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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
       Unrelated individuals age 65 and over /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]

                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                            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
                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Unrelated individuals
age 65 and over /4

People in families.......................      11,826         463         983       2,048       3,426       4,742       5,846       9,779       8,401       7,085       5,981
Total Income
  Aggregate (million)....................     299,369         778       4,071      13,165      28,254      45,839      63,271     286,205     271,116     253,530     236,099
Mean.....................................      25,313       1,680       4,141       6,429       8,248       9,667      10,824      29,268      32,272      35,786      39,475
  Standard error /19.....................         266         104          98          73          56          53          54         306         344         394         450
With zero income.........................         136         136         136         136         136         136         136           0           0           0           0
With negative income.....................           9           9           9           9           9           9           9           0           0           0           0

Wages and salaries
  Aggregate (million)....................      44,487           3          37         136         330         644       1,246      44,351      44,157      43,843      43,241
Percent of total income..................        14.9         0.4         0.9         1.0         1.2         1.4         2.0        15.5        16.3        17.3        18.3
Mean.....................................       3,762           8          38          66          96         136         213       4,535       5,256       6,188       7,230
  Standard error /19.....................         142           6          16          15          15          15          18         170         197         232         272
Recipient families number................       1,675           6          14          45          79         144         232       1,630       1,596       1,531       1,443
Percent of all unrelated individuals.....        14.2         1.3         1.5         2.2         2.3         3.0         4.0        16.7        19.0        21.6        24.1
Mean amount..............................      26,563         562       2,598       3,044       4,200       4,479       5,376      27,206      27,664      28,637      29,964
  Standard error /19.....................         788         405         776         473         438         314         300         803         816         842         879

Nonfarm self-emplyment
  Aggregate (million)....................       4,496         -73         -43         -56         -40         -30           2       4,552       4,536       4,526       4,494
Percent of total income..................         1.5        -9.3        -1.0        -0.4        -0.1        -0.1         0.0         1.6         1.7         1.8         1.9
Mean.....................................         380        -157         -43         -27         -12          -6           0         465         540         639         751
  Standard error /19.....................          45          67          34          17          13           9           8          54          62          74          87
Received positive amount number..........         244           2          13          17          27          30          44         227         217         214         200
Percent..................................         2.1         0.3         1.4         0.8         0.8         0.6         0.8         2.3         2.6         3.0         3.3
Aggregate................................       4,683           5          35          35          89          98         130       4,649       4,594       4,585       4,553
Mean.....................................      19,185       3,000       2,576       2,035       3,310       3,278       2,939      20,471      21,146      21,408      22,789
  Standard error /19.....................       1,752           0         350         396         710         637         447       1,854       1,923       1,945       2,048
Received negative amount number..........          25           9           9          12          17          17          17          13           8           8           8
Percent..................................         0.2         1.9         0.9         0.6         0.5         0.3         0.3         0.1         0.1         0.1         0.1
Aggregate................................        -187         -77         -77         -90        -128        -128        -128         -97         -59         -59         -59
Mean.....................................      -7,502      -8,889      -8,889      -7,550      -7,765      -7,765      -7,765      -7,457      -6,984      -6,984      -6,984
  Standard error /19.....................         742       1,154       1,154       1,093         797         797         797       1,082       1,526       1,526       1,526

Farm self-emplyment
  Aggregate (million)....................       2,770         -31         -25         -25         -25         -12           3       2,795       2,795       2,782       2,767
Percent of total income..................         0.9        -4.0        -0.6        -0.2        -0.1        -0.0         0.0         1.0         1.0         1.1         1.2
Mean.....................................         234         -68         -26         -12          -7          -2           1         286         333         393         463
  Standard error /19.....................         129          59          29          14           8           6           5         156         181         215         254
Received positive amount number..........          44           0           1           1           1           4           8          43          43          40          36
Percent..................................         0.4         0.0         0.1         0.1         0.0         0.1         0.1         0.4         0.5         0.6         0.6
Aggregate................................       2,831           0           6           6           6          20          35       2,825       2,825       2,811       2,796
Mean.....................................      64,089         (X)       5,000       5,000       5,000       5,000       4,293      65,753      65,753      69,880      77,560
  Standard error /19.....................      31,609         (X)         (X)         (X)         (X)         (X)         782      32,427      32,427      34,436      38,013
Received negative amount number..........          10           3           3           3           3           3           3           7           7           7           7
Percent..................................         0.1         0.7         0.3         0.2         0.1         0.1         0.1         0.1         0.1         0.1         0.1
Aggregate................................         -61         -31         -31         -31         -31         -31         -31         -30         -30         -30         -30
Mean.....................................      -5,838      -9,999      -9,999      -9,999      -9,999      -9,999      -9,999      -4,053      -4,053      -4,053      -4,053
  Standard error /19.....................       1,693           0           0           0           0           0           0       1,716       1,716       1,716       1,716

Interest and dividends
  Aggregate (million)....................      40,528          67         222         415         894       1,562       2,439      40,112      39,633      38,966      38,089
Percent of total income..................        13.5         8.5         5.5         3.2         3.2         3.4         3.9        14.0        14.6        15.4        16.1
Mean.....................................       3,427         144         226         203         261         329         417       4,102       4,718       5,500       6,368

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 age 65 and over /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]

                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                            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
                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Standard error /19.....................         107          21          28          18          17          15          17         129         149         175         204
Recipient families number................       6,109         113         230         468         881       1,420       1,927       5,641       5,228       4,689       4,181
Percent of all unrelated individuals.....        51.7        24.3        23.4        22.8        25.7        30.0        33.0        57.7        62.2        66.2        69.9
Mean.....................................       6,634         590         964         888       1,015       1,099       1,265       7,110       7,581       8,311       9,109
  Standard error /19.....................         199          66         101          69          58          45          46         214         230         254         281

Rental income
  Aggregate (million)....................       6,311           0          13          13          52         105         211       6,298       6,259       6,206       6,099
Percent of total income..................         2.1         0.0         0.3         0.1         0.2         0.2         0.3         2.2         2.3         2.4         2.6
Mean.....................................         534           0          13           6          15          22          36         644         745         876       1,020
  Standard error /19.....................          45           0           9           4           4           4           5          54          63          75          88
Received positive amount number..........         730          11          20          34          62         102         138         696         668         629         593
Percent..................................         6.2         2.4         2.0         1.7         1.8         2.1         2.4         7.1         8.0         8.9         9.9
Aggregate................................       6,427           0          18          19          58         111         221       6,408       6,369       6,316       6,206
Mean.....................................       8,800           1         893         555         929       1,091       1,607       9,202       9,533      10,049      10,470
  Standard error /19.....................         649         (X)         324         209         199         166         180         677         702         741         782
Received negative amount number..........          41           0           2           4           5           8           8          37          37          34          33
Percent..................................         0.3         0.0         0.3         0.2         0.1         0.2         0.1         0.4         0.4         0.5         0.5
Aggregate................................        -116           0          -5          -6          -6          -7         -10        -110        -110        -110        -106
Mean.....................................      -2,818         (X)      -2,000      -1,568      -1,327        -859      -1,155      -2,949      -3,009      -3,259      -3,246
  Standard error /19.....................         479         (X)         (X)         321         357         313         451         524         530         554         567

Social Security
  Aggregate (million)....................     130,432         685       3,226      10,942      23,809      39,063      52,687     119,490     106,623      91,369      77,745
Percent of total income..................        43.6        88.0        79.2        83.1        84.3        85.2        83.3        41.7        39.3        36.0        32.9
Mean.....................................      11,029       1,478       3,281       5,344       6,950       8,238       9,013      12,219      12,692      12,897      12,999
  Standard error /19.....................          60         103         100          82          67          62          59          64          71          83          96
Recipient families number................      10,735         231         661       1,647       2,935       4,216       5,290       9,088       7,800       6,519       5,445
Percent of all unrelated individuals.....        90.8        49.9        67.2        80.4        85.7        88.9        90.5        92.9        92.9        92.0        91.0
Mean amount..............................      12,150       2,964       4,883       6,645       8,113       9,265       9,959      13,148      13,669      14,016      14,279
  Standard error /19.....................          54         137          87          62          52          49          49          57          64          75          86

Pension survivor and disability income
  Aggregate (million)....................      62,424          57         208         510       1,246       2,339       4,131      61,914      61,178      60,085      58,293
Percent of total income..................        20.9         7.4         5.1         3.9         4.4         5.1         6.5        21.6        22.6        23.7        24.7
Mean.....................................       5,278         124         211         249         364         493         707       6,331       7,282       8,481       9,746
  Standard error /19.....................         111          29          32          26          26          27          28         131         150         173         200
Recipient families number................       4,752          32          88         201         387         684       1,091       4,551       4,366       4,068       3,661
Percent of all unrelated individuals.....        40.2         6.8         9.0         9.8        11.3        14.4        18.7        46.5        52.0        57.4        61.2
Mean amount..............................      13,136       1,804       2,350       2,531       3,223       3,422       3,788      13,605      14,014      14,768      15,921
  Standard error /19.....................         230         249         242         183         163         137         110         238         245         259         280

Mean tested cash-assistance
  Aggregate (million)....................       2,215          42         347       1,071       1,628       1,721       1,896       1,144         587         494         319
Percent of total income..................         0.7         5.4         8.5         8.1         5.8         3.8         3.0         0.4         0.2         0.2         0.1
Mean.....................................         187          90         353         523         475         363         324         117          70          70          53
  Standard error /19.....................          11          28          50          42          30          23          20          10           9          10          10
Recipient families number................         619          26          91         300         422         456         494         319         197         163         125
Percent of all unrelated individuals.....         5.2         5.5         9.3        14.7        12.3         9.6         8.4         3.3         2.3         2.3         2.1
Mean amount..............................       3,579       1,626       3,811       3,566       3,855       3,777       3,840       3,592       2,987       3,027       2,549
  Standard error /19.....................         153         377         331         191         167         160         157         247         318         367         422
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.


Poverty Footnotes

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