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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2005
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.......................... 58,189 1,010 1,781 2,944 4,495 6,300 8,450 55,244 53,694 51,888 49,738
People in families....................... 185,723 3,477 6,633 10,981 16,513 23,050 30,531 174,742 169,210 162,673 155,192
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 3,499 13,214 32,341 63,890 109,164 170,865 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 83,570 3,465 7,418 10,985 14,214 17,327 20,220 87,439 89,376 91,613 94,333
Standard error /19..................... 362 157 167 152 128 125 120 374 381 391 403
With zero income......................... 231 231 231 231 231 231 231 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 2,116 8,261 20,944 41,510 72,609 113,773 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income.................. 78.4 60.5 62.5 64.8 65.0 66.5 66.6 78.5 78.6 78.7 78.9
Mean..................................... 65,538 2,095 4,637 7,114 9,235 11,525 13,464 68,652 70,251 72,096 74,385
Standard error /19..................... 336 129 159 165 150 151 149 348 356 365 377
Recipient families number................ 48,508 361 887 1,678 2,728 4,001 5,446 46,830 45,780 44,507 43,062
Percent of all families.................. 83.4 35.7 49.8 57.0 60.7 63.5 64.4 84.8 85.3 85.8 86.6
Mean amount.............................. 78,617 5,865 9,309 12,480 15,215 18,149 20,891 80,988 82,396 84,053 85,918
Standard error /19..................... 374 234 202 185 161 158 154 382 389 397 407
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 254,216 -74 567 1,558 2,843 5,030 7,931 252,658 251,373 249,186 246,285
Percent of total income.................. 5.2 -2.1 4.3 4.8 4.4 4.6 4.6 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2
Mean..................................... 4,369 -74 318 529 632 798 939 4,573 4,682 4,802 4,952
Standard error /19..................... 104 84 79 70 57 55 53 110 113 117 121
Received positive amount number.......... 6,900 100 189 294 418 583 777 6,606 6,482 6,317 6,123
Percent.................................. 11.9 9.9 10.6 10.0 9.3 9.3 9.2 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3
Aggregate................................ 257,181 273 1,022 2,146 3,609 5,944 8,951 255,035 253,572 251,237 248,229
Mean..................................... 37,272 2,741 5,396 7,292 8,625 10,195 11,513 38,608 39,121 39,771 40,543
Standard error /19..................... 765 373 443 435 383 384 376 795 809 828 852
Received negative amount number.......... 551 50 68 87 114 134 156 465 438 418 395
Percent.................................. 0.9 5.0 3.8 2.9 2.5 2.1 1.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Aggregate................................ -2,965 -348 -454 -588 -766 -914 -1,021 -2,377 -2,199 -2,051 -1,944
Mean..................................... -5,377 -6,950 -6,705 -6,791 -6,741 -6,834 -6,536 -5,114 -5,023 -4,911 -4,919
Standard error /19..................... 183 852 697 622 464 427 392 187 193 194 198
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 26,724 -144 -149 -158 -5 93 293 26,882 26,729 26,631 26,431
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 -4.1 -1.1 -0.5 -0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Mean..................................... 459 -143 -84 -54 -1 15 35 487 498 513 531
Standard error /19..................... 80 67 45 39 29 26 23 85 87 90 94
Received positive amount number.......... 1,237 5 14 25 43 66 90 1,212 1,193 1,171 1,147
Percent.................................. 2.1 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3
Aggregate................................ 27,783 20 66 150 307 458 707 27,633 27,476 27,325 27,076
Mean..................................... 22,466 3,725 4,632 6,059 7,056 6,941 7,843 22,801 23,028 23,341 23,615
Standard error /19..................... 3,667 1,911 1,672 2,295 1,784 1,665 1,567 3,741 3,798 3,869 3,949
Received negative amount number.......... 195 17 24 35 36 46 51 160 159 149 144
Percent.................................. 0.3 1.7 1.4 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Aggregate................................ -1,059 -164 -215 -308 -312 -365 -414 -751 -748 -694 -646
Mean..................................... -5,429 -9,515 -8,931 -8,866 -8,573 -7,996 -8,081 -4,685 -4,709 -4,645 -4,486
Standard error /19..................... 455 1,452 1,141 983 935 859 771 479 481 499 508
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 196,932 194 275 541 849 1,302 1,874 196,391 196,083 195,630 195,058
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2005
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.................. 4.0 5.6 2.1 1.7 1.3 1.2 1.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.2
Mean..................................... 3,384 193 154 184 189 207 222 3,555 3,652 3,770 3,922
Standard error /19..................... 62 26 18 23 17 17 14 66 67 70 73
Recipient families number................ 36,898 250 380 598 1,042 1,540 2,301 36,300 35,856 35,358 34,597
Percent of all families.................. 63.4 24.7 21.3 20.3 23.2 24.4 27.2 65.7 66.8 68.1 69.6
Mean..................................... 5,337 779 724 906 814 845 814 5,410 5,469 5,533 5,638
Standard error /19..................... 97 94 74 109 68 67 50 98 99 101 103
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 33,050 -49 -52 -72 -62 -27 6 33,122 33,111 33,077 33,044
Percent of total income.................. 0.7 -1.4 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Mean..................................... 568 -48 -29 -25 -14 -4 1 600 617 637 664
Standard error /19..................... 23 16 20 14 12 11 9 24 24 25 26
Received positive amount number.......... 4,131 13 40 63 111 153 219 4,069 4,020 3,978 3,912
Percent.................................. 7.1 1.3 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.4 2.6 7.4 7.5 7.7 7.9
Aggregate................................ 37,740 4 60 91 199 340 454 37,648 37,540 37,399 37,285
Mean..................................... 9,135 306 1,474 1,455 1,799 2,221 2,075 9,253 9,337 9,402 9,530
Standard error /19..................... 281 125 437 313 219 215 172 285 288 291 296
Received negative amount number.......... 1,087 25 33 42 66 88 114 1,045 1,021 999 973
Percent.................................. 1.9 2.5 1.9 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0
Aggregate................................ -4,690 -53 -112 -163 -261 -367 -448 -4,526 -4,429 -4,322 -4,242
Mean..................................... -4,313 -2,120 -3,381 -3,888 -3,961 -4,167 -3,913 -4,330 -4,336 -4,326 -4,361
Standard error /19..................... 119 420 587 510 382 365 315 122 124 125 127
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 241,524 482 1,673 4,851 11,361 18,964 31,917 236,673 230,164 222,560 209,607
Percent of total income.................. 5.0 13.8 12.7 15.0 17.8 17.4 18.7 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.5
Mean..................................... 4,151 478 939 1,648 2,527 3,010 3,777 4,284 4,287 4,289 4,214
Standard error /19..................... 36 63 72 80 77 73 74 38 39 39 40
Recipient families number................ 13,771 96 236 542 1,066 1,616 2,388 13,230 12,706 12,156 11,384
Percent of all families.................. 23.7 9.5 13.3 18.4 23.7 25.6 28.3 23.9 23.7 23.4 22.9
Mean amount.............................. 17,538 5,038 7,081 8,958 10,660 11,738 13,367 17,889 18,115 18,309 18,413
Standard error /19..................... 73 374 250 198 138 124 112 74 76 78 82
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 208,589 155 391 700 1,410 2,657 4,193 207,888 207,179 205,932 204,395
Percent of total income.................. 4.3 4.4 3.0 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.4
Mean..................................... 3,585 153 220 238 314 422 496 3,763 3,859 3,969 4,109
Standard error /19..................... 49 48 40 30 27 28 27 52 53 55 57
Recipient families number................ 10,016 37 72 132 245 392 629 9,883 9,771 9,624 9,387
Percent of all families.................. 17.2 3.7 4.0 4.5 5.5 6.2 7.4 17.9 18.2 18.5 18.9
Mean amount.............................. 20,826 4,171 5,431 5,287 5,749 6,774 6,670 21,034 21,204 21,399 21,774
Standard error /19..................... 210 1,060 697 452 330 302 251 212 213 216 219
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 14,482 440 1,315 2,256 3,097 4,360 5,259 12,226 11,385 10,122 9,223
Percent of total income.................. 0.3 12.6 10.0 7.0 4.8 4.0 3.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Mean..................................... 249 435 738 766 689 692 622 221 212 195 185
Standard error /19..................... 8 61 67 54 38 34 28 8 8 8 8
Recipient families number................ 1,879 96 238 380 520 675 803 1,499 1,359 1,204 1,076
Percent of all families.................. 3.2 9.5 13.4 12.9 11.6 10.7 9.5 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.2
Mean amount.............................. 7,707 4,577 5,526 5,941 5,953 6,460 6,549 8,155 8,379 8,406 8,572
Standard error /19..................... 179 410 335 270 215 205 193 214 231 253 275
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Poverty Footnotes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: August 29, 2006
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032005/pov/new2702.htm