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PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          13
15 Years Old and Over, by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex
(Numbers in thousands.  People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year)

                                              ALL RACES                   WHITE                     BLACK          
                                           NUMBER                    NUMBER                    NUMBER              
                                            WITH          MEAN        WITH          MEAN        WITH          MEAN 
                                           INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       INCOME 
                                         (THOUS.)      (DOLS.)     (THOUS.)      (DOLS.)     (THOUS.)      (DOLS.) 
BOTH SEXES                                                                                                         
15 TO 24 YEARS                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................        27954        10818        22977        11111         3587         8945 
EARNINGS............................        24563        10666        20428        10938         2978         8889 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................        24237        10609        20166        10875         2942         8899 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........          622         7076          529         7038           65         4559 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............          136         3265          127         3383            6            2 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........          513         1775          405         1572           87         2566 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................          497         1773          389         1562           87         2566 
  COMBINATIONS......................           15         1840           15         1840            0          (B) 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................          117         1488          108         1450            3          600 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................           59          998           56          997            0          (B) 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............           57         1998           50         1954            3          600 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            1         1500            1         1500            0          (B) 
  OTHER.............................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................          880         4441          646         4703          197         3685 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........          445         4627          296         4586          132         4570 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............          813         2551          457         2615          307         2397 
  AFDC ONLY.........................          604         2767          348         2860          230         2489 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............          184         1766           93         1629           72         1992 
  BOTH..............................           26         3090           17         2952            5         4000 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................           27         3286           24         3173            1        11141 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................            6         1354            4         1615            0          (B) 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................            4         3039            3         3136            0         2183 
  PENSION ONLY......................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................           11         4301           11         4301            0          (B) 
  OTHER ONLY........................            4         2518            4         2518            0          (B) 
  COMBINATIONS......................            2         6177            1         1174            1        16196 
  MEANS-TESTED......................            7         3548            6         2280            1        11141 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................           20         3195           18         3468            0          (B) 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................           64        18118           47        19861           12        15704 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            9         2615            9         2615            0          (B) 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            6         3489            4         3529            2         3396 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            5         2000            5         2000            0          (B) 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            4         4449            4         4449            0          (B) 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................           25        19773           16        26847            9         7289 
  ANNUITIES.........................            5        99999            4        99999            1        99999 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           10         6780            5         5282            0          (B) 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................           41         6318           35         6867            4         3433 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            7         1036            7         1036            0          (B) 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            1          192            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            3         5400            0          (B)            3         5400 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................            3         1546            3         1546            0          (B) 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           27         8605           25         9155            2          120 
PENSIONS............................           22         9029           11        11848           10         6000 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................           14         6699            4         8603           10         6000 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            0        10000            0        10000            0          (B) 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          14
15 Years Old and Over, by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex
(Numbers in thousands.  People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year)

                                              ALL RACES                   WHITE                     BLACK          
                                           NUMBER                    NUMBER                    NUMBER              
                                            WITH          MEAN        WITH          MEAN        WITH          MEAN 
                                           INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       INCOME 
                                         (THOUS.)      (DOLS.)     (THOUS.)      (DOLS.)     (THOUS.)      (DOLS.) 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            7        13731            7        13731            0          (B) 
INTEREST............................         8676          393         7787          392          466          512 
DIVIDENDS...........................         1848         1284         1711         1327           64          406 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................          211         2242          203         2359            8         -706 
EDUCATION...........................         4267         4240         3403         4231          604         3842 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................          871         2038          585         1998          220         2125 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............          515         4020          409         3954           77         4900 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................         1499         4537         1330         4650          113         3246 
  OTHER ONLY........................          334         4038          294         3489           22         7727 
  COMBINATIONS......................         1047         5818          785         5610          173         5464 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................          531         2006          414         2131          102         1518 
ALIMONY.............................            1          106            1          106            0          (B) 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................          792         5023          608         4665           88         3250 
OTHER INCOME........................          156         1311          119         1316           15         1168 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......         3838         3390         2695         3411          929         3404 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........         1213         3406          731         3493          417         3212 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................          885         4428          650         4683          197         3685 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........           30         4180           20         3224           10         6000 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            1          192            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................            6         3901            4         4100            2         3396 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........            3         5400            0          (B)            3         5400 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................          124         1582          115         1555            3          600 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................         9170          736         8233          757          493          660 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........          533         2002          415         2125          102         1518 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................          237         4106          219         4158           17         3671 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............           53        15028           35        16676           16        12426 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          15
15 Years Old and Over, by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex
(Numbers in thousands.  People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year)

                                           HISPANIC ORIGIN         WHITE, NOT HISPANIC                             
                                           NUMBER                    NUMBER                                        
                                            WITH          MEAN        WITH          MEAN                           
                                           INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       ALL         WHITE   
                                         (THOUS.)      (DOLS.)     (THOUS.)      (DOLS.)     WGTD-AGG     WGTD-AGG 
BOTH SEXES                                                                                                         
15 TO 24 YEARS                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................         3516        11925        19642        10970    302409655    255297099 
EARNINGS............................         3120        12283        17466        10707    261976823    223450249 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................         3082        12278        17238        10634    257133569    219296446 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........           73         6071          458         7194      4399688      3723569 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............           15         2264          114         3586       443566       430233 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........           85         2052          329         1463       910146       636498 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................           80         1901          318         1491       881743       608095 
  COMBINATIONS......................            5         4697           11          643        28403        28403 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................           11         2475           98         1360       173916       155960 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................            5         3341           52          786        58964        56015 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............            5         1903           46         1997       113256        98250 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            1         1500            0          (B)         1696         1696 
  OTHER.............................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................          108         4865          547         4651      3908302      3036086 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........           62         4773          240         4533      2057807      1359138 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............          151         2946          317         2464      2074807      1195595 
  AFDC ONLY.........................          107         3220          245         2702      1670343       993984 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............           32         1854           66         1624       324928       150728 
  BOTH..............................           11         3456            6         1950        79536        50884 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................            4         1615           20         3519        88832        76100 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................            4         1615            0          (B)         8685         7034 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................            0          (B)            3         3136        10788        10004 
  PENSION ONLY......................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            0          (B)           11         4301        46764        46764 
  OTHER ONLY........................            0          (B)            4         2518        10803        10803 
  COMBINATIONS......................            0          (B)            1         1174        11792         1495 
  MEANS-TESTED......................            2         3360            4         1724        24667        13586 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................            2           99           16         3969        64165        62514 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................            3         6129           44        20846      1167103       934399 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            2         8400            7         1269        23842        23842 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            1         3396            3         3600        20488        14470 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            5         2000         9439         9439 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0          (B)            4         4449        17335        17335 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................            0          (B)           16        26847       497286       430982 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0          (B)            4        99999       528368       411703 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            0          (B)            5         5282        70346        26627 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................           14        11414           22         4050       258504       243216 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            2          480            5         1307         7087         7087 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)          212            0 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0          (B)            0          (B)        14880            0 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................            0          (B)            3         1546         5185         5185 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           11        13578           14         5561       231140       230944 
PENSIONS............................            4        22200            7         5597       194709       132337 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            0          (B)            4         8603        95185        32813 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            0          (B)            0        10000         3969         3969 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          16
15 Years Old and Over, by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex
(Numbers in thousands.  People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year)

                                           HISPANIC ORIGIN         WHITE, NOT HISPANIC                             
                                           NUMBER                    NUMBER                                        
                                            WITH          MEAN        WITH          MEAN                           
                                           INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       ALL         WHITE   
                                         (THOUS.)      (DOLS.)     (THOUS.)      (DOLS.)     WGTD-AGG     WGTD-AGG 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            4        22200            3          800        95555        95555 
INTEREST............................          509          173         7298          409      3409444      3056324 
DIVIDENDS...........................           56          548         1658         1350      2372420      2269388 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................           10         2726          193         2340       474042       477826 
EDUCATION...........................          361         3801         3064         4280     18092173     14398876 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................          112         1721          486         2041      1774131      1169656 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............           58         3596          353         4061      2071324      1617113 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................          101         5000         1233         4617      6802632      6185964 
  OTHER ONLY........................           19         3630          276         3553      1350502      1024385 
  COMBINATIONS......................           71         5572          716         5607      6093583      4401758 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................           63         1529          353         2231      1065917       882004 
ALIMONY.............................            1          106            0          (B)          131          131 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................           64         3468          547         4786      3980411      2835848 
OTHER INCOME........................           20         1413           99         1296       204168       157125 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......          555         3370         2189         3413     13010637      9191415 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........          210         3534          539         3475      4132614      2554733 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................          108         4865          551         4629      3917741      3045525 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........            4         3922           16         3049       126114        63742 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)          212            0 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................            1         3396            3         4428        24457        18439 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........            0          (B)            0          (B)        14880            0 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................           11         2475          105         1480       196436       178481 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................          524          279         7729          790      6753191      6234519 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........           64         1501          353         2231      1066048       882135 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................           10         2726          209         4226       971327       908808 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............           10        11856           26        18472       789585       589439 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          17
15 Years Old and Over, by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex
(Numbers in thousands.  People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year)

                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                    WHITE,  
                                                                     NOT    
                                          BLACK        HISP        HISPANIC 
                                         WGTD-AGG     WGTD-AGG     WGTD-AGG 
BOTH SEXES                                                                  
15 TO 24 YEARS                                                              
                                                                            
   TOTAL............................     32080027     41928427    215468275 
EARNINGS............................     26473496     38319903    187008708 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................     26177129     37843883    183306440 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........       296355       442030      3295196 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............           12        33990       407072 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........       223390       174028       481705 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................       223390       152622       474707 
  COMBINATIONS......................            0        21406         6997 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................         1715        26922       133172 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................            0        15515        40500 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............         1715         9712        92672 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            0         1696            0 
  OTHER.............................            0            0            0 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................       724147       523551      2542630 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........       602911       298145      1089638 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............       736372       444721       781664 
  AFDC ONLY.........................       573168       345213       662992 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............       143254        59869       107428 
  BOTH..............................        19950        39640        11244 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................        11081         7034        69065 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................            0         7034            0 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................          783            0        10004 
  PENSION ONLY......................            0            0            0 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            0            0        46764 
  OTHER ONLY........................            0            0        10803 
  COMBINATIONS......................        10298            0         1495 
  MEANS-TESTED......................        11081         6803         6783 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................            0          231        62283 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................       188986        19304       915094 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            0        14450         9392 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................         6017         4855         9615 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0            0            0 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0            0            0 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0            0         9439 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0            0        17335 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0            0            0 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................        66304            0       430982 
  ANNUITIES.........................       116665            0       411703 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            0            0        26627 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................        15076       154626        88589 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0            0            0 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            0         1074         6013 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            0            0            0 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0            0            0 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........        14880            0            0 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0            0            0 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................            0            0         5185 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0            0            0 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0            0            0 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................          196       153552        77391 
PENSIONS............................        62372        93352        38985 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................        62372            0        32813 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          18
15 Years Old and Over, by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex
(Numbers in thousands.  People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year)

                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                    WHITE,  
                                                                     NOT    
                                          BLACK        HISP        HISPANIC 
                                         WGTD-AGG     WGTD-AGG     WGTD-AGG 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            0            0         3969 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0            0            0 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0            0            0 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0            0            0 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0            0            0 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................            0            0            0 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            0        93352         2203 
INTEREST............................       238244        88220      2981908 
DIVIDENDS...........................        25919        30592      2239095 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................        -5310        27159       450667 
EDUCATION...........................      2321434      1373700     13114016 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................       467870       192163       991846 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............       375077       210259      1434658 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................       367426       506790      5692096 
  OTHER ONLY........................       167464        68506       980832 
  COMBINATIONS......................       943596       395982      4014583 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................       155293        96024       787014 
ALIMONY.............................            0          131            0 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................       286866       222311      2617904 
OTHER INCOME........................        18036        28703       128422 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......      3161744      1870271      7472066 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........      1339283       742866      1871302 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................       724147       523551      2552069 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........        62372        15524        48218 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0            0            0 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                        
   RETIREMENT.......................         6017         4855        13585 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........        14880            0            0 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                      
   PAYMENTS.........................         1715        26922       155693 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................       325157       145971      6102651 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........       155293        96155       787014 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                
   OR TRUSTS........................        60994        27159       881649 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............       199934       113731       475709 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031999/perinc/new12_003.htm