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Table 18.  Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 2001
(Numbers in thousands)

                                           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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
ALL FAMILIES                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                  
Total                        74,340      2,754      4,570      6,813      9,525     12,541     15,725     67,527     64,815     61,799     58,615 
Persons in                                                                                                                                        
Families                    233,911      9,148     15,537     23,215     32,601     42,699     53,333    210,696    201,310    191,212    180,578 
Total Income                                                                                                                                      
Aggregate (MIL)           4970613.5     8893.7    27530.8    58915.9   107785.8   172398.6   252920.4  4911697.7  4862827.8  4798214.9  4717693.2 
Mean                         66,863      3,229      6,024      8,647     11,316     13,747     16,084     72,737     75,026     77,642     80,486 
  Standard Error                279         76         81         81         77         76         78        298        307        318        331 
With Zero Income                592        592        592        592        592        592        592          0          0          0          0 
With Negative                                                                                                                                     
Income                           63         63         63         63         63         63         63          0          0          0          0 
                                                                                                                                                  
Wages and Salaries                                                                                                                                
Aggregate (MIL)           3907059.4     4535.1    15363.7    35239.6    67310.2   111273.7   166270.0  3871819.8  3839749.2  3795785.7  3740789.4 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         78.6       51.0       55.8       59.8       62.4       64.5       65.7       78.8       79.0       79.1       79.3 
Mean                         52,556      1,646      3,362      5,172      7,066      8,873     10,573     57,337     59,242     61,421     63,820 
  Standard Error                258         59         76         84         83         86         88        277        285        296        309 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       62,270      1,146      2,366      3,993      5,967      8,189     10,553     58,276     56,302     54,081     51,717 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       83.8       41.6       51.8       58.6       62.6       65.3       67.1       86.3       86.9       87.5       88.2 
Mean Amount                  62,744      3,959      6,494      8,825     11,280     13,589     15,756     66,439     68,199     70,187     72,332 
  Standard Error                289        101        105        103         95         95         96        303        311        320        332 
                                                                                                                                                  
Nonfarm Self-Employment                                                                                                                           
Aggregate (MIL)            231994.8      -42.3      630.6     1819.9     3816.8     6452.8    10188.2   230174.9   228178.0   225542.0   221806.6 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          4.7       -0.5        2.3        3.1        3.5        3.7        4.0        4.7        4.7        4.7        4.7 
Mean                          3,121        -15        138        267        401        515        648      3,409      3,520      3,650      3,784 
  Standard Error                 83         30         28         29         28         29         30         91         94         99        104 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        7,613        135        255        412        638        857      1,122      7,201      6,975      6,756      6,491 
Percent                        10.2        4.9        5.6        6.1        6.7        6.8        7.1       10.7       10.8       10.9       11.1 
Aggregate                  234562.5      336.3     1080.1     2376.5     4479.8     7209.7    11059.5   232186.1   230082.7   227352.9   223503.1 
Mean                         30,811      2,492      4,241      5,765      7,022      8,414      9,854     32,244     32,986     33,651     34,434 
  Standard Error                728        273        300        320        276        288        292        766        789        813        844 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          563         64         79         96        112        133        154        467        451        431        409 
Percent                         0.8        2.3        1.7        1.4        1.2        1.1        1.0        0.7        0.7        0.7        0.7 
Aggregate                   -2567.7     -378.6     -449.5     -556.6     -663.0     -756.9     -871.3    -2011.2    -1904.7    -1810.8    -1696.4 
Mean                         -4,557     -5,923     -5,663     -5,780     -5,912     -5,710     -5,653     -4,305     -4,221     -4,203     -4,145 
  Standard Error                173        600        556        502        424        381        351        183        185        190        194 
                                                                                                                                                  
Farm Self-Employment                                                                                                                              
Aggregate (MIL)             27012.5     -128.9     -113.6      -31.9      172.8      186.2      259.5    27044.4    26839.7    26826.3    26753.0 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.5       -1.4       -0.4       -0.1        0.2        0.1        0.1        0.6        0.6        0.6        0.6 
Mean                            363        -47        -25         -5         18         15         17        400        414        434        456 
  Standard Error                 57         31         23         18         15         13         11         63         66         69         72 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        1,472         29         54         77        114        137        171      1,395      1,358      1,335      1,301 
Percent                         2.0        1.1        1.2        1.1        1.2        1.1        1.1        2.1        2.1        2.2        2.2 
Aggregate                   28253.6       57.9      147.5      256.0      490.4      597.0      724.0    27997.6    27763.3    27656.6    27529.6 
Mean                         19,192      2,000      2,734      3,310      4,295      4,369      4,230     20,073     20,444     20,709     21,161 
  Standard Error              2,800        944        887        905        825        813        722      2,952      3,030      3,080      3,159 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          254         18         26         37         43         58         71        218        211        196        183 
Percent                         0.3        0.6        0.6        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.3        0.3        0.3        0.3 
Aggregate                   -1241.1     -186.8     -261.1     -287.9     -317.5     -410.8     -464.5     -953.2     -923.6     -830.3     -776.6 
Mean                         -4,885    -10,594     -9,984     -7,879     -7,336     -7,067     -6,513     -4,383     -4,382     -4,238     -4,250 
  Standard Error                394      2,113      1,517      1,462      1,195        967        863        380        389        400        413 
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
Table 18.  Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 2001
(Numbers in thousands)

                                           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)            204733.3      342.5      536.0      791.8     1153.7     1679.9     2654.1   203941.5   203579.7   203053.5   202079.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          4.1        3.9        1.9        1.3        1.1        1.0        1.0        4.2        4.2        4.2        4.3 
Mean                          2,754        124        117        116        121        134        169      3,020      3,141      3,286      3,448 
  Standard Error                 47         13         10          8          7          7          7         51         54         56         59 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       44,893        410        692      1,116      1,734      2,539      3,700     43,777     43,160     42,354     41,194 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       60.4       14.9       15.1       16.4       18.2       20.2       23.5       64.8       66.6       68.5       70.3 
Mean Amount                   4,560        836        774        709        665        662        717      4,659      4,717      4,794      4,906 
  Standard Error                 76         74         61         47         35         30         29         78         79         81         83 
                                                                                                                                                  
Rental Income                                                                                                                                     
Aggregate (MIL)             38708.4     -124.5     -106.2     -124.9     -120.2      -77.1      -13.5    38833.3    38828.6    38785.5    38721.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.8       -1.4       -0.4       -0.2       -0.1       -0.0       -0.0        0.8        0.8        0.8        0.8 
Mean                            521        -45        -23        -18        -13         -6         -1        575        599        628        661 
  Standard Error                 20         17         13         10          7          7          6         22         23         25         26 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        4,668         22         51         86        136        185        265      4,582      4,532      4,483      4,403 
Percent                         6.3        0.8        1.1        1.3        1.4        1.5        1.7        6.8        7.0        7.3        7.5 
Aggregate                   43527.6       16.3       86.0      130.8      236.1      359.7      501.7    43396.8    43291.5    43167.9    43025.9 
Mean                          9,325        747      1,701      1,514      1,735      1,949      1,891      9,472      9,553      9,628      9,773 
  Standard Error                293        249        410        293        221        215        170        298        301        304        309 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        1,288         32         40         54         72         86        118      1,234      1,215      1,202      1,170 
Percent                         1.7        1.2        0.9        0.8        0.8        0.7        0.8        1.8        1.9        1.9        2.0 
Aggregate                   -4819.3     -140.9     -192.2     -255.7     -356.4     -436.8     -515.2    -4563.6    -4462.9    -4382.5    -4304.0 
Mean                         -3,742     -4,432     -4,784     -4,757     -4,926     -5,090     -4,368     -3,698     -3,672     -3,646     -3,679 
  Standard Error                105      1,176      1,001        791        586        533        417        105        106        106        108 
                                                                                                                                                  
Social Security                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)            249784.0      706.7     3254.5     8246.7    15835.1    27210.4    41011.7   241537.3   233948.9   222573.6   208772.3 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          5.0        7.9       11.8       14.0       14.7       15.8       16.2        4.9        4.8        4.6        4.4 
Mean                          3,360        257        712      1,210      1,662      2,170      2,608      3,577      3,609      3,602      3,562 
  Standard Error                 27         26         36         41         40         42         43         29         30         31         32 
Recipient                                                                                                                                         
Families                                                                                                                                          
Number                       17,301        161        550      1,121      1,851      2,756      3,765     16,181     15,450     14,546     13,536 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       23.3        5.8       12.0       16.4       19.4       22.0       23.9       24.0       23.8       23.5       23.1 
Mean Amount                  14,437      4,401      5,921      7,359      8,554      9,875     10,893     14,928     15,142     15,302     15,423 
  Standard Error                 61        229        135        113         92         85         80         63         65         69         73 
                                                                                                                                                  
Pension, Survivor and                                                                                                                             
Disability Income                                                                                                                                 
Aggregate (MIL)            190032.0      202.1      453.7      967.5     2112.9     3298.5     5442.7   189064.5   187919.1   186733.5   184589.3 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          3.8        2.3        1.6        1.6        2.0        1.9        2.2        3.8        3.9        3.9        3.9 
Mean                          2,556         73         99        142        222        263        346      2,800      2,899      3,022      3,149 
  Standard Error                 36         14         13         13         15         14         15         40         41         43         46 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       10,898         58        114        223        406        610        954     10,676     10,492     10,288      9,944 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       14.7        2.1        2.5        3.3        4.3        4.9        6.1       15.8       16.2       16.6       17.0 
Mean Amount                  17,437      3,497      3,963      4,345      5,204      5,404      5,705     17,710     17,910     18,150     18,562 
  Standard Error                191        398        311        244        222        190        160        194        196        199        205 
 
 
 
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
Table 18.  Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 2001
(Numbers in thousands)

                                           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)             22451.5     2183.4     4815.4     7047.2     9697.6    11771.2    13399.1    15404.3    12753.9    10680.3     9052.5 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.5       24.5       17.5       12.0        9.0        6.8        5.3        0.3        0.3        0.2        0.2 
Mean                            302        793      1,054      1,034      1,018        939        852        228        197        173        154 
  Standard Error                  6         40         40         34         28         24         21          6          6          6          5 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        4,145        637      1,139      1,576      1,987      2,314      2,592      2,569      2,158      1,831      1,553 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        5.6       23.1       24.9       23.1       20.9       18.4       16.5        3.8        3.3        3.0        2.6 
Mean Amount                   5,416      3,427      4,229      4,471      4,880      5,088      5,169      5,997      5,910      5,832      5,829 
  Standard Error                 75        114        105         96         91         88         86        107        117        129        141 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002

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