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Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement
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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]

                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                            Below poverty level /5                                      Above poverty level /5
                                                        _________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________
                                                        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
                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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]

                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                            Below poverty level /5                                      Above poverty level /5
                                                        _________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________
                                                        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
                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  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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