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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]
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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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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]
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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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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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