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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2002
Unrelated individuals /4
[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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Unrelated individuals /4
People in families....................... 47,156 4,323 6,593 9,618 12,590 16,023 18,802 37,538 34,566 31,134 28,354
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 4,430 17,945 41,753 71,814 114,316 155,324 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 29,389 1,025 2,722 4,341 5,704 7,135 8,261 35,807 38,016 40,842 43,400
Standard error /19..................... 178 32 39 38 35 36 37 210 224 244 262
With zero income......................... 2,085 2,085 2,085 2,085 2,085 2,085 2,085 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 995,512 2,440 7,035 12,879 22,715 40,236 58,962 982,633 972,797 955,276 936,550
Percent of total income.................. 71.8 55.1 39.2 30.8 31.6 35.2 38.0 73.1 74.0 75.1 76.1
Mean..................................... 21,111 564 1,067 1,339 1,804 2,511 3,136 26,177 28,143 30,683 33,031
Standard error /19..................... 170 22 28 29 30 34 37 204 218 238 256
Recipient families number................ 29,445 1,022 1,939 2,807 3,907 5,496 6,945 26,638 25,538 23,949 22,500
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 62.4 23.6 29.4 29.2 31.0 34.3 36.9 71.0 73.9 76.9 79.4
Mean amount.............................. 33,810 2,388 3,628 4,588 5,814 7,321 8,490 36,889 38,092 39,889 41,625
Standard error /19..................... 242 60 56 57 55 57 58 260 268 282 296
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 52,213 -404 80 367 1,184 1,897 2,988 51,846 51,028 50,316 49,224
Percent of total income.................. 3.8 -9.1 0.4 0.9 1.6 1.7 1.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0
Mean..................................... 1,107 -94 12 38 94 118 159 1,381 1,476 1,616 1,736
Standard error /19..................... 40 21 17 13 12 11 11 50 55 61 66
Received positive amount number.......... 2,293 144 258 319 441 530 632 1,975 1,853 1,763 1,662
Percent.................................. 4.9 3.3 3.9 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.4 5.3 5.4 5.7 5.9
Aggregate................................ 53,168 156 679 990 1,834 2,558 3,658 52,177 51,334 50,609 49,509
Mean..................................... 23,184 1,086 2,637 3,107 4,163 4,824 5,791 26,424 27,706 28,706 29,796
Standard error /19..................... 671 123 169 178 182 192 209 753 792 825 867
Received negative amount number.......... 187 81 88 102 109 113 120 85 78 74 68
Percent.................................. 0.4 1.9 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aggregate................................ -955 -560 -599 -624 -650 -662 -670 -332 -306 -293 -285
Mean..................................... -5,101 -6,876 -6,782 -6,117 -5,958 -5,831 -5,601 -3,887 -3,906 -3,977 -4,216
Standard error /19..................... 346 662 623 583 518 501 486 364 365 384 402
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 2,960 -161 -161 -140 -117 -16 12 3,101 3,078 2,976 2,949
Percent of total income.................. 0.2 -3.6 -0.9 -0.3 -0.2 -0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Mean..................................... 63 -37 -24 -15 -9 -1 1 83 89 96 104
Standard error /19..................... 13 17 11 8 6 6 5 17 18 20 22
Received positive amount number.......... 346 5 9 17 31 46 55 329 315 300 291
Percent.................................. 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0
Aggregate................................ 3,202 3 3 23 46 148 181 3,179 3,156 3,054 3,021
Mean..................................... 9,252 518 293 1,369 1,492 3,230 3,302 9,654 10,017 10,170 10,373
Standard error /19..................... 1,655 463 291 1,070 742 996 955 1,733 1,806 1,891 1,945
Received negative amount number.......... 35 13 13 13 13 16 18 21 21 19 16
Percent.................................. 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aggregate................................ -241 -163 -163 -163 -163 -164 -169 -78 -78 -78 -72
Mean..................................... -6,973 -12,258 -12,258 -12,258 -12,258 -10,494 -9,282 -3,663 -3,663 -4,087 -4,400
Standard error /19..................... 1,404 2,169 2,169 2,169 1,995 2,296 2,197 985 985 1,018 1,132
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 57,738 274 544 928 1,616 2,432 3,509 56,809 56,121 55,306 54,229
Percent of total income.................. 4.2 6.2 3.0 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.3 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4
Mean..................................... 1,224 63 83 97 128 152 187 1,513 1,624 1,776 1,913
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
Unrelated individuals /4
[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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Standard error /19..................... 30 6 7 6 6 6 6 38 41 45 50
Recipient families number................ 20,841 601 1,026 1,623 2,387 3,509 4,598 19,218 18,453 17,331 16,243
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 44.2 13.9 15.6 16.9 19.0 21.9 24.5 51.2 53.4 55.7 57.3
Mean..................................... 2,770 456 530 572 677 693 763 2,956 3,041 3,191 3,339
Standard error /19..................... 67 42 39 32 30 26 24 72 75 80 85
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 18,739 -143 -97 -87 -10 141 253 18,826 18,749 18,598 18,486
Percent of total income.................. 1.4 -3.2 -0.5 -0.2 -0.0 0.1 0.2 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5
Mean..................................... 397 -33 -15 -9 -1 9 13 502 542 597 652
Standard error /19..................... 19 12 8 6 5 4 4 24 26 29 32
Received positive amount number.......... 2,035 49 85 119 169 244 313 1,916 1,866 1,791 1,722
Percent.................................. 4.3 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.7 5.1 5.4 5.8 6.1
Aggregate................................ 19,635 71 132 155 236 391 570 19,480 19,399 19,244 19,066
Mean..................................... 9,650 1,443 1,558 1,310 1,403 1,603 1,821 10,166 10,395 10,746 11,073
Standard error /19..................... 394 203 204 166 156 132 139 415 424 440 456
Received negative amount number.......... 242 33 35 38 45 51 66 204 196 190 176
Percent.................................. 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6
Aggregate................................ -896 -214 -229 -243 -247 -250 -317 -654 -650 -647 -579
Mean..................................... -3,709 -6,485 -6,562 -6,430 -5,453 -4,861 -4,827 -3,206 -3,308 -3,398 -3,292
Standard error /19..................... 244 809 767 714 644 613 557 246 252 257 256
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 129,652 864 4,636 16,656 30,596 48,500 62,749 112,996 99,056 81,153 66,903
Percent of total income.................. 9.4 19.5 25.8 39.9 42.6 42.4 40.4 8.4 7.5 6.4 5.4
Mean..................................... 2,749 200 703 1,732 2,430 3,027 3,337 3,010 2,866 2,607 2,360
Standard error /19..................... 24 16 25 34 33 35 35 29 30 31 32
Recipient families number................ 12,797 279 973 2,706 4,273 5,979 7,235 10,092 8,525 6,818 5,563
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 27.1 6.5 14.8 28.1 33.9 37.3 38.5 26.9 24.7 21.9 19.6
Mean amount.............................. 10,131 3,098 4,763 6,155 7,161 8,112 8,673 11,197 11,620 11,902 12,027
Standard error /19..................... 40 157 70 42 37 37 37 43 49 59 70
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 73,066 132 430 1,180 2,208 3,698 6,029 71,886 70,858 69,368 67,037
Percent of total income.................. 5.3 3.0 2.4 2.8 3.1 3.2 3.9 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.4
Mean..................................... 1,549 31 65 123 175 231 321 1,915 2,050 2,228 2,364
Standard error /19..................... 30 5 8 10 9 10 11 38 41 45 49
Recipient families number................ 6,091 68 138 328 600 1,040 1,574 5,764 5,492 5,051 4,517
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 12.9 1.6 2.1 3.4 4.8 6.5 8.4 15.4 15.9 16.2 15.9
Mean amount.............................. 11,995 1,933 3,126 3,600 3,681 3,556 3,830 12,472 12,903 13,732 14,840
Standard error /19..................... 183 215 228 174 128 102 87 191 199 211 230
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 10,167 512 3,308 6,004 7,411 8,144 8,526 4,163 2,756 2,022 1,641
Percent of total income.................. 0.7 11.6 18.4 14.4 10.3 7.1 5.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1
Mean..................................... 216 118 502 624 589 508 453 111 80 65 58
Standard error /19..................... 6 10 22 21 17 14 12 6 5 5 5
Recipient families number................ 2,929 425 994 1,735 2,059 2,263 2,374 1,194 871 666 556
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 6.2 9.8 15.1 18.0 16.4 14.1 12.6 3.2 2.5 2.1 2.0
Mean amount.............................. 3,471 1,205 3,328 3,459 3,600 3,598 3,592 3,487 3,166 3,036 2,952
Standard error /19..................... 71 78 97 78 71 69 68 140 171 208 239
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
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032003/pov/new27_011_11.htm