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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2004
Married-couple families /10, 11
[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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Married-couple
families /10, 11
Total, families.......................... 57,983 1,093 1,934 3,216 4,720 6,491 8,787 54,768 53,263 51,493 49,197
People in families....................... 184,772 3,658 6,976 11,792 17,255 23,636 31,342 172,980 167,516 161,136 153,430
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 3,350 13,457 34,111 64,214 107,008 169,493 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 80,398 3,064 6,957 10,608 13,604 16,487 19,289 84,496 86,317 88,454 91,312
Standard error /19..................... 356 149 155 144 124 119 114 369 376 386 399
With zero income......................... 248 248 248 248 248 248 248 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 2,066 8,714 21,863 41,618 70,426 111,771 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income.................. 78.7 61.7 64.8 64.1 64.8 65.8 65.9 78.8 78.9 79.0 79.1
Mean..................................... 63,247 1,890 4,505 6,799 8,817 10,851 12,720 66,561 68,070 69,851 72,271
Standard error /19..................... 331 121 152 154 140 142 140 345 353 362 375
Recipient families number................ 48,211 363 932 1,796 2,835 4,060 5,586 46,415 45,376 44,150 42,625
Percent of all families.................. 83.1 33.2 48.2 55.9 60.1 62.6 63.6 84.7 85.2 85.7 86.6
Mean amount.............................. 76,067 5,691 9,346 12,173 14,680 17,345 20,010 78,540 79,903 81,468 83,413
Standard error /19..................... 371 243 199 177 151 150 146 380 387 395 405
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 238,711 -293 338 2,041 3,516 5,249 7,777 236,670 235,195 233,462 230,934
Percent of total income.................. 5.1 -8.8 2.5 6.0 5.5 4.9 4.6 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1
Mean..................................... 4,117 -268 175 635 745 809 885 4,321 4,416 4,534 4,694
Standard error /19..................... 106 98 76 75 60 53 48 112 115 119 124
Received positive amount number.......... 7,016 119 210 360 486 638 834 6,656 6,530 6,378 6,182
Percent.................................. 12.1 10.8 10.9 11.2 10.3 9.8 9.5 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.6
Aggregate................................ 241,683 324 1,015 2,783 4,324 6,158 8,791 238,900 237,360 235,525 232,892
Mean..................................... 34,447 2,733 4,824 7,720 8,889 9,646 10,543 35,894 36,351 36,929 37,671
Standard error /19..................... 780 397 384 421 376 347 333 818 832 851 875
Received negative amount number.......... 588 89 105 117 132 154 170 470 455 434 417
Percent.................................. 1.0 8.2 5.4 3.6 2.8 2.4 1.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8
Aggregate................................ -2,973 -617 -677 -742 -808 -910 -1,014 -2,231 -2,164 -2,063 -1,959
Mean..................................... -5,059 -6,923 -6,426 -6,328 -6,109 -5,917 -5,960 -4,743 -4,754 -4,755 -4,692
Standard error /19..................... 189 610 552 508 434 394 377 203 207 213 215
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 22,743 -217 -213 -81 20 133 412 22,824 22,723 22,610 22,331
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 -6.5 -1.6 -0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mean..................................... 392 -199 -110 -25 4 20 47 417 427 439 454
Standard error /19..................... 51 94 56 41 28 23 22 54 55 57 60
Received positive amount number.......... 1,370 11 22 44 59 92 127 1,326 1,311 1,278 1,243
Percent.................................. 2.4 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5
Aggregate................................ 23,818 31 55 199 303 428 747 23,619 23,515 23,390 23,071
Mean..................................... 17,385 2,662 2,441 4,489 5,092 4,648 5,873 17,816 17,943 18,302 18,563
Standard error /19..................... 2,046 2,387 1,545 1,563 1,261 1,055 1,071 2,112 2,135 2,187 2,247
Received negative amount number.......... 197 21 23 25 25 33 40 172 172 164 157
Percent.................................. 0.3 1.9 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Aggregate................................ -1,075 -248 -268 -280 -283 -295 -335 -795 -792 -780 -740
Mean..................................... -5,454 -11,670 -11,401 -11,298 -11,177 -8,902 -8,336 -4,615 -4,610 -4,757 -4,716
Standard error /19..................... 578 2,528 2,323 2,210 1,999 1,840 1,602 535 536 556 570
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 175,420 413 615 893 1,312 1,697 2,423 174,527 174,109 173,723 172,997
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
Married-couple families /10, 11
[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.................. 3.8 12.3 4.6 2.6 2.0 1.6 1.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9
Mean..................................... 3,025 378 318 278 278 261 276 3,187 3,269 3,374 3,516
Standard error /19..................... 57 42 30 23 19 15 14 61 62 64 67
Recipient families number................ 37,248 339 521 760 1,145 1,647 2,445 36,488 36,103 35,601 34,803
Percent of all families.................. 64.2 31.0 26.9 23.6 24.3 25.4 27.8 66.6 67.8 69.1 70.7
Mean..................................... 4,710 1,220 1,180 1,176 1,145 1,030 991 4,783 4,823 4,880 4,971
Standard error /19..................... 88 123 100 90 71 56 48 90 91 92 94
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 40,086 -159 -267 -263 -270 -207 -86 40,348 40,355 40,293 40,171
Percent of total income.................. 0.9 -4.7 -2.0 -0.8 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Mean..................................... 691 -146 -138 -82 -57 -32 -10 737 758 782 817
Standard error /19..................... 26 50 34 23 15 13 11 27 28 29 31
Received positive amount number.......... 4,095 33 49 73 97 137 209 4,023 3,998 3,958 3,887
Percent.................................. 7.1 3.0 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.4 7.3 7.5 7.7 7.9
Aggregate................................ 44,755 48 68 118 167 279 496 44,637 44,589 44,476 44,260
Mean..................................... 10,928 1,450 1,385 1,622 1,721 2,041 2,374 11,097 11,151 11,236 11,388
Standard error /19..................... 323 421 305 320 295 294 256 328 330 333 339
Received negative amount number.......... 1,174 26 45 56 67 83 103 1,119 1,108 1,092 1,072
Percent.................................. 2.0 2.4 2.3 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.2 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2
Aggregate................................ -4,670 -207 -335 -381 -436 -486 -581 -4,289 -4,233 -4,183 -4,089
Mean..................................... -3,976 -7,995 -7,478 -6,838 -6,534 -5,885 -5,660 -3,834 -3,822 -3,832 -3,815
Standard error /19..................... 107 996 705 647 525 477 415 107 107 108 109
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 232,850 568 1,884 4,854 10,666 18,873 31,972 227,996 222,185 213,977 200,878
Percent of total income.................. 5.0 16.9 14.0 14.2 16.6 17.6 18.9 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.5
Mean..................................... 4,016 519 974 1,510 2,260 2,908 3,639 4,163 4,171 4,155 4,083
Standard error /19..................... 35 69 69 71 69 70 70 37 38 38 39
Recipient families number................ 13,802 86 260 564 1,069 1,668 2,520 13,238 12,733 12,135 11,282
Percent of all families.................. 23.8 7.9 13.5 17.5 22.7 25.7 28.7 24.2 23.9 23.6 22.9
Mean amount.............................. 16,871 6,587 7,236 8,608 9,973 11,318 12,687 17,223 17,450 17,634 17,805
Standard error /19..................... 72 429 221 170 127 119 106 73 74 77 82
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 203,299 152 431 874 1,653 2,669 4,527 202,425 201,646 200,630 198,771
Percent of total income.................. 4.4 4.5 3.2 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.7 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4
Mean..................................... 3,506 139 223 272 350 411 515 3,696 3,786 3,896 4,040
Standard error /19..................... 49 27 30 29 27 27 27 52 53 55 57
Recipient families number................ 9,773 44 91 155 263 417 661 9,617 9,509 9,356 9,112
Percent of all families.................. 16.9 4.0 4.7 4.8 5.6 6.4 7.5 17.6 17.9 18.2 18.5
Mean amount.............................. 20,803 3,469 4,713 5,626 6,275 6,399 6,849 21,048 21,205 21,445 21,815
Standard error /19..................... 214 345 347 340 297 273 251 216 218 220 225
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 12,288 425 1,046 2,050 2,945 4,105 4,832 10,238 9,343 8,184 7,457
Percent of total income.................. 0.3 12.7 7.8 6.0 4.6 3.8 2.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Mean..................................... 212 389 541 638 624 632 550 187 175 159 152
Standard error /19..................... 7 47 46 43 34 31 25 7 7 6 6
Recipient families number................ 1,876 110 226 387 540 693 829 1,489 1,336 1,184 1,047
Percent of all families.................. 3.2 10.1 11.7 12.0 11.4 10.7 9.4 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1
Mean amount.............................. 6,549 3,857 4,632 5,300 5,452 5,926 5,828 6,874 6,993 6,914 7,121
Standard error /19..................... 137 256 228 221 189 191 176 163 175 186 200
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/new2702.htm