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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 related                                                                                                                             
children under 18                                                                                                                                 
Total                        37,277      2,007      3,512      5,129      6,917      8,856     10,663     32,148     30,360     28,421     26,614 
Persons in                                                                                                                                        
Families                    146,984      7,437     13,307     19,858     27,064     34,701     42,117    127,126    119,920    112,283    104,867 
Total Income                                                                                                                                      
Aggregate (MIL)           2274817.8     7865.3    23448.6    47240.2    81051.3   125434.0   175789.7  2227577.5  2193766.4  2149383.8  2099028.1 
Mean                         61,025      3,919      6,677      9,211     11,717     14,164     16,486     69,291     72,259     75,626     78,870 
  Standard Error                488        106        116        127        122        126        134        537        559        586        615 
With Zero Income                228        228        228        228        228        228        228          0          0          0          0 
With Negative                                                                                                                                     
Income                           22         22         22         22         22         22         22          0          0          0          0 
                                                                                                                                                  
Wages and Salaries                                                                                                                                
Aggregate (MIL)           1937061.8     3783.1    13339.2    30939.5    57047.9    93096.1   135028.9  1906122.3  1880013.9  1843965.7  1802032.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         85.2       48.1       56.9       65.5       70.4       74.2       76.8       85.6       85.7       85.8       85.9 
Mean                         51,964      1,885      3,798      6,032      8,247     10,513     12,663     59,292     61,924     64,880     67,710 
  Standard Error                454         90        118        135        132        137        144        502        524        550        578 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       34,792      1,102      2,248      3,677      5,276      7,087      8,818     31,115     29,516     27,705     25,974 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       93.3       54.9       64.0       71.7       76.3       80.0       82.7       96.8       97.2       97.5       97.6 
Mean Amount                  55,675      3,434      5,935      8,414     10,812     13,136     15,313     61,261     63,695     66,557     69,377 
  Standard Error                474        122        143        150        138        139        144        511        531        557        585 
                                                                                                                                                  
Nonfarm Self-Employment                                                                                                                           
Aggregate (MIL)            128417.4        2.9      450.4     1522.3     3183.7     5411.4     7448.6   126895.1   125233.7   123006.0   120968.8 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          5.6        0.0        1.9        3.2        3.9        4.3        4.2        5.7        5.7        5.7        5.8 
Mean                          3,445          1        128        297        460        611        699      3,947      4,125      4,328      4,545 
  Standard Error                136         42         41         43         47         49         49        158        167        177        189 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        4,204        133        223        384        548        747        919      3,821      3,657      3,457      3,286 
Percent                        11.3        6.6        6.4        7.5        7.9        8.4        8.6       11.9       12.0       12.2       12.3 
Aggregate                  129484.5      217.6      732.4     1829.9     3579.2     5850.7     7916.4   127654.7   125905.3   123633.9   121568.2 
Mean                         30,798      1,637      3,283      4,770      6,537      7,834      8,617     33,412     34,431     35,759     37,001 
  Standard Error              1,023        303        411        394        421        414        402      1,106      1,149      1,206      1,260 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          269         34         48         52         69         76         90        218        200        194        180 
Percent                         0.7        1.7        1.4        1.0        1.0        0.9        0.8        0.7        0.7        0.7        0.7 
Aggregate                   -1067.1     -214.7     -282.0     -307.6     -395.5     -439.3     -467.8     -759.6     -671.6     -627.8     -599.4 
Mean                         -3,963     -6,363     -5,903     -5,952     -5,751     -5,810     -5,216     -3,491     -3,350     -3,242     -3,338 
  Standard Error                338      1,111        949        895        727        697        629        355        359        357        381 
                                                                                                                                                  
Farm Self-Employment                                                                                                                              
Aggregate (MIL)              4397.5      -54.3      -90.1      -37.3       -6.2      198.2      284.6     4434.8     4403.7     4199.3     4112.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.2       -0.7       -0.4       -0.1       -0.0        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.2 
Mean                            118        -27        -26         -7         -1         22         27        138        145        148        155 
  Standard Error                 20         27         21         22         19         22         20         23         25         26         27 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          489         10         17         29         43         71         92        460        446        418        397 
Percent                         1.3        0.5        0.5        0.6        0.6        0.8        0.9        1.4        1.5        1.5        1.5 
Aggregate                    5013.9        6.3       24.1      124.5      207.7      482.3      611.6     4889.4     4806.1     4531.6     4402.3 
Mean                         10,257        650      1,438      4,316      4,869      6,809      6,674     10,629     10,772     10,841     11,083 
  Standard Error              1,293      1,367      1,094      2,319      1,824      1,882      1,677      1,362      1,398      1,472      1,534 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          115          9         19         25         32         40         46         91         83         76         69 
Percent                         0.3        0.4        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.4        0.4        0.3        0.3        0.3        0.3 
Aggregate                    -616.4      -60.6     -114.2     -161.7     -213.9     -284.1     -327.0     -454.6     -402.4     -332.3     -289.3 
Mean                         -5,338     -6,744     -5,999     -6,529     -6,622     -7,136     -7,068     -5,012     -4,839     -4,391     -4,181 
  Standard Error                789      4,076      2,507      2,074      1,871      1,560      1,355        848        799        818        872 
                                                                                                                                                  
Interest and Dividends                                                                                                                            
Aggregate (MIL)             76575.9       87.8      171.3      248.6      462.5      784.3     1112.4    76327.3    76113.4    75791.6    75463.5 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          3.4        1.1        0.7        0.5        0.6        0.6        0.6        3.4        3.5        3.5        3.6 
Mean                          2,054         44         49         48         67         89        104      2,374      2,507      2,667      2,835 
  Standard Error                 72         11         10          8         10         12         11         83         88         93        100 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       21,151        185        360        620      1,043      1,524      2,157     20,531     20,108     19,627     18,994 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       56.7        9.2       10.2       12.1       15.1       17.2       20.2       63.9       66.2       69.1       71.4 
Mean Amount                   3,620        476        476        401        444        514        516      3,718      3,785      3,862      3,973 
  Standard Error                124        112         87         60         62         67         54        128        130        134        138 
                                                                                                                                                  
Rental Income                                                                                                                                     
Aggregate (MIL)             15141.1       10.5       41.4      -43.4       23.3       97.3      159.8    15184.5    15117.8    15043.8    14981.3 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.7        0.1        0.2       -0.1        0.0        0.1        0.1        0.7        0.7        0.7        0.7 
Mean                            406          5         12         -8          3         11         15        472        498        529        563 
  Standard Error                 35          5          8         10          9          9          8         41         43         46         49 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        2,064         11         38         49         79        117        156      2,015      1,985      1,947      1,908 
Percent                         5.5        0.6        1.1        1.0        1.1        1.3        1.5        6.3        6.5        6.9        7.2 
Aggregate                   17172.0       14.7       55.7       72.1      151.6      268.9      347.7    17099.9    17020.4    16903.1    16824.3 
Mean                          8,320      1,289      1,452      1,464      1,930      2,299      2,229      8,488      8,573      8,682      8,818 
  Standard Error                575        587        575        473        462        497        398        588        596        607        618 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          599          3          9         27         31         42         49        572        568        557        550 
Percent                         1.6        0.1        0.3        0.5        0.4        0.5        0.5        1.8        1.9        2.0        2.1 
Aggregate                   -2030.9       -4.3      -14.3     -115.5     -128.3     -171.6     -187.8    -1915.4    -1902.6    -1859.3    -1843.1 
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                         -3,390     -1,621     -1,561     -4,259     -4,128     -4,084     -3,858     -3,349     -3,350     -3,338     -3,349 
  Standard Error                200        521        447        959        779        687        631        205        206        209        210 
                                                                                                                                                  
Social Security                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)             28001.3      424.7     1822.4     3171.2     5066.4     6864.6     8716.7    24830.1    22934.9    21136.8    19284.7 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          1.2        5.4        7.8        6.7        6.3        5.5        5.0        1.1        1.0        1.0        0.9 
Mean                            751        212        519        618        732        775        817        772        755        744        725 
  Standard Error                 24         39         50         48         44         42         41         27         28         29         30 
Recipient                                                                                                                                         
Families                                                                                                                                          
Number                        2,744         85        291        470        679        875      1,063      2,274      2,065      1,868      1,680 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        7.4        4.2        8.3        9.2        9.8        9.9       10.0        7.1        6.8        6.6        6.3 
Mean Amount                  10,205      5,009      6,266      6,750      7,463      7,842      8,197     10,919     11,107     11,313     11,477 
  Standard Error                194        418        263        238        228        222        219        224        240        258        277 
                                                                                                                                                  
Pension, Survivor and                                                                                                                             
Disability Income                                                                                                                                 
Aggregate (MIL)             21846.4       84.0      221.1      453.1      658.1     1249.4     1924.9    21393.4    21188.3    20597.0    19921.6 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          1.0        1.1        0.9        1.0        0.8        1.0        1.1        1.0        1.0        1.0        0.9 
Mean                            586         42         63         88         95        141        181        665        698        725        749 
  Standard Error                 32         14         17         18         16         18         20         37         39         41         44 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        1,651         24         58         98        131        208        292      1,554      1,520      1,443      1,359 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        4.4        1.2        1.6        1.9        1.9        2.4        2.7        4.8        5.0        5.1        5.1 
Mean Amount                  13,229      3,432      3,839      4,640      5,013      5,997      6,591     13,769     13,939     14,273     14,655 
  Standard Error                556        472        644        598        553        519        510        585        595        622        654 
                                                                                                                                                  
Means Tested                                                                                                                                      
Cash Assistance                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)             14947.9     2507.4     5289.6     7178.2     9059.3    10014.3    11123.2     7769.7     5888.6     4933.6     3824.7 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.7       31.9       22.6       15.2       11.2        8.0        6.3        0.3        0.3        0.2        0.2 
Mean                            401      1,249      1,506      1,400      1,310      1,131      1,043        242        194        174        144 
  Standard Error                 14         77         73         61         50         42         38         13         12         12         11 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        3,075        720      1,251      1,653      1,964      2,187      2,388      1,421      1,111        888        686 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        8.2       35.9       35.6       32.2       28.4       24.7       22.4        4.4        3.7        3.1        2.6 
Mean Amount                   4,862      3,483      4,228      4,341      4,613      4,580      4,658      5,467      5,302      5,556      5,572 
  Standard Error                116        141        138        129        121        119        117        207        239        272        322 

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_004.htm