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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2005
Families with a male householder, no wife present 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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Families with a male householder, no wife
present with related children under 18 /13
Total, families.......................... 2,609 187 309 459 589 779 920 2,150 2,021 1,831 1,689
People in families....................... 7,916 555 914 1,435 1,843 2,398 2,848 6,481 6,073 5,518 5,068
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... 123,690 536 1,839 4,264 6,738 10,962 14,862 119,426 116,952 112,728 108,828
Mean..................................... 47,404 2,871 5,956 9,288 11,445 14,078 16,153 55,542 57,881 61,579 64,426
Standard error /19..................... 1,029 259 315 354 323 318 329 1,170 1,226 1,321 1,407
With zero income......................... 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 102,966 251 1,067 2,779 4,536 7,976 11,179 100,188 98,430 94,991 91,787
Percent of total income.................. 83.2 46.8 58.1 65.2 67.3 72.8 75.2 83.9 84.2 84.3 84.3
Mean..................................... 39,462 1,344 3,458 6,053 7,705 10,243 12,150 46,594 48,715 51,890 54,338
Standard error /19..................... 983 182 303 365 333 345 359 1,129 1,185 1,282 1,369
Recipient families number................ 2,268 72 157 277 386 559 691 1,991 1,882 1,709 1,578
Percent of all families.................. 86.9 38.6 50.7 60.4 65.6 71.8 75.1 92.6 93.1 93.4 93.4
Mean amount.............................. 45,397 3,481 6,818 10,016 11,742 14,274 16,188 50,327 52,305 55,569 58,183
Standard error /19..................... 1,074 307 420 432 358 351 359 1,178 1,230 1,326 1,414
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 8,887 8 97 168 300 577 790 8,719 8,586 8,310 8,097
Percent of total income.................. 7.2 1.6 5.3 3.9 4.5 5.3 5.3 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.4
Mean..................................... 3,406 45 315 366 510 741 859 4,055 4,250 4,539 4,793
Standard error /19..................... 341 170 143 124 121 126 126 412 438 481 520
Received positive amount number.......... 270 17 27 40 49 69 86 230 221 201 184
Percent.................................. 10.3 8.9 8.9 8.6 8.3 8.9 9.3 10.7 10.9 11.0 10.9
Aggregate................................ 8,966 58 146 222 354 631 844 8,744 8,612 8,336 8,123
Mean..................................... 33,236 3,468 5,352 5,614 7,233 9,135 9,852 37,982 39,007 41,529 44,115
Standard error /19..................... 2,650 934 822 852 910 858 813 2,987 3,094 3,346 3,578
Received negative amount number.......... 16 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8
Percent.................................. 0.6 4.5 2.7 1.9 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Aggregate................................ -80 -49 -49 -54 -54 -54 -54 -26 -26 -26 -26
Mean..................................... -4,844 -5,887 -5,887 -6,256 -6,256 -6,256 -6,256 -3,283 -3,283 -3,283 -3,283
Standard error /19..................... 1,081 1,486 1,486 1,663 1,530 1,530 1,530 1,302 1,302 1,302 1,302
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 208 1 1 8 9 13 22 200 199 195 186
Percent of total income.................. 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Mean..................................... 80 3 2 17 15 17 23 93 99 106 110
Standard error /19..................... 51 5 3 50 36 31 29 61 64 71 76
Received positive amount number.......... 32 1 1 3 4 5 8 30 29 27 25
Percent.................................. 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5
Aggregate................................ 217 1 1 8 9 13 22 209 208 204 195
Mean..................................... 6,683 473 473 2,790 2,417 2,557 2,735 7,055 7,211 7,466 7,948
Standard error /19..................... 3,700 320 320 7,629 5,580 4,404 3,032 3,985 4,080 4,291 4,733
Received negative amount number.......... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4
Percent.................................. 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
Aggregate................................ -9 0 0 0 0 0 0 -9 -9 -9 -9
Mean..................................... -2,164 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) -2,164 -2,164 -2,164 -2,164
Standard error /19..................... 1,028 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 1,028 1,028 1,028 1,028
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 2,292 4 7 33 38 42 60 2,259 2,254 2,250 2,232
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 male householder, no wife present 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.................. 1.9 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.4 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.1
Mean..................................... 878 23 23 71 65 55 65 1,051 1,116 1,229 1,322
Standard error /19..................... 126 17 11 35 26 20 19 152 162 178 193
Recipient families number................ 971 11 33 59 82 109 142 912 888 862 828
Percent of all families.................. 37.2 5.8 10.7 12.8 14.0 14.0 15.5 42.4 44.0 47.1 49.0
Mean..................................... 2,361 403 216 557 463 390 420 2,478 2,537 2,610 2,695
Standard error /19..................... 332 267 96 263 177 136 119 353 362 373 388
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 563 0 0 8 10 31 71 555 553 532 492
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mean..................................... 216 0 0 18 16 40 77 258 274 290 291
Standard error /19..................... 56 0 0 23 16 21 36 68 72 80 85
Received positive amount number.......... 76 0 1 3 4 7 12 73 72 69 64
Percent.................................. 2.9 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.3 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.8
Aggregate................................ 586 0 0 8 10 31 71 578 577 555 516
Mean..................................... 7,690 1 1 2,808 2,346 4,286 5,704 7,884 7,993 8,051 8,074
Standard error /19..................... 1,701 0 0 3,067 2,045 1,564 2,080 1,761 1,787 1,868 1,986
Received negative amount number.......... 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
Percent.................................. 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Aggregate................................ -23 0 0 0 0 0 0 -23 -23 -23 -23
Mean..................................... -2,330 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) -2,330 -2,330 -2,330 -2,330
Standard error /19..................... 676 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 676 676 676 676
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 3,173 39 204 455 794 998 1,117 2,718 2,379 2,175 2,056
Percent of total income.................. 2.6 7.4 11.1 10.7 11.8 9.1 7.5 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.9
Mean..................................... 1,216 211 662 991 1,348 1,282 1,214 1,264 1,178 1,188 1,217
Standard error /19..................... 88 93 140 155 152 134 120 102 104 111 119
Recipient families number................ 270 10 33 59 90 106 120 210 180 164 149
Percent of all families.................. 10.3 5.5 10.6 12.9 15.2 13.6 13.1 9.8 8.9 8.9 8.8
Mean amount.............................. 11,767 3,835 6,271 7,686 8,861 9,405 9,270 12,916 13,213 13,299 13,785
Standard error /19..................... 485 1,078 641 597 472 453 433 577 661 718 764
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 1,630 2 29 115 172 224 293 1,514 1,458 1,405 1,336
Percent of total income.................. 1.3 0.3 1.6 2.7 2.6 2.0 2.0 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2
Mean..................................... 625 8 95 251 292 288 319 704 721 768 791
Standard error /19..................... 87 18 45 81 73 66 66 104 110 120 129
Recipient families number................ 105 0 6 14 20 24 32 91 85 81 73
Percent of all families.................. 4.0 0.1 2.0 3.1 3.4 3.1 3.5 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.3
Mean amount.............................. 15,498 6,000 4,678 7,970 8,648 9,252 9,230 16,698 17,095 17,372 18,212
Standard error /19..................... 1,520 0 816 1,161 942 953 944 1,718 1,815 1,903 2,055
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 961 148 270 349 434 478 516 612 527 483 445
Percent of total income.................. 0.8 27.6 14.7 8.2 6.4 4.4 3.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Mean..................................... 368 793 876 760 738 613 560 285 261 264 264
Standard error /19..................... 44 169 155 121 99 78 71 48 49 53 56
Recipient families number................ 189 44 77 92 110 120 129 97 80 69 61
Percent of all families.................. 7.3 23.3 25.1 20.1 18.6 15.5 14.0 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.6
Mean amount.............................. 5,072 3,402 3,493 3,789 3,966 3,963 4,010 6,285 6,587 7,007 7,315
Standard error /19..................... 486 519 486 459 401 373 379 837 985 1,125 1,231
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
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