Government 259 11143 231 10750 28 14341 7 119312885195383
Railroad Retirement 74 6405 64 6428 10 6260 2 4968 475661477
Workers Compensation 27 3807 23 4134 4 1705 0 (B) 102565930
Black Lung 28 4700 28 4700 0 (B) 0 500 129827369
Estates or Trusts 268 17604 253 18277 11 2902 6 122184723752039
Annuities 203 15931 183 15587 16 23055 4 70963230319979
Other or Dont Know 213 14134 194 12336 14 42267 10 62763014438861
Disability Benefits 1508 10213 1212 10771 249 8336 100 85101539589*04
Workers Compensation 68 6067 44 5808 16 7098 6 6411 412564497
Company or Union 506 10223 416 10527 81 8918 25 98835169923239
Federal Government 144 16614 127 17064 17 13284 9 94652393566846
Military Retirement 37 15293 35 15648 2 7980 1 7980 568045766
State or Local Government 223 8070 186 8289 27 7473 22 79221798387618
Railroad Retirement 26 23043 20 25892 6 12871 0 (B) 603489572
Accident Insurance 161 9792 146 10319 15 4556 5 34301577216728
Black Lung 17 8384 14 8971 3 5460 0 (B) 144617662
Temporary Insurance 18 2792 14 2356 0 (B) 1 4160 49286792
Other or Dont Know 348 7700 242 8109 87 7392 33 82082678793202

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PinC-12. Source of Income in 1997--Number With Income and Mean Income in 1997 of Persons15 Years Old and Over, by Race,Hispanic Origin and Sex (Numbers in thousands)
White WGTD-Agg Black WGTD-Agg Hisp WGTD-Agg
Both Sexes Total- 15 Years and Over Total4527215*064273395*053315250*05
Earnings3609004*063488684*052911435*05
WageS and Salary3337786*063397713*052790256*05
Nonfarm Self-Employment2531615*0589743393351184752*04
Farm Self-Employment1777448*04 122784557 270414383
Unemployment Compensation1296278*0422020477322135652818
State or Local1191192*0420394089802060556017
Combinations1050858344 162638751 75096800
Workers Compensation1007565*041404071035 874051602
State Payments3215772193 622865937 415910158
Employment Insurance6360673610 704256899 419808214
Own Insurance 108963489 0 7249932
Other 390237476 76948198 31083297
Social Security2816966*052811806*041369021*04
SSI (Supplemental Security)1524348*0460448489883105766611
Public Assistance, Total711167046741057510733099437147
AFDC Only562959114933862558632566710019
Other Assistance Only1255201642 644652040 432654529
Both 226877675 74843168 100072598
Veterans Benefits1436064*041918380625 649334940
Disability Only6522385738 725922117 331140080
Survivors Only1583889115 200787441 81502795
Pension Only4139961023 824747524 172566597
Education Only 278113347 44117486 24921526
Other Only 677200028 15447827 34632161
Combinations1159091401 107358227 4571778
Means-Tested2214411766 411133827 146271860
Nonmeans-Tested1214623*041507246798 503063079
Survivors Benefits2138956*042398377628 531833726
Company or Union4756724315 310334069 176282099
Federal Government2660732376 356557798 108821219
Military Retirement 990774036 273412679 3319017
State or Local Government2478879905 406315478 78808064
Railroad Retirement 412285713 63375764 8866439
Workers Compensation 96369415 6196514 0
Black Lung 129827369 0 138715
Estates or Trusts4626136677 31467042 69286886
Annuities2849370272 360091447 25202230
Other or Dont Know2388460750 590626833 61109055
Disability Benefits1305984*042071747883 848213461
Workers Compensation 255702399 113326736 37796309
Company or Union4378772723 719982164 250675829
Federal Government2165631600 227935246 86100995
Military Retirement 554332774 13712991 8581372
State or Local Government1541920561 200708973 173216789
Railroad Retirement 529754629 73734943 0
Accident Insurance1510109093 67107635 18543039
Black Lung 128869821 15747841 0
Temporary Insurance 33377549 0 5208112
Other or Dont Know1961367304 639491351 268091011

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PinC-12. Source of Income in 1997--Number With Income and Mean Income in 1997 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
Both Sexes Total- 15 Years and Over Pensions 14611 12220 13209 12274 1088 11061 396 91491785539*05
Company or Union 8902 8964 8121 8988 604 8068 246 70757979756*04
Federal Government 1353 19991 1192 20471 125 15974 43 155622704165*04
Military Retirement 1032 18979 898 19853 109 12173 38 143191959312*04
State or Local Government 2785 14222 2504 14071 216 15076 53 82433961340*04
Railroad Retirement 256 12628 239 12390 16 16237 6 142333229070469
Annuities 225 9207 212 8709 6 25934 3 68922067529813
IRA or Keough 308 9756 285 9782 15 9556 2 300003001824543
Other or Dont Know 364 11092 352 11096 9 3596 11 57174040904683
interest 102933 1869 92812 1959 6239 923 4750 7801923591*05
Dividends 32885 2883 30596 2910 1191 2208 793 27219481420*04
Rents and Royalties 12592 4316 11519 4487 595 2478 537 27095434522*04
Education 7817 3732 6245 3628 1139 3732 538 33452917384*04
Pell Grant Only 1444 2027 1014 2033 351 1665 175 19542926130868
Other Government Only 1310 3485 1023 3538 223 3010 103 32014564967895
Scholarships Only 2059 4519 1690 4362 235 5392 87 49249303424533
Other Only 1637 2681 1403 2434 151 2269 66 23704386819138
Combinations 1368 5841 1116 5550 180 7711 106 50777992501239
Child Support 5034 3643 4139 3826 800 2721 448 31521834026*04
Alimony 409 9923 383 10401 16 1720 22 60894060216287
Financial Assistance 1856 5121 1461 5000 236 3061 157 49069505465385
Other Income 2013 4698 1736 4552 166 6822 111 35409456789895
Combinations of Income Types
Government Transfer Payments 55984 8893 46956 9214 7389 7153 4237 61404978595*05
Public Assistance or SSI 8442 4133 5497 4067 2488 4080 1465 42353489371*04
Social Security or Railroad
Retirement 37964 8424 33414 8547 3808 7491 2025 68063198024*05
Company or Union Pension 10202 8830 9287 8843 717 8226 300 72189008586*04
Military Retirement 1216 17627 1055 18373 134 12039 41 135792143271*04
Federal Government
Retirement 1763 18461 1546 18908 172 14991 62 139553254494*04
State or Local Retirement 3232 13706 2885 13604 271 14246 80 86224429608*04
Workers Compensation
Payments 2340 6129 1990 6145 256 6285 213 43861434574*04
Property Income 107213 3229 96515 3389 6604 1498 5022 14703462413*05
Child Support or Alimony 5296 4229 4386 4519 810 2723 458 33722240047*04
Rents, Royalties, Estates,
or Trusts 12787 4619 11698 4813 606 2486 541 28155906897*04
Pensions or Annuities 16682 12031 15024 12073 1305 11216 496 89582007002*05

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PinC-12. Source of Income in 1997--Number With Income and Mean Income in 1997 of Persons15 Years Old and Over, by Race,Hispanic Origin and Sex (Numbers in thousands)
White WGTD-Agg Black WGTD-Agg Hisp WGTD-Agg
Both Sexes Total- 15 Years and Over Pensions1621261*051203530*043620186773
Company or Union7299111*0448711082071742139076
Federal Government2439975*041994251056 670752626
Military Retirement1783033*041321782806 548906328
State or Local Government3523323*043255252019 434117551
Railroad Retirement2955620801 265640250 83981283
Annuities1848569182 149842167 18706983
IRA or Keough2790512413 146460273 56415000
Other or Dont Know3907247745 30966041 65167924
interest1817995*0557580331143702436195
Dividends8902034*0426293705972156801228
Rents and Royalties5168261*0414756165471453924342
Education2265932*0442495800361799009999
Pell Grant Only2061022999 583529275 342137694
Other Government Only3618611515 670562009 329301873
Scholarships Only73725305941267140425 430704070
Other Only3414745793 341928353 156218982
Combinations61924103351386419972 540647379
Child Support1583505*0421775659131413212638
Alimony3984484280 27860707 132574625
Financial Assistance7303153375 720965474 768191091
Other Income79004888421133516319 391657333
Combinations of Income Types
Government Transfer Payments4326770*055285490*042601637*04
Public Assistance or SSI2235515*041015060*046205203758
Social Security or Railroad
Retirement2855943*052852081*041378306*04
Company or Union Pension8212661*0459014244412169097005
Military Retirement1937544*041608908478 560806718
Federal Government
Retirement2922612*042578744100 865674841
State or Local Retirement3925403*043862276471 686142405
Workers Compensation
Payments1222990*041606449763 935737779
Property Income3271286*0598944873027382448652
Child Support or Alimony1981954*0422054266201545787263
Rents, Royalties, Estates,
or Trusts5630875*0415070835901523211228
Pensions or Annuities1813779*051463871*044447213110

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PinC-12. Source of Income in 1997--Number With Income and Mean Income in 1997 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
Both Sexes Under 65 Years Total 160214 28439 133668 29577 19044 20610 16128 194374556396*06
Earnings 139506 29007 117098 29984 15905 21637 14089 203424046661*06
WageS and Salary 131352 28716 109752 29690 15480 21681 13547 202873781020*06
Nonfarm Self-Employment 11450 22551 10258 23080 665 12722 723 159072582126*05
Farm Self-Employment 1891 8586 1740 8902 85 537 77 35071623654*04
Unemployment Compensation 5921 2626 4859 2614 812 2699 663 31971554960*04
State or Local 5542 2584 4557 2557 741 2738 621 32971432288*04
Combinations 379 3235 302 3475 71 2294 42 17221225818275
Workers Compensation 1938 5707 1644 5680 213 6402 200 43761105721*04
State Payments 826 4672 664 4473 114 5379 109 38223857136139
Employment Insurance 1027 6472 900 6548 97 6925 84 49966644931514
Own Insurance 33 3531 29 3778 0 (B) 3 2826 114871665
Other 57 7776 51 7145 6 13336 4 7117 440274969
Social Security 8902 7287 7222 7385 1452 6850 749 65466486980*04
SSI (Supplemental Security) 3749 4859 2587 4813 1002 4949 436 50111821661*04
Public Assistance, Total 3652 3283 2205 3175 1247 3253 800 38531198978*04
AFDC Only 2788 3498 1628 3434 998 3361 645 39709752306347
Other Assistance Only 754 2526 497 2389 228 2744 136 30831904122753
Both 110 3037 81 2798 21 3651 18 5427 333346208
Veterans Benefits 1240 7688 986 7881 218 7130 46 74969534139375
Disability Only 697 6386 567 6523 108 5907 27 82764449210876
Survivors Only 117 6096 87 7003 28 3602 8 8738 715211239
Pension Only 214 13688 162 13267 46 15290 3 73922928340825
Education Only 95 3499 74 3737 17 2539 6 4068 331061198
Other Only 49 7038 37 8453 7 1320 0 (B) 348291266
Combinations 68 11205 57 12406 11 4645 2 1091 762023970
Means-Tested 241 7551 183 7321 53 7191 14 97461816382996
Nonmeans-Tested 1000 7722 803 8009 165 7110 32 65437717756379
Survivors Benefits 871 13063 771 13230 86 12049 30 60461137911*04
Company or Union 259 6433 229 6709 29 4416 16 45051667382231
Federal Government 77 11427 65 12237 8 6675 1 1356 883196964
Military Retirement 33 8607 16 6463 15 11698 0 8700 284752469
State or Local Government 52 12944 38 16076 14 4688 1 5508 670423221
Railroad Retirement 10 7082 10 7082 0 (B) 0 (B) 67921081
Workers Compensation 16 3679 14 3990 2 1425 0 (B) 59195515
Black Lung 7 3746 7 3746 0 (B) 0 500 27559248
Estates or Trusts 186 16965 176 17402 5 4321 6 122183150168251
Annuities 90 22803 86 23529 3 3148 0 (B)2042891109
Other or Dont Know 147 17177 135 14168 10 59096 6 56242525623406
Disability Benefits 1289 10151 1012 10795 230 8220 95 87251308174*04
Workers Compensation 61 6185 42 6056 11 7197 6 6411 378501058
Company or Union 428 10093 344 10371 75 9075 24 103084319381088
Federal Government 103 17277 86 18078 17 13284 9 94651774672632
Military Retirement 21 20013 19 21101 2 7980 1 7980 414577116
State or Local Government 194 8210 157 8502 27 7473 20 82131590772738
Railroad Retirement 20 25117 18 28797 3 1556 0 (B) 513430621
Accident Insurance 146 10015 131 10628 15 4556 5 34301461457026
Black Lung 0 (B) 0 (B) 0 (B) 0 (B) 0
Temporary Insurance 18 2792 14 2356 0 (B) 1 4160 49286792
Other or Dont Know 328 7874 225 8367 83 7453 31 83512579656299

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PinC-12. Source of Income in 1997--Number With Income and Mean Income in 1997 of Persons15 Years Old and Over, by Race,Hispanic Origin and Sex (Numbers in thousands)
White WGTD-Agg Black WGTD-Agg Hisp WGTD-Agg
Both Sexes Under 65 Years Total3953493*063925008*053134727*05
Earnings3511078*063441263*052866049*05
WageS and Salary3258550*063356234*052748304*05
Nonfarm Self-Employment2367532*0584573161901150417*04
Farm Self-Employment1549310*04 45544317 270344255
Unemployment Compensation1269963*0421917032722118402326
State or Local1165144*0420290645212045973518
Combinations1048188699 162638751 72428807
Workers Compensation93379121091360599095 873278774
State Payments2970601084 611283034 415137329
Employment Insurance5895020765 672367861 419808214
Own Insurance 108963489 0 7249932
Other 363326770 76948198 31083297
Social Security5333750*0499491185974901419820
SSI (Supplemental Security)1245299*0449574557682183960600
Public Assistance, Total699976818740550565713081128716
AFDC Only558850576833538711542560453284
Other Assistance Only1185990542 626342248 420602833
Both 225271877 74843168 100072598
Veterans Benefits77675702101553923936 345220775
Disability Only3700314853 640364542 225806005
Survivors Only 609474407 100128418 70950246
Pension Only2151412520 710699953 21826537
Education Only 278113347 44117486 24921526
Other Only 315137807 9706838 0
Combinations 713117273 48906696 1716459
Means-Tested1338577001 379419724 133431579
Nonmeans-Tested64289932081174504212 211789195
Survivors Benefits1020176*041037605266 183348910
Company or Union1539531590 127165166 71687502
Federal Government 792029612 55867780 1897505
Military Retirement 105833307 171560114 2134545
State or Local Government 603633238 66789983 6647109
Railroad Retirement 67921081 0 0
Workers Compensation 56419872 2775643 0
Black Lung 27559248 0 138715
Estates or Trusts3060471473 23548458 69286886
Annuities2032757795 8850427 0
Other or Dont Know1915606503 581047692 31556647
Disability Benefits1092503*041892401593 829274123
Workers Compensation 253799574 81166122 37796309
Company or Union3571575754 676636982 249257621
Federal Government1546737386 227935246 86100995
Military Retirement 400864124 13712991 8581372
State or Local Government1334305680 200708973 167629359
Railroad Retirement 509133774 4296847 0
Accident Insurance1394349391 67107635 18543039
Black Lung 0 0 0
Temporary Insurance 33377549 0 5208112
Other or Dont Know1880884958 620836794 256157311

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PinC-12. Source of Income in 1997--Number With Income and Mean Income in 1997 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
Both Sexes Under 65 Years Pensions 4399 15445 3846 15555 425 13516 137 133296794260*04
Company or Union 2333 12377 2070 12358 194 10855 67 113712887408*04
Federal Government 353 22334 316 22938 32 16896 15 257867887444233
Military Retirement 636 17427 514 18361 100 12365 24 132761108253*04
State or Local Government 825 18795 720 18778 79 18517 19 114141550438*04
Railroad Retirement 44 16131 38 16377 6 14662 4 15157 713071467
Annuities 63 14911 54 13589 5 27884 0 (B) 932218794
IRA or Keough 135 11559 121 11458 13 11320 2 300001562809432
Other or Dont Know 136 9631 128 9275 4 3604 6 38051307504661
interest 83604 1383 74549 1443 5483 803 4300 6501155959*05
Dividends 26535 2428 24439 2439 1106 1958 737 27586442582*04
Rents and Royalties 9560 3968 8682 4173 474 1798 464 27983793047*04
Education 7789 3733 6221 3628 1139 3732 538 33452907585*04
Pell Grant Only 1439 2029 1010 2036 351 1665 175 19542920118048
Other Government Only 1304 3491 1018 3545 223 3010 103 32014553633254
Scholarships Only 2053 4523 1688 4362 235 5392 87 49249285469023
Other Only 1629 2692 1396 2446 151 2269 66 23704385528775
Combinations 1363 5818 1111 5521 180 7711 106 50777931101399
Child Support 5031 3645 4137 3828 800 2722 448 31521833813*04
Alimony 366 10158 343 10635 13 1701 20 56893718919330
Financial Assistance 1733 5279 1350 5152 226 3150 140 50399149289291
Other Income 1666 4730 1407 4568 155 6790 104 35487881015560
Combinations of Income Types
Government Transfer Payments 25972 6676 20046 6908 4917 5843 2841 52841733916*05
Public Assistance or SSI 7020 4303 4546 4279 2140 4211 1162 45323020639*04
Social Security or Railroad
Retirement 8966 7379 7278 7493 1462 6874 751 66096616422*04
Company or Union Pension 2962 11769 2597 11821 287 10149 104 103983486084*04
Military Retirement 690 17081 550 18101 116 12216 25 130051178186*04
Federal Government
Retirement 531 19863 467 20563 55 14914 25 185501054531*04
State or Local Retirement 1060 16758 904 17097 121 14423 41 96461776557*04
Workers Compensation
Payments 2166 6016 1835 6050 238 6339 212 44151303321*04
Property Income 87027 2541 77491 2665 5786 1287 4544 13642211024*05
Child Support or Alimony 5250 4201 4343 4486 806 2727 457 33462205705*04
Rents, Royalties, Estates,
or Trusts 9709 4231 8820 4454 479 1827 469 29194108064*04
Pensions or Annuities 5496 14702 4748 14965 594 12134 203 115868079902*04

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PinC-12. Source of Income in 1997--Number With Income and Mean Income in 1997 of Persons15 Years Old and Over, by Race,Hispanic Origin and Sex (Numbers in thousands)
White WGTD-Agg Black WGTD-Agg Hisp WGTD-Agg
Both Sexes Under 65 Years Pensions5982833*0457456293921820310654
Company or Union2558709*042106787149 761602654
Federal Government7257330969 538429997 380219716
Military Retirement94440898191231982688 316388284
State or Local Government1352263*041471446132 221173667
Railroad Retirement 620170569 92900898 61156344
Annuities 735212527 148010883 0
IRA or Keough1391990261 142517671 56415000
Other or Dont Know1191259794 13553971 23354987
interest1075977*0544023484312795344201
Dividends5960276*0421667424052033176366
Rents and Royalties3622963*04 8520030721298263792
Education2256806*0442495800361799009999
Pell Grant Only2055010179 583529275 342137694
Other Government Only3607276874 670562009 329301873
Scholarships Only73613087441267140425 430704070
Other Only3413455431 341928353 156218982
Combinations61310104951386419972 540647379
Child Support1583387*0421766198811413212638
Alimony3648725491 22322539 115381695
Financial Assistance6956353705 712191820 706414566
Other Income64288320321049190722 370660981
Combinations of Income Types
Government Transfer Payments1384653*052873221*041501178*04
Public Assistance or SSI1945276*0490125123395265089317
Social Security or Railroad
Retirement5453382*041004632*044962576164
Company or Union Pension3069820*0429105892971082547778
Military Retirement99507872511417255794 327104202
Federal Government
Retirement9596097968 822233023 468218216
State or Local Retirement1546056*041738945090 395450136
Workers Compensation
Payments1110342*041511648496 934964950
Property Income2064905*0574446423666196071246
Child Support or Alimony1948350*0421989424211528594333
Rents, Royalties, Estates,
or Trusts3929011*04 8755515301367550678
Pensions or Annuities7105687*0472019561602353090322
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 20, 2004
URL: http://148.129.86.150:8080/macro/031998/perinc/12_001.htm