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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 HH                                                                                                                                  
aged 65 and over                                                                                                                                  
Total                        11,588        176        339        604      1,033      1,554      2,205     10,984     10,555     10,034      9,383 
Persons in                                                                                                                                        
Families                     27,490        418        945      1,634      2,735      4,011      5,616     25,857     24,756     23,479     21,874 
Total Income                                                                                                                                      
Aggregate (MIL)            536121.8      309.1     1728.7     4423.5    10022.5    18017.3    30085.5   531698.3   526099.2   518104.5   506036.3 
Mean                         46,266      1,756      5,096      7,329      9,705     11,596     13,643     48,405     49,843     51,635     53,934 
  Standard Error                647        443        412        305        234        201        194        670        690        716        754 
With Zero Income                 41         41         41         41         41         41         41          0          0          0          0 
With Negative                                                                                                                                     
Income                            9          9          9          9          9          9          9          0          0          0          0 
                                                                                                                                                  
Wages and Salaries                                                                                                                                
Aggregate (MIL)            150854.1       43.7      314.3      631.1     1288.8     2174.4     3994.8   150223.0   149565.3   148679.7   146859.3 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         28.1       14.1       18.2       14.3       12.9       12.1       13.3       28.3       28.4       28.7       29.0 
Mean                         13,018        248        926      1,046      1,248      1,399      1,811     13,676     14,170     14,818     15,652 
  Standard Error                407         96        212        180        150        139        148        428        444        464        494 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        4,836         25         68        125        234        333        491      4,711      4,602      4,502      4,344 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       41.7       14.2       20.2       20.7       22.6       21.5       22.3       42.9       43.6       44.9       46.3 
Mean Amount                  31,197      1,745      4,589      5,062      5,517      6,524      8,131     31,889     32,501     33,023     33,805 
  Standard Error                842        449        711        599        483        462        476        860        876        892        919 
                                                                                                                                                  
Nonfarm Self-Employment                                                                                                                           
Aggregate (MIL)             22486.9      -15.4        1.1        0.3       61.2       65.6       86.5    22486.6    22425.7    22421.3    22400.4 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          4.2       -5.0        0.1        0.0        0.6        0.4        0.3        4.2        4.3        4.3        4.4 
Mean                          1,941        -88          3          0         59         42         39      2,047      2,125      2,235      2,387 
  Standard Error                207        120        103         66         47         45         35        218        227        239        255 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          734          8         19         26         38         58         72        708        696        676        662 
Percent                         6.3        4.6        5.6        4.3        3.7        3.7        3.3        6.4        6.6        6.7        7.1 
Aggregate                   22798.5        2.9       37.2       47.8      113.0      196.0      239.8    22750.7    22685.5    22602.5    22558.7 
Mean                         31,067        361      1,970      1,856      2,964      3,391      3,337     32,130     32,608     33,434     34,077 
  Standard Error              2,849        772      1,118        963        823        652        594      2,936      2,982      3,056      3,111 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           65          3          8         10         13         24         26         55         52         40         38 
Percent                         0.6        1.6        2.3        1.6        1.2        1.6        1.2        0.5        0.5        0.4        0.4 
Aggregate                    -311.6      -18.3      -36.0      -47.5      -51.8     -130.4     -153.3     -264.0     -259.7     -181.2     -158.3 
Mean                         -4,822     -6,550     -4,661     -4,774     -4,103     -5,406     -5,804     -4,831     -4,997     -4,474     -4,143 
  Standard Error                719      3,795      1,807      1,410      1,160      1,095      1,064        816        844        935        936 
                                                                                                                                                  
Farm Self-Employment                                                                                                                              
Aggregate (MIL)              2172.4      -59.0      -59.0      -62.0      -81.7      -70.6      -72.4     2234.4     2254.1     2243.0     2244.8 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.4      -19.1       -3.4       -1.4       -0.8       -0.4       -0.2        0.4        0.4        0.4        0.4 
Mean                            187       -335       -174       -103        -79        -45        -33        203        214        224        239 
  Standard Error                 47        336        175        107         66         45         32         50         52         54         58 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          172          0          0          2          4          9         12        170        168        163        160 
Percent                         1.5        0.0        0.0        0.4        0.3        0.6        0.5        1.5        1.6        1.6        1.7 
Aggregate                    2473.1        0.0        0.0       13.2       23.7       34.9       34.9     2459.9     2449.4     2438.2     2438.2 
Mean                         14,381          .          .      6,000      6,585      3,692      2,905     14,489     14,548     15,002     15,242 
  Standard Error              2,484          .          .          0        679      1,809      1,618      2,512      2,532      2,600      2,628 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           41          4          4          7         10         10         11         34         31         31         30 
Percent                         0.4        2.1        1.1        1.2        1.0        0.7        0.5        0.3        0.3        0.3        0.3 
Aggregate                    -300.7      -59.0      -59.0      -75.2     -105.5     -105.5     -107.3     -225.5     -195.2     -195.2     -193.4 
Mean                         -7,322    -16,095    -16,095    -10,541    -10,380    -10,380     -9,574     -6,645     -6,317     -6,317     -6,477 
  Standard Error              1,259      2,645      2,645      4,412      2,854      2,854      2,907      1,162      1,228      1,228      1,239 
                                                                                                                                                  
Interest and Dividends                                                                                                                            
Aggregate (MIL)             79279.5       73.4      127.5      278.6      436.0      712.7     1206.4    79000.9    78843.5    78566.8    78073.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         14.8       23.7        7.4        6.3        4.4        4.0        4.0       14.9       15.0       15.2       15.4 
Mean                          6,842        417        376        462        422        459        547      7,192      7,470      7,830      8,321 
  Standard Error                269        119         96         95         67         67         57        283        293        308        328 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        8,103         53         99        159        288        516        858      7,944      7,815      7,587      7,245 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       69.9       30.0       29.2       26.3       27.9       33.2       38.9       72.3       74.0       75.6       77.2 
Mean Amount                   9,784      1,389      1,287      1,755      1,512      1,381      1,406      9,944     10,089     10,355     10,776 
  Standard Error                374        309        281        308        212        188        137        381        387        398        415 
                                                                                                                                                  
Rental Income                                                                                                                                     
Aggregate (MIL)             12904.8      -83.4      -95.8      -99.0     -151.0     -181.6     -174.9    13003.8    13055.7    13086.4    13079.7 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          2.4      -27.0       -5.5       -2.2       -1.5       -1.0       -0.6        2.4        2.5        2.5        2.6 
Mean                          1,114       -474       -282       -164       -146       -117        -79      1,184      1,237      1,304      1,394 
  Standard Error                108        278        154         89         70         50         37        113        118        124        132 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        1,205          0          4         13         25         55         76      1,192      1,180      1,150      1,129 
Percent                        10.4        0.0        1.3        2.2        2.4        3.5        3.4       10.9       11.2       11.5       12.0 
Aggregate                   13913.0        0.0        9.3       16.9       35.4       62.6      107.6    13896.1    13877.7    13850.4    13805.5 
Mean                         11,546          .      2,110      1,301      1,412      1,141      1,423     11,658     11,761     12,043     12,224 
  Standard Error                924          .        500        549        497        332        343        933        941        963        978 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          227          8         13         17         22         37         56        210        205        191        171 
Percent                         2.0        4.8        3.8        2.8        2.2        2.4        2.6        1.9        1.9        1.9        1.8 
Aggregate                   -1008.3      -83.4     -105.0     -116.0     -186.3     -244.2     -282.5     -892.3     -821.9     -764.0     -725.8 
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                         -4,437     -9,957     -8,076     -6,912     -8,283     -6,649     -5,003     -4,239     -4,014     -4,010     -4,250 
  Standard Error                394      2,546      1,995      1,754      1,908      1,271        943        400        360        386        420 
                                                                                                                                                  
Social Security                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)            162289.2      230.1     1018.3     2832.8     6831.8    12566.5    21045.0   159456.5   155457.5   149722.8   141244.3 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         30.3       74.4       58.9       64.0       68.2       69.7       70.0       30.0       29.5       28.9       27.9 
Mean                         14,005      1,307      3,002      4,694      6,615      8,088      9,543     14,517     14,728     14,922     15,054 
  Standard Error                105        262        294        257        209        185        168        106        108        112        118 
Recipient                                                                                                                                         
Families                                                                                                                                          
Number                       10,646         53        169        392        783      1,264      1,883     10,254      9,862      9,382      8,762 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       91.9       30.3       49.9       64.9       75.9       81.3       85.4       93.3       93.4       93.5       93.4 
Mean Amount                  15,245      4,315      6,010      7,231      8,721      9,942     11,176     15,551     15,763     15,959     16,119 
  Standard Error                 97        391        295        206        165        147        136         98        100        104        109 
                                                                                                                                                  
Pension, Survivor and                                                                                                                             
Disability Income                                                                                                                                 
Aggregate (MIL)             92449.6       52.0      144.9      281.6      464.8      861.4     1557.4    92168.0    91984.7    91588.2    90892.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         17.2       16.8        8.4        6.4        4.6        4.8        5.2       17.3       17.5       17.7       18.0 
Mean                          7,978        296        427        467        450        554        706      8,391      8,715      9,128      9,687 
  Standard Error                187        116        119        109         76         70         72        195        202        211        223 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        6,022         18         44         74        140        232        382      5,947      5,882      5,790      5,639 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       52.0       10.2       12.9       12.3       13.6       14.9       17.3       54.1       55.7       57.7       60.1 
Mean Amount                  15,352      2,889      3,320      3,789      3,317      3,714      4,073     15,497     15,639     15,819     16,117 
  Standard Error                301        519        568        611        413        338        314        303        306        309        315 
                                                                                                                                                  
Means Tested                                                                                                                                      
Cash Assistance                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)              4472.8       24.4      228.3      446.0      968.2     1516.1     1931.4     4026.8     3504.6     2956.7     2541.4 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.8        7.9       13.2       10.1        9.7        8.4        6.4        0.8        0.7        0.6        0.5 
Mean                            386        139        673        739        937        976        876        367        332        295        271 
  Standard Error                 26         90        187        146        109         95         76         26         26         26         26 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                          754          8         44         87        198        293        367        667        556        461        387 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        6.5        4.7       13.0       14.5       19.2       18.9       16.7        6.1        5.3        4.6        4.1 
Mean Amount                   5,929      2,975      5,190      5,101      4,883      5,168      5,259      6,038      6,302      6,414      6,566 
  Standard Error                258      1,100        881        627        345        320        280        281        325        366        422 

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_008.htm