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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 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 a male householder, no wife
present with related children under 18 /13
 
Total, families 		2,700 189 334 471 650 825 1,005 2,228 2,050 1,875 1,694
People in families 8,377 611 1,120 1,566 2,139 2,710 3,249 6,811 6,238 5,667 5,128

Total Income
  Aggregate (million) 135,611 682 2,419 4,581 8,263 12,731 17,859 131,029 127,347 122,879 117,752
Mean 50,230 3,604 7,239 9,718 12,707 15,436 17,763 58,800 62,135 65,534 69,494
  Standard error /19 1,121 299 333 329 316 341 338 1,282 1,367 1,467 1,591
With zero income 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 0 0 0 0
With negative income 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0

Wages and salaries
 
  Aggregate (million) 		112,942 404 1,589 3,121 6,011 9,467 13,852 109,821 106,931 103,476 99,090
Percent of total income 83.3 59.2 65.7 68.1 72.7 74.4 77.6 83.8 84.0 84.2 84.2
Mean 41,834 2,133 4,756 6,620 9,244 11,478 13,778 49,283 52,174 55,186 58,481
  Standard error /19 1,036 263 336 359 348 365 370 1,192 1,273 1,368 1,488
Recipient families number 2,347 72 176 278 431 581 750 2,068 1,916 1,766 1,597
Percent of all families 86.9 37.9 52.7 59.0 66.3 70.4 74.6 92.8 93.5 94.2 94.2
Mean amount 48,129 5,631 9,018 11,214 13,950 16,295 18,475 53,096 55,816 58,603 62,052
  Standard error /19 1,133 375 366 374 341 356 354 1,243 1,321 1,411 1,532

Nonfarm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		9,279 -52 88 161 359 730 1,038 9,118 8,920 8,549 8,241
Percent of total income 6.8 -7.7 3.6 3.5 4.3 5.7 5.8 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0
Mean 3,437 -276 264 341 552 885 1,032 4,092 4,352 4,559 4,864
  Standard error /19 367 161 161 143 129 156 157 443 480 522 575
Received positive amount number 263 5 19 27 43 64 79 236 220 199 184
Percent 9.7 2.5 5.6 5.7 6.6 7.8 7.8 10.6 10.7 10.6 10.9
Aggregate 9,419 16 156 238 436 835 1,143 9,181 8,983 8,584 8,276
Mean 35,807 3,264 8,330 8,930 10,093 12,969 14,501 38,842 40,863 43,208 44,922
  Standard error /19 3,092 1,531 1,157 1,217 994 1,089 1,106 3,380 3,593 3,931 4,206
Received negative amount number 22 9 9 11 11 16 18 11 11 6 4
Percent 0.8 4.8 2.7 2.4 1.8 1.9 1.8 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3
Aggregate -140 -68 -68 -77 -77 -105 -105 -63 -63 -35 -35
Mean -6,407 -7,528 -7,528 -6,792 -6,792 -6,693 -5,976 -5,991 -5,991 -5,678 -8,180
  Standard error /19 852 1,559 1,559 1,352 1,243 909 956 1,140 1,140 1,908 1,592

Farm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		217 0 0 7 26 26 26 211 192 192 192
Percent of total income 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Mean 81 2 1 14 40 31 26 95 94 102 113
  Standard error /19 45 3 2 23 37 29 24 54 58 63 70
Received positive amount number 35 1 1 2 7 7 7 33 29 29 28
Percent 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.7
Aggregate 223 0 0 7 26 26 26 216 197 197 197
Mean 6,277 300 300 2,946 3,831 3,831 3,489 6,501 6,850 6,850 7,011
  Standard error /19 3,061 155 155 3,824 2,910 2,910 2,710 3,251 3,700 3,700 3,776
Received negative amount number 9 0 0 0 3 3 3 9 7 6 6
Percent 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4
Aggregate -5 0 0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -5 -5 -5 -5
Mean -581 (X) (X) -200 -36 -31 -31 -602 -811 -873 -873
  Standard error /19 1,073 (X) (X) 0 65 56 56 1,132 1,507 1,619 1,619

Interest and dividends
 
  Aggregate (million) 		3,107 12 19 33 44 60 78 3,074 3,063 3,047 3,030
Percent of total income 2.3 1.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6
Mean 1,151 62 56 71 67 73 77 1,379 1,495 1,625 1,788
  Standard error /19 138 48 29 26 19 19 19 167 181 198 219
Recipient families number 909 19 28 45 69 104 141 864 840 806 769
Percent of all families 33.7 10.1 8.4 9.6 10.7 12.6 14.0 38.8 41.0 43.0 45.4
Mean 3,417 616 673 743 632 583 552 3,557 3,647 3,781 3,942
  Standard error /19 400 450 324 243 160 144 127 420 431 449 470

Rental income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		660 0 0 27 27 39 63 633 633 620 597
Percent of total income 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mean 244 1 0 57 41 48 62 284 309 331 352
  Standard error /19 48 1 1 46 31 27 28 57 62 68 74
Received positive amount number 82 0 0 3 3 5 9 79 79 77 73
Percent 3.0 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.9 3.5 3.9 4.1 4.3
Aggregate 708 0 0 27 27 39 63 681 681 669 646
Mean 8,646 259 259 9,430 9,430 8,573 6,692 8,618 8,618 8,650 8,898
  Standard error /19 1,230 247 247 4,374 4,023 2,628 2,057 1,266 1,266 1,294 1,360
Received negative amount number 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 16
Percent 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9
Aggregate -49 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0 -49 -48 -48 -48
Mean -3,061 (X) (X) (X) -200 -200 -200 -3,061 -3,111 -3,111 -3,111
  Standard error /19 913 (X) (X) (X) 0 0 0 913 924 924 924

Social Security
 
  Aggregate (million) 		3,264 56 226 498 769 1,036 1,153 2,766 2,495 2,229 2,112
Percent of total income 2.4 8.2 9.3 10.9 9.3 8.1 6.5 2.1 2.0 1.8 1.8
Mean 1,209 296 675 1,057 1,183 1,256 1,147 1,241 1,218 1,189 1,246
  Standard error /19 84 118 141 159 145 133 117 97 101 106 114
Recipient families number 270 11 30 55 76 103 112 216 194 168 159
Percent of all families 10.0 5.6 9.0 11.6 11.7 12.5 11.1 9.7 9.5 8.9 9.4
Mean amount 12,074 5,312 7,467 9,116 10,091 10,075 10,337 12,824 12,853 13,301 13,294
  Standard error /19 440 1,157 587 468 545 471 467 528 564 629 655

Pension survivor and disability income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		2,311 33 42 52 111 146 146 2,259 2,200 2,165 2,165
Percent of total income 1.7 4.9 1.8 1.1 1.3 1.1 0.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8
Mean 856 175 127 111 170 177 146 1,014 1,074 1,155 1,278
  Standard error /19 122 69 47 39 51 50 41 147 159 173 191
Recipient families number 115 8 10 11 17 19 19 104 99 96 96
Percent of all families 4.3 4.5 3.0 2.4 2.6 2.3 1.9 4.7 4.8 5.1 5.7
Mean amount 20,046 3,927 4,277 4,673 6,591 7,632 7,632 21,693 22,339 22,521 22,521
  Standard error /19 2,143 485 511 587 1,125 1,257 1,257 2,311 2,422 2,477 2,477

Mean tested cash-assistance
 
  Aggregate (million) 		837 142 237 382 465 583 589 454 372 253 247
Percent of total income 0.6 20.9 9.8 8.3 5.6 4.6 3.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Mean 310 752 709 811 714 707 586 204 181 135 146
  Standard error /19 34 188 142 133 98 88 73 32 33 30 33
Recipient families number 189 35 63 89 109 143 151 100 80 46 38
Percent of all families 7.0 18.4 18.8 18.9 16.8 17.4 15.0 4.5 3.9 2.4 2.2
Mean amount 4,425 4,091 3,772 4,289 4,250 4,069 3,896 4,547 4,666 5,544 6,544
  Standard error /19 376 750 584 534 441 393 379 560 654 929 1,037
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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