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PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                         103
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                                                                                                            
65 YEARS AND OVER                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................        18193        15419        16171        15830         1575        11318 
EARNINGS............................         2247        15076         2006        15528          187        10008 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................         1990        14756         1761        15174          177        10209 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........          272        16197          256        16855           13         4412 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............           45         2254           45         2254            0          (B) 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........           77         4117           68         3746            5        12683 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................           69         3814           64         3836            3         5199 
  COMBINATIONS......................            8         6898            4         2304            1        28800 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................           30         7704           30         7704            0          (B) 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................            9         6170            9         6170            0          (B) 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............           19         8112           19         8112            0          (B) 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  OTHER.............................            2        11180            2        11180            0          (B) 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................        16861         7832        15105         7917         1421         7004 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........          918         3342          629         3152          207         3208 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............           67         2656           42         1909           20         3315 
  AFDC ONLY.........................           24         3513            7         1474           13         3306 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............           44         2197           35         1995            7         3331 
  BOTH..............................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................          274         8239          242         8817           29         3689 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................           35         8992           35         8992            0          (B) 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................          199         7126          171         7616           25         4001 
  PENSION ONLY......................           22         7499           20         8147            2          731 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  OTHER ONLY........................            2        17879            2        17879            0          (B) 
  COMBINATIONS......................           15        20651           13        23324            2         2699 
  MEANS-TESTED......................           69         5740           54         6710           14         2103 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................          205         9081          189         9415           15         5158 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................         1402         7152         1321         6809           60        14723 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................          745         4891          701         4327           38        15296 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................          179        12361          160        12476           13         8737 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............           84         7513           72         6989            9        12962 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........          120         7312          116         7498            2         2305 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............           49         8523           49         8523            0          (B) 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............           12         4310           12         4310            0          (B) 
  BLACK LUNG........................           42         4575           42         4575            0          (B) 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................           39        16385           35        18030            2          544 
  ANNUITIES.........................          106         8344          101         8186            4        15554 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................          103         4409          101         4500            2          600 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................           80         6771           61         7376           18         4794 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            6         3214            6         3214            0          (B) 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................           17         7260            9         9850            8         4465 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           19        10166           19        10166            0          (B) 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            1         6000            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           15         6085           15         6085            0          (B) 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................            7         3152            5         1864            2         7224 
  BLACK LUNG........................            6         5580            0          (B)            6         5580 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           14         3957           12         4366            2         1404 
PENSIONS............................         4111         7816         3737         7611          297         9835 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................         2573         5658         2368         5417          173         9086 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................          291        15215          260        15429           20        11115 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                         104
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...............           19        11268           19        11268            0          (B) 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........          987         9939          865         9773           93        10559 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............          110         7309           93         7674           17         5266 
  ANNUITIES.........................          106         6040           98         6074            5         8264 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................           86         4612           85         4631            1         1550 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................          140         9098          130         9369            3         5388 
INTEREST............................        11003         3629        10447         3665          346         1679 
DIVIDENDS...........................         3675         4549         3549         4565           38         4352 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................         1534         5020         1459         4707           46         9218 
EDUCATION...........................           18         2953           18         2953            0          (B) 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................            1         1500            1         1500            0          (B) 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............            8         3759            8         3759            0          (B) 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................            6         3394            6         3394            0          (B) 
  OTHER ONLY........................            3          565            3          565            0          (B) 
  COMBINATIONS......................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................            5         2441            4         2483            1         2160 
ALIMONY.............................           50        11799           50        11799            0          (B) 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................           90         2936           68         2282            3         2178 
OTHER INCOME........................          161         3552          142         3604           12         3802 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......        17488         9031        15583         9103         1506         8240 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........          953         3406          648         3185          220         3328 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................        16964         7857        15199         7943         1430         7023 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........         3211         5707         2961         5387          213        10295 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............          103         8184           91         7873            9        12962 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................          467        14632          417        14854           33        10297 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........         1107         9736          981         9598           95        10399 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................          104         5345           96         5297            8         5914 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................        11421         5690        10833         5723          365         3198 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........           55        10953           55        11057            1         2160 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................         1564         5336         1486         5050           47         8932 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............         4985         8019         4556         7750          333        11264 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                         105
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                                                                                                            
65 YEARS AND OVER                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................          864        10137        15333        16138    280513914    255989431 
EARNINGS............................           73        27917         1938        15043     33868934     31145398 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................           63        31574         1703        14540     29365415     26727374 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........           11         2365          245        17485      4403051      4317555 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............            0          (B)           45         2254       100469       100469 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........            3         7243           64         3564       315689       253630 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................            3         7243           60         3646       263712       244486 
  COMBINATIONS......................            0          (B)            4         2304        51977         9144 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................            0          (B)           30         7704       232630       232630 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................            0          (B)            9         6170        58494        58494 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............            0          (B)           19         8112       151924       151924 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  OTHER.............................            0          (B)            2        11180        22213        22213 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................          728         6364        14398         7993    132058932    119590594 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........          183         3561          449         2994      3067652      1981958 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............           12         1174           30         2199       179006        80493 
  AFDC ONLY.........................            0          (B)            7         1474        82623        10179 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............           12         1174           23         2413        96383        70314 
  BOTH..............................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................           11         6351          231         8937      2254647      2135853 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................            1        12575           34         8843       318191       318191 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................           10         5459          161         7748      1415615      1303597 
  PENSION ONLY......................            0          (B)           20         8147       166075       164660 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  OTHER ONLY........................            0          (B)            2        17879        38204        38204 
  COMBINATIONS......................            0          (B)           13        23324       316562       311201 
  MEANS-TESTED......................            3         3216           50         6951       395977       359134 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................            8         7740          181         9487      1858671      1776719 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................           23         4895         1298         6842     10025695      8993798 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            9         6460          692         4298      3644013      3032907 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            0          (B)          160        12476      2208822      1993242 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            1         6000           71         6999       631995       501703 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            7         3488          109         7761       879299       869612 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            4         5121           45         8828       421682       421682 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0          (B)           12         4310        53189        53189 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)           42         4575       193051       193051 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................            0          (B)           35        18030       642147       639615 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0          (B)          101         8186       885309       825435 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            1            1           99         4558       455228       452401 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................            7         8132           54         7276       539666       448156 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            2         2351            4         3571        18774        18774 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            0          (B)            9         9850       125839        88628 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            0          (B)           19        10166       189945       189945 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)         3579            0 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            3        17386           12         3569        89908        89908 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................            0          (B)            5         1864        21633         9716 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)        36168            0 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            3         2554            9         4906        53818        51185 
PENSIONS............................           80         4887         3660         7666     32128461     28444189 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................           54         4688         2315         5434     14557519     12829272 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           10         8084          251        15708      4432489      4013301 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                         106
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...............            0          (B)           19        11268       210889       210889 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            9         3653          857         9823      9804566      8455610 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            1        12000           92         7641       801731       714180 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0          (B)           98         6074       639065       596785 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................            0          (B)           85         4631       395488       394638 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            6         2855          125         9642      1277402      1220202 
INTEREST............................          232         2338        10221         3695     39928447     38288334 
DIVIDENDS...........................           16         2017         3534         4576     16714882     16204004 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................           41         3697         1420         4725      7702300      6866222 
EDUCATION...........................            0          (B)           18         2953        52721        52721 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................            0          (B)            1         1500         1549         1549 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............            0          (B)            8         3759        29372        29372 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................            0          (B)            6         3394        20048        20048 
  OTHER ONLY........................            0          (B)            3          565         1751         1751 
  COMBINATIONS......................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................            0          (B)            4         2483        12231        10833 
ALIMONY.............................            0          (B)           50        11799       594670       594670 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................           13         2801           55         2164       264839       155032 
OTHER INCOME........................            6         2163          136         3668       572511       510916 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......          822         6832        14784         9226    157941429    141857027 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........          185         3602          466         3028      3246658      2062451 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................          729         6392        14491         8019    133282346    120726456 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........           63         4950         2898         5397     18327371     15950807 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            1         6000           90         7888       846463       712591 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................           10         8084          408        15012      6831256      6196488 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........           19         5516          963         9664     10773773      9415129 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................            2         2351           94         5350       555446       507360 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................          245         2968        10595         5784     64987775     61998176 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........            0          (B)           55        11057       606901       605503 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................           41         3697         1448         5076      8344447      7505838 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............           98         5269         4461         7801     39976126     35312076 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                         107
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                                                                     
65 YEARS AND OVER                                                           
                                                                            
   TOTAL............................     17821756      8753320    247446287 
EARNINGS............................      1867043      2026143     29157994 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................      1810451      2000898     24765216 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........        56592        25246      4292310 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............            0            0       100469 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........        59450        24362       229267 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................        16642        24362       220123 
  COMBINATIONS......................        42808            0         9144 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................            0            0       232630 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................            0            0        58494 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............            0            0       151924 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            0            0            0 
  OTHER.............................            0            0        22213 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................      9952268      4631252    115092919 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........       665484       651114      1343767 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............        66594        13978        66515 
  AFDC ONLY.........................        42702            0        10179 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............        23891        13978        56336 
  BOTH..............................            0            0            0 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................       105344        71394      2064459 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................            0        17714       300478 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................        98568        53680      1249917 
  PENSION ONLY......................         1415            0       164660 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            0            0            0 
  OTHER ONLY........................            0            0        38204 
  COMBINATIONS......................         5361            0       311201 
  MEANS-TESTED......................        28877        11104       348029 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................        76467        60290      1716430 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................       876130       110317      8883481 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................       584049        60221      2972687 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................       114497            0      1993242 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............       112905         4299       497403 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........         4248        24940       844672 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0        20856       400826 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0            0        53189 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0            0       193051 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................          846            0       639615 
  ANNUITIES.........................        58499            0       825435 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................         1085            1       452400 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................        87930        57678       390478 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0         4017        14757 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................        37211            0        88628 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            0            0       189945 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0            0            0 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0        46782        43126 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0            0            0 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................        11917            0         9716 
  BLACK LUNG........................        36168            0            0 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0            0            0 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................         2634         6879        44306 
PENSIONS............................      2923751       390405     28062166 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................      1568185       252464     12576808 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                         108
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................       221961        76858      3936443 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0            0       210889 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........       985497        34195      8421561 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............        87551         8451       705729 
  ANNUITIES.........................        41573            0       596785 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................          850            0       394638 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................        18134        18437      1210000 
INTEREST............................       580437       542409     37762846 
DIVIDENDS...........................       165793        33041     16173327 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................       419527       153061      6710430 
EDUCATION...........................            0            0        52721 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................            0            0         1549 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............            0            0        29372 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................            0            0        20048 
  OTHER ONLY........................            0            0         1751 
  COMBINATIONS......................            0            0            0 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................         1399            0        10833 
ALIMONY.............................            0            0       594670 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................         6845        35147       119886 
OTHER INCOME........................        43762        13017       497899 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......     12411968      5612499    136391174 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........       732078       665092      1410281 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................     10039819      4660559    116199474 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........      2189444       312685     15638122 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............       112905         4299       708292 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                        
   RETIREMENT.......................       336458        76858      6119630 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........       989746       105917      9309359 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                      
   PAYMENTS.........................        48086         4017       503343 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................      1166603       728512     61286218 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........         1399            0       605503 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                
   OR TRUSTS........................       420373       153061      7350045 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............      3747609       518196     34802262 

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_018.htm