Table 18. Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 2000
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)
Below Poverty Level Above Poverty Level
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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
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Unrelated individuals
aged 65 and over
Total 10,658 411 835 2,220 3,579 4,760 5,675 8,438 7,079 5,898 4,983
Total Income
Aggregate (MIL) 219347.0 569.8 2791.6 12831.9 25533.1 38847.3 51097.5 206515.1 193813.9 180499.7 168249.5
Mean 20,580 1,387 3,344 5,779 7,133 8,160 9,004 24,475 27,380 30,605 33,762
Standard Error 411 138 126 80 62 60 63 502 585 686 796
With Zero Income 135 135 135 135 135 135 135 0 0 0 0
With Negative
Income 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
Wages and Salaries
Aggregate (MIL) 26046.3 24.2 46.5 184.6 401.0 555.9 800.4 25861.7 25645.2 25490.4 25245.9
Percent of Total
Income 11.9 4.2 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.6 12.5 13.2 14.1 15.0
Mean 2,444 59 56 83 112 117 141 3,065 3,623 4,322 5,066
Standard Error 266 31 24 20 20 18 17 335 399 478 564
Recipient Unrel. Indiv.
Number 1,228 13 22 59 111 158 220 1,168 1,116 1,070 1,008
Percent of All
Unrel. Indiv. 11.5 3.1 2.6 2.7 3.1 3.3 3.9 13.8 15.8 18.1 20.2
Mean Amount 21,216 1,922 2,139 3,115 3,602 3,527 3,641 22,133 22,972 23,820 25,048
Standard Error 2,159 589 579 444 412 349 280 2,261 2,360 2,455 2,596
Nonfarm Self-Employment
Aggregate (MIL) 4401.7 -26.1 -40.0 -40.0 -30.7 3.3 22.7 4441.7 4432.4 4398.4 4379.0
Percent of Total
Income 2.0 -4.6 -1.4 -0.3 -0.1 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.6
Mean 413 -64 -48 -18 -9 1 4 526 626 746 879
Standard Error 77 61 37 14 8 8 8 97 116 139 164
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
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)
Below Poverty Level Above Poverty Level
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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
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Received Positive Amount
Number 205 0 0 2 7 15 20 202 198 190 184
Percent 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.7
Aggregate 4448.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 10.0 44.0 63.4 4447.3 4438.0 4404.0 4384.6
Mean 21,718 . . 300 1,433 2,959 3,098 21,964 22,432 23,185 23,786
Standard Error 3,369 . . 0 437 1,549 1,225 3,400 3,465 3,586 3,676
Received Negative Amount
Number 13 3 4 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7
Percent 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aggregate -46.3 -26.1 -40.0 -40.7 -40.7 -40.7 -40.7 -5.6 -5.6 -5.6 -5.6
Mean -3,508 -9,999 -9,999 -6,367 -6,367 -6,367 -6,367 -821 -821 -821 -821
Standard Error 1,727 0 0 2,902 2,670 2,670 2,670 623 623 623 623
Farm Self-Employment
Aggregate (MIL) 745.2 -5.0 -5.0 -5.0 -5.0 -3.5 1.7 750.2 750.2 748.8 743.5
Percent of Total
Income 0.3 -0.9 -0.2 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mean 70 -12 -6 -2 -1 -1 0 89 106 127 149
Standard Error 36 27 14 5 3 2 2 45 54 64 76
Received Positive Amount
Number 39 0 0 0 0 2 4 39 39 37 35
Percent 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7
Aggregate 767.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 6.7 767.8 767.8 766.4 761.2
Mean 19,572 . . . . 600 1,612 19,572 19,572 20,802 21,686
Standard Error 7,963 . . . . 0 1,027 7,963 7,963 8,355 8,685
Received Negative Amount
Number 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4
Percent 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Aggregate -22.6 -5.0 -5.0 -5.0 -5.0 -5.0 -5.0 -17.6 -17.6 -17.6 -17.6
Mean -5,335 -7,000 -7,000 -7,000 -7,000 -7,000 -7,000 -5,000 -5,000 -5,000 -5,000
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
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)
Below Poverty Level Above Poverty Level
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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
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Standard Error 639 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Interest and Dividends
Aggregate (MIL) 37930.4 70.6 158.0 368.1 739.6 1300.8 2100.7 37562.3 37190.8 36629.6 35829.7
Percent of Total
Income 17.3 12.4 5.7 2.9 2.9 3.3 4.1 18.2 19.2 20.3 21.3
Mean 3,559 172 189 166 207 273 370 4,452 5,254 6,211 7,190
Standard Error 160 38 29 19 17 17 19 200 236 280 327
Recipient Unrel. Indiv.
Number 6,075 107 264 578 1,041 1,692 2,222 5,496 5,033 4,382 3,853
Percent of All
Unrel. Indiv. 57.0 26.1 31.6 26.0 29.1 35.6 39.2 65.1 71.1 74.3 77.3
Mean Amount 6,244 658 599 637 710 769 945 6,834 7,389 8,359 9,300
Standard Error 271 119 78 65 53 42 43 297 322 365 411
Rental Income
Aggregate (MIL) 5364.7 -55.6 -48.4 -30.5 48.9 174.0 308.3 5395.2 5315.8 5190.6 5056.4
Percent of Total
Income 2.4 -9.8 -1.7 -0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.0
Mean 503 -135 -58 -14 14 37 54 639 751 880 1,015
Standard Error 63 96 48 19 13 12 11 79 94 113 133
Received Positive Amount
Number 788 8 18 41 86 147 215 747 701 640 573
Percent 7.4 2.0 2.2 1.8 2.4 3.1 3.8 8.9 9.9 10.9 11.5
Aggregate 5533.8 8.0 15.2 34.7 118.1 244.0 380.8 5499.0 5415.7 5289.8 5152.9
Mean 7,026 977 828 857 1,367 1,658 1,773 7,360 7,723 8,259 8,996
Standard Error 772 462 389 265 243 217 179 810 859 934 1,035
Received Negative Amount
Number 41 9 9 15 17 21 22 27 25 20 19
Percent 0.4 2.1 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4
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
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)
Below Poverty Level Above Poverty Level
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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
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Aggregate -169.1 -63.6 -63.6 -65.2 -69.2 -69.9 -72.6 -103.8 -99.9 -99.1 -96.5
Mean -4,111 -7,293 -7,293 -4,466 -4,171 -3,267 -3,257 -3,916 -4,070 -5,027 -5,121
Standard Error 963 2,334 2,334 1,982 1,631 1,367 1,313 1,102 1,179 1,290 1,342
Social Security
Aggregate (MIL) 96325.6 439.6 2331.9 10856.6 21817.9 33106.6 42228.4 85469.0 74507.7 63219.0 54097.2
Percent of Total
Income 43.9 77.2 83.5 84.6 85.4 85.2 82.6 41.4 38.4 35.0 32.2
Mean 9,038 1,070 2,793 4,890 6,095 6,955 7,442 10,129 10,526 10,719 10,855
Standard Error 70 120 126 89 73 68 66 77 89 104 119
Recipient
Unrel. Indiv.
Number 9,886 170 559 1,863 3,154 4,309 5,189 8,023 6,732 5,577 4,696
Percent of All
Unrel. Indiv. 92.8 41.3 67.0 83.9 88.1 90.5 91.4 95.1 95.1 94.6 94.2
Mean Amount 9,744 2,592 4,169 5,827 6,918 7,684 8,137 10,654 11,068 11,336 11,520
Standard Error 65 164 102 65 55 55 54 72 83 97 113
Pension, Survivor and
Disability Income
Aggregate (MIL) 42296.7 61.1 137.3 392.1 790.5 1705.7 3303.7 41904.6 41506.2 40591.0 38993.0
Percent of Total
Income 19.3 10.7 4.9 3.1 3.1 4.4 6.5 20.3 21.4 22.5 23.2
Mean 3,968 149 164 177 221 358 582 4,966 5,864 6,883 7,825
Standard Error 125 44 37 25 21 26 34 154 179 209 241
Recipient Unrel. Indiv.
Number 4,163 34 69 191 385 671 1,024 3,972 3,778 3,492 3,139
Percent of All
Unrel. Indiv. 39.1 8.3 8.3 8.6 10.8 14.1 18.0 47.1 53.4 59.2 63.0
Mean Amount 10,161 1,796 1,990 2,053 2,054 2,542 3,228 10,551 10,986 11,624 12,421
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
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)
Below Poverty Level Above Poverty Level
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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
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Standard Error 266 255 267 182 129 135 136 275 285 303 329
Means Tested
Cash Assistance
Aggregate (MIL) 2056.7 51.1 172.2 974.7 1486.9 1575.0 1743.0 1082.0 569.8 481.7 313.7
Percent of Total
Income 0.9 9.0 6.2 7.6 5.8 4.1 3.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2
Mean 193 125 206 439 415 331 307 128 80 82 63
Standard Error 15 45 48 45 34 27 24 16 14 17 17
Recipient Unrel. Indiv.
Number 663 26 64 384 499 541 574 280 164 122 90
Percent of All
Unrel. Indiv. 6.2 6.4 7.7 17.3 14.0 11.4 10.1 3.3 2.3 2.1 1.8
Mean Amount 3,101 1,954 2,685 2,540 2,977 2,911 3,038 3,871 3,477 3,937 3,503
Standard Error 176 402 373 180 170 161 160 339 485 623 805
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.