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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2006
Nonfamily householders
[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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Nonfamily householders
People in families....................... 37,587 2,495 4,045 6,334 8,917 11,234 13,390 31,253 28,669 26,353 24,197
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 3,485 13,897 34,253 63,695 95,894 131,351 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 36,024 1,397 3,435 5,408 7,143 8,536 9,810 42,229 45,007 47,741 50,530
Standard error /19..................... 264 47 54 51 45 44 45 306 328 352 377
With zero income......................... 978 978 978 978 978 978 978 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 901,533 1,477 3,593 8,203 16,348 26,043 38,871 893,330 885,184 875,490 862,662
Percent of total income.................. 66.6 42.4 25.9 23.9 25.7 27.2 29.6 67.7 68.6 69.6 70.6
Mean..................................... 23,985 592 888 1,295 1,833 2,318 2,903 28,584 30,876 33,222 35,652
Standard error /19..................... 239 31 34 39 40 43 47 280 301 324 348
Recipient families number................ 22,042 537 937 1,513 2,326 3,141 4,046 20,529 19,716 18,901 17,996
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 58.6 21.5 23.2 23.9 26.1 28.0 30.2 65.7 68.8 71.7 74.4
Mean amount.............................. 40,901 2,751 3,834 5,423 7,028 8,292 9,607 43,515 44,897 46,320 47,937
Standard error /19..................... 365 86 81 90 84 83 85 386 398 412 429
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 62,893 -131 159 572 1,173 2,062 2,595 62,321 61,720 60,831 60,298
Percent of total income.................. 4.6 -3.8 1.1 1.7 1.8 2.2 2.0 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.9
Mean..................................... 1,673 -53 39 90 131 184 194 1,994 2,153 2,308 2,492
Standard error /19..................... 98 29 22 18 15 16 15 118 129 140 152
Received positive amount number.......... 2,060 115 184 251 334 432 489 1,809 1,725 1,628 1,571
Percent.................................. 5.5 4.6 4.5 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.7 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.5
Aggregate................................ 63,623 244 536 964 1,607 2,499 3,037 62,659 62,016 61,124 60,587
Mean..................................... 30,889 2,125 2,922 3,842 4,807 5,785 6,211 34,642 35,943 37,551 38,571
Standard error /19..................... 1,661 172 203 240 238 250 256 1,874 1,958 2,068 2,138
Received negative amount number.......... 132 55 55 62 70 75 75 69 62 57 56
Percent.................................. 0.4 2.2 1.4 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aggregate................................ -730 -376 -377 -392 -434 -437 -441 -338 -296 -293 -289
Mean..................................... -5,545 -6,840 -6,797 -6,280 -6,193 -5,831 -5,857 -4,880 -4,806 -5,167 -5,127
Standard error /19..................... 364 596 594 572 495 493 491 489 519 533 534
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 6,777 -56 -50 -16 -16 21 62 6,793 6,793 6,755 6,715
Percent of total income.................. 0.5 -1.6 -0.4 -0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mean..................................... 180 -22 -12 -2 -2 2 5 217 237 256 278
Standard error /19..................... 47 17 11 8 5 5 5 56 61 67 73
Received positive amount number.......... 336 15 19 27 44 60 70 309 292 277 267
Percent.................................. 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1
Aggregate................................ 6,917 17 23 57 57 94 135 6,860 6,860 6,823 6,782
Mean..................................... 20,563 1,188 1,212 2,110 1,303 1,577 1,937 22,184 23,462 24,675 25,437
Standard error /19..................... 4,995 648 620 971 593 557 599 5,414 5,708 6,019 6,232
Received negative amount number.......... 46 11 11 11 11 11 11 35 35 35 35
Percent.................................. 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aggregate................................ -141 -73 -73 -73 -73 -73 -73 -67 -67 -67 -67
Mean..................................... -3,059 -6,953 -6,953 -6,953 -6,953 -6,953 -6,953 -1,904 -1,904 -1,904 -1,904
Standard error /19..................... 791 2,186 2,186 2,186 2,011 2,011 2,011 604 604 604 604
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 84,801 248 532 841 1,533 2,428 3,506 83,960 83,268 82,373 81,295
Percent of total income.................. 6.3 7.1 3.8 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.7 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.6
Mean..................................... 2,256 99 131 133 172 216 262 2,686 2,904 3,126 3,360
Standard error /19..................... 53 10 11 9 9 9 9 63 69 75 81
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
Nonfamily householders
[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................ 17,685 481 783 1,212 1,872 2,647 3,459 16,473 15,813 15,037 14,226
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 47.1 19.3 19.4 19.1 21.0 23.6 25.8 52.7 55.2 57.1 58.8
Mean..................................... 4,795 515 679 694 819 917 1,014 5,097 5,266 5,478 5,715
Standard error /19..................... 109 44 52 44 39 35 33 117 121 127 134
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 15,535 46 81 200 273 396 586 15,335 15,262 15,139 14,949
Percent of total income.................. 1.1 1.3 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Mean..................................... 413 19 20 32 31 35 44 491 532 574 618
Standard error /19..................... 22 6 6 6 5 5 5 26 29 31 34
Received positive amount number.......... 1,895 46 65 102 145 201 263 1,794 1,750 1,694 1,632
Percent.................................. 5.0 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.8 2.0 5.7 6.1 6.4 6.7
Aggregate................................ 16,037 46 95 216 296 421 615 15,821 15,740 15,616 15,422
Mean..................................... 8,462 1,018 1,458 2,126 2,046 2,096 2,334 8,821 8,992 9,216 9,450
Standard error /19..................... 387 274 280 311 237 227 201 406 415 428 443
Received negative amount number.......... 159 0 6 9 11 14 15 150 148 144 143
Percent.................................. 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Aggregate................................ -502 0 -13 -16 -23 -25 -28 -486 -479 -477 -473
Mean..................................... -3,163 (X) -2,231 -1,893 -2,087 -1,736 -1,850 -3,235 -3,243 -3,305 -3,302
Standard error /19..................... 239 (X) 91 217 496 446 449 251 253 256 257
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 150,256 800 4,411 15,617 31,620 48,422 64,325 134,639 118,636 101,834 85,930
Percent of total income.................. 11.1 23.0 31.7 45.6 49.6 50.5 49.0 10.2 9.2 8.1 7.0
Mean..................................... 3,998 321 1,090 2,466 3,546 4,310 4,804 4,308 4,138 3,864 3,551
Standard error /19..................... 34 24 40 50 48 49 49 40 42 44 46
Recipient families number................ 12,596 281 890 2,291 3,880 5,299 6,545 10,305 8,716 7,296 6,051
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 33.5 11.2 22.0 36.2 43.5 47.2 48.9 33.0 30.4 27.7 25.0
Mean amount.............................. 11,929 2,853 4,957 6,818 8,150 9,138 9,829 13,066 13,612 13,957 14,202
Standard error /19..................... 51 120 78 54 45 44 45 55 62 72 84
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 91,119 151 498 1,108 2,211 3,648 6,294 90,011 88,908 87,471 84,825
Percent of total income.................. 6.7 4.3 3.6 3.2 3.5 3.8 4.8 6.8 6.9 7.0 6.9
Mean..................................... 2,424 61 123 175 248 325 470 2,880 3,101 3,319 3,506
Standard error /19..................... 47 9 13 13 14 15 17 56 61 66 72
Recipient families number................ 6,233 82 186 354 598 950 1,453 5,879 5,635 5,282 4,780
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 16.6 3.3 4.6 5.6 6.7 8.5 10.9 18.8 19.7 20.0 19.8
Mean amount.............................. 14,619 1,857 2,671 3,133 3,699 3,838 4,332 15,310 15,777 16,559 17,745
Standard error /19..................... 227 152 179 161 142 120 108 237 245 257 278
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 9,534 335 3,243 5,512 6,832 7,508 8,042 4,022 2,701 2,026 1,491
Percent of total income.................. 0.7 9.6 23.3 16.1 10.7 7.8 6.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1
Mean..................................... 254 134 802 870 766 668 601 129 94 77 62
Standard error /19..................... 8 15 37 32 24 21 18 7 6 6 6
Recipient families number................ 1,938 140 630 1,125 1,370 1,486 1,606 813 569 452 332
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 5.2 5.6 15.6 17.8 15.4 13.2 12.0 2.6 2.0 1.7 1.4
Mean amount.............................. 4,918 2,392 5,150 4,898 4,989 5,052 5,008 4,946 4,749 4,480 4,487
Standard error /19..................... 98 156 117 102 93 94 92 194 247 284 356
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
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