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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2007

All families /10

[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
Total Under 0.50 Under 0.75 Under 1.00 Under 1.25 Under 1.50 Under 1.75 1.00 and over 1.25 and over 1.50 and over 1.75 and over
All families /10
 
Total, families 		77,908 3,064 5,139 7,623 10,551 13,602 16,605 70,286 67,357 64,307 61,304
People in families 245,443 10,376 17,667 26,509 36,707 47,112 57,159 218,934 208,736 198,331 188,285

Total Income
  Aggregate (million) (N/A) 12,082 36,795 78,464 140,472 218,242 307,175 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean 78,845 3,943 7,160 10,293 13,313 16,045 18,499 86,280 89,111 92,129 95,191
  Standard error /19 300 77 85 90 84 86 88 319 329 339 351
With zero income 770 770 770 770 770 770 770 0 0 0 0
With negative income 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0

Wages and salaries
 
  Aggregate (million) 		(N/A) 5,895 19,925 47,030 87,875 140,567 201,732 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income 78.0 48.8 54.2 59.9 62.6 64.4 65.7 78.2 78.3 78.5 78.6
Mean 61,485 1,924 3,877 6,170 8,328 10,334 12,149 67,484 69,811 72,304 74,847
  Standard error /19 281 64 83 95 93 97 100 303 313 324 336
Recipient families number 64,896 1,203 2,552 4,329 6,425 8,665 10,911 60,567 58,471 56,230 53,985
Percent of all families 83.3 39.2 49.7 56.8 60.9 63.7 65.7 86.2 86.8 87.4 88.1
Mean amount 73,813 4,901 7,807 10,864 13,677 16,222 18,489 78,312 80,422 82,688 84,995
  Standard error /19 315 109 113 116 106 107 109 330 338 348 359

Nonfarm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		314,430 347 1,591 3,632 6,608 10,439 13,887 310,798 307,822 303,991 300,542
Percent of total income 5.1 2.9 4.3 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.5 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.2
Mean 4,036 113 310 476 626 767 836 4,422 4,570 4,727 4,903
  Standard error /19 88 33 34 35 33 35 34 98 102 107 112
Received positive amount number 8,217 128 276 467 688 934 1,157 7,750 7,529 7,283 7,060
Percent 10.5 4.2 5.4 6.1 6.5 6.9 7.0 11.0 11.2 11.3 11.5
Aggregate 316,190 656 1,962 4,048 7,069 10,994 14,471 312,141 309,121 305,196 301,719
Mean 38,480 5,102 7,107 8,665 10,282 11,774 12,502 40,277 41,055 41,904 42,739
  Standard error /19 731 388 359 342 313 324 310 769 790 814 837
Received negative amount number 388 49 54 63 69 94 104 325 319 294 284
Percent 0.5 1.6 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Aggregate -1,760 -309 -370 -416 -461 -556 -584 -1,344 -1,299 -1,204 -1,176
Mean -4,532 -6,263 -6,832 -6,588 -6,649 -5,885 -5,608 -4,132 -4,071 -4,097 -4,138
  Standard error /19 225 682 767 693 601 509 475 232 233 243 249

Farm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		25,645 35 110 146 268 433 430 25,499 25,377 25,212 25,215
Percent of total income 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mean 329 11 21 19 25 32 26 363 377 392 411
  Standard error /19 29 12 12 11 11 12 10 32 34 35 37
Received positive amount number 1,268 13 24 36 63 88 116 1,232 1,205 1,181 1,152
Percent 1.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9
Aggregate 26,293 50 129 198 351 536 605 26,095 25,942 25,758 25,689
Mean 20,732 3,813 5,343 5,517 5,533 6,119 5,198 21,176 21,533 21,816 22,301
  Standard error /19 1,593 1,918 1,898 1,655 1,393 1,447 1,181 1,635 1,669 1,699 1,736
Received negative amount number 194 3 8 13 18 23 31 181 176 171 162
Percent 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Aggregate -648 -15 -19 -52 -83 -103 -175 -596 -566 -545 -474
Mean -3,348 -4,819 -2,279 -4,151 -4,625 -4,497 -5,609 -3,293 -3,218 -3,194 -2,915
  Standard error /19 439 3,350 1,679 1,852 1,519 1,368 1,226 454 456 460 452

Interest and dividends
 
  Aggregate (million) 		269,698 229 480 788 1,185 1,826 2,994 268,910 268,513 267,871 266,704
Percent of total income 4.4 1.9 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.0 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.6
Mean 3,462 75 93 103 112 134 180 3,826 3,986 4,166 4,351
  Standard error /19 51 11 10 9 8 8 9 57 59 62 65
Recipient families number 41,307 305 544 861 1,344 2,045 2,839 40,446 39,963 39,262 38,468
Percent of all families 53.0 10.0 10.6 11.3 12.7 15.0 17.1 57.5 59.3 61.1 62.7
Mean 6,529 751 882 915 881 893 1,055 6,649 6,719 6,823 6,933
  Standard error /19 94 99 87 77 55 48 51 96 97 99 101

Rental income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		42,742 -183 -127 -101 -118 9 295 42,843 42,860 42,733 42,447
Percent of total income 0.7 -1.5 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Mean 549 -60 -25 -13 -11 1 18 610 636 665 692
  Standard error /19 20 18 12 10 8 7 7 22 23 24 25
Received positive amount number 4,550 15 44 67 97 148 231 4,483 4,453 4,403 4,319
Percent 5.8 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.4 6.4 6.6 6.8 7.0
Aggregate 46,537 21 103 197 296 468 809 46,339 46,241 46,069 45,728
Mean 10,227 1,367 2,359 2,937 3,046 3,171 3,500 10,337 10,384 10,464 10,587
  Standard error /19 295 797 436 507 379 360 326 299 301 304 309
Received negative amount number 773 26 30 44 68 88 95 728 705 684 677
Percent 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1
Aggregate -3,794 -204 -231 -298 -414 -459 -513 -3,496 -3,380 -3,336 -3,281
Mean -4,912 -7,865 -7,740 -6,712 -6,115 -5,205 -5,381 -4,802 -4,796 -4,874 -4,845
  Standard error /19 158 1,074 959 795 556 485 489 160 164 167 166

Social Security
 
  Aggregate (million) 		325,448 1,201 4,948 11,605 22,635 36,085 50,972 313,843 302,813 289,363 274,476
Percent of total income 5.3 9.9 13.4 14.8 16.1 16.5 16.6 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.7
Mean 4,177 392 963 1,522 2,145 2,653 3,070 4,465 4,496 4,500 4,477
  Standard error /19 32 32 43 48 47 48 48 35 36 37 38
Recipient families number 18,572 226 672 1,312 2,161 3,112 4,032 17,260 16,412 15,461 14,540
Percent of all families 23.8 7.4 13.1 17.2 20.5 22.9 24.3 24.6 24.4 24.0 23.7
Mean amount 17,523 5,311 7,363 8,846 10,476 11,597 12,641 18,183 18,451 18,716 18,877
  Standard error /19 69 221 144 123 101 93 90 72 74 78 81

Pension survivor and disability income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		241,870 167 573 1,029 1,908 3,408 5,977 240,841 239,962 238,462 235,893
Percent of total income 3.9 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
Mean 3,105 54 111 135 181 251 360 3,427 3,563 3,708 3,848
  Standard error /19 41 10 15 14 14 15 17 45 47 49 52
Recipient families number 11,474 45 110 198 315 530 815 11,276 11,158 10,944 10,659
Percent of all families 14.7 1.5 2.1 2.6 3.0 3.9 4.9 16.0 16.6 17.0 17.4
Mean amount 21,080 3,706 5,224 5,199 6,048 6,425 7,333 21,359 21,505 21,790 22,131
  Standard error /19 209 309 415 334 329 254 241 211 213 216 221

Mean tested cash-assistance
 
  Aggregate (million) 		28,935 2,644 5,451 7,869 10,692 12,639 14,480 21,066 18,243 16,296 14,455
Percent of total income 0.5 21.9 14.8 10.0 7.6 5.8 4.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Mean 371 863 1,061 1,032 1,013 929 872 300 271 253 236
  Standard error /19 8 43 41 35 29 25 22 8 8 8 8
Recipient families number 4,131 624 1,112 1,489 1,901 2,201 2,451 2,642 2,230 1,930 1,681
Percent of all families 5.3 20.4 21.6 19.5 18.0 16.2 14.8 3.8 3.3 3.0 2.7
Mean amount 7,004 4,235 4,904 5,285 5,624 5,741 5,908 7,972 8,180 8,444 8,601
  Standard error /19 101 129 119 119 105 101 100 142 160 177 195
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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