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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2004
Married couple familes with related children under 18 /13
[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 familes with
related children under 18 /13
Total, families.......................... 27,137 539 1,105 1,903 2,790 3,823 5,017 25,234 24,347 23,314 22,120
People in families....................... 113,658 2,430 5,116 8,884 12,976 17,687 23,024 104,774 100,681 95,971 90,634
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 2,493 10,309 25,524 46,811 76,773 117,186 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 85,047 4,629 9,327 13,412 16,777 20,082 23,358 90,449 92,870 95,699 99,038
Standard error /19..................... 545 244 210 188 163 158 157 571 585 604 628
With zero income......................... 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 1,746 7,832 19,517 36,754 61,893 97,038 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income.................. 87.8 70.0 76.0 76.5 78.5 80.6 82.8 87.9 88.0 88.1 88.1
Mean..................................... 74,687 3,242 7,086 10,255 13,173 16,190 19,342 79,547 81,737 84,280 87,240
Standard error /19..................... 500 212 219 206 181 180 177 524 538 555 578
Recipient families number................ 26,023 275 755 1,464 2,282 3,242 4,384 24,559 23,740 22,781 21,639
Percent of all families.................. 95.9 51.1 68.3 76.9 81.8 84.8 87.4 97.3 97.5 97.7 97.8
Mean amount.............................. 77,885 6,350 10,378 13,334 16,105 19,092 22,135 81,733 83,824 86,252 89,181
Standard error /19..................... 511 288 215 193 165 165 162 531 544 561 583
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 124,119 -95 429 1,942 3,221 4,657 6,476 122,177 120,898 119,462 117,643
Percent of total income.................. 5.4 -3.8 4.2 7.6 6.9 6.1 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.4
Mean..................................... 4,574 -176 388 1,020 1,154 1,218 1,291 4,842 4,966 5,124 5,318
Standard error /19..................... 168 174 118 117 95 83 76 181 187 195 205
Received positive amount number.......... 3,548 74 143 252 348 461 588 3,296 3,200 3,087 2,960
Percent.................................. 13.1 13.7 12.9 13.3 12.5 12.1 11.7 13.1 13.1 13.2 13.4
Aggregate................................ 125,674 273 839 2,403 3,704 5,180 7,071 123,271 121,970 120,494 118,603
Mean..................................... 35,420 3,707 5,872 9,522 10,643 11,229 12,030 37,404 38,115 39,036 40,065
Standard error /19..................... 1,154 567 495 519 464 428 414 1,234 1,268 1,311 1,363
Received negative amount number.......... 305 44 54 63 69 81 94 242 236 224 211
Percent.................................. 1.1 8.2 4.9 3.3 2.5 2.1 1.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Aggregate................................ -1,555 -368 -409 -462 -483 -523 -595 -1,094 -1,072 -1,032 -961
Mean..................................... -5,097 -8,364 -7,602 -7,286 -7,026 -6,440 -6,335 -4,523 -4,535 -4,609 -4,547
Standard error /19..................... 281 1,015 895 791 692 631 578 288 292 301 307
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 9,104 -40 -38 68 130 211 455 9,035 8,973 8,893 8,649
Percent of total income.................. 0.4 -1.6 -0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mean..................................... 335 -75 -34 36 47 55 91 358 369 381 391
Standard error /19..................... 56 100 57 50 35 30 32 60 62 65 68
Received positive amount number.......... 614 5 9 18 28 55 84 595 585 558 529
Percent.................................. 2.3 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.7 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4
Aggregate................................ 9,368 31 53 171 233 322 589 9,197 9,135 9,046 8,779
Mean..................................... 15,269 6,256 5,885 9,313 8,241 5,804 6,982 15,453 15,608 16,210 16,589
Standard error /19..................... 2,299 4,532 3,092 2,747 2,105 1,515 1,411 2,368 2,406 2,516 2,647
Received negative amount number.......... 62 11 13 14 14 17 19 48 48 45 43
Percent.................................. 0.2 2.0 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aggregate................................ -264 -71 -91 -103 -103 -111 -134 -161 -161 -153 -130
Mean..................................... -4,235 -6,527 -7,063 -7,275 -7,275 -6,475 -6,894 -3,345 -3,345 -3,388 -3,033
Standard error /19..................... 804 2,696 2,343 2,157 1,985 1,763 1,597 773 773 817 791
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 53,735 82 136 209 314 449 592 53,526 53,421 53,286 53,143
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 familes with related children under 18 /13
[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.................. 2.3 3.3 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4
Mean..................................... 1,980 153 123 110 113 118 118 2,121 2,194 2,286 2,402
Standard error /19..................... 62 33 24 18 16 15 12 67 69 72 76
Recipient families number................ 16,466 126 201 329 529 788 1,172 16,138 15,937 15,679 15,294
Percent of all families.................. 60.7 23.5 18.2 17.3 19.0 20.6 23.4 64.0 65.5 67.3 69.1
Mean..................................... 3,263 653 678 637 594 571 505 3,317 3,352 3,399 3,475
Standard error /19..................... 102 128 123 98 83 71 52 104 105 107 109
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 13,890 -19 -15 -43 -29 20 103 13,934 13,920 13,871 13,787
Percent of total income.................. 0.6 -0.8 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Mean..................................... 512 -35 -14 -23 -10 5 21 552 572 595 623
Standard error /19..................... 33 57 28 19 15 12 10 35 36 38 40
Received positive amount number.......... 1,549 11 17 27 40 61 86 1,522 1,509 1,489 1,463
Percent.................................. 5.7 2.0 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.7 6.0 6.2 6.4 6.6
Aggregate................................ 15,772 33 37 38 73 130 220 15,734 15,698 15,642 15,552
Mean..................................... 10,181 3,124 2,164 1,403 1,825 2,143 2,554 10,337 10,404 10,508 10,630
Standard error /19..................... 503 1,054 748 519 519 395 357 511 515 522 530
Received negative amount number.......... 510 7 9 15 18 24 28 495 492 486 482
Percent.................................. 1.9 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.2
Aggregate................................ -1,881 -52 -52 -81 -103 -110 -117 -1,800 -1,779 -1,771 -1,765
Mean..................................... -3,688 -7,373 -6,040 -5,461 -5,674 -4,555 -4,210 -3,634 -3,615 -3,644 -3,658
Standard error /19..................... 152 2,094 2,025 1,490 1,203 1,001 891 150 150 151 152
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 21,072 197 517 1,177 2,280 3,564 4,391 19,895 18,792 17,508 16,681
Percent of total income.................. 0.9 7.9 5.0 4.6 4.9 4.6 3.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8
Mean..................................... 777 367 467 618 817 932 875 788 772 751 754
Standard error /19..................... 23 81 68 66 61 58 49 24 25 25 26
Recipient families number................ 1,640 31 73 137 238 352 436 1,503 1,402 1,287 1,203
Percent of all families.................. 6.0 5.7 6.6 7.2 8.5 9.2 8.7 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.4
Mean amount.............................. 12,851 6,380 7,046 8,596 9,596 10,118 10,063 13,239 13,403 13,599 13,863
Standard error /19..................... 212 668 504 470 370 353 308 225 236 247 259
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 19,640 24 67 206 520 878 1,396 19,434 19,121 18,762 18,244
Percent of total income.................. 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8
Mean..................................... 724 44 61 108 186 230 278 770 785 805 825
Standard error /19..................... 31 23 20 25 29 30 31 33 34 35 37
Recipient families number................ 1,205 6 16 35 70 107 145 1,170 1,135 1,098 1,060
Percent of all families.................. 4.4 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.5 2.8 2.9 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.8
Mean amount.............................. 16,300 4,130 4,274 5,856 7,381 8,234 9,643 16,614 16,854 17,084 17,209
Standard error /19..................... 503 1,022 692 809 757 702 723 514 527 541 557
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 5,120 294 673 1,077 1,576 2,029 2,413 4,044 3,544 3,091 2,707
Percent of total income.................. 0.2 11.8 6.5 4.2 3.4 2.6 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Mean..................................... 189 545 609 566 565 531 481 160 146 133 122
Standard error /19..................... 9 79 66 54 43 37 31 9 9 9 9
Recipient families number................ 846 76 146 218 306 381 447 629 540 465 399
Percent of all families.................. 3.1 14.2 13.2 11.4 11.0 10.0 8.9 2.5 2.2 2.0 1.8
Mean amount.............................. 6,052 3,843 4,623 4,950 5,155 5,320 5,398 6,433 6,559 6,653 6,783
Standard error /19..................... 207 325 309 314 276 258 247 258 282 309 337
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/new2706.htm