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

Unrelated individuals age 65 and over /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
age 65 and over /4
 
People in families 		12,080 505 1,014 2,218 3,605 5,060 6,207 9,861 8,475 7,019 5,873

Total Income
  Aggregate (million) 312,725 851 4,167 14,708 30,337 50,129 68,547 298,016 282,388 262,596 244,177
Mean 25,888 1,686 4,109 6,630 8,416 9,906 11,044 30,221 33,320 37,411 41,579
  Standard error /19 272 97 99 72 57 53 53 316 356 413 473
With zero income 226 226 226 226 226 226 226 0 0 0 0
With negative income 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0

Wages and salaries
 
  Aggregate (million) 		50,261 45 61 154 352 859 1,279 50,107 49,909 49,402 48,983
Percent of total income 16.1 5.3 1.5 1.0 1.2 1.7 1.9 16.8 17.7 18.8 20.1
Mean 4,161 90 60 69 98 170 206 5,081 5,889 7,038 8,341
  Standard error /19 173 29 18 14 14 17 18 210 243 292 346
Recipient families number 1,776 16 19 51 86 170 236 1,725 1,690 1,606 1,540
Percent of all unrelated individuals 14.7 3.1 1.9 2.3 2.4 3.4 3.8 17.5 19.9 22.9 26.2
Mean amount 28,298 2,891 3,231 3,020 4,090 5,065 5,407 29,046 29,531 30,751 31,814
  Standard error /19 987 504 479 391 389 328 305 1,010 1,027 1,071 1,109

Nonfarm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		6,356 11 -8 -2 25 43 185 6,358 6,331 6,313 6,171
Percent of total income 2.0 1.3 -0.2 -0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.5
Mean 526 22 -8 -1 7 8 30 645 747 899 1,051
  Standard error /19 65 29 20 9 8 6 9 80 93 112 133
Received positive amount number 218 7 8 11 18 24 35 207 200 194 183
Percent 1.8 1.4 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.1 2.4 2.8 3.1
Aggregate 6,483 22 24 30 70 88 230 6,453 6,413 6,395 6,253
Mean 29,729 3,168 3,167 2,862 3,912 3,688 6,523 31,100 32,035 32,915 34,203
  Standard error /19 2,965 235 211 243 717 555 946 3,084 3,175 3,250 3,429
Received negative amount number 16 1 4 4 7 7 7 12 9 9 9
Percent 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Aggregate -127 -11 -32 -32 -45 -45 -45 -95 -82 -82 -82
Mean -7,721 -9,412 -7,646 -7,646 -6,082 -6,082 -6,082 -7,747 -9,066 -9,066 -9,066
  Standard error /19 541 1,246 667 667 764 764 764 697 333 333 333

Farm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		1,059 0 0 0 18 34 47 1,059 1,042 1,026 1,012
Percent of total income 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mean 88 0 0 0 5 7 8 107 123 146 172
  Standard error /19 34 0 0 0 4 4 4 41 48 58 69
Received positive amount number 38 0 0 0 3 7 10 38 35 30 28
Percent 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Aggregate 1,068 0 0 0 18 34 47 1,068 1,051 1,034 1,021
Mean 28,320 (X) (X) (X) 6,000 4,614 4,717 28,320 30,204 34,054 36,857
  Standard error /19 8,582 (X) (X) (X) 0 1,912 1,404 8,582 9,164 10,110 10,790
Received negative amount number 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2
Percent 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Aggregate -9 0 0 0 0 0 0 -9 -9 -9 -9
Mean -4,000 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) -4,000 -4,000 -4,000 -4,000
  Standard error /19 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)

Interest and dividends
 
  Aggregate (million) 		42,853 55 149 263 658 1,227 2,009 42,590 42,195 41,626 40,844
Percent of total income 13.7 6.5 3.6 1.8 2.2 2.4 2.9 14.3 14.9 15.9 16.7
Mean 3,548 109 147 119 183 242 324 4,319 4,979 5,930 6,955
  Standard error /19 114 26 24 13 15 14 15 138 159 190 225
Recipient families number 5,890 84 191 398 787 1,340 1,872 5,492 5,102 4,550 4,018
Percent of all unrelated individuals 48.8 16.7 18.8 17.9 21.8 26.5 30.2 55.7 60.2 64.8 68.4
Mean 7,276 657 781 661 836 916 1,073 7,755 8,270 9,149 10,165
  Standard error /19 223 135 116 64 63 48 44 238 254 282 315

Rental income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		8,785 9 8 3 31 92 168 8,781 8,753 8,693 8,617
Percent of total income 2.8 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.5
Mean 727 18 8 2 9 18 27 890 1,033 1,238 1,467
  Standard error /19 51 11 6 7 5 5 5 62 72 87 103
Received positive amount number 773 7 11 31 61 123 173 742 712 650 600
Percent 6.4 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.7 2.4 2.8 7.5 8.4 9.3 10.2
Aggregate 8,841 9 11 26 54 122 200 8,815 8,787 8,718 8,641
Mean 11,444 1,289 955 834 882 999 1,156 11,886 12,346 13,414 14,405
  Standard error /19 679 590 432 316 189 153 151 702 726 781 833
Received negative amount number 34 0 1 5 5 8 9 29 29 26 25
Percent 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
Aggregate -56 -0 -2 -22 -22 -30 -32 -34 -34 -25 -24
Mean -1,632 -700 -2,318 -4,685 -4,685 -3,610 -3,579 -1,138 -1,138 -986 -950
  Standard error /19 296 (X) 963 870 800 731 696 197 197 166 160

Social Security
 
  Aggregate (million) 		133,772 612 3,259 12,275 25,743 42,886 57,625 121,498 108,029 90,886 76,147
Percent of total income 42.8 71.9 78.2 83.5 84.9 85.6 84.1 40.8 38.3 34.6 31.2
Mean 11,074 1,212 3,213 5,533 7,142 8,475 9,284 12,321 12,747 12,948 12,966
  Standard error /19 61 90 105 84 68 62 60 66 74 87 102
Recipient families number 10,706 184 610 1,708 2,988 4,408 5,500 8,998 7,718 6,298 5,206
Percent of all unrelated individuals 88.6 36.4 60.2 77.0 82.9 87.1 88.6 91.2 91.1 89.7 88.6
Mean amount 12,495 3,332 5,341 7,186 8,616 9,728 10,477 13,503 13,997 14,432 14,628
  Standard error /19 54 114 85 58 48 46 47 58 65 77 91

Pension survivor and disability income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		61,871 42 276 482 1,100 2,134 4,072 61,389 60,771 59,737 57,799
Percent of total income 19.8 5.0 6.6 3.3 3.6 4.3 5.9 20.6 21.5 22.7 23.7
Mean 5,122 84 272 217 305 422 656 6,225 7,171 8,510 9,842
  Standard error /19 104 21 39 25 23 22 27 125 142 167 194
Recipient families number 4,647 29 91 169 350 665 1,071 4,478 4,297 3,982 3,576
Percent of all unrelated individuals 38.5 5.7 9.0 7.6 9.7 13.1 17.3 45.4 50.7 56.7 60.9
Mean amount 13,314 1,479 3,034 2,855 3,140 3,212 3,801 13,709 14,144 15,000 16,165
  Standard error /19 221 212 281 221 173 122 111 227 234 247 267

Mean tested cash-assistance
 
  Aggregate (million) 		2,891 44 387 1,437 2,100 2,340 2,513 1,454 791 550 377
Percent of total income 0.9 5.2 9.3 9.8 6.9 4.7 3.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2
Mean 239 88 381 648 583 462 405 147 93 78 64
  Standard error /19 13 28 50 46 34 25 22 12 11 11 12
Recipient families number 677 19 96 346 487 551 586 331 191 127 91
Percent of all unrelated individuals 5.6 3.8 9.5 15.6 13.5 10.9 9.4 3.4 2.2 1.8 1.6
Mean amount 4,268 2,321 4,009 4,149 4,315 4,249 4,287 4,392 4,148 4,347 4,144
  Standard error /19 155 472 300 186 165 152 150 262 357 502 630
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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