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Table 18.  Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 2000
(People and families in thousands; income in dollars. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)

                                           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                        37,327      1,819      3,148      4,730      6,531      8,278     10,152     32,597     30,796     29,048     27,175 
Persons in                                                                                                                                        
Families                    147,606      6,848     12,236     18,642     25,968     32,852     40,339    128,964    121,639    114,755    107,267 
Total Income                                                                                                                                      
Aggregate (MIL)           2446945.4     7217.8    21789.2    45909.5    81240.4   122376.0   175392.5  2401035.8  2365705.0  2324569.4  2271552.9 
Mean                         65,555      3,967      6,922      9,706     12,440     14,783     17,277     73,659     76,819     80,024     83,591 
  Standard Error                580        134        138        141        134        135        141        638        667        697        735 
With Zero Income                216        216        216        216        216        216        216          0          0          0          0 
With Negative                                                                                                                                     
Income                           42         42         42         42         42         42         42          0          0          0          0 
                                                                                                                                                  
Wages and Salaries                                                                                                                                
Aggregate (MIL)           2106349.1     3681.8    13014.5    30785.4    58535.8    91374.6   136380.1  2075563.7  2047813.3  2014974.5  1969969.0 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         86.1       51.0       59.7       67.1       72.1       74.7       77.8       86.4       86.6       86.7       86.7 
Mean                         56,430      2,024      4,135      6,509      8,963     11,038     13,434     63,674     66,496     69,366     72,493 
  Standard Error                526        104        135        148        143        144        152        580        606        634        669 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       34,982        913      1,962      3,323      4,973      6,604      8,394     31,659     30,008     28,378     26,588 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       93.7       50.2       62.3       70.3       76.2       79.8       82.7       97.1       97.4       97.7       97.8 
Mean Amount                  60,213      4,032      6,633      9,265     11,770     13,836     16,247     65,560     68,241     71,006     74,093 
  Standard Error                549        145        161        160        147        144        150        591        615        642        677 
                                                                                                                                                  
Nonfarm Self-Employment                                                                                                                           
Aggregate (MIL)            126963.7      -83.7      526.4     1352.8     2735.7     4697.1     6656.7   125610.9   124228.0   122266.6   120307.0 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          5.2       -1.2        2.4        2.9        3.4        3.8        3.8        5.2        5.3        5.3        5.3 
Mean                          3,401        -46        167        286        419        567        656      3,853      4,034      4,209      4,427 
  Standard Error                156         68         58         55         52         53         53        179        189        200        213 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        4,163        111        205        296        436        605        765      3,866      3,727      3,557      3,398 
Percent                        11.2        6.1        6.5        6.3        6.7        7.3        7.5       11.9       12.1       12.2       12.5 
Aggregate                  128504.0      284.7      931.4     1820.8     3370.6     5391.4     7379.7   126683.2   125133.3   123112.6   121124.3 
Mean                         30,871      2,557      4,542      6,147      7,735      8,908      9,650     32,765     33,576     34,607     35,647 
  Standard Error              1,243        517        542        581        507        484        478      1,328      1,373      1,433      1,494 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          339         57         61         76        100        116        129        263        239        223        210 
Percent                         0.9        3.1        1.9        1.6        1.5        1.4        1.3        0.8        0.8        0.8        0.8 
Aggregate                   -1540.3     -368.3     -405.0     -467.9     -634.9     -694.2     -723.0    -1072.4     -905.4     -846.1     -817.3 
Mean                         -4,544     -6,453     -6,667     -6,144     -6,373     -5,997     -5,589     -4,081     -3,783     -3,791     -3,900 
  Standard Error                326      1,163      1,106        938        707        643        601        327        331        344        360 
                                                                                                                                                  
Farm Self-Employment                                                                                                                              
Aggregate (MIL)             11450.4      -90.6      -52.7       44.3      103.3      200.6      304.9    11406.1    11347.1    11249.8    11145.6 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.5       -1.3       -0.2        0.1        0.1        0.2        0.2        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.5 
Mean                            307        -50        -17          9         16         24         30        350        368        387        410 
  Standard Error                 93         32         24         26         22         21         19        107        113        120        128 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          792          8         21         51         68         80        115        741        724        712        677 
Percent                         2.1        0.4        0.7        1.1        1.0        1.0        1.1        2.3        2.4        2.5        2.5 
Aggregate                   11863.7        4.2       60.5      203.8      314.3      448.9      560.7    11659.9    11549.4    11414.8    11303.0 
Mean                         14,972        530      2,818      4,002      4,597      5,599      4,869     15,725     15,951     16,027     16,689 
  Standard Error              4,293        598      1,574      1,490      1,457      1,581      1,296      4,583      4,692      4,768      5,009 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           95         10         17         26         32         38         39         70         63         57         56 
Percent                         0.3        0.6        0.6        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.4        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.2 
Aggregate                    -413.3      -94.8     -113.2     -159.5     -211.0     -248.3     -255.9     -253.8     -202.3     -165.0     -157.4 
Mean                         -4,343     -9,470     -6,505     -6,244     -6,575     -6,588     -6,520     -3,645     -3,208     -2,871     -2,815 
  Standard Error                697      1,270      2,037      2,063      1,559      1,365      1,325        585        538        486        478 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
Table 18.  Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 2000
(People and families in thousands; income in dollars. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)

                                           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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                                                                                  
Interest and Dividends                                                                                                                            
Aggregate (MIL)             73005.6       86.7      178.6      299.8      486.5      669.9     1074.4    72705.8    72519.1    72335.7    71931.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          3.0        1.2        0.8        0.7        0.6        0.5        0.6        3.0        3.1        3.1        3.2 
Mean                          1,956         48         57         63         74         81        106      2,230      2,355      2,490      2,647 
  Standard Error                 77         12         11         11         12         10         11         88         93         98        105 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       20,983        177        376        653      1,023      1,543      2,179     20,330     19,961     19,440     18,804 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       56.2        9.7       11.9       13.8       15.7       18.6       21.5       62.4       64.8       66.9       69.2 
Mean Amount                   3,479        490        475        459        476        434        493      3,576      3,633      3,721      3,825 
  Standard Error                135        108         88         73         77         54         48        139        141        145        150 
                                                                                                                                                  
Rental Income                                                                                                                                     
Aggregate (MIL)             12400.3       -4.4      -32.6      -40.4       52.2      154.0      219.5    12440.7    12348.1    12246.4    12180.8 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.5       -0.1       -0.1       -0.1        0.1        0.1        0.1        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.5 
Mean                            332         -2        -10         -9          8         19         22        382        401        422        448 
  Standard Error                 30          3          9          7          8          9          8         34         36         38         41 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        1,862          7         20         38         63         98        140      1,824      1,799      1,764      1,722 
Percent                         5.0        0.4        0.6        0.8        1.0        1.2        1.4        5.6        5.8        6.1        6.3 
Aggregate                   14260.8        2.0       19.2       40.5      152.5      297.2      385.6    14220.3    14108.3    13963.6    13875.2 
Mean                          7,659        275        975      1,073      2,426      3,042      2,747      7,795      7,842      7,914      8,059 
  Standard Error                533        252        409        359        470        453        345        543        550        560        573 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          638          6         21         34         48         62         75        604        589        576        563 
Percent                         1.7        0.3        0.7        0.7        0.7        0.7        0.7        1.9        1.9        2.0        2.1 
Aggregate                   -1860.5       -6.4      -51.8      -80.8     -100.3     -143.3     -166.0    -1779.6    -1760.1    -1717.2    -1694.4 
Mean                         -2,916     -1,086     -2,491     -2,353     -2,071     -2,320     -2,217     -2,948     -2,986     -2,980     -3,009 
  Standard Error                171        562        845        637        460        479        404        178        181        182        186 
                                                                                                                                                  
Social Security                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)             28992.3      504.9     1685.2     3222.6     4937.9     7101.0     9077.1    25769.7    24054.4    21891.4    19915.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          1.2        7.0        7.7        7.0        6.1        5.8        5.2        1.1        1.0        0.9        0.9 
Mean                            777        278        535        681        756        858        894        791        781        754        733 
  Standard Error                 25         51         57         56         48         47         44         27         28         29         30 
Recipient                                                                                                                                         
Families                                                                                                                                          
Number                        2,771        100        256        440        620        832      1,031      2,331      2,151      1,939      1,740 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        7.4        5.5        8.1        9.3        9.5       10.1       10.2        7.1        7.0        6.7        6.4 
Mean Amount                  10,463      5,066      6,577      7,317      7,966      8,531      8,807     11,058     11,183     11,292     11,444 
  Standard Error                190        521        327        297        253        234        221        215        228        247        267 
                                                                                                                                                  
Pension, Survivor and                                                                                                                             
Disability Income                                                                                                                                 
Aggregate (MIL)             22749.5       49.2      165.8      397.6      780.9     1145.5     1602.6    22351.8    21968.5    21603.9    21146.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.9        0.7        0.8        0.9        1.0        0.9        0.9        0.9        0.9        0.9        0.9 
Mean                            609         27         53         84        120        138        158        686        713        744        778 
  Standard Error                 34          9         16         18         18         18         18         39         41         43         46 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        1,649         28         54        100        157        201        277      1,550      1,492      1,449      1,372 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        4.4        1.6        1.7        2.1        2.4        2.4        2.7        4.8        4.8        5.0        5.0 
Mean Amount                  13,794      1,725      3,045      3,989      4,962      5,706      5,776     14,424     14,725     14,915     15,415 
  Standard Error                604        325        701        585        496        492        425        635        656        673        704 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
Table 18.  Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 2000
(People and families in thousands; income in dollars. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)

                                           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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                                                                                  
Means Tested                                                                                                                                      
Cash Assistance                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)             13549.7     2143.6     4282.3     5944.4     7477.6     8605.7     9366.0     7605.3     6072.1     4944.0     4183.7 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.6       29.7       19.7       12.9        9.2        7.0        5.3        0.3        0.3        0.2        0.2 
Mean                            363      1,178      1,360      1,257      1,145      1,040        923        233        197        170        154 
  Standard Error                 15         81         74         62         50         44         38         15         15         15         15 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        2,614        654      1,057      1,360      1,614      1,820      1,962      1,255      1,000        795        652 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        7.0       36.0       33.6       28.7       24.7       22.0       19.3        3.8        3.2        2.7        2.4 
Mean Amount                   5,183      3,277      4,050      4,372      4,632      4,729      4,773      6,062      6,074      6,223      6,419 
  Standard Error                166        157        152        149        139        140        137        308        366        436        514 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: (hhes-info@census.gov) Housing and Household Economics Statistics Information Staff
Last revised: December 10, 2001
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