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

Nonfamily householders

[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
Nonfamily householders
 
People in families 		38,910 2,532 4,161 6,654 9,180 11,932 13,978 32,257 29,730 26,978 24,932

Total Income
  Aggregate (million) (N/A) 3,874 15,214 37,971 67,494 106,670 140,875 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean 36,805 1,530 3,657 5,707 7,352 8,940 10,078 43,220 45,900 49,130 51,790
  Standard error /19 255 46 54 50 44 44 44 295 314 340 363
With zero income 1,029 1,029 1,029 1,029 1,029 1,029 1,029 0 0 0 0
With negative income 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0

Wages and salaries
 
  Aggregate (million) 		968,351 1,600 3,904 8,428 15,754 28,908 39,744 959,923 952,597 939,443 928,607
Percent of total income 67.6 41.3 25.7 22.2 23.3 27.1 28.2 68.9 69.8 70.9 71.9
Mean 24,887 632 938 1,267 1,716 2,423 2,843 29,759 32,041 34,822 37,246
  Standard error /19 246 33 36 38 38 44 46 289 309 336 359
Recipient families number 22,806 553 955 1,527 2,256 3,285 4,033 21,280 20,550 19,521 18,773
Percent of all unrelated individuals 58.6 21.9 23.0 22.9 24.6 27.5 28.9 66.0 69.1 72.4 75.3
Mean amount 42,460 2,892 4,086 5,521 6,982 8,799 9,855 45,110 46,356 48,125 49,464
  Standard error /19 376 88 91 94 86 86 86 397 408 425 439

Nonfarm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		60,043 83 280 863 1,340 2,698 3,211 59,180 58,702 57,344 56,832
Percent of total income 4.2 2.1 1.8 2.3 2.0 2.5 2.3 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4
Mean 1,543 33 67 130 146 226 230 1,835 1,974 2,126 2,279
  Standard error /19 60 22 18 17 14 16 15 72 78 86 93
Received positive amount number 2,009 99 139 213 274 396 448 1,796 1,735 1,614 1,561
Percent 5.2 3.9 3.3 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.2 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.3
Aggregate 60,500 254 497 1,081 1,588 2,946 3,461 59,419 58,912 57,554 57,039
Mean 30,113 2,550 3,587 5,065 5,791 7,448 7,724 33,089 33,957 35,669 36,541
  Standard error /19 949 186 243 268 249 264 260 1,038 1,068 1,136 1,167
Received negative amount number 88 27 36 37 43 44 46 51 45 44 41
Percent 0.2 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Aggregate -457 -170 -217 -218 -247 -247 -250 -239 -210 -210 -207
Mean -5,202 -6,344 -6,074 -5,964 -5,736 -5,676 -5,394 -4,658 -4,687 -4,735 -4,987
  Standard error /19 413 839 658 658 521 523 520 548 627 629 653

Farm self-employment
 
  Aggregate (million) 		3,917 15 9 17 34 89 146 3,900 3,882 3,828 3,771
Percent of total income 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Mean 101 6 2 3 4 7 10 121 131 142 151
  Standard error /19 21 8 6 4 3 5 5 25 27 30 33
Received positive amount number 226 4 8 10 13 24 38 217 214 202 188
Percent 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8
Aggregate 3,994 21 21 28 46 122 179 3,965 3,948 3,871 3,815
Mean 17,657 5,000 2,580 2,958 3,672 5,141 4,702 18,307 18,476 19,130 20,283
  Standard error /19 3,210 0 1,350 1,565 1,217 1,416 1,217 3,337 3,380 3,555 3,795
Received negative amount number 39 1 5 5 5 7 7 34 34 32 32
Percent 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aggregate -77 -6 -12 -12 -12 -34 -34 -66 -66 -44 -44
Mean -2,001 -9,999 -2,515 -2,515 -2,515 -4,927 -4,927 -1,931 -1,931 -1,373 -1,373
  Standard error /19 711 (X) 3,108 3,108 2,859 2,712 2,712 706 706 516 516

Interest and dividends
 
  Aggregate (million) 		86,070 190 340 616 1,122 1,923 3,012 85,454 84,948 84,147 83,058
Percent of total income 6.0 4.9 2.2 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.1 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4
Mean 2,212 75 82 93 122 161 215 2,649 2,857 3,119 3,331
  Standard error /19 49 9 8 8 7 8 9 59 64 70 76
Recipient families number 17,695 388 619 1,059 1,673 2,537 3,297 16,636 16,022 15,158 14,398
Percent of all unrelated individuals 45.5 15.3 14.9 15.9 18.2 21.3 23.6 51.6 53.9 56.2 57.7
Mean 4,864 491 549 582 670 758 914 5,137 5,302 5,551 5,769
  Standard error /19 105 53 51 44 37 33 33 111 115 122 128

Rental income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		17,874 -1 13 -11 59 170 335 17,885 17,815 17,704 17,539
Percent of total income 1.2 -0.0 0.1 -0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4
Mean 459 -0 3 -2 6 14 24 554 599 656 703
  Standard error /19 23 10 8 7 5 5 5 28 30 33 35
Received positive amount number 1,831 48 60 97 151 234 307 1,734 1,680 1,597 1,524
Percent 4.7 1.9 1.4 1.5 1.6 2.0 2.2 5.4 5.7 5.9 6.1
Aggregate 18,697 60 94 139 210 346 520 18,558 18,487 18,351 18,177
Mean 10,212 1,249 1,577 1,428 1,394 1,478 1,695 10,705 11,002 11,494 11,928
  Standard error /19 421 241 284 257 182 153 161 441 453 473 492
Received negative amount number 209 17 21 33 34 43 46 176 176 166 163
Percent 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7
Aggregate -823 -61 -82 -150 -151 -176 -185 -674 -672 -647 -638
Mean -3,933 -3,603 -3,795 -4,499 -4,504 -4,109 -3,997 -3,826 -3,824 -3,887 -3,915
  Standard error /19 246 550 642 556 507 453 425 275 275 286 292

Social Security
 
  Aggregate (million) 		156,443 812 4,619 17,647 34,251 53,890 70,815 138,796 122,192 102,553 85,628
Percent of total income 10.9 21.0 30.4 46.5 50.7 50.5 50.3 10.0 9.0 7.7 6.6
Mean 4,021 321 1,110 2,652 3,731 4,516 5,066 4,303 4,110 3,801 3,434
  Standard error /19 34 23 41 51 49 49 49 40 42 44 45
Recipient families number 12,738 255 852 2,423 3,986 5,606 6,858 10,315 8,752 7,132 5,880
Percent of all unrelated individuals 32.7 10.1 20.5 36.4 43.4 47.0 49.1 32.0 29.4 26.4 23.6
Mean amount 12,281 3,187 5,424 7,282 8,592 9,612 10,326 13,456 13,961 14,379 14,562
  Standard error /19 50 99 76 50 43 42 43 55 62 74 87

Pension survivor and disability income
 
  Aggregate (million) 		95,255 151 688 1,245 2,323 3,948 6,519 94,010 92,932 91,307 88,737
Percent of total income 6.7 3.9 4.5 3.3 3.4 3.7 4.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.9
Mean 2,448 60 165 187 253 331 466 2,914 3,126 3,384 3,559
  Standard error /19 45 9 16 15 14 14 17 53 58 63 68
Recipient families number 6,420 74 195 327 592 991 1,465 6,093 5,828 5,429 4,955
Percent of all unrelated individuals 16.5 2.9 4.7 4.9 6.5 8.3 10.5 18.9 19.6 20.1 19.9
Mean amount 14,837 2,030 3,537 3,809 3,923 3,983 4,449 15,429 15,946 16,819 17,909
  Standard error /19 207 176 205 189 147 120 110 216 223 234 250

Mean tested cash-assistance
 
  Aggregate (million) 		11,059 375 3,730 6,556 8,135 8,916 9,466 4,503 2,924 2,143 1,593
Percent of total income 0.8 9.7 24.5 17.3 12.1 8.4 6.7 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1
Mean 284 148 897 985 886 747 677 140 98 79 64
  Standard error /19 8 15 40 34 26 21 19 7 6 6 6
Recipient families number 2,130 180 713 1,251 1,523 1,685 1,784 879 607 445 346
Percent of all unrelated individuals 5.5 7.1 17.1 18.8 16.6 14.1 12.8 2.7 2.0 1.6 1.4
Mean amount 5,192 2,087 5,233 5,239 5,341 5,290 5,306 5,125 4,817 4,819 4,603
  Standard error /19 95 132 118 100 91 90 90 190 242 302 356
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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