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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2005
'Families with a householder' 'age 65 and over /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.......................... 12,241 259 419 723 1,254 1,799 2,522 11,518 10,987 10,442 9,718
People in families....................... 28,924 704 1,183 1,959 3,334 4,624 6,277 26,965 25,590 24,300 22,647
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... 654,941 663 2,169 5,763 13,993 23,544 38,469 649,179 640,948 631,397 616,472
Mean..................................... 53,505 2,554 5,174 7,973 11,158 13,091 15,251 56,362 58,339 60,466 63,433
Standard error /19..................... 558 209 249 215 181 153 138 582 604 628 664
With zero income......................... 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 216,747 89 318 762 1,838 2,801 4,487 215,985 214,909 213,946 212,260
Percent of total income.................. 33.1 13.5 14.7 13.2 13.1 11.9 11.7 33.3 33.5 33.9 34.4
Mean..................................... 17,707 344 759 1,054 1,465 1,557 1,779 18,752 19,561 20,489 21,841
Standard error /19..................... 450 81 148 132 132 114 110 476 498 522 558
Recipient families number................ 4,880 27 58 116 219 315 449 4,765 4,661 4,565 4,431
Percent of all families.................. 39.9 10.5 13.8 16.0 17.5 17.5 17.8 41.4 42.4 43.7 45.6
Mean amount.............................. 44,414 3,283 5,511 6,598 8,396 8,891 9,987 45,331 46,106 46,866 47,905
Standard error /19..................... 1,008 399 766 539 540 451 435 1,029 1,049 1,067 1,095
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 27,369 -6 -4 -16 -38 -26 59 27,385 27,407 27,395 27,310
Percent of total income.................. 4.2 -0.8 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 -0.1 0.2 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4
Mean..................................... 2,236 -21 -9 -22 -31 -14 24 2,378 2,495 2,623 2,810
Standard error /19..................... 168 23 76 48 31 23 21 179 187 197 211
Received positive amount number.......... 752 3 11 18 29 43 60 734 723 709 692
Percent.................................. 6.1 1.0 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.4 6.4 6.6 6.8 7.1
Aggregate................................ 27,744 3 43 52 76 99 190 27,692 27,668 27,645 27,554
Mean..................................... 36,900 1,078 3,979 2,837 2,638 2,328 3,155 37,747 38,265 38,975 39,843
Standard error /19..................... 2,386 695 1,828 1,148 725 538 553 2,436 2,467 2,507 2,562
Received negative amount number.......... 73 6 11 14 22 23 25 59 51 50 48
Percent.................................. 0.6 2.1 2.7 2.0 1.7 1.3 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Aggregate................................ -375 -8 -46 -68 -114 -125 -131 -307 -261 -250 -244
Mean..................................... -5,150 -1,491 -4,171 -4,783 -5,246 -5,361 -5,344 -5,238 -5,108 -5,050 -5,051
Standard error /19..................... 395 670 1,171 1,010 722 681 649 435 472 484 495
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 3,427 -14 -14 -45 -25 -44 -21 3,472 3,452 3,471 3,448
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 -2.1 -0.6 -0.8 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Mean..................................... 280 -54 -34 -62 -20 -24 -8 301 314 332 355
Standard error /19..................... 114 65 40 45 30 24 18 121 127 134 144
Received positive amount number.......... 168 0 0 0 2 5 11 168 166 163 158
Percent.................................. 1.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6
Aggregate................................ 3,608 0 0 0 21 21 43 3,608 3,587 3,587 3,565
Mean..................................... 21,422 (X) 1 1 8,490 3,877 4,074 21,472 21,615 22,005 22,595
Standard error /19..................... 7,969 (X) 0 0 4,920 3,418 1,777 7,987 8,086 8,225 8,491
Received negative amount number.......... 28 2 2 5 6 7 7 23 23 21 21
Percent.................................. 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aggregate................................ -181 -14 -14 -45 -46 -65 -65 -136 -135 -117 -117
Mean..................................... -6,440 -8,476 -8,476 -8,614 -8,288 -9,085 -9,085 -5,948 -5,982 -5,545 -5,545
Standard error /19..................... 1,597 1,018 1,018 2,245 2,046 1,799 1,799 1,871 1,902 1,973 1,973
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 64,448 32 41 72 187 327 664 64,376 64,261 64,121 63,784
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' 'age 65 and over /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.................. 9.8 4.8 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.7 9.9 10.0 10.2 10.3
Mean..................................... 5,265 122 98 100 149 182 263 5,589 5,849 6,141 6,563
Standard error /19..................... 162 32 22 20 17 16 18 172 180 189 202
Recipient families number................ 7,738 47 75 146 317 488 774 7,593 7,421 7,250 6,964
Percent of all families.................. 63.2 18.2 18.0 20.1 25.3 27.1 30.7 65.9 67.5 69.4 71.7
Mean..................................... 8,329 672 546 495 591 670 858 8,479 8,659 8,844 9,159
Standard error /19..................... 250 147 104 93 61 54 53 254 260 266 276
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 10,747 -35 -18 -36 -78 -55 -77 10,783 10,825 10,803 10,824
Percent of total income.................. 1.6 -5.2 -0.8 -0.6 -0.6 -0.2 -0.2 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8
Mean..................................... 878 -133 -42 -50 -62 -31 -30 936 985 1,035 1,114
Standard error /19..................... 62 81 71 48 32 27 21 65 68 72 77
Received positive amount number.......... 1,021 4 8 17 38 62 92 1,003 983 958 928
Percent.................................. 8.3 1.4 1.8 2.4 3.0 3.5 3.7 8.7 8.9 9.2 9.6
Aggregate................................ 11,649 1 30 42 69 146 177 11,607 11,579 11,503 11,471
Mean..................................... 11,414 382 3,892 2,446 1,852 2,340 1,917 11,567 11,779 12,003 12,359
Standard error /19..................... 643 321 1,576 837 416 313 233 653 665 680 699
Received negative amount number.......... 234 9 10 16 32 44 59 218 202 190 175
Percent.................................. 1.9 3.5 2.5 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8
Aggregate................................ -901 -36 -48 -78 -147 -201 -254 -823 -754 -700 -647
Mean..................................... -3,854 -3,919 -4,622 -4,805 -4,600 -4,554 -4,323 -3,783 -3,736 -3,691 -3,697
Standard error /19..................... 251 1,787 1,723 1,246 706 615 524 255 267 272 284
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 204,300 420 1,361 4,024 10,028 17,139 28,516 200,276 194,272 187,161 175,784
Percent of total income.................. 31.2 63.3 62.7 69.8 71.7 72.8 74.1 30.9 30.3 29.6 28.5
Mean..................................... 16,690 1,618 3,246 5,567 7,996 9,530 11,305 17,388 17,683 17,923 18,088
Standard error /19..................... 86 185 213 208 165 150 138 87 89 92 98
Recipient families number................ 11,024 88 203 460 942 1,432 2,098 10,564 10,082 9,592 8,926
Percent of all families.................. 90.1 33.9 48.5 63.6 75.1 79.6 83.2 91.7 91.8 91.9 91.8
Mean amount.............................. 18,533 4,767 6,693 8,749 10,649 11,970 13,592 18,959 19,269 19,513 19,694
Standard error /19..................... 77 294 228 178 130 118 108 77 79 82 87
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 111,509 41 126 265 784 1,295 2,065 111,243 110,725 110,213 109,444
Percent of total income.................. 17.0 6.2 5.8 4.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 17.1 17.3 17.5 17.8
Mean..................................... 9,110 158 299 367 625 720 819 9,658 10,078 10,555 11,261
Standard error /19..................... 148 50 72 64 66 58 54 156 162 169 180
Recipient families number................ 6,110 22 39 69 165 272 425 6,040 5,944 5,837 5,684
Percent of all families.................. 49.9 8.3 9.3 9.6 13.2 15.1 16.9 52.4 54.1 55.9 58.5
Mean amount.............................. 18,251 1,900 3,234 3,824 4,737 4,754 4,855 18,417 18,627 18,881 19,253
Standard error /19..................... 244 410 555 455 358 265 234 246 249 252 257
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 4,746 71 275 557 949 1,677 2,026 4,189 3,797 3,069 2,720
Percent of total income.................. 0.7 10.7 12.7 9.7 6.8 7.1 5.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4
Mean..................................... 388 272 657 770 757 932 803 364 346 294 280
Standard error /19..................... 22 82 115 101 73 75 59 23 23 23 23
Recipient families number................ 641 24 63 106 180 254 307 535 461 387 334
Percent of all families.................. 5.2 9.2 15.0 14.6 14.4 14.1 12.2 4.6 4.2 3.7 3.4
Mean amount.............................. 7,406 2,977 4,388 5,263 5,272 6,599 6,600 7,830 8,240 7,936 8,147
Standard error /19..................... 311 624 521 446 345 356 324 360 404 456 513
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/new2710.htm