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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2006
Families with a householder under age 65 /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]
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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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Families with a householder
under age 65 /10
Total, families.......................... 66,065 2,902 4,891 6,916 9,348 11,762 14,237 59,149 56,717 54,303 51,828
People in families....................... 216,024 9,684 16,675 23,961 32,790 41,558 50,370 192,063 183,234 174,465 165,654
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 11,169 34,681 68,659 121,096 185,092 261,103 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 81,349 3,849 7,090 9,927 12,955 15,737 18,339 89,700 92,621 95,560 98,658
Standard error /19..................... 375 79 86 92 90 95 97 404 417 431 447
With zero income......................... 722 722 722 722 722 722 722 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 5,434 20,102 43,265 81,683 131,378 191,896 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income.................. 83.6 48.7 58.0 63.0 67.5 71.0 73.5 83.9 84.0 84.1 84.1
Mean..................................... 68,028 1,873 4,110 6,256 8,738 11,170 13,478 75,251 77,800 80,344 83,013
Standard error /19..................... 343 66 87 97 97 103 107 371 383 396 411
Recipient families number................ 59,961 1,142 2,528 4,104 6,116 8,203 10,413 55,857 53,844 51,758 49,547
Percent of all families.................. 90.8 39.3 51.7 59.3 65.4 69.7 73.1 94.4 94.9 95.3 95.6
Mean amount.............................. 74,954 4,760 7,951 10,543 13,355 16,016 18,428 79,686 81,951 84,295 86,834
Standard error /19..................... 366 114 116 115 107 110 110 385 395 408 422
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 300,517 427 1,466 3,080 6,320 9,574 13,391 297,437 294,197 290,943 287,126
Percent of total income.................. 5.6 3.8 4.2 4.5 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6
Mean..................................... 4,549 147 300 445 676 814 941 5,029 5,187 5,358 5,540
Standard error /19..................... 111 31 32 35 36 37 38 123 129 134 140
Received positive amount number.......... 7,852 141 288 457 688 904 1,150 7,395 7,164 6,947 6,702
Percent.................................. 11.9 4.9 5.9 6.6 7.4 7.7 8.1 12.5 12.6 12.8 12.9
Aggregate................................ 302,183 603 1,717 3,409 6,678 9,962 13,861 298,774 295,505 292,221 288,323
Mean..................................... 38,487 4,275 5,958 7,461 9,711 11,018 12,052 40,404 41,249 42,062 43,023
Standard error /19..................... 832 344 342 333 314 316 308 879 905 931 962
Received negative amount number.......... 340 22 35 48 58 68 81 292 281 272 259
Percent.................................. 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Aggregate................................ -1,666 -176 -251 -329 -358 -388 -470 -1,337 -1,308 -1,279 -1,197
Mean..................................... -4,906 -7,874 -7,101 -6,846 -6,145 -5,715 -5,810 -4,586 -4,649 -4,704 -4,624
Standard error /19..................... 219 1,190 895 721 602 571 508 225 230 232 237
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 19,148 -43 -71 -66 75 155 242 19,214 19,073 18,994 18,907
Percent of total income.................. 0.4 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mean..................................... 290 -15 -15 -9 8 13 17 325 336 350 365
Standard error /19..................... 42 13 13 13 13 14 13 46 48 50 53
Received positive amount number.......... 1,176 10 24 43 58 87 113 1,133 1,117 1,089 1,063
Percent.................................. 1.8 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1
Aggregate................................ 20,165 11 51 100 256 418 518 20,065 19,909 19,747 19,647
Mean..................................... 17,151 1,194 2,147 2,327 4,388 4,811 4,576 17,712 17,817 18,135 18,489
Standard error /19..................... 2,224 925 1,364 1,308 1,544 1,499 1,309 2,304 2,335 2,393 2,449
Received negative amount number.......... 189 6 13 19 27 39 41 170 163 150 149
Percent.................................. 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Aggregate................................ -1,016 -55 -122 -165 -181 -263 -276 -851 -835 -753 -740
Mean..................................... -5,371 -8,852 -9,222 -8,612 -6,806 -6,777 -6,800 -5,005 -5,136 -5,007 -4,981
Standard error /19..................... 495 2,197 1,234 1,088 1,185 988 1,000 524 537 560 559
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 184,064 206 441 593 796 1,313 1,730 183,471 183,268 182,751 182,333
Percent of total income.................. 3.4 1.8 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.6
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 householder under age 65 /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]
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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..................................... 2,786 71 90 86 85 112 122 3,102 3,231 3,365 3,518
Standard error /19..................... 54 10 10 9 7 8 8 61 63 66 69
Recipient families number................ 35,034 300 503 807 1,192 1,729 2,371 34,228 33,842 33,306 32,664
Percent of all families.................. 53.0 10.3 10.3 11.7 12.8 14.7 16.7 57.9 59.7 61.3 63.0
Mean..................................... 5,254 688 877 735 668 760 730 5,360 5,415 5,487 5,582
Standard error /19..................... 101 84 93 69 53 55 45 103 104 106 108
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 38,368 -65 -63 -7 -8 284 381 38,375 38,376 38,083 37,987
Percent of total income.................. 0.7 -0.6 -0.2 -0.0 -0.0 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Mean..................................... 581 -22 -13 -1 -1 24 27 649 677 701 733
Standard error /19..................... 24 18 11 9 6 7 7 27 28 30 31
Received positive amount number.......... 3,986 16 32 62 77 151 199 3,924 3,908 3,834 3,787
Percent.................................. 6.0 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.8 1.3 1.4 6.6 6.9 7.1 7.3
Aggregate................................ 41,018 56 79 149 181 500 673 40,868 40,837 40,518 40,345
Mean..................................... 10,291 3,564 2,505 2,405 2,338 3,298 3,381 10,416 10,449 10,568 10,655
Standard error /19..................... 369 601 498 407 330 343 333 375 376 383 387
Received negative amount number.......... 541 11 14 18 24 35 47 523 517 506 494
Percent.................................. 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0
Aggregate................................ -2,650 -121 -142 -156 -189 -215 -293 -2,494 -2,461 -2,435 -2,357
Mean..................................... -4,901 -10,841 -10,148 -8,676 -7,825 -6,118 -6,242 -4,771 -4,764 -4,816 -4,773
Standard error /19..................... 192 2,380 1,958 1,735 1,277 1,022 810 188 189 192 194
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 97,684 864 3,230 6,748 11,038 15,689 20,975 90,936 86,646 81,995 76,709
Percent of total income.................. 1.8 7.7 9.3 9.8 9.1 8.5 8.0 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5
Mean..................................... 1,479 298 660 976 1,181 1,334 1,473 1,537 1,528 1,510 1,480
Standard error /19..................... 20 30 37 41 38 38 37 22 22 23 23
Recipient families number................ 7,331 156 446 784 1,142 1,527 1,904 6,547 6,189 5,804 5,427
Percent of all families.................. 11.1 5.4 9.1 11.3 12.2 13.0 13.4 11.1 10.9 10.7 10.5
Mean amount.............................. 13,325 5,534 7,243 8,604 9,670 10,272 11,016 13,891 13,999 14,128 14,135
Standard error /19..................... 99 275 179 172 148 146 142 107 112 117 122
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 122,502 151 431 1,009 1,801 2,855 3,929 121,492 120,700 119,646 118,572
Percent of total income.................. 2.3 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3
Mean..................................... 1,854 52 88 146 193 243 276 2,054 2,128 2,203 2,288
Standard error /19..................... 35 10 12 14 14 16 16 39 41 43 45
Recipient families number................ 5,658 49 95 179 283 387 517 5,479 5,375 5,272 5,141
Percent of all families.................. 8.6 1.7 2.0 2.6 3.0 3.3 3.6 9.3 9.5 9.7 9.9
Mean amount.............................. 21,649 3,088 4,518 5,629 6,359 7,384 7,599 22,174 22,455 22,696 23,062
Standard error /19..................... 303 347 379 313 264 293 266 310 315 319 325
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 24,418 2,545 5,539 8,005 10,339 12,198 13,336 16,414 14,079 12,220 11,082
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 22.8 16.0 11.7 8.5 6.6 5.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Mean..................................... 370 877 1,132 1,157 1,106 1,037 937 277 248 225 214
Standard error /19..................... 8 43 42 38 31 28 24 8 8 8 8
Recipient families number................ 3,612 639 1,142 1,524 1,843 2,082 2,280 2,088 1,769 1,530 1,332
Percent of all families.................. 5.5 22.0 23.3 22.0 19.7 17.7 16.0 3.5 3.1 2.8 2.6
Mean amount.............................. 6,761 3,983 4,850 5,253 5,610 5,859 5,850 7,862 7,961 7,989 8,319
Standard error /19..................... 103 119 114 113 105 104 100 156 174 192 212
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
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