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

Families with a householder under age 65 /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 householder
under age 65 /10
 
Total, families 		65,408 2,847 4,726 6,906 9,338 11,783 14,149 58,502 56,071 53,626 51,260
People in families 215,480 9,813 16,556 24,583 33,521 42,376 50,892 190,896 181,959 173,104 164,588

Total Income
  Aggregate (million) (N/A) 11,464 34,326 72,131 126,069 191,870 266,588 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean 82,484 4,027 7,263 10,444 13,501 16,284 18,842 90,989 93,973 97,030 100,051
  Standard error /19 337 80 89 96 92 95 99 360 370 382 394
With zero income 680 680 680 680 680 680 680 0 0 0 0
With negative income 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0

Wages and salaries
 
  Aggregate (million) 		(N/A) 5,786 19,487 46,153 85,898 136,732 196,040 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income 84.1 50.5 56.8 64.0 68.1 71.3 73.5 84.4 84.5 84.6 84.7
Mean 69,388 2,032 4,123 6,683 9,199 11,605 13,856 76,791 79,412 82,084 84,716
  Standard error /19 313 68 88 101 100 104 108 337 347 358 370
Recipient families number 59,503 1,181 2,481 4,205 6,204 8,321 10,444 55,298 53,299 51,181 49,059
Percent of all families 91.0 41.5 52.5 60.9 66.4 70.6 73.8 94.5 95.1 95.4 95.7
Mean amount 76,275 4,901 7,855 10,975 13,845 16,431 18,770 81,241 83,542 86,005 88,517
  Standard error /19 331 110 115 117 108 108 111 346 355 366 377

Nonfarm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		285,631 347 1,589 3,618 6,540 10,277 13,626 282,013 279,090 275,354 272,004
Percent of total income 5.3 3.0 4.6 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3
Mean 4,367 122 336 524 700 872 963 4,821 4,977 5,135 5,306
  Standard error /19 102 35 37 39 37 40 39 114 118 124 129
Received positive amount number 7,410 128 275 456 670 906 1,117 6,954 6,740 6,504 6,293
Percent 11.3 4.5 5.8 6.6 7.2 7.7 7.9 11.9 12.0 12.1 12.3
Aggregate 287,255 656 1,959 4,034 7,002 10,819 14,193 283,221 280,253 276,436 273,062
Mean 38,766 5,102 7,132 8,844 10,447 11,939 12,701 40,729 41,582 42,504 43,395
  Standard error /19 786 388 359 345 317 330 316 832 856 884 911
Received negative amount number 352 49 54 63 69 92 100 289 283 260 252
Percent 0.5 1.7 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Aggregate -1,624 -309 -370 -416 -461 -542 -566 -1,208 -1,163 -1,083 -1,058
Mean -4,609 -6,263 -6,832 -6,588 -6,673 -5,878 -5,652 -4,176 -4,105 -4,159 -4,194
  Standard error /19 228 682 767 693 601 520 489 232 233 241 247

Farm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		21,534 35 100 164 286 462 452 21,369 21,247 21,071 21,081
Percent of total income 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mean 329 12 21 24 31 39 32 365 379 393 411
  Standard error /19 32 13 13 12 12 13 12 36 38 39 41
Received positive amount number 1,097 13 22 33 61 82 111 1,064 1,036 1,015 986
Percent 1.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9
Aggregate 22,096 50 119 186 339 523 585 21,910 21,757 21,573 21,511
Mean 20,141 3,813 5,372 5,615 5,587 6,356 5,284 20,594 20,993 21,259 21,808
  Standard error /19 1,721 1,918 2,060 1,791 1,456 1,531 1,233 1,770 1,812 1,847 1,894
Received negative amount number 162 3 8 10 15 19 27 153 147 144 135
Percent 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Aggregate -562 -15 -19 -22 -53 -60 -132 -540 -510 -502 -430
Mean -3,467 -4,819 -2,279 -2,304 -3,539 -3,240 -4,914 -3,539 -3,460 -3,496 -3,179
  Standard error /19 489 3,350 1,679 1,502 1,529 1,371 1,319 512 516 523 518

Interest and dividends
 
  Aggregate (million) 		180,897 217 392 608 902 1,293 2,024 180,290 179,995 179,604 178,874
Percent of total income 3.4 1.9 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5
Mean 2,766 76 83 88 97 110 143 3,082 3,210 3,349 3,490
  Standard error /19 48 12 10 9 8 8 9 54 56 59 61
Recipient families number 33,784 283 474 725 1,102 1,590 2,165 33,059 32,682 32,194 31,619
Percent of all families 51.7 9.9 10.0 10.5 11.8 13.5 15.3 56.5 58.3 60.0 61.7
Mean 5,354 768 827 838 819 813 935 5,454 5,507 5,579 5,657
  Standard error /19 91 105 92 82 61 56 57 93 94 96 97

Rental income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		30,494 -183 -160 -172 -204 -99 164 30,666 30,697 30,592 30,330
Percent of total income 0.6 -1.6 -0.5 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Mean 466 -64 -34 -25 -22 -8 12 524 547 570 592
  Standard error /19 20 19 13 10 8 8 8 22 23 24 25
Received positive amount number 3,554 15 35 51 73 106 163 3,502 3,481 3,448 3,390
Percent 5.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.2 6.0 6.2 6.4 6.6
Aggregate 33,851 21 70 126 204 348 628 33,726 33,647 33,503 33,224
Mean 9,526 1,367 2,020 2,462 2,807 3,289 3,848 9,629 9,667 9,718 9,799
  Standard error /19 326 797 493 522 422 452 428 330 332 335 340
Received negative amount number 658 26 30 44 64 79 81 614 594 579 577
Percent 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1
Aggregate -3,358 -204 -231 -298 -408 -447 -463 -3,060 -2,950 -2,911 -2,894
Mean -5,104 -7,865 -7,740 -6,712 -6,390 -5,664 -5,741 -4,987 -4,965 -5,027 -5,014
  Standard error /19 175 1,074 959 795 570 516 517 179 183 186 186

Social Security
 
  Aggregate (million) 		102,445 886 3,504 7,307 12,399 17,727 22,408 95,138 90,046 84,719 80,037
Percent of total income 1.9 7.7 10.2 10.1 9.8 9.2 8.4 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6
Mean 1,566 311 741 1,058 1,328 1,504 1,584 1,626 1,606 1,580 1,561
  Standard error /19 21 31 41 43 41 40 39 23 24 24 25
Recipient families number 7,347 159 460 828 1,234 1,645 1,977 6,518 6,113 5,702 5,370
Percent of all families 11.2 5.6 9.7 12.0 13.2 14.0 14.0 11.1 10.9 10.6 10.5
Mean amount 13,944 5,574 7,623 8,820 10,049 10,776 11,334 14,596 14,730 14,858 14,905
  Standard error /19 102 282 188 159 141 133 134 110 116 122 127

Pension survivor and disability income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		119,367 118 454 829 1,488 2,249 3,934 118,538 117,879 117,118 115,434
Percent of total income 2.2 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.5 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3
Mean 1,825 41 96 120 159 191 278 2,026 2,102 2,184 2,252
  Standard error /19 36 9 15 14 15 15 18 40 41 43 45
Recipient families number 5,377 33 82 141 215 310 455 5,236 5,162 5,067 4,922
Percent of all families 8.2 1.2 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.6 3.2 8.9 9.2 9.4 9.6
Mean amount 22,200 3,595 5,515 5,882 6,918 7,260 8,646 22,639 22,837 23,114 23,453
  Standard error /19 314 388 528 428 443 363 364 320 324 328 336

Mean tested cash-assistance
 
  Aggregate (million) 		23,539 2,575 5,213 7,316 9,722 11,019 12,332 16,223 13,816 12,519 11,207
Percent of total income 0.4 22.5 15.2 10.1 7.7 5.7 4.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Mean 360 905 1,103 1,059 1,041 935 872 277 246 233 219
  Standard error /19 8 46 43 38 31 26 24 8 8 8 8
Recipient families number 3,451 605 1,056 1,382 1,732 1,949 2,133 2,069 1,718 1,502 1,318
Percent of all families 5.3 21.3 22.4 20.0 18.5 16.5 15.1 3.5 3.1 2.8 2.6
Mean amount 6,822 4,254 4,935 5,296 5,613 5,655 5,782 7,841 8,040 8,336 8,505
  Standard error /19 108 132 123 124 110 105 104 160 182 201 221
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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