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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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Families with                                                                                                                                     
Female HH, NHP                                                                                                                                    
Total                        13,146      1,605      2,506      3,470      4,472      5,422      6,303      9,676      8,674      7,724      6,843 
Persons in                                                                                                                                        
Families                     39,261      5,313      8,210     11,223     14,464     17,329     20,011     28,038     24,797     21,932     19,250 
Total Income                                                                                                                                      
Aggregate (MIL)            447010.6     5514.6    14168.3    26803.8    44042.9    63133.9    84138.6   420206.8   402967.6   383876.7   362872.0 
Mean                         34,004      3,436      5,655      7,725      9,848     11,645     13,349     43,427     46,459     49,699     53,032 
  Standard Error                341         83         93         98         99        102        108        421        458        501        551 
With Zero Income                309        309        309        309        309        309        309          0          0          0          0 
With Negative                                                                                                                                     
Income                           12         12         12         12         12         12         12          0          0          0          0 
                                                                                                                                                  
Wages and Salaries                                                                                                                                
Aggregate (MIL)            335267.1     2406.0     6943.8    14767.9    26351.1    40053.7    55836.1   320499.2   308916.0   295213.4   279430.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         75.0       43.6       49.0       55.1       59.8       63.4       66.4       76.3       76.7       76.9       77.0 
Mean                         25,504      1,499      2,771      4,256      5,892      7,388      8,858     33,123     35,616     38,220     40,837 
  Standard Error                289         67         84         97        100        106        112        360        391        428        472 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       10,894        708      1,316      2,071      2,894      3,710      4,506      8,823      8,000      7,184      6,388 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       82.9       44.1       52.5       59.7       64.7       68.4       71.5       91.2       92.2       93.0       93.4 
Mean Amount                  30,775      3,397      5,277      7,132      9,104     10,795     12,391     36,324     38,617     41,095     43,745 
  Standard Error                326        107        115        118        115        117        120        377        406        441        485 
                                                                                                                                                  
Nonfarm Self-Employment                                                                                                                           
Aggregate (MIL)             11432.1       63.0      205.5      314.6      761.3     1117.4     1553.5    11117.4    10670.8    10314.7     9878.6 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          2.6        1.1        1.5        1.2        1.7        1.8        1.8        2.6        2.6        2.7        2.7 
Mean                            870         39         82         91        170        206        246      1,149      1,230      1,335      1,444 
  Standard Error                 61         18         19         19         22         23         24         83         92        103        116 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          683         44         79        110        178        222        266        573        505        461        417 
Percent                         5.2        2.8        3.1        3.2        4.0        4.1        4.2        5.9        5.8        6.0        6.1 
Aggregate                   11632.5       92.8      237.6      377.8      836.5     1194.8     1630.9    11254.7    10796.0    10437.7    10001.6 
Mean                         17,027      2,099      3,016      3,433      4,707      5,384      6,123     19,638     21,359     22,630     23,996 
  Standard Error                986        405        428        422        404        398        418      1,139      1,267      1,370      1,492 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           54         12         13         19         21         24         24         35         33         31         31 
Percent                         0.4        0.7        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.4        0.4        0.4        0.4        0.4        0.4 
Aggregate                    -200.5      -29.8      -32.1      -63.2      -75.2      -77.4      -77.4     -137.3     -125.2     -123.0     -123.0 
Mean                         -3,690     -2,577     -2,525     -3,319     -3,600     -3,265     -3,265     -3,890     -3,746     -4,019     -4,019 
  Standard Error                532      1,161      1,059        927        840        768        768        675        687        727        727 
                                                                                                                                                  
Farm Self-Employment                                                                                                                              
Aggregate (MIL)              2739.0      -35.3      -35.3      -27.0      -38.7      -53.2      -53.2     2765.9     2777.7     2792.1     2792.1 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.6       -0.6       -0.2       -0.1       -0.1       -0.1       -0.1        0.7        0.7        0.7        0.8 
Mean                            208        -22        -14         -8         -9        -10         -8        286        320        361        408 
  Standard Error                165         18         12          9          7          7          6        224        249        280        316 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          145          5         10         17         27         34         36        128        118        111        109 
Percent                         1.1        0.3        0.4        0.5        0.6        0.6        0.6        1.3        1.4        1.4        1.6 
Aggregate                    2850.2        1.5        1.5        9.9        9.9       11.6       11.6     2840.3     2840.3     2838.6     2838.6 
Mean                         19,654        320        141        578        363        346        320     22,210     24,133     25,486     26,131 
  Standard Error             14,741        363        177        603        356        313        290     16,689     18,112     19,123     19,599 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           26          4          4          5          7         12         12         20         19         14         14 
Percent                         0.2        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.2 
Aggregate                    -111.3      -36.7      -36.7      -36.9      -48.7      -64.8      -64.8      -74.4      -62.6      -46.5      -46.5 
Mean                         -4,293     -9,629     -9,629     -6,728     -6,973     -5,545     -5,545     -3,640     -3,306     -3,266     -3,266 
  Standard Error              1,220      1,486      1,486      3,065      2,450      1,919      1,919      1,274      1,259      1,455      1,455 
 
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)             10823.0      101.1      145.6      196.4      264.4      417.4      510.3    10626.6    10558.6    10405.6    10312.7 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          2.4        1.8        1.0        0.7        0.6        0.7        0.6        2.5        2.6        2.7        2.8 
Mean                            823         63         58         57         59         77         81      1,098      1,217      1,347      1,507 
  Standard Error                 42         12          9          8          6          8          7         56         63         70         79 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        4,803        156        257        407        589        804      1,052      4,396      4,214      3,999      3,751 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       36.5        9.7       10.3       11.7       13.2       14.8       16.7       45.4       48.6       51.8       54.8 
Mean Amount                   2,253        647        566        483        449        519        485      2,417      2,505      2,602      2,749 
  Standard Error                111        107         84         60         46         48         41        121        126        132        141 
                                                                                                                                                  
Rental Income                                                                                                                                     
Aggregate (MIL)              3744.9      -26.3      -18.0        1.0       25.0       40.4       59.6     3743.9     3719.9     3704.5     3685.3 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.8       -0.5       -0.1        0.0        0.1        0.1        0.1        0.9        0.9        1.0        1.0 
Mean                            285        -16         -7          0          6          7          9        387        429        480        539 
  Standard Error                 39         10          7          6          5          5          5         53         59         66         74 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          372          2         14         27         40         47         62        345        333        326        310 
Percent                         2.8        0.1        0.5        0.8        0.9        0.9        1.0        3.6        3.8        4.2        4.5 
Aggregate                    3979.9        0.0        9.3       31.8       55.8       72.0      118.4     3948.1     3924.1     3907.9     3861.6 
Mean                         10,693          1        679      1,161      1,409      1,545      1,917     11,450     11,798     12,004     12,439 
  Standard Error              1,243          0        423        417        356        337        330      1,333      1,377      1,405      1,468 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           83          8         10         11         11         13         19         72         72         70         63 
Percent                         0.6        0.5        0.4        0.3        0.2        0.2        0.3        0.7        0.8        0.9        0.9 
Aggregate                    -235.0      -26.3      -27.3      -30.8      -30.8      -31.7      -58.8     -204.2     -204.2     -203.4     -176.2 
Mean                         -2,848     -3,474     -2,848     -2,879     -2,879     -2,523     -3,073     -2,843     -2,843     -2,906     -2,780 
  Standard Error                325      1,615      1,347      1,206      1,109        980        804        335        335        341        347 
                                                                                                                                                  
Social Security                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)             31126.1      324.2     1368.3     3073.4     4881.3     6974.2     8990.8    28052.7    26244.8    24151.9    22135.3 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          7.0        5.9        9.7       11.5       11.1       11.0       10.7        6.7        6.5        6.3        6.1 
Mean                          2,368        202        546        886      1,091      1,286      1,426      2,899      3,026      3,127      3,235 
  Standard Error                 48         29         42         48         46         47         48         63         68         74         80 
Recipient                                                                                                                                         
Families                                                                                                                                          
Number                        2,970         78        241        462        665        866      1,064      2,508      2,305      2,104      1,906 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       22.6        4.9        9.6       13.3       14.9       16.0       16.9       25.9       26.6       27.2       27.9 
Mean Amount                  10,480      4,150      5,680      6,654      7,343      8,057      8,451     11,185     11,385     11,477     11,613 
  Standard Error                125        288        193        168        148        149        146        141        150        161        172 
                                                                                                                                                  
Pension, Survivor and                                                                                                                             
Disability Income                                                                                                                                 
Aggregate (MIL)             12057.9       63.2      127.5      237.6      568.8      863.8     1210.9    11820.2    11489.1    11194.1    10847.0 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          2.7        1.1        0.9        0.9        1.3        1.4        1.4        2.8        2.9        2.9        3.0 
Mean                            917         39         51         68        127        159        192      1,222      1,325      1,449      1,585 
  Standard Error                 44         12         11         11         14         16         17         59         65         73         82 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        1,141         23         40         74        136        187        247      1,067      1,005        954        893 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        8.7        1.4        1.6        2.1        3.0        3.4        3.9       11.0       11.6       12.4       13.1 
Mean Amount                  10,571      2,781      3,167      3,231      4,191      4,631      4,896     11,077     11,433     11,732     12,142 
  Standard Error                398        511        444        344        302        301        288        420        443        463        489 
 
 
 
 
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)             10591.3     1667.5     3476.4     4814.3     6215.2     7232.3     7962.1     5777.0     4376.0     3359.0     2629.1 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          2.4       30.2       24.5       18.0       14.1       11.5        9.5        1.4        1.1        0.9        0.7 
Mean                            806      1,039      1,387      1,388      1,390      1,334      1,263        597        505        435        384 
  Standard Error                 23         56         58         52         45         42         38         25         24         24         24 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        2,075        508        845      1,094      1,318      1,470      1,598        981        757        605        477 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       15.8       31.7       33.7       31.5       29.5       27.1       25.4       10.1        8.7        7.8        7.0 
Mean Amount                   5,105      3,281      4,115      4,401      4,715      4,921      4,982      5,890      5,784      5,552      5,514 
  Standard Error                 98        115        116        112        106        106        104        168        191        212        241 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002

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