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PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          31
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                                                                                                         
65 YEARS AND OVER                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................        31694        20777        28271        21526         2603        13474 
EARNINGS............................         5151        23245         4667        23897          348        13546 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................         4232        23308         3781        24006          327        14043 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........          875        22343          837        23030           25         5010 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............          188         8274          184         8047            0          (B) 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........          144         3309          120         3186           12         5639 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................          132         2952          114         3165           10         2310 
  COMBINATIONS......................           12         7299            6         3573            1        28800 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................           83         8219           78         8366            5         5768 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................           38         7998           35         7870            3         9612 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............           42         8339           40         8731            2          240 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  OTHER.............................            3         9296            3         9296            0          (B) 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................        28971         8869        26038         8979         2336         7819 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........         1233         3411          820         3275          288         2951 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............           74         2928           47         2520           20         3315 
  AFDC ONLY.........................           25         4116            9         3652           13         3306 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............           49         2313           38         2259            7         3331 
  BOTH..............................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................         1093         7333          992         7562           85         4993 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................          523         5405          479         5544           38         3397 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................          199         7126          171         7616           25         4001 
  PENSION ONLY......................          288         9756          266         9840           19         9605 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  OTHER ONLY........................           40         7452           37         7421            0         2051 
  COMBINATIONS......................           44        15208           38        16901            2         5089 
  MEANS-TESTED......................          181         6880          157         7270           22         4266 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................          912         7422          834         7617           63         5247 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................         1623         7660         1530         7401           68        13717 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................          826         5216          779         4729           40        14772 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................          206        12525          185        12640           15         9252 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............           90         8391           78         8046            9        12962 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........          146         6760          136         6980            7         4690 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............           49         8523           49         8523            0          (B) 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............           12         4310           12         4310            0          (B) 
  BLACK LUNG........................           46         4685           46         4685            0          (B) 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................           64        23810           61        25230            2          544 
  ANNUITIES.........................          157         6642          152         6478            4        15554 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................          112         4626          109         4727            2          600 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................          231        10492          189        10620           40         7853 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............           14         7858           14         7858            0          (B) 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................           68         9662           54        10629           15         6183 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           41        15195           34        13936            5         9036 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            6         5934            6         5927            0          (B) 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           32         7935           32         7935            0          (B) 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            3        52000            3        52000            0          (B) 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................           14        12697           12        13443            2         7224 
  BLACK LUNG........................           13         6607            5         7510            8         5967 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           49         6790           38         5596           11        10986 
PENSIONS............................        10441        11554         9588        11691          649         9723 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................         7021         8684         6513         8810          407         7406 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................          970        20540          869        20825           61        15732 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          32
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...............          318        19929          294        20126           20        19676 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........         1828        13125         1633        13308          140        11286 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............          258        11648          230        12193           28         7172 
  ANNUITIES.........................          208         9326          191         9412           14         9772 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................          261         8598          258         8657            3         2689 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................          219         9338          208         9425            3         5388 
INTEREST............................        19836         3907        18779         3951          656         2416 
DIVIDENDS...........................         7034         4903         6803         4925           77         6422 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................         3023         6080         2856         5842          106         8866 
EDUCATION...........................           35         4767           35         4767            0          (B) 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................            1         1500            1         1500            0          (B) 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............           21         6168           21         6168            0          (B) 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................            6         3394            6         3394            0          (B) 
  OTHER ONLY........................            5         1103            5         1103            0          (B) 
  COMBINATIONS......................            2         5000            2         5000            0          (B) 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................           10         1354            9         1297            1         2160 
ALIMONY.............................           50        11799           50        11799            0          (B) 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................          137         4123           98         3894            3         2178 
OTHER INCOME........................          309         3250          284         3269           15         3636 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......        30187        10926        27002        11077         2474         9384 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........         1275         3470          843         3324          301         3049 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................        29182         8927        26234         9040         2351         7854 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........         7758         8500         7197         8563          453         8166 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............          412        17328          374        17552           28        17617 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................         1185        19518         1056        19796           81        14182 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........         1980        12742         1775        12920          147        10985 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................          180         7369          166         7480           14         6049 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................        20670         6380        19548         6441          700         4312 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........           60        10093           60        10179            1         2160 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................         3067         6491         2898         6284          108         8746 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............        11363        11328        10445        11395          689        10432 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          33
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                                                                                                         
65 YEARS AND OVER                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................         1568        13127        26750        22007    658497530    608558917 
EARNINGS............................          220        22122         4458        23976    119742349    111518538 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................          195        24336         3594        23994     98631607     90765230 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........           28         4128          812        23611     19554835     19272006 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............            0          (B)          184         8047      1555908      1481302 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........           12         3861          109         3114       475592       382292 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................           11         3604          104         3124       389403       360282 
  COMBINATIONS......................            2         5700            5         2880        86189        22011 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................            2         1200           76         8559       682146       654958 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................            2         1200           33         8283       303954       277230 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............            0          (B)           40         8731       349163       348699 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  OTHER.............................            0          (B)            3         9296        29029        29029 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................         1304         7386        24775         9062    256948624    233801685 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........          249         3460          574         3201      4205061      2684451 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............           13         2060           33         2703       217307       117259 
  AFDC ONLY.........................            0          (B)            9         3652       104243        31799 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............           13         2060           25         2367       113063        85460 
  BOTH..............................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................           32         7348          959         7569      8015794      7497648 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................           12         9795          467         5435      2824645      2657647 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................           10         5459          161         7748      1415615      1303597 
  PENSION ONLY......................            8         5266          258         9982      2809320      2620589 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  OTHER ONLY........................            1        11651           35         7258       298299       271155 
  COMBINATIONS......................            1         7522           37        17219       667916       644661 
  MEANS-TESTED......................            5         5575          152         7324      1243767      1142142 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................           28         7662          807         7615      6772027      6355507 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................           30         5068         1500         7448     12430956     11326266 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................           13         7339          765         4683      4308104      3681856 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            0          (B)          185        12640      2581824      2340697 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            1         6000           77         8065       754754       624462 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           11         2752          125         7345       988450       947532 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            4         5121           45         8828       421682       421682 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0          (B)           12         4310        53189        53189 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)           46         4685       217622       217622 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................            0          (B)           61        25230      1529905      1527373 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0          (B)          152         6478      1045688       985814 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            1            1          108         4783       518775       515078 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................           18         7096          170        11001      2428478      2003168 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            2         2351           13         8598       113246       113246 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            2         3756           51        10907       661126       569080 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            3         8768           30        14504       622184       468684 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            6         5927        38109        34529 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            4        14468           28         6947       256149       256149 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            3        52000       144858       144858 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................            1         7200           11        14182       174671       162754 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            5         7510        84825        39989 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            6         3283           32         6006       333311       213881 
PENSIONS............................          265         9329         9334        11753    120643267    112096938 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................          182         7035         6335         8860     60968834     57380353 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           31        17440          838        20949     19922584     18087904 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          34
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...............           10        12538          285        20309      6341971      5907689 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           33        13094         1603        13309     23990236     21736207 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            5        14549          225        12146      3002118      2801500 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0          (B)          191         9412      1940419      1801825 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................            0          (B)          258         8657      2242762      2235900 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            6         2855          203         9595      2049594      1961049 
INTEREST............................          489         2553        18305         3989     77494869     74205415 
DIVIDENDS...........................           63         7419         6744         4900     34488850     33504506 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................          104         3728         2760         5908     18381936     16683972 
EDUCATION...........................            0          (B)           35         4767       165449       165449 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................            0          (B)            1         1500         1549         1549 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............            0          (B)           21         6168       128589       128589 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................            0          (B)            6         3394        20048        20048 
  OTHER ONLY........................            0          (B)            5         1103         5470         5470 
  COMBINATIONS......................            0          (B)            2         5000         9793         9793 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................            0          (B)            9         1297        13317        11919 
ALIMONY.............................            0          (B)           50        11799       594670       594670 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................           18         2473           80         4212       564758       381800 
OTHER INCOME........................            6         2163          278         3293      1004106       927983 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......         1446         8386        25600        11225    329830270    299086641 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........          252         3525          594         3245      4422368      2801711 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................         1308         7428        24967         9124    260517283    237169725 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........          198         7021         7003         8606     65938064     61631289 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............           11        12117          364        17653      7134834      6566680 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................           34        16591         1022        19903     23126592     20897284 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........           48        10899         1730        12975     25234835     22939888 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................            5         3115          161         7616      1325699      1241757 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................          519         4066        19048         6503    131870925    125896631 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........            0          (B)           60        10179       607988       606589 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................          104         3728         2802         6363     19911840     18211345 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............          292         9031        10164        11458    128712788    119019729 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          35
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                                                                  
65 YEARS AND OVER                                                           
                                                                            
   TOTAL............................     35069819     20584453    588697339 
EARNINGS............................      4720581      4857797    106875283 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................      4596434      4742172     86230504 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........       124146       115626     19163478 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............            0            0      1481302 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........        66701        47614       338643 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................        23893        38989       325258 
  COMBINATIONS......................        42808         8625        13385 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................        27188         2459       652499 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................        26724         2459       274771 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............          464            0       348699 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            0            0            0 
  OTHER.............................            0            0        29029 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................     18266835      9632180    224510302 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........       851120       861232      1836142 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............        66594        27256        90003 
  AFDC ONLY.........................        42702            0        31799 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............        23891        27256        58205 
  BOTH..............................            0            0            0 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................       422580       237945      7259704 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................       130260       116961      2540685 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................        98568        53680      1249917 
  PENSION ONLY......................       180386        42150      2578440 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            0            0            0 
  OTHER ONLY........................          850        15752       255404 
  COMBINATIONS......................        12516         9402       635259 
  MEANS-TESTED......................        93659        27129      1115012 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................       328921       210816      6144691 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................       938564       153672     11172594 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................       593676        98840      3583016 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................       140045            0      2340697 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............       112905         4299       620163 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........        31507        29676       917856 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0        20856       400826 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0            0        53189 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0            0       217622 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................          846            0      1527373 
  ANNUITIES.........................        58499            0       985814 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................         1085            1       515077 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................       314046       130501      1872667 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0         4017       109228 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................        92046         7813       561267 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................        45816        29239       439445 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0            0        34529 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0        61342       194806 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0            0       144858 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................        11917         9220       153533 
  BLACK LUNG........................        44837            0        39989 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0            0            0 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................       119431        18869       195011 
PENSIONS............................      6312475      2467753    109700536 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................      3011884      1282801     56125975 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          36
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................       964567       536235     17551669 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............       387512       130514      5778296 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........      1584771       433654     21336123 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............       200618        66112      2735388 
  ANNUITIES.........................       137888            0      1801825 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................         6862            0      2235900 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................        18134        18437      1950848 
INTEREST............................      1584287      1249591     73015191 
DIVIDENDS...........................       494396       470630     33043862 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................       940543       388450     16305466 
EDUCATION...........................            0            0       165449 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................            0            0         1549 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............            0            0       128589 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................            0            0        20048 
  OTHER ONLY........................            0            0         5470 
  COMBINATIONS......................            0            0         9793 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................         1399            0        11919 
ALIMONY.............................            0            0       594670 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................         6845        44356       337444 
OTHER INCOME........................        55665        13017       914966 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......     23213133     12124630    287354386 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........       917714       888488      1926145 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................     18467453      9719148    227791374 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........      3697606      1389454     60270258 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............       500417       134814      6432988 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                        
   RETIREMENT.......................      1150427       565473     20331811 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........      1616278       524672     22448785 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                      
   PAYMENTS.........................        83942        15697      1226060 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................      3020072      2108671    123867258 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........         1399            0       606589 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                
   OR TRUSTS........................       941389       388450     17832839 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............      7186112      2632850    116458230 

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_006.htm