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

Married-couple families /10, 11

[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
Married-couple
families /10, 11
 
Total, families 		58,395 921 1,675 2,849 4,456 6,228 8,107 55,546 53,938 52,167 50,287
People in families 186,835 3,364 6,269 10,908 16,918 23,226 29,900 175,927 169,916 163,609 156,934

Total Income
  Aggregate (million) (N/A) 3,838 13,486 34,868 70,707 117,361 175,210 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean 90,267 4,166 8,049 12,239 15,867 18,845 21,611 94,269 96,414 98,793 101,336
  Standard error /19 366 166 168 164 139 131 129 377 384 393 403
With zero income 256 256 256 256 256 256 256 0 0 0 0
With negative income 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0

Wages and salaries
 
  Aggregate (million) 		(N/A) 2,236 8,074 22,207 45,436 75,493 113,640 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income 78.1 58.3 59.9 63.7 64.3 64.3 64.9 78.2 78.3 78.4 78.6
Mean 70,530 2,427 4,819 7,795 10,196 12,122 14,017 73,748 75,515 77,503 79,642
  Standard error /19 347 144 173 184 166 162 162 359 367 376 386
Recipient families number 48,828 348 823 1,615 2,658 3,841 5,104 47,213 46,170 44,987 43,724
Percent of all families 83.6 37.8 49.1 56.7 59.6 61.7 63.0 85.0 85.6 86.2 86.9
Mean amount 84,349 6,428 9,814 13,752 17,093 19,655 22,264 86,764 88,221 89,872 91,597
  Standard error /19 384 233 222 205 175 168 168 392 398 405 414

Nonfarm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		281,090 276 1,140 2,590 4,936 7,808 10,400 278,501 276,154 273,283 270,691
Percent of total income 5.3 7.2 8.5 7.4 7.0 6.7 5.9 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3
Mean 4,814 300 680 909 1,108 1,254 1,283 5,014 5,120 5,239 5,383
  Standard error /19 114 89 90 81 70 67 61 120 124 128 132
Received positive amount number 6,931 74 167 291 445 614 771 6,640 6,486 6,317 6,160
Percent 11.9 8.0 10.0 10.2 10.0 9.9 9.5 12.0 12.0 12.1 12.3
Aggregate 282,572 443 1,368 2,854 5,245 8,167 10,786 279,718 277,327 274,406 271,786
Mean 40,769 5,988 8,185 9,814 11,787 13,309 13,995 42,125 42,757 43,436 44,119
  Standard error /19 841 558 493 454 411 426 399 874 893 915 936
Received negative amount number 322 29 34 40 45 56 64 282 277 266 258
Percent 0.6 3.1 2.0 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Aggregate -1,482 -167 -228 -265 -309 -359 -387 -1,217 -1,173 -1,123 -1,095
Mean -4,604 -5,748 -6,733 -6,679 -6,930 -6,396 -6,056 -4,313 -4,230 -4,226 -4,245
  Standard error /19 249 887 1,056 940 790 700 631 252 252 257 264

Farm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		24,670 35 101 140 242 407 402 24,530 24,427 24,263 24,268
Percent of total income 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mean 422 38 60 49 54 65 50 442 453 465 483
  Standard error /19 39 40 37 29 25 25 21 41 42 43 45
Received positive amount number 1,124 12 19 29 49 72 88 1,095 1,075 1,052 1,036
Percent 1.9 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1
Aggregate 25,301 50 120 183 317 502 568 25,117 24,984 24,799 24,732
Mean 22,507 4,258 6,342 6,373 6,411 6,958 6,460 22,930 23,247 23,572 23,869
  Standard error /19 1,768 2,076 2,282 1,962 1,693 1,699 1,489 1,810 1,841 1,876 1,902
Received negative amount number 164 3 5 8 11 14 22 157 153 151 142
Percent 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Aggregate -631 -15 -19 -44 -74 -95 -166 -587 -557 -536 -465
Mean -3,840 -4,819 -3,708 -5,591 -6,833 -6,927 -7,595 -3,753 -3,628 -3,560 -3,263
  Standard error /19 490 3,350 2,236 2,272 1,726 1,576 1,257 501 501 502 497

Interest and dividends
 
  Aggregate (million) 		246,854 152 353 607 872 1,370 2,251 246,246 245,982 245,483 244,603
Percent of total income 4.7 4.0 2.6 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.3 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.8
Mean 4,227 166 211 213 196 220 278 4,433 4,560 4,706 4,864
  Standard error /19 66 30 27 23 16 15 16 69 71 74 76
Recipient families number 35,134 137 277 465 776 1,258 1,811 34,669 34,358 33,876 33,323
Percent of all families 60.2 14.9 16.6 16.3 17.4 20.2 22.3 62.4 63.7 64.9 66.3
Mean 7,026 1,114 1,272 1,306 1,123 1,089 1,243 7,103 7,159 7,247 7,340
  Standard error /19 107 175 146 127 84 70 69 108 109 111 113

Rental income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		38,063 -150 -104 -68 -112 10 129 38,131 38,175 38,052 37,934
Percent of total income 0.7 -3.9 -0.8 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Mean 652 -163 -62 -24 -25 2 16 686 708 729 754
  Standard error /19 25 55 33 22 16 13 12 26 27 28 29
Received positive amount number 4,031 5 29 47 70 112 171 3,984 3,962 3,919 3,861
Percent 6.9 0.5 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 2.1 7.2 7.3 7.5 7.7
Aggregate 41,511 13 77 139 211 362 536 41,373 41,300 41,149 40,975
Mean 10,297 2,877 2,648 2,930 3,023 3,234 3,140 10,384 10,425 10,499 10,613
  Standard error /19 318 2,367 559 570 436 426 330 321 323 326 330
Received negative amount number 691 16 19 29 52 67 75 662 639 624 616
Percent 1.2 1.7 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Aggregate -3,448 -163 -181 -207 -323 -352 -407 -3,241 -3,126 -3,096 -3,041
Mean -4,989 -10,232 -9,579 -7,124 -6,210 -5,226 -5,450 -4,896 -4,890 -4,964 -4,934
  Standard error /19 170 1,186 1,108 1,072 663 583 582 172 176 178 177

Social Security
 
  Aggregate (million) 		267,468 495 1,788 5,426 12,538 22,250 34,168 262,042 254,930 245,219 233,301
Percent of total income 5.1 12.9 13.3 15.6 17.7 19.0 19.5 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.6
Mean 4,580 537 1,067 1,905 2,814 3,573 4,214 4,718 4,726 4,701 4,639
  Standard error /19 39 68 79 87 84 82 81 41 42 43 44
Recipient families number 14,121 93 250 587 1,093 1,736 2,424 13,534 13,028 12,385 11,697
Percent of all families 24.2 10.1 14.9 20.6 24.5 27.9 29.9 24.4 24.2 23.7 23.3
Mean amount 18,941 5,333 7,155 9,247 11,466 12,815 14,098 19,361 19,568 19,800 19,945
  Standard error /19 80 342 246 189 144 121 114 81 83 86 91

Pension survivor and disability income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		213,615 86 289 531 1,165 2,133 4,126 213,084 212,449 211,482 209,488
Percent of total income 4.1 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.4 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1
Mean 3,658 93 173 186 261 342 509 3,836 3,939 4,054 4,166
  Standard error /19 52 25 32 26 28 26 30 54 56 58 60
Recipient families number 9,672 23 57 100 173 324 540 9,572 9,500 9,348 9,133
Percent of all families 16.6 2.5 3.4 3.5 3.9 5.2 6.7 17.2 17.6 17.9 18.2
Mean amount 22,085 3,712 5,110 5,314 6,747 6,585 7,646 22,260 22,364 22,622 22,938
  Standard error /19 232 481 592 477 516 352 319 233 235 237 242

Mean tested cash-assistance
 
  Aggregate (million) 		15,100 451 1,141 2,016 3,231 4,050 4,966 13,084 11,869 11,050 10,134
Percent of total income 0.3 11.7 8.5 5.8 4.6 3.5 2.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Mean 259 490 681 708 725 650 613 236 220 212 202
  Standard error /19 8 64 61 53 41 34 30 8 8 9 9
Recipient families number 1,772 94 211 324 490 599 711 1,449 1,282 1,174 1,062
Percent of all families 3.0 10.2 12.6 11.4 11.0 9.6 8.8 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.1
Mean amount 8,519 4,794 5,412 6,226 6,587 6,764 6,986 9,032 9,258 9,414 9,545
  Standard error /19 188 343 290 292 239 225 221 220 240 256 272
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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