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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2004
All families /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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All families /10
Total, families.......................... 76,866 3,257 5,238 7,835 10,499 13,453 16,987 69,032 66,367 63,413 59,880
People in families....................... 240,754 10,603 17,629 26,544 35,694 45,769 57,145 214,210 205,060 194,984 183,609
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 11,005 32,731 71,690 122,938 191,445 284,831 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 70,389 3,379 6,249 9,150 11,709 14,231 16,768 77,339 79,672 82,303 85,600
Standard error /19..................... 290 71 79 81 77 79 79 312 321 332 346
With zero income......................... 673 673 673 673 673 673 673 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 5,098 17,630 42,124 75,675 121,327 185,274 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income.................. 78.3 46.3 53.9 58.8 61.6 63.4 65.0 78.6 78.7 78.9 79.1
Mean..................................... 55,139 1,565 3,366 5,377 7,208 9,019 10,907 60,786 62,721 64,923 67,686
Standard error /19..................... 268 56 76 84 83 87 90 290 299 310 324
Recipient families number................ 63,601 1,229 2,523 4,365 6,316 8,471 11,040 59,236 57,285 55,130 52,561
Percent of all families.................. 82.7 37.7 48.2 55.7 60.2 63.0 65.0 85.8 86.3 86.9 87.8
Mean amount.............................. 66,639 4,148 6,989 9,651 11,981 14,323 16,782 70,838 72,666 74,677 77,111
Standard error /19..................... 304 104 110 106 97 99 100 319 327 337 349
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 263,943 -345 418 2,399 4,457 6,946 10,447 261,544 259,485 256,997 253,495
Percent of total income.................. 4.9 -3.1 1.3 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.7 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9
Mean..................................... 3,434 -106 80 306 425 516 615 3,789 3,910 4,053 4,233
Standard error /19..................... 82 37 31 33 30 28 28 92 95 99 105
Received positive amount number.......... 8,243 186 315 520 715 947 1,227 7,723 7,528 7,296 7,016
Percent.................................. 10.7 5.7 6.0 6.6 6.8 7.0 7.2 11.2 11.3 11.5 11.7
Aggregate................................ 267,368 482 1,306 3,370 5,514 8,127 11,743 263,997 261,853 259,240 255,625
Mean..................................... 32,435 2,596 4,147 6,479 7,709 8,582 9,570 34,183 34,784 35,531 36,433
Standard error /19..................... 685 279 288 324 289 269 260 726 743 765 793
Received negative amount number.......... 677 123 139 158 176 202 222 519 500 474 455
Percent.................................. 0.9 3.8 2.7 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8
Aggregate................................ -3,425 -827 -887 -971 -1,057 -1,182 -1,296 -2,454 -2,368 -2,243 -2,129
Mean..................................... -5,062 -6,732 -6,368 -6,143 -5,994 -5,836 -5,833 -4,732 -4,733 -4,731 -4,685
Standard error /19..................... 174 486 453 414 357 328 314 192 196 203 206
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 24,666 -243 -223 -90 44 208 561 24,755 24,622 24,457 24,105
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 -2.2 -0.7 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mean..................................... 321 -75 -43 -11 4 15 33 359 371 386 403
Standard error /19..................... 39 33 22 17 13 12 12 43 45 47 50
Received positive amount number.......... 1,612 19 35 61 89 135 190 1,550 1,522 1,477 1,422
Percent.................................. 2.1 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4
Aggregate................................ 25,814 32 72 217 354 531 933 25,597 25,460 25,282 24,880
Mean..................................... 16,018 1,726 2,060 3,537 3,961 3,947 4,911 16,512 16,725 17,118 17,503
Standard error /19..................... 1,776 1,540 1,139 1,211 928 805 802 1,844 1,876 1,931 2,004
Received negative amount number.......... 225 28 30 32 32 44 55 193 193 180 170
Percent.................................. 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Aggregate................................ -1,148 -275 -295 -307 -310 -323 -373 -841 -838 -825 -776
Mean..................................... -5,106 -9,803 -9,732 -9,719 -9,602 -7,264 -6,806 -4,352 -4,351 -4,574 -4,559
Standard error /19..................... 527 2,229 2,080 1,997 1,807 1,552 1,316 494 496 519 540
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 193,131 494 712 1,064 1,585 2,081 2,942 192,068 191,547 191,050 190,189
Percent of total income.................. 3.6 4.5 2.2 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.0 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Based on the June 2006 Weighting Correction.
POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2004
All families /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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Mean..................................... 2,513 152 136 136 151 155 173 2,782 2,886 3,013 3,176
Standard error /19..................... 45 15 12 10 9 8 8 50 52 54 57
Recipient families number................ 44,023 519 804 1,249 1,875 2,641 3,766 42,774 42,148 41,382 40,256
Percent of all families.................. 57.3 16.0 15.3 15.9 17.9 19.6 22.2 62.0 63.5 65.3 67.2
Mean..................................... 4,387 951 886 852 845 788 781 4,490 4,545 4,617 4,724
Standard error /19..................... 77 87 70 60 47 38 33 80 81 82 84
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 44,273 -154 -276 -205 -179 -91 47 44,477 44,452 44,363 44,226
Percent of total income.................. 0.8 -1.4 -0.8 -0.3 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9
Mean..................................... 576 -47 -53 -26 -17 -7 3 644 670 700 739
Standard error /19..................... 21 17 13 10 8 7 6 23 24 25 26
Received positive amount number.......... 4,611 43 65 103 148 206 288 4,508 4,463 4,404 4,323
Percent.................................. 6.0 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.7 6.5 6.7 6.9 7.2
Aggregate................................ 49,345 69 90 211 298 456 721 49,134 49,047 48,889 48,624
Mean..................................... 10,702 1,609 1,400 2,051 2,013 2,207 2,505 10,899 10,990 11,100 11,247
Standard error /19..................... 302 355 255 322 252 230 219 308 311 314 320
Received negative amount number.......... 1,293 31 51 64 77 99 125 1,229 1,216 1,194 1,169
Percent.................................. 1.7 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.0
Aggregate................................ -5,072 -223 -366 -416 -477 -546 -674 -4,657 -4,595 -4,526 -4,398
Mean..................................... -3,922 -7,238 -7,151 -6,523 -6,221 -5,537 -5,414 -3,788 -3,778 -3,789 -3,764
Standard error /19..................... 103 941 667 606 488 432 377 103 103 104 105
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 282,876 1,331 4,517 9,900 18,240 30,174 46,669 272,976 264,636 252,702 236,207
Percent of total income.................. 5.2 12.1 13.8 13.8 14.8 15.8 16.4 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.6
Mean..................................... 3,680 409 862 1,264 1,737 2,243 2,747 3,954 3,987 3,985 3,945
Standard error /19..................... 29 33 39 41 40 42 44 31 32 33 35
Recipient families number................ 18,032 244 657 1,221 1,988 2,919 4,059 16,811 16,044 15,114 13,973
Percent of all families.................. 23.5 7.5 12.6 15.6 18.9 21.7 23.9 24.4 24.2 23.8 23.3
Mean amount.............................. 15,687 5,462 6,870 8,109 9,174 10,339 11,497 16,238 16,494 16,720 16,904
Standard error /19..................... 63 224 136 112 92 89 85 65 67 69 74
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 226,948 293 712 1,354 2,451 4,085 6,633 225,594 224,497 222,863 220,315
Percent of total income.................. 4.2 2.7 2.2 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.3 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.3
Mean..................................... 2,953 90 136 173 233 304 390 3,268 3,383 3,514 3,679
Standard error /19..................... 39 13 14 14 14 16 17 43 44 46 49
Recipient families number................ 11,629 85 172 285 450 691 1,039 11,344 11,179 10,938 10,590
Percent of all families.................. 15.1 2.6 3.3 3.6 4.3 5.1 6.1 16.4 16.8 17.2 17.7
Mean amount.............................. 19,516 3,461 4,137 4,753 5,441 5,915 6,383 19,886 20,083 20,374 20,804
Standard error /19..................... 189 263 253 242 217 203 185 192 194 198 202
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 26,487 2,647 5,329 8,210 10,906 13,340 14,856 18,277 15,581 13,147 11,631
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 24.1 16.3 11.5 8.9 7.0 5.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Mean..................................... 345 813 1,017 1,048 1,039 992 875 265 235 207 194
Standard error /19..................... 7 38 37 33 28 25 21 7 7 6 6
Recipient families number................ 4,475 733 1,229 1,701 2,103 2,467 2,751 2,774 2,372 2,008 1,724
Percent of all families.................. 5.8 22.5 23.5 21.7 20.0 18.3 16.2 4.0 3.6 3.2 2.9
Mean amount.............................. 5,919 3,609 4,336 4,827 5,185 5,408 5,400 6,588 6,569 6,546 6,747
Standard error /19..................... 80 110 100 101 94 93 89 113 123 135 149
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Based on the June 2006 Weighting Correction.
Poverty Footnotes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: November 02, 2006
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032005/pov/new2701.htm