Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Households With Members
Age 65 Years Old & Over
Total 26142 26142 26142 26142 26142 26142 26142 26142
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 25927 21290 21578 21578 21581 21584 21584 21585
With addition or deduction (X) 24311 5126 5099 9057 12196 1031 8859
Mean addition or deduction (X) 14785 6197 4187 3212 7608 1073 2059
Standard error (X) 54 229 42 37 178 43 47
Agg addition or deduction (X) 359436062 31766429 21353282 29089313 92785992 1106138 18241034
Agg square for addition or
deduction (X) 6801377959695 1405227588509 128786008288 194496227947 4830305895326 2946870995 191916497323
Mean total income (X) 25145 56244 74851 55921 47826 30268 47374
Standard error (X) 341 1152 1267 828 468 1052 548
Tally total income (X) 611298826 288330830 381689109 506475541 583291786 31210438 419699414
Agg square for total income (X) 75681134413519 4.67981608E13 65173984397164 7.77088291E13 5.65033155E13 1977385786690 4.05375183E13
Under $2,500 424 8741 8377 8354 8374 8375 8374 8373
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 284 1525 1474 1472 1517 1522 1504 1507
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 875 1356 1328 1305 1309 1314 1306 1309
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 1748 1151 1200 1186 1239 1259 1270 1279
$10,000 to $12,499 1963 1164 1104 1093 1054 1091 1087 1095
$12,500 to $14,999 1763 903 879 884 947 1011 1009 1021
$15,000 to $17,499 1650 832 824 805 815 818 816 830
$17,500 to $19,999 1453 715 784 751 797 894 885 903
$20,000 to $22,499 1258 717 739 720 685 793 795 802
$22,500 to $24,999 1204 618 621 643 703 684 690 683
$25,000 to $27,499 1100 569 568 516 508 629 635 715
$27,500 to $29,999 948 465 494 500 519 594 597 572
$30,000 to $32,499 824 534 574 510 538 539 531 548
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
$32,500 to $34,999 766 376 365 429 405 505 510 501
$35,000 to $37,499 713 462 478 452 441 486 492 482
$37,500 to $39,999 665 337 401 394 425 421 416 417
$40,000 to $42,499 614 484 471 469 420 398 404 410
$42,500 to $44,999 525 274 305 299 292 316 323 346
$45,000 to $47,499 463 315 303 299 304 307 301 262
$47,500 to $49,999 465 267 267 292 313 256 262 277
$50,000 to $52,499 424 284 308 281 295 253 248 250
$52,500 to $54,999 347 230 242 259 265 205 206 229
$55,000 to $57,499 398 219 193 231 183 242 247 234
$57,500 to $59,999 321 144 148 171 184 204 205 212
$60,000 to $62,499 295 197 219 172 174 192 192 194
$62,500 to $64,999 264 184 168 187 207 189 192 196
$65,000 to $67,499 274 171 204 166 172 183 179 181
$67,500 to $69,999 238 140 139 185 137 152 153 127
$70,000 to $72,499 213 168 174 171 152 134 134 146
$72,500 to $74,999 189 123 141 139 170 141 141 151
$75,000 to $77,499 228 148 153 146 150 128 128 123
$77,500 to $79,999 170 103 124 162 132 122 121 103
$80,000 to $82,499 159 151 140 122 116 137 141 123
$82,500 to $84,999 126 71 68 107 96 105 104 116
$85,000 to $87,499 154 104 106 100 114 106 107 141
$87,500 to $89,999 129 86 97 99 92 115 111 72
$90,000 to $92,499 152 107 115 84 99 75 78 79
$92,500 to $94,999 109 74 74 100 91 81 82 69
$95,000 to $97,499 140 95 112 109 87 79 78 62
$97,500 to $99,999 123 76 92 89 101 59 60 73
$100,000 and over 1984 1465 1572 1688 1518 1029 1029 926
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 2.7 39.3 37.7 37.6 37.8 37.9 37.8 37.8
$5,000 to $9,999 10.0 9.6 9.7 9.5 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.9
$10,000 to $14,999 14.3 7.9 7.6 7.6 7.7 8.0 8.0 8.1
$15,000 to $19,999 11.9 5.9 6.1 6.0 6.2 6.6 6.5 6.6
$20,000 to $24,999 9.4 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.6 5.7 5.7
$25,000 to $29,999 7.8 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.7 4.7 4.9
$30,000 to $34,999 6.1 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 4.0 4.0 4.0
$35,000 to $39,999 5.3 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.4
$40,000 to $44,999 4.4 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.9
$45,000 to $49,999 3.6 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.1
$50,000 to $59,999 5.7 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5
$60,000 to $74,999 5.6 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8
$75,000 to $99,999 5.7 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.7
$100,000 and over 7.6 5.6 6.0 6.5 5.8 3.9 3.9 3.5
Median 26019 10640 11567 11724 11501 11378 11418 11375
Standard Error 196 185 195 197 205 198 199 197
Mean dollars 40692 26943 28158 28975 27862 24325 24367 23673
Standard Error 349 344 349 356 343 264 264 251
Agg total income 1063772652 704336590 736103020 757456301 728366988 635900685 637006824 618868830
Agg Square for total income 1.16377E14 89841195127757 9.36074014E13 97821264846349 9.09324492E13 5.72266995E13 5.73059079E13 5.23003043E13
Gini ratio 0.481 0.667 0.658 0.660 0.658 0.637 0.637 0.631
Standard Error 0.0057 0.0057 0.0056 0.0056 0.0056 0.0055 0.0055 0.0055
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 17940 9849 10270 10486 9898 9790 10267 10235
Percent of households 34.4 48.7 48.0 48.0 47.4 47.3 48.1 48.1
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 12286 905 130 1109 320 284 728
Mean amount (X) 13742 397 2227 405 186 417 130
Standard error (X) 67 142 122 10 37 33 13
Agg first quintile (X) 168835575 358927 289046 449485 59364 118413 94648
Agg square first quintile (X) 2913994265991 14637897085 863324260 293923527 135221334 128621015 91010939
Tot 1st Quintile 8996 12735 12544 12554 12393 12371 12567 12577
Second quintile:
Upper limit 34087 29682 30122 31462 29478 28132 28639 28109
Percent of households 26.8 22.9 22.7 23.0 22.8 23.7 23.3 23.3
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 5603 1278 1002 2443 4396 336 2689
Mean amount (X) 15647 3473 2418 1342 1073 1374 482
Standard error (X) 113 181 45 16 17 85 9
Agg second quintile (X) 87670527 4440038 2423028 3277438 4716022 462195 1295791
Agg square second quintile (X) 1725870852890 62176850111 7649842891 5792044447 10045532177 1359452935 1101569036
Tot 2nd Quintile 7002 5979 5939 6013 5968 6184 6096 6100
Third quintile:
Upper limit 54587 51168 51599 54856 51260 47519 47636 46375
Percent of households 17.0 12.5 12.5 12.8 13.0 13.0 12.6 12.5
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 2874 1014 1391 2118 3316 233 2190
Mean amount (X) 15740 6227 3272 2483 3973 1278 1137
Standard error (X) 173 412 49 28 46 93 18
Agg third quintile (X) 45238941 6316214 4549855 5258390 13175206 297878 2488822
Agg square third quintile (X) 928528189313 192868338296 18972542337 16171046598 72530978938 795846658 4188111210
Tot 3rd Quintile 4444 3260 3266 3338 3407 3401 3305 3275
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 86896 84483 85415 90372 84459 75905 75941 73342
Percent of households 11.6 8.2 8.6 8.3 8.6 8.4 8.3 8.4
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 1852 847 1258 1684 2174 104 1666
Mean amount (X) 16406 11338 4314 4179 8371 1256 2318
Standard error (X) 226 801 63 54 105 144 38
Agg fourth quintile (X) 30384794 9601393 5427603 7038669 18198799 130748 3862798
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 651616707034 512823088261 28869001114 36769739003 198206875930 362101980 12427933401
Tot 4th Quintile 3033 2146 2246 2175 2252 2194 2180 2205
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 10.2 7.7 8.2 7.9 8.1 7.6 7.6 7.6
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 1696 1082 1319 1703 1990 74 1586
Mean amount (X) 16102 10215 6570 7672 28458 1317 6620
Standard error (X) 237 705 101 118 920 191 218
Agg fifth quintile (X) 27306224 11049857 8663748 13065331 56636600 96904 10498976
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 581367944468 622721414755 72431297685 135469474371 4549387286948 300848408 174107872738
Tot 5th Quintile 2667 2021 2148 2062 2122 1991 1994 1985
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 11118 2045 2167 2203 2064 2047 2181 2184
Standard error 48 29 31 32 31 30 31 31
Agg 100013735 26047586 27176845 27655274 25581568 25320943 27410560 27470583
Agg square 1.27724E12 170419383193 195168578292 201143773760 178484220060 175671155421 196981743467 197287597768
Second quintile:
Mean 25125 18259 18955 19558 18380 18003 18521 18355
Standard error 59 78 79 83 77 71 72 70
Agg 175937413 109177221 112573330 117611490 109689632 111329614 112907141 111966359
Agg square 4.5682E12 2182991417132 2325682533038 2518431099680 2199945343566 2174882397788 2260642585582 2216449113184
Third quintile:
Mean 43064 39303 39687 41872 39194 36672 37068 36304
Standard error 93 116 113 122 115 99 99 95
Agg 191362865 128125983 129600191 139752463 133546353 124726469 122497069 118893377
Agg square 8.39112E12 5160448434306 5262618684082 5996461577985 5368000922255 4674232493256 4634162758827 4401728233518
Fourth quintile:
Mean 68030 65562 66074 70329 65717 59946 60048 58287
Standard error 177 216 214 226 214 182 181 173
Agg 206336491 140712171 148373135 152973850 147981288 131545317 130900758 128501698
Agg square 1.42891E13 9413402772012 1.00063201E13 10971316255074 9928046403978 8025650732653 7997580984076 7617553064898
Fifth quintile:
Mean 146290 148563 148222 154909 146799 122028 122008 116877
Standard error 2221 2810 2660 2771 2639 1898 1896 1763
Agg 390122148 300273630 318379518 319463224 311568146 242978342 243291296 232036813
Agg square 8.78514E13 72913933121114 7.58176115E13 78133912139851 7.32579724E13 4.21762627E13 4.22165398E13 3.78672863E13
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Households With Members
Age 65 Years Old & Over
Total 26142 26142 26142 26142 26142 26142 26142
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 25702 25825 25825 25927 25927 25951 26092
With addition or deduction 23924 22579 575 1682 2912 2561 21155
Mean addition or deduction 14638 6913 103 5489 2891 1803 3624
Standard error 54 27 3 130 59 29 41
Agg addition or deduction 350205017 156083942 59408 9231045 8419434 4617039 76661804
Agg square for addition or
deduction 6571615273594 1416802943564 7999810 92400235414 50008073578 13159526409 942779251712
Mean total income 36994 47045 83971 29787 43870 23242 50937
Standard error 262 289 2429 784 757 440 319
Tally total income 885050222 1062214338 48275381 50092374 127754810 59532545 1077572417
Agg square for total income 6.71369959E13 8.74063108E13 5764657649518 3015675511058 9870108547515 2497425480710 94766910933447
Under $2,500 670 636 636 406 406 379 247
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 386 366 366 286 286 240 213
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 919 846 846 773 762 627 419
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 1647 1328 1328 1427 1400 1366 964
$10,000 to $12,499 1873 1163 1163 1270 1212 1103 1047
$12,500 to $14,999 1650 1081 1081 1064 1105 1187 1175
$15,000 to $17,499 1478 1026 1026 1029 1025 1178 1132
$17,500 to $19,999 1438 959 959 959 949 991 1044
$20,000 to $22,499 1347 989 989 1042 980 994 960
$22,500 to $24,999 1211 1134 1134 1147 1150 1154 1046
$25,000 to $27,499 1075 1147 1147 1146 1141 1149 1045
$27,500 to $29,999 923 1012 1012 1021 1044 1053 1088
$30,000 to $32,499 891 952 952 962 922 942 934
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
$32,500 to $34,999 798 856 856 873 904 896 937
$35,000 to $37,499 697 900 900 910 890 891 873
$37,500 to $39,999 728 856 855 858 868 867 884
$40,000 to $42,499 728 832 834 835 838 846 818
$42,500 to $44,999 622 756 756 775 767 758 870
$45,000 to $47,499 547 731 731 754 748 767 725
$47,500 to $49,999 491 634 632 617 620 614 684
$50,000 to $52,499 452 535 537 532 578 580 645
$52,500 to $54,999 396 569 569 577 571 579 584
$55,000 to $57,499 389 591 591 592 585 578 622
$57,500 to $59,999 394 476 476 484 495 499 529
$60,000 to $62,499 296 434 432 436 450 441 492
$62,500 to $64,999 259 406 408 408 404 410 453
$65,000 to $67,499 248 391 387 381 398 403 456
$67,500 to $69,999 203 297 301 301 312 311 362
$70,000 to $72,499 246 308 306 302 302 303 319
$72,500 to $74,999 167 243 244 248 242 244 314
$75,000 to $77,499 207 219 219 229 240 242 263
$77,500 to $79,999 195 233 233 240 240 239 273
$80,000 to $82,499 230 226 226 236 234 234 246
$82,500 to $84,999 183 206 206 207 220 215 248
$85,000 to $87,499 160 236 236 232 221 227 224
$87,500 to $89,999 136 187 187 181 192 194 227
$90,000 to $92,499 132 171 171 173 178 179 192
$92,500 to $94,999 126 155 155 159 150 148 184
$95,000 to $97,499 112 155 156 152 172 174 193
$97,500 to $99,999 86 138 138 145 147 148 165
$100,000 and over 1408 1761 1761 1772 1792 1792 2044
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 4.0 3.8 3.8 2.6 2.6 2.4 1.8
$5,000 to $9,999 9.8 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.3 7.6 5.3
$10,000 to $14,999 13.5 8.6 8.6 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.5
$15,000 to $19,999 11.2 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 8.3 8.3
$20,000 to $24,999 9.8 8.1 8.1 8.4 8.1 8.2 7.7
$25,000 to $29,999 7.6 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.2
$30,000 to $34,999 6.5 6.9 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.2
$35,000 to $39,999 5.5 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.7
$40,000 to $44,999 5.2 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.5
$45,000 to $49,999 4.0 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.4
$50,000 to $59,999 6.2 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 9.1
$60,000 to $74,999 5.4 7.9 7.9 7.9 8.1 8.1 9.2
$75,000 to $99,999 6.0 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.6 8.5
$100,000 and over 5.4 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.9 7.8
Median 26052 33763 33763 34037 34402 34475 37343
Standard Error 201 252 252 247 239 241 247
Mean dollars 37070 43040 43043 43396 43718 43894 46827
Standard Error 258 269 269 269 269 269 275
Agg total income 969073848 1125157789 1125217197 1134448242 1142867676 1147484714 1224146518
Agg Square for total income 7.59487966E13 9.19534816E13 91963815820856 9.25046116E13 9.34459156E13 93624492907878 102559139487393
Gini ratio 0.454 0.427 0.427 0.421 0.420 0.416 0.403
Standard Error 0.0054 0.0052 0.0052 0.0052 0.0052 0.0052 0.0052
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 17740 19669 19670 20114 20593 21021 22044
Percent of households 33.6 27.9 27.9 27.8 28.2 28.7 26.9
With type of addition
or deduction 7899 4520 28 834 868 1635 4449
Mean amount 9992 2451 88 4376 740 2015 1827
Standard error 43 23 8 130 22 36 123
Agg first quintile 78930618 11079768 2468 3649650 642117 3293019 8127337
Agg square first quintile 889752495309 36821851356 261699 26344305355 780527433 9630735056 278131228595
Tot 1st Quintile 8793 7291 7291 7260 7381 7504 7034
Second quintile:
Upper limit 32561 34756 34767 34975 35628 35828 37181
Percent of households 25.7 23.4 23.5 23.5 23.4 23.1 22.8
With type of addition
or deduction 6343 5910 35 364 658 496 4852
Mean amount 15444 6256 82 6380 2507 1445 3092
Standard error 77 26 7 284 51 55 49
Agg second quintile 97969122 36974915 2861 2320504 1649835 716654 15003885
Agg square second quintile 1722140307319 251921579257 290271 24192324631 5131693014 1677993578 95372263826
Tot 2nd Quintile 6725 6127 6133 6140 6129 6047 5958
Third quintile:
Upper limit 49911 51856 51873 52049 52552 52627 54472
Percent of households 17.6 19.8 19.8 19.9 19.5 19.4 20.0
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
With type of addition
or deduction 4254 4928 68 199 536 246 4564
Mean amount 16954 8610 94 7351 4097 1367 3664
Standard error 127 52 7 531 131 94 69
Agg third quintile 72126171 42426775 6441 1459237 2194264 335585 16719416
Agg square third quintile 1480911686568 423466462555 799747 20473830707 13281644807 921556995 147235490345
Tot 3rd Quintile 4592 5181 5182 5191 5099 5073 5230
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 76154 77355 77381 77506 77845 77867 80230
Percent of households 12.1 15.5 15.5 15.5 15.4 15.3 16.1
With type of addition
or deduction 2876 3901 163 174 455 128 3833
Mean amount 18339 9295 99 5542 4559 1623 4534
Standard error 191 66 5 377 174 177 81
Agg fourth quintile 52741707 36258339 16162 964114 2072963 208291 17379758
Agg square fourth quintile 1232055506951 394899274775 2078122 9118128674 14940107315 788446181 162658270797
Tot 4th Quintile 3150 4061 4060 4056 4020 4009 4213
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 11.0 13.3 13.3 13.4 13.4 13.4 14.2
With type of addition
or deduction 2552 3320 281 112 396 57 3456
Mean amount 18983 8839 112 7508 4696 1116 5622
Standard error 239 72 4 740 228 157 120
Agg fifth quintile 48437399 29344144 31475 837539 1860255 63490 19431408
Agg square fifth quintile 1246755277447 309693775621 4569970 12271646047 15874101008 140794598 259381998148
Tot 5th Quintile 2882 3483 3476 3495 3512 3508 3707
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 10501 10847 10847 11464 11705 12301 13359
Standard error 53 66 66 64 65 65 77
Agg 92340075 79079246 79081714 83224725 86395944 92311099 93963870
Agg square 1158336838819 1063737142422 1063803115413 1141219326896 1212211861327 1343775719693 1510518650302
Second quintile:
Mean 24433 27002 27011 27240 27824 28135 29352
Standard error 55 58 58 57 58 57 59
Agg 164300971 165438450 165657282 167258674 170548980 170130746 174876618
Agg square 4134089577810 4576593764251 4584251613607 4664535549531 4856593407814 4892641360112 5243078161984
Third quintile:
Mean 40518 42571 42595 42735 43377 43528 45151
Standard error 77 71 71 71 71 71 73
Agg 186050391 220547983 220715137 221823649 221203518 220839681 236144670
Agg square 7648071946401 9508300699652 9520904734809 9597913944798 9711715274031 9727804176781 10788393498466
Fourth quintile:
Mean 60828 62374 62422 62550 63022 63119 65299
Standard error 140 118 118 119 119 119 119
Agg 191629945 253294220 253462048 253729468 253362673 253041320 275083883
Agg square 1.18273819E13 1.60010755E13 16024507513595 1.60747357E13 1.61681252E13 16171121506924 18181700055688
Fifth quintile:
Mean 116157 116796 116883 116854 117141 117195 119784
Standard error 1299 1118 1119 1114 1109 1110 1064
Agg 334752466 406797890 406301016 408411727 411356561 411161868 444077478
Agg square 5.11809163E13 6.08037745E13 60770348843431 6.10262071E13 6.14972698E13 61489150144367 66835449120953
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Households With Members
Age 65 Years Old & Over
Total 26142 26142 26142
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 25951 25927 25927
With addition or deduction 22650 (X) (X)
Mean addition or deduction 7263 (X) (X)
Standard error 29 (X) (X)
Agg addition or deduction 164503375 (X) (X)
Agg square for addition or
deduction 1583564309929 (X) (X)
Mean total income 24228 (X) (X)
Standard error 362 (X) (X)
Tally total income 548783579 (X) (X)
Agg square for total income 72131859361623 (X) (X)
Under $2,500 379 408 406
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 241 293 295
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 627 839 836
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 1583 1829 1827
$10,000 to $12,499 2111 1907 1903
$12,500 to $14,999 1858 1683 1676
$15,000 to $17,499 1538 1546 1540
$17,500 to $19,999 1479 1464 1466
$20,000 to $22,499 1395 1409 1413
$22,500 to $24,999 1235 1230 1220
$25,000 to $27,499 1108 1111 1110
$27,500 to $29,999 943 1003 990
$30,000 to $32,499 913 916 924
$32,500 to $34,999 822 817 827
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
$35,000 to $37,499 715 743 734
$37,500 to $39,999 722 777 786
$40,000 to $42,499 729 698 704
$42,500 to $44,999 614 614 610
$45,000 to $47,499 549 540 538
$47,500 to $49,999 498 504 519
$50,000 to $52,499 470 473 467
$52,500 to $54,999 399 385 390
$55,000 to $57,499 388 370 365
$57,500 to $59,999 390 349 350
$60,000 to $62,499 304 314 317
$62,500 to $64,999 270 236 234
$65,000 to $67,499 242 287 292
$67,500 to $69,999 214 248 248
$70,000 to $72,499 238 189 191
$72,500 to $74,999 177 160 156
$75,000 to $77,499 207 222 225
$77,500 to $79,999 199 198 197
$80,000 to $82,499 227 214 214
$82,500 to $84,999 178 183 185
$85,000 to $87,499 154 141 135
$87,500 to $89,999 140 137 140
$90,000 to $92,499 142 129 129
$92,500 to $94,999 135 109 111
$95,000 to $97,499 105 85 86
$97,500 to $99,999 85 70 71
$100,000 and over 1418 1314 1314
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 2.4 2.7 2.7
$5,000 to $9,999 8.5 10.2 10.2
$10,000 to $14,999 15.2 13.7 13.7
$15,000 to $19,999 11.5 11.5 11.5
$20,000 to $24,999 10.1 10.1 10.1
$25,000 to $29,999 7.8 8.1 8.0
$30,000 to $34,999 6.6 6.6 6.7
$35,000 to $39,999 5.5 5.8 5.8
$40,000 to $44,999 5.1 5.0 5.0
$45,000 to $49,999 4.0 4.0 4.0
$50,000 to $59,999 6.3 6.0 6.0
$60,000 to $74,999 5.5 5.5 5.5
$75,000 to $99,999 6.0 5.7 5.7
$100,000 and over 5.4 5.0 5.0
Median 26410 26041 26101
Standard Error 195 194 194
Mean dollars 37602 36564 36606
Standard Error 257 251 251
Agg total income 982981339 955845472 956951611
Agg Square for total income 76556312742979 7.257851E13 7.2673302E13
Gini ratio 0.443 0.443 0.443
Standard Error 0.0055 0.0054 0.0054
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 18643 17008 17665
Percent of households 34.6 31.4 33.0
With type of addition
or deduction 6317 (X) (X)
Mean amount 3596 (X) (X)
Standard error 28 (X) (X)
Agg first quintile 22714263 (X) (X)
Agg square first quintile 108283299006 (X) (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 9047 8215 8634
Second quintile:
Upper limit 32979 30636 30986
Percent of households 24.9 25.8 24.5
With type of addition
or deduction 6305 (X) (X)
Mean amount 8065 (X) (X)
Standard error 44 (X) (X)
Agg second quintile 50850961 (X) (X)
Agg square second quintile 477084659306 (X) (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 6510 6744 6415
Third quintile:
Upper limit 50167 46701 46829
Percent of households 17.4 18.0 17.7
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
With type of addition
or deduction 4310 (X) (X)
Mean amount 9151 (X) (X)
Standard error 66 (X) (X)
Agg third quintile 39436984 (X) (X)
Agg square third quintile 430929519801 (X) (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 4541 4703 4621
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 76273 71171 71208
Percent of households 12.1 13.0 13.0
With type of addition
or deduction 2998 (X) (X)
Mean amount 9139 (X) (X)
Standard error 84 (X) (X)
Agg fourth quintile 27394910 (X) (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 306151742400 (X) (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 3160 3409 3400
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 11.0 11.7 11.7
With type of addition
or deduction 2721 (X) (X)
Mean amount 8859 (X) (X)
Standard error 86 (X) (X)
Agg fifth quintile 24106257 (X) (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 261115089416 (X) (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 2885 3071 3072
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 11692 10591 10934
Standard error 49 48 49
Agg 105776716 87002824 94411063
Agg square 1405676835212 1.057867E12 1.1876393E12
Second quintile:
Mean 25108 23247 23793
Standard error 54 51 50
Agg 163452297 156788562 152631975
Agg square 4213284946342 3.746884E12 3.7230552E12
Third quintile:
Mean 40814 38062 38290
Standard error 77 71 71
Agg 185332653 179012164 176921013
Agg square 7671651884454 6.91141E12 6.867518E12
Fourth quintile:
Mean 61046 57024 57098
Standard error 140 127 126
Agg 192899997 194392563 194143010
Agg square 11947715134326 1.124842E13 1.1247375E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 116316 110285 110316
Standard error 1298 1218 1218
Agg 335519675 338649359 338844549
Agg square 51317983942646 4.961392E13 4.9647715E13
Race Footnotes