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PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          79
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.) 
FEMALE                                                                                                            
UNDER 65 YEARS                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................        80501        21602        65891        22058        10697        18905 
EARNINGS............................        66599        22466        54722        22842         8730        19854 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................        63551        22512        52012        22892         8534        19927 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........         4404        14287         3878        14643          339         9324 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............          578         4527          518         4825           42         2581 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........         2513         2294         1942         2252          435         2403 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................         2419         2282         1875         2246          410         2364 
  COMBINATIONS......................           94         2599           68         2413           25         3040 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................          729         4825          603         5194           92         3126 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................          285         3842          234         4016           29         2705 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............          395         5594          323         6130           61         3357 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................           42         2933           40         3072            0          (B) 
  OTHER.............................            9         9743            9        10534            1          906 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................         4661         6640         3717         6684          804         6648 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........         2084         4820         1376         4636          614         5233 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............         2687         3333         1551         3256          999         3305 
  AFDC ONLY.........................         2069         3474         1156         3414          816         3432 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............          534         2669          336         2620          158         2419 
  BOTH..............................           84         4081           59         3791           25         4769 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................          254         7805          217         8228           37         5350 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................           60         5942           52         6107            8         4833 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................          124         6209          107         6408           17         5021 
  PENSION ONLY......................           13         5375           10         5369            2         5399 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................           16         3251           10         3617            6         2609 
  OTHER ONLY........................           14        17483           14        17638            0        10199 
  COMBINATIONS......................           28        17693           24        18642            4        11617 
  MEANS-TESTED......................           56         5393           39         5591           17         4950 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................          198         8492          178         8803           19         5713 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................          648        14861          564        16012           64         7492 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................          240         9071          208        10008           29         2853 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           49         9544           42         9941            2         8000 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............           26         8347           22         8733            2         6725 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           59        11960           48        12411           11         9905 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............           11         7540           11         7540            0          (B) 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............           11         7781            9         9502            0          (B) 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................          144        20083          130        21462           13         7695 
  ANNUITIES.........................           59        27139           58        25948            1        99999 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           79        17463           64        20191            9         4968 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................          591         8915          474         9281           98         7250 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............           18         6274           13         7648            5         2282 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................          180         7139          140         7212           37         7190 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           44         9140           35         9425           10         8117 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            3        14537            3        14537            0          (B) 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........          121         8226           95         8819           18         5701 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            9         5678            6         6209            3         4680 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................           95        12821           83        13180           12        10309 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            6         1800            6         1800            0          (B) 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................          134         8642          108         8779           18         6455 
PENSIONS............................         1740        11085         1424        11024          289        11609 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................          920         8496          748         8293          156         9779 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................          130        12470           90        11932           35        14334 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          80
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...............           53        15739           44        16394            9        12501 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........          494        12743          416        12812           73        12078 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            9        11676            7        12561            2         9600 
  ANNUITIES.........................           27        10287           27        10287            0          (B) 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................           84        13867           65        13080           19        16512 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           76        15183           75        15167            0          (B) 
INTEREST............................        43283         1245        38267         1266         3043         1072 
DIVIDENDS...........................        15512         2375        14130         2375          735         2182 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................         4632         2175         4092         2233          286         2038 
EDUCATION...........................         4522         3887         3423         3755          821         3617 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................          944         2040          638         1953          252         2156 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............          649         4051          476         3901          146         4615 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................         1090         4453          909         4258          111         3366 
  OTHER ONLY........................          837         3330          697         2905           99         5216 
  COMBINATIONS......................         1002         5368          703         5486          213         4049 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................         4776         3785         3932         4066          690         2390 
ALIMONY.............................          367         9504          339         9934           15         3103 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................         1089         5240          786         5537          170         2455 
OTHER INCOME........................          614         2814          502         2165           67         6742 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......        13250         5688         9718         5806         2955         5499 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........         4460         4261         2739         4173         1499         4345 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................         4688         6653         3738         6701          809         6647 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........         1318         8551         1076         8632          220         8497 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............           82        13374           69        13883           10        11639 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................          220        11310          167        10909           44        13541 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........          666        11996          556        12170           98        11181 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................          855         5773          713         6192          105         3973 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................        45255         2288        39959         2347         3190         1741 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........         4998         4314         4135         4682          705         2405 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................         4741         2737         4188         2848          299         2288 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............         2425        11153         1998        11301          380        10842 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          81
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 
FEMALE                                                                                                            
UNDER 65 YEARS                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................         7542        15828        58773        22819   1738992062   1453456676 
EARNINGS............................         6168        16959        48895        23553   1496229338   1249964860 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................         5944        17026        46398        23614   1430685879   1190681936 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........          289        10925         3605        14909     62925674     56781604 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............           23        10711          497         4543      2617785      2501319 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........          310         2384         1653         2224      5763265      4373795 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................          304         2311         1591         2231      5518573      4210084 
  COMBINATIONS......................            6         5796           61         2055       244692       163711 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................           89         5332          522         5111      3519290      3133453 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................           39         4215          195         3955      1095187       938198 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............           44         6333          286         5988      2208675      1981595 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            5         3293           35         3042       123156       122093 
  OTHER.............................            1        19560            8         9781        92273        91567 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................          418         6379         3324         6711     30948429     24842327 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........          275         5131         1119         4512     10044915      6380467 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............          537         3716         1062         3013      8957023      5051857 
  AFDC ONLY.........................          405         3861          782         3172      7187294      3947022 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............          104         3092          248         2431      1425526       879730 
  BOTH..............................           28         3936           31         3662       344204       225106 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................           13         8974          204         8179      1980749      1784838 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................            2         3599           50         6190       354328       317085 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................            7        10284          100         6126       770853       686650 
  PENSION ONLY......................            0          (B)           10         5369        67601        54299 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            1         2099            9         3846        50629        35877 
  OTHER ONLY........................            2        12935           12        18253       248469       245454 
  COMBINATIONS......................            2        10319           22        19202       488869       445473 
  MEANS-TESTED......................            0          (B)           39         5591       303201       217224 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................           13         8974          165         8790      1677548      1567614 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................           20        10642          546        16172      9624832      9033057 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            8         6386          201        10091      2173974      2079197 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            0          (B)           42         9941       464999       418484 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            4        11666           18         8148       213830       191050 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0          (B)           48        12411       701641       597079 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)           11         7540        84406        84406 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            1         1500            8        10440        84338        80842 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................            5        23388          125        21392      2900283      2790674 
  ANNUITIES.........................            2         7500           56        26494      1613934      1494449 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            1          220           63        20645      1387428      1296876 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................           43         6620          433         9526      5271353      4401754 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            4         5857           11         7601       111355       100986 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            7         3330          133         7425      1282183      1011837 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            5        14373           31         8513       406571       327952 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            3        14537        41504        41504 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           13         6779           82         9140       995381       837773 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            6         6209        51177        36525 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................            4        12068           78        13244      1211898      1090207 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0          (B)            6         1800        11047        11047 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           12         2419           96         9558      1160237       943922 
PENSIONS............................           53        10252         1375        11035     19291601     15702232 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................           31         7218          718         8323      7814225      6198921 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            6        17260           85        11404      1616329      1077819 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          82
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...............            1         1800           43        16832       834888       723271 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           14        11985          402        12841      6295377      5326894 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            7        12561       105100        88021 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0          (B)           27        10287       273722       273722 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................            0          (B)           65        13080      1163170       845263 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            3        14436           72        15194      1151588      1131119 
INTEREST............................         2281          769        36127         1297     53877480     48438656 
DIVIDENDS...........................          465         2398        13696         2372     36835996     33561861 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................          238         1304         3867         2285     10074601      9136235 
EDUCATION...........................          332         2963         3110         3831     17575949     12852904 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................          107         1862          542         1962      1926429      1246428 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............           56         2659          421         4065      2629393      1858054 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................           79         2925          836         4372      4853386      3868374 
  OTHER ONLY........................           29         3640          669         2869      2786165      2025302 
  COMBINATIONS......................           61         4881          643         5549      5380576      3854746 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................          414         3154         3538         4161     18077195     15989084 
ALIMONY.............................           21         5526          318        10229      3483615      3370574 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................           85         6634          707         5421      5707821      4351315 
OTHER INCOME........................           42         4138          465         1971      1728608      1087405 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......         1613         4929         8217         5950     75363332     56419617 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........          771         4422         2028         4067     19001938     11432325 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................          418         6379         3345         6730     31189112     25051279 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........           46         6463         1033         8708     11270381      9289956 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            5         9090           64        14252      1090221       955825 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................           11        16023          159        10448      2487898      1824255 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........           27         9486          529        12307      7992398      6761746 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................           98         5625          624         6210      4937930      4416535 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................         2395         1372        37711         2406    103540383     93779448 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........          424         3356         3730         4818     21560810     19359658 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................          242         1718         3958         2910     12974884     11926909 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............           91         9087         1913        11381     27043313     22576334 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          83
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 
FEMALE                                                                     
UNDER 65 YEARS                                                              
                                                                            
   TOTAL............................    202231849    119373513   1341141941 
EARNINGS............................    173318537    104602831   1151639940 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................    170053707    101206839   1095641785 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........      3157393      3152630     53740195 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............       107437       243362      2257959 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........      1044147       739533      3676387 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................       968668       701883      3550326 
  COMBINATIONS......................        75479        37651       126060 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................       286098       474457      2668931 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................        79752       166167       772879 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............       205641       279586      1711095 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            0        15602       106491 
  OTHER.............................          705        13101        78466 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................      5348102      2667844     22304548 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........      3213044      1413142      5050016 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............      3301688      1996071      3199069 
  AFDC ONLY.........................      2799337      1564059      2481317 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............       383253       321938       602720 
  BOTH..............................       119098       110074       115031 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................       195393       120033      1664805 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................        37243         6029       311055 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................        83685        74896       611754 
  PENSION ONLY......................        13302            0        54299 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................        14752         2731        33147 
  OTHER ONLY........................         3015        20838       224617 
  COMBINATIONS......................        43395        15540       429933 
  MEANS-TESTED......................        85977            0       217224 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................       109416       120033      1447581 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................       482492       212891      8822730 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................        83872        50106      2031655 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................        19529            0       418484 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............        10536        42435       148615 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........       104562            0       597079 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0            0        84406 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0         1339        79503 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0            0            0 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................       101786       106272      2684402 
  ANNUITIES.........................       116665        12424      1482025 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................        45543          314      1296562 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................       708730       285628      4127294 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............        10370        21582        79867 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................       267078        24309       987528 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................        78619        67739       265565 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0            0        41504 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........       102938        87716       750057 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............        14652            0        36525 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................       121691        54094      1036113 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0            0            0 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0            0        11047 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................       113383        30188       919087 
PENSIONS............................      3349760       540812     15169585 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................      1520975       224499      5976969 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          84
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................       496747       108534       974902 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............       111617         2313       720958 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........       886183       168027      5158866 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............        16331            0        88021 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0            0       273722 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................       317907            0       845263 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            0        37438      1093680 
INTEREST............................      3263220      1753834     46861496 
DIVIDENDS...........................      1604269      1115075     32482581 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................       582417       310007      8834815 
EDUCATION...........................      2968534       982964     11913825 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................       542452       198723      1062846 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............       674114       148497      1709557 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................       374894       229847      3653625 
  OTHER ONLY........................       514297       107077      1919408 
  COMBINATIONS......................       862777       298820      3568389 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................      1650037      1304526     14721121 
ALIMONY.............................        46539       117756      3252818 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................       417722       561451      3834617 
OTHER INCOME........................       451120       174659       917365 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......     16250774      7949696     48895506 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........      6514732      3409213      8249085 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................      5379085      2667844     22513500 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........      1871924       298915      8996152 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............       122152        44748       911076 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                        
   RETIREMENT.......................       594895       176274      1658951 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........      1093683       255743      6506003 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                      
   PAYMENTS.........................       418159       551471      3875462 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................      5551692      3285189     90715315 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........      1696576      1422282     17973939 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                
   OR TRUSTS........................       684203       416279     11519216 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............      4117227       825542     21766873 

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_014.htm