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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 familes 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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Married couple familes with
related children under 18 /13
Total, families.......................... 26,959 555 1,097 1,885 2,829 3,937 5,048 25,074 24,131 23,022 21,912
People in families....................... 113,431 2,470 5,057 8,683 12,999 18,027 23,019 104,748 100,432 95,404 90,413
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 2,615 9,944 24,505 46,401 77,547 114,281 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 82,382 4,709 9,062 12,999 16,404 19,697 22,640 87,599 90,117 93,102 96,145
Standard error /19..................... 518 205 197 179 155 150 149 542 557 576 597
With zero income......................... 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 1,717 7,148 18,435 35,962 61,596 92,231 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income.................. 87.9 65.6 71.9 75.2 77.5 79.4 80.7 88.0 88.1 88.2 88.2
Mean..................................... 72,382 3,091 6,515 9,779 12,713 15,645 18,272 77,089 79,376 82,084 84,847
Standard error /19..................... 491 191 209 198 175 172 171 515 529 548 569
Recipient families number................ 25,834 290 742 1,441 2,307 3,319 4,363 24,392 23,527 22,514 21,471
Percent of all families.................. 95.8 52.3 67.6 76.4 81.6 84.3 86.4 97.3 97.5 97.8 98.0
Mean amount.............................. 75,536 5,911 9,638 12,792 15,588 18,557 21,141 79,243 81,414 83,937 86,589
Standard error /19..................... 503 249 213 185 160 157 156 522 536 554 574
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 124,264 -10 452 1,383 2,899 4,835 7,310 122,881 121,365 119,429 116,954
Percent of total income.................. 5.6 -0.4 4.5 5.6 6.2 6.2 6.4 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6
Mean..................................... 4,609 -17 412 734 1,025 1,228 1,448 4,901 5,030 5,188 5,338
Standard error /19..................... 163 129 106 97 87 82 81 175 181 190 199
Received positive amount number.......... 3,580 54 118 199 317 464 617 3,381 3,262 3,115 2,962
Percent.................................. 13.3 9.7 10.8 10.5 11.2 11.8 12.2 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.5
Aggregate................................ 125,520 240 753 1,738 3,356 5,334 7,834 123,782 122,164 120,186 117,686
Mean..................................... 35,066 4,469 6,365 8,749 10,576 11,484 12,691 36,612 37,448 38,582 39,728
Standard error /19..................... 1,091 608 566 548 473 443 432 1,149 1,187 1,239 1,298
Received negative amount number.......... 258 39 47 57 72 79 83 201 186 179 175
Percent.................................. 1.0 7.0 4.2 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Aggregate................................ -1,256 -249 -301 -355 -457 -499 -524 -901 -799 -758 -732
Mean..................................... -4,876 -6,422 -6,465 -6,257 -6,364 -6,305 -6,305 -4,486 -4,300 -4,243 -4,196
Standard error /19..................... 257 723 639 562 456 436 427 289 298 303 306
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 8,853 -31 -36 -17 94 206 368 8,870 8,759 8,647 8,485
Percent of total income.................. 0.4 -1.2 -0.4 -0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mean..................................... 328 -56 -33 -9 33 52 73 354 363 376 387
Standard error /19..................... 43 51 32 24 28 30 30 46 47 50 52
Received positive amount number.......... 592 4 8 12 26 42 59 580 566 550 533
Percent.................................. 2.2 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4
Aggregate................................ 9,358 5 13 39 151 290 464 9,319 9,207 9,068 8,894
Mean..................................... 15,812 1,274 1,612 3,160 5,860 6,867 7,839 16,079 16,263 16,499 16,698
Standard error /19..................... 1,701 1,411 1,136 2,078 2,359 2,152 2,019 1,733 1,770 1,817 1,869
Received negative amount number.......... 98 8 9 11 11 18 22 87 87 80 76
Percent.................................. 0.4 1.4 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3
Aggregate................................ -505 -36 -49 -56 -57 -84 -96 -449 -448 -421 -409
Mean..................................... -5,146 -4,669 -5,467 -5,248 -5,040 -4,766 -4,268 -5,133 -5,159 -5,229 -5,407
Standard error /19..................... 660 2,444 2,295 1,968 1,751 1,402 1,169 706 710 743 777
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 44,051 57 136 214 354 496 743 43,837 43,697 43,555 43,308
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 familes 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.................. 2.0 2.2 1.4 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1
Mean..................................... 1,634 103 124 114 125 126 147 1,748 1,811 1,892 1,976
Standard error /19..................... 48 30 27 18 16 13 14 52 54 56 59
Recipient families number................ 16,264 96 183 309 506 822 1,183 15,956 15,758 15,442 15,081
Percent of all families.................. 60.3 17.3 16.7 16.4 17.9 20.9 23.4 63.6 65.3 67.1 68.8
Mean..................................... 2,708 597 741 694 699 603 628 2,747 2,773 2,821 2,872
Standard error /19..................... 78 160 154 105 82 58 58 80 81 82 84
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 12,960 -13 -7 24 124 164 214 12,936 12,837 12,796 12,746
Percent of total income.................. 0.6 -0.5 -0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Mean..................................... 481 -23 -7 13 44 42 42 516 532 556 582
Standard error /19..................... 32 54 28 18 21 18 14 34 35 37 39
Received positive amount number.......... 1,566 12 20 36 53 84 121 1,530 1,513 1,482 1,445
Percent.................................. 5.8 2.2 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.4 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.6
Aggregate................................ 14,396 28 36 69 184 262 330 14,327 14,212 14,134 14,066
Mean..................................... 9,193 2,334 1,776 1,925 3,507 3,123 2,737 9,364 9,391 9,537 9,732
Standard error /19..................... 487 516 390 325 892 658 482 497 502 511 523
Received negative amount number.......... 419 7 8 8 13 21 32 411 407 398 388
Percent.................................. 1.6 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8
Aggregate................................ -1,436 -41 -43 -45 -61 -98 -116 -1,391 -1,375 -1,337 -1,320
Mean..................................... -3,424 -6,104 -5,391 -5,446 -4,845 -4,605 -3,661 -3,384 -3,380 -3,361 -3,405
Standard error /19..................... 187 3,258 2,833 2,738 1,689 1,068 774 183 185 188 192
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 19,038 211 702 1,397 2,274 3,268 4,275 17,642 16,764 15,771 14,763
Percent of total income.................. 0.9 8.1 7.1 5.7 4.9 4.2 3.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Mean..................................... 706 380 640 741 804 830 847 704 695 685 674
Standard error /19..................... 21 79 78 70 57 52 47 22 22 23 23
Recipient families number................ 1,589 36 96 160 246 325 416 1,429 1,344 1,265 1,173
Percent of all families.................. 5.9 6.4 8.7 8.5 8.7 8.2 8.2 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.4
Mean amount.............................. 11,979 5,937 7,315 8,727 9,260 10,070 10,269 12,343 12,475 12,468 12,585
Standard error /19..................... 188 594 415 384 314 307 281 203 212 220 231
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 19,615 66 94 166 302 625 1,066 19,450 19,313 18,990 18,549
Percent of total income.................. 0.9 2.5 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Mean..................................... 728 119 86 88 107 159 211 776 800 825 847
Standard error /19..................... 33 45 26 21 21 22 24 36 37 39 40
Recipient families number................ 1,151 12 19 31 45 92 133 1,120 1,106 1,059 1,018
Percent of all families.................. 4.3 2.1 1.7 1.6 1.6 2.3 2.6 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6
Mean amount.............................. 17,042 5,705 5,045 5,418 6,659 6,808 8,045 17,360 17,469 17,929 18,213
Standard error /19..................... 592 1,076 840 724 803 636 581 605 612 634 656
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 5,443 336 739 1,375 1,945 2,480 2,858 4,069 3,498 2,963 2,585
Percent of total income.................. 0.2 12.8 7.4 5.6 4.2 3.2 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Mean..................................... 202 605 674 729 688 630 566 162 145 129 118
Standard error /19..................... 9 86 73 63 48 40 34 9 9 8 8
Recipient families number................ 901 74 146 248 337 423 497 653 564 478 404
Percent of all families.................. 3.3 13.2 13.3 13.1 11.9 10.7 9.8 2.6 2.3 2.1 1.8
Mean amount.............................. 6,041 4,570 5,081 5,551 5,766 5,868 5,751 6,227 6,207 6,195 6,399
Standard error /19..................... 191 345 333 309 261 250 231 240 263 285 317
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_006_06.htm