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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
Unrelated individuals under age 65 /4
[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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Unrelated individuals
under age 65 /4
People in families....................... 36,140 4,103 5,789 7,511 9,297 11,228 12,952 28,629 26,843 24,913 23,188
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 4,137 14,459 28,752 47,593 72,541 99,160 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 31,983 1,008 2,498 3,828 5,119 6,461 7,656 39,369 41,287 43,485 45,570
Standard error /19..................... 201 32 41 45 44 46 49 234 245 258 272
With zero income......................... 1,991 1,991 1,991 1,991 1,991 1,991 1,991 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 950,690 2,244 6,383 12,494 23,495 40,761 60,435 938,196 927,194 909,928 890,255
Percent of total income.................. 82.2 54.2 44.1 43.5 49.4 56.2 60.9 83.2 83.7 84.0 84.2
Mean..................................... 26,306 547 1,103 1,663 2,527 3,630 4,666 32,770 34,542 36,525 38,392
Standard error /19..................... 189 21 30 36 40 46 51 222 232 245 259
Recipient families number................ 27,918 1,003 1,812 2,670 3,875 5,404 6,828 25,249 24,044 22,514 21,091
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 77.2 24.4 31.3 35.5 41.7 48.1 52.7 88.2 89.6 90.4 91.0
Mean amount.............................. 34,052 2,238 3,524 4,680 6,064 7,543 8,852 37,158 38,563 40,416 42,211
Standard error /19..................... 223 49 55 61 57 58 59 238 246 258 270
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 58,028 -309 -132 171 1,010 1,602 2,798 57,857 57,018 56,426 55,230
Percent of total income.................. 5.0 -7.5 -0.9 0.6 2.1 2.2 2.8 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2
Mean..................................... 1,606 -75 -23 23 109 143 216 2,021 2,124 2,265 2,382
Standard error /19..................... 60 17 13 13 14 14 16 76 81 87 93
Received positive amount number.......... 2,142 113 162 216 325 405 511 1,927 1,817 1,737 1,632
Percent.................................. 5.9 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.5 3.6 3.9 6.7 6.8 7.0 7.0
Aggregate................................ 58,684 126 313 645 1,495 2,098 3,294 58,039 57,188 56,585 55,390
Mean..................................... 27,394 1,113 1,928 2,990 4,599 5,182 6,452 30,126 31,473 32,571 33,947
Standard error /19..................... 826 140 189 235 227 229 244 896 940 974 1,026
Received negative amount number.......... 158 82 85 93 99 106 106 65 59 53 53
Percent.................................. 0.4 2.0 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aggregate................................ -655 -435 -445 -474 -486 -496 -496 -181 -170 -159 -159
Mean..................................... -4,140 -5,293 -5,235 -5,070 -4,884 -4,700 -4,700 -2,799 -2,884 -3,021 -3,021
Standard error /19..................... 293 460 447 418 369 359 359 395 433 469 469
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 4,013 -65 -51 -56 -15 22 111 4,069 4,028 3,991 3,902
Percent of total income.................. 0.3 -1.6 -0.3 -0.2 -0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mean..................................... 111 -16 -9 -7 -2 2 9 142 150 160 168
Standard error /19..................... 53 14 10 9 7 6 6 67 71 77 83
Received positive amount number.......... 351 16 20 28 39 55 72 323 313 296 279
Percent.................................. 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2
Aggregate................................ 4,207 44 58 75 119 158 247 4,131 4,087 4,049 3,959
Mean..................................... 11,972 2,732 2,946 2,699 3,086 2,849 3,429 12,771 13,071 13,680 14,176
Standard error /19..................... 5,375 610 605 680 611 525 622 5,833 6,033 6,370 6,746
Received negative amount number.......... 45 13 13 15 22 25 25 30 23 20 20
Percent.................................. 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aggregate................................ -194 -109 -109 -131 -135 -136 -136 -62 -59 -58 -58
Mean..................................... -4,277 -8,293 -8,293 -8,546 -6,126 -5,348 -5,348 -2,079 -2,528 -2,904 -2,904
Standard error /19..................... 988 1,890 1,890 1,627 1,530 1,435 1,435 830 1,028 1,164 1,164
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 30,383 203 363 467 731 972 1,246 29,916 29,652 29,411 29,137
Percent of total income.................. 2.6 4.9 2.5 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.3 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8
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
Unrelated individuals under age 65 /4
[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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Mean..................................... 841 49 63 62 79 87 96 1,045 1,105 1,181 1,257
Standard error /19..................... 27 5 6 5 6 6 6 33 36 38 41
Recipient families number................ 14,990 521 831 1,188 1,605 2,030 2,518 13,802 13,385 12,960 12,472
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 41.5 12.7 14.4 15.8 17.3 18.1 19.4 48.2 49.9 52.0 53.8
Mean..................................... 2,027 389 437 393 456 479 495 2,168 2,215 2,269 2,336
Standard error /19..................... 63 34 37 31 34 32 31 68 70 72 75
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 9,209 -3 47 113 192 261 340 9,096 9,017 8,948 8,869
Percent of total income.................. 0.8 -0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Mean..................................... 255 -1 8 15 21 23 26 318 336 359 382
Standard error /19..................... 17 3 4 5 5 5 5 21 22 24 26
Received positive amount number.......... 1,251 28 43 62 83 106 132 1,189 1,167 1,144 1,119
Percent.................................. 3.5 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.8
Aggregate................................ 9,659 14 66 148 227 336 424 9,510 9,431 9,322 9,235
Mean..................................... 7,724 489 1,511 2,404 2,740 3,171 3,222 8,000 8,078 8,146 8,253
Standard error /19..................... 424 242 352 431 372 362 306 444 452 460 470
Received negative amount number.......... 159 12 14 17 19 27 31 142 140 132 128
Percent.................................. 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Aggregate................................ -450 -17 -18 -36 -36 -75 -84 -414 -414 -374 -366
Mean..................................... -2,832 -1,372 -1,332 -2,141 -1,924 -2,835 -2,681 -2,913 -2,953 -2,831 -2,869
Standard error /19..................... 281 841 750 786 663 747 639 302 305 303 313
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 22,350 332 1,785 5,266 8,488 11,252 13,059 17,084 13,862 11,098 9,291
Percent of total income.................. 1.9 8.0 12.3 18.3 17.8 15.5 13.2 1.5 1.3 1.0 0.9
Mean..................................... 618 81 308 701 913 1,002 1,008 597 516 445 401
Standard error /19..................... 14 10 19 27 27 27 26 16 16 16 16
Recipient families number................ 2,442 117 371 859 1,213 1,485 1,650 1,583 1,229 957 792
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 6.8 2.9 6.4 11.4 13.0 13.2 12.7 5.5 4.6 3.8 3.4
Mean amount.............................. 9,153 2,829 4,817 6,131 6,996 7,579 7,914 10,792 11,282 11,594 11,734
Standard error /19..................... 97 190 116 81 75 78 82 126 155 190 219
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 32,591 159 382 779 1,324 1,856 2,493 31,812 31,267 30,734 30,098
Percent of total income.................. 2.8 3.9 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8
Mean..................................... 902 39 66 104 142 165 192 1,111 1,165 1,234 1,298
Standard error /19..................... 31 6 8 10 11 11 12 39 42 45 48
Recipient families number................ 1,900 67 118 191 288 370 450 1,709 1,613 1,530 1,451
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 5.3 1.6 2.0 2.5 3.1 3.3 3.5 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.3
Mean amount.............................. 17,150 2,394 3,236 4,077 4,601 5,013 5,542 18,611 19,389 20,087 20,749
Standard error /19..................... 443 204 214 219 204 194 206 478 499 519 541
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 8,609 486 3,180 5,278 6,064 6,678 7,267 3,331 2,545 1,931 1,341
Percent of total income.................. 0.7 11.8 22.0 18.4 12.7 9.2 7.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1
Mean..................................... 238 118 549 703 652 595 561 116 95 77 58
Standard error /19..................... 7 10 25 26 21 18 17 6 6 6 5
Recipient families number................ 2,352 452 971 1,415 1,632 1,801 1,913 938 720 551 440
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 6.5 11.0 16.8 18.8 17.6 16.0 14.8 3.3 2.7 2.2 1.9
Mean amount.............................. 3,660 1,075 3,274 3,731 3,716 3,707 3,800 3,552 3,532 3,504 3,051
Standard error /19..................... 81 76 104 94 84 81 84 156 185 225 233
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_012_12.htm