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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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Unrelated individuals                                                                                                                             
aged 65 and over                                                                                                                                  
Total                        11,250        399        924      2,222      3,601      4,998      5,965      9,028      7,649      6,252      5,285 
Total Income                                                                                                                                      
Aggregate (MIL)            228251.4      716.9     3600.0    13245.3    26477.2    42827.3    56079.6   215006.1   201774.2   185424.1   172171.8 
Mean                         20,289      1,799      3,898      5,962      7,354      8,569      9,401     23,815     26,378     29,660     32,578 
  Standard Error                217         96         81         54         44         43         44        257        293        345        394 
With Zero Income                117        117        117        117        117        117        117          0          0          0          0 
With Negative                                                                                                                                     
Income                            7          7          7          7          7          7          7          0          0          0          0 
                                                                                                                                                  
Wages and Salaries                                                                                                                                
Aggregate (MIL)             27884.8        7.5       34.3      104.5      259.8      427.0      784.0    27780.3    27625.0    27457.8    27100.8 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         12.2        1.0        1.0        0.8        1.0        1.0        1.4       12.9       13.7       14.8       15.7 
Mean                          2,479         19         37         47         72         85        131      3,077      3,611      4,392      5,128 
  Standard Error                109          8         15         11         11         11         12        135        158        192        226 
Recipient Unrel. Indiv.                                                                                                                           
Number                        1,405          9         17         44         85        140        222      1,361      1,320      1,265      1,183 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Unrel. Indiv.                  12.5        2.4        1.9        2.0        2.4        2.8        3.7       15.1       17.3       20.2       22.4 
Mean Amount                  19,851        792      1,974      2,376      3,053      3,048      3,531     20,415     20,934     21,712     22,915 
  Standard Error                708        194        591        405        340        272        224        726        743        768        808 
                                                                                                                                                  
Nonfarm Self-Employment                                                                                                                           
Aggregate (MIL)              5012.7      -30.7      -31.5      -22.5      -29.9      -17.5       -9.5     5035.1     5042.6     5030.2     5022.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          2.2       -4.3       -0.9       -0.2       -0.1       -0.0       -0.0        2.3        2.5        2.7        2.9 
Mean                            446        -77        -34        -10         -8         -4         -2        558        659        805        950 
  Standard Error                 89         42         19          8          8          6          5        110        130        159        188 
 
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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          170          0          3         12         17         23         25        158        153        147        145 
Percent                         1.5        0.0        0.4        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.4        1.8        2.0        2.4        2.7 
Aggregate                    5091.4        0.0        2.2       11.3       32.0       44.5       52.5     5080.2     5059.4     5046.9     5038.9 
Mean                         29,889          .        669        938      1,891      1,903      2,083     32,085     32,980     34,343     34,714 
  Standard Error              5,369          .        439        334        719        537        598      5,737      5,906      6,140      6,209 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           20          4          6          6         11         12         12         14          9          8          8 
Percent                         0.2        1.1        0.7        0.3        0.3        0.2        0.2        0.1        0.1        0.1        0.1 
Aggregate                     -78.7      -30.7      -33.7      -33.7      -62.0      -62.0      -62.0      -45.0      -16.8      -16.7      -16.7 
Mean                         -3,954     -7,259     -5,284     -5,284     -5,593     -5,347     -5,015     -3,326     -1,899     -2,012     -2,215 
  Standard Error                783          0      1,494      1,494      1,133      1,135      1,129        901        438        436        410 
                                                                                                                                                  
Farm Self-Employment                                                                                                                              
Aggregate (MIL)                59.6      -45.6      -45.6      -45.6      -49.7      -55.1      -42.3      105.2      109.2      114.7      101.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          0.0       -6.4       -1.3       -0.3       -0.2       -0.1       -0.1        0.0        0.1        0.1        0.1 
Mean                              5       -114        -49        -21        -14        -11         -7         12         14         18         19 
  Standard Error                  6         81         35         15          8          6          5          7          8         10         11 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           18          0          0          0          0          0          5         18         18         18         13 
Percent                         0.2        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.1        0.2        0.2        0.3        0.2 
Aggregate                     116.1        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.0        0.0       12.8      116.1      116.1      116.1      103.3 
Mean                          6,312          .          .          1          1          1      2,413      6,407      6,407      6,407      7,890 
  Standard Error              2,582          .          .          0          0          0        907      2,608      2,608      2,608      3,420 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           14          5          5          5          9         13         13          9          5          1          1 
Percent                         0.1        1.2        0.5        0.2        0.2        0.3        0.2        0.1        0.1        0.0        0.0 
Aggregate                     -56.5      -45.6      -45.6      -45.6      -49.7      -55.1      -55.1      -10.9       -6.9       -1.4       -1.4 
Mean                         -4,071     -9,310     -9,310     -9,310     -5,549     -4,256     -4,256     -1,215     -1,391     -1,500     -1,500 
 
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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  Standard Error              1,585      1,199      1,199      1,199      2,051      1,676      1,676        683      1,233          0          0 
                                                                                                                                                  
Interest and Dividends                                                                                                                            
Aggregate (MIL)             32465.1       91.1      322.6      487.7      922.1     1732.7     2563.9    31977.4    31543.0    30732.4    29901.2 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         14.2       12.7        9.0        3.7        3.5        4.0        4.6       14.9       15.6       16.6       17.4 
Mean                          2,886        229        349        220        256        347        430      3,542      4,124      4,916      5,658 
  Standard Error                 91         40         43         20         16         16         16        112        131        158        185 
Recipient Unrel. Indiv.                                                                                                                           
Number                        6,179        107        259        524        983      1,638      2,269      5,655      5,196      4,541      3,910 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Unrel. Indiv.                  54.9       26.8       28.1       23.6       27.3       32.8       38.0       62.6       67.9       72.6       74.0 
Mean Amount                   5,254        852      1,244        931        938      1,058      1,130      5,655      6,071      6,767      7,648 
  Standard Error                159        129        133         76         51         44         37        173        187        211        242 
                                                                                                                                                  
Rental Income                                                                                                                                     
Aggregate (MIL)              5885.7      -31.4      -80.3      -44.8        5.3       72.1      162.2     5930.5     5880.4     5813.6     5723.5 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          2.6       -4.4       -2.2       -0.3        0.0        0.2        0.3        2.8        2.9        3.1        3.3 
Mean                            523        -79        -87        -20          1         14         27        657        769        930      1,083 
  Standard Error                 43         42         32         14          9          7          7         53         63         77         90 
Received Positive Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                          803         15         19         53         97        152        210        750        706        651        594 
Percent                         7.1        3.8        2.1        2.4        2.7        3.0        3.5        8.3        9.2       10.4       11.2 
Aggregate                    6091.7        2.7        6.4       44.0       97.0      168.0      270.8     6047.7     5994.7     5923.7     5820.9 
Mean                          7,585        178        336        830      1,000      1,103      1,293      8,063      8,490      9,103      9,807 
  Standard Error                538        129        132        172        129        111        108        571        603        648        703 
Received Negative Amount                                                                                                                          
Number                           79         11         18         21         22         27         34         59         58         52         45 
Percent                         0.7        2.8        1.9        0.9        0.6        0.5        0.6        0.6        0.8        0.8        0.9 
 
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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Aggregate                    -206.0      -34.1      -86.7      -88.9      -91.8      -95.9     -108.6     -117.1     -114.2     -110.1      -97.4 
Mean                         -2,592     -3,102     -4,932     -4,270     -4,215     -3,554     -3,164     -1,997     -1,980     -2,098     -2,158 
  Standard Error                402      1,118      1,031        949        852        740        627        420        422        460        513 
                                                                                                                                                  
Social Security                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)            105438.9      613.2     2971.3    11082.6    22546.9    36493.5    46390.1    94356.4    82892.0    68945.5    59048.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         46.2       85.5       82.5       83.7       85.2       85.2       82.7       43.9       41.1       37.2       34.3 
Mean                          9,372      1,538      3,217      4,988      6,262      7,301      7,777     10,451     10,836     11,028     11,173 
  Standard Error                 51        101         86         64         52         49         48         56         64         76         87 
Recipient                                                                                                                                         
Unrel. Indiv.                                                                                                                                     
Number                       10,397        212        683      1,891      3,203      4,559      5,490      8,506      7,194      5,838      4,907 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Unrel. Indiv.                  92.4       53.2       73.9       85.1       89.0       91.2       92.0       94.2       94.0       93.4       92.9 
Mean Amount                  10,141      2,889      4,353      5,860      7,039      8,005      8,450     11,093     11,522     11,809     12,033 
  Standard Error                 47        113         68         48         41         40         40         51         58         70         81 
                                                                                                                                                  
Pension, Survivor and                                                                                                                             
Disability Income                                                                                                                                 
Aggregate (MIL)             44726.1       31.1      117.7      329.4      888.7     1820.7     3610.2    44396.7    43837.3    42905.3    41115.9 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                         19.6        4.3        3.3        2.5        3.4        4.3        6.4       20.6       21.7       23.1       23.9 
Mean                          3,976         78        127        148        247        364        605      4,918      5,731      6,863      7,780 
  Standard Error                 89         26         24         19         19         20         24        108        125        149        172 
Recipient Unrel. Indiv.                                                                                                                           
Number                        4,329         14         51        140        337        656      1,089      4,189      3,992      3,673      3,240 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Unrel. Indiv.                  38.5        3.5        5.6        6.3        9.4       13.1       18.2       46.4       52.2       58.7       61.3 
Mean Amount                  10,333      2,233      2,295      2,353      2,636      2,776      3,316     10,599     10,983     11,682     12,690 
 
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 
                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  Standard Error                194        339        255        215        142        110         93        199        206        220        243 
                                                                                                                                                  
Means Tested                                                                                                                                      
Cash Assistance                                                                                                                                   
Aggregate (MIL)              2301.8       67.6      240.0     1152.9     1540.8     1845.5     1976.5     1148.9      761.0      456.3      325.3 
Percent of Total                                                                                                                                  
Income                          1.0        9.4        6.7        8.7        5.8        4.3        3.5        0.5        0.4        0.2        0.2 
Mean                            205        170        260        519        428        369        331        127         99         73         62 
  Standard Error                 11         41         35         34         24         20         18         11         11         11         11 
Recipient Unrel. Indiv.                                                                                                                           
Number                          829         33        109        468        599        685        711        361        230        144        118 
Percent of All                                                                                                                                    
Unrel. Indiv.                   7.4        8.3       11.8       21.1       16.6       13.7       11.9        4.0        3.0        2.3        2.2 
Mean Amount                   2,777      2,033      2,196      2,462      2,571      2,695      2,780      3,186      3,312      3,164      2,753 
  Standard Error                109        311        195        118        109        107        109        207        271        370        397 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002

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