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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2006
All families /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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All families /10
Total, families.......................... 78,454 3,156 5,372 7,668 10,531 13,516 16,673 70,786 67,923 64,938 61,782
People in families....................... 245,199 10,341 17,910 25,915 35,810 45,959 56,394 219,283 209,389 199,240 188,805
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 11,806 37,322 74,710 133,860 208,331 299,207 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 77,315 3,741 6,947 9,743 12,710 15,414 17,946 84,635 87,332 90,199 93,337
Standard error /19..................... 328 75 81 86 83 85 86 351 362 375 390
With zero income......................... 814 814 814 814 814 814 814 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 5,506 20,329 43,876 83,184 134,191 196,877 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income.................. 77.7 46.6 54.5 58.7 62.1 64.4 65.8 77.9 78.0 78.2 78.3
Mean..................................... 60,071 1,745 3,784 5,722 7,899 9,928 11,808 65,958 68,161 70,508 73,095
Standard error /19..................... 302 62 81 91 91 96 98 327 338 350 365
Recipient families number................ 64,978 1,165 2,585 4,210 6,310 8,510 10,875 60,768 58,668 56,467 54,103
Percent of all families.................. 82.8 36.9 48.1 54.9 59.9 63.0 65.2 85.8 86.4 87.0 87.6
Mean amount.............................. 72,530 4,728 7,864 10,422 13,184 15,768 18,103 76,833 78,913 81,085 83,470
Standard error /19..................... 345 114 115 114 106 108 108 362 371 383 396
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 332,051 432 1,488 3,109 6,398 9,731 13,798 328,943 325,653 322,320 318,253
Percent of total income.................. 5.5 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5
Mean..................................... 4,232 137 277 405 608 720 828 4,647 4,794 4,963 5,151
Standard error /19..................... 97 29 30 31 32 33 33 107 112 117 122
Received positive amount number.......... 8,719 146 297 467 705 938 1,204 8,252 8,014 7,781 7,515
Percent.................................. 11.1 4.6 5.5 6.1 6.7 6.9 7.2 11.7 11.8 12.0 12.2
Aggregate................................ 333,743 618 1,751 3,450 6,769 10,135 14,285 330,294 326,974 323,609 319,459
Mean..................................... 38,278 4,229 5,895 7,385 9,599 10,802 11,860 40,026 40,801 41,591 42,512
Standard error /19..................... 776 334 335 328 309 308 298 815 838 861 889
Received negative amount number.......... 346 23 37 50 62 73 86 297 284 273 260
Percent.................................. 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Aggregate................................ -1,692 -186 -263 -341 -371 -404 -486 -1,351 -1,321 -1,288 -1,206
Mean..................................... -4,886 -7,969 -7,091 -6,848 -5,974 -5,542 -5,649 -4,557 -4,649 -4,711 -4,634
Standard error /19..................... 217 1,141 868 706 587 549 492 223 229 231 236
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 24,355 -58 -81 -75 105 185 276 24,430 24,250 24,170 24,079
Percent of total income.................. 0.4 -0.5 -0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mean..................................... 310 -18 -15 -10 10 14 17 345 357 372 390
Standard error /19..................... 37 13 13 12 12 12 11 41 43 45 47
Received positive amount number.......... 1,361 10 25 44 62 91 119 1,318 1,299 1,270 1,243
Percent.................................. 1.7 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0
Aggregate................................ 25,419 11 56 105 301 466 571 25,314 25,119 24,953 24,848
Mean..................................... 18,674 1,194 2,295 2,407 4,852 5,131 4,816 19,213 19,333 19,643 19,997
Standard error /19..................... 2,024 925 1,347 1,293 1,506 1,457 1,267 2,087 2,116 2,161 2,206
Received negative amount number.......... 202 8 15 21 28 41 43 182 174 162 160
Percent.................................. 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3
Aggregate................................ -1,065 -70 -137 -180 -196 -281 -295 -884 -868 -783 -770
Mean..................................... -5,261 -9,072 -9,300 -8,711 -6,974 -6,920 -6,918 -4,868 -4,984 -4,844 -4,818
Standard error /19..................... 472 1,792 1,114 1,017 1,139 956 963 498 510 529 529
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 261,184 231 550 845 1,157 1,970 2,663 260,338 260,027 259,213 258,521
Percent of total income.................. 4.3 2.0 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.5
Mean..................................... 3,329 73 102 110 110 146 160 3,678 3,828 3,992 4,184
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2006
All families /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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Standard error /19..................... 53 9 11 10 8 9 8 58 61 63 66
Recipient families number................ 42,855 354 646 1,029 1,541 2,291 3,176 41,825 41,314 40,564 39,678
Percent of all families.................. 54.6 11.2 12.0 13.4 14.6 16.9 19.1 59.1 60.8 62.5 64.2
Mean..................................... 6,095 652 851 821 751 860 838 6,224 6,294 6,390 6,515
Standard error /19..................... 94 74 80 66 49 48 39 97 98 99 102
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 52,719 -85 -74 -3 2 316 462 52,721 52,716 52,402 52,257
Percent of total income.................. 0.9 -0.7 -0.2 -0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Mean..................................... 672 -27 -14 -0 0 23 28 745 776 807 846
Standard error /19..................... 24 17 11 8 6 6 6 27 28 29 30
Received positive amount number.......... 5,194 16 33 69 95 194 264 5,125 5,099 5,000 4,930
Percent.................................. 6.6 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.9 1.4 1.6 7.2 7.5 7.7 8.0
Aggregate................................ 55,682 56 88 173 211 552 775 55,509 55,471 55,131 54,908
Mean..................................... 10,720 3,508 2,660 2,508 2,224 2,842 2,936 10,830 10,878 11,026 11,136
Standard error /19..................... 329 605 508 384 289 282 267 333 334 340 345
Received negative amount number.......... 612 14 17 21 27 38 50 591 585 574 562
Percent.................................. 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9
Aggregate................................ -2,964 -140 -162 -176 -209 -235 -313 -2,788 -2,755 -2,729 -2,651
Mean..................................... -4,846 -10,042 -9,604 -8,439 -7,732 -6,180 -6,283 -4,719 -4,713 -4,757 -4,719
Standard error /19..................... 181 1,948 1,657 1,503 1,142 945 764 178 179 181 184
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 312,046 1,290 5,049 10,863 19,797 31,780 47,679 301,182 292,249 280,266 264,366
Percent of total income.................. 5.1 10.9 13.5 14.5 14.8 15.3 15.9 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.6
Mean..................................... 3,977 409 940 1,417 1,880 2,351 2,860 4,255 4,303 4,316 4,279
Standard error /19..................... 31 32 40 45 43 45 46 33 34 36 37
Recipient families number................ 18,530 245 721 1,287 2,011 2,914 3,925 17,243 16,519 15,616 14,605
Percent of all families.................. 23.6 7.8 13.4 16.8 19.1 21.6 23.5 24.4 24.3 24.0 23.6
Mean amount.............................. 16,840 5,269 7,000 8,441 9,845 10,904 12,147 17,466 17,691 17,947 18,101
Standard error /19..................... 67 197 127 121 103 97 93 69 71 73 77
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 238,254 191 604 1,385 2,578 4,382 6,521 236,869 235,676 233,872 231,733
Percent of total income.................. 3.9 1.6 1.6 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.2 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
Mean..................................... 3,037 61 112 181 245 324 391 3,346 3,470 3,601 3,751
Standard error /19..................... 40 11 13 15 15 17 16 44 46 48 50
Recipient families number................ 11,874 68 139 261 422 659 962 11,614 11,452 11,216 10,912
Percent of all families.................. 15.1 2.1 2.6 3.4 4.0 4.9 5.8 16.4 16.9 17.3 17.7
Mean amount.............................. 20,065 2,823 4,333 5,317 6,110 6,653 6,777 20,396 20,579 20,853 21,237
Standard error /19..................... 197 313 305 262 219 218 185 200 202 205 209
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 29,182 2,635 5,800 8,570 11,369 13,858 15,293 20,612 17,813 15,324 13,889
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 22.3 15.5 11.5 8.5 6.7 5.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Mean..................................... 372 835 1,080 1,118 1,080 1,025 917 291 262 236 225
Standard error /19..................... 8 41 40 36 29 26 23 8 7 7 7
Recipient families number................ 4,296 659 1,207 1,639 2,021 2,329 2,585 2,657 2,274 1,967 1,711
Percent of all families.................. 5.5 20.9 22.5 21.4 19.2 17.2 15.5 3.8 3.3 3.0 2.8
Mean amount.............................. 6,793 3,999 4,807 5,229 5,625 5,950 5,917 7,758 7,832 7,792 8,116
Standard error /19..................... 94 119 112 109 101 100 95 135 149 164 182
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
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