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

Married couple 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
Married couple families with
related children under 18 /13
 
Total, families 		26,450 529 986 1,765 2,728 3,698 4,692 24,685 23,723 22,752 21,758
People in families 112,436 2,523 4,754 8,475 13,068 17,603 22,276 103,960 99,367 94,833 90,159

Total Income
  Aggregate (million) (N/A) 3,165 10,149 26,528 52,207 83,641 121,607 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean 94,512 5,988 10,297 15,029 19,140 22,617 25,917 100,195 103,178 106,198 109,304
  Standard error /19 573 233 224 209 179 176 178 597 613 631 651
With zero income 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 0 0 0 0
With negative income 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0

Wages and salaries
 
  Aggregate (million) 		(N/A) 2,014 7,065 19,716 40,397 66,115 98,748 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income 88.0 63.6 69.6 74.3 77.4 79.0 81.2 88.1 88.2 88.3 88.3
Mean 83,134 3,810 7,168 11,170 14,810 17,878 21,046 88,280 90,990 93,741 96,523
  Standard error /19 537 218 241 240 210 205 205 560 576 593 613
Recipient families number 25,322 292 670 1,333 2,188 3,084 4,036 23,988 23,134 22,238 21,285
Percent of all families 95.7 55.3 68.0 75.5 80.2 83.4 86.0 97.2 97.5 97.7 97.8
Mean amount 86,839 6,890 10,544 14,785 18,466 21,437 24,465 90,845 93,305 95,910 98,667
  Standard error /19 549 256 245 225 190 185 187 568 582 598 618

Nonfarm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		134,661 276 1,100 2,309 4,354 6,880 8,915 132,352 130,307 127,780 125,746
Percent of total income 5.4 8.7 10.8 8.7 8.3 8.2 7.3 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.3
Mean 5,091 522 1,116 1,308 1,596 1,860 1,900 5,362 5,493 5,616 5,779
  Standard error /19 183 140 140 120 106 106 98 195 203 211 221
Received positive amount number 3,376 56 124 218 339 473 579 3,158 3,037 2,902 2,797
Percent 12.8 10.6 12.6 12.3 12.4 12.8 12.3 12.8 12.8 12.8 12.9
Aggregate 135,239 387 1,217 2,441 4,489 7,026 9,087 132,798 130,750 128,214 126,152
Mean 40,061 6,890 9,820 11,204 13,240 14,841 15,689 42,051 43,055 44,174 45,109
  Standard error /19 1,270 579 540 520 479 504 482 1,349 1,399 1,459 1,511
Received negative amount number 141 20 21 25 25 30 37 117 116 112 104
Percent 0.5 3.9 2.1 1.4 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Aggregate -578 -111 -117 -132 -135 -145 -173 -446 -443 -433 -405
Mean -4,089 -5,449 -5,555 -5,353 -5,298 -4,878 -4,643 -3,822 -3,823 -3,878 -3,891
  Standard error /19 327 1,133 1,104 991 899 805 662 341 342 352 374

Farm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		8,502 33 88 139 207 326 339 8,363 8,295 8,176 8,164
Percent of total income 0.3 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Mean 321 61 90 79 76 88 72 339 350 359 375
  Standard error /19 58 69 63 44 35 36 31 63 65 68 71
Received positive amount number 437 11 16 23 38 54 64 415 400 384 374
Percent 1.7 2.1 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
Aggregate 8,753 47 107 161 229 361 410 8,592 8,524 8,392 8,343
Mean 20,011 4,271 6,641 7,064 6,046 6,731 6,426 20,721 21,332 21,864 22,330
  Standard error /19 3,267 2,177 2,651 2,393 2,040 2,114 1,895 3,438 3,557 3,692 3,785
Received negative amount number 72 3 5 6 6 8 13 66 66 64 59
Percent 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Aggregate -251 -15 -19 -22 -22 -34 -71 -229 -229 -216 -180
Mean -3,492 -4,819 -3,708 -3,744 -3,744 -4,384 -5,657 -3,470 -3,470 -3,383 -3,031
  Standard error /19 718 3,350 2,236 1,957 1,801 1,907 1,832 765 765 769 752

Interest and dividends
 
  Aggregate (million) 		66,578 84 99 214 327 535 795 66,363 66,251 66,043 65,783
Percent of total income 2.7 2.7 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8
Mean 2,517 159 101 122 120 145 169 2,688 2,793 2,903 3,023
  Standard error /19 72 41 22 23 18 19 19 77 80 83 87
Recipient families number 14,679 77 129 239 398 619 882 14,440 14,282 14,060 13,797
Percent of all families 55.5 14.5 13.1 13.6 14.6 16.7 18.8 58.5 60.2 61.8 63.4
Mean 4,535 1,097 768 897 823 864 901 4,596 4,639 4,697 4,768
  Standard error /19 127 248 155 161 114 110 96 129 130 132 135

Rental income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		11,809 -54 -43 -36 17 107 148 11,845 11,792 11,702 11,661
Percent of total income 0.5 -1.7 -0.4 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mean 446 -103 -43 -21 6 29 32 480 497 514 536
  Standard error /19 31 69 39 24 16 16 14 34 35 36 38
Received positive amount number 1,491 3 13 24 37 65 85 1,467 1,454 1,426 1,406
Percent 5.6 0.5 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.8 1.8 5.9 6.1 6.3 6.5
Aggregate 13,373 13 30 57 115 227 291 13,315 13,258 13,146 13,082
Mean 8,969 4,549 2,337 2,421 3,099 3,489 3,436 9,075 9,119 9,218 9,302
  Standard error /19 498 3,276 961 620 560 552 494 506 510 519 526
Received negative amount number 288 6 8 13 16 21 27 275 272 267 262
Percent 1.1 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2
Aggregate -1,564 -67 -73 -94 -98 -120 -143 -1,470 -1,466 -1,444 -1,421
Mean -5,430 -10,472 -9,096 -7,278 -6,116 -5,623 -5,391 -5,344 -5,389 -5,415 -5,434
  Standard error /19 275 2,742 2,457 1,839 1,479 1,209 1,071 276 278 281 283

Social Security
 
  Aggregate (million) 		23,407 263 619 1,697 2,869 4,215 5,448 21,709 20,538 19,192 17,959
Percent of total income 0.9 8.3 6.1 6.4 5.5 5.0 4.5 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8
Mean 885 498 628 962 1,052 1,140 1,161 879 866 844 825
  Standard error /19 27 95 90 91 74 68 64 28 28 29 29
Recipient families number 1,586 43 75 165 248 345 424 1,421 1,338 1,241 1,162
Percent of all families 6.0 8.1 7.7 9.3 9.1 9.3 9.0 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.3
Mean amount 14,760 6,161 8,204 10,307 11,579 12,228 12,856 15,276 15,349 15,463 15,454
  Standard error /19 247 598 586 472 385 348 350 268 281 298 310

Pension survivor and disability income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		20,218 17 86 187 310 511 975 20,031 19,907 19,707 19,243
Percent of total income 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Mean 764 31 87 106 114 138 208 811 839 866 884
  Standard error /19 36 15 32 27 27 24 27 38 40 41 43
Recipient families number 1,022 6 15 29 39 66 110 993 982 956 912
Percent of all families 3.9 1.1 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.8 2.3 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.2
Mean amount 19,784 2,732 5,602 6,446 7,873 7,744 8,855 20,173 20,262 20,615 21,104
  Standard error /19 684 350 1,311 967 1,356 932 763 699 704 720 748

Mean tested cash-assistance
 
  Aggregate (million) 		5,723 384 720 1,329 2,016 2,282 2,593 4,394 3,707 3,441 3,130
Percent of total income 0.2 12.1 7.1 5.0 3.9 2.7 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Mean 216 726 731 753 739 617 553 178 156 151 144
  Standard error /19 11 102 85 73 55 43 37 10 10 10 10
Recipient families number 761 71 131 203 297 339 386 559 464 422 376
Percent of all families 2.9 13.4 13.3 11.5 10.9 9.2 8.2 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.7
Mean amount 7,516 5,405 5,512 6,561 6,778 6,732 6,719 7,863 7,989 8,145 8,335
  Standard error /19 243 373 399 417 337 310 290 299 333 358 388
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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