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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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Married-couple with                                                                                                                               
rel children under 18                                                                                                                             
Total                        26,373        438        940      1,662      2,586      3,621      4,705     24,710     23,786     22,752     21,668 
Persons in                                                                                                                                        
Families                    112,085      2,094      4,570      8,177     12,530     17,264     22,499    103,908     99,555     94,821     89,586 
Total Income                                                                                                                                      
Aggregate (MIL)           1945370.0     1898.9     8116.7    20514.0    40200.6    66557.5   100427.8  1924856.0  1905169.4  1878812.5  1844942.2 
Mean                         73,765      4,334      8,635     12,341     15,544     18,383     21,345     77,897     80,095     82,578     85,147 
  Standard Error                625        303        270        250        206        194        201        649        666        687        712 
With Zero Income                 47         47         47         47         47         47         47          0          0          0          0 
With Negative                                                                                                                                     
Income                           20         20         20         20         20         20         20          0          0          0          0 
                                                                                                                                                  
Wages and Salaries                                                                                                                                
Aggregate (MIL)           1679088.9     1264.0     5771.9    15502.6    31396.4    53352.3    82336.5  1663586.4  1647692.5  1625736.6  1596752.4 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         86.3       66.6       71.1       75.6       78.1       80.2       82.0       86.4       86.5       86.5       86.5 
Mean                         63,668      2,885      6,141      9,326     12,140     14,736     17,500     67,323     69,270     71,454     73,692 
  Standard Error                582        256        285        280        239        227        228        607        623        643        668 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       25,432        260        698      1,351      2,188      3,158      4,212     24,081     23,244     22,274     21,221 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       96.4       59.3       74.3       81.3       84.6       87.2       89.5       97.5       97.7       97.9       97.9 
Mean Amount                  66,022      4,869      8,264     11,474     14,348     16,892     19,550     69,083     70,887     72,989     75,246 
  Standard Error                593        311        292        272        224        210        213        614        630        649        673 
                                                                                                                                                  
Nonfarm Self-Employment                                                                                                                           
Aggregate (MIL)            116700.2     -100.9      165.6      815.0     2250.4     4028.1     5710.6   115885.2   114449.8   112672.1   110989.6 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          6.0       -5.3        2.0        4.0        5.6        6.1        5.7        6.0        6.0        6.0        6.0 
Mean                          4,425       -230        176        490        870      1,113      1,214      4,690      4,812      4,952      5,122 
  Standard Error                185        173        132        113        114        110        102        197        204        213        223 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        3,586         68        131        224        348        500        634      3,362      3,238      3,086      2,952 
Percent                        13.6       15.6       14.0       13.5       13.5       13.8       13.5       13.6       13.6       13.6       13.6 
Aggregate                  117719.1       93.0      426.7     1101.6     2624.9     4446.5     6157.4   116617.4   115094.1   113272.6   111561.6 
Mean                         32,831      1,361      3,247      4,925      7,542      8,894      9,712     34,688     35,550     36,710     37,797 
  Standard Error              1,142        490        607        576        598        558        525      1,204      1,244      1,297      1,347 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          246         26         40         43         61         67         81        203        186        179        165 
Percent                         0.9        6.0        4.2        2.6        2.3        1.9        1.7        0.8        0.8        0.8        0.8 
Aggregate                   -1018.9     -193.8     -261.0     -286.6     -374.6     -418.3     -446.8     -732.2     -644.3     -600.5     -572.0 
Mean                         -4,139     -7,414     -6,599     -6,595     -6,185     -6,207     -5,484     -3,613     -3,472     -3,360     -3,474 
  Standard Error                356      1,120        991        926        756        722        654        371        377        375        403 
                                                                                                                                                  
Farm Self-Employment                                                                                                                              
Aggregate (MIL)              4032.1      -54.3      -90.1      -39.7      -14.8      192.8      279.1     4071.8     4046.9     3839.3     3753.0 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.2       -2.9       -1.1       -0.2       -0.0        0.3        0.3        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.2 
Mean                            153       -124        -96        -24         -6         53         59        165        170        169        173 
  Standard Error                 27        125         77         68         50         54         46         29         30         31         32 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          434          6         13         21         30         57         74        413        404        377        361 
Percent                         1.6        1.3        1.3        1.3        1.2        1.6        1.6        1.7        1.7        1.7        1.7 
Aggregate                    4620.0        6.3       24.1      117.3      194.4      469.0      598.3     4502.7     4425.6     4151.1     4021.8 
Mean                         10,639      1,129      1,903      5,626      6,451      8,176      8,128     10,892     10,951     11,014     11,152 
  Standard Error              1,375      2,303      1,358      2,982      2,362      2,193      1,967      1,435      1,464      1,546      1,602 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          104          9         19         24         32         39         45         80         72         65         59 
Percent                         0.4        2.1        2.0        1.5        1.2        1.1        1.0        0.3        0.3        0.3        0.3 
Aggregate                    -587.9      -60.6     -114.2     -157.0     -209.2     -276.2     -319.1     -430.9     -378.7     -311.8     -268.8 
Mean                         -5,662     -6,744     -5,999     -6,462     -6,572     -7,134     -7,064     -5,418     -5,260     -4,787     -4,582 
  Standard Error                847      4,076      2,507      2,106      1,894      1,600      1,385        929        877        907        985 
                                                                                                                                                  
Interest and Dividends                                                                                                                            
Aggregate (MIL)             69591.7       55.3      125.1      167.7      324.6      478.4      662.7    69424.0    69267.1    69113.3    68929.0 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          3.6        2.9        1.5        0.8        0.8        0.7        0.7        3.6        3.6        3.7        3.7 
Mean                          2,639        126        133        101        125        132        141      2,810      2,912      3,038      3,181 
  Standard Error                 99         43         32         21         23         19         16        106        110        114        120 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       17,329         61        155        275        527        797      1,208     17,054     16,802     16,532     16,120 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       65.7       13.9       16.5       16.5       20.4       22.0       25.7       69.0       70.6       72.7       74.4 
Mean Amount                   4,016        907        809        610        616        600        548      4,071      4,123      4,181      4,276 
  Standard Error                149        255        174        119        105         80         58        151        153        156        159 
                                                                                                                                                  
Rental Income                                                                                                                                     
Aggregate (MIL)             12659.7       -4.0       22.7      -54.7       12.0      -18.6       20.6    12714.5    12647.7    12678.3    12639.1 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.7       -0.2        0.3       -0.3        0.0       -0.0        0.0        0.7        0.7        0.7        0.7 
Mean                            480         -9         24        -33          5         -5          4        515        532        557        583 
  Standard Error                 46         10         27         29         22         18         15         49         51         54         56 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        1,788          2         25         33         57         80        107      1,755      1,731      1,708      1,680 
Percent                         6.8        0.5        2.6        2.0        2.2        2.2        2.3        7.1        7.3        7.5        7.8 
Aggregate                   14521.7        0.0       35.8       45.6      125.0      137.9      192.4    14476.1    14396.6    14383.8    14329.3 
Mean                          8,122          2      1,451      1,393      2,209      1,728      1,790      8,248      8,316      8,421      8,527 
  Standard Error                622          0        844        672        615        473        393        632        641        649        659 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          539          2          7         22         26         37         42        517        513        502        497 
Percent                         2.0        0.5        0.8        1.3        1.0        1.0        0.9        2.1        2.2        2.2        2.3 
Aggregate                   -1861.9       -4.0      -13.1     -100.3     -113.0     -156.4     -171.8    -1761.6    -1748.9    -1705.5    -1690.2 
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                         -3,455     -1,867     -1,774     -4,546     -4,346     -4,231     -4,047     -3,408     -3,409     -3,397     -3,404 
  Standard Error                216        158        475      1,124        893        759        698        220        222        224        226 
                                                                                                                                                  
Social Security                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)             15809.4      131.3      565.1     1197.6     2107.4     2932.7     3786.6    14611.9    13702.0    12876.7    12022.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.8        6.9        7.0        5.8        5.2        4.4        3.8        0.8        0.7        0.7        0.7 
Mean                            599        300        601        720        815        810        805        591        576        566        555 
  Standard Error                 27        114        117         99         82         71         64         28         28         29         29 
Recipient                                                                                                                                         
Families                                                                                                                                          
Number                        1,463         20         74        149        240        328        410      1,314      1,223      1,135      1,054 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        5.5        4.6        7.9        9.0        9.3        9.1        8.7        5.3        5.1        5.0        4.9 
Mean Amount                  10,804      6,516      7,625      8,033      8,772      8,942      9,241     11,118     11,203     11,342     11,412 
  Standard Error                279      1,124        648        505        433        404        393        303        320        336        352 
                                                                                                                                                  
Pension, Survivor and                                                                                                                             
Disability Income                                                                                                                                 
Aggregate (MIL)             15866.6       34.7       98.9      230.0      278.3      619.3      934.2    15636.6    15588.3    15247.3    14932.3 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.8        1.8        1.2        1.1        0.7        0.9        0.9        0.8        0.8        0.8        0.8 
Mean                            602         79        105        138        108        171        199        633        655        670        689 
  Standard Error                 37         43         44         42         27         34         35         40         41         43         45 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        1,157          9         21         38         47         82        114      1,119      1,110      1,075      1,043 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        4.4        2.0        2.2        2.3        1.8        2.3        2.4        4.5        4.7        4.7        4.8 
Mean Amount                  13,711      4,026      4,679      6,041      5,874      7,525      8,180     13,971     14,045     14,184     14,316 
  Standard Error                631        562      1,175      1,004        785        903        928        648        653        671        687 
                                                                                                                                                  
Means Tested                                                                                                                                      
Cash Assistance                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)              5552.3      433.9      988.6     1631.7     2223.7     2503.9     3146.0     3920.6     3328.6     3048.5     2406.3 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.3       22.9       12.2        8.0        5.5        3.8        3.1        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.1 
Mean                            211        990      1,052        982        860        692        669        159        140        134        111 
  Standard Error                 13        167        132        100         73         56         49         12         11         11         11 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        1,030         94        191        326        437        501        609        704        593        529        421 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        3.9       21.4       20.3       19.6       16.9       13.8       12.9        2.8        2.5        2.3        1.9 
Mean Amount                   5,392      4,629      5,174      5,007      5,094      4,998      5,166      5,571      5,612      5,766      5,719 
  Standard Error                222        413        385        332        292        277        255        292        319        342        396 

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