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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
       Familes with related children under 18 /13
[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
                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Familes with related
children under 18 /13

Total, families..........................      39,780       2,429       4,110       5,822       7,808       9,686      11,626      33,958      31,972      30,094      28,154
People in families.......................     154,276       8,676      14,991      21,677      29,518      37,126      44,816     132,599     124,759     117,150     109,461
Total Income
  Aggregate (million)....................       (N/A)      10,370      31,245      61,640     107,164     160,945     225,316       (N/A)       (N/A)       (N/A)       (N/A)
Mean.....................................      76,310       4,269       7,602      10,588      13,725      16,616      19,381      87,577      91,594      95,522      99,817
  Standard error /19.....................         487          86          95         103         102         108         112         546         572         600         633
With zero income.........................         536         536         536         536         536         536         536           0           0           0           0
With negative income.....................          10          10          10          10          10          10          10           0           0           0           0

Wages and salaries
  Aggregate (million)....................       (N/A)       5,065      18,672      40,517      75,681     119,399     172,880       (N/A)       (N/A)       (N/A)       (N/A)
Percent of total income..................        86.7        48.8        59.8        65.7        70.6        74.2        76.7        87.2        87.3        87.4        87.5
Mean.....................................      66,195       2,085       4,543       6,960       9,693      12,327      14,871      76,350      79,993      83,532      87,388
  Standard error /19.....................         455          76          99         110         109         117         121         512         537         563         595
Recipient families number................      36,425       1,016       2,262       3,675       5,436       7,155       8,979      32,750      30,989      29,270      27,446
Percent of all families..................        91.6        41.8        55.0        63.1        69.6        73.9        77.2        96.4        96.9        97.3        97.5
Mean amount..............................      72,292       4,984       8,255      11,025      13,922      16,688      19,254      79,167      82,531      85,884      89,644
  Standard error /19.....................         484         125         124         123         115         120         121         524         547         573         603

Nonfarm self-emplyment
  Aggregate (million)....................     155,183         354       1,277       2,618       5,288       8,096      11,231     152,564     149,895     147,087     143,952
Percent of total income..................         5.1         3.4         4.1         4.2         4.9         5.0         5.0         5.1         5.1         5.1         5.1
Mean.....................................       3,901         146         311         450         677         836         966       4,493       4,688       4,888       5,113
  Standard error /19.....................         121          33          36          38          41          43          44         141         150         159         169
Received positive amount number..........       4,393         109         220         353         526         702         895       4,040       3,866       3,691       3,498
Percent..................................        11.0         4.5         5.3         6.1         6.7         7.2         7.7        11.9        12.1        12.3        12.4
Aggregate................................     156,095         501       1,460       2,862       5,559       8,396      11,597     153,233     150,536     147,699     144,498
Mean.....................................      35,536       4,595       6,642       8,113      10,562      11,962      12,958      37,931      38,936      40,020      41,314
  Standard error /19.....................         964         416         412         395         380         379         368       1,039       1,082       1,129       1,186
Received negative amount number..........         201          20          27          36          44          50          61         164         157         151         140
Percent..................................         0.5         0.8         0.6         0.6         0.6         0.5         0.5         0.5         0.5         0.5         0.5
Aggregate................................        -912        -147        -183        -244        -271        -300        -366        -668        -641        -612        -546
Mean.....................................      -4,540      -7,299      -6,871      -6,686      -6,204      -6,052      -6,040      -4,065      -4,078      -4,045      -3,892
  Standard error /19.....................         272         937         828         717         596         579         519         285         295         296         302

Farm self-emplyment
  Aggregate (million)....................       9,105         -13          -6          11         131         243         339       9,094       8,974       8,862       8,766
Percent of total income..................         0.3        -0.1        -0.0         0.0         0.1         0.2         0.2         0.3         0.3         0.3         0.3
Mean.....................................         229          -5          -1           2          17          25          29         268         281         294         311
  Standard error /19.....................          63           9          12          13          14          16          15          73          78          83          88
Received positive amount number..........         569           7          17          32          46          71          88         537         523         498         481
Percent..................................         1.4         0.3         0.4         0.5         0.6         0.7         0.8         1.6         1.6         1.7         1.7
Aggregate................................       9,551           3          37          85         222         383         482       9,466       9,329       9,167       9,069
Mean.....................................      16,781         444       2,196       2,675       4,836       5,419       5,467      17,619      17,829      18,394      18,856
  Standard error /19.....................       4,254         416       1,866       1,718       1,886       1,793       1,629       4,501       4,619       4,843       5,014
Received negative amount number..........          85           2           5           8          16          23          24          77          69          62          61
Percent..................................         0.2         0.1         0.1         0.1         0.2         0.2         0.2         0.2         0.2         0.2         0.2
Aggregate................................        -446         -16         -43         -75         -91        -140        -143        -371        -355        -306        -303
Mean.....................................      -5,248      -7,476      -8,313      -8,963      -5,751      -6,035      -5,911      -4,843      -5,134      -4,952      -4,984
  Standard error /19.....................         858       6,003       3,077       1,940       1,753       1,397       1,358         908         974       1,053       1,068

Interest and dividends
  Aggregate (million)....................      78,429          80         239         329         470         821       1,171      78,100      77,959      77,608      77,258
Percent of total income..................         2.6         0.8         0.8         0.5         0.4         0.5         0.5         2.6         2.7         2.7         2.7

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
       Familes with related children under 18 /13
[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
                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mean.....................................       1,972          33          58          56          60          85         101       2,300       2,438       2,579       2,744
  Standard error /19.....................          54           6           9           7           7           8           8          63          67          71          76
Recipient families number................      19,235         195         373         615         935       1,374       1,863      18,620      18,300      17,861      17,372
Percent of all families..................        48.4         8.0         9.1        10.6        12.0        14.2        16.0        54.8        57.2        59.4        61.7
Mean.....................................       4,077         411         640         535         502         598         628       4,194       4,260       4,345       4,447
  Standard error /19.....................         110          74          96          65          53          58          51         113         115         118         121

Rental income
  Aggregate (million)....................      17,458          -2          21          62          61         233         357      17,395      17,396      17,225      17,101
Percent of total income..................         0.6        -0.0         0.1         0.1         0.1         0.1         0.2         0.6         0.6         0.6         0.6
Mean.....................................         439          -1           5          11           8          24          31         512         544         572         607
  Standard error /19.....................          25           9           6           6           5           6           7          29          31          33          35
Received positive amount number..........       1,986          10          24          45          62         110         152       1,940       1,923       1,876       1,834
Percent..................................         5.0         0.4         0.6         0.8         0.8         1.1         1.3         5.7         6.0         6.2         6.5
Aggregate................................      18,713          29          51          94         126         322         494      18,619      18,588      18,392      18,219
Mean.....................................       9,424       3,007       2,184       2,069       2,019       2,934       3,256       9,596       9,664       9,804       9,934
  Standard error /19.....................         449         837         585         473         361         433         413         459         462         473         483
Received negative amount number..........         256           6           6           6          12          22          29         250         244         234         227
Percent..................................         0.6         0.2         0.1         0.1         0.2         0.2         0.2         0.7         0.8         0.8         0.8
Aggregate................................      -1,256         -30         -30         -32         -64         -89        -137      -1,224      -1,191      -1,167      -1,119
Mean.....................................      -4,905      -5,286      -5,286      -5,214      -5,271      -4,077      -4,739      -4,897      -4,887      -4,982      -4,926
  Standard error /19.....................         258       1,973       1,973       1,867       1,098         831         734         261         266         271         276

Social Security
  Aggregate (million)....................      39,009         847       2,710       5,445       7,959      10,588      13,405      33,564      31,050      28,421      25,603
Percent of total income..................         1.3         8.2         8.7         8.8         7.4         6.6         5.9         1.1         1.1         1.0         0.9
Mean.....................................         981         349         659         935       1,019       1,093       1,153         988         971         944         909
  Standard error /19.....................          21          35          41          45          39          38          37          24          24          25          26
Recipient families number................       3,055         144         364         617         826       1,039       1,254       2,438       2,229       2,016       1,801
Percent of all families..................         7.7         5.9         8.9        10.6        10.6        10.7        10.8         7.2         7.0         6.7         6.4
Mean amount..............................      12,768       5,873       7,434       8,823       9,634      10,185      10,689      13,767      13,930      14,100      14,216
  Standard error /19.....................         154         252         198         201         182         186         182         182         194         207         222

Pension survivor and disability income
  Aggregate (million)....................      27,865         106         265         680       1,125       1,774       2,248      27,185      26,740      26,090      25,617
Percent of total income..................         0.9         1.0         0.8         1.1         1.0         1.1         1.0         0.9         0.9         0.9         0.9
Mean.....................................         700          44          64         117         144         183         193         801         836         867         910
  Standard error /19.....................          26          10          11          14          13          15          14          31          32          34          36
Recipient families number................       1,698          38          64         124         191         254         324       1,574       1,508       1,444       1,374
Percent of all families..................         4.3         1.6         1.6         2.1         2.4         2.6         2.8         4.6         4.7         4.8         4.9
Mean amount..............................      16,406       2,770       4,116       5,470       5,895       6,985       6,928      17,270      17,736      18,063      18,644
  Standard error /19.....................         464         404         458         391         308         357         319         493         511         530         551

Mean tested cash-assistance
  Aggregate (million)....................      14,833       2,396       4,698       6,530       8,262       9,314      10,068       8,303       6,571       5,519       4,765
Percent of total income..................         0.5        23.1        15.0        10.6         7.7         5.8         4.5         0.3         0.2         0.2         0.2
Mean.....................................         373         987       1,143       1,122       1,058         962         866         244         206         183         169
  Standard error /19.....................          10          50          46          41          34          29          26          10          10          10          10
Recipient families number................       2,509         605       1,006       1,303       1,554       1,713       1,855       1,206         955         796         654
Percent of all families..................         6.3        24.9        24.5        22.4        19.9        17.7        16.0         3.6         3.0         2.6         2.3
Mean amount..............................       5,912       3,961       4,669       5,011       5,316       5,436       5,428       6,886       6,883       6,937       7,284
  Standard error /19.....................         114         124         124         124         116         113         109         198         228         261         302
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.


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