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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
       Families with a female householder, no spouse present 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
                                                _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Families with a female householder, no spouse
present with related children under 18 /13

Total, families..........................           9,894       1,744       2,762       3,615       4,531       5,242       5,899       6,280       5,363       4,652       3,995
People in families.......................          31,802       5,847       9,166      12,014      15,066      17,369      19,532      19,789      16,736      14,434      12,271
Total Income
  Aggregate (million)....................         322,981       6,977      18,407      31,923      50,432      67,743      86,713     291,058     272,549     255,239     236,268
Mean.....................................          32,644       4,001       6,664       8,832      11,131      12,922      14,699      46,350      50,817      54,872      59,143
  Standard error /19.....................             445          91         102         113         115         123         132         634         723         816         931
With zero income.........................             390         390         390         390         390         390         390           0           0           0           0
With negative income.....................               0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0

Wages and salaries
  Aggregate (million)....................         251,949       2,808       9,652      18,457      31,900      45,276      60,039     233,492     220,049     206,673     191,909
Percent of total income..................            78.0        40.2        52.4        57.8        63.3        66.8        69.2        80.2        80.7        81.0        81.2
Mean.....................................          25,465       1,610       3,494       5,106       7,041       8,636      10,178      37,183      41,028      44,431      48,039
  Standard error /19.....................             421          74         103         116         118         127         134         611         700         793         908
Recipient families number................           7,968         674       1,386       2,054       2,866       3,519       4,133       5,914       5,102       4,449       3,835
Percent of all families..................            80.5        38.7        50.2        56.8        63.3        67.1        70.1        94.2        95.1        95.6        96.0
Mean amount..............................          31,622       4,165       6,964       8,988      11,131      12,867      14,528      39,482      43,133      46,456      50,044
  Standard error /19.....................             498         129         143         144         135         139         144         637         723         816         931

Nonfarm self-emplyment
  Aggregate (million)....................          10,620         118         336         731       1,157       1,516       1,976       9,889       9,463       9,104       8,644
Percent of total income..................             3.3         1.7         1.8         2.3         2.3         2.2         2.3         3.4         3.5         3.6         3.7
Mean.....................................           1,073          68         121         202         255         289         335       1,575       1,764       1,957       2,164
  Standard error /19.....................              86          24          25          32          30          30          32         134         156         179         207
Received positive amount number..........             506          44          83         127         165         197         230         379         341         309         276
Percent..................................             5.1         2.5         3.0         3.5         3.6         3.8         3.9         6.0         6.4         6.6         6.9
Aggregate................................          10,789         154         400         835       1,264       1,632       2,092       9,953       9,525       9,157       8,696
Mean.....................................          21,329       3,539       4,811       6,597       7,664       8,293       9,113      26,248      27,941      29,629      31,484
  Standard error /19.....................           1,391         597         516         573         535         518         543       1,772       1,944       2,114       2,327
Received negative amount number..........              32           7          10          16          18          21          21          17          15          12          12
Percent..................................             0.3         0.4         0.4         0.4         0.4         0.4         0.4         0.3         0.3         0.2         0.3
Aggregate................................            -168         -36         -65        -104        -107        -116        -116         -64         -61         -52         -52
Mean.....................................          -5,206      -5,399      -6,382      -6,570      -6,019      -5,599      -5,599      -3,895      -4,213      -4,504      -4,504
  Standard error /19.....................             815       1,882       1,476       1,196       1,053         998         998       1,100       1,221       1,379       1,379

Farm self-emplyment
  Aggregate (million)....................             242         -13         -34         -59         -59         -63         -63         302         302         306         306
Percent of total income..................             0.1        -0.2        -0.2        -0.2        -0.1        -0.1        -0.1         0.1         0.1         0.1         0.1
Mean.....................................              24          -8         -12         -16         -13         -12         -11          48          56          66          77
  Standard error /19.....................              21          10          10          11           8           8           7          33          39          44          52
Received positive amount number..........              64           3          11          17          19          24          25          47          45          40          39
Percent..................................             0.6         0.2         0.4         0.5         0.4         0.5         0.4         0.7         0.8         0.9         1.0
Aggregate................................             349           0           0           7           7          11          11         342         342         338         338
Mean.....................................           5,455           1           2         420         380         475         444       7,296       7,590       8,399       8,767
  Standard error /19.....................           3,062         (X)           0         633         528         456         427       4,110       4,264       4,743       4,934
Received negative amount number..........              22           2           4           7          11          14          14          14          11           8           8
Percent..................................             0.2         0.1         0.2         0.2         0.2         0.3         0.2         0.2         0.2         0.2         0.2
Aggregate................................            -106         -13         -34         -66         -67         -75         -75         -40         -40         -32         -32
Mean.....................................          -4,874      -6,499      -8,045      -8,887      -6,107      -5,430      -5,430      -2,785      -3,649      -3,934      -3,934
  Standard error /19.....................           1,472       5,134       2,773       1,669       2,059       1,876       1,876       1,608       1,967       2,297       2,297

Interest and dividends
  Aggregate (million)....................           5,311          48         115         144         178         281         367       5,166       5,133       5,030       4,944
Percent of total income..................             1.6         0.7         0.6         0.5         0.4         0.4         0.4         1.8         1.9         2.0         2.1

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
       Families with a female householder, no spouse present 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.....................................             537          28          42          40          39          54          62         823         957       1,081       1,238
  Standard error /19.....................              41           7          10           8           6           9           9          64          75          86         100
Recipient families number................           2,650         114         210         332         446         603         753       2,318       2,204       2,047       1,897
Percent of all families..................            26.8         6.6         7.6         9.2         9.8        11.5        12.8        36.9        41.1        44.0        47.5
Mean.....................................           2,004         421         548         435         399         466         487       2,229       2,329       2,457       2,607
  Standard error /19.....................             150          96         123          81          59          79          68         170         179         191         206

Rental income
  Aggregate (million)....................             967           5          10          33          42         134         135         935         926         833         832
Percent of total income..................             0.3         0.1         0.1         0.1         0.1         0.2         0.2         0.3         0.3         0.3         0.4
Mean.....................................              98           3           4           9           9          26          23         149         173         179         208
  Standard error /19.....................              15          10           7           6           5           9           9          24          28          30          35
Received positive amount number..........             191           6          16          26          30          41          48         165         161         150         143
Percent..................................             1.9         0.4         0.6         0.7         0.7         0.8         0.8         2.6         3.0         3.2         3.6
Aggregate................................           1,043          20          25          48          57         149         165         995         986         894         877
Mean.....................................           5,458       3,164       1,604       1,863       1,868       3,600       3,448       6,015       6,138       5,972       6,131
  Standard error /19.....................             660         972         582         588         467         956         840         747         767         794         826
Received negative amount number..........              12           2           2           2           2           2           3          10          10          10           9
Percent..................................             0.1         0.1         0.1         0.0         0.0         0.0         0.1         0.2         0.2         0.2         0.2
Aggregate................................             -75         -15         -15         -15         -15         -15         -30         -60         -60         -60         -45
Mean.....................................          -6,478      -9,998      -9,998      -9,998      -9,998      -9,998      -9,750      -5,949      -5,949      -5,949      -5,298
  Standard error /19.....................           1,192           0           0           0           0           0         483       1,288       1,288       1,288       1,398

Social Security
  Aggregate (million)....................          14,266         673       1,875       3,428       4,577       5,584       6,855      10,838       9,689       8,682       7,411
Percent of total income..................             4.4         9.6        10.2        10.7         9.1         8.2         7.9         3.7         3.6         3.4         3.1
Mean.....................................           1,442         386         679         948       1,010       1,065       1,162       1,726       1,807       1,867       1,855
  Standard error /19.....................              47          43          48          53          47          46          48          68          76          84          92
Recipient families number................           1,292         114         263         428         531         632         737         864         761         660         555
Percent of all families..................            13.1         6.5         9.5        11.8        11.7        12.1        12.5        13.8        14.2        14.2        13.9
Mean amount..............................          11,042       5,923       7,142       8,011       8,623       8,836       9,304      12,543      12,730      13,155      13,350
  Standard error /19.....................             206         279         187         196         184         181         195         280         310         343         380

Pension survivor and disability income
  Aggregate (million)....................           4,396          75         144         372         539         827         973       4,025       3,857       3,570       3,424
Percent of total income..................             1.4         1.1         0.8         1.2         1.1         1.2         1.1         1.4         1.4         1.4         1.4
Mean.....................................             444          43          52         103         119         158         165         641         719         767         857
  Standard error /19.....................              37          12          12          16          14          17          16          57          66          76          88
Recipient families number................             438          26          40          75         108         147         175         363         330         291         263
Percent of all families..................             4.4         1.5         1.5         2.1         2.4         2.8         3.0         5.8         6.2         6.3         6.6
Mean amount..............................          10,031       2,846       3,596       4,954       4,979       5,628       5,561      11,080      11,689      12,251      13,000
  Standard error /19.....................             676         472         497         482         344         358         315         799         871         974       1,065

Mean tested cash-assistance
  Aggregate (million)....................           8,740       2,050       3,737       4,927       6,267       6,856       7,215       3,812       2,472       1,883       1,525
Percent of total income..................             2.7        29.4        20.3        15.4        12.4        10.1         8.3         1.3         0.9         0.7         0.6
Mean.....................................             883       1,176       1,353       1,363       1,383       1,308       1,223         607         461         405         382
  Standard error /19.....................              29          63          59          55          49          45          42          35          32          33          35
Recipient families number................           1,550         502         805         990       1,161       1,249       1,323         560         389         301         227
Percent of all families..................            15.7        28.8        29.1        27.4        25.6        23.8        22.4         8.9         7.3         6.5         5.7
Mean amount..............................           5,637       4,086       4,642       4,975       5,399       5,489       5,452       6,809       6,348       6,251       6,715
  Standard error /19.....................             126         135         129         132         132         130         128         269         309         362         423
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.


Poverty Footnotes

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