There is also additional background information for this table group.

Contents for Table

Table 18.  Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 1998

                                           Below Poverty Level                                    Above Poverty Level                             
                                     -------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                         Under      Under      Under      Under      Under      Under   1.00 and   1.25 and   1.50 and   1.75 and 
                              Total       0.50       0.75       1.00       1.25       1.50       1.75       Over       Over       Over       Over 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Married-couple with                                                                                                                               
rel children under 18                                                                                                                             
Total                        26,226        514      1,070      1,822      2,647      3,696      4,759     24,404     23,580     22,531     21,467 
Persons in                                                                                                                                        
Families                    110,595      2,409      5,142      8,710     12,625     17,591     22,326    101,884     97,970     93,003     88,269 
Total Income                                                                                                                                      
Aggregate (MIL)           1826781.5     2309.2     8948.4    21189.9    38507.1    65253.6    95634.4  1805591.6  1788274.5  1761527.9  1731147.2 
Mean                         69,655      4,495      8,363     11,630     14,549     17,657     20,095     73,987     75,840     78,184     80,641 
  Standard Error                599        289        247        223        199        198        190        626        641        662        686 
With Zero Income                 50         50         50         50         50         50         50          0          0          0          0 
With Negative                                                                                                                                     
Income                           25         25         25         25         25         25         25          0          0          0          0 
                                                                                                                                                  
Wages and Salaries                                                                                                                                
Aggregate (MIL)           1567099.3     1740.1     6400.8    15992.1    29665.4    51775.0    77647.4  1551107.2  1537433.9  1515324.3  1489452.0 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         85.8       75.4       71.5       75.5       77.0       79.3       81.2       85.9       86.0       86.0       86.0 
Mean                         59,753      3,387      5,982      8,777     11,209     14,010     16,316     63,559     65,202     67,256     69,383 
  Standard Error                535        271        252        247        227        226        218        559        572        591        613 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       25,207        333        787      1,459      2,200      3,181      4,199     23,748     23,007     22,026     21,008 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       96.1       64.9       73.6       80.1       83.1       86.1       88.2       97.3       97.6       97.8       97.9 
Mean Amount                  62,169      5,220      8,133     10,961     13,485     16,278     18,490     65,315     66,824     68,796     70,901 
  Standard Error                545        322        252        234        214        212        203        566        578        597        618 
                                                                                                                                                  
Nonfarm Self-Employment                                                                                                                           
Aggregate (MIL)            119273.0     -111.9      303.6     1186.1     2780.4     4042.5     5610.1   118086.9   116492.6   115230.4   113662.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          6.5       -4.8        3.4        5.6        7.2        6.2        5.9        6.5        6.5        6.5        6.6 
Mean                          4,548       -218        284        651      1,051      1,094      1,179      4,839      4,940      5,114      5,295 
  Standard Error                231        181        132        127        120        107         99        247        256        267        280 
Table 18.  Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 1998

                                           Below Poverty Level                                    Above Poverty Level                             
                                     -------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                         Under      Under      Under      Under      Under      Under   1.00 and   1.25 and   1.50 and   1.75 and 
                              Total       0.50       0.75       1.00       1.25       1.50       1.75       Over       Over       Over       Over 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        3,626         79        143        235        361        470        599      3,391      3,265      3,156      3,027 
Percent                        13.8       15.4       13.4       12.9       13.6       12.7       12.6       13.9       13.8       14.0       14.1 
Aggregate                  120523.6      159.4      585.8     1537.2     3172.4     4548.4     6173.6   118986.4   117351.2   115975.2   114350.0 
Mean                         33,240      2,017      4,094      6,534      8,790      9,685     10,313     35,093     35,943     36,745     37,774 
  Standard Error              1,495        519        622        644        571        541        513      1,588      1,645      1,697      1,763 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          285         39         44         59         67         80         91        226        218        205        193 
Percent                         1.1        7.7        4.1        3.2        2.5        2.2        1.9        0.9        0.9        0.9        0.9 
Aggregate                   -1250.6     -271.2     -282.2     -351.1     -392.0     -505.9     -563.5     -899.5     -858.6     -744.8     -687.1 
Mean                         -4,393     -6,893     -6,427     -5,941     -5,859     -6,337     -6,172     -3,988     -3,943     -3,636     -3,554 
  Standard Error                328      1,043        991        860        747        669        622        349        351        346        352 
                                                                                                                                                  
Farm Self-Employment                                                                                                                              
Aggregate (MIL)              4487.6      -58.4      -49.8      -20.9      -50.6      106.6      319.9     4508.5     4538.2     4381.0     4167.7 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.2       -2.5       -0.6       -0.1       -0.1        0.2        0.3        0.2        0.3        0.2        0.2 
Mean                            171       -114        -47        -11        -19         29         67        185        192        194        194 
  Standard Error                 32        132         79         60         40         38         37         34         35         37         38 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          380         16         22         32         33         56         82        348        347        324        297 
Percent                         1.4        3.2        2.0        1.7        1.2        1.5        1.7        1.4        1.5        1.4        1.4 
Aggregate                    4945.2       45.5       81.2      149.7      149.7      309.0      526.2     4795.5     4795.5     4636.2     4419.0 
Mean                         13,023      2,781      3,720      4,742      4,555      5,548      6,380     13,774     13,826     14,308     14,866 
  Standard Error              1,841      2,000      2,076      1,997      1,788      1,713      1,524      1,986      1,992      2,112      2,278 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          112         17         20         27         30         32         37         85         82         80         74 
Percent                         0.4        3.3        1.9        1.5        1.1        0.9        0.8        0.3        0.3        0.4        0.3 
Aggregate                    -457.6     -103.9     -131.0     -170.6     -200.3     -202.4     -206.3     -287.0     -257.3     -255.2     -251.3 
Mean                         -4,092     -6,143     -6,406     -6,333     -6,612     -6,362     -5,507     -3,381     -3,156     -3,190     -3,379 
  Standard Error                615      1,641      1,533      1,374      1,198      1,195      1,171        647        625        634        666 
Table 18.  Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 1998

                                           Below Poverty Level                                    Above Poverty Level                             
                                     -------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                         Under      Under      Under      Under      Under      Under   1.00 and   1.25 and   1.50 and   1.75 and 
                              Total       0.50       0.75       1.00       1.25       1.50       1.75       Over       Over       Over       Over 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                                                                                  
Interest and Dividends                                                                                                                            
Aggregate (MIL)             58856.3      127.3      141.0      238.3      311.5      528.5      852.1    58618.0    58544.7    58327.8    58004.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          3.2        5.5        1.6        1.1        0.8        0.8        0.9        3.2        3.3        3.3        3.4 
Mean                          2,244        248        132        131        118        143        179      2,402      2,483      2,589      2,702 
  Standard Error                 87         67         33         31         21         20         24         93         97        101        106 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       17,315        108        180        321        525        862      1,292     16,994     16,790     16,453     16,023 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       66.0       21.0       16.8       17.6       19.8       23.3       27.2       69.6       71.2       73.0       74.6 
Mean Amount                   3,399      1,182        784        742        594        613        659      3,449      3,487      3,545      3,620 
  Standard Error                130        279        178        169        100         81         87        133        134        137        140 
                                                                                                                                                  
Rental Income                                                                                                                                     
Aggregate (MIL)             11687.4      -60.3      -32.9      -16.0      -25.5      -60.1       -6.7    11703.4    11712.9    11747.5    11694.1 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.6       -2.6       -0.4       -0.1       -0.1       -0.1       -0.0        0.6        0.7        0.7        0.7 
Mean                            446       -117        -31         -9        -10        -16         -1        480        497        521        545 
  Standard Error                 43         85         46         29         22         18         15         47         48         50         53 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        1,779         13         24         41         59         75        103      1,738      1,720      1,705      1,676 
Percent                         6.8        2.6        2.3        2.3        2.2        2.0        2.2        7.1        7.3        7.6        7.8 
Aggregate                   14054.2       17.2       52.6       78.9      106.9      133.4      193.4    13975.3    13947.3    13920.8    13860.8 
Mean                          7,899      1,309      2,153      1,912      1,814      1,788      1,879      8,042      8,108      8,167      8,269 
  Standard Error                574        772        704        483        390        371        351        587        592        597        607 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          608         12         18         21         26         42         47        588        582        566        561 
Percent                         2.3        2.3        1.7        1.1        1.0        1.1        1.0        2.4        2.5        2.5        2.6 
Aggregate                   -2366.8      -77.6      -85.5      -94.9     -132.4     -193.5     -200.2    -2271.9    -2234.4    -2173.4    -2166.7 
Mean                         -3,891     -6,498     -4,797     -4,571     -5,055     -4,594     -4,260     -3,867     -3,838     -3,838     -3,860 
  Standard Error                213      1,949      1,602      1,505      1,208        912        847        215        215        218        219 
Table 18.  Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 1998

                                           Below Poverty Level                                    Above Poverty Level                             
                                     -------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                         Under      Under      Under      Under      Under      Under   1.00 and   1.25 and   1.50 and   1.75 and 
                              Total       0.50       0.75       1.00       1.25       1.50       1.75       Over       Over       Over       Over 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                                                                                  
Social Security                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)             15632.2      119.4      691.1     1365.5     2226.7     3562.3     4403.6    14266.7    13405.5    12069.9    11228.6 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.9        5.2        7.7        6.4        5.8        5.5        4.6        0.8        0.7        0.7        0.6 
Mean                            596        232        646        749        841        964        925        585        569        536        523 
  Standard Error                 26         76        111         96         82         79         70         27         27         27         27 
Recipient                                                                                                                                         
Families                                                                                                                                          
Number                        1,517         33        106        182        275        387        464      1,335      1,243      1,130      1,053 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        5.8        6.4        9.9       10.0       10.4       10.5        9.8        5.5        5.3        5.0        4.9 
Mean Amount                  10,303      3,606      6,511      7,500      8,108      9,208      9,485     10,685     10,788     10,678     10,663 
  Standard Error                247        707        607        501        431        410        387        270        282        298        310 
                                                                                                                                                  
Pension, Survivor and                                                                                                                             
Disability Income                                                                                                                                 
Aggregate (MIL)             19155.4       82.2      118.5      225.6      323.8      621.0      897.0    18929.8    18831.6    18534.4    18258.4 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          1.0        3.6        1.3        1.1        0.8        1.0        0.9        1.0        1.1        1.1        1.1 
Mean                            730        160        111        124        122        168        188        776        799        823        851 
  Standard Error                 51         68         38         37         28         30         30         55         57         60         62 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        1,202         21         30         43         68        114        150      1,159      1,134      1,088      1,052 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        4.6        4.1        2.8        2.3        2.6        3.1        3.2        4.8        4.8        4.8        4.9 
Mean Amount                  15,936      3,919      3,888      5,273      4,770      5,463      5,979     16,330     16,605     17,030     17,356 
  Standard Error                917      1,037        798        939        700        648        670        947        964        999      1,029 
                                                                                                                                                  
Means Tested                                                                                                                                      
Cash Assistance                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)              4669.3      355.9     1069.9     1505.2     1997.2     2444.2     2746.7     3164.1     2672.1     2225.1     1922.6 
Table 18.  Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 1998

                                           Below Poverty Level                                    Above Poverty Level                             
                                     -------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                         Under      Under      Under      Under      Under      Under   1.00 and   1.25 and   1.50 and   1.75 and 
                              Total       0.50       0.75       1.00       1.25       1.50       1.75       Over       Over       Over       Over 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.3       15.4       12.0        7.1        5.2        3.7        2.9        0.2        0.1        0.1        0.1 
Mean                            178        693      1,000        826        755        661        577        130        113         99         90 
  Standard Error                 11        135        132         89         68         54         44         10          9          9          9 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                          942         93        202        310        387        477        543        632        555        466        399 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        3.6       18.0       18.9       17.0       14.6       12.9       11.4        2.6        2.4        2.1        1.9 
Mean Amount                   4,956      3,843      5,287      4,850      5,165      5,129      5,060      5,008      4,811      4,780      4,816 
  Standard Error                202        492        459        346        303        278        254        257        270        294        328 

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/032000/pov/new18_005.htm