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

Unrelated individuals /4

[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
Unrelated individuals /4
 
People in families 		51,740 4,821 7,077 10,189 13,490 17,084 19,766 41,551 38,250 34,656 31,974

Total Income
  Aggregate (million) (N/A) 6,365 22,018 50,663 89,499 141,143 186,452 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean 34,323 1,320 3,111 4,972 6,634 8,262 9,433 41,520 44,088 47,169 49,710
  Standard error /19 207 32 41 42 39 40 41 244 261 282 302
With zero income 2,433 2,433 2,433 2,433 2,433 2,433 2,433 0 0 0 0
With negative income 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0

Wages and salaries
 
  Aggregate (million) 		(N/A) 3,343 7,979 16,060 29,832 52,933 73,235 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Percent of total income 71.4 52.5 36.2 31.7 33.3 37.5 39.3 72.5 73.4 74.3 75.1
Mean 24,493 693 1,128 1,576 2,211 3,098 3,705 30,112 32,351 35,039 37,344
  Standard error /19 198 24 30 33 35 40 43 238 255 277 296
Recipient families number 32,657 1,154 1,924 2,897 4,209 5,948 7,259 29,759 28,447 26,708 25,397
Percent of all unrelated individuals 63.1 23.9 27.2 28.4 31.2 34.8 36.7 71.6 74.4 77.1 79.4
Mean amount 38,806 2,898 4,147 5,543 7,087 8,899 10,089 42,044 43,499 45,466 47,014
  Standard error /19 284 56 61 66 62 63 64 305 316 333 347

Nonfarm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		72,182 202 573 1,305 1,989 4,185 5,023 70,877 70,192 67,996 67,159
Percent of total income 4.1 3.2 2.6 2.6 2.2 3.0 2.7 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.2
Mean 1,395 42 81 128 147 245 254 1,706 1,835 1,962 2,100
  Standard error /19 48 14 13 13 11 14 13 60 65 72 78
Received positive amount number 2,591 165 233 328 411 594 669 2,264 2,181 1,997 1,922
Percent 5.0 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.0 3.5 3.4 5.4 5.7 5.8 6.0
Aggregate 72,747 442 886 1,618 2,333 4,529 5,370 71,129 70,414 68,218 67,377
Mean 28,072 2,686 3,793 4,935 5,680 7,619 8,022 31,424 32,289 34,161 35,054
  Standard error /19 795 143 185 207 200 219 216 887 915 988 1,020
Received negative amount number 112 38 51 52 62 62 65 61 51 50 47
Percent 0.2 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aggregate -565 -240 -313 -314 -344 -344 -347 -252 -222 -222 -219
Mean -5,033 -6,388 -6,158 -6,079 -5,571 -5,530 -5,335 -4,145 -4,378 -4,418 -4,620
  Standard error /19 361 654 503 505 431 432 430 511 592 594 616

Farm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		4,133 12 7 14 39 94 150 4,119 4,094 4,039 3,982
Percent of total income 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
Mean 80 2 1 1 3 5 8 99 107 117 125
  Standard error /19 16 4 3 3 2 3 3 20 22 24 26
Received positive amount number 296 5 14 16 30 43 57 280 266 253 239
Percent 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Aggregate 4,213 21 21 28 54 130 187 4,184 4,159 4,083 4,026
Mean 14,218 4,564 1,450 1,781 1,779 3,014 3,252 14,925 15,624 16,127 16,855
  Standard error /19 2,523 1,015 916 1,094 667 938 896 2,653 2,781 2,914 3,073
Received negative amount number 44 1 6 8 8 10 10 36 36 33 33
Percent 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aggregate -80 -9 -14 -14 -14 -36 -36 -66 -66 -44 -44
Mean -1,833 -9,999 -2,499 -1,878 -1,769 -3,519 -3,519 -1,823 -1,847 -1,309 -1,309
  Standard error /19 658 0 2,778 2,172 1,895 2,104 2,104 675 682 497 497

Interest and dividends
 
  Aggregate (million) 		93,428 235 414 727 1,355 2,190 3,351 92,701 92,073 91,238 90,077
Percent of total income 5.3 3.7 1.9 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.8 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7
Mean 1,806 49 59 71 100 128 170 2,231 2,407 2,633 2,817
  Standard error /19 39 5 5 6 6 6 7 48 52 57 62
Recipient families number 20,442 490 785 1,282 1,979 2,974 3,819 19,160 18,464 17,468 16,623
Percent of all unrelated individuals 39.5 10.2 11.1 12.6 14.7 17.4 19.3 46.1 48.3 50.4 52.0
Mean 4,570 480 528 567 685 736 877 4,838 4,987 5,223 5,419
  Standard error /19 95 47 45 41 38 32 31 101 105 110 116

Rental income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		19,634 13 27 26 103 235 410 19,608 19,531 19,399 19,224
Percent of total income 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2
Mean 379 3 4 3 8 14 21 472 511 560 601
  Standard error /19 18 5 5 5 4 3 4 23 25 27 29
Received positive amount number 1,992 62 74 115 174 265 341 1,877 1,818 1,727 1,651
Percent 3.8 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.7 4.5 4.8 5.0 5.2
Aggregate 20,517 74 109 175 254 412 595 20,342 20,264 20,106 19,923
Mean 10,300 1,190 1,464 1,528 1,462 1,553 1,745 10,836 11,144 11,644 12,066
  Standard error /19 412 194 236 246 174 148 153 434 446 466 484
Received negative amount number 241 17 21 33 34 43 46 208 208 198 195
Percent 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
Aggregate -883 -61 -82 -150 -151 -176 -185 -734 -732 -707 -698
Mean -3,663 -3,603 -3,795 -4,499 -4,504 -4,109 -3,997 -3,529 -3,527 -3,566 -3,583
  Standard error /19 225 550 642 556 507 453 425 246 247 255 259

Social Security
 
  Aggregate (million) 		163,927 942 5,293 19,673 37,363 57,797 75,318 144,254 126,564 106,130 88,610
Percent of total income 9.2 14.8 24.0 38.8 41.7 40.9 40.4 8.4 7.5 6.5 5.6
Mean 3,168 195 748 1,931 2,770 3,383 3,810 3,472 3,309 3,062 2,771
  Standard error /19 27 14 27 38 38 39 39 33 34 36 37
Recipient families number 13,445 293 975 2,700 4,373 6,061 7,361 10,745 9,072 7,384 6,085
Percent of all unrelated individuals 26.0 6.1 13.8 26.5 32.4 35.5 37.2 25.9 23.7 21.3 19.0
Mean amount 12,192 3,216 5,430 7,286 8,544 9,536 10,232 13,425 13,951 14,373 14,563
  Standard error /19 49 91 71 48 41 40 42 54 61 73 86

Pension survivor and disability income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		98,918 175 807 1,401 2,560 4,318 7,039 97,518 96,358 94,600 91,879
Percent of total income 5.6 2.8 3.7 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.8 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.8
Mean 1,912 36 114 137 190 253 356 2,347 2,519 2,730 2,874
  Standard error /19 35 5 10 10 10 11 12 43 46 51 55
Recipient families number 6,656 86 219 356 631 1,049 1,542 6,300 6,025 5,607 5,114
Percent of all unrelated individuals 12.9 1.8 3.1 3.5 4.7 6.1 7.8 15.2 15.8 16.2 16.0
Mean amount 14,862 2,046 3,683 3,939 4,057 4,115 4,564 15,478 15,993 16,873 17,967
  Standard error /19 204 155 195 182 143 117 108 213 220 231 247

Mean tested cash-assistance
 
  Aggregate (million) 		12,639 481 4,448 7,552 9,277 10,090 10,767 5,086 3,361 2,549 1,871
Percent of total income 0.7 7.6 20.2 14.9 10.4 7.1 5.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1
Mean 244 100 629 741 688 591 545 122 88 74 59
  Standard error /19 6 9 26 24 19 16 15 6 5 5 5
Recipient families number 2,870 385 1,047 1,665 1,992 2,204 2,333 1,205 878 666 537
Percent of all unrelated individuals 5.5 8.0 14.8 16.3 14.8 12.9 11.8 2.9 2.3 1.9 1.7
Mean amount 4,404 1,251 4,249 4,536 4,657 4,578 4,615 4,221 3,829 3,826 3,487
  Standard error /19 83 92 112 94 84 82 82 158 192 233 261
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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