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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2002
Families with a female householder, no spouse present 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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Families with a female householder, no spouse
present with related children under 18 /13
Total, families.......................... 9,414 1,506 2,309 3,171 4,013 4,730 5,384 6,243 5,401 4,684 4,030
People in families....................... 29,999 5,099 7,804 10,569 13,291 15,561 17,652 19,430 16,708 14,438 12,347
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... 277,152 5,724 13,961 25,940 40,930 56,269 72,873 251,212 236,222 220,884 204,279
Mean..................................... 29,440 3,802 6,046 8,180 10,200 11,895 13,535 40,240 43,734 47,160 50,689
Standard error /19..................... 331 88 99 107 106 112 120 434 483 539 606
With zero income......................... 222 222 222 222 222 222 222 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 218,421 2,169 6,698 14,530 25,317 36,292 49,060 203,891 193,104 182,129 169,362
Percent of total income.................. 78.8 37.9 48.0 56.0 61.9 64.5 67.3 81.2 81.7 82.5 82.9
Mean..................................... 23,202 1,440 2,901 4,582 6,309 7,672 9,112 32,660 35,751 38,886 42,025
Standard error /19..................... 312 66 92 108 110 115 123 417 466 520 585
Recipient families number................ 7,795 652 1,217 1,913 2,646 3,283 3,893 5,882 5,149 4,512 3,902
Percent of all families.................. 82.8 43.3 52.7 60.3 65.9 69.4 72.3 94.2 95.3 96.3 96.8
Mean amount.............................. 28,022 3,328 5,503 7,596 9,569 11,055 12,603 34,665 37,505 40,367 43,405
Standard error /19..................... 352 107 126 132 124 125 131 429 475 526 591
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 5,767 21 100 362 660 1,123 1,535 5,406 5,107 4,644 4,232
Percent of total income.................. 2.1 0.4 0.7 1.4 1.6 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1
Mean..................................... 613 14 43 114 164 237 285 866 946 991 1,050
Standard error /19..................... 58 28 23 25 24 28 30 87 99 113 129
Received positive amount number.......... 400 46 70 103 143 183 214 297 257 216 186
Percent.................................. 4.2 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.6
Aggregate................................ 5,940 116 201 463 772 1,252 1,670 5,477 5,168 4,687 4,270
Mean..................................... 14,855 2,494 2,883 4,488 5,393 6,828 7,809 18,461 20,131 21,660 22,956
Standard error /19..................... 1,140 474 456 516 464 497 513 1,468 1,664 1,942 2,228
Received negative amount number.......... 33 16 18 20 21 23 26 14 12 11 7
Percent.................................. 0.4 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aggregate................................ -173 -94 -101 -101 -112 -129 -135 -71 -60 -43 -37
Mean..................................... -5,204 -6,085 -5,661 -5,174 -5,423 -5,718 -5,156 -5,246 -4,840 -4,106 -5,383
Standard error /19..................... 872 1,083 1,005 998 903 857 808 1,672 1,765 1,989 2,832
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 210 0 0 2 11 14 51 208 199 196 159
Percent of total income.................. 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mean..................................... 22 0 0 1 3 3 9 33 37 42 40
Standard error /19..................... 9 0 0 1 2 2 5 14 16 18 20
Received positive amount number.......... 63 2 6 9 13 24 29 54 50 39 34
Percent.................................. 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8
Aggregate................................ 210 0 0 2 11 14 51 208 200 196 160
Mean..................................... 3,347 2 2 270 826 590 1,745 3,845 4,000 5,078 4,725
Standard error /19..................... 1,214 0 0 228 517 331 782 1,387 1,495 1,860 2,099
Received negative amount number.......... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4
Percent.................................. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aggregate................................ -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0 -0
Mean..................................... -52 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) -52 -52 -52 -52
Standard error /19..................... 62 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 62 62 62 62
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 2,928 41 62 88 114 184 276 2,840 2,814 2,744 2,652
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
Families with a female householder, no spouse present 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.................. 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3
Mean..................................... 311 27 27 28 28 39 51 455 521 586 658
Standard error /19..................... 28 7 7 6 4 5 6 42 48 56 64
Recipient families number................ 3,014 140 237 385 554 723 901 2,629 2,460 2,291 2,113
Percent of all families.................. 32.0 9.3 10.3 12.1 13.8 15.3 16.7 42.1 45.5 48.9 52.4
Mean..................................... 972 295 261 230 206 254 306 1,080 1,144 1,198 1,255
Standard error /19..................... 86 75 67 44 30 31 35 98 105 112 121
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 1,353 14 29 47 80 76 103 1,306 1,274 1,277 1,250
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
Mean..................................... 144 9 13 15 20 16 19 209 236 273 310
Standard error /19..................... 26 6 6 6 6 6 6 39 45 52 61
Received positive amount number.......... 197 8 16 25 41 49 63 172 156 148 134
Percent.................................. 2.1 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.2 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.3
Aggregate................................ 1,450 15 37 55 95 111 141 1,396 1,355 1,339 1,310
Mean..................................... 7,375 1,820 2,220 2,182 2,335 2,285 2,247 8,135 8,693 9,049 9,772
Standard error /19..................... 1,126 661 583 487 371 360 307 1,279 1,397 1,465 1,603
Received negative amount number.......... 37 1 3 3 4 6 8 33 32 30 28
Percent.................................. 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7
Aggregate................................ -97 -1 -7 -7 -15 -35 -37 -90 -81 -62 -59
Mean..................................... -2,636 -2,400 -2,241 -2,241 -3,505 -5,507 -4,429 -2,676 -2,518 -2,035 -2,101
Standard error /19..................... 535 0 565 565 1,332 1,528 1,336 585 577 494 526
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 11,351 499 1,335 2,289 3,580 4,606 5,610 9,062 7,771 6,745 5,741
Percent of total income.................. 4.1 8.7 9.6 8.8 8.7 8.2 7.7 3.6 3.3 3.1 2.8
Mean..................................... 1,206 331 578 722 892 974 1,042 1,452 1,439 1,440 1,425
Standard error /19..................... 42 40 46 46 45 44 44 59 65 71 78
Recipient families number................ 1,182 97 214 335 471 584 684 848 712 598 498
Percent of all families.................. 12.6 6.5 9.3 10.6 11.7 12.4 12.7 13.6 13.2 12.8 12.4
Mean amount.............................. 9,601 5,134 6,232 6,839 7,609 7,884 8,197 10,691 10,917 11,278 11,530
Standard error /19..................... 197 253 199 179 177 176 170 257 295 335 388
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 3,907 36 89 183 447 691 853 3,725 3,460 3,216 3,055
Percent of total income.................. 1.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Mean..................................... 415 24 39 58 111 146 158 597 641 687 758
Standard error /19..................... 37 9 10 12 16 18 18 56 64 73 84
Recipient families number................ 376 11 26 44 81 120 146 332 295 256 230
Percent of all families.................. 4.0 0.7 1.1 1.4 2.0 2.5 2.7 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.7
Mean amount.............................. 10,394 3,248 3,426 4,189 5,504 5,745 5,850 11,208 11,741 12,580 13,270
Standard error /19..................... 767 542 465 496 517 439 428 855 953 1,081 1,183
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 7,361 1,694 3,045 4,286 5,091 5,745 6,174 3,075 2,270 1,616 1,187
Percent of total income.................. 2.7 29.6 21.8 16.5 12.4 10.2 8.5 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.6
Mean..................................... 782 1,125 1,319 1,351 1,269 1,215 1,147 493 420 345 294
Standard error /19..................... 27 65 61 57 48 44 41 29 29 28 28
Recipient families number................ 1,489 489 748 953 1,087 1,200 1,264 535 402 288 224
Percent of all families.................. 15.8 32.5 32.4 30.1 27.1 25.4 23.5 8.6 7.4 6.2 5.6
Mean amount.............................. 4,945 3,467 4,072 4,495 4,686 4,786 4,883 5,745 5,644 5,603 5,290
Standard error /19..................... 117 139 129 133 124 122 124 238 273 326 347
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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