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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
Nonfamily householders
[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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Nonfamily householders
People in families....................... 35,783 2,288 3,825 6,230 8,802 11,397 13,467 29,553 26,981 24,385 22,316
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 2,797 12,060 31,300 57,592 90,094 120,905 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 31,488 1,222 3,153 5,024 6,543 7,905 8,978 37,067 39,627 42,511 45,073
Standard error /19..................... 198 48 52 47 40 39 40 226 241 260 277
With zero income......................... 828 828 828 828 828 828 828 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 752,612 1,143 3,326 6,693 12,352 21,512 33,107 745,919 740,260 731,100 719,505
Percent of total income.................. 66.8 40.9 27.6 21.4 21.4 23.9 27.4 68.1 69.2 70.5 71.5
Mean..................................... 21,033 499 870 1,074 1,403 1,887 2,458 25,240 27,437 29,981 32,242
Standard error /19..................... 187 27 33 34 33 37 41 218 234 253 271
Recipient families number................ 20,575 518 963 1,464 2,127 3,008 3,909 19,111 18,449 17,567 16,666
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 57.5 22.6 25.2 23.5 24.2 26.4 29.0 64.7 68.4 72.0 74.7
Mean amount.............................. 36,579 2,207 3,454 4,570 5,808 7,152 8,469 39,031 40,126 41,617 43,172
Standard error /19..................... 276 71 75 85 78 79 80 290 297 307 319
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 53,205 -295 -143 113 582 1,101 2,056 53,092 52,623 52,104 51,149
Percent of total income.................. 4.7 -10.6 -1.2 0.4 1.0 1.2 1.7 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.1
Mean..................................... 1,487 -129 -37 18 66 97 153 1,796 1,950 2,137 2,292
Standard error /19..................... 59 28 19 14 12 12 13 72 78 87 94
Received positive amount number.......... 1,852 57 99 144 218 289 377 1,709 1,635 1,563 1,476
Percent.................................. 5.2 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.8 5.8 6.1 6.4 6.6
Aggregate................................ 53,784 86 239 518 998 1,524 2,479 53,266 52,786 52,259 51,304
Mean..................................... 29,035 1,505 2,418 3,605 4,582 5,267 6,582 31,171 32,292 33,435 34,767
Standard error /19..................... 928 215 249 287 262 264 278 987 1,022 1,060 1,111
Received negative amount number.......... 140 71 71 78 84 87 87 62 56 53 53
Percent.................................. 0.4 3.1 1.8 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aggregate................................ -578 -381 -381 -404 -416 -423 -423 -174 -163 -155 -155
Mean..................................... -4,131 -5,394 -5,394 -5,205 -4,974 -4,882 -4,882 -2,795 -2,883 -2,908 -2,908
Standard error /19..................... 314 502 502 472 414 407 407 387 426 441 441
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 4,201 -110 -95 -118 -78 -47 27 4,319 4,279 4,248 4,174
Percent of total income.................. 0.4 -3.9 -0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mean..................................... 117 -48 -25 -19 -9 -4 2 146 159 174 187
Standard error /19..................... 54 25 15 10 7 6 6 65 71 79 86
Received positive amount number.......... 334 12 15 20 30 46 57 314 303 288 276
Percent.................................. 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2
Aggregate................................ 4,418 15 29 29 73 111 186 4,389 4,345 4,307 4,232
Mean..................................... 13,244 1,259 1,887 1,479 2,383 2,421 3,243 13,989 14,336 14,972 15,317
Standard error /19..................... 5,668 712 804 671 710 587 757 6,022 6,230 6,561 6,828
Received negative amount number.......... 52 15 15 17 23 28 28 35 29 24 24
Percent.................................. 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aggregate................................ -217 -124 -124 -147 -150 -159 -159 -70 -67 -58 -58
Mean..................................... -4,160 -8,521 -8,521 -8,721 -6,404 -5,649 -5,649 -1,981 -2,323 -2,422 -2,422
Standard error /19..................... 911 1,713 1,713 1,494 1,465 1,333 1,333 739 885 1,005 1,005
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 53,045 175 290 479 928 1,613 2,544 52,566 52,116 51,432 50,501
Percent of total income.................. 4.7 6.3 2.4 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.1 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.0
Mean..................................... 1,482 77 76 77 105 142 189 1,779 1,932 2,109 2,263
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
Nonfamily householders
[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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Standard error /19..................... 40 8 7 6 6 7 8 49 53 59 64
Recipient families number................ 17,714 439 750 1,280 2,063 2,980 3,823 16,435 15,652 14,734 13,891
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 49.5 19.2 19.6 20.5 23.4 26.1 28.4 55.6 58.0 60.4 62.2
Mean..................................... 2,994 399 386 374 450 541 665 3,198 3,330 3,491 3,635
Standard error /19..................... 80 38 32 26 25 23 25 86 90 96 101
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 15,283 11 70 146 244 362 554 15,137 15,039 14,921 14,729
Percent of total income.................. 1.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5
Mean..................................... 427 5 18 23 28 32 41 512 557 612 660
Standard error /19..................... 22 6 6 6 5 5 5 27 29 32 35
Received positive amount number.......... 1,945 39 61 97 151 219 303 1,849 1,794 1,726 1,642
Percent.................................. 5.4 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.3 6.3 6.6 7.1 7.4
Aggregate................................ 15,635 26 87 181 287 435 643 15,455 15,348 15,200 14,992
Mean..................................... 8,037 660 1,428 1,871 1,899 1,983 2,119 8,359 8,555 8,807 9,131
Standard error /19..................... 362 187 266 296 226 201 159 379 389 403 422
Received negative amount number.......... 147 11 12 15 19 30 43 132 127 117 104
Percent.................................. 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Aggregate................................ -352 -15 -17 -35 -43 -73 -89 -318 -310 -280 -264
Mean..................................... -2,403 -1,365 -1,488 -2,379 -2,229 -2,442 -2,063 -2,406 -2,430 -2,394 -2,545
Standard error /19..................... 259 931 872 874 636 621 446 274 283 284 316
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 128,976 726 3,843 15,127 30,496 48,452 61,305 113,849 98,480 80,525 67,671
Percent of total income.................. 11.4 26.0 31.9 48.3 53.0 53.8 50.7 10.4 9.2 7.8 6.7
Mean..................................... 3,604 317 1,005 2,428 3,465 4,251 4,552 3,852 3,650 3,302 3,032
Standard error /19..................... 30 24 38 46 44 45 44 35 38 39 40
Recipient families number................ 12,281 266 830 2,420 4,085 5,740 6,865 9,861 8,196 6,541 5,416
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 34.3 11.6 21.7 38.8 46.4 50.4 51.0 33.4 30.4 26.8 24.3
Mean amount.............................. 10,502 2,732 4,633 6,251 7,465 8,441 8,930 11,545 12,016 12,311 12,494
Standard error /19..................... 40 108 70 44 38 38 38 43 49 59 68
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 77,101 148 413 988 2,032 3,452 5,515 76,113 75,069 73,650 71,587
Percent of total income.................. 6.8 5.3 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.8 4.6 6.9 7.0 7.1 7.1
Mean..................................... 2,155 65 108 159 231 303 410 2,575 2,782 3,020 3,208
Standard error /19..................... 42 11 12 13 13 13 14 51 55 61 66
Recipient families number................ 6,032 64 144 333 612 1,016 1,458 5,699 5,419 5,016 4,573
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 16.9 2.8 3.8 5.3 7.0 8.9 10.8 19.3 20.1 20.6 20.5
Mean amount.............................. 12,783 2,318 2,876 2,971 3,321 3,398 3,782 13,356 13,852 14,684 15,653
Standard error /19..................... 197 206 189 154 130 103 92 205 213 226 242
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 9,411 315 2,742 5,098 6,698 7,285 7,837 4,313 2,713 2,126 1,574
Percent of total income.................. 0.8 11.3 22.7 16.3 11.6 8.1 6.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2
Mean..................................... 263 138 717 818 761 639 582 146 101 87 71
Standard error /19..................... 8 15 35 30 23 19 17 7 6 6 6
Recipient families number................ 2,117 206 661 1,257 1,567 1,704 1,790 860 550 413 328
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 5.9 9.0 17.3 20.2 17.8 15.0 13.3 2.9 2.0 1.7 1.5
Mean amount.............................. 4,444 1,527 4,147 4,056 4,274 4,275 4,379 5,013 4,929 5,141 4,800
Standard error /19..................... 84 118 118 92 83 80 83 164 220 271 298
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_014_14.htm