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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
Married-couple families /10, 11
[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
families /10, 11
Total, families.......................... 57,725 1,114 1,906 3,115 4,637 6,539 8,709 54,610 53,088 51,187 49,016
People in families....................... 184,282 3,649 6,793 11,385 16,987 23,801 31,092 172,897 167,294 160,481 153,190
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 3,238 12,525 31,779 61,703 106,239 163,624 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 78,275 2,906 6,570 10,203 13,306 16,248 18,787 82,158 83,950 86,198 88,845
Standard error /19..................... 340 145 154 145 124 117 111 352 359 368 380
With zero income......................... 265 265 265 265 265 265 265 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 2,037 7,898 20,264 39,610 68,932 104,405 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income.................. 78.8 62.9 63.1 63.8 64.2 64.9 63.8 78.9 79.0 79.1 79.4
Mean..................................... 61,681 1,828 4,143 6,506 8,542 10,542 11,988 64,829 66,323 68,214 70,511
Standard error /19..................... 322 114 146 151 139 138 136 335 343 352 364
Recipient families number................ 47,950 376 885 1,704 2,745 4,024 5,370 46,246 45,204 43,926 42,580
Percent of all families.................. 83.1 33.7 46.4 54.7 59.2 61.5 61.7 84.7 85.1 85.8 86.9
Mean amount.............................. 74,256 5,423 8,921 11,891 14,427 17,132 19,442 76,554 77,890 79,489 81,169
Standard error /19..................... 361 221 196 172 149 145 143 369 375 383 392
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 238,074 -250 239 1,385 3,294 5,418 8,351 236,688 234,780 232,656 229,722
Percent of total income.................. 5.3 -7.7 1.9 4.4 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3
Mean..................................... 4,124 -224 125 445 710 829 959 4,334 4,422 4,545 4,687
Standard error /19..................... 107 93 76 68 60 54 51 113 116 120 125
Received positive amount number.......... 6,877 89 168 287 465 655 849 6,590 6,412 6,222 6,027
Percent.................................. 11.9 8.0 8.8 9.2 10.0 10.0 9.8 12.1 12.1 12.2 12.3
Aggregate................................ 240,758 325 936 2,173 4,219 6,451 9,447 238,586 236,539 234,307 231,311
Mean..................................... 35,011 3,655 5,573 7,576 9,074 9,847 11,124 36,205 36,892 37,661 38,377
Standard error /19..................... 798 434 440 425 364 349 346 829 851 874 901
Received negative amount number.......... 533 82 102 120 139 156 172 413 395 377 361
Percent.................................. 0.9 7.4 5.3 3.9 3.0 2.4 2.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Aggregate................................ -2,685 -575 -697 -787 -926 -1,034 -1,096 -1,897 -1,759 -1,651 -1,589
Mean..................................... -5,033 -7,009 -6,848 -6,536 -6,679 -6,619 -6,354 -4,594 -4,455 -4,376 -4,401
Standard error /19..................... 198 647 554 493 417 388 363 213 215 219 227
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 21,768 -43 8 85 186 264 489 21,684 21,583 21,505 21,280
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 -1.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mean..................................... 377 -39 4 27 40 40 56 397 407 420 434
Standard error /19..................... 42 36 29 24 23 23 21 45 46 48 50
Received positive amount number.......... 1,362 13 25 42 67 100 130 1,320 1,295 1,262 1,231
Percent.................................. 2.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5
Aggregate................................ 23,081 23 88 176 341 573 815 22,905 22,739 22,508 22,266
Mean..................................... 16,952 1,780 3,465 4,213 5,124 5,736 6,261 17,355 17,561 17,841 18,083
Standard error /19..................... 1,674 865 1,067 1,013 1,070 1,041 1,042 1,724 1,756 1,800 1,842
Received negative amount number.......... 237 14 15 17 25 45 51 220 213 192 187
Percent.................................. 0.4 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Aggregate................................ -1,313 -67 -81 -91 -156 -310 -326 -1,221 -1,157 -1,003 -986
Mean..................................... -5,527 -4,819 -5,268 -5,252 -6,328 -6,856 -6,440 -5,549 -5,434 -5,215 -5,279
Standard error /19..................... 405 1,782 1,713 1,536 1,163 857 818 422 430 451 461
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 164,448 267 423 627 996 1,682 2,417 163,821 163,451 162,765 162,031
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
Married-couple families /10, 11
[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.................. 3.6 8.2 3.4 2.0 1.6 1.6 1.5 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7
Mean..................................... 2,849 239 222 201 215 257 278 3,000 3,079 3,180 3,306
Standard error /19..................... 52 27 22 17 14 15 14 55 57 59 61
Recipient families number................ 37,368 277 430 668 1,093 1,713 2,478 36,701 36,275 35,656 34,890
Percent of all families.................. 64.7 24.9 22.6 21.4 23.6 26.2 28.5 67.2 68.3 69.7 71.2
Mean..................................... 4,401 963 982 940 912 982 975 4,464 4,506 4,565 4,644
Standard error /19..................... 80 93 87 73 55 55 46 81 82 83 85
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 38,326 -241 -277 -237 -153 -193 -150 38,563 38,479 38,519 38,476
Percent of total income.................. 0.8 -7.5 -2.2 -0.7 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Mean..................................... 664 -217 -145 -76 -33 -30 -17 706 725 753 785
Standard error /19..................... 26 76 47 30 22 17 14 27 28 29 31
Received positive amount number.......... 4,089 39 55 86 117 181 246 4,003 3,972 3,907 3,843
Percent.................................. 7.1 3.5 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.8 7.3 7.5 7.6 7.8
Aggregate................................ 43,002 88 116 172 302 442 571 42,830 42,699 42,560 42,430
Mean..................................... 10,517 2,271 2,105 2,005 2,582 2,437 2,323 10,699 10,751 10,892 11,041
Standard error /19..................... 325 447 361 289 446 335 262 332 334 339 344
Received negative amount number.......... 1,109 30 39 43 53 86 109 1,066 1,056 1,023 1,000
Percent.................................. 1.9 2.6 2.0 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.3 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Aggregate................................ -4,675 -329 -393 -408 -456 -635 -721 -4,267 -4,220 -4,040 -3,954
Mean..................................... -4,214 -11,160 -10,149 -9,414 -8,552 -7,366 -6,600 -4,003 -3,995 -3,949 -3,954
Standard error /19..................... 127 1,556 1,276 1,208 945 637 546 120 121 123 125
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 222,121 491 1,922 4,823 10,088 18,612 32,038 217,298 212,032 203,508 190,083
Percent of total income.................. 4.9 15.2 15.3 15.2 16.4 17.5 19.6 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.4
Mean..................................... 3,848 441 1,008 1,548 2,176 2,847 3,679 3,979 3,994 3,976 3,878
Standard error /19..................... 34 58 70 72 67 68 69 35 36 37 38
Recipient families number................ 13,605 100 289 586 1,061 1,683 2,548 13,018 12,544 11,922 11,057
Percent of all families.................. 23.6 9.0 15.2 18.8 22.9 25.7 29.3 23.8 23.6 23.3 22.6
Mean amount.............................. 16,327 4,891 6,653 8,224 9,509 11,061 12,574 16,692 16,903 17,070 17,192
Standard error /19..................... 68 375 228 171 125 111 100 69 71 74 79
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 188,321 137 299 656 1,189 2,148 4,042 187,665 187,132 186,172 184,279
Percent of total income.................. 4.2 4.2 2.4 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.5 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2
Mean..................................... 3,262 123 157 210 256 329 464 3,436 3,525 3,637 3,760
Standard error /19..................... 45 28 27 26 23 23 25 48 49 51 53
Recipient families number................ 9,644 37 67 125 219 371 662 9,519 9,425 9,273 8,982
Percent of all families.................. 16.7 3.3 3.5 4.0 4.7 5.7 7.6 17.4 17.8 18.1 18.3
Mean amount.............................. 19,527 3,753 4,448 5,237 5,437 5,792 6,103 19,715 19,854 20,076 20,517
Standard error /19..................... 196 504 505 390 329 268 225 198 199 202 206
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 12,171 459 1,088 2,259 3,348 4,507 5,336 9,912 8,824 7,665 6,835
Percent of total income.................. 0.3 14.2 8.7 7.1 5.4 4.2 3.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Mean..................................... 211 412 571 725 722 689 613 182 166 150 139
Standard error /19..................... 7 49 50 47 37 32 27 7 6 6 6
Recipient families number................ 1,822 109 218 414 577 734 872 1,408 1,245 1,088 950
Percent of all families.................. 3.2 9.8 11.4 13.3 12.4 11.2 10.0 2.6 2.3 2.1 1.9
Mean amount.............................. 6,680 4,201 4,988 5,457 5,804 6,142 6,123 7,040 7,086 7,043 7,191
Standard error /19..................... 142 258 252 218 190 185 174 173 188 202 220
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_002_02.htm