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PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          97
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                                                                                                            
45 TO 64 YEARS                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................        27883        24834        23562        25277         3141        21634 
EARNINGS............................        21000        26631        17846        26912         2269        24084 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................        19618        26949        16617        27236         2189        24483 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........         1897        15298         1670        15676          142         7418 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............          265         5796          249         6132           13           78 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........          843         2394          679         2333          109         2780 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................          821         2417          661         2380          104         2676 
  COMBINATIONS......................           22         1514           18          617            4         5298 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................          280         5443          233         5633           36         4135 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................           92         4299           73         4376           11         1576 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............          171         6212          143         6477           25         5242 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................           12          867           12          867            0          (B) 
  OTHER.............................            4        12468            4        12468            0          (B) 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................         3231         7005         2617         7028          523         7092 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........         1023         4748          703         4483          272         5384 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............          384         3046          247         2838          101         2839 
  AFDC ONLY.........................          216         3505          128         3184           63         3096 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............          155         2346          111         2378           33         2188 
  BOTH..............................           13         3770            9         3576            4         4199 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................          165         6686          144         6827           20         5765 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................           27         2362           26         2347            0         3359 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................          108         5868           94         6055           14         4714 
  PENSION ONLY......................           12         4942            9         4823            2         5399 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  OTHER ONLY........................            7        29110            7        29920            0        10199 
  COMBINATIONS......................           11        12333            8        12979            3        10678 
  MEANS-TESTED......................           42         5076           35         5248            7         4182 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................          123         7239          109         7340           13         6563 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................          470        14282          426        15203           36         5757 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................          208         9619          183        10495           22         2977 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           35        11258           33        11499            2         8000 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............           24         8591           21         9051            1         5883 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           56        11865           46        12316           11         9905 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            6        11578            6        11578            0          (B) 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            7         3644            4         4758            0          (B) 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................           74        23098           74        23098            0          (B) 
  ANNUITIES.........................           45        21711           45        21711            0          (B) 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           42        15538           38        16761            3         3900 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................          333         9543          272        10126           56         6734 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            6        12324            6        12324            0          (B) 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................          113         8214           86         9077           27         5480 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           28         8452           25         8255            3        10139 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           64        10198           47        11525           15         5755 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            6         6209            6         6209            0          (B) 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................           47        10946           42        11232            4         8225 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            2         1800            2         1800            0          (B) 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           77         9476           66         9819            9         7890 
PENSIONS............................         1489        11395         1243        11255          225        12259 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................          782         8800          651         8490          121        10614 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................          129        12477           90        11940           35        14334 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          98
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...............           34        15186           30        15645            4        11571 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........          457        13242          389        13132           64        13630 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            9        11676            7        12561            2         9600 
  ANNUITIES.........................           25        10993           25        10993            0          (B) 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................           47        18140           42        19138            5         9690 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           52        12163           51        12065            0          (B) 
INTEREST............................        17564         2026        15807         2023         1082         2024 
DIVIDENDS...........................         7167         3204         6647         3136          282         3424 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................         2698         2362         2409         2479          140         1225 
EDUCATION...........................          286         2871          241         2778           38         3669 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................           34         2390           27         2309            6         2774 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............           57         2220           41         1941           10         3445 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................           40         5362           37         5576            3         2699 
  OTHER ONLY........................          124         2129          107         2018           17         2968 
  COMBINATIONS......................           31         4332           29         3617            2        16026 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................          642         4606          538         4910           72         2774 
ALIMONY.............................          189        12781          177        13455            7         1787 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................          196         5955          143         6516           22         1841 
OTHER INCOME........................          257         3013          219         2411           25         8739 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......         5805         7418         4583         7440          992         7686 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........         1315         4584          886         4352          351         4986 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................         3250         7031         2633         7059          525         7101 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........         1082         9068          901         9136          168         8906 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............           58        12435           51        12940            5        10230 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................          190        11837          148        11211           37        14683 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........          571        12935          478        12986           85        12424 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................          338         6301          287         6547           38         4911 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................        18360         3629        16496         3668         1131         2941 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........          790         6795          680         7398           79         2683 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................         2747         2942         2458         3125          140         1225 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............         1982        11558         1661        11699          293        10945 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          99
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                                                                                                            
45 TO 64 YEARS                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................         1993        17190        21672        25997    692448299    595577024 
EARNINGS............................         1424        19832        16507        27497    559238477    480274347 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................         1333        19936        15365        27842    528684488    452568474 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........          108        14736         1568        15716     29020821     26178627 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............            9         6137          240         6132      1533168      1527246 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........           88         2316          599         2327      2018281      1584757 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................           88         2316          581         2380      1984425      1573599 
  COMBINATIONS......................            0          (B)           18          617        33855        11158 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................           33         5961          203         5520      1522582      1310342 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................           14         6245           59         3917       396495       319585 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............           16         6300          130         6387      1061884       926555 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            2         2160           10          539        10620        10620 
  OTHER.............................            0          (B)            4        12468        53582        53582 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................          248         6256         2379         7102     22636326     18388748 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........          126         5112          580         4339      4857479      3152770 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............           67         3344          183         2644      1170400       702410 
  AFDC ONLY.........................           37         3483           91         3062       756790       406583 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............           28         3124           85         2124       363605       263189 
  BOTH..............................            2         3980            7         3483        50006        32638 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................            3         8139          141         6800      1102142       984895 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................            0          (B)           26         2347        62585        61312 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................            1         5807           92         6059       635079       568521 
  PENSION ONLY......................            0          (B)            9         4823        58642        45340 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  OTHER ONLY........................            0          (B)            7        29920       209622       206607 
  COMBINATIONS......................            2        10319            6        13601       136213       103116 
  MEANS-TESTED......................            0          (B)           35         5248       213936       185564 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................            3         8139          106         7318       888206       799331 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................           16         8952          410        15445      6710032      6472960 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            6         4968          177        10679      2001482      1924653 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            0          (B)           33        11499       398711       379182 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            4        11666           17         8503       209141       189951 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0          (B)           46        12316       669924       565362 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            6        11578        74967        74967 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            1         1500            4         5565        24864        21367 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................            2        24000           72        23069      1708161      1708161 
  ANNUITIES.........................            2         7500           43        22254       976937       976937 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            1          220           36        17413       645845       632381 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................           23         5401          250        10554      3174428      2757200 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            1        13000            4        12107        68225        68225 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            6         3092           80         9527       927703       780771 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            3         8290           22         8250       239651       209620 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            5         7574           41        12027       654847       538915 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            6         6209        36525        36525 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................            2         6000           41        11441       512801       476123 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0          (B)            2         1800         3729         3729 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            7         1793           59        10744       730948       643292 
PENSIONS............................           43        10352         1203        11265     16968996     13991129 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................           24         6959          629         8528      6883650      5525695 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            6        17260           85        11411      1612360      1073850 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                         100
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           29        16261       516333       472014 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           12        13736          377        13113      6056010      5104482 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            7        12561       105100        88021 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0          (B)           25        10993       270781       270781 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................            0          (B)           42        19138       851046       803039 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            1        12000           50        12065       636513       616044 
INTEREST............................          735         1324        15118         2059     35580715     31983598 
DIVIDENDS...........................          171         4300         6486         3104     22962132     20845041 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................          124         1543         2289         2527      6374750      5970674 
EDUCATION...........................            8         2595          233         2783       821987       668334 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................            3         1102           25         2428        81092        63259 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............            0          (B)           41         1941       126702        78772 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................            1         2617           36         5654       216327       206121 
  OTHER ONLY........................            2          300          105         2049       264439       215206 
  COMBINATIONS......................            3         5369           26         3419       133428       104977 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................           32         4936          510         4891      2955212      2643631 
ALIMONY.............................           11         8877          166        13752      2413077      2384624 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................           26         9449          118         5872      1165820       934225 
OTHER INCOME........................            9         6086          210         2253       775463       527338 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......          518         6068         4089         7594     43059302     34101404 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........          187         4646          703         4267      6027880      3855180 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................          248         6256         2396         7136     22852917     18588261 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........           36         5976          867         9251      9812835      8231119 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            5         9090           46        13350       725474       661965 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................            9        14410          141        10926      2250722      1662651 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........           17        11849          461        13029      7380781      6208759 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................           36         6113          254         6551      2132200      1879786 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................          777         2514        15767         3722     66625758     60507474 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........           38         6732          646         7408      5368290      5028256 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................          126         1960         2335         3185      8082911      7678835 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............           69         8952         1595        11800     22905089     19431295 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                         101
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                                                                     
45 TO 64 YEARS                                                              
                                                                            
   TOTAL............................     67948351     34265647    563411477 
EARNINGS............................     54646146     28233848    453890117 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................     53588463     26579954    427783574 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........      1056706      1596063     24637128 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............          977        57832      1469415 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........       302118       203887      1394983 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................       279421       203887      1383825 
  COMBINATIONS......................        22697            0        11158 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................       147520       194294      1120829 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................        16972        89831       229754 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............       130548        99117       832219 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            0         5346         5274 
  OTHER.............................            0            0        53582 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................      3709373      1554208     16894601 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........      1461736       645486      2517149 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............       285869       224643       483359 
  AFDC ONLY.........................       195257       129123       277460 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............        73244        88767       180014 
  BOTH..............................        17368         6753        25885 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................       116728        23712       961183 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................         1273            0        61312 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................        66040         8172       560349 
  PENSION ONLY......................        13302            0        45340 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            0            0            0 
  OTHER ONLY........................         3015            0       206607 
  COMBINATIONS......................        33098        15540        87576 
  MEANS-TESTED......................        28373            0       185564 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................        88356        23712       775620 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................       209136       142115      6330845 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................        65924        29401      1895252 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................        19529            0       379182 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............         6946        42435       147515 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........       104562            0       565362 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0            0        74967 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0         1339        20029 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0            0            0 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................            0        56203      1651958 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0        12424       964513 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................        12175          314       632066 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................       375467       122146      2635054 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0        17431        50794 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................       145872        18596       762176 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................        30031        24275       185344 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0            0            0 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........        88059        39897       499018 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0            0        36525 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................        36677         9800       466323 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0            0            0 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0            0         3729 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................        74828        12147       631144 
PENSIONS............................      2760085       447877     13551417 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................      1285453       164966      5363276 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                         102
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       970933 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............        44318         2313       469701 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........       869228       163912      4940570 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............        16331            0        88021 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0            0       270781 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................        48007            0       803039 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            0         8151       607892 
INTEREST............................      2189249       972457     31122925 
DIVIDENDS...........................       965729       733424     20130042 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................       171627       190786      5785011 
EDUCATION...........................       137671        21683       647241 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................        17244         2862        60987 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............        36067            0        78772 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................         6886         2478       203642 
  OTHER ONLY........................        49024          561       214645 
  COMBINATIONS......................        28451        15782        89195 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................       200000       160387      2495228 
ALIMONY.............................        13017        95919      2288705 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................        40128       243812       690414 
OTHER INCOME........................       216752        54962       472376 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......      7621857      3144765     31052477 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........      1747605       870129      3000507 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................      3725704      1554208     17094114 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........      1497250       212962      8020704 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............        51265        44748       617217 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                        
   RETIREMENT.......................       546307       132810      1535459 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........      1061848       203809      6004950 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                      
   PAYMENTS.........................       184198       222863      1661704 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................      3326605      1952870     58689936 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........       213017       256306      4783933 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                
   OR TRUSTS........................       171627       246989      7436969 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............      3204677       614905     18824556 

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_017.htm