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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 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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Families with a female householder, no spouse
present with related children under 18 /13
Total, families.......................... 9,614 1,672 2,558 3,416 4,225 4,932 5,627 6,198 5,389 4,682 3,987
People in families....................... 30,827 5,596 8,600 11,324 14,002 16,250 18,519 19,503 16,826 14,577 12,309
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... 286,319 6,288 15,626 27,562 42,456 57,957 76,202 258,757 243,863 228,362 210,117
Mean..................................... 29,782 3,761 6,108 8,068 10,048 11,752 13,542 41,752 45,254 48,770 52,701
Standard error /19..................... 334 83 97 103 105 113 122 444 491 546 617
With zero income......................... 280 280 280 280 280 280 280 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 221,877 2,198 6,932 14,694 25,504 36,675 50,721 207,183 196,373 185,202 171,156
Percent of total income.................. 77.5 35.0 44.4 53.3 60.1 63.3 66.6 80.1 80.5 81.1 81.5
Mean..................................... 23,079 1,314 2,709 4,301 6,036 7,437 9,014 33,430 36,442 39,553 42,929
Standard error /19..................... 305 62 88 102 109 116 124 412 457 507 575
Recipient families number................ 7,782 660 1,249 1,957 2,660 3,288 3,940 5,825 5,123 4,494 3,843
Percent of all families.................. 81.0 39.5 48.8 57.3 63.0 66.7 70.0 94.0 95.1 96.0 96.4
Mean amount.............................. 28,510 3,328 5,548 7,507 9,588 11,153 12,874 35,567 38,335 41,210 44,541
Standard error /19..................... 347 110 130 128 128 130 135 422 465 513 580
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 7,296 88 269 488 996 1,438 1,810 6,809 6,300 5,858 5,486
Percent of total income.................. 2.5 1.4 1.7 1.8 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6
Mean..................................... 759 52 105 143 236 292 322 1,099 1,169 1,251 1,376
Standard error /19..................... 66 22 23 23 26 28 30 102 116 133 154
Received positive amount number.......... 460 53 83 116 174 211 234 344 286 249 226
Percent.................................. 4.8 3.2 3.2 3.4 4.1 4.3 4.2 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.7
Aggregate................................ 7,421 146 337 561 1,072 1,531 1,905 6,860 6,349 5,890 5,516
Mean..................................... 16,133 2,761 4,069 4,828 6,161 7,270 8,126 19,951 22,200 23,620 24,456
Standard error /19..................... 1,162 378 412 396 390 419 480 1,492 1,755 1,989 2,176
Received negative amount number.......... 38 15 19 21 24 31 31 17 13 7 7
Percent.................................. 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2
Aggregate................................ -124 -58 -68 -73 -76 -93 -95 -52 -49 -31 -30
Mean..................................... -3,285 -3,880 -3,570 -3,410 -3,087 -3,010 -3,043 -3,123 -3,645 -4,517 -4,398
Standard error /19..................... 628 990 832 749 630 597 601 1,129 1,347 2,104 2,125
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 297 -23 -23 -23 -21 -13 5 319 318 310 291
Percent of total income.................. 0.1 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mean..................................... 31 -14 -9 -7 -5 -3 1 51 59 66 73
Standard error /19..................... 18 15 10 7 5 6 7 27 31 36 42
Received positive amount number.......... 64 2 3 3 4 4 8 61 60 60 57
Percent.................................. 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.4
Aggregate................................ 322 2 2 2 3 12 30 320 319 311 292
Mean..................................... 5,024 1,170 725 725 880 2,841 3,995 5,230 5,279 5,171 5,161
Standard error /19..................... 2,493 1,125 863 863 773 4,698 3,883 2,607 2,639 2,640 2,777
Received negative amount number.......... 9 4 6 6 7 7 8 3 2 2 1
Percent.................................. 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aggregate................................ -26 -25 -25 -25 -25 -25 -25 -1 -1 -1 -1
Mean..................................... -2,853 -5,921 -4,478 -4,478 -3,641 -3,641 -3,155 -231 -367 -367 -714
Standard error /19..................... 2,087 3,674 3,240 3,240 2,603 2,603 2,340 308 440 440 534
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 3,728 64 88 108 164 198 258 3,620 3,564 3,530 3,470
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 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.................. 1.3 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.7
Mean..................................... 388 38 34 32 39 40 46 584 661 754 870
Standard error /19..................... 32 10 7 6 6 5 5 49 57 65 76
Recipient families number................ 2,967 172 286 426 591 740 918 2,541 2,376 2,227 2,049
Percent of all families.................. 30.9 10.3 11.2 12.5 14.0 15.0 16.3 41.0 44.1 47.6 51.4
Mean..................................... 1,257 372 307 253 278 267 282 1,425 1,500 1,585 1,694
Standard error /19..................... 102 95 62 43 41 35 32 119 126 135 146
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 948 -4 11 31 43 64 112 917 905 884 836
Percent of total income.................. 0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mean..................................... 99 -3 4 9 10 13 20 148 168 189 210
Standard error /19..................... 18 8 7 7 5 5 6 27 31 36 41
Received positive amount number.......... 197 10 16 21 30 38 54 176 167 159 143
Percent.................................. 2.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0 2.8 3.1 3.4 3.6
Aggregate................................ 1,039 8 27 47 62 83 130 992 977 956 908
Mean..................................... 5,264 819 1,683 2,182 2,046 2,166 2,423 5,640 5,845 6,006 6,330
Standard error /19..................... 754 353 475 699 491 428 433 838 878 919 1,010
Received negative amount number.......... 22 1 2 2 2 2 3 20 20 20 19
Percent.................................. 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5
Aggregate................................ -91 -12 -16 -16 -18 -18 -18 -75 -72 -72 -72
Mean..................................... -4,105 -9,999 -8,719 -8,719 -8,864 -8,864 -6,705 -3,687 -3,612 -3,612 -3,737
Standard error /19..................... 751 0 1,534 1,534 1,284 1,284 2,549 738 730 730 738
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 11,932 430 1,443 2,320 3,262 4,536 5,907 9,612 8,670 7,397 6,025
Percent of total income.................. 4.2 6.8 9.2 8.4 7.7 7.8 7.8 3.7 3.6 3.2 2.9
Mean..................................... 1,241 257 564 679 772 920 1,050 1,551 1,609 1,580 1,511
Standard error /19..................... 42 35 46 45 41 44 45 60 67 72 77
Recipient families number................ 1,173 83 221 327 432 548 674 846 740 625 499
Percent of all families.................. 12.2 4.9 8.6 9.6 10.2 11.1 12.0 13.6 13.7 13.3 12.5
Mean amount.............................. 10,175 5,217 6,524 7,093 7,544 8,282 8,769 11,368 11,713 11,834 12,074
Standard error /19..................... 188 332 250 209 180 199 191 236 261 289 338
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 4,075 76 89 218 350 551 849 3,857 3,725 3,524 3,226
Percent of total income.................. 1.4 1.2 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Mean..................................... 424 45 35 64 83 112 151 622 691 753 809
Standard error /19..................... 33 15 10 12 12 15 17 51 59 67 76
Recipient families number................ 391 18 25 53 72 97 135 338 319 294 256
Percent of all families.................. 4.1 1.1 1.0 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.4 5.5 5.9 6.3 6.4
Mean amount.............................. 10,426 4,233 3,549 4,120 4,886 5,706 6,299 11,412 11,670 11,974 12,600
Standard error /19..................... 630 821 664 499 441 452 468 710 747 802 899
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 8,228 2,159 3,979 5,267 6,070 6,836 7,169 2,961 2,158 1,392 1,059
Percent of total income.................. 2.9 34.3 25.5 19.1 14.3 11.8 9.4 1.1 0.9 0.6 0.5
Mean..................................... 856 1,291 1,555 1,542 1,436 1,386 1,274 478 401 297 266
Standard error /19..................... 27 63 62 58 48 46 41 28 28 24 25
Recipient families number................ 1,710 610 936 1,168 1,304 1,407 1,478 542 406 303 232
Percent of all families.................. 17.8 36.5 36.6 34.2 30.9 28.5 26.3 8.8 7.5 6.5 5.8
Mean amount.............................. 4,812 3,541 4,252 4,511 4,656 4,860 4,851 5,458 5,311 4,589 4,562
Standard error /19..................... 105 117 117 119 110 115 112 229 264 260 299
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_008_08.htm