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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                                                                                                                                  
aged 65 and over                                                                                                                                  
Total                        11,641        184        327        635      1,081      1,691      2,420     11,006     10,559      9,949      9,220 
Persons in                                                                                                                                        
Families                     27,398        485        875      1,700      2,802      4,263      5,966     25,698     24,596     23,135     21,432 
Total Income                                                                                                                                      
Aggregate (MIL)            562450.6      456.3     1650.1     5095.3    11191.7    21150.0    34997.5   557355.3   551258.9   541300.6   527453.1 
Mean                         48,318      2,483      5,045      8,025     10,352     12,506     14,461     50,643     52,205     54,405     57,205 
  Standard Error                560        254        251        216        165        141        128        584        603        633        674 
With Zero Income                 58         58         58         58         58         58         58          0          0          0          0 
With Negative                                                                                                                                     
Income                            4          4          4          4          4          4          4          0          0          0          0 
                                                                                                                                                  
Wages and Salaries                                                                                                                                
Aggregate (MIL)            167415.4      130.2      357.7      876.9     1517.0     2487.7     4180.3   166538.5   165898.4   164927.7   163235.1 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         29.8       28.5       21.7       17.2       13.6       11.8       11.9       29.9       30.1       30.5       30.9 
Mean                         14,382        708      1,094      1,381      1,403      1,471      1,727     15,132     15,711     16,577     17,704 
  Standard Error                361        176        167        156        118        102        102        380        395        418        448 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        4,663         30         68        137        200        310        448      4,526      4,463      4,353      4,214 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       40.1       16.2       20.9       21.5       18.5       18.3       18.5       41.1       42.3       43.7       45.7 
Mean Amount                  35,905      4,368      5,244      6,412      7,590      8,023      9,324     36,796     37,173     37,891     38,733 
  Standard Error                798        713        498        480        398        363        367        818        828        846        870 
                                                                                                                                                  
Nonfarm Self-Employment                                                                                                                           
Aggregate (MIL)             19135.5       -0.7        2.0       35.9       69.2      125.1      176.0    19099.6    19066.3    19010.4    18959.5 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          3.4       -0.2        0.1        0.7        0.6        0.6        0.5        3.4        3.5        3.5        3.6 
Mean                          1,644         -4          6         57         64         74         73      1,735      1,806      1,911      2,056 
  Standard Error                286         85         48         41         26         21         18        302        315        334        361 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          685          5         11         16         35         51         63        669        650        634        622 
Percent                         5.9        2.8        3.2        2.6        3.3        3.0        2.6        6.1        6.2        6.4        6.7 
Aggregate                   19320.7       13.5       16.2       50.1       83.4      139.6      192.6    19270.7    19237.3    19181.2    19128.1 
Mean                         28,193      2,619      1,539      3,060      2,370      2,733      3,036     28,807     29,590     30,242     30,760 
  Standard Error              4,734        922        590      1,059        579        524        504      4,847      4,984      5,105      5,205 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           43          1          1          2          2          2          3         41         41         40         40 
Percent                         0.4        0.8        0.4        0.4        0.2        0.1        0.1        0.4        0.4        0.4        0.4 
Aggregate                    -185.2      -14.2      -14.2      -14.2      -14.2      -14.5      -16.6     -171.1     -171.1     -170.8     -168.6 
Mean                         -4,314     -9,999     -9,999     -6,350     -6,350     -5,808     -6,139     -4,202     -4,202     -4,222     -4,191 
  Standard Error                752          .          .      3,589      3,302      3,128      2,966        768        768        772        773 
                                                                                                                                                  
Farm Self-Employment                                                                                                                              
Aggregate (MIL)              2553.2      -42.4      -36.6      -49.9      -52.9      -62.3      -94.7     2603.1     2606.1     2615.4     2647.8 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.5       -9.3       -2.2       -1.0       -0.5       -0.3       -0.3        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.5 
Mean                            219       -231       -112        -79        -49        -37        -39        237        247        263        287 
  Standard Error                 45        166        105         61         33         22         18         47         49         52         56 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          193          0          1          1          4          4          4        192        189        189        189 
Percent                         1.7        0.0        0.2        0.1        0.4        0.3        0.2        1.7        1.8        1.9        2.0 
Aggregate                    2764.1        0.0        7.8        7.8        7.8        7.8        7.8     2756.3     2756.3     2756.3     2756.3 
Mean                         14,322          .     12,000     12,000      1,927      1,782      1,782     14,330     14,587     14,613     14,613 
  Standard Error              2,250          .          0          0      3,102      2,889      2,889      2,258      2,290      2,293      2,293 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           38          5          5          7          9         10         15         31         29         28         23 
Percent                         0.3        2.6        1.6        1.1        0.8        0.6        0.6        0.3        0.3        0.3        0.3 
Aggregate                    -210.9      -42.4      -44.4      -57.7      -60.7      -70.1     -102.5     -153.2     -150.2     -140.9     -108.5 
Mean                         -5,542     -8,869     -8,571     -8,615     -6,980     -6,712     -6,877     -4,886     -5,116     -5,100     -4,683 
  Standard Error                869      1,582      1,618      1,393      1,745      1,634      1,304        939        974      1,001      1,083 
 
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)             73404.6       39.5       58.4      144.3      234.0      407.6      921.4    73260.3    73170.7    72997.0    72483.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         13.1        8.7        3.5        2.8        2.1        1.9        2.6       13.1       13.3       13.5       13.7 
Mean                          6,306        215        179        227        216        241        381      6,657      6,929      7,337      7,861 
  Standard Error                190         55         39         41         29         23         27        200        208        220        237 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        7,570         52         74        141        253        450        792      7,429      7,317      7,120      6,778 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       65.0       28.3       22.6       22.2       23.4       26.6       32.7       67.5       69.3       71.6       73.5 
Mean Amount                   9,696        759        789      1,022        924        906      1,163      9,861     10,000     10,252     10,693 
  Standard Error                284        169        150        164        114         79         75        289        293        300        314 
                                                                                                                                                  
Rental Income                                                                                                                                     
Aggregate (MIL)              9465.4      -28.7      -20.2      -36.0      -33.8      -24.6       21.2     9501.4     9499.2     9490.0     9444.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          1.7       -6.3       -1.2       -0.7       -0.3       -0.1        0.1        1.7        1.7        1.8        1.8 
Mean                            813       -156        -62        -57        -31        -15          9        863        900        954      1,024 
  Standard Error                 61        100         64         37         26         20         15         64         67         71         77 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                        1,010          1          4         16         21         34         62        994        989        976        947 
Percent                         8.7        0.5        1.2        2.5        2.0        2.0        2.6        9.0        9.4        9.8       10.3 
Aggregate                   10112.3        0.9       12.2       17.0       38.6       66.2      122.1    10095.3    10073.7    10046.1     9990.1 
Mean                         10,015        900      2,989      1,083      1,826      1,948      1,962     10,156     10,190     10,296     10,545 
  Standard Error                627          0      1,669        597        651        500        339        635        639        646        664 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          237          4          5         12         17         21         28        225        220        215        208 
Percent                         2.0        2.0        1.5        1.9        1.5        1.3        1.2        2.0        2.1        2.2        2.3 
Aggregate                    -646.9      -29.6      -32.4      -53.0      -72.4      -90.8     -101.0     -593.9     -574.5     -556.1     -545.9 
Mean                         -2,733     -8,210     -6,456     -4,483     -4,368     -4,225     -3,543     -2,641     -2,609     -2,584     -2,622 
  Standard Error                189      1,719      1,859      1,049        905        765        635        190        189        190        195 
                                                                                                                                                  
Social Security                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)            177056.6      222.6      910.2     3239.0     7760.5    15447.3    25675.9   173817.6   169296.1   161609.3   151380.7 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         31.5       48.8       55.2       63.6       69.3       73.0       73.4       31.2       30.7       29.9       28.7 
Mean                         15,210      1,211      2,783      5,101      7,178      9,134     10,609     15,794     16,033     16,243     16,418 
  Standard Error                 82        206        220        207        159        137        121         83         85         89         94 
Recipient                                                                                                                                         
Families                                                                                                                                          
Number                       10,730         47        147        403        815      1,393      2,078     10,327      9,915      9,338      8,653 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       92.2       25.8       45.1       63.5       75.4       82.3       85.9       93.8       93.9       93.9       93.8 
Mean Amount                  16,500      4,693      6,171      8,036      9,518     11,092     12,358     16,831     17,075     17,307     17,495 
  Standard Error                 76        460        247        182        124        107         95         77         79         83         88 
                                                                                                                                                  
Pension, Survivor and                                                                                                                             
Disability Income                                                                                                                                 
Aggregate (MIL)            100540.9       39.4      119.3      229.6      542.2     1113.8     1944.7   100311.2    99998.6    99427.1    98596.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         17.9        8.6        7.2        4.5        4.8        5.3        5.6       18.0       18.1       18.4       18.7 
Mean                          8,637        215        365        362        502        659        804      9,115      9,470      9,993     10,693 
  Standard Error                159         74         84         60         56         54         52        167        173        182        195 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                        5,823         15         31         65        137        248        414      5,759      5,686      5,575      5,409 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                       50.0        8.1        9.6       10.2       12.7       14.7       17.1       52.3       53.8       56.0       58.7 
Mean Amount                  17,265      2,662      3,790      3,559      3,944      4,490      4,697     17,418     17,587     17,833     18,227 
  Standard Error                273        547        501        364        299        254        214        275        278        282        289 
 
 
 
 
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)              3577.1       55.8      209.4      545.5      900.8     1321.0     1731.5     3031.6     2676.2     2256.1     1845.6 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.6       12.2       12.7       10.7        8.0        6.2        4.9        0.5        0.5        0.4        0.3 
Mean                            307        303        640        859        833        781        715        275        253        227        200 
  Standard Error                 16        113        114        105         77         64         52         15         15         14         14 
Recipient Families                                                                                                                                
Number                          674         13         53        124        196        254        320        550        478        420        354 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Families                        5.8        7.3       16.1       19.5       18.1       15.0       13.2        5.0        4.5        4.2        3.8 
Mean Amount                   5,306      4,149      3,968      4,406      4,591      5,200      5,418      5,509      5,600      5,371      5,206 
  Standard Error                174        948        433        365        297        293        270        199        212        217        225 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002

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