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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2005
Nonfamily householders
[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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Nonfamily householders
People in families....................... 36,982 2,556 4,211 6,672 9,042 11,722 13,652 30,310 27,940 25,260 23,330
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 3,446 14,237 35,482 61,498 97,459 127,855 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 34,210 1,348 3,381 5,318 6,801 8,314 9,365 40,570 43,080 46,227 48,748
Standard error /19..................... 263 49 53 49 43 42 43 309 330 359 384
With zero income......................... 904 904 904 904 904 904 904 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 851,375 1,525 3,853 8,752 15,050 27,096 36,864 842,623 836,325 824,279 814,511
Percent of total income.................. 67.3 44.2 27.1 24.7 24.5 27.8 28.8 68.5 69.5 70.6 71.6
Mean..................................... 23,021 597 915 1,312 1,664 2,311 2,700 27,800 29,933 32,631 34,912
Standard error /19..................... 246 31 34 38 37 42 44 292 314 342 366
Recipient families number................ 21,468 563 997 1,628 2,285 3,271 4,011 19,841 19,184 18,197 17,457
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 58.0 22.0 23.7 24.4 25.3 27.9 29.4 65.5 68.7 72.0 74.8
Mean amount.............................. 39,658 2,707 3,864 5,377 6,588 8,284 9,191 42,470 43,596 45,297 46,657
Standard error /19..................... 383 82 79 86 80 82 82 408 419 438 454
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 54,464 -205 15 476 1,194 2,151 2,816 53,987 53,269 52,313 51,648
Percent of total income.................. 4.3 -6.0 0.1 1.3 1.9 2.2 2.2 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5
Mean..................................... 1,473 -80 4 71 132 183 206 1,781 1,907 2,071 2,214
Standard error /19..................... 72 30 21 17 15 15 15 87 95 104 113
Received positive amount number.......... 1,947 137 193 262 343 439 503 1,685 1,604 1,507 1,443
Percent.................................. 5.3 5.4 4.6 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 5.6 5.7 6.0 6.2
Aggregate................................ 55,344 245 472 945 1,673 2,678 3,343 54,399 53,671 52,666 52,001
Mean..................................... 28,427 1,785 2,441 3,607 4,882 6,094 6,641 32,285 33,456 34,937 36,025
Standard error /19..................... 1,198 176 182 229 232 243 245 1,359 1,421 1,503 1,563
Received negative amount number.......... 181 64 68 70 76 83 83 110 105 97 97
Percent.................................. 0.5 2.5 1.6 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Aggregate................................ -880 -451 -457 -468 -478 -527 -527 -412 -402 -353 -353
Mean..................................... -4,869 -7,018 -6,696 -6,666 -6,283 -6,322 -6,322 -3,726 -3,840 -3,625 -3,625
Standard error /19..................... 305 498 501 501 455 433 433 361 376 382 382
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 3,396 -19 -46 -17 -24 -13 39 3,413 3,420 3,410 3,357
Percent of total income.................. 0.3 -0.6 -0.3 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Mean..................................... 92 -8 -11 -2 -3 -1 3 113 122 135 144
Standard error /19..................... 18 5 8 7 6 5 5 22 24 27 29
Received positive amount number.......... 330 3 5 12 22 30 40 319 308 300 290
Percent.................................. 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2
Aggregate................................ 3,575 1 6 41 77 97 149 3,534 3,498 3,478 3,426
Mean..................................... 10,829 158 1,194 3,567 3,493 3,212 3,705 11,094 11,358 11,597 11,820
Standard error /19..................... 1,861 382 1,298 2,023 1,247 975 1,007 1,925 1,986 2,036 2,102
Received negative amount number.......... 49 5 8 11 15 16 16 38 34 32 32
Percent.................................. 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aggregate................................ -179 -20 -52 -58 -102 -110 -110 -121 -77 -69 -69
Mean..................................... -3,662 -3,783 -6,141 -5,477 -6,794 -6,746 -6,746 -3,159 -2,282 -2,108 -2,108
Standard error /19..................... 673 794 1,665 1,634 1,305 1,193 1,193 710 491 468 468
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 67,848 272 462 796 1,232 2,091 3,145 67,053 66,617 65,757 64,703
Percent of total income.................. 5.4 7.9 3.2 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.5 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.7
Mean..................................... 1,835 106 110 119 136 178 230 2,212 2,384 2,603 2,773
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
Nonfamily householders
[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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Standard error /19..................... 44 11 9 8 7 8 9 53 57 63 68
Recipient families number................ 17,967 550 866 1,351 1,980 2,872 3,678 16,616 15,987 15,095 14,289
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 48.6 21.5 20.6 20.2 21.9 24.5 26.9 54.8 57.2 59.8 61.2
Mean..................................... 3,776 493 533 589 622 728 855 4,035 4,167 4,356 4,528
Standard error /19..................... 87 45 41 39 31 31 31 94 98 103 109
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 18,640 -74 -54 -3 79 166 260 18,643 18,561 18,474 18,380
Percent of total income.................. 1.5 -2.1 -0.4 -0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6
Mean..................................... 504 -29 -13 -0 9 14 19 615 664 731 788
Standard error /19..................... 27 17 11 8 6 6 6 33 35 39 42
Received positive amount number.......... 1,972 46 77 112 170 240 300 1,861 1,803 1,732 1,672
Percent.................................. 5.3 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.2 6.1 6.5 6.9 7.2
Aggregate................................ 19,448 73 114 186 292 437 568 19,262 19,156 19,012 18,881
Mean..................................... 9,861 1,580 1,477 1,671 1,724 1,822 1,891 10,352 10,627 10,974 11,292
Standard error /19..................... 451 229 188 191 175 158 151 475 489 507 523
Received negative amount number.......... 190 18 26 29 34 43 52 161 157 147 138
Percent.................................. 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6
Aggregate................................ -808 -147 -169 -189 -214 -271 -307 -619 -595 -538 -501
Mean..................................... -4,248 -7,976 -6,604 -6,523 -6,338 -6,248 -5,935 -3,840 -3,798 -3,659 -3,618
Standard error /19..................... 282 764 865 775 658 578 556 296 300 306 310
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 141,738 814 5,316 17,049 31,744 49,660 63,933 124,688 109,994 92,077 77,805
Percent of total income.................. 11.2 23.6 37.3 48.1 51.6 51.0 50.0 10.1 9.1 7.9 6.8
Mean..................................... 3,833 319 1,262 2,555 3,511 4,236 4,683 4,114 3,937 3,645 3,335
Standard error /19..................... 33 23 41 48 45 46 46 38 40 43 44
Recipient families number................ 12,639 282 1,045 2,580 4,117 5,712 6,868 10,059 8,522 6,928 5,772
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 34.2 11.0 24.8 38.7 45.5 48.7 50.3 33.2 30.5 27.4 24.7
Mean amount.............................. 11,214 2,885 5,088 6,608 7,711 8,695 9,309 12,396 12,907 13,292 13,481
Standard error /19..................... 47 112 69 48 41 41 41 51 57 68 79
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 86,802 156 524 1,174 2,388 4,281 6,786 85,629 84,415 82,521 80,016
Percent of total income.................. 6.9 4.5 3.7 3.3 3.9 4.4 5.3 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.0
Mean..................................... 2,347 61 124 176 264 365 497 2,825 3,021 3,267 3,430
Standard error /19..................... 42 9 14 14 14 16 17 51 55 61 65
Recipient families number................ 6,317 79 167 340 629 1,036 1,535 5,978 5,689 5,282 4,782
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 17.1 3.1 4.0 5.1 7.0 8.8 11.2 19.7 20.4 20.9 20.5
Mean amount.............................. 13,740 1,971 3,135 3,457 3,798 4,134 4,420 14,324 14,839 15,624 16,733
Standard error /19..................... 189 175 228 180 140 122 106 197 204 215 230
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 8,831 285 2,971 5,117 6,078 6,794 7,355 3,714 2,753 2,037 1,476
Percent of total income.................. 0.7 8.3 20.9 14.4 9.9 7.0 5.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1
Mean..................................... 239 111 705 767 672 580 539 123 99 81 63
Standard error /19..................... 7 13 34 29 22 18 16 6 6 6 5
Recipient families number................ 2,012 163 658 1,174 1,404 1,566 1,671 838 608 447 342
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 5.4 6.4 15.6 17.6 15.5 13.4 12.2 2.8 2.2 1.8 1.5
Mean amount.............................. 4,389 1,745 4,516 4,360 4,330 4,339 4,403 4,429 4,524 4,562 4,321
Standard error /19..................... 84 130 120 99 87 85 83 155 190 232 277
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/new2714.htm