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

Families with a female householder, no husband 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 female householder,
no husband present /10
 
Total, families 		14,411 1,886 2,991 4,078 5,143 6,170 7,030 10,333 9,267 8,241 7,381
People in families 43,961 6,235 9,937 13,478 16,889 20,221 22,814 30,484 27,072 23,740 21,147

Total Income
  Aggregate (million) 586,637 7,373 20,044 37,077 58,292 83,349 107,176 549,560 528,344 503,288 479,460
Mean 40,708 3,910 6,701 9,092 11,333 13,508 15,246 53,186 57,011 61,074 64,958
  Standard error /19 440 88 101 109 107 116 120 565 617 679 744
With zero income 440 440 440 440 440 440 440 0 0 0 0
With negative income 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0

Wages and salaries
 
  Aggregate (million) 		445,384 3,156 9,916 20,965 35,172 53,502 70,875 424,418 410,212 391,882 374,509
Percent of total income 75.9 42.8 49.5 56.5 60.3 64.2 66.1 77.2 77.6 77.9 78.1
Mean 30,906 1,674 3,315 5,141 6,838 8,671 10,082 41,075 44,264 47,555 50,739
  Standard error /19 415 71 93 109 110 120 125 544 597 660 727
Recipient families number 11,706 754 1,494 2,339 3,196 4,054 4,802 9,366 8,509 7,652 6,904
Percent of all families 81.2 40.0 50.0 57.4 62.1 65.7 68.3 90.6 91.8 92.9 93.5
Mean amount 38,049 4,185 6,637 8,962 11,004 13,198 14,761 45,313 48,207 51,214 54,244
  Standard error /19 487 118 129 134 127 135 135 582 632 693 758

Nonfarm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		16,626 122 339 767 1,143 1,582 1,995 15,859 15,483 15,044 14,631
Percent of total income 2.8 1.7 1.7 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.1
Mean 1,154 65 113 188 222 256 284 1,535 1,671 1,826 1,982
  Standard error /19 77 26 24 27 25 25 25 106 118 132 147
Received positive amount number 766 47 82 135 179 222 264 631 587 544 502
Percent 5.3 2.5 2.7 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.8 6.1 6.3 6.6 6.8
Aggregate 16,740 196 413 841 1,217 1,659 2,071 15,899 15,523 15,081 14,668
Mean 21,846 4,177 5,034 6,209 6,805 7,471 7,834 25,201 26,425 27,711 29,230
  Standard error /19 1,209 479 485 512 463 459 457 1,428 1,519 1,623 1,738
Received negative amount number 39 10 10 11 13 20 20 28 27 20 20
Percent 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3
Aggregate -114 -73 -73 -73 -75 -77 -77 -40 -39 -37 -37
Mean -2,884 -7,050 -7,050 -6,505 -5,926 -3,893 -3,893 -1,429 -1,459 -1,877 -1,877
  Standard error /19 643 1,383 1,383 1,421 1,276 1,054 1,054 512 535 663 663

Farm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		359 0 9 9 9 9 11 350 350 350 348
Percent of total income 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Mean 25 0 3 2 2 1 2 34 38 42 47
  Standard error /19 8 0 3 2 1 1 1 11 12 14 15
Received positive amount number 84 0 4 5 7 7 20 79 77 77 65
Percent 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9
Aggregate 362 0 9 9 9 9 11 353 353 353 351
Mean 4,293 (X) 2,285 1,722 1,170 1,170 550 4,454 4,590 4,590 5,423
  Standard error /19 1,151 (X) 1,145 1,099 805 805 389 1,217 1,248 1,248 1,436
Received negative amount number 18 0 3 3 3 5 5 14 14 13 13
Percent 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aggregate -3 0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -3 -3 -3 -3
Mean -169 (X) -1 -1 -1 -4 -4 -206 -206 -233 -233
  Standard error /19 125 (X) (X) (X) (X) 3 3 150 150 168 168

Interest and dividends
 
  Aggregate (million) 		15,192 65 89 127 203 316 581 15,065 14,989 14,876 14,611
Percent of total income 2.6 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.0
Mean 1,054 34 30 31 39 51 83 1,458 1,617 1,805 1,980
  Standard error /19 58 8 6 6 5 6 10 81 90 101 112
Recipient families number 4,333 139 223 329 459 632 826 4,004 3,873 3,701 3,507
Percent of all families 30.1 7.4 7.5 8.1 8.9 10.2 11.8 38.8 41.8 44.9 47.5
Mean 3,506 466 401 385 441 500 703 3,763 3,870 4,020 4,167
  Standard error /19 188 107 75 64 58 51 79 203 210 219 230

Rental income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		2,954 -33 -24 -64 -43 -53 86 3,018 2,997 3,008 2,869
Percent of total income 0.5 -0.5 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6
Mean 205 -18 -8 -16 -8 -9 12 292 323 365 389
  Standard error /19 28 10 8 8 6 5 9 39 44 49 55
Received positive amount number 330 10 14 16 21 27 46 314 309 303 284
Percent 2.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 3.0 3.3 3.7 3.8
Aggregate 3,235 8 26 27 49 53 192 3,208 3,186 3,182 3,043
Mean 9,807 747 1,837 1,687 2,330 1,972 4,204 10,222 10,316 10,505 10,708
  Standard error /19 1,102 358 663 614 600 495 966 1,153 1,171 1,191 1,262
Received negative amount number 58 10 11 15 16 20 20 43 43 38 38
Percent 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Aggregate -281 -41 -50 -91 -92 -106 -106 -189 -189 -174 -174
Mean -4,812 -4,103 -4,570 -5,932 -5,900 -5,201 -5,201 -4,411 -4,417 -4,601 -4,601
  Standard error /19 437 1,145 1,168 1,049 958 814 814 466 468 505 505

Social Security
 
  Aggregate (million) 		43,402 611 2,697 5,066 8,164 11,205 13,578 38,336 35,238 32,197 29,824
Percent of total income 7.4 8.3 13.5 13.7 14.0 13.4 12.7 7.0 6.7 6.4 6.2
Mean 3,012 324 902 1,242 1,587 1,816 1,932 3,710 3,802 3,907 4,041
  Standard error /19 55 38 55 59 57 57 56 73 79 85 92
Recipient families number 3,394 113 358 598 871 1,120 1,311 2,796 2,523 2,274 2,084
Percent of all families 23.6 6.0 12.0 14.7 16.9 18.2 18.6 27.1 27.2 27.6 28.2
Mean amount 12,787 5,384 7,531 8,464 9,372 10,003 10,360 13,712 13,966 14,158 14,313
  Standard error /19 127 319 196 183 153 149 142 144 155 167 178

Pension survivor and disability income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		18,909 46 211 361 523 946 1,482 18,548 18,386 17,963 17,427
Percent of total income 3.2 0.6 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6
Mean 1,312 25 71 89 102 153 211 1,795 1,984 2,180 2,361
  Standard error /19 58 8 16 15 13 16 19 81 90 100 111
Recipient families number 1,334 13 37 71 107 162 224 1,263 1,227 1,172 1,109
Percent of all families 9.3 0.7 1.2 1.7 2.1 2.6 3.2 12.2 13.2 14.2 15.0
Mean amount 14,176 3,548 5,723 5,101 4,904 5,839 6,604 14,685 14,982 15,330 15,708
  Standard error /19 504 551 777 584 405 378 380 528 541 563 590

Mean tested cash-assistance
 
  Aggregate (million) 		11,678 2,021 3,960 5,239 6,695 7,644 8,409 6,439 4,984 4,034 3,269
Percent of total income 2.0 27.4 19.8 14.1 11.5 9.2 7.8 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.7
Mean 810 1,072 1,324 1,285 1,302 1,239 1,196 623 538 490 443
  Standard error /19 23 59 57 51 44 40 37 26 26 26 27
Recipient families number 1,974 491 820 1,042 1,255 1,403 1,516 932 719 571 459
Percent of all families 13.7 26.0 27.4 25.6 24.4 22.7 21.6 9.0 7.8 6.9 6.2
Mean amount 5,915 4,117 4,828 5,026 5,335 5,448 5,549 6,910 6,927 7,064 7,127
  Standard error /19 109 140 134 131 119 115 113 180 209 239 275
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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