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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 HH                                                                                                                                  
under age 65                                                                                                                                      
Total                        62,700      2,571      4,243      6,178      8,444     10,850     13,305     56,521     54,255     51,850     49,395 
Persons in                                                                                                                                        
Families                    206,513      8,663     14,662     21,514     29,799     38,436     47,367    184,999    176,714    168,077    159,147 
Total Income                                                                                                                                      
Aggregate (MIL)           4408162.9     8437.4    25880.7    53820.6    96594.1   151248.6   217922.8  4354342.4  4311568.9  4256914.3  4190240.1 
Mean                         70,306      3,282      6,099      8,711     11,439     13,940     16,379     77,039     79,468     82,101     84,832 
  Standard Error                312         79         85         87         84         85         89        334        344        355        368 
With Zero Income                533        533        533        533        533        533        533          0          0          0          0 
With Negative                                                                                                                                     
Income                           58         58         58         58         58         58         58          0          0          0          0 
                                                                                                                                                  
Wages and Salaries                                                                                                                                
Aggregate (MIL)           3739644.0     4404.9    15006.0    34362.7    65793.2   108785.9   162089.7  3705281.3  3673850.8  3630858.0  3577554.3 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         84.8       52.2       58.0       63.8       68.1       71.9       74.4       85.1       85.2       85.3       85.4 
Mean                         59,644      1,714      3,536      5,562      7,792     10,026     12,183     65,555     67,714     70,027     72,428 
  Standard Error                289         62         80         89         89         93         96        310        319        330        343 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       57,607      1,116      2,298      3,857      5,768      7,879     10,104     53,750     51,839     49,728     47,503 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       91.9       43.4       54.1       62.4       68.3       72.6       75.9       95.1       95.5       95.9       96.2 
Mean Amount                  64,917      3,948      6,531      8,910     11,407     13,808     16,042     68,935     70,870     73,014     75,313 
  Standard Error                304        102        107        104         97         96         98        319        327        337        349 
                                                                                                                                                  
Nonfarm Self-Employment                                                                                                                           
Aggregate (MIL)            212859.3      -41.6      628.5     1784.0     3747.6     6327.7    10012.2   211075.3   209111.8   206531.6   202847.1 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          4.8       -0.5        2.4        3.3        3.9        4.2        4.6        4.8        4.9        4.9        4.8 
Mean                          3,395        -16        148        289        444        583        753      3,734      3,854      3,983      4,107 
  Standard Error                 82         31         30         32         31         33         35         91         95         99        104 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        6,928        130        244        396        603        806      1,059      6,532      6,325      6,122      5,869 
Percent                        11.0        5.0        5.8        6.4        7.1        7.4        8.0       11.6       11.7       11.8       11.9 
Aggregate                  215241.8      322.8     1063.9     2326.4     4396.4     7070.1    10866.9   212915.4   210845.4   208171.7   204374.9 
Mean                         31,069      2,487      4,358      5,877      7,294      8,774     10,263     32,596     33,335     34,004     34,823 
  Standard Error                649        282        309        328        286        300        304        683        704        725        753 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          520         63         78         94        110        130        151        426        411        390        369 
Percent                         0.8        2.4        1.8        1.5        1.3        1.2        1.1        0.8        0.8        0.8        0.7 
Aggregate                   -2382.5     -364.4     -435.4     -542.4     -648.9     -742.4     -854.7    -1840.1    -1733.6    -1640.1    -1527.8 
Mean                         -4,577     -5,831     -5,585     -5,766     -5,903     -5,708     -5,644     -4,315     -4,222     -4,201     -4,140 
  Standard Error                177        607        561        507        427        384        353        187        188        194        198 
                                                                                                                                                  
Farm Self-Employment                                                                                                                              
Aggregate (MIL)             24459.3      -86.5      -77.1       18.0      225.7      248.5      354.1    24441.3    24233.6    24210.9    24105.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.6       -1.0       -0.3        0.0        0.2        0.2        0.2        0.6        0.6        0.6        0.6 
Mean                            390        -34        -18          3         27         23         27        432        447        467        488 
  Standard Error                 67         31         23         19         16         15         13         75         78         81         85 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        1,279         29         53         77        110        132        167      1,202      1,169      1,147      1,112 
Percent                         2.0        1.1        1.3        1.2        1.3        1.2        1.3        2.1        2.2        2.2        2.3 
Aggregate                   25489.5       57.9      139.7      248.2      482.6      589.2      716.2    25241.3    25007.0    24900.3    24773.3 
Mean                         19,927      2,000      2,621      3,236      4,382      4,454      4,294     20,992     21,391     21,712     22,271 
  Standard Error              3,204        944        872        901        846        833        736      3,403      3,499      3,565      3,672 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          216         13         21         30         35         48         56        186        181        168        160 
Percent                         0.3        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.4        0.4        0.4        0.3        0.3        0.3        0.3 
Aggregate                   -1030.2     -144.4     -216.8     -230.2     -256.8     -340.7     -362.1     -800.0     -773.4     -689.5     -668.1 
Mean                         -4,770    -11,235    -10,333     -7,714     -7,425     -7,144     -6,417     -4,298     -4,263     -4,097     -4,187 
  Standard Error                436      2,789      1,829      1,759      1,429      1,122      1,035        414        422        434        446 
 
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)            131328.7      302.9      477.6      647.5      919.7     1272.2     1732.7   130681.2   130409.0   130056.5   129596.0 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          3.0        3.6        1.8        1.2        1.0        0.8        0.8        3.0        3.0        3.1        3.1 
Mean                          2,095        118        113        105        109        117        130      2,312      2,404      2,508      2,624 
  Standard Error                 42         13         11          8          7          7          7         47         49         51         53 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                       37,323        358        618        975      1,481      2,089      2,908     36,348     35,843     35,234     34,415 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       59.5       13.9       14.6       15.8       17.5       19.3       21.9       64.3       66.1       68.0       69.7 
Mean Amount                   3,519        847        773        664        621        609        596      3,595      3,638      3,691      3,766 
  Standard Error                 70         81         65         48         36         33         30         72         73         74         76 
                                                                                                                                                  
Rental Income                                                                                                                                     
Aggregate (MIL)             29243.0      -95.9      -86.0      -88.9      -86.4      -52.5      -34.7    29331.9    29329.4    29295.5    29277.7 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.7       -1.1       -0.3       -0.2       -0.1       -0.0       -0.0        0.7        0.7        0.7        0.7 
Mean                            466        -37        -20        -14        -10         -5         -3        519        541        565        593 
  Standard Error                 21         17         13         10          8          7          6         24         25         26         27 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        3,658         21         46         71        115        151        203      3,588      3,543      3,508      3,455 
Percent                         5.8        0.8        1.1        1.1        1.4        1.4        1.5        6.3        6.5        6.8        7.0 
Aggregate                   33415.4       15.4       73.8      113.8      197.6      293.5      379.6    33301.6    33217.8    33121.9    33035.8 
Mean                          9,134        740      1,589      1,609      1,718      1,950      1,869      9,283      9,375      9,443      9,561 
  Standard Error                331        261        416        331        232        238        197        337        341        344        349 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        1,051         28         35         42         56         64         89      1,009        995        987        962 
Percent                         1.7        1.1        0.8        0.7        0.7        0.6        0.7        1.8        1.8        1.9        1.9 
Aggregate                   -4172.4     -111.3     -159.8     -202.7     -283.9     -346.0     -414.3    -3969.7    -3888.4    -3826.3    -3758.1 
Mean                         -3,970     -3,949     -4,546     -4,834     -5,092     -5,380     -4,631     -3,934     -3,907     -3,878     -3,908 
  Standard Error                121      1,273      1,105        970        710        659        508        120        121        121        123 
                                                                                                                                                  
Social Security                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)             72727.4      484.1     2344.3     5007.7     8074.6    11763.1    15335.8    67719.7    64652.8    60964.3    57391.6 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          1.6        5.7        9.1        9.3        8.4        7.8        7.0        1.6        1.5        1.4        1.4 
Mean                          1,160        188        552        811        956      1,084      1,153      1,198      1,192      1,176      1,162 
  Standard Error                 17         22         33         36         32         32         31         18         19         19         19 
Recipient                                                                                                                                         
Families                                                                                                                                          
Number                        6,571        113        402        717      1,036      1,363      1,687      5,853      5,535      5,208      4,884 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       10.5        4.4        9.5       11.6       12.3       12.6       12.7       10.4       10.2       10.0        9.9 
Mean Amount                  11,068      4,279      5,830      6,980      7,795      8,631      9,090     11,569     11,681     11,706     11,752 
  Standard Error                 87        260        160        142        126        124        121         94         98        103        108 
                                                                                                                                                  
Pension, Survivor and                                                                                                                             
Disability Income                                                                                                                                 
Aggregate (MIL)             89491.2      162.7      334.4      737.9     1570.7     2184.7     3498.0    88753.3    87920.5    87306.4    85993.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          2.0        1.9        1.3        1.4        1.6        1.4        1.6        2.0        2.0        2.1        2.1 
Mean                          1,427         63         79        119        186        201        263      1,570      1,620      1,684      1,741 
  Standard Error                 29         13         12         13         15         14         15         32         33         35         37 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        5,075         43         83        158        269        362        540      4,917      4,807      4,713      4,535 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        8.1        1.7        2.0        2.6        3.2        3.3        4.1        8.7        8.9        9.1        9.2 
Mean Amount                  17,634      3,784      4,029      4,665      5,849      6,030      6,477     18,051     18,292     18,526     18,962 
  Standard Error                264        491        385        305        290        263        225        270        275        279        288 
 
 
 
 
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)             18874.4     2127.6     4606.0     6501.7     8796.8    10450.3    11667.5    12372.7    10077.6     8424.2     7206.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.4       25.2       17.8       12.1        9.1        6.9        5.4        0.3        0.2        0.2        0.2 
Mean                            301        828      1,085      1,052      1,042        963        877        219        186        162        146 
  Standard Error                  7         42         42         36         30         26         23          7          6          6          6 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        3,471        624      1,086      1,453      1,791      2,060      2,273      2,018      1,680      1,411      1,198 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        5.5       24.3       25.6       23.5       21.2       19.0       17.1        3.6        3.1        2.7        2.4 
Mean Amount                   5,438      3,411      4,242      4,476      4,912      5,074      5,134      6,130      5,999      5,969      6,014 
  Standard Error                 83        114        108        100         95         92         90        125        138        154        169 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002

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