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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2004
'Families with a householder' 'age 65 and over /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]
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Below poverty level /5 Above poverty level /5
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Under Under Under Under Under Under 1.00 and 1.25 and 1.50 and 1.75 and
Total 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 over over over over
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Families with a householder
under age 65 /10
Total, families.......................... 12,136 281 477 789 1,248 1,853 2,616 11,347 10,888 10,283 9,520
People in families....................... 28,709 777 1,345 2,184 3,359 4,871 6,643 26,525 25,350 23,838 22,066
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... 623,821 638 2,393 6,128 12,983 23,581 38,871 617,692 610,837 600,239 584,950
Mean..................................... 51,402 2,270 5,015 7,769 10,401 12,729 14,857 54,435 56,103 58,369 61,446
Standard error /19..................... 610 201 225 212 176 156 139 642 664 696 742
With zero income......................... 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... 198,518 77 318 640 1,663 2,883 4,481 197,877 196,855 195,635 194,037
Percent of total income.................. 31.8 12.1 13.3 10.5 12.8 12.2 11.5 32.0 32.2 32.6 33.2
Mean..................................... 16,358 274 666 812 1,332 1,556 1,713 17,438 18,080 19,024 20,383
Standard error /19..................... 468 72 119 108 111 111 107 499 519 547 589
Recipient families number................ 4,811 25 59 107 220 325 432 4,705 4,591 4,486 4,380
Percent of all families.................. 39.6 8.8 12.4 13.5 17.6 17.5 16.5 41.5 42.2 43.6 46.0
Mean amount.............................. 41,262 3,111 5,357 6,009 7,557 8,869 10,383 42,061 42,878 43,609 44,305
Standard error /19..................... 1,081 471 624 527 414 436 452 1,102 1,127 1,150 1,176
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 21,134 -178 -177 -130 -134 -30 29 21,263 21,267 21,163 21,104
Percent of total income.................. 3.4 -27.8 -7.4 -2.1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6
Mean..................................... 1,741 -632 -370 -165 -107 -16 11 1,874 1,953 2,058 2,217
Standard error /19..................... 126 156 93 78 46 41 31 135 141 149 160
Received positive amount number.......... 807 4 7 20 25 43 64 788 782 764 743
Percent.................................. 6.7 1.4 1.6 2.5 2.0 2.3 2.4 6.9 7.2 7.4 7.8
Aggregate................................ 21,570 3 4 73 86 224 304 21,497 21,485 21,346 21,267
Mean..................................... 26,713 859 577 3,707 3,389 5,178 4,741 27,292 27,467 27,930 28,606
Standard error /19..................... 1,651 919 499 1,791 1,318 1,100 794 1,687 1,697 1,733 1,775
Received negative amount number.......... 78 23 23 27 30 34 36 51 48 45 42
Percent.................................. 0.6 8.2 4.8 3.4 2.4 1.8 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Aggregate................................ -437 -181 -181 -203 -219 -254 -274 -233 -217 -183 -162
Mean..................................... -5,587 -7,883 -7,883 -7,538 -7,270 -7,550 -7,692 -4,559 -4,530 -4,107 -3,821
Standard error /19..................... 392 723 723 648 553 517 497 443 472 446 419
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 5,387 -42 -42 -42 -41 -42 -57 5,429 5,428 5,429 5,443
Percent of total income.................. 0.9 -6.6 -1.8 -0.7 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Mean..................................... 444 -150 -88 -53 -33 -23 -22 478 499 528 572
Standard error /19..................... 203 112 66 40 23 16 13 217 226 240 259
Received positive amount number.......... 199 7 7 7 10 11 12 192 189 187 187
Percent.................................. 1.6 2.3 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.0
Aggregate................................ 5,565 0 0 0 1 1 2 5,565 5,564 5,564 5,562
Mean..................................... 28,006 1 1 1 100 89 186 28,966 29,491 29,692 29,781
Standard error /19..................... 12,078 (X) (X) (X) 99 89 192 12,480 12,702 12,786 12,827
Received negative amount number.......... 38 4 4 4 4 6 7 34 34 32 30
Percent.................................. 0.3 1.5 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Aggregate................................ -178 -42 -42 -42 -42 -43 -59 -136 -136 -135 -119
Mean..................................... -4,708 -9,999 -9,999 -9,999 -9,999 -7,504 -7,858 -4,043 -4,043 -4,209 -3,928
Standard error /19..................... 1,049 (X) (X) (X) (X) 2,478 1,919 1,075 1,075 1,109 1,133
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 61,291 138 217 343 552 741 1,103 60,947 60,739 60,549 60,188
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Based on the June 2006 Weighting Correction.
POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2004
'Families with a householder' 'age 65 and over /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]
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Below poverty level /5 Above poverty level /5
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Under Under Under Under Under Under 1.00 and 1.25 and 1.50 and 1.75 and
Total 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 over over over over
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Percent of total income.................. 9.8 21.6 9.1 5.6 4.2 3.1 2.8 9.9 9.9 10.1 10.3
Mean..................................... 5,050 490 454 435 442 400 422 5,371 5,579 5,888 6,322
Standard error /19..................... 167 113 78 61 43 32 28 179 186 196 211
Recipient families number................ 7,660 91 150 225 368 557 886 7,435 7,292 7,103 6,773
Percent of all families.................. 63.1 32.3 31.5 28.5 29.5 30.1 33.9 65.5 67.0 69.1 71.2
Mean..................................... 8,002 1,519 1,443 1,527 1,500 1,331 1,245 8,198 8,330 8,525 8,886
Standard error /19..................... 259 317 223 191 128 95 75 266 271 278 291
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 12,410 -77 -173 -158 -162 -157 -118 12,568 12,572 12,568 12,528
Percent of total income.................. 2.0 -12.1 -7.2 -2.6 -1.2 -0.7 -0.3 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1
Mean..................................... 1,023 -276 -362 -200 -130 -85 -45 1,108 1,155 1,222 1,316
Standard error /19..................... 69 126 102 66 40 32 28 74 77 81 88
Received positive amount number.......... 1,059 3 3 16 31 48 80 1,043 1,028 1,011 979
Percent.................................. 8.7 1.2 0.7 2.1 2.5 2.6 3.1 9.2 9.4 9.8 10.3
Aggregate................................ 13,403 4 4 36 51 105 218 13,367 13,352 13,298 13,185
Mean..................................... 12,656 1,155 1,155 2,180 1,610 2,201 2,720 12,821 12,994 13,149 13,468
Standard error /19..................... 689 1,209 1,209 820 443 605 507 699 707 717 738
Received negative amount number.......... 233 7 17 22 28 41 54 211 206 193 180
Percent.................................. 1.9 2.3 3.7 2.8 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9
Aggregate................................ -992 -81 -177 -193 -213 -262 -336 -799 -780 -730 -657
Mean..................................... -4,253 -12,361 -10,093 -8,731 -7,717 -6,432 -6,259 -3,783 -3,789 -3,791 -3,654
Standard error /19..................... 250 533 804 894 789 672 553 239 244 254 262
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 195,620 519 1,755 4,179 8,940 16,355 27,799 191,441 186,680 179,265 167,820
Percent of total income.................. 31.4 81.4 73.3 68.2 68.9 69.4 71.5 31.0 30.6 29.9 28.7
Mean..................................... 16,119 1,847 3,676 5,298 7,162 8,828 10,625 16,871 17,146 17,432 17,629
Standard error /19..................... 85 228 221 199 157 143 130 85 87 91 96
Recipient families number................ 10,943 84 236 477 894 1,433 2,153 10,466 10,048 9,509 8,789
Percent of all families.................. 90.2 30.0 49.6 60.5 71.7 77.4 82.3 92.2 92.3 92.5 92.3
Mean amount.............................. 17,877 6,161 7,419 8,763 9,995 11,411 12,911 18,292 18,579 18,852 19,094
Standard error /19..................... 76 431 231 172 121 112 103 77 79 82 87
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 114,284 48 127 331 627 1,179 2,193 113,953 113,657 113,105 112,091
Percent of total income.................. 18.3 7.5 5.3 5.4 4.8 5.0 5.6 18.4 18.6 18.8 19.2
Mean..................................... 9,417 170 266 419 502 637 838 10,042 10,439 10,999 11,775
Standard error /19..................... 153 48 62 70 59 54 54 161 167 175 186
Recipient families number................ 5,998 19 36 75 129 235 416 5,924 5,869 5,763 5,582
Percent of all families.................. 49.4 6.8 7.6 9.5 10.4 12.7 15.9 52.2 53.9 56.0 58.6
Mean amount.............................. 19,053 2,502 3,481 4,425 4,847 5,023 5,266 19,237 19,366 19,624 20,082
Standard error /19..................... 251 340 519 499 385 289 233 253 255 258 264
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 4,953 97 250 742 1,176 2,005 2,468 4,212 3,777 2,948 2,485
Percent of total income.................. 0.8 15.2 10.5 12.1 9.1 8.5 6.4 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4
Mean..................................... 408 344 524 940 942 1,082 943 371 347 287 261
Standard error /19..................... 19 83 92 103 79 75 60 19 19 18 18
Recipient families number................ 741 24 63 137 206 314 390 604 535 427 351
Percent of all families.................. 6.1 8.7 13.3 17.4 16.5 17.0 14.9 5.3 4.9 4.2 3.7
Mean amount.............................. 6,681 3,971 3,954 5,412 5,700 6,385 6,324 6,969 7,060 6,899 7,078
Standard error /19..................... 199 423 461 359 302 289 263 231 248 272 301
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Based on the June 2006 Weighting Correction.
Poverty Footnotes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: November 02, 2006
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