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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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Nonfamily householders                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                  
Total                        32,680      1,681      3,011      5,260      7,274      9,522     11,528     27,420     25,406     23,158     21,152 
Total Income                                                                                                                                      
Aggregate (MIL)           1004864.2     2143.1     9476.8    25772.2    44501.0    70023.3    97494.0   979092.0   960363.2   934840.9   907370.2 
Mean                         30,748      1,275      3,148      4,899      6,118      7,354      8,457     35,707     37,801     40,368     42,898 
  Standard Error                364         77         75         62         53         53         54        421        449        486        525 
With Zero Income                462        462        462        462        462        462        462          0          0          0          0 
With Negative                                                                                                                                     
Income                           62         62         62         62         62         62         62          0          0          0          0 
                                                                                                                                                  
Wages and Salaries                                                                                                                                
Aggregate (MIL)            677427.5     1083.9     3252.8     5607.2    10739.1    18415.1    29772.3   671820.3   666688.4   659012.4   647655.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         67.4       50.6       34.3       21.8       24.1       26.3       30.5       68.6       69.4       70.5       71.4 
Mean                         20,729        645      1,080      1,066      1,476      1,934      2,583     24,501     26,241     28,457     30,619 
  Standard Error                336         52         56         48         50         54         61        391        418        453        490 
Recipient Unrel. Indiv.                                                                                                                           
Number                       19,547        475        945      1,357      1,978      2,756      3,672     18,190     17,569     16,791     15,874 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Unrel. Indiv.                  59.8       28.3       31.4       25.8       27.2       28.9       31.9       66.3       69.2       72.5       75.1 
Mean Amount                  34,657      2,282      3,442      4,132      5,430      6,683      8,108     36,934     37,947     39,248     40,799 
  Standard Error                513        123        106        108        105        106        108        544        560        582        611 
                                                                                                                                                  
Nonfarm Self-Employment                                                                                                                           
Aggregate (MIL)             40583.5     -165.8       54.6      299.3      619.8     1069.2     2232.6    40284.2    39963.7    39514.2    38350.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          4.0       -7.7        0.6        1.2        1.4        1.5        2.3        4.1        4.2        4.2        4.2 
Mean                          1,242        -99         18         57         85        112        194      1,469      1,573      1,706      1,813 
  Standard Error                 82         46         32         23         19         18         21         98        105        115        126 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        1,618         90        146        192        251        317        419      1,426      1,367      1,301      1,199 
Percent                         5.0        5.4        4.8        3.6        3.5        3.3        3.6        5.2        5.4        5.6        5.7 
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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Aggregate                   41272.3      112.2      346.5      620.9      951.9     1402.6     2565.9    40651.4    40320.5    39869.8    38706.4 
Mean                         25,509      1,247      2,374      3,241      3,789      4,419      6,127     28,500     29,502     30,656     32,277 
  Standard Error              1,397        238        281        314        304        326        370      1,550      1,605      1,673      1,798 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          138         46         55         60         65         67         67         78         73         72         72 
Percent                         0.4        2.7        1.8        1.1        0.9        0.7        0.6        0.3        0.3        0.3        0.3 
Aggregate                    -688.9     -278.0     -291.9     -321.6     -332.1     -333.3     -333.3     -367.2     -356.8     -355.5     -355.5 
Mean                         -4,978     -6,052     -5,347     -5,358     -5,072     -4,985     -4,985     -4,686     -4,893     -4,970     -4,970 
  Standard Error                408        755        724        700        632        627        627        519        526        528        528 
                                                                                                                                                  
Farm Self-Employment                                                                                                                              
Aggregate (MIL)              2226.8      -86.3      -88.5     -119.7     -100.3     -100.3       58.0     2346.6     2327.1     2327.1     2168.8 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.2       -4.0       -0.9       -0.5       -0.2       -0.1        0.1        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.2 
Mean                             68        -51        -29        -23        -14        -11          5         86         92        100        103 
  Standard Error                 19         33         21         15         11          8         10         23         24         27         29 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          199          7         11         24         32         36         57        174        166        162        141 
Percent                         0.6        0.4        0.4        0.5        0.4        0.4        0.5        0.6        0.7        0.7        0.7 
Aggregate                    2457.1        1.2       19.5       36.9       65.8       65.8      224.1     2420.2     2391.3     2391.3     2233.0 
Mean                         12,375        158      1,733      1,526      2,051      1,824      3,916     13,881     14,365     14,718     15,800 
  Standard Error              2,715        257      1,320        989      1,024        930      1,219      3,035      3,161      3,223      3,662 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           35         10         14         21         23         24         24         14         11         10         10 
Percent                         0.1        0.6        0.5        0.4        0.3        0.3        0.2        0.1        0.0        0.0        0.0 
Aggregate                    -230.3      -87.4     -108.1     -156.7     -166.1     -166.1     -166.1      -73.6      -64.1      -64.1      -64.1 
Mean                         -6,634     -8,736     -7,934     -7,545     -7,143     -6,844     -6,844     -5,277     -5,599     -6,144     -6,144 
  Standard Error              1,105      1,511      1,471      1,333      1,174      1,236      1,236      1,883      2,259      2,269      2,269 
                                                                                                                                                  
Interest and Dividends                                                                                                                            
Aggregate (MIL)             79263.2      277.9      511.8     1007.6     1430.3     2391.5     3385.9    78255.5    77832.9    76871.7    75877.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          7.9       13.0        5.4        3.9        3.2        3.4        3.5        8.0        8.1        8.2        8.4 
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                          2,425        165        170        192        197        251        294      2,854      3,064      3,319      3,587 
  Standard Error                 77         24         19         17         13         13         13         92         99        108        118 
Recipient Unrel. Indiv.                                                                                                                           
Number                       18,603        398        691      1,244      1,928      2,877      3,828     17,360     16,676     15,726     14,775 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Unrel. Indiv.                  56.9       23.7       22.9       23.6       26.5       30.2       33.2       63.3       65.6       67.9       69.9 
Mean Amount                   4,261        698        741        810        742        831        884      4,508      4,667      4,888      5,135 
  Standard Error                133         88         75         64         45         39         36        142        147        156        165 
                                                                                                                                                  
Rental Income                                                                                                                                     
Aggregate (MIL)             12547.5     -233.1     -256.6     -271.1     -195.5      -81.7      137.4    12818.7    12743.0    12629.2    12410.1 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          1.2      -10.9       -2.7       -1.1       -0.4       -0.1        0.1        1.3        1.3        1.4        1.4 
Mean                            384       -139        -85        -52        -27         -9         12        467        502        545        587 
  Standard Error                 31         45         28         17         12         11         10         36         39         43         47 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        1,896         26         51         90        151        209        303      1,805      1,745      1,687      1,592 
Percent                         5.8        1.5        1.7        1.7        2.1        2.2        2.6        6.6        6.9        7.3        7.5 
Aggregate                   13446.4       30.7       58.1       79.2      171.7      320.8      549.2    13367.2    13274.6    13125.6    12897.2 
Mean                          7,093      1,203      1,129        876      1,138      1,537      1,812      7,405      7,609      7,781      8,099 
  Standard Error                471        419        294        193        229        250        219        492        507        523        552 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          322         45         51         61         64         80         87        261        258        242        236 
Percent                         1.0        2.7        1.7        1.2        0.9        0.8        0.8        1.0        1.0        1.0        1.1 
Aggregate                    -898.9     -263.8     -314.7     -350.3     -367.3     -402.5     -411.8     -548.5     -531.6     -496.3     -487.1 
Mean                         -2,791     -5,868     -6,194     -5,749     -5,740     -5,055     -4,758     -2,101     -2,060     -2,047     -2,068 
  Standard Error                258        975        888        825        736        671        641        224        222        224        229 
                                                                                                                                                  
Social Security                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)            102900.5      575.8     2928.4    12778.4    23248.9    36535.8    46729.7    90122.0    79651.6    66364.7    56170.7 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         10.2       26.9       30.9       49.6       52.2       52.2       47.9        9.2        8.3        7.1        6.2 
Mean                          3,149        343        973      2,429      3,196      3,837      4,053      3,287      3,135      2,866      2,656 
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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  Standard Error                 39         43         56         66         61         60         59         45         47         49         51 
Recipient                                                                                                                                         
Unrel. Indiv.                                                                                                                                     
Number                       11,141        208        699      2,248      3,544      4,966      5,970      8,893      7,597      6,175      5,171 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Unrel. Indiv.                  34.1       12.4       23.2       42.7       48.7       52.1       51.8       32.4       29.9       26.7       24.4 
Mean Amount                   9,236      2,766      4,191      5,683      6,561      7,358      7,828     10,135     10,484     10,747     10,862 
  Standard Error                 53        209        108         62         52         52         51         57         65         76         87 
                                                                                                                                                  
Pension, Survivor and                                                                                                                             
Disability Income                                                                                                                                 
Aggregate (MIL)             61104.8      155.2      353.9      867.9     1533.9     2578.6     4557.6    60236.9    59570.9    58526.2    56547.3 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          6.1        7.2        3.7        3.4        3.4        3.7        4.7        6.2        6.2        6.3        6.2 
Mean                          1,870         92        118        165        211        271        395      2,197      2,345      2,527      2,673 
  Standard Error                 56         19         19         18         17         17         20         67         72         78         85 
Recipient Unrel. Indiv.                                                                                                                           
Number                        5,571         73        136        296        544        855      1,336      5,275      5,027      4,716      4,235 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Unrel. Indiv.                  17.0        4.3        4.5        5.6        7.5        9.0       11.6       19.2       19.8       20.4       20.0 
Mean Amount                  10,969      2,130      2,601      2,934      2,822      3,016      3,411     11,419     11,849     12,410     13,353 
  Standard Error                268        209        234        199        145        128        117        280        291        306        334 
                                                                                                                                                  
Means Tested                                                                                                                                      
Cash Assistance                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)              6242.2      197.9     1795.9     4089.0     4748.8     5251.3     5479.2     2153.1     1493.4      990.8      762.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.6        9.2       19.0       15.9       10.7        7.5        5.6        0.2        0.2        0.1        0.1 
Mean                            191        118        597        777        653        551        475         79         59         43         36 
  Standard Error                  8         21         47         41         31         25         21          7          6          6          5 
Recipient Unrel. Indiv.                                                                                                                           
Number                        1,969        155        532      1,225      1,422      1,573      1,655        744        548        396        314 
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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Unrel. Indiv.                   6.0        9.2       17.7       23.3       19.5       16.5       14.4        2.7        2.2        1.7        1.5 
Mean Amount                   3,170      1,280      3,373      3,338      3,341      3,338      3,311      2,893      2,727      2,503      2,429 
  Standard Error                 99        162        170        120        108        103        102        189        217        268        309 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
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