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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
       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]

                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                            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
                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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]

                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                            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
                                            _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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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