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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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Married-couple with                                                                                                                               
rel children under 18                                                                                                                             
Total                        26,563        446        929      1,604      2,474      3,399      4,488     24,959     24,089     23,164     22,075 
Persons in                                                                                                                                        
Families                    113,407      2,121      4,528      7,873     12,112     16,407     21,466    105,534    101,295     97,000     91,941 
Total Income                                                                                                                                      
Aggregate (MIL)           2099752.2     1901.8     8098.7    20047.7    39486.3    63977.6    98199.4  2079704.5  2060265.9  2035774.6  2001552.8 
Mean                         79,048      4,265      8,716     12,502     15,958     18,820     21,882     83,323     85,528     87,886     90,669 
  Standard Error                752        387        311        275        233        218        214        784        805        829        861 
With Zero Income                 40         40         40         40         40         40         40          0          0          0          0 
With Negative                                                                                                                                     
Income                           33         33         33         33         33         33         33          0          0          0          0 
                                                                                                                                                  
Wages and Salaries                                                                                                                                
Aggregate (MIL)           1827219.8     1291.8     5904.5    15351.8    31089.8    50976.5    80669.8  1811868.0  1796130.0  1776243.4  1746550.1 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         87.0       67.9       72.9       76.6       78.7       79.7       82.1       87.1       87.2       87.3       87.3 
Mean                         68,788      2,897      6,355      9,573     12,565     14,996     17,976     72,592     74,563     76,682     79,117 
  Standard Error                681        261        302        295        257        241        242        710        729        751        780 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       25,634        234        654      1,246      2,054      2,928      3,963     24,388     23,581     22,707     21,671 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       96.5       52.5       70.4       77.7       83.0       86.1       88.3       97.7       97.9       98.0       98.2 
Mean Amount                  71,280      5,518      9,031     12,319     15,137     17,413     20,355     74,293     76,170     78,225     80,593 
  Standard Error                695        309        307        279        237        220        223        719        738        759        788 
                                                                                                                                                  
Nonfarm Self-Employment                                                                                                                           
Aggregate (MIL)            116011.3      -50.8      363.1     1049.4     2131.2     3772.1     5355.4   114961.9   113880.1   112239.3   110655.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          5.5       -2.7        4.5        5.2        5.4        5.9        5.5        5.5        5.5        5.5        5.5 
Mean                          4,367       -114        391        654        861      1,110      1,193      4,606      4,728      4,845      5,013 
  Standard Error                214        250        175        149        124        118        109        228        236        245        256 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        3,579         70        123        191        294        430        544      3,387      3,285      3,149      3,035 
Percent                        13.5       15.7       13.2       11.9       11.9       12.7       12.1       13.6       13.6       13.6       13.7 
Aggregate                  117338.6      214.4      665.0     1414.2     2619.4     4296.9     5907.7   115924.4   114719.3   113041.8   111430.9 
Mean                         32,788      3,060      5,416      7,396      8,904      9,991     10,867     34,221     34,927     35,902     36,714 
  Standard Error              1,409        729        770        793        664        614        602      1,480      1,523      1,583      1,637 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          283         31         34         50         68         82         95        233        215        201        188 
Percent                         1.1        6.9        3.7        3.1        2.7        2.4        2.1        0.9        0.9        0.9        0.9 
Aggregate                   -1327.3     -265.2     -301.8     -364.8     -488.2     -524.8     -552.3     -962.5     -839.1     -802.5     -775.0 
Mean                         -4,692     -8,627     -8,773     -7,322     -7,189     -6,418     -5,829     -4,129     -3,903     -3,990     -4,119 
  Standard Error                360      1,676      1,502      1,210        881        795        730        345        350        368        385 
                                                                                                                                                  
Farm Self-Employment                                                                                                                              
Aggregate (MIL)             11056.6      -80.2      -43.4       53.5      112.4      232.4      328.6    11003.1    10944.2    10824.2    10728.0 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.5       -4.2       -0.5        0.3        0.3        0.4        0.3        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.5 
Mean                            416       -180        -47         33         45         68         73        441        454        467        486 
  Standard Error                131        120         77         75         58         51         43        139        144        150        157 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          669          3         16         44         53         64         88        625        615        605        581 
Percent                         2.5        0.7        1.7        2.7        2.2        1.9        2.0        2.5        2.6        2.6        2.6 
Aggregate                   11430.0        0.0       55.3      198.4      308.8      443.4      547.2    11231.6    11121.2    10986.6    10882.8 
Mean                         17,097          2      3,467      4,546      5,795      6,943      6,234     17,973     18,076     18,169     18,739 
  Standard Error              5,067          0      2,010      1,685      1,762      1,871      1,613      5,415      5,499      5,594      5,819 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           90          9         16         24         31         34         36         65         59         56         54 
Percent                         0.3        1.9        1.7        1.5        1.2        1.0        0.8        0.3        0.2        0.2        0.2 
Aggregate                    -373.4      -80.3      -98.6     -144.9     -196.4     -211.0     -218.6     -228.5     -177.0     -162.4     -154.8 
Mean                         -4,168     -9,380     -6,186     -6,017     -6,412     -6,214     -6,155     -3,488     -3,003     -2,920     -2,863 
  Standard Error                699      1,479      2,160      2,156      1,615      1,471      1,422        548        464        481        472 
 
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)             67479.6       60.3      101.4      148.7      284.9      414.6      688.8    67330.9    67194.7    67065.0    66790.8 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          3.2        3.2        1.3        0.7        0.7        0.6        0.7        3.2        3.3        3.3        3.3 
Mean                          2,540        135        109         93        115        122        153      2,698      2,789      2,895      3,026 
  Standard Error                106         42         25         18         28         22         20        113        117        121        127 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       17,182         86        165        301        496        780      1,179     16,881     16,686     16,402     16,003 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       64.7       19.4       17.7       18.7       20.0       22.9       26.3       67.6       69.3       70.8       72.5 
Mean Amount                   3,927        697        616        495        575        532        584      3,988      4,027      4,089      4,174 
  Standard Error                162        188        125         88        137         93         75        165        167        169        173 
                                                                                                                                                  
Rental Income                                                                                                                                     
Aggregate (MIL)             10049.8       -3.1      -31.8      -38.7       34.5      153.8      201.8    10088.5    10015.2     9895.9     9847.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.5       -0.2       -0.4       -0.2        0.1        0.2        0.2        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.5 
Mean                            378         -7        -34        -24         14         45         45        404        416        427        446 
  Standard Error                 35         11         27         21         19         19         16         38         39         40         42 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        1,626          6         13         25         44         71        106      1,601      1,582      1,555      1,520 
Percent                         6.1        1.4        1.4        1.6        1.8        2.1        2.4        6.4        6.6        6.7        6.9 
Aggregate                   11757.4        2.0        9.3       28.9      121.2      240.7      311.5    11728.4    11636.1    11516.6    11445.9 
Mean                          7,231        316        690      1,153      2,749      3,369      2,929      7,326      7,356      7,408      7,532 
  Standard Error                513        281        452        482        620        573        426        520        526        535        546 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          572          5         13         22         33         38         51        550        540        534        521 
Percent                         2.2        1.2        1.4        1.4        1.3        1.1        1.1        2.2        2.2        2.3        2.4 
Aggregate                   -1707.6       -5.1      -41.0      -67.7      -86.7      -86.9     -109.6    -1639.9    -1620.9    -1620.7    -1598.0 
Mean                         -2,984       -951     -3,264     -3,035     -2,653     -2,274     -2,136     -2,982     -3,004     -3,035     -3,067 
  Standard Error                183        532      1,256        881        614        568        440        188        190        191        195 
                                                                                                                                                  
Social Security                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)             17202.3      149.8      584.4     1268.5     2113.2     3257.8     4239.5    15933.8    15089.0    13944.5    12962.8 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.8        7.9        7.2        6.3        5.4        5.1        4.3        0.8        0.7        0.7        0.6 
Mean                            648        336        629        791        854        958        945        638        626        602        587 
  Standard Error                 28        123        125        114         88         83         73         29         30         30         30 
Recipient                                                                                                                                         
Families                                                                                                                                          
Number                        1,501         26         73        138        227        318        399      1,363      1,275      1,184      1,103 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        5.7        5.7        7.8        8.6        9.2        9.3        8.9        5.5        5.3        5.1        5.0 
Mean Amount                  11,458      5,874      8,036      9,166      9,324     10,257     10,631     11,691     11,837     11,780     11,757 
  Standard Error                275      1,218        746        626        452        406        377        296        312        331        348 
                                                                                                                                                  
Pension, Survivor and                                                                                                                             
Disability Income                                                                                                                                 
Aggregate (MIL)             16780.2       10.5       62.6      106.2      408.2      527.3      795.3    16674.0    16371.9    16252.8    15984.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.8        0.5        0.8        0.5        1.0        0.8        0.8        0.8        0.8        0.8        0.8 
Mean                            632         23         67         66        165        155        177        668        680        702        724 
  Standard Error                 40         23         40         30         37         31         29         43         44         46         48 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        1,152          4         13         24         66         80        120      1,128      1,087      1,073      1,032 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        4.3        1.0        1.4        1.5        2.6        2.3        2.7        4.5        4.5        4.6        4.7 
Mean Amount                  14,561      2,350      4,712      4,417      6,229      6,618      6,609     14,777     15,064     15,151     15,488 
  Standard Error                708      1,459      1,935      1,438        901        780        692        720        743        752        776 
 
 
 
 
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)              5343.6      405.4      794.7     1270.0     1672.9     2185.6     2485.1     4073.6     3670.7     3158.0     2858.5 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.3       21.3        9.8        6.3        4.2        3.4        2.5        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.1 
Mean                            201        909        855        792        676        643        554        163        152        136        129 
  Standard Error                 16        174        121         92         67         60         49         16         16         16         17 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                          867         95        161        249        323        409        466        618        544        458        401 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        3.3       21.3       17.3       15.5       13.1       12.0       10.4        2.5        2.3        2.0        1.8 
Mean Amount                   6,161      4,273      4,939      5,096      5,176      5,341      5,332      6,591      6,747      6,894      7,125 
  Standard Error                396        544        426        365        333        345        334        537        597        680        757 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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