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

Families with related children under 18 /13

[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 related
children under 18 /13
 
Total, families 		38,868 2,457 4,002 5,830 7,810 9,756 11,591 33,038 31,057 29,112 27,276
People in families 152,817 9,006 15,028 22,291 30,308 38,193 45,497 130,526 122,509 114,624 107,321

Total Income
  Aggregate (million) (N/A) 10,752 30,677 64,062 111,063 167,693 230,003 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean 76,360 4,377 7,665 10,989 14,220 17,189 19,843 87,895 91,987 96,189 100,378
  Standard error /19 440 88 100 108 105 111 115 490 511 536 563
With zero income 521 521 521 521 521 521 521 0 0 0 0
With negative income 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0

Wages and salaries
 
  Aggregate (million) 		(N/A) 5,389 17,881 42,272 78,702 124,560 176,712 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income 86.7 50.1 58.3 66.0 70.9 74.3 76.8 87.2 87.3 87.5 87.6
Mean 66,227 2,193 4,468 7,251 10,077 12,768 15,245 76,633 80,347 84,141 87,892
  Standard error /19 413 76 98 114 112 118 123 461 482 506 532
Recipient families number 35,548 1,066 2,217 3,737 5,483 7,270 9,010 31,810 30,064 28,277 26,538
Percent of all families 91.5 43.4 55.4 64.1 70.2 74.5 77.7 96.3 96.8 97.1 97.3
Mean amount 72,413 5,056 8,066 11,311 14,353 17,133 19,613 79,591 83,002 86,625 90,339
  Standard error /19 437 118 123 127 117 119 122 471 490 513 538

Nonfarm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		153,817 356 1,507 3,152 5,653 8,950 11,591 150,665 148,164 144,867 142,226
Percent of total income 5.2 3.3 4.9 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.0 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2
Mean 3,957 145 377 541 724 917 1,000 4,560 4,771 4,976 5,214
  Standard error /19 129 38 41 43 42 45 45 151 161 171 182
Received positive amount number 4,125 108 215 355 525 717 868 3,769 3,600 3,408 3,256
Percent 10.6 4.4 5.4 6.1 6.7 7.3 7.5 11.4 11.6 11.7 11.9
Aggregate 154,612 598 1,756 3,425 5,930 9,267 11,936 151,188 148,682 145,345 142,676
Mean 37,485 5,551 8,150 9,635 11,295 12,925 13,747 40,112 41,305 42,653 43,815
  Standard error /19 1,074 402 400 395 368 386 376 1,165 1,216 1,279 1,334
Received negative amount number 189 38 38 45 47 63 72 144 142 126 117
Percent 0.5 1.5 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4
Aggregate -795 -243 -249 -273 -277 -317 -345 -522 -518 -478 -450
Mean -4,205 -6,423 -6,463 -6,028 -5,846 -5,027 -4,760 -3,631 -3,657 -3,794 -3,861
  Standard error /19 293 806 793 720 653 558 502 308 311 334 355

Farm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		8,848 33 97 154 241 361 375 8,695 8,607 8,488 8,473
Percent of total income 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Mean 228 13 24 26 31 37 32 263 277 292 311
  Standard error /19 40 15 16 13 13 14 13 47 50 53 57
Received positive amount number 527 13 21 30 52 68 89 497 475 459 437
Percent 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6
Aggregate 9,105 48 116 176 263 395 446 8,929 8,842 8,710 8,658
Mean 17,280 3,805 5,440 5,869 5,070 5,840 4,988 17,968 18,613 18,965 19,795
  Standard error /19 2,748 2,000 2,138 1,944 1,576 1,731 1,417 2,906 3,030 3,127 3,271
Received negative amount number 88 3 8 10 12 16 21 79 76 72 67
Percent 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aggregate -256 -15 -19 -22 -22 -34 -71 -234 -234 -222 -185
Mean -2,902 -4,819 -2,279 -2,304 -1,859 -2,147 -3,429 -2,974 -3,063 -3,070 -2,740
  Standard error /19 623 3,350 1,679 1,502 1,176 1,210 1,401 678 693 710 689

Interest and dividends
 
  Aggregate (million) 		75,552 145 189 332 521 793 1,210 75,219 75,031 74,759 74,342
Percent of total income 2.5 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7
Mean 1,944 59 47 57 67 81 104 2,277 2,416 2,568 2,725
  Standard error /19 51 11 7 8 7 8 9 60 64 68 72
Recipient families number 17,969 223 350 550 834 1,217 1,665 17,419 17,135 16,752 16,303
Percent of all families 46.2 9.1 8.7 9.4 10.7 12.5 14.4 52.7 55.2 57.5 59.8
Mean 4,205 651 541 605 625 652 727 4,318 4,379 4,463 4,560
  Standard error /19 108 113 77 79 63 61 60 112 113 116 119

Rental income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		13,978 -88 -57 -23 51 143 346 14,002 13,927 13,835 13,632
Percent of total income 0.5 -0.8 -0.2 -0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mean 360 -36 -14 -4 7 15 30 424 448 475 500
  Standard error /19 23 17 11 9 7 7 8 27 29 31 33
Received positive amount number 1,727 14 27 41 59 91 131 1,687 1,668 1,637 1,597
Percent 4.4 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 5.1 5.4 5.6 5.9
Aggregate 15,734 21 56 111 191 317 544 15,623 15,543 15,417 15,190
Mean 9,109 1,535 2,084 2,746 3,239 3,501 4,167 9,262 9,316 9,420 9,513
  Standard error /19 461 881 576 620 490 460 486 471 476 485 496
Received negative amount number 340 16 18 23 27 35 40 317 314 305 300
Percent 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1
Aggregate -1,756 -108 -114 -135 -140 -175 -198 -1,621 -1,616 -1,581 -1,559
Mean -5,160 -6,592 -6,321 -5,889 -5,276 -5,013 -4,938 -5,108 -5,151 -5,177 -5,190
  Standard error /19 245 1,538 1,422 1,207 1,006 818 770 250 252 257 258

Social Security
 
  Aggregate (million) 		41,221 872 2,879 5,657 8,703 11,711 14,163 35,564 32,518 29,510 27,058
Percent of total income 1.4 8.1 9.4 8.8 7.8 7.0 6.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0
Mean 1,061 355 719 970 1,114 1,200 1,222 1,076 1,047 1,014 992
  Standard error /19 23 36 45 47 42 40 38 25 26 27 28
Recipient families number 3,143 152 374 631 881 1,117 1,301 2,512 2,262 2,026 1,842
Percent of all families 8.1 6.2 9.3 10.8 11.3 11.5 11.2 7.6 7.3 7.0 6.8
Mean amount 13,114 5,738 7,707 8,967 9,876 10,481 10,886 14,156 14,376 14,567 14,688
  Standard error /19 158 295 220 209 181 174 172 186 202 219 234

Pension survivor and disability income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		27,741 88 290 513 797 1,231 2,003 27,228 26,944 26,510 25,738
Percent of total income 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Mean 714 36 72 88 102 126 173 824 868 911 944
  Standard error /19 28 9 14 13 13 13 15 33 35 37 39
Recipient families number 1,527 24 48 83 121 171 248 1,444 1,406 1,356 1,279
Percent of all families 3.9 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.8 2.1 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.7
Mean amount 18,167 3,616 5,987 6,167 6,591 7,182 8,073 18,859 19,163 19,556 20,126
  Standard error /19 533 345 685 553 569 479 446 557 568 586 614

Mean tested cash-assistance
 
  Aggregate (million) 		14,397 2,408 4,546 6,378 8,190 9,082 9,715 8,019 6,207 5,315 4,682
Percent of total income 0.5 22.4 14.8 10.0 7.4 5.4 4.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Mean 370 980 1,136 1,094 1,049 931 838 243 200 183 172
  Standard error /19 10 51 48 42 34 29 25 10 9 9 10
Recipient families number 2,387 569 944 1,227 1,503 1,665 1,777 1,160 885 723 611
Percent of all families 6.1 23.1 23.6 21.1 19.2 17.1 15.3 3.5 2.8 2.5 2.2
Mean amount 6,031 4,233 4,817 5,198 5,451 5,456 5,468 6,912 7,016 7,355 7,669
  Standard error /19 113 136 132 135 120 116 112 189 224 257 289
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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