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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2005
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.......................... 27,147 494 1,034 1,777 2,667 3,728 4,916 25,370 24,480 23,418 22,230
People in families....................... 113,890 2,352 4,979 8,424 12,466 17,353 22,729 105,466 101,423 96,537 91,161
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 2,675 10,424 24,746 46,495 78,467 120,101 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 89,049 5,410 10,078 13,928 17,434 21,045 24,429 94,310 96,852 99,876 103,341
Standard error /19..................... 572 250 219 190 164 164 161 597 612 633 658
With zero income......................... 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 1,821 7,285 18,631 36,743 63,884 99,325 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income.................. 87.9 68.1 69.9 75.3 79.0 81.4 82.7 88.1 88.1 88.1 88.2
Mean..................................... 78,302 3,683 7,043 10,486 13,777 17,134 20,203 83,051 85,332 88,040 91,151
Standard error /19..................... 520 221 224 217 192 189 186 544 558 576 599
Recipient families number................ 26,140 285 723 1,380 2,208 3,222 4,349 24,760 23,932 22,917 21,791
Percent of all families.................. 96.3 57.6 69.9 77.7 82.8 86.4 88.5 97.6 97.8 97.9 98.0
Mean amount.............................. 81,318 6,391 10,079 13,504 16,644 19,825 22,837 85,097 87,284 89,965 92,990
Standard error /19..................... 531 268 225 204 177 175 172 550 564 582 604
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 121,349 56 679 1,619 2,689 4,669 7,022 119,730 118,660 116,680 114,326
Percent of total income.................. 5.0 2.1 6.5 6.5 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
Mean..................................... 4,470 113 656 911 1,008 1,252 1,428 4,719 4,847 4,982 5,143
Standard error /19..................... 143 125 117 106 88 86 84 153 158 165 173
Received positive amount number.......... 3,579 64 133 223 313 438 573 3,356 3,266 3,140 3,005
Percent.................................. 13.2 13.0 12.9 12.5 11.7 11.8 11.7 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5
Aggregate................................ 122,653 218 890 1,914 3,110 5,136 7,534 120,739 119,543 117,517 115,118
Mean..................................... 34,274 3,387 6,676 8,591 9,935 11,715 13,138 35,979 36,607 37,423 38,307
Standard error /19..................... 936 512 558 513 458 461 461 990 1,015 1,052 1,095
Received negative amount number.......... 244 23 35 47 64 71 78 197 180 173 166
Percent.................................. 0.9 4.6 3.4 2.6 2.4 1.9 1.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Aggregate................................ -1,304 -162 -212 -295 -421 -467 -512 -1,009 -883 -837 -792
Mean..................................... -5,347 -7,109 -6,076 -6,328 -6,625 -6,619 -6,601 -5,116 -4,897 -4,829 -4,763
Standard error /19..................... 270 836 753 769 570 531 507 287 298 304 307
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 14,446 -79 -41 33 183 269 408 14,413 14,263 14,177 14,038
Percent of total income.................. 0.6 -3.0 -0.4 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Mean..................................... 532 -160 -39 19 69 72 83 568 583 605 631
Standard error /19..................... 143 113 63 51 42 36 34 153 159 166 175
Received positive amount number.......... 606 5 13 24 39 54 67 583 567 552 539
Percent.................................. 2.2 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4
Aggregate................................ 14,809 18 64 145 295 386 547 14,665 14,514 14,423 14,263
Mean..................................... 24,420 3,628 4,758 6,120 7,546 7,099 8,165 25,162 25,583 26,126 26,437
Standard error /19..................... 6,263 2,040 1,735 2,384 1,945 1,822 1,907 6,512 6,687 6,868 7,026
Received negative amount number.......... 86 9 11 14 15 18 20 72 71 68 66
Percent.................................. 0.3 1.8 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Aggregate................................ -363 -97 -104 -112 -112 -117 -139 -252 -252 -246 -225
Mean..................................... -4,227 -10,930 -9,765 -8,197 -7,630 -6,563 -6,935 -3,481 -3,529 -3,615 -3,406
Standard error /19..................... 667 2,239 2,227 2,175 2,012 1,821 1,659 624 629 654 644
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 61,339 59 98 254 311 529 728 61,084 61,028 60,810 60,611
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 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.................. 2.5 2.2 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6
Mean..................................... 2,260 118 95 143 117 142 148 2,408 2,493 2,597 2,727
Standard error /19..................... 70 40 22 31 19 23 19 75 78 81 85
Recipient families number................ 16,315 72 154 274 494 782 1,188 16,040 15,820 15,532 15,127
Percent of all families.................. 60.1 14.6 14.9 15.4 18.5 21.0 24.2 63.2 64.6 66.3 68.0
Mean..................................... 3,760 810 640 928 629 676 613 3,808 3,858 3,915 4,007
Standard error /19..................... 115 258 140 193 101 107 78 117 119 121 124
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 11,186 -7 -9 -7 12 70 102 11,193 11,174 11,116 11,084
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 -0.2 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mean..................................... 412 -13 -9 -4 4 19 21 441 456 475 499
Standard error /19..................... 28 8 17 13 10 10 9 30 31 32 34
Received positive amount number.......... 1,604 1 18 29 40 57 79 1,574 1,564 1,547 1,525
Percent.................................. 5.9 0.3 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.6 6.2 6.4 6.6 6.9
Aggregate................................ 13,076 0 20 39 78 152 206 13,037 12,998 12,924 12,870
Mean..................................... 8,154 1 1,122 1,338 1,968 2,685 2,625 8,281 8,310 8,355 8,439
Standard error /19..................... 420 0 391 335 338 397 335 427 430 434 440
Received negative amount number.......... 435 7 10 13 20 25 34 422 414 410 401
Percent.................................. 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8
Aggregate................................ -1,890 -7 -29 -46 -66 -83 -105 -1,844 -1,824 -1,807 -1,785
Mean..................................... -4,347 -1,009 -2,922 -3,552 -3,231 -3,310 -3,079 -4,371 -4,402 -4,410 -4,454
Standard error /19..................... 194 467 1,189 990 641 537 428 198 201 203 207
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 20,601 238 741 1,568 2,541 3,461 4,775 19,032 18,060 17,139 15,826
Percent of total income.................. 0.9 8.9 7.1 6.3 5.5 4.4 4.0 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Mean..................................... 759 481 716 883 953 928 971 750 738 732 712
Standard error /19..................... 23 102 90 85 69 58 54 24 24 25 25
Recipient families number................ 1,557 34 87 153 238 320 416 1,404 1,319 1,238 1,141
Percent of all families.................. 5.7 6.8 8.5 8.6 8.9 8.6 8.5 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.1
Mean amount.............................. 13,229 7,088 8,465 10,266 10,676 10,827 11,482 13,552 13,690 13,850 13,866
Standard error /19..................... 222 715 453 446 368 335 313 241 252 263 279
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 22,680 25 93 151 387 616 1,028 22,529 22,293 22,064 21,652
Percent of total income.................. 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Mean..................................... 835 50 89 85 145 165 209 888 911 942 974
Standard error /19..................... 35 27 27 19 24 24 25 38 39 41 43
Recipient families number................ 1,206 7 17 34 63 85 132 1,172 1,143 1,121 1,074
Percent of all families.................. 4.4 1.4 1.7 1.9 2.3 2.3 2.7 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.8
Mean amount.............................. 18,811 3,679 5,380 4,446 6,177 7,240 7,782 19,228 19,503 19,689 20,169
Standard error /19..................... 583 1,208 740 518 631 654 629 595 607 617 637
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 5,341 381 930 1,316 1,664 2,011 2,537 4,025 3,678 3,330 2,804
Percent of total income.................. 0.2 14.2 8.9 5.3 3.6 2.6 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Mean..................................... 197 770 899 741 624 539 516 159 150 142 126
Standard error /19..................... 10 118 100 71 49 37 33 9 9 9 9
Recipient families number................ 839 71 162 222 285 357 431 616 553 482 408
Percent of all families.................. 3.1 14.4 15.7 12.5 10.7 9.6 8.8 2.4 2.3 2.1 1.8
Mean amount.............................. 6,369 5,355 5,743 5,921 5,831 5,639 5,889 6,531 6,647 6,910 6,876
Standard error /19..................... 215 494 440 389 313 261 254 261 282 317 349
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/new2706.htm