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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 male householder, no wife present 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]

                                             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             Below poverty level /5                                      Above poverty level /5
                                                         _________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         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
                                             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Families with a male householder, no wife
present with related children under 18 /13

Total, families..........................        2,456         217         324         470         614         775         966       1,986       1,842       1,681       1,490
People in families.......................        7,512         640         980       1,474       1,928       2,451       3,002       6,039       5,584       5,061       4,510
Total Income
  Aggregate (million)....................      103,580         547       1,625       3,793       6,341       9,927      14,674      99,787      97,239      93,652      88,906
Mean.....................................       42,173       2,523       5,022       8,069      10,321      12,816      15,192      50,245      52,799      55,698      59,661
  Standard error /19.....................          893         248         293         332         299         314         310       1,017       1,073       1,148       1,256
With zero income.........................           52          52          52          52          52          52          52           0           0           0           0
With negative income.....................            7           7           7           7           7           7           7           0           0           0           0

Wages and salaries
  Aggregate (million)....................       84,502         338         899       2,593       4,520       7,315      11,012      81,909      79,982      77,187      73,489
Percent of total income..................         81.6        61.8        55.3        68.4        71.3        73.7        75.0        82.1        82.3        82.4        82.7
Mean.....................................       34,405       1,559       2,778       5,516       7,356       9,443      11,402      41,243      43,429      45,905      49,315
  Standard error /19.....................          759         174         255         333         309         333         334         864         910         971       1,058
Recipient families number................        2,111         103         163         290         412         548         711       1,820       1,699       1,562       1,399
Percent of all families..................         85.9        47.5        50.4        61.8        67.1        70.8        73.7        91.7        92.2        92.9        93.9
Mean amount..............................       40,034       3,280       5,508       8,932      10,971      13,341      15,481      44,994      47,082      49,401      52,516
  Standard error /19.....................          817         256         375         401         333         349         335         889         931         988       1,069

Nonfarm self-emplyment
  Aggregate (million)....................        8,193         -40          88         187         287         460         829       8,006       7,906       7,733       7,364
Percent of total income..................          7.9        -7.2         5.4         4.9         4.5         4.6         5.6         8.0         8.1         8.3         8.3
Mean.....................................        3,336        -182         273         397         468         594         858       4,031       4,293       4,599       4,941
  Standard error /19.....................          453         117         146         126         105         110         124         558         601         657         738
Received positive amount number..........          234           6          22          33          43          57          81         201         191         177         153
Percent..................................          9.5         2.8         6.9         7.0         7.1         7.4         8.4        10.1        10.4        10.5        10.3
Aggregate................................        8,272          12         140         238         339         515         884       8,034       7,932       7,756       7,387
Mean.....................................       35,320       1,962       6,229       7,224       7,833       9,024      10,944      39,916      41,559      43,798      48,158
  Standard error /19.....................        4,176       1,373       1,099         915         749         805         823       4,775       5,006       5,355       6,097
Received negative amount number..........           14           7           7           7           7           9           9           7           6           5           5
Percent..................................          0.6         3.3         2.2         1.5         1.2         1.2         0.9         0.3         0.4         0.3         0.3
Aggregate................................          -79         -51         -51         -51         -52         -55         -55         -28         -27         -24         -24
Mean.....................................       -5,651      -7,187      -7,187      -7,187      -6,981      -6,146      -6,146      -4,041      -4,119      -4,759      -4,759
  Standard error /19.....................          970       1,416       1,416       1,416       1,296       1,253       1,253       1,141       1,191       1,425       1,425

Farm self-emplyment
  Aggregate (million)....................          171           1         -24         -24           1          13          21         195         170         158         150
Percent of total income..................          0.2         0.2        -1.5        -0.6         0.0         0.1         0.1         0.2         0.2         0.2         0.2
Mean.....................................           70           5         -75         -52           1          17          22          98          92          94         101
  Standard error /19.....................           38          13         107          74          64          57          47          44          46          49          55
Received positive amount number..........           35           3           3           3           9          11          14          32          25          24          21
Percent..................................          1.4         1.4         0.9         0.6         1.5         1.4         1.4         1.6         1.4         1.4         1.4
Aggregate................................          196           1           1           1          26          38          46         195         170         158         150
Mean.....................................        5,681         387         387         387       2,788       3,560       3,399       6,174       6,758       6,642       7,165
  Standard error /19.....................        2,146         903         903         903       2,141       2,397       1,971       2,305       2,774       2,880       3,219
Received negative amount number..........            1           0           1           1           1           1           1           0           0           0           0
Percent..................................          0.1         0.0         0.4         0.3         0.2         0.2         0.1         0.0         0.0         0.0         0.0
Aggregate................................          -25           0         -25         -25         -25         -25         -25           0           0           0           0
Mean.....................................      -19,998         (X)     -19,998     -19,998     -19,998     -19,998     -19,998         (X)         (X)         (X)         (X)
  Standard error /19.....................          (X)         (X)         (X)         (X)         (X)         (X)         (X)         (X)         (X)         (X)         (X)

Interest and dividends
  Aggregate (million)....................        2,011           8          12          17          20          26          45       1,994       1,991       1,986       1,966

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 male householder, no wife present 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]

                                             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                             Below poverty level /5                                      Above poverty level /5
                                                         _________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         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
                                             _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Percent of total income..................          1.9         1.4         0.7         0.4         0.3         0.3         0.3         2.0         2.0         2.1         2.2
Mean.....................................          819          36          36          36          33          33          47       1,004       1,081       1,181       1,319
  Standard error /19.....................          124          16          12          11           8           7          13         153         165         180         203
Recipient families number................          869          28          39          64          91         116         166         805         778         753         703
Percent of all families..................         35.4        12.8        12.2        13.6        14.8        15.0        17.2        40.6        42.3        44.8        47.2
Mean.....................................        2,313         283         298         265         224         219         273       2,476       2,558       2,637       2,796
  Standard error /19.....................          344         110          85          74          52          45          74         371         384         396         423

Rental income
  Aggregate (million)....................          641          -4          -4           1           4          12          17         640         637         628         624
Percent of total income..................          0.6        -0.8        -0.3         0.0         0.1         0.1         0.1         0.6         0.7         0.7         0.7
Mean.....................................          261         -20         -13           3           7          16          18         322         346         374         419
  Standard error /19.....................           68          16          11          13          11          12          10          84          90          99         111
Received positive amount number..........           75           1           1           2           3           6           8          73          72          69          67
Percent..................................          3.1         0.3         0.2         0.4         0.5         0.8         0.9         3.7         3.9         4.1         4.5
Aggregate................................          671           1           1           6           9          18          22         664         661         653         649
Mean.....................................        8,894       1,100       1,100       3,029       3,019       2,846       2,617       9,061       9,149       9,434       9,688
  Standard error /19.....................        1,948           0           0       1,058         646         887         660       1,999       2,026       2,107       2,172
Received negative amount number..........           17           3           3           3           3           3           3          14          14          14          14
Percent..................................          0.7         1.4         1.0         0.7         0.5         0.4         0.3         0.7         0.7         0.8         0.9
Aggregate................................          -30          -5          -5          -5          -5          -5          -5         -25         -25         -25         -25
Mean.....................................       -1,791      -1,643      -1,643      -1,643      -1,643      -1,643      -1,643      -1,825      -1,825      -1,825      -1,825
  Standard error /19.....................          338         221         221         221         203         203         203         412         412         412         412

Social Security
  Aggregate (million)....................        2,494          54         178         312         487         757         969       2,182       2,006       1,737       1,525
Percent of total income..................          2.4         9.8        11.0         8.2         7.7         7.6         6.6         2.2         2.1         1.9         1.7
Mean.....................................        1,015         247         550         663         793         977       1,003       1,099       1,089       1,033       1,023
  Standard error /19.....................           77          93         122         118         113         121         114          91          95          97         102
Recipient families number................          225          10          26          41          57          76          94         184         168         149         131
Percent of all families..................          9.2         4.7         8.1         8.8         9.2         9.8         9.7         9.3         9.1         8.9         8.8
Mean amount..............................       11,079       5,223       6,762       7,556       8,607       9,966      10,311      11,870      11,910      11,646      11,629
  Standard error /19.....................          423         839         514         493         509         539         556         488         522         570         601

Pension survivor and disability income
  Aggregate (million)....................        1,515          11          32          51         139         159         174       1,464       1,377       1,356       1,341
Percent of total income..................          1.5         2.0         2.0         1.3         2.2         1.6         1.2         1.5         1.4         1.4         1.5
Mean.....................................          617          50          98         108         225         205         180         737         747         807         900
  Standard error /19.....................           88          35          46          43          59          49          41         108         116         126         142
Recipient families number................          122           5           8          12          22          26          32         110         100          96          90
Percent of all families..................          5.0         2.2         2.5         2.5         3.5         3.3         3.3         5.6         5.4         5.7         6.0
Mean amount..............................       12,407       2,320       3,944       4,299       6,358       6,153       5,425      13,278      13,720      14,081      14,890
  Standard error /19.....................        1,372       1,132       1,017       1,001         946         820         755       1,492       1,627       1,683       1,765

Mean tested cash-assistance
  Aggregate (million)....................          833         112         308         362         380         445         515         471         453         387         318
Percent of total income..................          0.8        20.5        19.0         9.5         6.0         4.5         3.5         0.5         0.5         0.4         0.4
Mean.....................................          339         518         952         770         619         575         533         237         246         230         213
  Standard error /19.....................           36         122         152         118          85          75          65          36          39          40          42
Recipient families number................          194          45          76          90         100         121         140         104          94          73          53
Percent of all families..................          7.9        20.9        23.6        19.2        16.2        15.6        14.5         5.2         5.1         4.3         3.6
Mean amount..............................        4,298       2,483       4,029       4,015       3,817       3,677       3,665       4,544       4,807       5,337       5,967
  Standard error /19.....................          343         455         463         444         380         359         336         533         575         675         833
 
 
 
 
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
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