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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2006
Unrelated individuals /4
[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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Unrelated individuals /4
People in families....................... 49,884 4,779 6,875 9,977 13,213 16,340 19,142 39,907 36,671 33,544 30,742
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 5,825 19,872 47,694 84,865 128,924 175,398 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 33,508 1,219 2,890 4,780 6,423 7,890 9,163 40,690 43,266 45,987 48,665
Standard error /19..................... 219 32 41 42 39 40 41 261 280 302 325
With zero income......................... 2,332 2,332 2,332 2,332 2,332 2,332 2,332 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 3,127 7,259 17,123 30,525 49,797 71,728 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income.................. 70.5 53.7 36.5 35.9 36.0 38.6 40.9 71.5 72.4 73.2 74.0
Mean..................................... 23,626 654 1,056 1,716 2,310 3,047 3,747 29,104 31,306 33,650 36,003
Standard error /19..................... 200 23 28 35 35 39 43 242 260 281 302
Recipient families number................ 31,513 1,148 1,900 3,097 4,390 5,897 7,374 28,416 27,122 25,615 24,138
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 63.2 24.0 27.6 31.0 33.2 36.1 38.5 71.2 74.0 76.4 78.5
Mean amount.............................. 37,399 2,724 3,821 5,530 6,953 8,444 9,727 40,872 42,328 44,066 45,853
Standard error /19..................... 289 56 57 63 60 61 63 313 325 341 358
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 73,552 -186 169 916 1,814 3,099 3,874 72,636 71,738 70,454 69,679
Percent of total income.................. 4.4 -3.2 0.8 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.2 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.7
Mean..................................... 1,474 -39 25 92 137 190 202 1,820 1,956 2,100 2,267
Standard error /19..................... 76 18 15 14 13 13 13 94 103 112 122
Received positive amount number.......... 2,625 156 243 353 471 615 694 2,273 2,154 2,010 1,931
Percent.................................. 5.3 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.6 5.7 5.9 6.0 6.3
Aggregate................................ 74,495 345 701 1,464 2,404 3,690 4,470 73,031 72,091 70,805 70,025
Mean..................................... 28,377 2,214 2,890 4,150 5,101 5,997 6,443 32,137 33,469 35,229 36,257
Standard error /19..................... 1,327 156 170 208 203 212 217 1,517 1,595 1,702 1,766
Received negative amount number.......... 163 73 73 80 88 93 93 83 75 70 70
Percent.................................. 0.3 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aggregate................................ -943 -531 -532 -548 -590 -592 -597 -395 -353 -351 -346
Mean..................................... -5,770 -7,282 -7,245 -6,805 -6,690 -6,373 -6,391 -4,765 -4,692 -4,976 -4,942
Standard error /19..................... 329 511 510 502 442 444 443 441 462 473 473
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 7,226 -49 -43 25 25 62 102 7,202 7,202 7,165 7,124
Percent of total income.................. 0.4 -0.8 -0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mean..................................... 145 -10 -6 2 2 4 5 180 196 214 232
Standard error /19..................... 36 9 7 6 4 4 3 44 48 53 58
Received positive amount number.......... 437 24 33 44 65 89 101 393 372 348 336
Percent.................................. 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1
Aggregate................................ 7,398 24 30 98 98 135 176 7,300 7,300 7,263 7,222
Mean..................................... 16,928 997 925 2,213 1,517 1,522 1,738 18,590 19,608 20,860 21,510
Standard error /19..................... 3,896 522 457 826 551 469 484 4,319 4,544 4,844 5,016
Received negative amount number.......... 56 12 12 15 15 15 15 41 41 41 41
Percent.................................. 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aggregate................................ -172 -73 -73 -74 -74 -74 -74 -98 -98 -98 -98
Mean..................................... -3,041 -6,347 -6,347 -4,831 -4,831 -4,831 -4,831 -2,380 -2,380 -2,380 -2,380
Standard error /19..................... 695 2,185 2,185 1,964 1,807 1,807 1,807 617 617 617 617
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 90,443 287 589 923 1,634 2,592 3,718 89,520 88,809 87,851 86,725
Percent of total income.................. 5.4 4.9 3.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.1 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8
Mean..................................... 1,813 60 86 93 124 159 194 2,243 2,422 2,619 2,821
Standard error /19..................... 41 5 7 6 6 6 7 51 55 60 66
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
Unrelated individuals /4
[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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Recipient families number................ 20,299 625 993 1,534 2,290 3,168 4,096 18,766 18,009 17,131 16,203
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 40.7 13.1 14.4 15.4 17.3 19.4 21.4 47.0 49.1 51.1 52.7
Mean..................................... 4,455 458 593 602 713 818 908 4,770 4,931 5,128 5,352
Standard error /19..................... 98 35 42 36 32 30 29 105 110 115 121
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 16,844 46 83 202 379 502 707 16,642 16,465 16,342 16,137
Percent of total income.................. 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1
Mean..................................... 338 10 12 20 29 31 37 417 449 487 525
Standard error /19..................... 17 3 3 4 4 4 4 22 24 26 28
Received positive amount number.......... 2,048 46 68 106 161 219 283 1,942 1,887 1,829 1,765
Percent.................................. 4.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.5 4.9 5.1 5.5 5.7
Aggregate................................ 17,374 46 97 219 403 528 736 17,155 16,971 16,846 16,638
Mean..................................... 8,485 1,015 1,413 2,075 2,502 2,410 2,602 8,834 8,996 9,213 9,428
Standard error /19..................... 378 274 267 301 278 247 215 396 407 418 432
Received negative amount number.......... 170 0 7 12 14 18 19 158 156 152 152
Percent.................................. 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Aggregate................................ -530 0 -14 -17 -24 -26 -29 -513 -506 -504 -501
Mean..................................... -3,115 (X) -2,084 -1,451 -1,676 -1,470 -1,576 -3,240 -3,248 -3,307 -3,304
Standard error /19..................... 230 (X) 190 281 431 387 394 244 245 248 249
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 157,654 861 5,037 17,087 34,113 51,859 68,545 140,567 123,541 105,795 89,109
Percent of total income.................. 9.4 14.8 25.3 35.8 40.2 40.2 39.1 8.7 7.8 6.9 6.0
Mean..................................... 3,160 180 733 1,713 2,582 3,174 3,581 3,522 3,369 3,154 2,899
Standard error /19..................... 27 13 26 35 37 38 38 33 35 36 37
Recipient families number................ 13,294 306 1,004 2,505 4,189 5,692 6,995 10,789 9,106 7,602 6,300
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 26.7 6.4 14.6 25.1 31.7 34.8 36.5 27.0 24.8 22.7 20.5
Mean amount.............................. 11,859 2,818 5,017 6,821 8,144 9,111 9,799 13,028 13,567 13,916 14,145
Standard error /19..................... 49 115 74 51 44 43 43 53 61 71 82
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 95,362 178 652 1,336 2,596 4,131 6,892 94,026 92,766 91,231 88,470
Percent of total income.................. 5.7 3.0 3.3 2.8 3.1 3.2 3.9 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.9
Mean..................................... 1,912 37 95 134 196 253 360 2,356 2,530 2,720 2,878
Standard error /19..................... 37 5 9 10 10 11 12 46 49 54 58
Recipient families number................ 6,537 89 216 396 657 1,033 1,548 6,141 5,880 5,505 4,990
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 13.1 1.9 3.1 4.0 5.0 6.3 8.1 15.4 16.0 16.4 16.2
Mean amount.............................. 14,587 1,999 3,014 3,374 3,949 3,999 4,453 15,310 15,776 16,574 17,730
Standard error /19..................... 220 155 176 156 139 117 106 231 239 251 271
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 10,792 460 3,785 6,262 7,805 8,596 9,163 4,530 2,987 2,196 1,629
Percent of total income.................. 0.6 7.9 19.0 13.1 9.2 6.7 5.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
Mean..................................... 216 96 551 628 591 526 479 114 81 65 53
Standard error /19..................... 6 9 24 22 18 15 14 6 5 5 5
Recipient families number................ 2,673 370 969 1,548 1,845 2,016 2,164 1,125 828 657 509
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 5.4 7.7 14.1 15.5 14.0 12.3 11.3 2.8 2.3 2.0 1.7
Mean amount.............................. 4,038 1,246 3,905 4,046 4,230 4,265 4,234 4,026 3,608 3,341 3,201
Standard error /19..................... 85 96 112 94 85 85 83 162 195 222 265
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
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