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

Families with a male householder, no wife present /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
Families with a male householder,
no wife present /10
 
Total, families 		5,103 258 473 696 951 1,204 1,467 4,407 4,151 3,899 3,636
People in families 14,647 777 1,462 2,124 2,900 3,665 4,444 12,524 11,748 10,982 10,203

Total Income
  Aggregate (million) 284,970 871 3,265 6,520 11,473 17,532 24,789 278,450 273,497 267,438 260,180
Mean 55,844 3,382 6,908 9,370 12,058 14,561 16,895 63,181 65,880 68,593 71,564
  Standard error /19 766 243 262 252 243 261 264 832 864 902 947
With zero income 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 0 0 0 0
With negative income 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0

Wages and salaries
 
  Aggregate (million) 		226,187 503 1,935 3,857 7,267 11,571 17,216 222,329 218,919 214,615 208,970
Percent of total income 79.4 57.7 59.3 59.2 63.3 66.0 69.5 79.8 80.0 80.2 80.3
Mean 44,325 1,952 4,094 5,544 7,638 9,610 11,733 50,447 52,733 55,045 57,479
  Standard error /19 715 211 264 278 276 291 298 787 820 859 905
Recipient families number 4,362 101 236 375 571 771 1,005 3,987 3,791 3,591 3,357
Percent of all families 85.5 39.1 49.8 53.8 60.0 64.0 68.5 90.5 91.3 92.1 92.3
Mean amount 51,854 4,988 8,212 10,296 12,735 15,015 17,132 55,758 57,742 59,759 62,247
  Standard error /19 779 322 318 323 303 310 305 823 853 887 932

Nonfarm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		16,713 -52 112 275 529 1,048 1,493 16,438 16,185 15,665 15,221
Percent of total income 5.9 -5.9 3.4 4.2 4.6 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.8
Mean 3,275 -201 237 396 556 871 1,017 3,730 3,899 4,018 4,186
  Standard error /19 234 119 117 114 101 123 124 270 286 303 324
Received positive amount number 520 8 27 41 64 98 122 479 456 422 397
Percent 10.2 3.0 5.7 5.9 6.7 8.1 8.3 10.9 11.0 10.8 10.9
Aggregate 16,878 17 181 354 607 1,169 1,613 16,524 16,271 15,709 15,265
Mean 32,476 2,209 6,737 8,624 9,530 11,912 13,186 34,519 35,681 37,261 38,414
  Standard error /19 1,835 1,090 1,010 1,027 816 862 864 1,961 2,041 2,185 2,300
Received negative amount number 27 10 10 12 12 19 21 15 15 9 7
Percent 0.5 3.8 2.1 1.8 1.3 1.5 1.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2
Aggregate -165 -69 -69 -78 -78 -120 -120 -86 -86 -44 -44
Mean -6,066 -6,940 -6,940 -6,371 -6,371 -6,453 -5,859 -5,813 -5,813 -5,218 -6,707
  Standard error /19 726 1,565 1,565 1,341 1,234 822 858 840 840 1,409 1,302

Farm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		617 0 0 -2 18 18 18 618 599 599 599
Percent of total income 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Mean 121 2 1 -2 18 15 12 140 144 154 165
  Standard error /19 52 2 1 24 28 22 18 60 64 68 73
Received positive amount number 60 1 1 2 7 8 9 58 53 52 51
Percent 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4
Aggregate 631 0 0 7 26 26 26 624 605 605 605
Mean 10,543 300 300 2,946 3,831 3,155 2,920 10,839 11,395 11,713 11,865
  Standard error /19 3,998 155 155 3,824 2,910 2,503 2,350 4,141 4,463 4,572 4,623
Received negative amount number 12 0 0 2 4 4 4 10 8 7 7
Percent 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aggregate -14 0 0 -8 -8 -8 -8 -6 -6 -6 -6
Mean -1,228 (X) (X) -5,482 -2,189 -1,946 -1,946 -591 -762 -811 -811
  Standard error /19 1,234 (X) (X) 4,563 2,573 2,336 2,336 999 1,277 1,355 1,355

Interest and dividends
 
  Aggregate (million) 		7,652 12 38 54 110 140 162 7,598 7,542 7,512 7,490
Percent of total income 2.7 1.4 1.2 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9
Mean 1,500 47 80 78 115 116 111 1,724 1,817 1,927 2,060
  Standard error /19 105 35 34 26 24 21 19 122 129 137 147
Recipient families number 1,840 30 44 68 108 154 202 1,773 1,732 1,686 1,638
Percent of all families 36.1 11.6 9.3 9.7 11.4 12.8 13.8 40.2 41.7 43.2 45.1
Mean 4,158 409 865 802 1,014 907 803 4,287 4,355 4,456 4,572
  Standard error /19 281 295 342 241 186 150 126 291 298 305 314

Rental income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		1,725 0 0 32 36 52 81 1,693 1,689 1,673 1,644
Percent of total income 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Mean 338 0 0 46 38 43 55 384 407 429 452
  Standard error /19 43 1 0 32 22 20 20 49 52 56 59
Received positive amount number 189 0 0 4 6 9 15 185 182 180 174
Percent 3.7 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.0 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8
Aggregate 1,791 0 0 32 36 52 81 1,759 1,754 1,738 1,710
Mean 9,479 259 259 8,203 5,642 6,136 5,475 9,505 9,614 9,636 9,818
  Standard error /19 916 247 247 3,416 2,303 1,807 1,420 933 943 954 982
Received negative amount number 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 23 23
Percent 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
Aggregate -66 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0 -66 -66 -66 -66
Mean -2,840 (X) (X) (X) -200 -200 -200 -2,840 -2,872 -2,872 -2,872
  Standard error /19 638 (X) (X) (X) 0 0 0 638 642 642 642

Social Security
 
  Aggregate (million) 		14,577 95 462 1,113 1,933 2,630 3,226 13,464 12,644 11,947 11,351
Percent of total income 5.1 10.9 14.2 17.1 16.8 15.0 13.0 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.4
Mean 2,857 370 979 1,599 2,032 2,184 2,198 3,055 3,046 3,064 3,122
  Standard error /19 98 102 136 153 145 138 129 110 115 120 126
Recipient families number 1,057 20 64 127 196 255 298 930 861 802 759
Percent of all families 20.7 7.7 13.5 18.2 20.6 21.2 20.3 21.1 20.7 20.6 20.9
Mean amount 13,792 4,790 7,241 8,789 9,863 10,306 10,828 14,473 14,687 14,902 14,956
  Standard error /19 268 650 367 301 289 277 273 295 314 332 348

Pension survivor and disability income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		9,347 34 72 137 220 329 368 9,209 9,126 9,018 8,978
Percent of total income 3.3 4.0 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.5 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5
Mean 1,832 134 152 197 231 273 251 2,090 2,198 2,313 2,469
  Standard error /19 119 52 46 50 48 51 44 137 145 154 164
Recipient families number 468 9 16 27 36 45 51 441 432 423 417
Percent of all families 9.2 3.4 3.4 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.5 10.0 10.4 10.9 11.5
Mean amount 19,978 3,926 4,478 5,031 6,084 7,392 7,227 20,904 21,143 21,301 21,537
  Standard error /19 928 467 606 719 742 814 751 967 983 1,000 1,010

Mean tested cash-assistance
 
  Aggregate (million) 		2,157 173 350 615 766 945 1,105 1,542 1,391 1,212 1,053
Percent of total income 0.8 19.9 10.7 9.4 6.7 5.4 4.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4
Mean 423 672 741 884 805 785 753 350 335 311 289
  Standard error /19 29 151 120 113 85 75 68 29 30 30 30
Recipient families number 385 40 80 123 156 200 224 262 229 185 160
Percent of all families 7.5 15.4 17.0 17.6 16.4 16.6 15.3 5.9 5.5 4.7 4.4
Mean amount 5,606 4,360 4,350 5,008 4,913 4,733 4,922 5,887 6,079 6,549 6,565
  Standard error /19 262 674 503 447 368 329 317 331 359 400 433
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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