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FINC-06. Percent Distribution of Families, by Selected Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2006
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
Lowest Second Middle Fourth Highest Top 5
Total fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth percent
Number........................... 78,454 15,691 15,691 15,691 15,691 15,691 3,923
Lower limit...................... (X) (X) 27,000 47,000 71,200 109,150 191,060
Race and Hispanic Origin
of householder
White A.O.I.C.................... 64,963 11,557 12,828 13,269 13,614 13,696 3,467
White alone 1/................. 64,120 11,367 12,659 13,092 13,453 13,548 3,445
White alone, not Hispanic..... 54,657 8,333 10,179 11,263 12,181 12,701 3,307
Black A.O.I.C.................... 9,504 3,381 2,206 1,717 1,288 912 175
Black alone 2/................. 9,274 3,322 2,151 1,672 1,257 872 167
Asian A.O.I.C.................... 3,489 527 534 625 732 1,071 279
Asian alone 3/................. 3,346 512 511 596 697 1,031 276
Hispanic (of any race)........... 10,155 3,314 2,648 1,930 1,359 905 145
Type of family
Married-couple families.......... 58,964 7,392 10,794 12,461 13,693 14,624 3,730
Male householder,
no wife present................ 5,067 1,430 1,379 1,081 722 453 85
Female householder,
no husband present............. 14,424 6,868 3,517 2,149 1,275 615 108
Age of householder
Under 65 years................... 66,065 12,165 11,880 13,494 14,168 14,359 3,607
15 to 24 years................. 3,534 1,567 867 633 295 173 45
25 to 34 years................. 13,678 3,481 2,992 2,971 2,619 1,614 289
35 to 44 years................. 18,055 3,064 3,207 3,632 4,058 4,095 1,021
45 to 54 years................. 17,816 2,152 2,623 3,566 4,385 5,089 1,348
55 to 64 years................. 12,981 1,901 2,190 2,692 2,810 3,388 904
65 years and over................ 12,389 3,526 3,810 2,198 1,523 1,333 316
65 to 74 years................. 7,287 1,728 2,169 1,420 999 972 227
75 years and over.............. 5,102 1,798 1,641 778 524 360 90
Mean age of householder.......... 47.8 47.1 49.3 47.1 47.0 48.5 49.1
Aggregate age.................... 3,750,790 738,722 772,818 739,754 738,215 761,282 192,583
FINC-06. Percent Distribution of Families, by Selected Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2006
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
Lowest Second Middle Fourth Highest Top 5
Total fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth percent
Size of family
Two persons...................... 35,102 8,499 8,071 7,006 6,052 5,474 1,371
Three persons.................... 17,566 3,529 3,362 3,416 3,701 3,557 817
Four persons..................... 15,400 2,046 2,340 3,073 3,742 4,199 1,089
Five persons..................... 6,718 991 1,201 1,383 1,486 1,657 442
Six persons...................... 2,456 420 455 527 495 558 151
Seven persons.................... 1,213 206 260 286 214 246 52
Mean size of family.............. 3.13 2.88 2.98 3.15 3.25 3.37 3.37
Aggregate size of family......... 245,203 45,138 46,785 49,445 51,019 52,816 13,238
Presence of related children
under 18 years old
No related children.............. 38,674 6,733 8,080 7,999 7,844 8,018 1,966
One or more related children..... 39,780 8,957 7,610 7,692 7,846 7,674 1,957
All under 6 years............ 9,617 2,511 1,843 1,784 1,824 1,655 404
Some under 6, some
6 to 17 years............. 8,303 2,108 1,721 1,649 1,476 1,349 356
All 6 to 17 years............ 21,860 4,338 4,046 4,259 4,547 4,670 1,197
One child...................... 17,057 3,950 3,333 3,290 3,378 3,105 725
Under 6 years................ 6,143 1,648 1,207 1,151 1,171 965 202
All 6 to 17 years............ 10,914 2,302 2,126 2,139 2,207 2,140 523
Two children or more........... 22,723 5,007 4,276 4,402 4,468 4,570 1,232
All under 6 years............ 3,475 863 636 633 653 691 202
Some under 6, some
6 to 17 years.............. 8,303 2,108 1,721 1,649 1,476 1,349 356
All 6 to 17 years............ 10,946 2,036 1,920 2,120 2,340 2,530 674
Mean number of related
children....................... 0.93 1.06 0.89 0.90 0.89 0.88 0.92
Aggregate number of related
children...................... 72,609 16,654 13,907 14,174 14,029 13,844 3,606
Number of earners
No earners....................... 11,181 6,155 2,971 1,136 570 348 92
One earner....................... 25,016 7,563 6,945 4,783 3,147 2,578 770
Two earners or more.............. 42,257 1,972 5,773 9,772 11,973 12,767 3,061
Two earners.................... 33,809 1,829 5,154 8,284 9,305 9,237 2,263
Three earners.................. 6,377 127 541 1,239 2,097 2,373 548
Four earners................... 2,070 16 78 249 571 1,156 251
Mean numbers of earners.......... 1.58 0.76 1.26 1.71 1.99 2.16 2.08
Aggregate earners................ 123,705 11,974 19,762 26,796 31,257 33,916 8,176
Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over......... 74,920 14,124 14,823 15,058 15,396 15,519 3,878
Less than 9th grade.............. 3,640 1,716 1,056 535 233 99 13
9th to 12th grade
(no diploma)................... 6,068 2,495 1,783 1,049 504 237 21
High school graduate
(includes equivalency)......... 22,282 5,356 5,619 5,042 4,050 2,214 356
Some college, no degree.......... 13,288 2,291 2,845 3,008 3,025 2,120 356
Associate degree................. 6,851 940 1,267 1,595 1,744 1,305 184
Bachelor's degree or more........ 22,792 1,326 2,254 3,829 5,839 9,544 2,947
Bachelor's degree.............. 14,579 959 1,616 2,703 3,908 5,393 1,433
Master's degree................ 5,709 258 465 878 1,495 2,612 809
Professional degree............ 1,377 69 96 126 230 855 404
Doctorate degree............... 1,127 40 77 121 206 684 301
Work experience of householder
Worked........................... 56,971 7,473 9,974 12,195 13,462 13,867 3,408
Worked at full-time jobs....... 48,698 5,363 8,372 10,609 11,979 12,375 3,028
50 weeks or more.............. 42,352 3,780 7,030 9,308 10,819 11,414 2,811
27 to 49 weeks................ 4,134 779 913 918 830 695 136
26 weeks or less.............. 2,211 804 429 383 329 266 81
FINC-06. Percent Distribution of Families, by Selected Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2006
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
Lowest Second Middle Fourth Highest Top 5
Total fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth percent
Worked at part-time jobs....... 8,273 2,110 1,602 1,586 1,483 1,491 380
50 weeks or more.............. 4,628 1,002 854 932 865 975 247
27 to 49 weeks................ 1,721 402 345 338 336 300 73
26 weeks or less.............. 1,923 705 402 316 282 217 60
Did not work..................... 21,483 8,218 5,716 3,496 2,228 1,825 515
Occupation of longest job
Management, business,
and financial operations
occupations..................... 9,359 357 875 1,542 2,488 4,098 1,270
Professional and related
occupations..................... 12,303 650 1,270 2,216 3,479 4,688 1,221
Service occupations.............. 8,283 2,476 2,007 1,733 1,299 767 107
Sales and related
occupations..................... 6,232 949 1,093 1,193 1,429 1,568 428
Office and administrative
support occupations............. 7,080 979 1,469 1,839 1,660 1,133 171
Farming, fishing, and
forestry occupations............ 376 138 112 68 43 15 2
Construction and extraction
occupations..................... 3,755 547 889 1,013 834 472 52
Installation, maintenance,
and repair occupations.......... 2,183 144 410 631 678 321 49
Production occupations........... 3,870 685 914 1,058 833 381 45
Transportation and material
moving occupations.............. 3,201 527 858 789 651 375 56
Armed Forces..................... 329 21 78 114 68 49 6
Types of Income
Wage or salary income............ 64,978 8,900 12,163 14,141 14,781 14,993 3,712
Nonfarm self-employment
income......................... 9,067 1,052 1,423 1,866 2,125 2,602 776
Farm self-employment............. 1,564 133 222 316 422 472 129
Social Security or Railroad
Retirement income.............. 18,530 4,876 5,443 3,533 2,627 2,052 463
Supplemental Security Income..... 2,723 1,447 597 329 212 137 32
Public assistance or welfare
income......................... 1,369 1,060 208 64 34 4 0
Veteran's payments............... 1,654 209 401 379 343 322 76
Unemployment compensation........ 3,663 634 784 910 831 504 82
Property income.................. 43,609 3,402 6,755 8,966 11,138 13,347 3,557
Retirement income................ 10,052 1,010 2,861 2,297 1,927 1,957 466
Other income..................... 12,552 2,865 2,705 2,440 2,280 2,262 481
FINC-06. Percent Distribution of Families, by Selected Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2006
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
Horizontal Percents
Lowest Second Middle Fourth Highest Top 5
Total fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth percent
Number........................... 100.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 5.0
Lower limit...................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Race and Hispanic Origin
of householder
White A.O.I.C.................... 100.0 17.8 19.7 20.4 21.0 21.1 5.3
White alone 1/................. 100.0 17.7 19.7 20.4 21.0 21.1 5.4
White alone, not Hispanic..... 100.0 15.2 18.6 20.6 22.3 23.2 6.1
Black A.O.I.C.................... 100.0 35.6 23.2 18.1 13.6 9.6 1.8
Black alone 2/................. 100.0 35.8 23.2 18.0 13.6 9.4 1.8
Asian A.O.I.C.................... 100.0 15.1 15.3 17.9 21.0 30.7 8.0
Asian alone 3/................. 100.0 15.3 15.3 17.8 20.8 30.8 8.3
Hispanic (of any race)........... 100.0 32.6 26.1 19.0 13.4 8.9 1.4
Type of family
Married-couple families.......... 100.0 12.5 18.3 21.1 23.2 24.8 6.3
Male householder,
no wife present................ 100.0 28.2 27.2 21.3 14.3 8.9 1.7
Female householder,
no husband present............. 100.0 47.6 24.4 14.9 8.8 4.3 0.7
Age of householder
Under 65 years................... 100.0 18.4 18.0 20.4 21.4 21.7 5.5
15 to 24 years................. 100.0 44.3 24.5 17.9 8.3 4.9 1.3
25 to 34 years................. 100.0 25.5 21.9 21.7 19.2 11.8 2.1
35 to 44 years................. 100.0 17.0 17.8 20.1 22.5 22.7 5.7
45 to 54 years................. 100.0 12.1 14.7 20.0 24.6 28.6 7.6
55 to 64 years................. 100.0 14.6 16.9 20.7 21.6 26.1 7.0
65 years and over................ 100.0 28.5 30.8 17.7 12.3 10.8 2.6
65 to 74 years................. 100.0 23.7 29.8 19.5 13.7 13.3 3.1
75 years and over.............. 100.0 35.2 32.2 15.2 10.3 7.1 1.8
Mean age of householder.......... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Aggregate age.................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
FINC-06. Percent Distribution of Families, by Selected Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2006
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
Horizontal Percents
Lowest Second Middle Fourth Highest Top 5
Total fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth percent
Size of family
Two persons...................... 100.0 24.2 23.0 20.0 17.2 15.6 3.9
Three persons.................... 100.0 20.1 19.1 19.4 21.1 20.2 4.7
Four persons..................... 100.0 13.3 15.2 20.0 24.3 27.3 7.1
Five persons..................... 100.0 14.7 17.9 20.6 22.1 24.7 6.6
Six persons...................... 100.0 17.1 18.5 21.5 20.2 22.7 6.2
Seven persons.................... 100.0 17.0 21.5 23.6 17.7 20.3 4.3
Mean size of family.............. (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Aggregate size of family......... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Presence of related children
under 18 years old
No related children.............. 100.0 17.4 20.9 20.7 20.3 20.7 5.1
One or more related children..... 100.0 22.5 19.1 19.3 19.7 19.3 4.9
All under 6 years............ 100.0 26.1 19.2 18.6 19.0 17.2 4.2
Some under 6, some
6 to 17 years............. 100.0 25.4 20.7 19.9 17.8 16.2 4.3
All 6 to 17 years............ 100.0 19.8 18.5 19.5 20.8 21.4 5.5
One child...................... 100.0 23.2 19.5 19.3 19.8 18.2 4.2
Under 6 years................ 100.0 26.8 19.7 18.7 19.1 15.7 3.3
All 6 to 17 years............ 100.0 21.1 19.5 19.6 20.2 19.6 4.8
Two children or more........... 100.0 22.0 18.8 19.4 19.7 20.1 5.4
All under 6 years............ 100.0 24.8 18.3 18.2 18.8 19.9 5.8
Some under 6, some
6 to 17 years.............. 100.0 25.4 20.7 19.9 17.8 16.2 4.3
All 6 to 17 years............ 100.0 18.6 17.5 19.4 21.4 23.1 6.2
Mean number of related
children....................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Aggregate number of related
children...................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Number of earners
No earners....................... 100.0 55.1 26.6 10.2 5.1 3.1 0.8
One earner....................... 100.0 30.2 27.8 19.1 12.6 10.3 3.1
Two earners or more.............. 100.0 4.7 13.7 23.1 28.3 30.2 7.2
Two earners.................... 100.0 5.4 15.2 24.5 27.5 27.3 6.7
Three earners.................. 100.0 2.0 8.5 19.4 32.9 37.2 8.6
Four earners................... 100.0 0.8 3.8 12.0 27.6 55.9 12.1
Mean numbers of earners.......... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Aggregate earners................ (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over......... 100.0 18.9 19.8 20.1 20.5 20.7 5.2
Less than 9th grade.............. 100.0 47.2 29.0 14.7 6.4 2.7 0.3
9th to 12th grade
(no diploma)................... 100.0 41.1 29.4 17.3 8.3 3.9 0.4
High school graduate
(includes equivalency)......... 100.0 24.0 25.2 22.6 18.2 9.9 1.6
Some college, no degree.......... 100.0 17.2 21.4 22.6 22.8 16.0 2.7
Associate degree................. 100.0 13.7 18.5 23.3 25.5 19.0 2.7
Bachelor's degree or more........ 100.0 5.8 9.9 16.8 25.6 41.9 12.9
Bachelor's degree.............. 100.0 6.6 11.1 18.5 26.8 37.0 9.8
Master's degree................ 100.0 4.5 8.1 15.4 26.2 45.8 14.2
Professional degree............ 100.0 5.0 7.0 9.2 16.7 62.1 29.4
Doctorate degree............... 100.0 3.5 6.8 10.7 18.3 60.7 26.7
Work experience of householder
Worked........................... 100.0 13.1 17.5 21.4 23.6 24.3 6.0
Worked at full-time jobs....... 100.0 11.0 17.2 21.8 24.6 25.4 6.2
50 weeks or more.............. 100.0 8.9 16.6 22.0 25.5 27.0 6.6
27 to 49 weeks................ 100.0 18.8 22.1 22.2 20.1 16.8 3.3
FINC-06. Percent Distribution of Families, by Selected Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2006
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
Horizontal Percents
Lowest Second Middle Fourth Highest Top 5
Total fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth percent
26 weeks or less.............. 100.0 36.3 19.4 17.3 14.9 12.0 3.6
Worked at part-time jobs....... 100.0 25.5 19.4 19.2 17.9 18.0 4.6
50 weeks or more.............. 100.0 21.7 18.5 20.1 18.7 21.1 5.3
27 to 49 weeks................ 100.0 23.4 20.1 19.7 19.5 17.4 4.3
26 weeks or less.............. 100.0 36.7 20.9 16.4 14.7 11.3 3.1
Did not work..................... 100.0 38.3 26.6 16.3 10.4 8.5 2.4
Occupation of longest job
Management, business,
and financial operations
occupations..................... 100.0 3.8 9.3 16.5 26.6 43.8 13.6
Professional and related
occupations..................... 100.0 5.3 10.3 18.0 28.3 38.1 9.9
Service occupations.............. 100.0 29.9 24.2 20.9 15.7 9.3 1.3
Sales and related
occupations..................... 100.0 15.2 17.5 19.1 22.9 25.2 6.9
Office and administrative
support occupations............. 100.0 13.8 20.7 26.0 23.5 16.0 2.4
Farming, fishing, and
forestry occupations............ 100.0 36.7 29.7 18.1 11.3 4.1 0.4
Construction and extraction
occupations..................... 100.0 14.6 23.7 27.0 22.2 12.6 1.4
Installation, maintenance,
and repair occupations.......... 100.0 6.6 18.8 28.9 31.0 14.7 2.2
Production occupations........... 100.0 17.7 23.6 27.3 21.5 9.8 1.2
Transportation and material
moving occupations.............. 100.0 16.5 26.8 24.7 20.4 11.7 1.8
Armed Forces..................... 100.0 6.4 23.6 34.5 20.6 14.9 1.9
Types of Income
Wage or salary income............ 100.0 13.7 18.7 21.8 22.7 23.1 5.7
Nonfarm self-employment
income......................... 100.0 11.6 15.7 20.6 23.4 28.7 8.6
Farm self-employment............. 100.0 8.5 14.2 20.2 27.0 30.2 8.2
Social Security or Railroad
Retirement income.............. 100.0 26.3 29.4 19.1 14.2 11.1 2.5
Supplemental Security Income..... 100.0 53.1 21.9 12.1 7.8 5.1 1.2
Public assistance or welfare
income......................... 100.0 77.4 15.2 4.7 2.5 0.3 0.0
Veteran's payments............... 100.0 12.6 24.2 22.9 20.7 19.5 4.6
Unemployment compensation........ 100.0 17.3 21.4 24.8 22.7 13.8 2.2
Property income.................. 100.0 7.8 15.5 20.6 25.5 30.6 8.2
Retirement income................ 100.0 10.0 28.5 22.8 19.2 19.5 4.6
Other income..................... 100.0 22.8 21.5 19.4 18.2 18.0 3.8
FINC-06. Percent Distribution of Families, by Selected Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2006
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
Vertical Percents
Lowest Second Middle Fourth Highest Top 5
Total fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth percent
Number........................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Lower limit...................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Race and Hispanic Origin
of householder
White A.O.I.C.................... 82.8 73.7 81.8 84.6 86.8 87.3 88.4
White alone 1/................. 81.7 72.4 80.7 83.4 85.7 86.3 87.8
White alone, not Hispanic..... 69.7 53.1 64.9 71.8 77.6 80.9 84.3
Black A.O.I.C.................... 12.1 21.6 14.1 10.9 8.2 5.8 4.5
Black alone 2/................. 11.8 21.2 13.7 10.7 8.0 5.6 4.3
Asian A.O.I.C.................... 4.4 3.4 3.4 4.0 4.7 6.8 7.1
Asian alone 3/................. 4.3 3.3 3.3 3.8 4.4 6.6 7.0
Hispanic (of any race)........... 12.9 21.1 16.9 12.3 8.7 5.8 3.7
Type of family
Married-couple families.......... 75.2 47.1 68.8 79.4 87.3 93.2 95.1
Male householder,
no wife present................ 6.5 9.1 8.8 6.9 4.6 2.9 2.2
Female householder,
no husband present............. 18.4 43.8 22.4 13.7 8.1 3.9 2.7
Age of householder
Under 65 years................... 84.2 77.5 75.7 86.0 90.3 91.5 91.9
15 to 24 years................. 4.5 10.0 5.5 4.0 1.9 1.1 1.1
25 to 34 years................. 17.4 22.2 19.1 18.9 16.7 10.3 7.4
35 to 44 years................. 23.0 19.5 20.4 23.1 25.9 26.1 26.0
45 to 54 years................. 22.7 13.7 16.7 22.7 27.9 32.4 34.4
55 to 64 years................. 16.5 12.1 14.0 17.2 17.9 21.6 23.0
65 years and over................ 15.8 22.5 24.3 14.0 9.7 8.5 8.1
65 to 74 years................. 9.3 11.0 13.8 9.0 6.4 6.2 5.8
75 years and over.............. 6.5 11.5 10.5 5.0 3.3 2.3 2.3
Mean age of householder.......... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Aggregate age.................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
FINC-06. Percent Distribution of Families, by Selected Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2006
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
Vertical Percents
Lowest Second Middle Fourth Highest Top 5
Total fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth percent
Size of family
Two persons...................... 44.7 54.2 51.4 44.7 38.6 34.9 34.9
Three persons.................... 22.4 22.5 21.4 21.8 23.6 22.7 20.8
Four persons..................... 19.6 13.0 14.9 19.6 23.8 26.8 27.8
Five persons..................... 8.6 6.3 7.7 8.8 9.5 10.6 11.3
Six persons...................... 3.1 2.7 2.9 3.4 3.2 3.6 3.9
Seven persons.................... 1.5 1.3 1.7 1.8 1.4 1.6 1.3
Mean size of family.............. (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Aggregate size of family......... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Presence of related children
under 18 years old
No related children.............. 49.3 42.9 51.5 51.0 50.0 51.1 50.1
One or more related children..... 50.7 57.1 48.5 49.0 50.0 48.9 49.9
All under 6 years............ 12.3 16.0 11.7 11.4 11.6 10.5 10.3
Some under 6, some
6 to 17 years............. 10.6 13.4 11.0 10.5 9.4 8.6 9.1
All 6 to 17 years............ 27.9 27.6 25.8 27.1 29.0 29.8 30.5
One child...................... 21.7 25.2 21.2 21.0 21.5 19.8 18.5
Under 6 years................ 7.8 10.5 7.7 7.3 7.5 6.1 5.1
All 6 to 17 years............ 13.9 14.7 13.6 13.6 14.1 13.6 13.3
Two children or more........... 29.0 31.9 27.3 28.1 28.5 29.1 31.4
All under 6 years............ 4.4 5.5 4.1 4.0 4.2 4.4 5.1
Some under 6, some
6 to 17 years.............. 10.6 13.4 11.0 10.5 9.4 8.6 9.1
All 6 to 17 years............ 14.0 13.0 12.2 13.5 14.9 16.1 17.2
Mean number of related
children....................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Aggregate number of related
children...................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Number of earners
No earners....................... 14.3 39.2 18.9 7.2 3.6 2.2 2.3
One earner....................... 31.9 48.2 44.3 30.5 20.1 16.4 19.6
Two earners or more.............. 53.9 12.6 36.8 62.3 76.3 81.4 78.0
Two earners.................... 43.1 11.7 32.8 52.8 59.3 58.9 57.7
Three earners.................. 8.1 0.8 3.4 7.9 13.4 15.1 14.0
Four earners................... 2.6 0.1 0.5 1.6 3.6 7.4 6.4
Mean numbers of earners.......... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Aggregate earners................ (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over......... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 9th grade.............. 4.9 12.2 7.1 3.6 1.5 0.6 0.3
9th to 12th grade
(no diploma)................... 8.1 17.7 12.0 7.0 3.3 1.5 0.5
High school graduate
(includes equivalency)......... 29.7 37.9 37.9 33.5 26.3 14.3 9.2
Some college, no degree.......... 17.7 16.2 19.2 20.0 19.6 13.7 9.2
Associate degree................. 9.1 6.7 8.5 10.6 11.3 8.4 4.7
Bachelor's degree or more........ 30.4 9.4 15.2 25.4 37.9 61.5 76.0
Bachelor's degree.............. 19.5 6.8 10.9 18.0 25.4 34.8 37.0
Master's degree................ 7.6 1.8 3.1 5.8 9.7 16.8 20.9
Professional degree............ 1.8 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.5 5.5 10.4
Doctorate degree............... 1.5 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.3 4.4 7.8
Work experience of householder
Worked........................... 72.6 47.6 63.6 77.7 85.8 88.4 86.9
Worked at full-time jobs....... 62.1 34.2 53.4 67.6 76.3 78.9 77.2
50 weeks or more.............. 54.0 24.1 44.8 59.3 69.0 72.7 71.7
27 to 49 weeks................ 5.3 5.0 5.8 5.9 5.3 4.4 3.5
FINC-06. Percent Distribution of Families, by Selected Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2006
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]
Vertical Percents
Lowest Second Middle Fourth Highest Top 5
Total fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth percent
26 weeks or less.............. 2.8 5.1 2.7 2.4 2.1 1.7 2.1
Worked at part-time jobs....... 10.5 13.4 10.2 10.1 9.5 9.5 9.7
50 weeks or more.............. 5.9 6.4 5.4 5.9 5.5 6.2 6.3
27 to 49 weeks................ 2.2 2.6 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.9
26 weeks or less.............. 2.5 4.5 2.6 2.0 1.8 1.4 1.5
Did not work..................... 27.4 52.4 36.4 22.3 14.2 11.6 13.1
Occupation of longest job
Management, business,
and financial operations
occupations..................... 16.4 4.8 8.8 12.6 18.5 29.6 37.3
Professional and related
occupations..................... 21.6 8.7 12.7 18.2 25.8 33.8 35.8
Service occupations.............. 14.5 33.1 20.1 14.2 9.7 5.5 3.1
Sales and related
occupations..................... 10.9 12.7 11.0 9.8 10.6 11.3 12.6
Office and administrative
support occupations............. 12.4 13.1 14.7 15.1 12.3 8.2 5.0
Farming, fishing, and
forestry occupations............ 0.7 1.8 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0
Construction and extraction
occupations..................... 6.6 7.3 8.9 8.3 6.2 3.4 1.5
Installation, maintenance,
and repair occupations.......... 3.8 1.9 4.1 5.2 5.0 2.3 1.4
Production occupations........... 6.8 9.2 9.2 8.7 6.2 2.7 1.3
Transportation and material
moving occupations.............. 5.6 7.1 8.6 6.5 4.8 2.7 1.7
Armed Forces..................... 0.6 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.2
Types of Income
Wage or salary income............ 82.8 56.7 77.5 90.1 94.2 95.6 94.6
Nonfarm self-employment
income......................... 11.6 6.7 9.1 11.9 13.5 16.6 19.8
Farm self-employment............. 2.0 0.8 1.4 2.0 2.7 3.0 3.3
Social Security or Railroad
Retirement income.............. 23.6 31.1 34.7 22.5 16.7 13.1 11.8
Supplemental Security Income..... 3.5 9.2 3.8 2.1 1.4 0.9 0.8
Public assistance or welfare
income......................... 1.7 6.8 1.3 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0
Veteran's payments............... 2.1 1.3 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.9
Unemployment compensation........ 4.7 4.0 5.0 5.8 5.3 3.2 2.1
Property income.................. 55.6 21.7 43.0 57.1 71.0 85.1 90.7
Retirement income................ 12.8 6.4 18.2 14.6 12.3 12.5 11.9
Other income..................... 16.0 18.3 17.2 15.5 14.5 14.4 12.3
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