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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2002
Married couple familes with related children under 18 /13
[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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Married couple familes with
related children under 18 /13
Total, families.......................... 27,052 535 1,081 1,831 2,770 3,892 5,025 25,221 24,282 23,160 22,028
People in families....................... 113,970 2,381 4,978 8,528 12,898 17,983 22,940 105,441 101,071 95,987 91,030
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 2,419 9,788 23,496 45,214 76,138 112,063 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 80,897 4,521 9,052 12,832 16,321 19,561 22,303 85,839 88,264 91,206 94,263
Standard error /19..................... 508 249 212 185 160 151 145 531 546 564 586
With zero income......................... 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 1,803 6,905 17,477 34,611 59,886 89,918 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income.................. 88.1 74.5 70.5 74.4 76.6 78.7 80.2 88.3 88.4 88.5 88.6
Mean..................................... 71,311 3,370 6,386 9,545 12,494 15,385 17,896 75,795 78,021 80,710 83,495
Standard error /19..................... 481 238 218 207 183 173 167 503 517 535 556
Recipient families number................ 25,898 292 728 1,383 2,229 3,271 4,346 24,515 23,669 22,627 21,552
Percent of all families.................. 95.7 54.7 67.4 75.5 80.5 84.0 86.5 97.2 97.5 97.7 97.8
Mean amount.............................. 74,489 6,166 9,479 12,637 15,530 18,308 20,692 77,979 80,041 82,611 85,337
Standard error /19..................... 493 341 234 201 171 158 152 511 524 541 561
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 121,493 -88 575 1,326 2,725 5,089 7,331 120,166 118,768 116,403 114,161
Percent of total income.................. 5.6 -3.6 5.9 5.6 6.0 6.7 6.5 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.5
Mean..................................... 4,491 -164 532 724 984 1,308 1,459 4,765 4,891 5,026 5,183
Standard error /19..................... 143 186 136 105 90 91 85 153 159 166 174
Received positive amount number.......... 3,672 76 155 245 371 511 642 3,426 3,300 3,161 3,030
Percent.................................. 13.6 14.3 14.4 13.4 13.4 13.1 12.8 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.8
Aggregate................................ 123,306 311 1,028 1,871 3,401 5,867 8,171 121,435 119,906 117,439 115,135
Mean..................................... 33,584 4,085 6,612 7,632 9,158 11,484 12,728 35,441 36,332 37,157 38,003
Standard error /19..................... 912 460 491 444 415 443 430 969 1,002 1,042 1,084
Received negative amount number.......... 319 40 49 67 85 103 114 252 234 216 205
Percent.................................. 1.2 7.5 4.5 3.7 3.1 2.6 2.3 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9
Aggregate................................ -1,814 -399 -453 -545 -676 -778 -840 -1,269 -1,138 -1,036 -973
Mean..................................... -5,686 -9,914 -9,241 -8,099 -7,945 -7,568 -7,353 -5,042 -4,865 -4,791 -4,756
Standard error /19..................... 289 1,164 1,029 845 645 563 526 287 297 312 322
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 8,969 -148 -69 -69 90 233 381 9,038 8,879 8,736 8,588
Percent of total income.................. 0.4 -6.1 -0.7 -0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mean..................................... 332 -277 -64 -37 32 60 76 358 366 377 390
Standard error /19..................... 86 142 95 60 50 44 38 92 95 100 105
Received positive amount number.......... 591 9 22 28 46 62 86 564 545 530 505
Percent.................................. 2.2 1.7 2.1 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.7 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3
Aggregate................................ 9,563 21 127 153 342 526 701 9,411 9,222 9,037 8,862
Mean..................................... 16,175 2,219 5,655 5,546 7,458 8,536 8,140 16,694 16,906 17,064 17,545
Standard error /19..................... 3,811 1,945 2,237 2,064 1,926 1,761 1,476 3,994 4,125 4,247 4,449
Received negative amount number.......... 97 16 19 24 27 31 34 74 70 66 63
Percent.................................. 0.4 3.1 1.7 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Aggregate................................ -594 -169 -196 -221 -252 -293 -320 -373 -342 -301 -274
Mean..................................... -6,122 -10,299 -10,456 -9,388 -9,262 -9,433 -9,359 -5,075 -4,900 -4,561 -4,362
Standard error /19..................... 766 2,235 2,011 1,832 1,629 1,600 1,472 779 759 685 689
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 38,628 79 133 182 313 389 608 38,446 38,315 38,238 38,020
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
Married couple familes with related children under 18 /13
[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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Percent of total income.................. 1.8 3.3 1.4 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8
Mean..................................... 1,428 147 123 99 113 100 121 1,524 1,578 1,651 1,726
Standard error /19..................... 55 30 24 16 15 11 11 59 62 65 68
Recipient families number................ 16,501 105 217 334 551 835 1,191 16,168 15,950 15,666 15,311
Percent of all families.................. 61.0 19.7 20.1 18.2 19.9 21.5 23.7 64.1 65.7 67.6 69.5
Mean..................................... 2,341 749 613 544 567 466 511 2,378 2,402 2,441 2,483
Standard error /19..................... 90 132 112 80 70 49 44 92 93 95 97
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 11,005 3 19 43 55 69 112 10,962 10,950 10,936 10,893
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mean..................................... 407 5 18 23 20 18 22 435 451 472 495
Standard error /19..................... 28 19 25 21 17 13 12 30 32 33 35
Received positive amount number.......... 1,546 11 25 36 54 77 103 1,510 1,492 1,468 1,443
Percent.................................. 5.7 2.1 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.6
Aggregate................................ 12,923 13 53 95 162 203 281 12,828 12,761 12,720 12,642
Mean..................................... 8,360 1,121 2,149 2,635 2,987 2,625 2,740 8,497 8,555 8,662 8,760
Standard error /19..................... 442 675 513 659 506 386 326 451 456 463 471
Received negative amount number.......... 487 4 7 14 26 34 41 473 461 453 446
Percent.................................. 1.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0
Aggregate................................ -1,918 -10 -34 -53 -107 -134 -170 -1,866 -1,811 -1,784 -1,749
Mean..................................... -3,938 -2,209 -5,136 -3,803 -4,171 -3,986 -4,128 -3,942 -3,925 -3,935 -3,921
Standard error /19..................... 177 597 2,314 1,453 814 713 656 178 181 182 183
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 18,365 250 733 1,699 2,715 3,572 4,646 16,666 15,650 14,793 13,719
Percent of total income.................. 0.8 10.4 7.5 7.2 6.0 4.7 4.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Mean..................................... 679 468 678 928 980 918 925 661 645 639 623
Standard error /19..................... 20 89 80 79 64 53 49 21 21 22 22
Recipient families number................ 1,556 44 106 199 293 375 461 1,358 1,263 1,181 1,095
Percent of all families.................. 5.8 8.2 9.8 10.9 10.6 9.6 9.2 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0
Mean amount.............................. 11,799 5,687 6,905 8,547 9,259 9,520 10,072 12,276 12,389 12,524 12,527
Standard error /19..................... 189 574 395 356 294 266 265 208 219 230 240
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 19,440 37 130 278 558 851 1,174 19,161 18,881 18,589 18,265
Percent of total income.................. 0.9 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Mean..................................... 719 69 120 152 202 219 234 760 778 803 829
Standard error /19..................... 33 32 35 30 28 26 24 35 36 38 40
Recipient families number................ 1,199 9 24 50 84 114 159 1,149 1,115 1,085 1,039
Percent of all families.................. 4.4 1.7 2.2 2.7 3.0 2.9 3.2 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7
Mean amount.............................. 16,219 3,965 5,372 5,563 6,671 7,478 7,375 16,684 16,936 17,136 17,574
Standard error /19..................... 569 1,126 973 671 585 556 492 589 604 619 640
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 4,944 261 728 1,146 1,551 2,053 2,360 3,798 3,393 2,892 2,584
Percent of total income.................. 0.2 10.8 7.4 4.9 3.4 2.7 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Mean..................................... 183 488 673 626 560 527 470 151 140 125 117
Standard error /19..................... 9 83 76 58 41 35 29 9 9 9 9
Recipient families number................ 861 70 172 263 346 417 477 598 514 444 384
Percent of all families.................. 3.2 13.0 15.9 14.4 12.5 10.7 9.5 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.7
Mean amount.............................. 5,744 3,755 4,238 4,357 4,476 4,924 4,945 6,354 6,597 6,513 6,737
Standard error /19..................... 201 433 342 291 235 233 218 260 290 317 353
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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