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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 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 female householder, no spouse
present with related children under 18 /13
Total, families.......................... 9,638 1,757 2,655 3,493 4,291 5,033 5,705 6,145 5,347 4,604 3,933
People in families....................... 30,893 5,855 8,880 11,750 14,359 16,600 18,768 19,142 16,534 14,292 12,125
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... 310,970 6,851 16,683 29,631 45,080 61,882 80,425 281,339 265,890 249,088 230,545
Mean..................................... 32,266 3,899 6,284 8,483 10,506 12,295 14,098 45,785 49,729 54,098 58,620
Standard error /19..................... 512 90 102 113 113 118 129 744 841 960 1,106
With zero income......................... 374 374 374 374 374 374 374 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 239,266 2,742 8,053 16,473 27,539 40,570 55,336 222,793 211,727 198,696 183,930
Percent of total income.................. 76.9 40.0 48.3 55.6 61.1 65.6 68.8 79.2 79.6 79.8 79.8
Mean..................................... 24,826 1,560 3,033 4,716 6,418 8,060 9,700 36,257 39,599 43,154 46,767
Standard error /19..................... 410 69 94 110 112 121 132 591 665 757 870
Recipient families number................ 7,747 708 1,309 1,994 2,700 3,382 4,005 5,754 5,047 4,365 3,742
Percent of all families.................. 80.4 40.3 49.3 57.1 62.9 67.2 70.2 93.6 94.4 94.8 95.2
Mean amount.............................. 30,885 3,875 6,151 8,263 10,199 11,996 13,817 38,723 41,952 45,520 49,150
Standard error /19..................... 485 116 133 138 130 133 144 617 690 782 896
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 10,644 -13 93 341 654 970 1,324 10,303 9,990 9,674 9,320
Percent of total income.................. 3.4 -0.2 0.6 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.0
Mean..................................... 1,104 -7 35 98 152 193 232 1,677 1,868 2,101 2,370
Standard error /19..................... 110 16 18 23 24 26 27 171 196 227 265
Received positive amount number.......... 498 25 47 87 120 142 171 411 378 356 327
Percent.................................. 5.2 1.4 1.8 2.5 2.8 2.8 3.0 6.7 7.1 7.7 8.3
Aggregate................................ 10,761 44 158 416 744 1,061 1,419 10,344 10,016 9,700 9,341
Mean..................................... 21,614 1,756 3,391 4,785 6,221 7,471 8,305 25,176 26,483 27,258 28,573
Standard error /19..................... 1,890 501 697 659 599 625 616 2,245 2,424 2,569 2,779
Received negative amount number.......... 36 14 15 16 18 18 20 19 18 17 16
Percent.................................. 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
Aggregate................................ -117 -57 -65 -75 -90 -91 -95 -41 -26 -26 -21
Mean..................................... -3,267 -4,115 -4,298 -4,647 -5,025 -4,981 -4,823 -2,117 -1,483 -1,486 -1,337
Standard error /19..................... 604 1,181 1,078 1,081 968 962 894 620 377 381 399
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 2,368 -8 -3 1 5 5 39 2,367 2,364 2,364 2,329
Percent of total income.................. 0.8 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0
Mean..................................... 246 -5 -1 0 1 1 7 385 442 513 592
Standard error /19..................... 196 6 5 4 3 3 5 307 353 409 479
Received positive amount number.......... 107 2 5 11 16 17 25 95 91 90 82
Percent.................................. 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.1
Aggregate................................ 2,377 0 6 9 13 13 48 2,368 2,364 2,364 2,330
Mean..................................... 22,305 2 1,124 799 802 775 1,896 24,855 26,101 26,262 28,582
Standard error /19..................... 17,424 0 1,247 636 457 445 985 19,457 20,447 20,572 22,690
Received negative amount number.......... 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Percent.................................. 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aggregate................................ -9 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -1 -1 -1 -1
Mean..................................... -2,626 -5,133 -5,133 -5,133 -5,133 -5,133 -5,133 -435 -435 -435 -435
Standard error /19..................... 1,799 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 155 155 155
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 5,690 21 61 103 138 252 324 5,587 5,553 5,439 5,366
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 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.................. 1.8 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3
Mean..................................... 590 12 23 29 32 50 57 909 1,039 1,181 1,364
Standard error /19..................... 57 3 7 7 6 8 8 89 102 119 139
Recipient families number................ 2,784 133 250 374 509 680 837 2,410 2,275 2,104 1,947
Percent of all families.................. 28.9 7.6 9.4 10.7 11.9 13.5 14.7 39.2 42.5 45.7 49.5
Mean..................................... 2,044 155 246 276 270 370 388 2,318 2,441 2,585 2,756
Standard error /19..................... 195 43 77 62 45 60 55 225 238 256 276
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 1,282 -30 -28 -24 -25 17 17 1,306 1,307 1,265 1,265
Percent of total income.................. 0.4 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mean..................................... 133 -17 -10 -7 -6 3 3 213 245 275 322
Standard error /19..................... 28 10 7 6 4 6 5 43 50 57 67
Received positive amount number.......... 150 1 3 6 11 20 21 144 139 130 129
Percent.................................. 1.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 2.3 2.6 2.8 3.3
Aggregate................................ 1,484 2 7 10 15 61 61 1,474 1,469 1,423 1,423
Mean..................................... 9,887 2,664 2,301 1,712 1,326 3,063 2,974 10,217 10,589 10,936 10,986
Standard error /19..................... 1,550 3,363 1,294 744 422 853 836 1,606 1,662 1,765 1,772
Received negative amount number.......... 48 5 5 5 8 9 9 43 40 39 39
Percent.................................. 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0
Aggregate................................ -202 -32 -34 -34 -40 -45 -45 -168 -161 -157 -157
Mean..................................... -4,195 -6,918 -7,090 -7,090 -5,122 -4,803 -4,803 -3,871 -4,013 -4,049 -4,049
Standard error /19..................... 510 1,592 1,545 1,545 1,257 1,098 1,098 520 553 572 572
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 12,520 630 1,658 2,895 4,058 4,986 5,817 9,625 8,462 7,534 6,702
Percent of total income.................. 4.0 9.2 9.9 9.8 9.0 8.1 7.2 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.9
Mean..................................... 1,299 358 625 829 946 991 1,020 1,566 1,583 1,636 1,704
Standard error /19..................... 44 41 46 50 46 45 44 64 70 78 87
Recipient families number................ 1,170 105 248 375 493 576 649 795 677 594 521
Percent of all families.................. 12.1 6.0 9.3 10.7 11.5 11.4 11.4 12.9 12.7 12.9 13.2
Mean amount.............................. 10,701 5,980 6,688 7,726 8,235 8,663 8,963 12,102 12,496 12,675 12,867
Standard error /19..................... 205 282 188 198 175 181 183 274 311 343 377
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 4,841 62 168 356 465 551 773 4,485 4,376 4,290 4,068
Percent of total income.................. 1.6 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8
Mean..................................... 502 35 63 102 108 109 135 730 818 932 1,034
Standard error /19..................... 51 13 15 17 14 14 15 79 91 105 122
Recipient families number................ 375 19 41 78 98 114 143 298 277 262 233
Percent of all families.................. 3.9 1.1 1.5 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.5 4.8 5.2 5.7 5.9
Mean amount.............................. 12,901 3,319 4,144 4,582 4,752 4,846 5,420 15,073 15,776 16,400 17,483
Standard error /19..................... 1,125 830 632 484 404 388 394 1,385 1,475 1,554 1,727
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 9,161 2,105 4,181 5,498 6,646 7,182 7,619 3,663 2,515 1,979 1,542
Percent of total income.................. 2.9 30.7 25.1 18.6 14.7 11.6 9.5 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.7
Mean..................................... 951 1,198 1,575 1,574 1,549 1,427 1,335 596 470 430 392
Standard error /19..................... 31 63 64 59 51 46 43 36 36 39 41
Recipient families number................ 1,657 538 888 1,107 1,283 1,373 1,445 550 374 284 212
Percent of all families.................. 17.2 30.6 33.4 31.7 29.9 27.3 25.3 9.0 7.0 6.2 5.4
Mean amount.............................. 5,527 3,914 4,709 4,966 5,178 5,229 5,272 6,657 6,725 6,968 7,265
Standard error /19..................... 127 132 127 126 117 116 118 297 389 475 569
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/new2708.htm