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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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Female HH, NHP and                                                                                                                                
rel. children under 18                                                                                                                            
Total                         8,510      1,202      1,954      2,763      3,553      4,271      4,909      5,746      4,957      4,239      3,600 
Persons in                                                                                                                                        
Families                     27,421      4,177      6,842      9,613     12,233     14,492     16,465     17,807     15,187     12,929     10,955 
Total Income                                                                                                                                      
Aggregate (MIL)            247415.4     4719.3    12213.6    23176.7    36671.5    51175.2    66438.1   224238.7   210743.9   196240.2   180977.3 
Mean                         29,075      3,925      6,251      8,387     10,322     11,983     13,533     39,024     42,515     46,294     50,265 
  Standard Error                513        131        147        155        151        155        165        681        765        866        987 
With Zero Income                152        152        152        152        152        152        152          0          0          0          0 
With Negative                                                                                                                                     
Income                            6          6          6          6          6          6          6          0          0          0          0 
                                                                                                                                                  
Wages and Salaries                                                                                                                                
Aggregate (MIL)            192874.5     2026.9     6235.8    13721.2    23881.4    35003.0    47276.7   179153.2   168993.1   157871.5   145597.8 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         78.0       42.9       51.1       59.2       65.1       68.4       71.2       79.9       80.2       80.4       80.5 
Mean                         22,665      1,686      3,191      4,965      6,722      8,196      9,630     31,178     34,092     37,243     40,439 
  Standard Error                461        113        141        158        158        163        171        618        695        790        906 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        7,305        579      1,140      1,831      2,547      3,213      3,836      5,474      4,758      4,092      3,469 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       85.8       48.1       58.3       66.3       71.7       75.2       78.1       95.3       96.0       96.5       96.4 
Mean Amount                  26,403      3,502      5,472      7,493      9,375     10,894     12,326     32,729     35,519     38,582     41,966 
  Standard Error                511        168        178        177        169        168        172        633        709        802        919 
                                                                                                                                                  
Nonfarm Self-Employment                                                                                                                           
Aggregate (MIL)              6609.3      -36.3      152.5      259.3      458.5      739.0      973.7     6350.0     6150.8     5870.3     5635.6 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          2.7       -0.8        1.2        1.1        1.3        1.4        1.5        2.8        2.9        3.0        3.1 
Mean                            777        -30         78         94        129        173        198      1,105      1,241      1,385      1,565 
  Standard Error                100         32         38         33         32         35         35        146        169        196        229 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          411         24         63         81        106        135        165        330        304        276        246 
Percent                         4.8        2.0        3.2        2.9        3.0        3.2        3.4        5.7        6.1        6.5        6.8 
Aggregate                    6739.7       29.5      218.3      325.1      561.0      841.5     1077.5     6414.6     6178.7     5898.3     5662.2 
Mean                         16,414      1,243      3,456      4,032      5,274      6,247      6,533     19,440     20,309     21,377     23,048 
  Standard Error              1,719        483        765        754        687        718        722      2,063      2,220      2,421      2,664 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           40         18         18         18         22         22         23         21         17         17         17 
Percent                         0.5        1.5        0.9        0.7        0.6        0.5        0.5        0.4        0.3        0.4        0.5 
Aggregate                    -130.4      -65.8      -65.8      -65.8     -102.5     -102.5     -103.8      -64.6      -27.9      -27.9      -26.7 
Mean                         -3,299     -3,587     -3,587     -3,587     -4,589     -4,589     -4,518     -3,050     -1,624     -1,624     -1,610 
  Standard Error                839      1,431      1,431      1,431      1,311      1,311      1,281      1,066        469        469        486 
                                                                                                                                                  
Farm Self-Employment                                                                                                                              
Aggregate (MIL)               221.2      -10.4       -9.3       -9.2       -9.1       -9.1       -1.1      230.4      230.4      230.4      222.3 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.1       -0.2       -0.1       -0.0       -0.0       -0.0       -0.0        0.1        0.1        0.1        0.1 
Mean                             26         -9         -5         -3         -3         -2         -0         40         46         54         62 
  Standard Error                 16         20         12          9          6          5          5         24         27         32         37 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           97          5          5          7         15         16         24         90         82         81         73 
Percent                         1.1        0.4        0.3        0.3        0.4        0.4        0.5        1.6        1.7        1.9        2.0 
Aggregate                     235.8        4.2        5.2        5.4        5.4        5.4       13.5      230.4      230.4      230.4      222.3 
Mean                          2,435        905      1,014        782        369        341        567      2,562      2,804      2,847      3,044 
  Standard Error              1,330        883        841        691        349        325        390      1,429      1,556      1,578      1,741 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                            3          1          1          1          1          1          1          2          2          2          2 
Percent                         0.0        0.1        0.1        0.1        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.0 
Aggregate                     -14.6      -14.6      -14.6      -14.6      -14.6      -14.6      -14.6       -0.0       -0.0       -0.0       -0.0 
Mean                         -4,899     -9,999     -9,999     -9,999     -9,999     -9,999     -9,999         -1         -1         -1         -1 
  Standard Error              5,104          .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .          . 
 
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)              3833.7       24.7       42.7      105.8      148.0      197.4      308.5     3727.9     3685.7     3636.3     3525.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          1.5        0.5        0.3        0.5        0.4        0.4        0.5        1.7        1.7        1.9        1.9 
Mean                            451         21         22         38         42         46         63        649        744        858        979 
  Standard Error                 40          8          8         13         10          8         11         59         68         79         92 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        2,867         73        176        299        449        662        867      2,567      2,418      2,204      2,000 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       33.7        6.0        9.0       10.8       12.6       15.5       17.7       44.7       48.8       52.0       55.6 
Mean Amount                   1,337        341        243        353        330        298        356      1,452      1,524      1,650      1,762 
  Standard Error                115        123         89        113         74         52         59        127        135        147        161 
                                                                                                                                                  
Rental Income                                                                                                                                     
Aggregate (MIL)              1825.2       -1.3        6.7        8.0       26.1        8.6       26.2     1817.2     1799.1     1816.6     1799.0 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.7       -0.0        0.1        0.0        0.1        0.0        0.0        0.8        0.9        0.9        1.0 
Mean                            214         -1          3          3          7          2          5        316        363        429        500 
  Standard Error                 61          2          4          3          4          8          7         91        105        123        144 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          167          1          6         10         15         22         30        157        152        145        137 
Percent                         2.0        0.1        0.3        0.4        0.4        0.5        0.6        2.7        3.1        3.4        3.8 
Aggregate                    1935.2        0.0       10.0       11.5       30.1       55.3       72.9     1923.7     1905.1     1879.9     1862.3 
Mean                         11,600          1      1,609      1,190      2,070      2,512      2,445     12,242     12,510     12,982     13,593 
  Standard Error              2,841          0        709        550        582        625        510      3,000      3,091      3,240      3,409 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           51          1          4          7         11         18         18         44         40         32         32 
Percent                         0.6        0.0        0.2        0.2        0.3        0.4        0.4        0.8        0.8        0.8        0.9 
Aggregate                    -110.0       -1.3       -3.3       -3.5       -4.0      -46.7      -46.7     -106.5     -106.1      -63.3      -63.3 
Mean                         -2,169     -2,500       -728       -509       -375     -2,545     -2,545     -2,429     -2,641     -1,956     -1,956 
  Standard Error                578          0        470        354        227      1,087      1,087        649        689        658        658 
                                                                                                                                                  
Social Security                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)              9797.7      269.8      955.5     1713.4     2443.6     3303.5     4219.7     8084.3     7354.1     6494.1     5578.0 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          4.0        5.7        7.8        7.4        6.7        6.5        6.4        3.6        3.5        3.3        3.1 
Mean                          1,151        224        489        620        688        774        860      1,407      1,484      1,532      1,549 
  Standard Error                 58         56         65         65         59         58         58         81         90        101        113 
Recipient                                                                                                                                         
Families                                                                                                                                          
Number                        1,053         49        150        254        333        439        548        799        720        614        504 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       12.4        4.1        7.7        9.2        9.4       10.3       11.2       13.9       14.5       14.5       14.0 
Mean Amount                   9,307      5,475      6,384      6,740      7,334      7,525      7,694     10,124     10,220     10,581     11,060 
  Standard Error                272        664        337        322        303        275        261        336        362        408        467 
                                                                                                                                                  
Pension, Survivor and                                                                                                                             
Disability Income                                                                                                                                 
Aggregate (MIL)              4234.9       31.1       64.9      162.4      241.1      481.8      577.6     4072.5     3993.8     3753.1     3657.3 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          1.7        0.7        0.5        0.7        0.7        0.9        0.9        1.8        1.9        1.9        2.0 
Mean                            498         26         33         59         68        113        118        709        806        885      1,016 
  Standard Error                 67         10         11         16         15         23         21         98        113        131        154 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                          379         20         34         57         71        100        123        322        307        279        255 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        4.4        1.7        1.7        2.1        2.0        2.3        2.5        5.6        6.2        6.6        7.1 
Mean Amount                  11,188      1,526      1,916      2,862      3,382      4,821      4,691     12,656     12,999     13,472     14,321 
  Standard Error              1,260        291        409        502        471        690        604      1,449      1,511      1,651      1,778 
 
 
 
 
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)              7476.8     1655.2     3231.6     4352.9     5413.3     5933.6     6340.9     3123.9     2063.6     1543.2     1135.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          3.0       35.1       26.5       18.8       14.8       11.6        9.5        1.4        1.0        0.8        0.6 
Mean                            879      1,377      1,654      1,575      1,524      1,389      1,292        544        416        364        315 
  Standard Error                 41        100         97         87         74         66         60         46         44         45         48 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        1,571        516        830      1,035      1,202      1,306      1,376        536        369        265        195 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       18.5       42.9       42.5       37.4       33.8       30.6       28.0        9.3        7.5        6.3        5.4 
Mean Amount                   4,759      3,208      3,892      4,206      4,505      4,544      4,609      5,825      5,586      5,819      5,815 
  Standard Error                158        162        164        166        158        155        152        347        427        529        669 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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