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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2006
'Families with a householder' 'age 65 and over /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.......................... 12,389 254 481 752 1,184 1,754 2,435 11,638 11,206 10,635 9,954
People in families....................... 29,175 657 1,234 1,954 3,020 4,400 6,024 27,220 26,155 24,775 23,151
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... 691,412 637 2,641 6,051 12,764 23,239 38,104 685,361 678,648 668,173 653,308
Mean..................................... 55,807 2,505 5,493 8,049 10,783 13,249 15,647 58,892 60,563 62,826 65,632
Standard error /19..................... 504 235 220 216 180 164 154 523 536 556 583
With zero income......................... 92 92 92 92 92 92 92 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 218,560 72 227 611 1,502 2,813 4,981 217,949 217,058 215,747 213,578
Percent of total income.................. 31.6 11.3 8.6 10.1 11.8 12.1 13.1 31.8 32.0 32.3 32.7
Mean..................................... 17,641 284 472 813 1,269 1,604 2,045 18,728 19,370 20,286 21,456
Standard error /19..................... 375 102 100 119 120 119 120 396 410 430 457
Recipient families number................ 5,017 23 57 106 193 308 462 4,911 4,824 4,710 4,555
Percent of all families.................. 40.5 9.0 11.9 14.1 16.3 17.5 19.0 42.2 43.0 44.3 45.8
Mean amount.............................. 43,562 3,142 3,981 5,748 7,767 9,147 10,783 44,381 44,997 45,809 46,886
Standard error /19..................... 787 892 639 613 517 471 431 799 811 826 849
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 31,534 4 22 29 78 157 407 31,505 31,456 31,378 31,127
Percent of total income.................. 4.6 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.1 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.8
Mean..................................... 2,545 17 46 38 66 89 167 2,707 2,807 2,950 3,127
Standard error /19..................... 165 56 42 28 27 25 32 175 182 191 204
Received positive amount number.......... 867 5 9 10 18 34 54 857 850 833 813
Percent.................................. 7.0 2.0 1.8 1.3 1.5 1.9 2.2 7.4 7.6 7.8 8.2
Aggregate................................ 31,560 15 34 41 91 173 424 31,519 31,469 31,387 31,136
Mean..................................... 36,385 2,917 3,841 3,995 5,180 5,081 7,791 36,769 37,030 37,663 38,299
Standard error /19..................... 2,010 847 1,251 1,093 1,191 912 943 2,029 2,045 2,079 2,125
Received negative amount number.......... 7 1 2 2 4 5 5 5 3 2 1
Percent.................................. 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aggregate................................ -26 -10 -12 -12 -13 -16 -16 -14 -13 -9 -9
Mean..................................... -3,874 -9,999 -6,894 -6,894 -3,356 -3,217 -3,147 -2,839 -4,564 -5,961 -6,452
Standard error /19..................... 1,455 (X) 3,336 3,336 2,162 1,627 1,600 1,350 1,708 2,539 2,339
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 5,206 -15 -10 -10 30 30 35 5,216 5,177 5,176 5,172
Percent of total income.................. 0.8 -2.3 -0.4 -0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Mean..................................... 420 -58 -20 -13 25 17 14 448 462 487 520
Standard error /19..................... 81 73 43 28 33 23 17 86 89 94 101
Received positive amount number.......... 185 0 1 1 4 4 5 185 182 182 180
Percent.................................. 1.5 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8
Aggregate................................ 5,255 0 5 5 45 48 54 5,249 5,210 5,206 5,201
Mean..................................... 28,333 (X) 7,000 7,000 12,385 12,168 9,771 28,419 28,648 28,685 28,898
Standard error /19..................... 4,550 (X) 0 0 3,408 3,136 3,355 4,566 4,633 4,642 4,675
Received negative amount number.......... 13 1 1 1 1 2 2 12 12 11 11
Percent.................................. 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aggregate................................ -48 -15 -15 -15 -15 -18 -19 -33 -33 -30 -29
Mean..................................... -3,670 -9,999 -9,999 -9,999 -9,999 -9,999 -9,251 -2,867 -2,867 -2,667 -2,636
Standard error /19..................... 1,295 0 0 0 0 0 1,961 1,069 1,069 973 992
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 77,120 24 109 252 361 657 933 76,868 76,759 76,463 76,187
Percent of total income.................. 11.2 3.8 4.1 4.2 2.8 2.8 2.4 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.7
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
'Families with a householder' 'age 65 and over /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..................................... 6,225 95 226 336 305 375 383 6,605 6,850 7,189 7,654
Standard error /19..................... 163 27 50 57 37 34 28 173 180 189 201
Recipient families number................ 7,820 54 143 223 348 562 805 7,598 7,472 7,258 7,015
Percent of all families.................. 63.1 21.1 29.7 29.6 29.4 32.0 33.1 65.3 66.7 68.2 70.5
Mean..................................... 9,862 451 762 1,133 1,036 1,170 1,158 10,117 10,273 10,534 10,861
Standard error /19..................... 249 114 157 178 117 97 77 256 260 267 275
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 14,351 -20 -11 4 10 32 81 14,347 14,341 14,319 14,269
Percent of total income.................. 2.1 -3.1 -0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2
Mean..................................... 1,158 -79 -23 5 9 18 33 1,233 1,280 1,346 1,434
Standard error /19..................... 77 51 33 24 15 11 11 82 85 90 96
Received positive amount number.......... 1,209 0 1 7 18 43 65 1,202 1,191 1,166 1,144
Percent.................................. 9.8 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.5 2.4 2.7 10.3 10.6 11.0 11.5
Aggregate................................ 14,665 0 9 24 30 52 101 14,641 14,634 14,613 14,563
Mean..................................... 12,133 1 5,984 3,441 1,720 1,220 1,566 12,183 12,286 12,531 12,731
Standard error /19..................... 714 0 2,472 1,096 555 273 318 718 724 737 750
Received negative amount number.......... 71 3 3 3 3 3 3 68 68 68 68
Percent.................................. 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7
Aggregate................................ -314 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -20 -294 -294 -294 -294
Mean..................................... -4,428 -6,950 -6,950 -6,950 -6,950 -6,950 -6,950 -4,321 -4,321 -4,321 -4,321
Standard error /19..................... 539 0 0 0 0 0 0 558 558 558 558
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 214,362 427 1,818 4,115 8,759 16,091 26,704 210,247 205,603 198,271 187,658
Percent of total income.................. 31.0 67.0 68.8 68.0 68.6 69.2 70.1 30.7 30.3 29.7 28.7
Mean..................................... 17,302 1,679 3,781 5,474 7,399 9,174 10,965 18,066 18,348 18,643 18,852
Standard error /19..................... 90 180 191 189 167 151 141 91 93 96 101
Recipient families number................ 11,200 89 275 503 869 1,387 2,021 10,697 10,330 9,813 9,179
Percent of all families.................. 90.4 35.0 57.2 66.9 73.4 79.1 83.0 91.9 92.2 92.3 92.2
Mean amount.............................. 19,140 4,803 6,606 8,186 10,074 11,601 13,213 19,655 19,903 20,206 20,445
Standard error /19..................... 82 236 163 157 138 124 117 82 83 86 90
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 115,753 40 173 376 777 1,526 2,592 115,377 114,976 114,226 113,161
Percent of total income.................. 16.7 6.3 6.5 6.2 6.1 6.6 6.8 16.8 16.9 17.1 17.3
Mean..................................... 9,343 158 360 500 656 870 1,064 9,914 10,261 10,740 11,368
Standard error /19..................... 153 62 74 77 70 70 65 162 167 174 184
Recipient families number................ 6,216 19 44 81 139 272 445 6,134 6,077 5,944 5,771
Percent of all families.................. 50.2 7.4 9.1 10.8 11.7 15.5 18.3 52.7 54.2 55.9 58.0
Mean amount.............................. 18,623 2,135 3,931 4,627 5,602 5,613 5,823 18,808 18,920 19,218 19,610
Standard error /19..................... 253 645 504 468 386 315 247 256 258 262 268
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 4,764 90 262 566 1,030 1,660 1,957 4,198 3,733 3,104 2,807
Percent of total income.................. 0.7 14.1 9.9 9.3 8.1 7.1 5.1 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4
Mean..................................... 384 353 544 752 870 946 804 361 333 292 282
Standard error /19..................... 19 112 101 96 82 75 58 20 20 19 19
Recipient families number................ 684 20 65 115 178 247 305 569 506 437 379
Percent of all families.................. 5.5 7.8 13.5 15.3 15.1 14.1 12.5 4.9 4.5 4.1 3.8
Mean amount.............................. 6,962 4,529 4,034 4,916 5,781 6,714 6,416 7,376 7,378 7,103 7,401
Standard error /19..................... 232 940 541 419 355 345 302 264 285 306 339
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
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