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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
Families with a female householder, no spouse present /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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Families with a female householder,
no spouse present /10
Total, families.......................... 13,791 1,822 2,843 3,856 4,885 5,797 6,704 9,935 8,906 7,993 7,086
People in families....................... 41,311 5,958 9,300 12,413 15,629 18,409 21,194 28,898 25,682 22,902 20,116
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... 473,762 6,606 17,025 30,682 48,677 67,772 90,309 443,080 425,085 405,991 383,453
Mean..................................... 34,354 3,626 5,988 7,957 9,965 11,691 13,470 44,600 47,732 50,790 54,112
Standard error /19..................... 317 80 91 95 95 100 108 390 422 456 500
With zero income......................... 322 322 322 322 322 322 322 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 355,682 2,349 7,404 15,699 27,575 40,297 56,368 339,982 328,107 315,385 299,313
Percent of total income.................. 75.1 35.6 43.5 51.2 56.6 59.5 62.4 76.7 77.2 77.7 78.1
Mean..................................... 25,792 1,289 2,604 4,071 5,645 6,951 8,408 34,222 36,843 39,455 42,238
Standard error /19..................... 291 59 82 94 98 104 111 368 399 434 477
Recipient families number................ 11,137 707 1,355 2,137 2,958 3,719 4,515 9,001 8,180 7,419 6,622
Percent of all families.................. 80.8 38.8 47.7 55.4 60.5 64.1 67.3 90.6 91.8 92.8 93.5
Mean amount.............................. 31,936 3,320 5,462 7,348 9,323 10,836 12,485 37,773 40,113 42,513 45,197
Standard error /19..................... 334 106 123 121 119 121 124 386 415 447 489
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 13,261 4 205 452 1,032 1,485 1,916 12,809 12,229 11,776 11,345
Percent of total income.................. 2.8 0.1 1.2 1.5 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0
Mean..................................... 962 2 72 117 211 256 286 1,289 1,373 1,473 1,601
Standard error /19..................... 66 35 28 26 26 27 28 91 101 111 125
Received positive amount number.......... 745 60 95 135 201 241 273 610 544 504 472
Percent.................................. 5.4 3.3 3.3 3.5 4.1 4.2 4.1 6.1 6.1 6.3 6.7
Aggregate................................ 13,590 172 384 659 1,242 1,715 2,164 12,931 12,348 11,875 11,426
Mean..................................... 18,247 2,873 4,052 4,870 6,185 7,124 7,929 21,216 22,700 23,559 24,214
Standard error /19..................... 1,014 347 377 363 352 377 424 1,203 1,330 1,425 1,512
Received negative amount number.......... 65 25 29 34 38 46 50 31 27 19 16
Percent.................................. 0.5 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Aggregate................................ -329 -169 -179 -206 -210 -229 -248 -123 -119 -99 -81
Mean..................................... -5,037 -6,675 -6,086 -6,076 -5,550 -4,960 -5,000 -3,912 -4,331 -5,221 -5,150
Standard error /19..................... 735 1,620 1,436 1,272 1,084 933 874 809 890 1,099 1,313
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 402 -73 -74 -74 -72 -78 -57 475 474 480 459
Percent of total income.................. 0.1 -1.1 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mean..................................... 29 -40 -26 -19 -15 -13 -8 48 53 60 65
Standard error /19..................... 14 23 15 11 8 8 8 19 21 23 26
Received positive amount number.......... 110 2 3 3 4 4 8 107 107 106 102
Percent.................................. 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
Aggregate................................ 523 2 2 2 3 12 33 521 520 512 490
Mean..................................... 4,747 1,170 725 725 880 2,841 4,213 4,857 4,882 4,819 4,787
Standard error /19..................... 1,537 1,125 863 863 773 4,698 3,785 1,576 1,587 1,584 1,629
Received negative amount number.......... 30 11 13 13 14 16 17 17 16 15 13
Percent.................................. 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aggregate................................ -122 -75 -76 -76 -76 -90 -90 -46 -46 -32 -32
Mean..................................... -4,016 -6,772 -5,780 -5,780 -5,269 -5,692 -5,337 -2,673 -2,886 -2,196 -2,366
Standard error /19..................... 1,110 2,147 2,076 2,076 1,846 1,748 1,707 1,106 1,161 937 979
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 7,958 85 118 143 211 263 374 7,815 7,747 7,695 7,584
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
Families with a female householder, no spouse present /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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Percent of total income.................. 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.0
Mean..................................... 577 47 42 37 43 45 56 787 870 963 1,070
Standard error /19..................... 29 11 8 6 6 5 5 40 45 50 56
Recipient families number................ 4,893 190 315 482 696 898 1,141 4,411 4,197 3,996 3,752
Percent of all families.................. 35.5 10.5 11.1 12.5 14.2 15.5 17.0 44.4 47.1 50.0 53.0
Mean..................................... 1,626 449 375 297 304 293 328 1,772 1,846 1,926 2,021
Standard error /19..................... 80 100 68 46 40 33 30 88 92 97 103
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 1,969 -23 2 33 22 87 151 1,936 1,948 1,882 1,818
Percent of total income.................. 0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mean..................................... 143 -13 1 9 4 15 23 195 219 235 257
Standard error /19..................... 19 11 9 8 7 7 7 26 29 32 36
Received positive amount number.......... 395 10 19 32 44 57 86 363 351 338 309
Percent.................................. 2.9 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.3 3.7 3.9 4.2 4.4
Aggregate................................ 2,227 8 37 68 83 152 233 2,159 2,144 2,075 1,993
Mean..................................... 5,643 819 1,961 2,137 1,895 2,683 2,718 5,950 6,110 6,139 6,457
Standard error /19..................... 580 353 582 548 396 465 378 627 646 669 727
Received negative amount number.......... 65 3 4 4 6 7 10 61 58 58 54
Percent.................................. 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8
Aggregate................................ -257 -31 -35 -35 -61 -65 -82 -222 -196 -193 -175
Mean..................................... -3,973 -9,999 -9,369 -9,369 -9,542 -9,350 -7,829 -3,642 -3,362 -3,329 -3,228
Standard error /19..................... 525 0 841 841 501 532 872 525 518 521 546
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 34,716 595 2,007 3,649 5,810 8,342 11,087 31,067 28,906 26,374 23,629
Percent of total income.................. 7.3 9.0 11.8 11.9 11.9 12.3 12.3 7.0 6.8 6.5 6.2
Mean..................................... 2,517 327 706 946 1,189 1,439 1,654 3,127 3,246 3,299 3,335
Standard error /19..................... 48 43 49 50 47 50 51 63 69 73 79
Recipient families number................ 3,105 102 296 488 725 954 1,196 2,617 2,380 2,150 1,908
Percent of all families.................. 22.5 5.6 10.4 12.7 14.8 16.5 17.8 26.3 26.7 26.9 26.9
Mean amount.............................. 11,182 5,829 6,784 7,478 8,019 8,743 9,269 11,873 12,145 12,265 12,381
Standard error /19..................... 113 455 227 179 143 145 140 126 135 144 155
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 13,624 76 161 348 657 958 1,463 13,276 12,967 12,666 12,161
Percent of total income.................. 2.9 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.6 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2
Mean..................................... 988 42 57 90 135 165 218 1,336 1,456 1,585 1,716
Standard error /19..................... 40 14 12 14 14 15 18 55 61 68 75
Recipient families number................ 1,289 19 44 92 145 196 269 1,197 1,144 1,093 1,020
Percent of all families.................. 9.3 1.0 1.5 2.4 3.0 3.4 4.0 12.0 12.8 13.7 14.4
Mean amount.............................. 10,569 4,036 3,666 3,780 4,536 4,890 5,437 11,092 11,333 11,587 11,923
Standard error /19..................... 321 804 508 368 298 280 306 340 353 367 387
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 11,068 2,225 4,246 5,763 7,026 8,102 8,666 5,305 4,042 2,966 2,403
Percent of total income.................. 2.3 33.7 24.9 18.8 14.4 12.0 9.6 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.6
Mean..................................... 803 1,222 1,493 1,494 1,438 1,398 1,293 534 454 371 339
Standard error /19..................... 22 59 58 54 45 42 38 23 22 20 21
Recipient families number................ 2,234 635 1,000 1,269 1,485 1,649 1,759 965 749 585 475
Percent of all families.................. 16.2 34.9 35.2 32.9 30.4 28.4 26.2 9.7 8.4 7.3 6.7
Mean amount.............................. 4,954 3,502 4,247 4,541 4,732 4,914 4,926 5,498 5,396 5,069 5,059
Standard error /19..................... 92 114 113 114 103 106 103 160 181 184 205
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_004_04.htm