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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2005
Unrelated individuals age 65 and over /4
[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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Unrelated individuals
age 65 and over /4
People in families....................... 11,695 445 1,028 2,279 3,636 5,049 6,114 9,416 8,059 6,646 5,581
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... 294,824 694 4,305 14,615 28,897 46,946 63,107 280,210 265,927 247,878 231,717
Mean..................................... 25,210 1,559 4,186 6,413 7,948 9,299 10,322 29,760 32,997 37,297 41,517
Standard error /19..................... 514 90 90 63 50 48 49 628 728 873 1,029
With zero income......................... 158 158 158 158 158 158 158 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 57,172 24 95 140 305 689 1,300 57,032 56,867 56,483 55,872
Percent of total income.................. 19.4 3.5 2.2 1.0 1.1 1.5 2.1 20.4 21.4 22.8 24.1
Mean..................................... 4,889 55 92 61 84 137 213 6,057 7,056 8,499 10,011
Standard error /19..................... 456 21 23 13 12 15 18 566 660 799 950
Recipient families number................ 1,576 10 26 42 93 161 256 1,534 1,483 1,415 1,321
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 13.5 2.2 2.5 1.8 2.6 3.2 4.2 16.3 18.4 21.3 23.7
Mean amount.............................. 36,272 2,539 3,627 3,322 3,276 4,271 5,087 37,176 38,340 39,923 42,305
Standard error /19..................... 3,269 369 475 417 316 335 296 3,355 3,466 3,628 3,878
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 6,540 -17 -12 12 26 50 95 6,529 6,514 6,490 6,445
Percent of total income.................. 2.2 -2.5 -0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.8
Mean..................................... 559 -38 -11 5 7 10 16 693 808 976 1,155
Standard error /19..................... 71 26 20 11 8 6 6 88 102 124 147
Received positive amount number.......... 259 0 3 7 12 18 30 252 247 240 228
Percent.................................. 2.2 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 2.7 3.1 3.6 4.1
Aggregate................................ 6,616 0 18 42 66 99 144 6,574 6,550 6,516 6,471
Mean..................................... 25,586 (X) 7,000 5,909 5,498 5,494 4,788 26,138 26,564 27,097 28,332
Standard error /19..................... 2,756 (X) (X) 939 899 649 756 2,825 2,875 2,939 3,070
Received negative amount number.......... 30 3 8 8 14 16 16 23 17 14 14
Percent.................................. 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aggregate................................ -76 -17 -30 -30 -40 -49 -49 -45 -35 -27 -27
Mean..................................... -2,497 -5,379 -3,943 -3,943 -2,968 -2,974 -2,974 -2,008 -2,117 -1,927 -1,927
Standard error /19..................... 458 1,498 1,369 1,369 815 668 668 388 483 573 573
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 48 0 0 0 -40 -48 -26 48 88 96 74
Percent of total income.................. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mean..................................... 4 0 0 0 -11 -10 -4 5 11 14 13
Standard error /19..................... 6 0 0 0 8 6 6 7 7 9 10
Received positive amount number.......... 19 0 0 0 2 4 8 19 18 15 11
Percent.................................. 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aggregate................................ 109 0 0 0 3 4 26 109 106 105 83
Mean..................................... 5,667 (X) (X) (X) 2,000 975 3,231 5,667 5,987 7,017 7,436
Standard error /19..................... 2,344 (X) (X) (X) 0 525 1,293 2,344 2,520 2,827 3,762
Received negative amount number.......... 8 0 0 0 4 6 6 8 4 3 3
Percent.................................. 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aggregate................................ -61 0 0 0 -44 -52 -52 -61 -18 -9 -9
Mean..................................... -7,315 (X) (X) (X) -9,999 -9,074 -9,074 -7,315 -4,390 -3,364 -3,364
Standard error /19..................... 1,517 (X) (X) (X) 0 955 955 1,517 1,339 1,421 1,421
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 35,738 47 142 323 645 1,206 1,986 35,415 35,093 34,532 33,752
Percent of total income.................. 12.1 6.8 3.3 2.2 2.2 2.6 3.1 12.6 13.2 13.9 14.6
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
Unrelated individuals age 65 and over /4
[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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Mean..................................... 3,056 106 138 142 177 239 325 3,761 4,355 5,196 6,048
Standard error /19..................... 106 17 20 14 12 12 14 131 151 182 214
Recipient families number................ 5,916 123 256 511 929 1,464 2,008 5,405 4,987 4,451 3,907
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 50.6 27.6 24.9 22.4 25.5 29.0 32.8 57.4 61.9 67.0 70.0
Mean..................................... 6,041 386 553 633 694 824 989 6,552 7,037 7,758 8,638
Standard error /19..................... 202 53 73 56 42 37 38 219 236 263 296
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 7,157 -15 -29 -52 -36 60 119 7,209 7,192 7,097 7,038
Percent of total income.................. 2.4 -2.1 -0.7 -0.4 -0.1 0.1 0.2 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.0
Mean..................................... 612 -33 -28 -23 -10 12 19 766 892 1,068 1,261
Standard error /19..................... 50 46 25 14 9 8 7 62 72 87 104
Received positive amount number.......... 792 14 25 42 79 132 165 750 714 660 627
Percent.................................. 6.8 3.2 2.5 1.8 2.2 2.6 2.7 8.0 8.9 9.9 11.2
Aggregate................................ 7,375 19 26 44 76 171 231 7,331 7,299 7,203 7,143
Mean..................................... 9,308 1,328 1,006 1,043 961 1,293 1,399 9,770 10,228 10,918 11,393
Standard error /19..................... 660 343 235 175 149 184 165 693 724 776 812
Received negative amount number.......... 56 4 10 16 20 20 23 40 37 37 34
Percent.................................. 0.5 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6
Aggregate................................ -218 -33 -55 -96 -111 -111 -113 -122 -107 -107 -105
Mean..................................... -3,878 -8,173 -5,363 -6,038 -5,652 -5,652 -4,961 -3,031 -2,923 -2,923 -3,146
Standard error /19..................... 436 1,321 1,460 980 800 800 791 421 435 435 454
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 121,836 583 3,681 12,450 24,667 40,114 52,499 109,386 97,169 81,722 69,337
Percent of total income.................. 41.3 84.0 85.5 85.2 85.4 85.4 83.2 39.0 36.5 33.0 29.9
Mean..................................... 10,418 1,309 3,579 5,463 6,785 7,945 8,587 11,617 12,057 12,296 12,423
Standard error /19..................... 55 99 98 73 59 56 54 60 68 80 92
Recipient families number................ 10,654 205 734 1,886 3,178 4,537 5,542 8,768 7,476 6,117 5,112
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 91.1 46.1 71.4 82.7 87.4 89.9 90.6 93.1 92.8 92.0 91.6
Mean amount.............................. 11,436 2,839 5,016 6,603 7,761 8,842 9,474 12,475 12,998 13,359 13,563
Standard error /19..................... 50 141 82 54 46 45 45 54 60 72 83
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 58,171 33 140 438 1,215 2,366 4,279 57,733 56,956 55,805 53,892
Percent of total income.................. 19.7 4.8 3.2 3.0 4.2 5.0 6.8 20.6 21.4 22.5 23.3
Mean..................................... 4,974 74 136 192 334 469 700 6,132 7,067 8,397 9,656
Standard error /19..................... 99 22 24 21 23 24 28 120 137 161 185
Recipient families number................ 4,649 29 69 178 411 722 1,145 4,471 4,237 3,927 3,503
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 39.8 6.6 6.7 7.8 11.3 14.3 18.7 47.5 52.6 59.1 62.8
Mean amount.............................. 12,513 1,124 2,033 2,457 2,953 3,278 3,736 12,914 13,442 14,210 15,383
Standard error /19..................... 202 249 243 185 142 119 107 208 216 228 246
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 2,451 17 245 1,168 1,704 1,900 2,095 1,283 747 551 356
Percent of total income.................. 0.8 2.5 5.7 8.0 5.9 4.0 3.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2
Mean..................................... 210 39 238 513 469 376 343 136 93 83 64
Standard error /19..................... 11 16 37 38 28 21 19 11 10 11 11
Recipient families number................ 736 12 91 352 494 568 607 384 242 168 129
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 6.3 2.7 8.9 15.4 13.6 11.3 9.9 4.1 3.0 2.5 2.3
Mean amount.............................. 3,329 1,453 2,682 3,320 3,447 3,345 3,450 3,337 3,086 3,274 2,758
Standard error /19..................... 127 365 283 168 141 133 128 198 257 330 401
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/new2713.htm