| Current Population Survey (CPS) A joint effort between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau |
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Households With Members
Age 65 Years Old & Over
Total 27143 27143 27143 27143 27143 27143 27143 27143
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 26937 22366 22367 22367 22367 22370 22370 22370
With addition or deduction (X) 24811 3486 5481 10233 13984 1283 10306
Mean addition or deduction (X) 16440 38269 5429 3719 9099 1259 2414
Standard error (X) 61 1998 50 40 155 43 49
Agg addition or deduction (X) 407902583 133419880 29757126 38053998 127249041 1615036 24876527
Agg square for addition or
deduction (X) 8693907798950 4.76476949E13 228195393769 287250877730 5269350394009 4685812900 287599957987
Mean total income (X) 33744 278039 182137 93928 59800 653017 78923
Standard error (X) 368 (X) (X) 834 578 (X) 619
Tally total income (X) 837224388 969338107 998300332 961135454 836252966 837790123 813402328
Agg square for total income (X) 1.014655519E14 1.57066502E14 1.635507555E14 1.54231459E14 1.07373757E14 1.07494087E14 9.99019171E13
Under $2,500 426 7915 7813 7803 7813 7813 7804 7803
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 188 1484 1441 1441 1510 1513 1497 1517
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 663 1403 1376 1358 1377 1388 1379 1363
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 1277 1106 1078 1071 1077 1131 1144 1160
$10,000 to $12,499 1576 1257 1228 1176 1208 1280 1261 1279
$12,500 to $14,999 1593 1054 1068 1080 1131 1139 1143 1138
$15,000 to $17,499 1583 883 847 802 752 881 881 921
$17,500 to $19,999 1360 740 698 715 792 881 886 881
$20,000 to $22,499 1357 824 786 720 716 794 782 806
$22,500 to $24,999 1163 640 641 649 744 727 731 750
$25,000 to $27,499 1174 685 618 580 484 621 630 646
$27,500 to $29,999 1111 503 509 489 548 621 622 635
$30,000 to $32,499 1019 660 663 597 596 539 537 520
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
$32,500 to $34,999 806 400 415 475 477 478 487 505
$35,000 to $37,499 844 451 415 427 377 445 441 446
$37,500 to $39,999 735 326 325 321 389 399 404 401
$40,000 to $42,499 676 455 433 388 356 380 387 403
$42,500 to $44,999 638 289 273 310 343 342 344 339
$45,000 to $47,499 515 337 328 355 317 332 327 337
$47,500 to $49,999 502 237 256 242 254 264 262 302
$50,000 to $52,499 520 345 322 309 330 325 336 285
$52,500 to $54,999 422 241 242 283 265 244 238 222
$55,000 to $57,499 400 266 265 269 263 235 242 263
$57,500 to $59,999 353 220 234 194 211 268 269 242
$60,000 to $62,499 340 279 255 205 224 194 193 204
$62,500 to $64,999 261 132 171 224 230 207 209 201
$65,000 to $67,499 306 259 227 208 182 173 170 160
$67,500 to $69,999 308 170 185 220 187 172 178 207
$70,000 to $72,499 308 176 188 179 193 156 153 182
$72,500 to $74,999 255 184 159 161 133 165 167 155
$75,000 to $77,499 279 158 166 167 152 184 186 116
$77,500 to $79,999 209 96 104 118 135 107 107 153
$80,000 to $82,499 198 177 157 160 158 136 137 151
$82,500 to $84,999 177 106 111 123 106 144 144 152
$85,000 to $87,499 136 120 118 131 119 136 136 94
$87,500 to $89,999 155 109 112 117 101 115 114 116
$90,000 to $92,499 144 140 123 124 124 125 121 125
$92,500 to $94,999 122 90 105 110 123 78 77 79
$95,000 to $97,499 130 84 102 99 99 117 119 92
$97,500 to $99,999 127 89 109 121 135 66 66 91
$100,000 and over 2785 2054 2477 2623 2410 1826 1831 1702
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 2.3 34.6 34.1 34.1 34.3 34.4 34.3 34.3
$5,000 to $9,999 7.1 9.2 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.3 9.3 9.3
$10,000 to $14,999 11.7 8.5 8.5 8.3 8.6 8.9 8.9 8.9
$15,000 to $19,999 10.8 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.7 6.5 6.5 6.6
$20,000 to $24,999 9.3 5.4 5.3 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.7
$25,000 to $29,999 8.4 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.8 4.6 4.6 4.7
$30,000 to $34,999 6.7 3.9 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.8
$35,000 to $39,999 5.8 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1
$40,000 to $44,999 4.8 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7
$45,000 to $49,999 3.7 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.4
$50,000 to $59,999 6.2 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.7
$60,000 to $74,999 6.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.9 4.1
$75,000 to $99,999 6.2 4.3 4.4 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.3
$100,000 and over 10.3 7.6 9.1 9.7 8.9 6.7 6.7 6.3
Median 30249 13465 13989 14172 13795 13480 13565 13487
Standard Error 216 209 206 204 194 193 192 193
Mean dollars 46373 31345 36260 37357 35955 31289 31348 30432
Standard Error 349 344 437 445 433 356 356 343
Agg total income 1258704721 850802138 984222018 1013979144 975925146 849275070 850890106 826013580
Agg Square for total income 1.36996E14 1.029663114E14 1.58987853E14 1.656027455E14 1.56127626E14 1.08627187E14 1.08750802E14 1.01015704E14
Gini ratio 0.474 0.652 0.665 0.665 0.666 0.657 0.656 0.651
Standard Error 0.0055 0.0055 0.0056 0.0055 0.0056 0.0057 0.0057 0.0057
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 20506 11668 11905 12196 11679 11471 12050 11981
Percent of households 33.1 46.9 46.3 46.9 46.3 46.3 47.4 47.3
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 12253 248 94 1226 689 349 1290
Mean amount (X) 15367 -390 1966 474 444 433 64
Standard error (X) 78 196 166 11 35 37 6
Agg first quintile (X) 188282528 -96785 184101 581368 306392 151165 83173
Agg square first quintile (X) 3698021318625 2119429212 574753310 437586284 657925784 211024193 51616864
Tot 1st Quintile 8972 12730 12558 12731 12559 12564 12869 12847
Second quintile:
Upper limit 37757 32374 32942 35328 32853 31143 31674 31059
Percent of households 26.7 23.6 23.1 23.2 23.1 23.9 23.1 23.1
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 5900 505 1177 2905 5242 423 3138
Mean amount (X) 17138 1289 2958 1520 1734 1605 573
Standard error (X) 123 269 57 17 31 81 12
Agg second quintile (X) 101113200 650356 3481970 4415056 9089371 678968 1797805
Agg square second quintile (X) 2193669052422 16946146415 14299371674 8775877808 39356742263 2110138498 2327996485
Tot 2nd Quintile 7258 6407 6273 6310 6260 6496 6283 6272
Third quintile:
Upper limit 60435 56632 57804 61933 57605 53006 53181 51837
Percent of households 17.6 12.1 11.9 11.7 12.2 12.2 11.9 12.0
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 2811 621 1385 2312 3288 294 2327
Mean amount (X) 17452 2822 4184 2920 5038 1619 1436
Standard error (X) 194 377 64 32 75 93 25
Agg third quintile (X) 49049555 1752755 5794444 6751417 16564719 476067 3341109
Agg square third quintile (X) 1116981860772 53024788749 31212054924 24564489844 136338889804 1431481276 7653816442
Tot 3rd Quintile 4770 3271 3228 3183 3311 3304 3219 3249
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 97160 94227 97176 103692 96481 85700 85743 82893
Percent of households 11.8 9.1 9.2 9.0 8.9 8.6 8.6 8.7
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 2047 767 1373 1855 2339 130 1741
Mean amount (X) 17375 6080 5894 4856 10053 1279 2685
Standard error (X) 232 594 82 54 140 141 45
Agg fourth quintile (X) 35565443 4661139 8090066 9008886 23511619 166368 4675335
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 815953086618 210034873949 58794372857 52620100013 330529924355 506447485 17946656020
Tot 4th Quintile 3216 2478 2489 2446 2411 2347 2344 2359
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 10.8 8.3 9.6 9.1 9.6 9.0 8.9 8.9
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 1801 1346 1453 1935 2426 87 1810
Mean amount (X) 18818 93971 8403 8941 32060 1639 8274
Standard error (X) 285 4726 106 119 663 171 217
Agg fifth quintile (X) 33891857 126452415 12206545 17297272 77776940 142468 14979105
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 869282480512 4.73655696E13 123314841004 200852823780 4762466911803 426721447 259619872176
Tot 5th Quintile 2928 2257 2595 2474 2603 2433 2428 2417
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 12619 2740 2749 2897 2728 2716 2945 2923
Standard error 56 34 34 36 34 34 36 35
Agg 113214308 34884282 34519885 36884953 34266217 34119884 37896730 37550167
Agg square 1.64979E12 257965917966 259016211575 288859778294 254912985952 251566262946 296742343587 291746593623
Second quintile:
Mean 28329 20667 20885 22148 20735 19957 20632 20261
Standard error 61 81 83 91 83 76 77 74
Agg 205600109 132405870 131017175 139742982 129791655 129633014 129634100 127068237
Agg square 5.9991E12 2970560715078 2976018306199 3381542971230 2930014084354 2798946155749 2877537111466 2763531865202
Third quintile:
Mean 47684 43197 44003 47255 44008 40984 41427 40305
Standard error 101 129 134 142 133 118 117 112
Agg 227443764 141292145 142044807 150409454 145730455 135402463 133355640 130969373
Agg square 1.10477E13 6258400947205 6415134592473 7287375946445 6583786954802 5682948265518 5649471534207 5394755484015
Fourth quintile:
Mean 75672 72447 74218 79799 74155 67430 67579 65680
Standard error 188 230 242 260 239 205 205 196
Agg 243359340 179543476 184717759 195197268 178774251 158223744 158383938 154913085
Agg square 1.87347E13 13292094843675 1.40277898E13 15932323749636 1.35489026E13 1.08718769E13 1.09050472E13 1.03629358E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 160203 160694 189531 198764 187253 161070 161280 155373
Standard error 1802 2214 2668 2762 2644 2233 2236 2158
Agg 469087200 362676365 491922393 491744487 487362569 391895966 391619699 375512718
Agg square 9.95644E13 80187289004899 1.35309894E14 1.387126431E14 1.32810009E14 8.90218495E13 8.9022004E13 8.22027343E13
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Households With Members
Age 65 Years Old & Over
Total 27143 27143 27143 27143 27143 27143 27143
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 26729 26852 26854 26939 26939 26960 27076
With addition or deduction 24440 23539 726 1583 3251 2408 21906
Mean addition or deduction 16273 9436 100 6442 3752 1919 5106
Standard error 61 35 2 149 80 35 85
Agg addition or deduction 397707230 222114866 72610 10195353 12196264 4620529 111851709
Agg square for addition or
deduction 8407997545792 2695604278228 9230411 114739119234 104912779670 15151843248 3610207593093
Mean total income 49417 60744 1970079 909656 446573 604516 71557
Standard error 373 387 (X) (X) (X) (X) 406
Tally total income 1207718084 1429832950 1429902876 1439574765 1451771029 1455680014 1567531724
Agg square for total income 1.32403063E14 1.59664005E14 1.596768996E14 1.60424907E14 1.62122038E14 1.623369457E14 181609138178077
Under $2,500 636 572 572 419 419 372 288
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 244 272 272 200 200 191 155
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 752 680 680 622 615 566 354
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 1182 1018 1018 1056 1027 953 726
$10,000 to $12,499 1494 907 907 960 928 821 720
$12,500 to $14,999 1661 839 839 879 896 946 902
$15,000 to $17,499 1566 989 989 996 967 1058 981
$17,500 to $19,999 1356 845 845 828 850 906 882
$20,000 to $22,499 1357 860 860 878 835 861 830
$22,500 to $24,999 1200 911 911 911 882 885 837
$25,000 to $27,499 1142 1033 1033 1003 1017 1008 895
$27,500 to $29,999 1130 1045 1045 1073 1014 1039 872
$30,000 to $32,499 1004 906 906 906 928 924 955
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
$32,500 to $34,999 886 1015 1015 1032 1010 1024 942
$35,000 to $37,499 810 842 841 848 862 863 919
$37,500 to $39,999 736 843 845 861 881 886 896
$40,000 to $42,499 723 783 782 802 791 795 786
$42,500 to $44,999 631 834 836 826 822 818 815
$45,000 to $47,499 540 706 705 710 736 731 736
$47,500 to $49,999 518 788 789 803 798 823 764
$50,000 to $52,499 530 741 741 730 714 712 726
$52,500 to $54,999 440 663 663 679 670 659 698
$55,000 to $57,499 393 616 616 633 655 661 647
$57,500 to $59,999 347 589 589 580 588 589 604
$60,000 to $62,499 367 558 558 574 558 560 578
$62,500 to $64,999 289 432 431 431 453 452 609
$65,000 to $67,499 342 400 399 392 405 400 459
$67,500 to $69,999 307 366 368 376 387 391 510
$70,000 to $72,499 257 414 414 411 407 416 403
$72,500 to $74,999 246 372 371 386 399 404 434
$75,000 to $77,499 204 318 320 320 313 309 342
$77,500 to $79,999 194 247 247 254 260 260 308
$80,000 to $82,499 161 289 289 291 301 302 276
$82,500 to $84,999 160 213 213 212 208 208 274
$85,000 to $87,499 182 251 251 249 261 261 276
$87,500 to $89,999 147 200 200 202 207 204 240
$90,000 to $92,499 154 174 174 177 179 183 237
$92,500 to $94,999 147 200 198 207 206 205 207
$95,000 to $97,499 171 183 181 178 185 185 232
$97,500 to $99,999 140 178 181 176 184 189 202
$100,000 and over 2396 3051 3051 3071 3123 3123 3627
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.3 2.3 2.1 1.6
$5,000 to $9,999 7.1 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.6 4.0
$10,000 to $14,999 11.6 6.4 6.4 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.0
$15,000 to $19,999 10.8 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.7 7.2 6.9
$20,000 to $24,999 9.4 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.3 6.4 6.1
$25,000 to $29,999 8.4 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.5 6.5
$30,000 to $34,999 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.0
$35,000 to $39,999 5.7 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.7
$40,000 to $44,999 5.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.9
$45,000 to $49,999 3.9 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.5
$50,000 to $59,999 6.3 9.6 9.6 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.9
$60,000 to $74,999 6.7 9.4 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 11.0
$75,000 to $99,999 6.1 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.5 8.5 9.6
$100,000 and over 8.8 11.2 11.2 11.3 11.5 11.5 13.4
Median 29673 39980 39980 40313 40764 40843 44441
Standard Error 195 270 270 274 278 277 270
Mean dollars 45084 53267 53270 53645 54094 54265 58385
Standard Error 348 360 360 359 360 360 374
Agg total income 1223720810 1445835675 1445908285 1456103638 1468299902 1472920432 1584772141
Agg Square for total income 1.33568926E14 1.60829868E14 1.608430477E14 1.61596602E14 1.63293733E14 1.635210825E14 182793274951352
Gini ratio 0.476 0.439 0.438 0.434 0.433 0.430 0.418
Standard Error 0.0056 0.0053 0.0053 0.0053 0.0053 0.0053 0.0052
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 19963 22458 22461 22838 23445 23869 25053
Percent of households 32.7 25.7 25.7 25.6 26.0 26.4 24.6
With type of addition
or deduction 7910 4477 43 708 1011 1483 4132
Mean amount 10866 3128 88 4962 793 2049 1300
Standard error 49 30 7 162 20 42 169
Agg first quintile 85947836 14007329 3787 3515639 801073 3037554 5371430
Agg square first quintile 1064795927058 59242587188 411409 28978162387 983223794 9657657247 433252874982
Tot 1st Quintile 8866 6965 6965 6946 7045 7169 6680
Second quintile:
Upper limit 35816 38851 38863 39124 40027 40253 41789
Percent of households 25.9 23.1 23.1 23.1 23.2 22.8 22.4
With type of addition
or deduction 6565 5972 54 345 702 495 4741
Mean amount 16989 8139 96 6844 3046 1502 3717
Standard error 86 27 8 256 66 53 68
Agg second quintile 111533579 48608176 5189 2361850 2139208 743702 17622970
Agg square second quintile 2174770120404 418068208963 679422 22985007810 8388485525 1728983711 156396333681
Tot 2nd Quintile 7032 6261 6264 6257 6295 6179 6071
Third quintile:
Upper limit 55322 57880 57896 58074 58798 58885 61173
Percent of households 17.3 20.6 20.6 20.6 20.1 20.1 20.1
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
With type of addition
or deduction 4281 5323 125 235 528 238 4707
Mean amount 19273 11764 99 8411 4799 1710 4680
Standard error 144 60 6 484 152 147 84
Agg third quintile 82498025 62625232 12392 1976224 2532250 406247 22024597
Agg square third quintile 1922344779664 827130390235 1767420 27967343224 17772851879 1765278450 240656330826
Tot 3rd Quintile 4692 5583 5583 5592 5465 5454 5453
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 85731 87338 87358 87479 88045 88071 91660
Percent of households 12.1 15.9 15.9 16.0 15.9 15.9 16.9
With type of addition
or deduction 2914 4088 201 170 515 151 4234
Mean amount 20396 12527 101 8048 6328 2003 5864
Standard error 222 77 4 646 231 168 109
Agg fourth quintile 59443574 51209217 20294 1368755 3255806 303349 24828302
Agg square fourth quintile 1578313363026 727888854170 2483479 21620086723 32994550191 1178414982 331606175543
Tot 4th Quintile 3285 4327 4328 4338 4306 4307 4593
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 12.0 14.8 14.7 14.8 14.9 14.9 16.0
With type of addition
or deduction 2770 3678 302 124 496 41 4093
Mean amount 21045 12415 102 7850 6992 3153 10262
Standard error 256 90 3 642 308 527 370
Agg fifth quintile 58284215 45664911 30949 972886 3467926 129677 42004412
Agg square fifth quintile 1667773355641 663274237673 3888682 13188519089 44773668282 821508858 2448295878061
Tot 5th Quintile 3269 4006 4003 4010 4032 4034 4346
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 11983 12380 12381 12967 13239 13850 14613
Standard error 59 79 79 76 78 78 103
Agg 106232312 86234250 86238036 90066152 93270089 99299384 97612011
Agg square 1511303727244 1331205417798 1331292650128 1413365214560 1497034130040 1646416440385 1843407186464
Second quintile:
Mean 27242 30523 30528 30849 31548 31841 33341
Standard error 58 63 63 62 64 63 66
Agg 191573638 191121012 191231504 193038406 198595598 196744512 202415560
Agg square 5363635205115 5968723290895 5973152485560 6088213233915 6405765261270 6395730044204 6887675258540
Third quintile:
Mean 44519 47965 47976 48190 48930 49007 51008
Standard error 87 77 77 77 77 77 80
Agg 208894318 267778296 267841112 269472804 267399184 267265618 278170100
Agg square 9445172132671 1.30069842E13 13013090810160 1.31481881E13 1.32387917E13 13251137237846 14354023155462
Fourth quintile:
Mean 68162 70223 70248 70441 71093 71143 73767
Standard error 157 135 136 135 135 135 136
Agg 223881260 303876334 304017323 305563355 306135923 306419533 338820560
Agg square 1.54946626E13 2.16402874E13 21658326697674 2.18255087E13 2.2062822E13 22097234355591 25336810216140
Fifth quintile:
Mean 150870 148972 149029 149117 149528 149525 153653
Standard error 1708 1459 1460 1457 1449 1448 1385
Agg 493139281 596825783 596580310 597962921 602899108 603191385 667753909
Agg square 1.01754153E14 1.18882668E14 1.188671851E14 1.19121326E14 1.2008932E14 1.201305644E14 134371359134746
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Households With Members
Age 65 Years Old & Over
Total 27143 27143 27143
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 26960 26937 26937
With addition or deduction 23630 (X) (X)
Mean addition or deduction 9916 (X) (X)
Standard error 38 (X) (X)
Agg addition or deduction 234311130 (X) (X)
Agg square for addition or
deduction 3021113150054 (X) (X)
Mean total income 27595 (X) (X)
Standard error 450 (X) (X)
Tally total income 652062332 (X) (X)
Agg square for total income 117140422677130 (X) (X)
Under $2,500 372 920 920
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 191 208 206
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 566 676 673
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 1000 1281 1278
$10,000 to $12,499 1647 1575 1568
$12,500 to $14,999 1815 1680 1678
$15,000 to $17,499 1599 1583 1578
$17,500 to $19,999 1405 1403 1391
$20,000 to $22,499 1378 1398 1395
$22,500 to $24,999 1257 1297 1307
$25,000 to $27,499 1174 1195 1177
$27,500 to $29,999 1149 1162 1165
$30,000 to $32,499 1025 1090 1097
$32,500 to $34,999 889 971 961
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
$35,000 to $37,499 821 776 798
$37,500 to $39,999 768 759 765
$40,000 to $42,499 733 763 756
$42,500 to $44,999 642 677 678
$45,000 to $47,499 545 501 509
$47,500 to $49,999 526 563 548
$50,000 to $52,499 521 480 485
$52,500 to $54,999 448 423 441
$55,000 to $57,499 404 416 419
$57,500 to $59,999 343 422 424
$60,000 to $62,499 382 339 332
$62,500 to $64,999 303 281 282
$65,000 to $67,499 348 331 333
$67,500 to $69,999 316 259 260
$70,000 to $72,499 245 230 238
$72,500 to $74,999 236 211 210
$75,000 to $77,499 210 218 213
$77,500 to $79,999 192 177 182
$80,000 to $82,499 177 150 153
$82,500 to $84,999 165 124 124
$85,000 to $87,499 183 181 177
$87,500 to $89,999 142 137 138
$90,000 to $92,499 156 166 165
$92,500 to $94,999 149 122 121
$95,000 to $97,499 171 132 135
$97,500 to $99,999 145 127 125
$100,000 and over 2407 1738 1741
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 2.1 4.2 4.1
$5,000 to $9,999 5.8 7.2 7.2
$10,000 to $14,999 12.8 12.0 12.0
$15,000 to $19,999 11.1 11.0 10.9
$20,000 to $24,999 9.7 9.9 10.0
$25,000 to $29,999 8.6 8.7 8.6
$30,000 to $34,999 7.0 7.6 7.6
$35,000 to $39,999 5.9 5.7 5.8
$40,000 to $44,999 5.1 5.3 5.3
$45,000 to $49,999 3.9 3.9 3.9
$50,000 to $59,999 6.3 6.4 6.5
$60,000 to $74,999 6.7 6.1 6.1
$75,000 to $99,999 6.2 5.7 5.7
$100,000 and over 8.9 6.4 6.4
Median 30043 28265 28360
Standard Error 205 189 189
Mean dollars 45632 34473 34532
Standard Error 347 410 411
Agg total income 1238609302 935704151 937319187
Agg Square for total income 134370020383775 1.411356E14 1.4127304E14
Gini ratio 0.467 0.387 0.387
Standard Error 0.0056 0.0044 0.0044
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 20872 17994 18639
Percent of households 33.3 30.2 31.3
With type of addition
or deduction 6581 (X) (X)
Mean amount 4741 (X) (X)
Standard error 34 (X) (X)
Agg first quintile 31199681 (X) (X)
Agg square first quintile 192568517072 (X) (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 9028 8190 8508
Second quintile:
Upper limit 36369 32262 32616
Percent of households 25.5 26.5 25.7
With type of addition
or deduction 6682 (X) (X)
Mean amount 10943 (X) (X)
Standard error 51 (X) (X)
Agg second quintile 73128566 (X) (X)
Agg square second quintile 901848563016 (X) (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 6924 7197 6981
Third quintile:
Upper limit 55604 49254 49402
Percent of households 16.9 18.1 17.8
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
With type of addition
or deduction 4340 (X) (X)
Mean amount 12461 (X) (X)
Standard error 81 (X) (X)
Agg third quintile 54077970 (X) (X)
Agg square third quintile 781240382929 (X) (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 4591 4920 4828
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 85870 76085 76158
Percent of households 12.3 13.5 13.5
With type of addition
or deduction 3079 (X) (X)
Mean amount 12701 (X) (X)
Standard error 105 (X) (X)
Agg fourth quintile 39106106 (X) (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 588432654723 (X) (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 3327 3661 3654
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 12.1 11.7 11.7
With type of addition
or deduction 2948 (X) (X)
Mean amount 12483 (X) (X)
Standard error 113 (X) (X)
Agg fifth quintile 36798807 (X) (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 557023032313 (X) (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 3273 3176 3172
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With Members Age 65 Years Old & Over)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 13067 -5137 -4241
Standard error 55 986 951
Agg 117961807 -42071646 -36083568
Agg square 1755584556568 5.741463E13 5.7522076E13
Second quintile:
Mean 27918 24756 25231
Standard error 57 52 51
Agg 193307160 178164250 176141852
Agg square 5533774452227 4.531583E12 4.557363E12
Third quintile:
Mean 44872 39856 40133
Standard error 86 74 73
Agg 206008665 196088049 193775583
Agg square 9379163947347 7.93027E12 7.8866057E12
Fourth quintile:
Mean 68285 60529 60670
Standard error 157 133 133
Agg 227214244 221567627 221716277
Agg square 15755729984057 1.361873E13 1.3657699E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 150968 120255 120374
Standard error 1706 1150 1151
Agg 494117426 381955871 381769042
Agg square 101945767443575 5.764041E13 5.7649293E13
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