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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2002
All families /10
[Numbers of families and people in thousands, aggregate income in millions of dollars, mean (average) income and their standard errors in dollars. For definitions of income
types, see "CPS Definitions and Explanation" at www.census.gov/population/www/cps/cpsdef.html]
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Below poverty level /5 Above poverty level /5
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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
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All families /10
Total, families.......................... 75,616 2,888 4,784 7,229 9,998 13,148 16,407 68,387 65,618 62,468 59,209
People in families....................... 236,921 9,492 16,187 24,534 33,961 44,404 54,925 212,387 202,960 192,517 181,997
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 9,612 29,722 64,762 115,441 184,028 266,353 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 66,970 3,328 6,212 8,959 11,546 13,997 16,234 73,102 75,415 78,120 81,029
Standard error /19..................... 276 79 83 82 76 76 75 295 304 316 329
With zero income......................... 517 517 517 517 517 517 517 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 4,860 16,127 37,908 70,824 116,343 170,820 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income.................. 79.5 50.6 54.3 58.5 61.4 63.2 64.1 79.8 79.9 80.1 80.4
Mean..................................... 53,249 1,683 3,371 5,244 7,084 8,849 10,411 58,324 60,284 62,594 65,120
Standard error /19..................... 266 63 78 86 83 85 86 287 296 308 321
Recipient families number................ 63,110 1,188 2,405 4,120 6,127 8,464 10,846 58,990 56,982 54,646 52,264
Percent of all families.................. 83.5 41.2 50.3 57.0 61.3 64.4 66.1 86.3 86.8 87.5 88.3
Mean amount.............................. 63,802 4,089 6,705 9,201 11,558 13,746 15,749 67,615 69,419 71,554 73,774
Standard error /19..................... 300 116 113 108 98 95 94 315 323 334 346
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 247,808 -260 537 1,940 4,134 7,628 11,273 245,868 243,674 240,180 236,535
Percent of total income.................. 4.9 -2.7 1.8 3.0 3.6 4.1 4.2 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9
Mean..................................... 3,277 -90 112 268 413 580 687 3,595 3,714 3,845 3,995
Standard error /19..................... 71 47 39 34 31 32 32 79 82 86 90
Received positive amount number.......... 7,994 194 333 512 736 989 1,223 7,482 7,258 7,005 6,771
Percent.................................. 10.6 6.7 7.0 7.1 7.4 7.5 7.5 10.9 11.1 11.2 11.4
Aggregate................................ 251,550 605 1,594 3,118 5,503 9,203 12,933 248,432 246,047 242,347 238,618
Mean..................................... 31,468 3,127 4,781 6,094 7,482 9,304 10,574 33,203 33,898 34,597 35,242
Standard error /19..................... 581 295 304 277 259 280 276 615 632 653 674
Received negative amount number.......... 696 100 131 157 183 213 233 539 513 483 463
Percent.................................. 0.9 3.5 2.7 2.2 1.8 1.6 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Aggregate................................ -3,742 -865 -1,056 -1,178 -1,370 -1,575 -1,659 -2,564 -2,373 -2,167 -2,083
Mean..................................... -5,378 -8,646 -8,052 -7,506 -7,499 -7,401 -7,136 -4,758 -4,623 -4,487 -4,496
Standard error /19..................... 184 608 512 467 384 345 331 193 197 203 208
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 17,172 -292 -310 -347 -172 5 207 17,518 17,344 17,167 16,965
Percent of total income.................. 0.3 -3.0 -1.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mean..................................... 227 -101 -65 -48 -17 0 13 256 264 275 287
Standard error /19..................... 34 36 29 21 17 15 14 37 39 41 43
Received positive amount number.......... 1,342 30 57 71 103 138 176 1,271 1,239 1,204 1,166
Percent.................................. 1.8 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0
Aggregate................................ 18,675 26 135 209 415 638 927 18,466 18,260 18,036 17,748
Mean..................................... 13,917 874 2,385 2,960 4,019 4,632 5,271 14,525 14,741 14,979 15,220
Standard error /19..................... 1,822 680 1,050 991 998 935 858 1,920 1,968 2,023 2,087
Received negative amount number.......... 268 33 42 61 64 74 83 207 203 194 185
Percent.................................. 0.4 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Aggregate................................ -1,503 -318 -445 -556 -587 -633 -720 -947 -916 -869 -783
Mean..................................... -5,611 -9,562 -10,643 -9,177 -9,118 -8,596 -8,698 -4,570 -4,503 -4,479 -4,231
Standard error /19..................... 439 1,693 1,538 1,209 1,092 1,063 952 412 406 395 395
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 145,373 326 608 874 1,200 1,689 2,615 144,498 144,173 143,683 142,758
Percent of total income.................. 2.9 3.4 2.0 1.4 1.0 0.9 1.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003. Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2002
All families /10
[Numbers of families and people in thousands, aggregate income in millions of dollars, mean (average) income and their standard errors in dollars. For definitions of income
types, see "CPS Definitions and Explanation" at www.census.gov/population/www/cps/cpsdef.html]
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Below poverty level /5 Above poverty level /5
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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
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Mean..................................... 1,923 113 127 121 120 128 159 2,113 2,197 2,300 2,411
Standard error /19..................... 35 12 11 9 7 6 7 38 40 42 44
Recipient families number................ 43,763 447 805 1,267 1,887 2,704 3,766 42,496 41,876 41,059 39,997
Percent of all families.................. 57.9 15.5 16.8 17.5 18.9 20.6 23.0 62.1 63.8 65.7 67.6
Mean..................................... 3,322 728 755 690 636 625 694 3,400 3,443 3,499 3,569
Standard error /19..................... 59 66 60 45 34 29 28 61 62 63 64
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 36,433 -257 -211 -186 -62 -83 54 36,619 36,494 36,516 36,379
Percent of total income.................. 0.7 -2.7 -0.7 -0.3 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8
Mean..................................... 482 -89 -44 -26 -6 -6 3 535 556 585 614
Standard error /19..................... 19 22 15 11 9 8 7 21 22 23 24
Received positive amount number.......... 4,550 42 75 103 172 228 309 4,447 4,378 4,322 4,241
Percent.................................. 6.0 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.9 6.5 6.7 6.9 7.2
Aggregate................................ 41,659 44 143 220 478 587 782 41,439 41,181 41,072 40,877
Mean..................................... 9,156 1,041 1,895 2,132 2,786 2,576 2,531 9,319 9,406 9,503 9,639
Standard error /19..................... 281 259 268 317 272 224 185 287 291 294 300
Received negative amount number.......... 1,397 48 70 83 114 145 168 1,313 1,282 1,251 1,229
Percent.................................. 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1
Aggregate................................ -5,226 -301 -354 -406 -540 -671 -728 -4,820 -4,686 -4,556 -4,498
Mean..................................... -3,742 -6,338 -5,074 -4,872 -4,721 -4,619 -4,348 -3,671 -3,655 -3,641 -3,660
Standard error /19..................... 104 851 687 608 432 369 337 105 106 108 109
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 254,361 1,185 4,131 9,696 17,810 28,869 43,973 244,664 236,550 225,492 210,388
Percent of total income.................. 5.0 12.3 13.9 15.0 15.4 15.7 16.5 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.4
Mean..................................... 3,364 410 863 1,341 1,781 2,196 2,680 3,578 3,605 3,610 3,553
Standard error /19..................... 27 33 40 42 40 41 42 29 30 31 32
Recipient families number................ 17,327 238 642 1,270 2,047 2,952 4,030 16,057 15,280 14,375 13,297
Percent of all families.................. 22.9 8.2 13.4 17.6 20.5 22.5 24.6 23.5 23.3 23.0 22.5
Mean amount.............................. 14,680 4,986 6,430 7,635 8,699 9,778 10,912 15,237 15,481 15,687 15,822
Standard error /19..................... 61 200 133 103 87 82 80 63 66 69 73
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 201,872 228 545 1,149 2,349 3,853 5,915 200,723 199,524 198,019 195,957
Percent of total income.................. 4.0 2.4 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.2 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1
Mean..................................... 2,670 79 114 159 235 293 361 2,935 3,041 3,170 3,310
Standard error /19..................... 37 13 13 14 14 15 15 40 42 44 46
Recipient families number................ 11,251 77 145 253 460 724 1,060 10,998 10,791 10,526 10,191
Percent of all families.................. 14.9 2.7 3.0 3.5 4.6 5.5 6.5 16.1 16.4 16.9 17.2
Mean amount.............................. 17,943 2,941 3,744 4,542 5,107 5,320 5,581 18,251 18,490 18,812 19,229
Standard error /19..................... 187 314 282 246 201 179 157 190 193 196 201
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 23,186 2,164 4,618 7,275 9,513 11,798 13,413 15,911 13,673 11,388 9,773
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 22.5 15.5 11.2 8.2 6.4 5.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Mean..................................... 307 749 965 1,006 951 897 817 233 208 182 165
Standard error /19..................... 7 40 38 34 27 24 21 6 6 6 6
Recipient families number................ 4,164 642 1,141 1,624 1,987 2,331 2,582 2,540 2,177 1,833 1,582
Percent of all families.................. 5.5 22.2 23.8 22.5 19.9 17.7 15.7 3.7 3.3 2.9 2.7
Mean amount.............................. 5,568 3,371 4,049 4,480 4,787 5,062 5,194 6,263 6,281 6,211 6,178
Standard error /19..................... 81 123 108 103 93 92 91 116 127 140 151
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003. Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Poverty Footnotes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
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