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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 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]

                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                            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 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]

                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                            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.....................................       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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