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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 householder' 'age 65 and over /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 householder
under age 65 /10
Total, families.......................... 11,991 245 424 745 1,166 1,790 2,604 11,247 10,826 10,201 9,387
People in families....................... 28,039 576 1,112 1,989 3,064 4,579 6,435 26,049 24,974 23,460 21,604
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... 602,867 425 2,009 5,862 11,835 22,456 38,287 597,005 591,033 580,411 564,580
Mean..................................... 50,275 1,734 4,735 7,871 10,154 12,546 14,702 53,083 54,595 56,895 60,145
Standard error /19..................... 577 216 250 228 179 155 135 606 624 655 701
With zero income......................... 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 186,075 45 215 720 1,324 2,749 4,316 185,355 184,751 183,326 181,759
Percent of total income.................. 30.9 10.6 10.7 12.3 11.2 12.2 11.3 31.0 31.3 31.6 32.2
Mean..................................... 15,517 184 506 967 1,136 1,536 1,657 16,481 17,066 17,971 19,363
Standard error /19..................... 393 59 112 129 109 114 102 417 433 457 494
Recipient families number................ 4,677 25 54 128 202 327 451 4,548 4,475 4,350 4,225
Percent of all families.................. 39.0 10.4 12.8 17.2 17.3 18.3 17.3 40.4 41.3 42.6 45.0
Mean amount.............................. 39,789 1,772 3,960 5,617 6,556 8,412 9,560 40,752 41,288 42,146 43,019
Standard error /19..................... 894 430 672 552 460 450 415 915 927 950 975
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 25,654 -174 -151 -175 -90 -8 0 25,829 25,744 25,662 25,654
Percent of total income.................. 4.3 -40.9 -7.5 -3.0 -0.8 -0.0 0.0 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.5
Mean..................................... 2,139 -709 -356 -235 -77 -4 0 2,297 2,378 2,515 2,733
Standard error /19..................... 246 236 141 90 57 42 32 262 273 289 314
Received positive amount number.......... 716 7 14 20 43 57 65 696 673 659 651
Percent.................................. 6.0 3.0 3.4 2.7 3.7 3.2 2.5 6.2 6.2 6.5 6.9
Aggregate................................ 26,293 11 34 69 154 241 289 26,224 26,140 26,052 26,004
Mean..................................... 36,719 1,522 2,354 3,446 3,586 4,216 4,477 37,677 38,829 39,542 39,917
Standard error /19..................... 3,888 527 638 725 457 597 654 3,993 4,121 4,206 4,251
Received negative amount number.......... 101 17 17 25 25 31 42 76 76 70 58
Percent.................................. 0.8 6.9 4.0 3.3 2.1 1.7 1.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6
Aggregate................................ -639 -185 -185 -244 -244 -249 -289 -395 -395 -391 -351
Mean..................................... -6,363 -10,930 -10,930 -9,922 -9,922 -8,038 -6,847 -5,209 -5,209 -5,617 -6,012
Standard error /19..................... 565 1,825 1,825 1,324 1,218 1,190 935 573 573 598 696
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 3,694 -55 -26 -29 -78 -178 -158 3,722 3,771 3,871 3,852
Percent of total income.................. 0.6 -13.0 -1.3 -0.5 -0.7 -0.8 -0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7
Mean..................................... 308 -226 -60 -38 -67 -99 -61 331 348 380 410
Standard error /19..................... 86 145 105 61 49 42 31 92 95 101 110
Received positive amount number.......... 181 0 4 4 6 11 16 177 175 170 166
Percent.................................. 1.5 0.2 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8
Aggregate................................ 4,059 0 30 30 41 60 79 4,029 4,017 3,999 3,979
Mean..................................... 22,394 1 7,775 7,775 6,413 5,352 5,118 22,709 22,980 23,514 24,013
Standard error /19..................... 5,177 0 3,278 3,278 3,287 2,110 2,235 5,283 5,355 5,493 5,625
Received negative amount number.......... 56 8 8 8 15 28 30 47 41 28 26
Percent.................................. 0.5 3.3 1.9 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.1 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Aggregate................................ -365 -55 -55 -58 -119 -237 -238 -306 -246 -127 -127
Mean..................................... -6,549 -6,785 -6,785 -6,902 -8,051 -8,467 -8,011 -6,486 -6,008 -4,603 -4,879
Standard error /19..................... 762 2,439 2,439 2,375 1,348 845 937 809 886 1,038 1,058
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 62,378 79 131 168 345 560 975 62,210 62,033 61,818 61,403
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 householder' 'age 65 and over /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.................. 10.3 18.5 6.5 2.9 2.9 2.5 2.5 10.4 10.5 10.7 10.9
Mean..................................... 5,202 321 308 225 296 313 374 5,531 5,730 6,060 6,541
Standard error /19..................... 164 48 43 27 28 24 23 175 181 192 207
Recipient families number................ 7,728 77 115 192 344 566 901 7,536 7,384 7,162 6,827
Percent of all families.................. 64.4 31.5 27.1 25.7 29.5 31.6 34.6 67.0 68.2 70.2 72.7
Mean..................................... 8,072 1,017 1,135 876 1,004 991 1,082 8,255 8,401 8,631 8,994
Standard error /19..................... 248 107 123 86 81 68 59 254 259 267 279
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 10,772 -86 -144 -143 -135 -170 -214 10,915 10,907 10,942 10,986
Percent of total income.................. 1.8 -20.2 -7.2 -2.4 -1.1 -0.8 -0.6 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9
Mean..................................... 898 -351 -340 -192 -116 -95 -82 971 1,007 1,073 1,170
Standard error /19..................... 61 184 123 71 48 38 27 65 67 71 77
Received positive amount number.......... 1,061 10 15 18 29 48 57 1,043 1,032 1,013 1,004
Percent.................................. 8.8 4.2 3.4 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.2 9.3 9.5 9.9 10.7
Aggregate................................ 11,636 5 6 15 54 132 137 11,622 11,582 11,504 11,499
Mean..................................... 10,968 444 403 803 1,854 2,741 2,390 11,144 11,227 11,358 11,458
Standard error /19..................... 599 368 264 329 763 629 539 608 614 624 629
Received negative amount number.......... 180 5 12 14 19 38 50 166 160 142 130
Percent.................................. 1.5 2.2 2.8 1.9 1.7 2.1 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4
Aggregate................................ -864 -91 -150 -157 -189 -301 -351 -706 -675 -563 -513
Mean..................................... -4,805 -16,501 -12,771 -11,409 -9,729 -7,956 -7,012 -4,256 -4,208 -3,963 -3,952
Standard error /19..................... 351 2,500 1,647 1,733 1,300 794 695 320 329 358 379
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 190,432 490 1,589 4,304 8,490 16,207 28,522 186,128 181,941 174,225 161,910
Percent of total income.................. 31.6 115.4 79.1 73.4 71.7 72.2 74.5 31.2 30.8 30.0 28.7
Mean..................................... 15,881 2,001 3,745 5,780 7,284 9,054 10,952 16,550 16,806 17,079 17,248
Standard error /19..................... 81 282 250 210 157 141 126 82 83 87 92
Recipient families number................ 10,971 86 227 505 891 1,445 2,219 10,467 10,080 9,527 8,752
Percent of all families.................. 91.5 35.0 53.6 67.8 76.4 80.7 85.2 93.1 93.1 93.4 93.2
Mean amount.............................. 17,357 5,719 6,986 8,528 9,529 11,218 12,854 17,783 18,049 18,288 18,499
Standard error /19..................... 74 586 306 196 130 114 102 74 75 78 84
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 109,978 47 159 249 557 1,111 2,058 109,729 109,421 108,867 107,920
Percent of total income.................. 18.2 11.1 7.9 4.2 4.7 4.9 5.4 18.4 18.5 18.8 19.1
Mean..................................... 9,171 193 375 334 478 621 790 9,757 10,107 10,672 11,497
Standard error /19..................... 146 58 68 50 49 49 51 153 158 166 178
Recipient families number................ 6,112 17 45 77 151 259 459 6,036 5,961 5,853 5,653
Percent of all families.................. 51.0 6.7 10.6 10.3 12.9 14.5 17.6 53.7 55.1 57.4 60.2
Mean amount.............................. 17,993 2,862 3,548 3,249 3,698 4,291 4,484 18,180 18,355 18,600 19,090
Standard error /19..................... 233 407 323 288 245 229 212 235 237 240 245
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 4,330 43 147 603 1,079 1,706 2,100 3,727 3,250 2,623 2,230
Percent of total income.................. 0.7 10.1 7.3 10.3 9.1 7.6 5.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4
Mean..................................... 361 176 345 810 926 953 806 331 300 257 238
Standard error /19..................... 19 64 73 92 77 69 54 20 19 19 19
Recipient families number................ 690 13 47 134 224 309 364 555 465 380 325
Percent of all families.................. 5.8 5.1 11.1 18.1 19.2 17.3 14.0 4.9 4.3 3.7 3.5
Mean amount.............................. 6,279 3,436 3,107 4,485 4,811 5,517 5,761 6,714 6,988 6,899 6,860
Standard error /19..................... 233 681 454 323 266 268 259 277 314 358 397
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_010_10.htm