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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2003 09:10 Friday, July 16, 2004
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.......................... 76,232 3,223 5,184 7,607 10,360 13,429 16,818 68,625 65,872 62,803 59,414
People in families....................... 238,903 10,417 17,356 25,684 35,103 45,465 56,394 213,219 203,800 193,437 182,509
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 10,557 31,685 67,386 118,676 187,635 274,864 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 68,563 3,276 6,112 8,858 11,455 13,972 16,343 75,182 77,546 80,236 83,346
Standard error /19..................... 275 71 78 81 76 77 77 294 303 314 327
With zero income......................... 660 660 660 660 660 660 660 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 4,789 16,435 39,040 72,479 118,130 174,615 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income.................. 78.4 45.4 51.9 57.9 61.1 63.0 63.5 78.7 78.8 79.0 79.3
Mean..................................... 53,771 1,486 3,170 5,132 6,996 8,797 10,382 59,163 61,128 63,388 66,053
Standard error /19..................... 258 53 73 83 81 85 87 279 287 298 311
Recipient families number................ 63,087 1,209 2,452 4,207 6,215 8,449 10,827 58,880 56,872 54,638 52,260
Percent of all families.................. 82.8 37.5 47.3 55.3 60.0 62.9 64.4 85.8 86.3 87.0 88.0
Mean amount.............................. 64,976 3,960 6,702 9,280 11,662 13,982 16,128 68,955 70,802 72,861 75,095
Standard error /19..................... 292 100 109 105 96 97 97 305 313 323 334
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 266,327 -290 526 2,074 4,663 7,543 11,433 264,253 261,664 258,784 254,894
Percent of total income.................. 5.1 -2.8 1.7 3.1 3.9 4.0 4.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1
Mean..................................... 3,494 -90 101 273 450 562 680 3,851 3,972 4,121 4,290
Standard error /19..................... 84 39 33 32 30 30 30 93 97 101 107
Received positive amount number.......... 8,082 157 288 465 719 975 1,238 7,617 7,363 7,107 6,844
Percent.................................. 10.6 4.9 5.5 6.1 6.9 7.3 7.4 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.5
Aggregate................................ 269,575 509 1,460 3,142 5,873 8,887 12,862 266,433 263,702 260,688 256,714
Mean..................................... 33,355 3,234 5,074 6,757 8,167 9,115 10,389 34,979 35,815 36,681 37,510
Standard error /19..................... 702 289 304 300 265 262 266 740 763 789 817
Received negative amount number.......... 634 117 142 167 189 217 239 468 445 417 396
Percent.................................. 0.8 3.6 2.7 2.2 1.8 1.6 1.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Aggregate................................ -3,248 -799 -934 -1,067 -1,210 -1,344 -1,428 -2,181 -2,038 -1,904 -1,820
Mean..................................... -5,119 -6,841 -6,577 -6,398 -6,397 -6,184 -5,985 -4,663 -4,577 -4,565 -4,598
Standard error /19..................... 187 590 511 453 386 354 330 202 205 212 221
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 22,887 -117 -92 -31 96 180 434 22,918 22,791 22,707 22,453
Percent of total income.................. 0.4 -1.1 -0.3 -0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Mean..................................... 300 -36 -18 -4 9 13 26 334 346 362 378
Standard error /19..................... 32 18 15 12 12 12 12 36 37 39 41
Received positive amount number.......... 1,553 18 31 48 80 115 152 1,505 1,473 1,438 1,401
Percent.................................. 2.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.4
Aggregate................................ 24,389 27 92 179 371 623 894 24,210 24,018 23,766 23,494
Mean..................................... 15,706 1,488 2,920 3,761 4,651 5,430 5,898 16,083 16,304 16,526 16,767
Standard error /19..................... 1,484 688 929 931 946 955 938 1,528 1,560 1,596 1,636
Received negative amount number.......... 278 25 30 34 42 64 72 245 236 214 206
Percent.................................. 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Aggregate................................ -1,502 -144 -183 -210 -275 -443 -460 -1,291 -1,227 -1,059 -1,042
Mean..................................... -5,394 -5,721 -6,149 -6,241 -6,510 -6,900 -6,354 -5,277 -5,194 -4,942 -5,056
Standard error /19..................... 385 1,402 1,514 1,361 1,074 819 782 401 408 426 436
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 178,501 368 564 814 1,269 2,017 2,903 177,687 177,232 176,484 175,598
Percent of total income.................. 3.4 3.5 1.8 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2003 09:10 Friday, July 16, 2004
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..................................... 2,342 114 109 107 122 150 173 2,589 2,691 2,810 2,956
Standard error /19..................... 41 11 9 8 7 8 8 45 47 49 52
Recipient families number................ 44,164 510 809 1,248 1,926 2,789 3,864 42,916 42,238 41,375 40,301
Percent of all families.................. 57.9 15.8 15.6 16.4 18.6 20.8 23.0 62.5 64.1 65.9 67.8
Mean..................................... 4,042 720 697 653 659 723 751 4,140 4,196 4,265 4,357
Standard error /19..................... 69 65 55 45 35 36 32 71 72 74 75
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 41,732 -269 -272 -195 -120 -83 30 41,927 41,852 41,815 41,702
Percent of total income.................. 0.8 -2.5 -0.9 -0.3 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Mean..................................... 547 -83 -52 -26 -12 -6 2 611 635 666 702
Standard error /19..................... 20 27 18 13 10 9 8 22 23 24 26
Received positive amount number.......... 4,676 49 80 125 169 251 348 4,551 4,506 4,425 4,327
Percent.................................. 6.1 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.9 2.1 6.6 6.8 7.0 7.3
Aggregate................................ 46,707 97 162 254 402 622 839 46,453 46,304 46,084 45,868
Mean..................................... 9,989 1,961 2,018 2,032 2,376 2,479 2,407 10,207 10,275 10,415 10,599
Standard error /19..................... 292 370 292 247 328 266 209 299 302 307 313
Received negative amount number.......... 1,199 36 46 51 64 97 124 1,148 1,136 1,102 1,076
Percent.................................. 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8
Aggregate................................ -4,975 -366 -434 -449 -522 -705 -809 -4,526 -4,452 -4,269 -4,166
Mean..................................... -4,148 -10,230 -9,504 -8,805 -8,218 -7,271 -6,543 -3,942 -3,921 -3,873 -3,873
Standard error /19..................... 122 1,377 1,143 1,081 825 583 497 115 116 118 120
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 269,427 1,154 4,236 9,104 17,052 28,881 45,961 260,323 252,375 240,546 223,466
Percent of total income.................. 5.2 10.9 13.4 13.5 14.4 15.4 16.7 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.5
Mean..................................... 3,534 358 817 1,197 1,646 2,151 2,733 3,793 3,831 3,830 3,761
Standard error /19..................... 28 32 39 40 39 41 43 30 31 32 33
Recipient families number................ 17,735 220 638 1,166 1,927 2,839 4,019 16,568 15,808 14,896 13,716
Percent of all families.................. 23.3 6.8 12.3 15.3 18.6 21.1 23.9 24.1 24.0 23.7 23.1
Mean amount.............................. 15,192 5,248 6,640 7,806 8,850 10,173 11,436 15,712 15,965 16,149 16,293
Standard error /19..................... 60 282 151 119 92 88 82 61 63 66 70
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 208,958 255 533 1,138 2,107 3,467 6,048 207,820 206,851 205,491 202,909
Percent of total income.................. 4.0 2.4 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 2.2 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1
Mean..................................... 2,741 79 103 150 203 258 360 3,028 3,140 3,272 3,415
Standard error /19..................... 36 13 13 13 13 14 15 39 41 43 45
Recipient families number................ 11,452 69 132 251 418 640 1,029 11,201 11,033 10,812 10,423
Percent of all families.................. 15.0 2.1 2.5 3.3 4.0 4.8 6.1 16.3 16.7 17.2 17.5
Mean amount.............................. 18,247 3,714 4,043 4,532 5,038 5,419 5,879 18,554 18,748 19,006 19,468
Standard error /19..................... 174 363 318 255 213 186 172 177 179 181 186
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 25,259 2,822 5,689 8,480 10,942 13,386 15,048 16,779 14,317 11,873 10,211
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 26.7 18.0 12.6 9.2 7.1 5.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Mean..................................... 331 876 1,097 1,115 1,056 997 895 244 217 189 172
Standard error /19..................... 7 39 39 35 28 25 21 7 6 6 6
Recipient families number................ 4,435 794 1,304 1,792 2,199 2,562 2,858 2,643 2,236 1,873 1,577
Percent of all families.................. 5.8 24.7 25.2 23.6 21.2 19.1 17.0 3.9 3.4 3.0 2.7
Mean amount.............................. 5,695 3,552 4,362 4,733 4,975 5,225 5,265 6,348 6,404 6,339 6,476
Standard error /19..................... 79 103 101 98 88 90 86 116 129 140 156
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 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 9, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032004/pov/new27_001_01.htm