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Table 18.  Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 1999

                                           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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Families with                                                                                                                                     
Female HH, NHP                                                                                                                                    
Total                        12,687      1,596      2,635      3,531      4,456      5,425      6,201      9,156      8,232      7,262      6,487 
Persons in                                                                                                                                        
Families                     38,223      5,339      8,742     11,607     14,489     17,443     19,724     26,616     23,734     20,779     18,499 
Total Income                                                                                                                                      
Aggregate (MIL)            394076.3     5936.7    15346.5    26491.8    40912.4    59228.5    76212.9   367584.6   353163.9   334847.8   317863.5 
Mean                         31,061      3,721      5,825      7,502      9,182     10,917     12,291     40,148     42,904     46,111     49,004 
  Standard Error                428        103        112        122        121        130        136        532        575        632        689 
With Zero Income                180        180        180        180        180        180        180          0          0          0          0 
With Negative                                                                                                                                     
Income                            4          4          4          4          4          4          4          0          0          0          0 
                                                                                                                                                  
Wages and Salaries                                                                                                                                
Aggregate (MIL)            292419.2     2482.5     7356.5    14471.1    24092.7    37093.2    49241.2   277948.1   268326.5   255326.0   243178.0 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         74.2       41.8       47.9       54.6       58.9       62.6       64.6       75.6       76.0       76.3       76.5 
Mean                         23,049      1,556      2,792      4,098      5,407      6,837      7,941     30,358     32,597     35,161     37,490 
  Standard Error                397         84        108        124        125        136        141        507        551        610        669 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       10,659        864      1,567      2,298      3,068      3,898      4,585      8,361      7,591      6,762      6,074 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       84.0       54.2       59.5       65.1       68.9       71.8       73.9       91.3       92.2       93.1       93.6 
Mean Amount                  27,434      2,872      4,695      6,296      7,852      9,517     10,741     33,244     35,349     37,762     40,033 
  Standard Error                447        115        139        147        142        149        151        533        575        632        690 
                                                                                                                                                  
Nonfarm Self-Employment                                                                                                                           
Aggregate (MIL)              8385.1       78.1      174.7      550.3      693.7     1080.0     1382.1     7834.8     7691.4     7305.1     7003.0 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          2.1        1.3        1.1        2.1        1.7        1.8        1.8        2.1        2.2        2.2        2.2 
Mean                            661         49         66        156        156        199        223        856        934      1,006      1,080 
  Standard Error                 70         25         25         32         26         29         30         97        107        121        134 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          608         51         74        138        170        218        254        469        437        389        354 
Percent                         4.8        3.2        2.8        3.9        3.8        4.0        4.1        5.1        5.3        5.4        5.5 
Aggregate                    8543.9      107.7      234.6      610.1      755.2     1141.5     1443.6     7933.8     7788.7     7402.4     7100.3 
Mean                         14,064      2,132      3,152      4,420      4,437      5,227      5,686     16,900     17,811     19,023     20,077 
  Standard Error              1,231        387        499        511        434        491        502      1,537      1,631      1,804      1,958 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           40          7         13         13         13         13         13         28         27         27         27 
Percent                         0.3        0.5        0.5        0.4        0.3        0.2        0.2        0.3        0.3        0.4        0.4 
Aggregate                    -158.8      -29.6      -59.8      -59.8      -61.5      -61.5      -61.5      -99.0      -97.3      -97.3      -97.3 
Mean                         -3,931     -3,986     -4,740     -4,740     -4,695     -4,695     -4,695     -3,564     -3,565     -3,565     -3,565 
  Standard Error                990      2,393      1,955      1,955      1,736      1,736      1,736      1,172      1,193      1,193      1,193 
                                                                                                                                                  
Farm Self-Employment                                                                                                                              
Aggregate (MIL)               638.1        0.0        0.0        7.8        2.4       -0.8       -2.2      630.3      635.8      639.0      640.3 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.2        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.0       -0.0       -0.0        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.2 
Mean                             50          0          0          2          1         -0         -0         69         77         88         99 
  Standard Error                 23          0          0          4          4          3          3         32         35         40         45 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           72          4          4          8         12         14         21         63         59         58         50 
Percent                         0.6        0.3        0.2        0.2        0.3        0.3        0.3        0.7        0.7        0.8        0.8 
Aggregate                     687.5        0.0        0.0        7.8       10.4       10.4       10.4      679.7      677.2      677.2      677.2 
Mean                          9,605          2          2        940        834        739        491     10,746     11,444     11,761     13,421 
  Standard Error              3,493          0          0      1,396        900        807        551      3,880      4,099      4,189      4,634 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           16          0          0          0          2          3          3         16         14         14         13 
Percent                         0.1        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.1        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.2 
Aggregate                     -49.4        0.0        0.0        0.0       -8.0      -11.2      -12.6      -49.4      -41.4      -38.2      -36.8 
Mean                         -3,016          .          .          .     -4,000     -4,262     -3,861     -3,016     -2,880     -2,779     -2,807 
  Standard Error              1,499          .          .          .          0        510        897      1,499      1,697      1,760      1,844 
                                                                                                                                                  
Interest and Dividends                                                                                                                            
Aggregate (MIL)             11320.0       41.4       93.0      133.0      214.4      406.1      578.9    11187.1    11105.6    10914.0    10741.1 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          2.9        0.7        0.6        0.5        0.5        0.7        0.8        3.0        3.1        3.3        3.4 
Mean                            892         26         35         38         48         75         93      1,222      1,349      1,503      1,656 
  Standard Error                 57         10          9          8          9         16         16         79         87         98        109 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        4,899        143        252        387        590        824      1,071      4,513      4,309      4,075      3,828 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       38.6        9.0        9.6       11.0       13.2       15.2       17.3       49.3       52.4       56.1       59.0 
Mean Amount                   2,310        289        369        344        363        493        540      2,479      2,577      2,678      2,806 
  Standard Error                143        100         90         66         65        101         89        155        162        170        180 
                                                                                                                                                  
Rental Income                                                                                                                                     
Aggregate (MIL)              3073.3        1.9        6.3        0.2        7.5      113.9      142.1     3073.1     3065.9     2959.4     2931.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.8        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.2        0.2        0.8        0.9        0.9        0.9 
Mean                            242          1          2          0          2         21         23        336        372        408        452 
  Standard Error                 40         11          7          6          5         10          9         56         62         70         78 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          398          9         13         20         33         57         73        379        366        341        325 
Percent                         3.1        0.6        0.5        0.6        0.7        1.0        1.2        4.1        4.4        4.7        5.0 
Aggregate                    3286.5       14.7       19.9       27.9       35.2      141.6      183.5     3258.6     3251.4     3144.9     3103.1 
Mean                          8,251      1,603      1,497      1,425      1,075      2,491      2,515      8,604      8,893      9,211      9,537 
  Standard Error              1,137        632        533        418        280        793        633      1,189      1,226      1,304      1,363 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           83          2          3          7          7          7         13         76         76         76         70 
Percent                         0.7        0.2        0.1        0.2        0.2        0.1        0.2        0.8        0.9        1.1        1.1 
Aggregate                    -213.2      -12.9      -13.6      -27.7      -27.7      -27.7      -41.4     -185.5     -185.5     -185.5     -171.9 
Table 18.  Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 1999

                                           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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Mean                         -2,566     -5,331     -4,030     -4,138     -4,138     -4,138     -3,150     -2,429     -2,429     -2,429     -2,457 
  Standard Error                424      2,406      2,444      1,248      1,148      1,148        743        442        442        442        481 
                                                                                                                                                  
Social Security                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)             29424.7      316.7     1482.2     2536.3     4295.3     6269.6     8202.4    26888.5    25129.5    23155.2    21222.4 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          7.5        5.3        9.7        9.6       10.5       10.6       10.8        7.3        7.1        6.9        6.7 
Mean                          2,319        198        563        718        964      1,156      1,323      2,937      3,053      3,189      3,272 
  Standard Error                 65         38         56         57         58         60         63         86         94        102        110 
Recipient                                                                                                                                         
Families                                                                                                                                          
Number                        2,897         76        262        413        617        831      1,024      2,485      2,280      2,067      1,874 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       22.8        4.8        9.9       11.7       13.9       15.3       16.5       27.1       27.7       28.5       28.9 
Mean Amount                  10,156      4,141      5,663      6,146      6,956      7,546      8,012     10,822     11,022     11,205     11,327 
  Standard Error                158        333        231        197        191        186        191        174        185        199        210 
                                                                                                                                                  
Pension, Survivor and                                                                                                                             
Disability Income                                                                                                                                 
Aggregate (MIL)             12592.0       52.9      121.0      208.8      368.6      689.0     1154.3    12383.2    12223.4    11903.0    11437.7 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          3.2        0.9        0.8        0.8        0.9        1.2        1.5        3.4        3.5        3.6        3.6 
Mean                            993         33         46         59         83        127        186      1,353      1,485      1,639      1,763 
  Standard Error                 65         14         15         16         17         20         24         89         99        111        124 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        1,172         16         38         63        108        167        236      1,109      1,064      1,005        936 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        9.2        1.0        1.5        1.8        2.4        3.1        3.8       12.1       12.9       13.8       14.4 
Mean Amount                  10,741      3,326      3,151      3,305      3,410      4,125      4,882     11,164     11,485     11,840     12,220 
  Standard Error                558        569        699        656        540        447        440        583        602        632        672 
                                                                                                                                                  
Means Tested                                                                                                                                      
Cash Assistance                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)             11612.7     2103.7     4413.1     5865.5     7360.2     8391.5     9047.9     5747.3     4252.5     3221.2     2564.8 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          2.9       35.4       28.8       22.1       18.0       14.2       11.9        1.6        1.2        1.0        0.8 
Mean                            915      1,318      1,675      1,661      1,652      1,547      1,459        628        517        444        395 
  Standard Error                 33         85         84         76         65         59         54         36         35         36         37 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        2,399        628      1,084      1,377      1,611      1,828      1,964      1,022        788        571        435 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       18.9       39.4       41.2       39.0       36.2       33.7       31.7       11.2        9.6        7.9        6.7 
Mean Amount                   4,841      3,348      4,069      4,260      4,569      4,590      4,607      5,624      5,397      5,646      5,900 
  Standard Error                120        143        140        135        125        121        119        223        260        319        384 

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_003.htm