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PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          25
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                                                                                                         
45 TO 64 YEARS                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................        55382        36581        47375        38001         5691        26018 
EARNINGS............................        44509        38325        38414        39541         4227        28383 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................        40674        38576        34981        39862         4041        28496 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........         4950        25951         4396        26472          300        15702 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............          906         9207          849         9632           44         2652 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........         1946         3113         1652         3131          193         2762 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................         1854         2989         1576         2996          178         2647 
  COMBINATIONS......................           92         5613           77         5912           15         4106 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................          678         6408          582         6580           68         4913 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................          238         5771          191         5711           31         4615 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............          388         7118          339         7462           37         5168 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................           25         2331           25         2331            0          (B) 
  OTHER.............................           26         5614           26         5614            0          (B) 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................         5954         8024         4870         8120          918         7683 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........         1633         5033         1127         4832          416         5409 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............          487         3304          319         3151          122         3163 
  AFDC ONLY.........................          248         3501          149         3184           71         3232 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............          224         3050          160         3083           47         2969 
  BOTH..............................           15         3863           10         3730            4         4199 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................          967         9106          801         8340          134        14603 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................          531         6341          435         4892           69        15794 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................          114         5860           99         6036           14         4714 
  PENSION ONLY......................          189        14222          142        13588           41        17724 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................           13         5740           12         6019            1         3359 
  OTHER ONLY........................           46        10226           45        10386            2         5969 
  COMBINATIONS......................           74        20772           68        21968            6         7780 
  MEANS-TESTED......................          189         7398          158         7344           21         9469 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................          778         9520          643         8586          112        15569 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................          614        15049          556        15872           51         7811 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................          255        10266          218        10773           34         7465 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           38        10948           35        11151            2         8000 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............           27         8534           24         8928            1         5883 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           65        10875           51        11640           13         7921 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            8        10340            8        10340            0          (B) 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            7         3644            4         4758            0          (B) 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................          125        22918          125        22918            0          (B) 
  ANNUITIES.........................           57        18591           57        18591            0          (B) 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           65        19203           61        20185            3         3900 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................          818        10855          683        11694          119         6138 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............           24        11601           22        12008            2         7200 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................          294         9615          241        10447           52         5583 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           74         9474           65         9320            8         8942 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............           11         8643            8        10438            3         3456 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........          137        11383          117        12348           18         4992 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............           23        15967           23        15967            0          (B) 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................          119        15101          106        16251           13         5930 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            4         5044            4         5044            0          (B) 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................          150         8304          113         8721           26         6758 
PENSIONS............................         4271        16774         3702        17066          454        14223 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................         2290        13749         2004        13978          241        11110 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................          398        21588          336        22040           50        19582 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          26
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...............          467        18931          381        19634           58        13498 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........          957        18492          843        18817           92        16785 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............           27        15793           21        15973            6        15822 
  ANNUITIES.........................           52        13945           49        14456            0          (B) 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................          114        22575          105        23473            5         9690 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           88        14396           75        11489            7        46345 
INTEREST............................        34587         2043        31287         2065         2008         1620 
DIVIDENDS...........................        15186         3359        14115         3262          557         5084 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................         5700         3834         5146         3921          284         3943 
EDUCATION...........................          482         2925          404         2766           58         4597 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................           51         2255           44         2155            6         2774 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............          122         2811           86         2545           24         4662 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................           50         4909           45         5052            4         3550 
  OTHER ONLY........................          212         2537          191         2344           19         4674 
  COMBINATIONS......................           46         3601           38         3383            4         7779 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................          739         4316          615         4621           90         2509 
ALIMONY.............................          193        12595          181        13243            7         1787 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................          274         5197          211         5646           28         1492 
OTHER INCOME........................          433         3613          377         3411           30         7510 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......        11862         9639         9626         9810         1777         9101 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........         2017         4871         1374         4695          514         5130 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................         6010         8095         4919         8198          924         7739 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........         2785        13263         2420        13587          316        10207 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............          504        18183          412        18877           62        12904 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................          504        19263          434        19404           57        18576 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........         1145        17429         1002        17870          120        14600 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................          828         7804          717         8159           81         5297 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................        36338         4028        32815         4074         2126         3388 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........          891         6302          760         6895           98         2455 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................         5783         4273         5229         4405          284         3943 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............         5065        16068         4385        16434          555        12988 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          27
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                                                                                                         
45 TO 64 YEARS                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................         4045        24466        43513        39199   2025924965   1800277427 
EARNINGS............................         3173        27213        35383        40587   1705813560   1518956262 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................         2965        27437        32152        40942   1569010101   1394418046 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........          245        20252         4160        26826    128463940    116364598 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............           14         3602          834         9736      8339516      8173615 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........          183         3144         1481         3127      6058046      5173994 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................          178         2829         1409         3015      5542546      4720963 
  COMBINATIONS......................            5        15444           72         5309       515500       453031 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................           77         7120          511         6480      4345222      3830319 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................           32         6230          160         5609      1374330      1092756 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............           41         7445          304         7415      2764752      2531422 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            2         2160           23         2350        59204        59204 
  OTHER.............................            2        22800           24         4392       146936       146936 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................          481         7216         4417         8214     47776600     39549892 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........          183         5295          953         4742      8219670      5443845 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............           87         3537          236         2979      1607676      1006019 
  AFDC ONLY.........................           45         3673          104         2975       867487       474006 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............           40         3326          124         2952       683854       493046 
  BOTH..............................            3         4338            7         3483        56335        38967 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................           36        12403          769         8289      8804222      6680063 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................           18        13317          419         4819      3363906      2129661 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................            1         5807           98         6039       666762       600203 
  PENSION ONLY......................            8         9786          135        13693      2692927      1932599 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            0          (B)           12         6019        76230        71548 
  OTHER ONLY........................            0          (B)           45        10386       472202       462236 
  COMBINATIONS......................            8        14323           60        22936      1532196      1483816 
  MEANS-TESTED......................            6        16499          152         6985      1395449      1162352 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................           30        11580          617         8611      7408773      5517711 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................           16         8952          540        16076      9245584      8819380 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            6         4968          212        10934      2617601      2352322 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            0          (B)           35        11151       415367       395838 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            4        11666           20         8439       233470       214280 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0          (B)           51        11640       701783       596539 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            8        10340        84531        84531 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            1         1500            4         5565        24864        21367 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................            2        24000          122        22898      2859700      2859700 
  ANNUITIES.........................            2         7500           55        18925      1056065      1056065 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            1          220           60        20660      1252202      1238737 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................           59         7122          626        12101      8883587      7989858 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            3        17610           19        11256       273200       258843 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................           19         7081          224        10668      2830930      2519583 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            9         6997           56         9676       700277       603237 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            4         7974            4        12575        92361        82863 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           11         6492          105        12978      1557032      1438718 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            2        18000           21        15769       363281       363281 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................            6         4522          100        16953      1795494      1716950 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0          (B)            4         5044        21918        21918 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            7         2197          105         9185      1249095       984466 
PENSIONS............................          120        14379         3589        17144     71646979     63169493 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................           68        12409         1942        14029     31484792     28015233 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           16        20001          321        22063      8590303      7413056 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          28
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...............           17        13556          364        19919      8841584      7477721 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           17        16312          826        18870     17700432     15870098 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)           21        15973       429567       329752 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0          (B)           49        14456       723934       711941 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................            2            1          102        23957      2565720      2453084 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            2        27085           73        11099      1273444       861405 
INTEREST............................         1428         1194        29922         2107     70654793     64608835 
DIVIDENDS...........................          337         3460        13792         3262     51004786     46039913 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................          257         1979         4896         4019     21852025     20176783 
EDUCATION...........................           10         2582          395         2768      1410025      1117155 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................            4         1764           40         2191       115935        94038 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............            0          (B)           86         2545       343848       220091 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................            1         2617           44         5104       246597       226422 
  OTHER ONLY........................            2          300          189         2364       538122       446915 
  COMBINATIONS......................            3         4781           35         3219       165523       129688 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................           36         4723          586         4599      3187835      2841776 
ALIMONY.............................           11         8877          170        13519      2427312      2398860 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................           34         7408          176         5304      1422754      1189168 
OTHER INCOME........................           14         4746          363         3359      1564289      1285816 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......          961         7390         8715        10072    114330298     94432740 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........          265         4837         1122         4654      9827346      6449863 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................          483         7261         4465         8293     48653979     40327456 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........           91        10991         2337        13678     36933324     32887137 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............           24        12428          388        19283      9167415      7774864 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................           25        15523          410        19586      9705947      8412131 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........           29        12432          973        18030     19959247     17905355 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................           86         7193          637         8260      6460698      5849397 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................         1512         2275        31371         4160    146371305    133685231 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........           42         6391          725         6889      5615147      5240636 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................          260         2177         4976         4517     24711726     23036483 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............          173        12218         4221        16592     81385095     72061981 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          29
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                                                                  
45 TO 64 YEARS                                                              
                                                                            
   TOTAL............................    148063606     98960463   1705662984 
EARNINGS............................    119988441     86358938   1436113380 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................    115168098     81345542   1316389729 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........      4704071      4961575    111601856 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............       116272        51821      8121794 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........       534236       575051      4630669 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................       471767       504641      4248047 
  COMBINATIONS......................        62469        70410       382621 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................       334253       544747      3313825 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................       144727       197134       895622 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............       189526       302654      2257021 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            0         5346        53858 
  OTHER.............................            0        39613       107323 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................      7052274      3469731     36285091 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........      2251542       970977      4519677 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............       386157       309424       703269 
  AFDC ONLY.........................       228488       163528       310478 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............       140301       132814       366905 
  BOTH..............................        17368        13082        25885 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................      1949867       442133      6373945 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................      1088640       243029      2020820 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................        66040         8172       592031 
  PENSION ONLY......................       732159        82181      1852246 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................         4682            0        71548 
  OTHER ONLY........................         9966            0       462236 
  COMBINATIONS......................        48380       108751      1375065 
  MEANS-TESTED......................       200215        98417      1063935 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................      1749651       343716      5310010 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................       398269       142115      8677264 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................       254374        29401      2322921 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................        19529            0       395838 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............         6946        42435       171845 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........       105244            0       596539 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0            0        84531 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0         1339        20029 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0            0            0 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................            0        56203      2803497 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0        12424      1043641 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................        12175          314      1238423 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................       731234       420817      7574143 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............        14357        44900       213943 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................       289481       132977      2391709 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................        71711        60273       542964 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............         9498        29398        53465 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........        90441        73502      1365216 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0        36326       326954 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................        78544        26981      1689969 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0            0            0 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0            0        21918 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................       177202        16460       968006 
PENSIONS............................      6464374      1730658     61522371 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................      2677762       839974     27243594 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          30
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................       975656       328024      7090650 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............       778413       230458      7256847 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........      1551376       282672     15587426 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............        99068            0       329752 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0            0       711941 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................        48007            2      2453081 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................       334092        49528       811877 
INTEREST............................      3252583      1705563     63047406 
DIVIDENDS...........................      2831336      1167323     44982625 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................      1118588       509203     19677103 
EDUCATION...........................       265057        26382      1091880 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................        17244         7043        87585 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............       110513            0       220091 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................        15231         2478       223944 
  OTHER ONLY........................        90794          561       446354 
  COMBINATIONS......................        31275        16299       113906 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................       226679       170756      2693138 
ALIMONY.............................        13017        95919      2302940 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................        41177       253631       935537 
OTHER INCOME........................       224523        67095      1218722 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......     16168798      7100821     87773865 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........      2637699      1280401      5222945 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................      7151342      3506057     37026329 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........      3221617      1002351     31958224 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............       794857       302292      7482156 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                        
   RETIREMENT.......................      1066896       388296      8029452 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........      1747061       356174     17549181 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                      
   PAYMENTS.........................       427154       617967      5259684 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................      7202507      3438292    130510631 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........       239696       266675      4996078 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                
   OR TRUSTS........................      1118588       565406     22480600 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............      7212531      2111067     70039553 

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_005.htm