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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 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 female householder, no husband
present with related children under 18 /13
 
Total, families 		9,718 1,739 2,683 3,593 4,433 5,233 5,894 6,125 5,285 4,485 3,824
People in families 32,005 5,872 9,154 12,250 15,101 17,881 19,971 19,755 16,903 14,124 12,033

Total Income
  Aggregate (million) 332,471 6,904 18,110 32,953 50,593 71,321 90,538 299,518 281,878 261,150 241,933
Mean 34,213 3,971 6,751 9,171 11,414 13,630 15,361 48,904 53,334 58,229 63,270
  Standard error /19 511 93 110 120 120 131 137 744 845 976 1,122
With zero income 405 405 405 405 405 405 405 0 0 0 0
With negative income 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0

Wages and salaries
 
  Aggregate (million) 		262,223 2,971 9,227 19,435 32,294 48,978 64,111 242,788 229,929 213,245 198,112
Percent of total income 78.9 43.0 50.9 59.0 63.8 68.7 70.8 81.1 81.6 81.7 81.9
Mean 26,984 1,709 3,440 5,409 7,286 9,360 10,878 39,642 43,505 47,548 51,810
  Standard error /19 490 75 100 119 121 134 139 726 826 959 1,107
Recipient families number 7,879 702 1,370 2,125 2,865 3,605 4,224 5,754 5,014 4,274 3,655
Percent of all families 81.1 40.4 51.1 59.2 64.6 68.9 71.7 93.9 94.9 95.3 95.6
Mean amount 33,281 4,234 6,733 9,144 11,273 13,586 15,179 42,198 45,855 49,894 54,199
  Standard error /19 581 124 136 142 136 145 147 759 858 992 1,142

Nonfarm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		9,878 132 319 682 941 1,340 1,639 9,196 8,937 8,538 8,238
Percent of total income 3.0 1.9 1.8 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.8 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4
Mean 1,016 76 119 190 212 256 278 1,501 1,691 1,904 2,155
  Standard error /19 82 27 25 29 26 27 27 128 148 173 201
Received positive amount number 486 47 73 111 143 179 210 375 343 306 275
Percent 5.0 2.7 2.7 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.6 6.1 6.5 6.8 7.2
Aggregate 9,954 196 383 746 1,005 1,406 1,706 9,209 8,949 8,548 8,248
Mean 20,494 4,177 5,261 6,721 7,041 7,847 8,113 24,570 26,095 27,891 29,945
  Standard error /19 1,340 479 495 571 493 507 511 1,670 1,798 1,979 2,155
Received negative amount number 26 8 8 9 10 18 18 17 15 8 8
Percent 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Aggregate -76 -63 -63 -63 -65 -67 -67 -13 -12 -10 -10
Mean -2,971 -7,617 -7,617 -6,894 -6,153 -3,787 -3,787 -785 -784 -1,208 -1,208
  Standard error /19 804 1,419 1,419 1,524 1,384 1,115 1,115 329 356 269 269

Farm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		129 0 9 9 9 9 11 120 120 120 118
Percent of total income 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mean 13 0 3 2 2 2 2 20 23 27 31
  Standard error /19 6 0 3 2 2 1 1 9 10 12 14
Received positive amount number 54 0 4 5 7 7 18 49 47 47 36
Percent 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9
Aggregate 129 0 9 9 9 9 11 120 120 120 118
Mean 2,386 (X) 2,285 1,722 1,170 1,170 587 2,454 2,577 2,577 3,310
  Standard error /19 905 (X) 1,145 1,099 805 805 412 990 1,034 1,034 1,300
Received negative amount number 7 0 3 3 3 5 5 4 4 2 2
Percent 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Aggregate -0 0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0
Mean -3 (X) -1 -1 -1 -4 -4 -5 -5 -2 -2
  Standard error /19 2 (X) (X) (X) (X) 3 3 3 3 1 1

Interest and dividends
 
  Aggregate (million) 		5,867 49 71 84 150 197 337 5,782 5,717 5,669 5,529
Percent of total income 1.8 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.3
Mean 604 28 27 24 34 38 57 944 1,082 1,264 1,446
  Standard error /19 45 8 6 5 5 5 8 70 81 95 111
Recipient families number 2,380 127 193 265 367 494 642 2,115 2,013 1,886 1,738
Percent of all families 24.5 7.3 7.2 7.4 8.3 9.4 10.9 34.5 38.1 42.1 45.5
Mean 2,465 386 370 318 409 400 525 2,734 2,839 3,005 3,181
  Standard error /19 176 102 77 59 62 51 75 197 207 220 237

Rental income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		1,510 -33 -15 -14 7 -3 136 1,524 1,502 1,513 1,374
Percent of total income 0.5 -0.5 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
Mean 155 -19 -6 -4 2 -1 23 249 284 337 359
  Standard error /19 31 11 8 6 5 5 10 49 57 67 78
Received positive amount number 154 10 14 14 19 21 37 140 135 133 118
Percent 1.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 2.3 2.6 3.0 3.1
Aggregate 1,653 8 26 27 49 51 190 1,626 1,604 1,602 1,463
Mean 10,712 747 1,907 1,938 2,585 2,434 5,213 11,585 11,850 12,025 12,417
  Standard error /19 1,740 358 679 674 637 592 1,148 1,896 1,961 1,989 2,228
Received negative amount number 36 10 10 10 10 13 13 26 26 23 23
Percent 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6
Aggregate -144 -41 -41 -41 -42 -55 -55 -102 -102 -89 -89
Mean -3,942 -4,103 -4,103 -4,103 -4,085 -4,130 -4,130 -3,880 -3,886 -3,834 -3,834
  Standard error /19 474 1,145 1,145 1,145 1,037 832 832 518 521 573 573

Social Security
 
  Aggregate (million) 		14,550 553 2,034 3,462 5,066 6,460 7,563 11,089 9,485 8,090 6,987
Percent of total income 4.4 8.0 11.2 10.5 10.0 9.1 8.4 3.7 3.4 3.1 2.9
Mean 1,497 318 758 963 1,143 1,235 1,283 1,810 1,795 1,804 1,827
  Standard error /19 48 40 55 57 53 53 51 70 77 84 94
Recipient families number 1,287 99 268 412 557 670 766 875 730 617 521
Percent of all families 13.2 5.7 10.0 11.5 12.6 12.8 13.0 14.3 13.8 13.8 13.6
Mean amount 11,306 5,600 7,594 8,411 9,090 9,644 9,875 12,666 12,998 13,110 13,407
  Standard error /19 206 351 249 246 209 209 197 272 312 351 401

Pension survivor and disability income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		5,212 38 161 274 376 574 882 4,938 4,836 4,638 4,330
Percent of total income 1.6 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8
Mean 536 22 60 76 85 110 150 806 915 1,034 1,132
  Standard error /19 42 9 17 16 14 15 18 67 77 90 103
Recipient families number 390 10 23 43 65 86 119 347 325 304 271
Percent of all families 4.0 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.6 2.0 5.7 6.2 6.8 7.1
Mean amount 13,372 3,899 6,974 6,366 5,810 6,652 7,420 14,243 14,878 15,282 15,985
  Standard error /19 811 659 1,060 822 581 559 563 895 942 1,001 1,101

Mean tested cash-assistance
 
  Aggregate (million) 		7,837 1,881 3,589 4,667 5,710 6,216 6,533 3,171 2,128 1,621 1,305
Percent of total income 2.4 27.3 19.8 14.2 11.3 8.7 7.2 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.5
Mean 806 1,082 1,338 1,299 1,288 1,188 1,108 518 403 361 341
  Standard error /19 27 62 61 55 47 42 39 31 30 31 34
Recipient families number 1,437 463 750 935 1,096 1,182 1,240 501 341 255 197
Percent of all families 14.8 26.6 28.0 26.0 24.7 22.6 21.0 8.2 6.5 5.7 5.2
Mean amount 5,454 4,064 4,783 4,989 5,210 5,258 5,270 6,323 6,240 6,369 6,615
  Standard error /19 123 145 142 142 128 125 122 251 314 376 454
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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