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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2004
Families with a female householder, no spouse present /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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Families with a female householder,
no spouse present /10
Total, families.......................... 13,981 1,929 2,903 3,962 4,915 5,869 6,834 10,020 9,067 8,113 7,148
People in families....................... 42,053 6,298 9,456 12,832 15,839 18,853 21,748 29,221 26,213 23,200 20,305
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... 494,732 7,052 16,966 31,945 49,192 70,005 94,251 462,787 445,540 424,727 400,481
Mean..................................... 35,385 3,655 5,845 8,063 10,009 11,928 13,792 46,188 49,141 52,354 56,031
Standard error /19..................... 378 78 89 98 98 105 111 484 525 575 639
With zero income......................... 374 374 374 374 374 374 374 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 369,031 2,664 7,563 16,726 27,949 41,345 58,838 352,305 341,082 327,685 310,193
Percent of total income.................. 74.6 37.8 44.6 52.4 56.8 59.1 62.4 76.1 76.6 77.2 77.5
Mean..................................... 26,394 1,381 2,606 4,222 5,687 7,045 8,610 35,161 37,620 40,393 43,399
Standard error /19..................... 347 59 79 97 99 107 115 453 492 540 602
Recipient families number................ 11,163 770 1,390 2,177 2,940 3,688 4,505 8,986 8,223 7,475 6,659
Percent of all families.................. 79.8 39.9 47.9 55.0 59.8 62.8 65.9 89.7 90.7 92.1 93.2
Mean amount.............................. 33,057 3,461 5,440 7,682 9,506 11,210 13,061 39,206 41,477 43,836 46,584
Standard error /19..................... 410 100 116 126 120 125 130 486 523 568 627
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 12,585 48 136 332 747 1,346 2,098 12,252 11,837 11,239 10,486
Percent of total income.................. 2.5 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.5 1.9 2.2 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.6
Mean..................................... 900 25 47 84 152 229 307 1,223 1,306 1,385 1,467
Standard error /19..................... 79 22 18 18 21 24 27 110 122 136 153
Received positive amount number.......... 777 59 86 128 178 242 306 649 598 534 471
Percent.................................. 5.6 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.6 4.1 4.5 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.6
Aggregate................................ 12,796 137 225 438 855 1,462 2,215 12,358 11,940 11,333 10,581
Mean..................................... 16,478 2,330 2,607 3,430 4,800 6,038 7,240 19,047 19,957 21,210 22,484
Standard error /19..................... 1,302 345 355 377 401 415 434 1,536 1,658 1,845 2,081
Received negative amount number.......... 45 13 13 18 20 20 20 26 25 24 24
Percent.................................. 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Aggregate................................ -211 -89 -89 -106 -108 -117 -117 -105 -103 -95 -95
Mean..................................... -4,744 -6,831 -6,717 -5,868 -5,544 -5,731 -5,731 -3,977 -4,120 -3,912 -3,912
Standard error /19..................... 568 1,018 1,032 885 799 792 792 738 771 763 763
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 917 -23 -7 -6 -5 24 55 923 922 892 862
Percent of total income.................. 0.2 -0.3 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Mean..................................... 66 -12 -2 -1 -1 4 8 92 102 110 121
Standard error /19..................... 33 12 11 8 6 6 6 47 51 57 65
Received positive amount number.......... 158 7 12 17 26 36 53 141 132 122 105
Percent.................................. 1.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5
Aggregate................................ 944 1 17 18 19 49 80 926 925 895 865
Mean..................................... 5,979 212 1,374 1,068 730 1,350 1,510 6,574 7,031 7,365 8,214
Standard error /19..................... 2,876 293 1,516 1,148 696 791 667 3,215 3,435 3,711 4,268
Received negative amount number.......... 15 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 6 6
Percent.................................. 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aggregate................................ -28 -24 -24 -24 -24 -25 -25 -4 -3 -3 -3
Mean..................................... -1,781 -4,587 -4,587 -4,587 -4,447 -2,544 -2,544 -343 -346 -486 -486
Standard error /19..................... 1,219 3,072 3,072 3,072 2,776 1,822 1,822 321 326 558 558
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 10,351 66 82 140 221 308 395 10,211 10,131 10,044 9,957
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
Families with a female householder, no spouse present /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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Percent of total income.................. 2.1 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
Mean..................................... 740 34 28 35 45 52 58 1,019 1,117 1,238 1,393
Standard error /19..................... 46 8 5 6 6 6 6 64 71 79 90
Recipient families number................ 4,816 146 241 421 629 842 1,086 4,395 4,187 3,974 3,731
Percent of all families.................. 34.4 7.6 8.3 10.6 12.8 14.4 15.9 43.9 46.2 49.0 52.2
Mean..................................... 2,149 452 339 333 351 365 364 2,323 2,419 2,527 2,669
Standard error /19..................... 132 94 60 54 41 38 33 144 151 159 169
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 2,968 5 -11 7 39 41 50 2,961 2,928 2,926 2,918
Percent of total income.................. 0.6 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
Mean..................................... 212 3 -4 2 8 7 7 296 323 361 408
Standard error /19..................... 29 7 7 6 5 5 5 41 45 50 57
Received positive amount number.......... 337 9 14 20 36 46 54 318 302 291 284
Percent.................................. 2.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8 3.2 3.3 3.6 4.0
Aggregate................................ 3,209 21 21 41 79 100 127 3,168 3,130 3,109 3,083
Mean..................................... 9,510 2,244 1,506 2,067 2,222 2,151 2,354 9,977 10,370 10,682 10,866
Standard error /19..................... 1,078 599 510 592 395 336 366 1,140 1,195 1,234 1,264
Received negative amount number.......... 80 5 6 8 10 15 19 72 70 64 61
Percent.................................. 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
Aggregate................................ -242 -16 -32 -35 -40 -59 -77 -207 -202 -183 -165
Mean..................................... -3,026 -3,212 -4,883 -4,328 -4,150 -3,790 -3,967 -2,880 -2,872 -2,842 -2,725
Standard error /19..................... 436 1,539 1,730 1,467 1,140 912 872 457 467 491 496
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 36,834 660 2,241 4,128 6,147 9,237 11,951 32,707 30,688 27,597 24,884
Percent of total income.................. 7.4 9.4 13.2 12.9 12.5 13.2 12.7 7.1 6.9 6.5 6.2
Mean..................................... 2,635 342 772 1,042 1,251 1,574 1,749 3,264 3,385 3,402 3,481
Standard error /19..................... 51 37 49 51 48 52 53 67 72 78 84
Recipient families number................ 3,163 135 338 545 755 1,026 1,253 2,617 2,408 2,136 1,910
Percent of all families.................. 22.6 7.0 11.6 13.8 15.4 17.5 18.3 26.1 26.6 26.3 26.7
Mean amount.............................. 11,646 4,903 6,641 7,567 8,144 8,999 9,541 12,496 12,744 12,918 13,026
Standard error /19..................... 123 264 192 158 139 141 140 140 149 162 175
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 16,068 134 269 444 667 1,199 1,702 15,624 15,401 14,869 14,366
Percent of total income.................. 3.2 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.8 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6
Mean..................................... 1,149 69 93 112 136 204 249 1,559 1,699 1,833 2,010
Standard error /19..................... 47 15 15 15 15 19 19 65 71 79 89
Recipient families number................ 1,345 39 76 117 161 232 309 1,228 1,185 1,114 1,037
Percent of all families.................. 9.6 2.0 2.6 3.0 3.3 3.9 4.5 12.3 13.1 13.7 14.5
Mean amount.............................. 11,942 3,447 3,540 3,787 4,149 5,174 5,512 12,721 12,999 13,351 13,858
Standard error /19..................... 370 416 372 333 311 327 272 397 408 429 456
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 11,909 2,143 3,960 5,566 7,072 8,104 8,798 6,343 4,837 3,804 3,111
Percent of total income.................. 2.4 30.4 23.3 17.4 14.4 11.6 9.3 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.8
Mean..................................... 852 1,110 1,364 1,405 1,439 1,381 1,287 633 534 469 435
Standard error /19..................... 23 57 55 52 46 42 38 26 25 25 26
Recipient families number................ 2,211 588 930 1,197 1,405 1,579 1,705 1,014 806 632 506
Percent of all families.................. 15.8 30.5 32.0 30.2 28.6 26.9 25.0 10.1 8.9 7.8 7.1
Mean amount.............................. 5,385 3,645 4,258 4,650 5,032 5,131 5,160 6,253 6,000 6,020 6,144
Standard error /19..................... 99 124 115 118 112 109 106 170 186 213 242
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
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