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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2005
Families with a householder under age 65 /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 householder
under age 65 /10
Total, families.......................... 65,177 2,971 4,829 6,934 9,187 11,706 14,295 58,243 55,990 53,472 50,882
People in families....................... 213,465 9,869 16,499 24,109 32,028 40,908 50,232 189,356 181,437 172,557 163,233
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 10,860 32,084 66,030 111,862 174,595 251,529 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 77,022 3,655 6,643 9,522 12,175 14,916 17,596 85,058 87,663 90,618 93,717
Standard error /19..................... 335 77 86 90 86 90 93 359 369 382 396
With zero income......................... 655 655 655 655 655 655 655 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 5,250 17,874 41,435 75,628 124,997 186,192 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income.................. 83.9 48.3 55.7 62.8 67.6 71.6 74.0 84.2 84.3 84.3 84.4
Mean..................................... 64,611 1,767 3,701 5,975 8,232 10,678 13,025 71,593 73,863 76,418 79,104
Standard error /19..................... 302 61 81 93 92 98 102 326 335 347 360
Recipient families number................ 59,289 1,193 2,478 4,152 6,079 8,319 10,621 55,137 53,210 50,970 48,668
Percent of all families.................. 91.0 40.1 51.3 59.9 66.2 71.1 74.3 94.7 95.0 95.3 95.6
Mean amount.............................. 71,029 4,403 7,212 9,979 12,441 15,025 17,531 75,626 77,722 80,169 82,704
Standard error /19..................... 320 106 111 111 101 103 105 336 344 355 368
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 264,094 -118 697 2,071 3,840 6,701 10,312 262,022 260,254 257,393 253,782
Percent of total income.................. 5.3 -1.1 2.2 3.1 3.4 3.8 4.1 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3
Mean..................................... 4,052 -40 144 299 418 572 721 4,499 4,648 4,814 4,988
Standard error /19..................... 93 33 32 33 31 33 34 104 108 113 119
Received positive amount number.......... 7,466 150 272 437 609 830 1,076 7,029 6,857 6,637 6,391
Percent.................................. 11.5 5.1 5.6 6.3 6.6 7.1 7.5 12.1 12.2 12.4 12.6
Aggregate................................ 267,100 395 1,316 2,817 4,769 7,769 11,490 264,283 262,331 259,332 255,611
Mean..................................... 35,773 2,630 4,833 6,439 7,830 9,361 10,682 37,599 38,255 39,076 39,996
Standard error /19..................... 711 287 343 337 303 306 303 749 766 789 817
Received negative amount number.......... 567 74 95 112 138 159 182 455 429 408 385
Percent.................................. 0.9 2.5 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Aggregate................................ -3,007 -513 -619 -746 -929 -1,068 -1,178 -2,261 -2,078 -1,939 -1,829
Mean..................................... -5,305 -6,885 -6,526 -6,667 -6,720 -6,734 -6,476 -4,970 -4,848 -4,750 -4,751
Standard error /19..................... 184 642 548 523 412 388 360 193 198 199 204
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 26,707 -145 -144 -115 23 157 379 26,822 26,684 26,549 26,328
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 -1.3 -0.4 -0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Mean..................................... 410 -49 -30 -17 3 13 27 461 477 497 517
Standard error /19..................... 74 23 17 16 14 14 14 83 87 91 95
Received positive amount number.......... 1,294 8 21 41 67 94 125 1,253 1,227 1,200 1,169
Percent.................................. 2.0 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3
Aggregate................................ 27,630 20 72 167 308 477 747 27,463 27,323 27,153 26,883
Mean..................................... 21,352 2,391 3,418 4,091 4,600 5,081 5,989 21,914 22,265 22,625 22,991
Standard error /19..................... 3,651 1,497 1,307 1,617 1,299 1,260 1,218 3,767 3,846 3,931 4,033
Received negative amount number.......... 185 18 25 33 35 42 48 152 151 143 137
Percent.................................. 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Aggregate................................ -923 -165 -216 -282 -284 -319 -368 -641 -639 -604 -555
Mean..................................... -4,982 -9,240 -8,747 -8,548 -8,230 -7,547 -7,690 -4,210 -4,238 -4,223 -4,040
Standard error /19..................... 426 1,468 1,148 1,036 991 905 808 427 428 445 448
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 152,040 201 351 668 919 1,424 1,878 151,372 151,121 150,616 150,161
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 householder under age 65 /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.................. 3.0 1.9 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.7 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1
Mean..................................... 2,333 68 73 96 100 122 131 2,599 2,699 2,817 2,951
Standard error /19..................... 49 9 8 11 9 10 9 54 57 59 62
Recipient families number................ 36,007 379 661 988 1,485 2,091 2,849 35,019 34,522 33,916 33,158
Percent of all families.................. 55.2 12.7 13.7 14.3 16.2 17.9 19.9 60.1 61.7 63.4 65.2
Mean..................................... 4,222 531 531 676 619 681 659 4,323 4,378 4,441 4,529
Standard error /19..................... 87 65 55 72 51 54 44 89 91 92 94
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 27,520 -76 -91 -81 -33 39 142 27,600 27,552 27,480 27,378
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 -0.7 -0.3 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Mean..................................... 422 -26 -19 -12 -4 3 10 474 492 514 538
Standard error /19..................... 18 8 7 6 5 5 5 21 21 22 24
Received positive amount number.......... 3,642 12 43 63 99 134 178 3,580 3,543 3,508 3,464
Percent.................................. 5.6 0.4 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.2 6.1 6.3 6.6 6.8
Aggregate................................ 31,817 4 39 72 159 303 435 31,746 31,658 31,515 31,382
Mean..................................... 8,736 364 923 1,150 1,606 2,260 2,439 8,869 8,935 8,983 9,061
Standard error /19..................... 293 269 281 273 222 265 260 297 300 303 306
Received negative amount number.......... 985 24 31 37 51 64 76 948 934 921 909
Percent.................................. 1.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8
Aggregate................................ -4,298 -81 -131 -152 -192 -263 -294 -4,145 -4,106 -4,034 -4,004
Mean..................................... -4,364 -3,422 -4,234 -4,095 -3,770 -4,123 -3,868 -4,375 -4,396 -4,381 -4,406
Standard error /19..................... 125 578 585 508 393 395 350 128 130 131 132
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 89,152 962 3,072 6,322 10,113 13,659 18,442 82,830 79,039 75,493 70,710
Percent of total income.................. 1.8 8.9 9.6 9.6 9.0 7.8 7.3 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5
Mean..................................... 1,368 324 636 912 1,101 1,167 1,290 1,422 1,412 1,412 1,390
Standard error /19..................... 19 31 35 38 35 33 33 21 21 22 22
Recipient families number................ 7,060 169 448 780 1,133 1,463 1,836 6,280 5,927 5,597 5,224
Percent of all families.................. 10.8 5.7 9.3 11.3 12.3 12.5 12.8 10.8 10.6 10.5 10.3
Mean amount.............................. 12,628 5,691 6,850 8,101 8,926 9,337 10,044 13,190 13,335 13,488 13,536
Standard error /19..................... 94 260 158 154 132 126 127 102 107 111 116
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 122,842 194 525 1,019 1,522 2,771 4,278 121,823 121,319 120,071 118,564
Percent of total income.................. 2.4 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
Mean..................................... 1,885 65 109 147 166 237 299 2,092 2,167 2,245 2,330
Standard error /19..................... 36 18 16 15 13 16 16 40 41 43 45
Recipient families number................ 5,754 42 103 191 266 386 568 5,563 5,488 5,368 5,186
Percent of all families.................. 8.8 1.4 2.1 2.8 2.9 3.3 4.0 9.6 9.8 10.0 10.2
Mean amount.............................. 21,349 4,682 5,105 5,336 5,732 7,177 7,534 21,899 22,105 22,368 22,861
Standard error /19..................... 295 977 530 362 293 297 261 302 305 311 319
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 24,370 2,749 6,056 8,393 10,590 12,095 13,542 15,977 13,780 12,275 10,829
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 25.3 18.9 12.7 9.5 6.9 5.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Mean..................................... 374 925 1,254 1,210 1,153 1,033 947 274 246 230 213
Standard error /19..................... 8 45 45 39 32 27 24 8 8 8 8
Recipient families number................ 3,806 686 1,247 1,625 1,971 2,218 2,437 2,181 1,835 1,587 1,369
Percent of all families.................. 5.8 23.1 25.8 23.4 21.5 19.0 17.0 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.7
Mean amount.............................. 6,404 4,006 4,857 5,165 5,373 5,452 5,557 7,326 7,511 7,734 7,911
Standard error /19..................... 101 123 115 111 98 95 94 156 177 198 219
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/new2709.htm