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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2006
Married couple 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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Married couple familes with
related children under 18 /13
Total, families.......................... 27,317 493 1,043 1,746 2,682 3,717 4,842 25,570 24,635 23,599 22,474
People in families....................... 114,669 2,248 4,890 8,204 12,540 17,456 22,486 106,466 102,130 97,214 92,184
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 2,751 10,950 25,353 49,574 82,937 123,786 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 94,540 5,584 10,495 14,517 18,487 22,312 25,565 100,006 102,819 105,917 109,401
Standard error /19..................... 646 236 213 197 175 174 168 676 695 719 747
With zero income......................... 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 1,860 7,840 19,175 38,768 66,876 101,658 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income.................. 88.0 67.6 71.6 75.6 78.2 80.6 82.1 88.1 88.2 88.2 88.3
Mean..................................... 83,164 3,775 7,515 10,979 14,457 17,991 20,995 88,094 90,643 93,429 96,558
Standard error /19..................... 602 236 234 225 204 202 196 631 649 671 698
Recipient families number................ 26,231 260 714 1,338 2,175 3,137 4,195 24,893 24,056 23,094 22,036
Percent of all families.................. 96.0 52.7 68.4 76.6 81.1 84.4 86.6 97.4 97.6 97.9 98.0
Mean amount.............................. 86,605 7,158 10,987 14,330 17,822 21,319 24,234 90,490 92,825 95,473 98,478
Standard error /19..................... 617 291 225 205 185 184 178 641 658 679 705
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 135,694 251 914 1,747 3,682 5,829 8,383 133,947 132,012 129,865 127,311
Percent of total income.................. 5.3 9.1 8.3 6.9 7.4 7.0 6.8 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2
Mean..................................... 4,967 510 876 1,000 1,373 1,568 1,731 5,238 5,359 5,503 5,665
Standard error /19..................... 170 132 119 103 100 95 91 182 188 196 206
Received positive amount number.......... 3,627 62 126 203 315 443 594 3,424 3,311 3,184 3,033
Percent.................................. 13.3 12.6 12.1 11.6 11.8 11.9 12.3 13.4 13.4 13.5 13.5
Aggregate................................ 136,393 333 1,004 1,853 3,812 5,979 8,600 134,541 132,581 130,414 127,794
Mean..................................... 37,607 5,359 7,937 9,130 12,083 13,501 14,487 39,295 40,039 40,961 42,132
Standard error /19..................... 1,134 570 590 554 522 493 470 1,195 1,233 1,278 1,337
Received negative amount number.......... 162 11 14 16 21 24 35 146 141 138 127
Percent.................................. 0.6 2.1 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Aggregate................................ -700 -82 -90 -106 -130 -150 -216 -594 -569 -549 -483
Mean..................................... -4,316 -7,765 -6,573 -6,659 -6,146 -6,281 -6,189 -4,061 -4,040 -3,975 -3,801
Standard error /19..................... 287 1,115 1,098 990 760 741 627 294 303 302 307
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 8,832 -0 28 70 191 306 395 8,762 8,641 8,525 8,436
Percent of total income.................. 0.3 -0.0 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Mean..................................... 323 -0 27 40 71 82 82 343 351 361 375
Standard error /19..................... 91 26 37 35 37 39 34 97 101 105 110
Received positive amount number.......... 484 3 6 13 24 42 56 470 460 442 427
Percent.................................. 1.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9
Aggregate................................ 9,146 3 37 78 215 372 464 9,068 8,931 8,774 8,682
Mean..................................... 18,914 877 6,331 5,981 8,947 8,858 8,270 19,274 19,435 19,871 20,311
Standard error /19..................... 4,977 646 4,269 3,678 3,140 2,767 2,383 5,113 5,233 5,440 5,615
Received negative amount number.......... 59 0 1 1 5 10 11 58 54 50 49
Percent.................................. 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aggregate................................ -315 -3 -8 -8 -24 -66 -69 -306 -290 -249 -246
Mean..................................... -5,302 -19,998 -9,615 -9,615 -4,962 -6,905 -6,538 -5,238 -5,333 -4,996 -5,036
Standard error /19..................... 1,098 (X) 11,751 11,751 3,256 2,012 1,918 1,098 1,160 1,240 1,262
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 70,463 31 118 167 271 483 733 70,296 70,192 69,980 69,730
Percent of total income.................. 2.7 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8
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
Married couple 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..................................... 2,579 63 113 96 101 130 151 2,749 2,849 2,965 3,103
Standard error /19..................... 76 20 25 18 16 16 16 81 84 88 92
Recipient families number................ 15,710 70 144 243 429 685 985 15,467 15,281 15,024 14,724
Percent of all families.................. 57.5 14.3 13.8 13.9 16.0 18.4 20.3 60.5 62.0 63.7 65.5
Mean..................................... 4,485 440 821 687 633 705 744 4,545 4,593 4,658 4,736
Standard error /19..................... 130 129 167 120 96 86 77 132 134 136 138
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 15,989 -7 9 28 18 97 219 15,962 15,972 15,893 15,771
Percent of total income.................. 0.6 -0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Mean..................................... 585 -14 9 16 7 26 45 624 648 673 702
Standard error /19..................... 35 28 17 13 11 11 13 38 39 41 43
Received positive amount number.......... 1,720 3 7 19 31 66 99 1,701 1,690 1,654 1,621
Percent.................................. 6.3 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.1 1.8 2.1 6.7 6.9 7.0 7.2
Aggregate................................ 17,090 8 24 44 66 169 325 17,046 17,024 16,921 16,766
Mean..................................... 9,934 2,681 3,224 2,272 2,142 2,548 3,265 10,022 10,076 10,231 10,343
Standard error /19..................... 504 1,578 1,219 772 564 382 478 510 513 523 533
Received negative amount number.......... 227 4 4 5 10 19 25 223 217 208 202
Percent.................................. 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Aggregate................................ -1,101 -15 -15 -16 -48 -72 -106 -1,084 -1,053 -1,028 -995
Mean..................................... -4,842 -3,582 -3,582 -3,614 -4,837 -3,716 -4,221 -4,867 -4,842 -4,947 -4,919
Standard error /19..................... 271 1,997 1,997 1,849 1,152 832 748 274 278 284 289
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 21,354 95 569 1,449 2,686 4,029 5,346 19,905 18,668 17,325 16,008
Percent of total income.................. 0.8 3.5 5.2 5.7 5.4 4.9 4.3 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Mean..................................... 782 194 545 830 1,002 1,084 1,104 778 758 734 712
Standard error /19..................... 24 58 87 91 76 70 62 25 25 25 26
Recipient families number................ 1,491 18 63 124 219 316 410 1,366 1,272 1,174 1,080
Percent of all families.................. 5.5 3.6 6.0 7.1 8.2 8.5 8.5 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.8
Mean amount.............................. 14,326 5,342 9,032 11,647 12,267 12,746 13,027 14,570 14,680 14,751 14,820
Standard error /19..................... 237 825 750 607 450 425 378 253 266 277 292
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 21,590 19 93 220 441 707 1,017 21,370 21,150 20,883 20,573
Percent of total income.................. 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Mean..................................... 790 39 89 126 164 190 210 836 859 885 915
Standard error /19..................... 35 18 29 28 25 26 24 37 38 40 42
Recipient families number................ 1,133 10 20 36 64 85 123 1,097 1,069 1,048 1,010
Percent of all families.................. 4.1 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.3 2.5 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.5
Mean amount.............................. 19,053 1,834 4,570 6,055 6,877 8,330 8,281 19,484 19,782 19,921 20,362
Standard error /19..................... 613 573 994 796 559 638 571 628 641 652 671
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 5,300 238 755 1,289 1,635 2,062 2,420 4,011 3,665 3,238 2,880
Percent of total income.................. 0.2 8.7 6.9 5.1 3.3 2.5 2.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mean..................................... 194 483 724 738 610 555 500 157 149 137 128
Standard error /19..................... 10 81 87 70 46 38 31 10 10 10 10
Recipient families number................ 774 65 133 218 283 348 407 556 490 425 367
Percent of all families.................. 2.8 13.2 12.8 12.5 10.6 9.4 8.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6
Mean amount.............................. 6,852 3,654 5,663 5,921 5,776 5,920 5,946 7,217 7,473 7,615 7,858
Standard error /19..................... 243 394 445 371 288 257 234 309 342 385 436
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
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