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PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          19
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                                                                                                         
25 TO 44 YEARS                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................        78612        31557        64337        32841        10168        23524 
EARNINGS............................        71917        32209        59194        33387         9058        24261 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................        68067        31893        55789        33016         8800        24378 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........         5659        24598         5022        25560          381        13066 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............          789         8047          708         8533           51         4776 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........         3308         2509         2711         2484          451         2652 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................         3137         2488         2590         2446          406         2733 
  COMBINATIONS......................          171         2889          121         3296           45         1923 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................          998         5264          839         5459          115         4354 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................          469         5278          389         5308           57         6437 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............          463         5295          397         5760           54         2394 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................           48         5023           39         3909            0          (B) 
  OTHER.............................           21         4343           16         4817            4         1300 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................         1706         6742         1300         6917          359         6333 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........         1588         4927          998         4808          536         5159 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............         1776         3616         1021         3551          660         3660 
  AFDC ONLY.........................         1361         3738          743         3692          553         3828 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............          364         3028          244         3016           92         2392 
  BOTH..............................           51         4575           35         4308           16         5160 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................          342         5715          281         6292           54         2538 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................          195         4474          173         4601           19         3536 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................           14         9136           12         9704            3         6643 
  PENSION ONLY......................           38         7284           20        10789           13         1370 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................           57         2152           43         2277           14         1755 
  OTHER ONLY........................            9         4883            7         5541            2         2759 
  COMBINATIONS......................           28        18008           25        19831            3         1139 
  MEANS-TESTED......................           44         3475           28         3286           16         3795 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................          298         6045          253         6620           37         1992 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................          239        16496          200        18849           33         4075 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................           41         4437           30         5511           11         1623 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           28         7763           18         9503            7         3996 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            2         3980            1         2364            0         9300 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            2        14400            2        14400            0          (B) 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            2        28368            2        28368            0          (B) 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................           93        20351           85        21437            6         8111 
  ANNUITIES.........................           21         9572           18        10824            2          380 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           52        26238           46        28973            6         5520 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................          503         9042          391         9429           95         7305 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............           22         8414           17         9405            5         2282 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................          116         8941           96         8265           17        13357 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           48         8329           34         8870           11         6224 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            7         7494            6         8571            2         3456 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........          106         5888          100         5961            0          (B) 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            3         4680            0          (B)            3         4680 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................           79        16848           67        18315           12         8376 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            4         1800            4         1800            0          (B) 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................          137         6579           83         6515           47         5769 
PENSIONS............................          581        10732          444        11116          114         9167 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................          267         8163          216         8521           42         6647 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           15        48919           15        48919            0          (B) 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          20
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...............          119        13147           78        13863           32        11436 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           70         6661           54         7973           16         2269 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  ANNUITIES.........................            7         3603            7         3603            0          (B) 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................           71         8211           46         4839           22        14211 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           43        15047           39        16066            0        22968 
INTEREST............................        41464          820        36309          828         3066          696 
DIVIDENDS...........................        15328         1864        13832         1869          795         2153 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................         3698         3029         3231         3046          244         1875 
EDUCATION...........................         3017         4136         2319         4011          509         3565 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................          495         1872          397         1738           89         1811 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............          554         5287          421         5344          112         4116 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................          446         5629          303         5095           93         4025 
  OTHER ONLY........................         1024         2960          857         2802          103         3904 
  COMBINATIONS......................          498         6188          341         7087          113         3709 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................         3926         3786         3243         4047          569         2520 
ALIMONY.............................          180         6011          164         6070            8         4344 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................          819         5540          601         5589          123         3560 
OTHER INCOME........................          515         3159          430         2690           44         5430 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......         9410         4960         6990         4939         2035         5067 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........         3159         4510         1898         4439         1116         4645 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................         1709         6738         1300         6917          363         6319 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........          424         8011          342         8185           70         7422 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............          128        12698           85        13324           34        11041 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................           90        14884           66        18151           18         5404 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........          178         6298          156         6778           16         2269 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................         1087         6280          911         6616          131         4640 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................        43452         1738        38016         1774         3215         1354 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........         4001         3985         3307         4270          577         2544 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................         3772         3469         3299         3538          251         2031 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............          927         9643          735         9872          155         8699 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          21
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                                                                                                         
25 TO 44 YEARS                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................         8893        22587        55908        34371   2480742747   2112904210 
EARNINGS............................         8170        23159        51423        34924   2316393907   1976301969 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................         7816        23102        48362        34533   2170838114   1841907586 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........          445        18802         4589        26170    139205738    128351552 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............           28        10039          683         8407      6350054      6042829 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........          385         2584         2337         2468      8299473      6733164 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................          377         2495         2224         2439      7805301      6334712 
  COMBINATIONS......................            8         6815          113         3048       494172       398452 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................          145         5336          708         5409      5254909      4581528 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................           74         4230          322         5460      2473229      2064321 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............           65         6318          337         5579      2449696      2286483 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            2         4532           37         3871       239229       153942 
  OTHER.............................            4        10996           14         3448        92755        76781 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................          186         7025         1126         6878     11499715      8992535 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........          172         5175          849         4757      7826105      4800513 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............          377         3983          682         3295      6421498      3626431 
  AFDC ONLY.........................          288         4091          481         3426      5086457      2741303 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............           73         3485          183         2849      1103352       735219 
  BOTH..............................           16         4312           19         4305       231689       149908 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................           25         6124          258         6285      1955462      1767490 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................            9         3108          165         4668       874580       797971 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................            6        11356            6         8026       130791       113146 
  PENSION ONLY......................            1        13439           19        10595       277100       216430 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            5         3066           39         2210       122811        98867 
  OTHER ONLY........................            2        12935            5         3335        44833        38847 
  COMBINATIONS......................            2          949           24        21289       505347       502230 
  MEANS-TESTED......................            2         7147           26         3048       152503        90852 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................           23         6053          232         6649      1802959      1676638 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................            9        12228          192        19048      3938791      3767188 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            3         8355           28         4998       183812       165235 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            0          (B)           18         9503       220666       167015 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            1         2364         6591         3002 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0          (B)            2        14400        31717        31717 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0          (B)            2        28368        49344        49344 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................            2        22738           83        21403      1886620      1827799 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0          (B)           18        10824       200036       196439 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            4         9560           42        30831      1360006      1326637 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................           46         6151          348         9803      4552552      3683732 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            5         6575           13         9714       184577       155367 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            5         7038           91         8338      1035187       796683 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            6        11564           30         8210       399406       305664 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            6         8571        56127        50676 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           18         4356           82         6303       621663       594867 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)        14652            0 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................            6         9505           61        19158      1331272      1233632 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0          (B)            4         1800         7318         7318 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            8         2172           77         6849       902350       539525 
PENSIONS............................           44        14806          403        10776      6233101      4940621 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................           24         8139          192         8569      2177901      1837950 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            6        31637            9        59813       721665       721665 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          22
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...............            9        17317           69        13437      1566061      1079342 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            4        11879           50         7668       468880       432135 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0          (B)            7         3603        26156        26156 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................            1         2465           45         4875       584512       221471 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            2        15300           37        16106       642237       621902 
INTEREST............................         2569          603        33894          846     34004622     30076080 
DIVIDENDS...........................          509         1565        13358         1879     28573342     25856373 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................          208         1410         3039         3150     11200474      9841102 
EDUCATION...........................          188         3552         2143         4043     12480570      9299590 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................           61         1750          341         1727       925601       690041 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............           43         3734          378         5526      2928959      2248852 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................           28         4147          279         5136      2511127      1544773 
  OTHER ONLY........................           35         4045          824         2755      3032007      2401054 
  COMBINATIONS......................           22         6709          321         7115      3082876      2414870 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................          343         3201         2914         4136     14865654     13124892 
ALIMONY.............................            9         2342          155         6294      1079793       995204 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................           58         6234          548         5545      4536988      3358781 
OTHER INCOME........................           39         4971          399         2426      1625791      1157020 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......         1219         4904         5854         4939     46678708     34521457 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........          512         4674         1438         4372     14247603      8426943 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................          186         7025         1126         6878     11514367      8992535 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........           33         7977          311         8177      3396900      2799868 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            9        17317           76        12877      1628780      1133020 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................           10        23704           57        16870      1341737      1194344 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........           21         5735          135         6945      1122259      1058719 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................          151         5692          774         6699      6827419      6027188 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................         2691          999        35486         1831     75517080     67453375 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........          346         3232         2974         4380     15945446     14120096 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................          210         1633         3104         3656     13087094     11668901 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............           73        11128          664         9709      8942616      7251918 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          23
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                                                                  
25 TO 44 YEARS                                                              
                                                                            
   TOTAL............................    239184027    200865059   1921591181 
EARNINGS............................    219751194    189216884   1795906442 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................    214526698    180572733   1670058569 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........      4980638      8359931    120106186 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............       243858       284220      5741685 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........      1195354       994863      5768232 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................      1108291       940679      5423964 
  COMBINATIONS......................        87063        54184       344268 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................       499491       772917      3827587 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................       364612       314480      1757447 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............       129906       408351      1878503 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            0        10256       143686 
  OTHER.............................         4974        39830        47951 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................      2276769      1307584      7745812 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........      2767008       891740      4039828 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............      2417269      1503312      2247779 
  AFDC ONLY.........................      2115916      1178450      1646986 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............       219572       255211       520536 
  BOTH..............................        81781        69651        80257 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................       136142       150871      1621590 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................        66959        26650       771906 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................        17645        66724        46422 
  PENSION ONLY......................        18490        18413       198017 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................        23944        16524        86729 
  OTHER ONLY........................         5986        20838        18010 
  COMBINATIONS......................         3117         1724       500506 
  MEANS-TESTED......................        61651        11481        79371 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................        74490       139390      1542219 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................       133974       115208      3654544 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................        18577        26911       140888 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................        26666            0       167015 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............         3589            0         3002 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0            0        31717 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0            0            0 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0            0        49344 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0            0            0 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................        50998        50069      1777730 
  ANNUITIES.........................          776            0       196439 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................        33368        38228      1288409 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................       692700       283619      3413799 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............        10370        29866       125964 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................       222689        38327       758356 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................        71289        65384       245632 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............         5451            0        50676 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0        76331       518536 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............        14652            0            0 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................        97640        55960      1177672 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0            0            0 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0            0         7318 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................       270609        17751       529644 
PENSIONS............................      1049166       647715      4338595 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................       279340       195696      1642255 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          24
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       180465       541200 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............       365703       148152       931189 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........        36744        46713       385422 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0            0            0 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0            0        26156 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................       311204         1712       219759 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................        10485        29287       592615 
INTEREST............................      2132540      1548044     28659163 
DIVIDENDS...........................      1712159       796690     25098073 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................       457977       292983      9571784 
EDUCATION...........................      1816084       669120      8664129 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................       160321       107240       588769 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............       460386       159868      2088983 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................       373448       114976      1434377 
  OTHER ONLY........................       402844       140336      2271366 
  COMBINATIONS......................       419085       146700      2280633 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................      1434525      1097880     12050558 
ALIMONY.............................        33521        21705       973499 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................       436756       359145      3040986 
OTHER INCOME........................       241398       194777       968781 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......     10312325      5976871     28915456 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........      5184277      2395053      6287607 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................      2291421      1307584      7745812 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........       520605       260933      2541499 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............       374743       148152       984867 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                        
   RETIREMENT.......................        97955       245849       953847 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........        36744       123044       935675 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                      
   PAYMENTS.........................       607500       858744      5187885 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................      4353674      2687787     64958771 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........      1468046      1119585     13024057 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                
   OR TRUSTS........................       508975       343052     11349513 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............      1352513       808977      6450858 

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_004.htm