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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]

                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                            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..........................      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]

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