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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2005
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.......................... 14,095 1,942 3,026 4,044 5,079 6,030 6,934 10,051 9,016 8,066 7,161
People in families....................... 42,244 6,331 9,824 13,153 16,339 19,110 21,858 29,091 25,905 23,134 20,387
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... 532,325 7,305 18,673 33,738 52,688 73,238 96,822 498,587 479,636 459,086 435,502
Mean..................................... 37,766 3,761 6,171 8,343 10,374 12,146 13,962 49,603 53,196 56,919 60,817
Standard error /19..................... 427 85 93 102 99 104 111 553 604 662 731
With zero income......................... 426 426 426 426 426 426 426 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 395,949 2,900 8,651 17,900 30,169 44,757 61,872 378,049 365,780 351,192 334,077
Percent of total income.................. 74.4 39.7 46.3 53.1 57.3 61.1 63.9 75.8 76.3 76.5 76.7
Mean..................................... 28,091 1,493 2,859 4,426 5,940 7,423 8,922 37,611 40,568 43,542 46,653
Standard error /19..................... 360 64 85 100 101 108 117 470 513 563 622
Recipient families number................ 11,259 764 1,448 2,228 3,045 3,854 4,634 9,030 8,214 7,404 6,625
Percent of all families.................. 79.9 39.3 47.8 55.1 59.9 63.9 66.8 89.8 91.1 91.8 92.5
Mean amount.............................. 35,168 3,795 5,977 8,033 9,909 11,612 13,353 41,864 44,531 47,431 50,425
Standard error /19..................... 424 109 124 128 121 123 131 503 543 591 649
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 17,834 -47 39 323 663 1,060 1,567 17,511 17,171 16,774 16,267
Percent of total income.................. 3.4 -0.6 0.2 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.6 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.7
Mean..................................... 1,265 -24 13 80 131 176 226 1,742 1,904 2,080 2,272
Standard error /19..................... 89 19 18 21 21 23 24 125 139 154 173
Received positive amount number.......... 818 30 59 109 156 195 238 709 662 623 580
Percent.................................. 5.8 1.5 2.0 2.7 3.1 3.2 3.4 7.1 7.3 7.7 8.1
Aggregate................................ 18,053 50 169 463 819 1,216 1,732 17,590 17,235 16,838 16,321
Mean..................................... 22,065 1,669 2,856 4,237 5,249 6,239 7,285 24,815 26,026 27,012 28,119
Standard error /19..................... 1,331 424 572 555 495 503 505 1,506 1,599 1,689 1,802
Received negative amount number.......... 52 18 26 27 28 29 31 26 24 24 22
Percent.................................. 0.4 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Aggregate................................ -219 -97 -131 -140 -155 -156 -165 -79 -64 -63 -54
Mean..................................... -4,182 -5,424 -5,109 -5,292 -5,492 -5,460 -5,396 -3,042 -2,643 -2,656 -2,490
Standard error /19..................... 525 1,111 788 784 709 707 676 691 645 650 672
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 2,898 -8 -3 -3 1 1 37 2,900 2,897 2,897 2,861
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 -0.1 -0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7
Mean..................................... 206 -4 -1 -1 0 0 5 289 321 359 400
Standard error /19..................... 135 5 4 3 3 2 4 189 210 235 265
Received positive amount number.......... 165 2 6 14 22 24 33 151 142 141 131
Percent.................................. 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8
Aggregate................................ 2,915 0 6 9 13 13 48 2,906 2,902 2,902 2,866
Mean..................................... 17,699 2 937 664 585 538 1,449 19,231 20,373 20,653 21,844
Standard error /19..................... 11,354 0 1,073 543 345 321 763 12,360 13,099 13,276 14,203
Received negative amount number.......... 8 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5
Percent.................................. 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aggregate................................ -17 -8 -8 -12 -12 -12 -12 -5 -5 -5 -5
Mean..................................... -2,099 -5,133 -5,133 -4,247 -3,845 -3,845 -3,845 -1,007 -1,040 -1,040 -1,040
Standard error /19..................... 844 0 0 981 1,238 1,238 1,238 294 302 302 302
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 12,138 32 107 158 208 377 504 11,981 11,930 11,762 11,634
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
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.................. 2.3 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7
Mean..................................... 861 17 35 39 41 62 73 1,192 1,323 1,458 1,625
Standard error /19..................... 52 4 8 7 5 8 8 72 80 89 101
Recipient families number................ 4,785 159 311 452 639 864 1,083 4,333 4,147 3,921 3,703
Percent of all families.................. 33.9 8.2 10.3 11.2 12.6 14.3 15.6 43.1 46.0 48.6 51.7
Mean..................................... 2,537 202 343 349 326 436 466 2,765 2,877 3,000 3,142
Standard error /19..................... 149 45 73 60 41 57 51 164 171 181 191
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 3,619 -62 -57 -54 -60 -22 -13 3,673 3,680 3,641 3,633
Percent of total income.................. 0.7 -0.8 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.0 -0.0 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
Mean..................................... 257 -32 -19 -13 -12 -4 -2 365 408 451 507
Standard error /19..................... 33 14 9 7 5 6 6 46 51 57 64
Received positive amount number.......... 363 1 7 11 17 31 34 352 346 333 329
Percent.................................. 2.6 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.6
Aggregate................................ 3,983 2 10 13 18 75 86 3,970 3,965 3,908 3,897
Mean..................................... 10,965 1,333 1,312 1,109 1,047 2,447 2,508 11,286 11,452 11,749 11,846
Standard error /19..................... 1,114 2,001 921 609 401 624 563 1,146 1,162 1,206 1,218
Received negative amount number.......... 91 8 8 11 17 20 20 79 74 71 71
Percent.................................. 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0
Aggregate................................ -364 -64 -66 -67 -78 -97 -99 -297 -286 -267 -265
Mean..................................... -4,007 -8,187 -8,248 -5,861 -4,594 -4,886 -4,942 -3,740 -3,872 -3,760 -3,741
Standard error /19..................... 406 1,116 1,086 1,434 994 918 917 414 442 446 446
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 37,874 820 2,363 4,441 7,099 9,330 11,815 33,433 30,775 28,543 26,058
Percent of total income.................. 7.1 11.2 12.7 13.2 13.5 12.7 12.2 6.7 6.4 6.2 6.0
Mean..................................... 2,687 422 781 1,098 1,398 1,547 1,704 3,326 3,413 3,539 3,639
Standard error /19..................... 51 42 47 52 50 50 51 68 73 79 86
Recipient families number................ 3,199 143 357 573 831 1,031 1,234 2,626 2,368 2,168 1,965
Percent of all families.................. 22.7 7.4 11.8 14.2 16.4 17.1 17.8 26.1 26.3 26.9 27.4
Mean amount.............................. 11,838 5,741 6,623 7,753 8,539 9,047 9,575 12,729 12,996 13,166 13,259
Standard error /19..................... 122 240 154 151 133 132 134 140 151 161 172
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 16,896 77 223 431 665 977 1,503 16,466 16,232 15,919 15,393
Percent of total income.................. 3.2 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.6 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5
Mean..................................... 1,199 39 74 106 131 162 217 1,638 1,800 1,974 2,150
Standard error /19..................... 58 12 14 15 14 15 17 80 89 99 111
Recipient families number................ 1,311 24 60 103 153 209 282 1,209 1,159 1,102 1,029
Percent of all families.................. 9.3 1.3 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.1 12.0 12.9 13.7 14.4
Mean amount.............................. 12,884 3,143 3,711 4,196 4,356 4,674 5,323 13,622 14,007 14,442 14,959
Standard error /19..................... 514 693 488 404 309 278 271 552 572 598 635
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 12,277 2,195 4,678 6,229 7,815 8,637 9,323 6,047 4,462 3,640 2,953
Percent of total income.................. 2.3 30.1 25.1 18.5 14.8 11.8 9.6 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.7
Mean..................................... 871 1,130 1,546 1,540 1,539 1,432 1,344 602 495 451 412
Standard error /19..................... 24 58 59 55 47 42 39 27 26 27 28
Recipient families number................ 2,165 558 976 1,229 1,477 1,610 1,721 936 688 555 444
Percent of all families.................. 15.4 28.8 32.3 30.4 29.1 26.7 24.8 9.3 7.6 6.9 6.2
Mean amount.............................. 5,671 3,931 4,791 5,068 5,290 5,365 5,419 6,463 6,490 6,559 6,648
Standard error /19..................... 108 129 119 119 109 107 107 200 242 280 316
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/new2704.htm