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POV27: Source of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals: 2004
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]
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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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Unrelated individuals /4
People in families....................... 48,609 4,754 7,024 9,926 13,372 16,403 19,465 38,683 35,237 32,206 29,144
Total Income
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 5,295 19,315 43,390 80,189 119,536 166,742 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
Mean..................................... 30,003 1,114 2,750 4,371 5,997 7,288 8,566 36,581 39,113 41,573 44,321
Standard error /19..................... 187 29 38 39 36 37 38 222 239 257 279
With zero income......................... 2,278 2,278 2,278 2,278 2,278 2,278 2,278 0 0 0 0
With negative income..................... 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 0 0 0 0
Wages and salaries
Aggregate (million).................... (N/A) 2,569 7,311 14,092 27,902 41,365 65,535 (N/A) (N/A) (N/A) 977,244
Percent of total income.................. 71.5 48.5 37.9 32.5 34.8 34.6 39.3 72.7 73.6 74.8 75.7
Mean..................................... 21,452 540 1,041 1,420 2,087 2,522 3,367 26,593 28,801 31,094 33,531
Standard error /19..................... 179 19 27 30 32 34 39 217 235 253 275
Recipient families number................ 30,225 1,092 1,970 2,914 4,335 5,505 7,209 27,311 25,890 24,720 23,016
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 62.2 23.0 28.0 29.4 32.4 33.6 37.0 70.6 73.5 76.8 79.0
Mean amount.............................. 34,501 2,353 3,711 4,836 6,437 7,514 9,091 37,666 39,200 40,511 42,459
Standard error /19..................... 260 47 54 57 56 58 60 280 293 304 322
Nonfarm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 55,670 -85 459 1,053 2,159 2,864 4,227 54,617 53,512 52,806 51,443
Percent of total income.................. 3.8 -1.6 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.4 2.5 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0
Mean..................................... 1,145 -18 65 106 161 175 217 1,412 1,519 1,640 1,765
Standard error /19..................... 46 14 13 13 12 11 12 58 63 69 76
Received positive amount number.......... 2,573 165 293 405 544 627 740 2,167 2,029 1,945 1,832
Percent.................................. 5.3 3.5 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.8 3.8 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.3
Aggregate................................ 56,496 233 785 1,465 2,570 3,283 4,646 55,030 53,925 53,213 51,850
Mean..................................... 21,961 1,409 2,677 3,614 4,726 5,235 6,274 25,393 26,582 27,352 28,301
Standard error /19..................... 756 180 172 175 175 182 199 877 930 966 1,021
Received negative amount number.......... 169 70 75 84 84 85 91 84 84 83 77
Percent.................................. 0.3 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Aggregate................................ -825 -318 -326 -412 -412 -418 -419 -414 -414 -407 -406
Mean..................................... -4,893 -4,555 -4,332 -4,877 -4,877 -4,893 -4,597 -4,909 -4,909 -4,893 -5,241
Standard error /19..................... 387 544 516 599 551 547 528 542 542 547 566
Farm self-emplyment
Aggregate (million).................... 4,145 -84 -71 -98 -30 -3 49 4,243 4,175 4,148 4,096
Percent of total income.................. 0.3 -1.6 -0.4 -0.2 -0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Mean..................................... 85 -18 -10 -10 -2 -0 3 110 118 129 141
Standard error /19..................... 15 14 10 7 6 5 4 18 20 22 24
Received positive amount number.......... 489 31 40 50 66 81 94 439 423 408 396
Percent.................................. 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
Aggregate................................ 4,437 40 66 66 134 161 213 4,370 4,303 4,276 4,224
Mean..................................... 9,064 1,284 1,656 1,321 2,011 1,978 2,268 9,947 10,171 10,472 10,676
Standard error /19..................... 1,311 386 464 398 518 490 560 1,448 1,501 1,550 1,595
Received negative amount number.......... 56 10 15 23 23 23 23 33 33 33 33
Percent.................................. 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Aggregate................................ -292 -124 -138 -164 -164 -164 -164 -128 -128 -128 -128
Mean..................................... -5,197 -12,279 -9,373 -7,075 -7,075 -7,075 -7,075 -3,876 -3,876 -3,876 -3,876
Standard error /19..................... 924 2,004 2,424 1,868 1,719 1,719 1,719 871 871 871 871
Interest and dividends
Aggregate (million).................... 58,723 358 662 1,009 1,657 2,454 3,385 57,713 57,066 56,269 55,338
Percent of total income.................. 4.0 6.8 3.4 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.0 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.3
Mean..................................... 1,208 75 94 102 124 150 174 1,492 1,619 1,747 1,899
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
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]
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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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Standard error /19..................... 28 7 7 6 6 6 6 35 38 42 46
Recipient families number................ 20,730 703 1,084 1,678 2,521 3,475 4,469 19,052 18,209 17,255 16,261
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 42.6 14.8 15.4 16.9 18.9 21.2 23.0 49.3 51.7 53.6 55.8
Mean..................................... 2,833 509 610 601 657 706 757 3,029 3,134 3,261 3,403
Standard error /19..................... 64 42 39 34 30 25 24 70 73 76 81
Rental income
Aggregate (million).................... 16,656 -11 13 66 191 342 542 16,590 16,465 16,314 16,114
Percent of total income.................. 1.1 -0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Mean..................................... 343 -2 2 7 14 21 28 429 467 507 553
Standard error /19..................... 17 6 5 5 4 4 4 22 24 26 29
Received positive amount number.......... 2,026 72 103 146 209 334 428 1,880 1,817 1,691 1,598
Percent.................................. 4.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 2.0 2.2 4.9 5.2 5.3 5.5
Aggregate................................ 17,488 59 115 214 356 529 752 17,274 17,132 16,959 16,736
Mean..................................... 8,632 820 1,119 1,462 1,704 1,581 1,756 9,190 9,429 10,027 10,474
Standard error /19..................... 369 150 171 180 174 136 137 395 407 433 455
Received negative amount number.......... 271 22 31 37 49 56 61 233 222 215 209
Percent.................................. 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7
Aggregate................................ -832 -70 -102 -148 -165 -187 -210 -684 -667 -645 -623
Mean..................................... -3,075 -3,206 -3,296 -3,949 -3,369 -3,358 -3,422 -2,934 -3,010 -3,001 -2,973
Standard error /19..................... 213 703 672 679 505 477 469 225 235 238 238
Social Security
Aggregate (million).................... 141,497 895 4,871 16,679 32,706 51,879 66,913 124,818 108,791 89,618 74,584
Percent of total income.................. 9.7 16.9 25.2 38.4 40.8 43.4 40.1 8.8 7.9 6.7 5.8
Mean..................................... 2,911 188 693 1,680 2,446 3,163 3,438 3,227 3,087 2,783 2,559
Standard error /19..................... 25 13 24 34 34 36 36 31 33 34 35
Recipient families number................ 13,079 311 1,006 2,604 4,325 6,098 7,357 10,474 8,753 6,981 5,722
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 26.9 6.5 14.3 26.2 32.3 37.2 37.8 27.1 24.8 21.7 19.6
Mean amount.............................. 10,819 2,879 4,842 6,404 7,562 8,508 9,095 11,916 12,428 12,837 13,035
Standard error /19..................... 45 103 66 46 38 38 39 49 57 68 81
Pension survivor and disability income
Aggregate (million).................... 84,652 199 496 1,009 2,013 3,868 6,424 83,643 82,639 80,784 78,228
Percent of total income.................. 5.8 3.8 2.6 2.3 2.5 3.2 3.9 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.1
Mean..................................... 1,741 42 71 102 151 236 330 2,162 2,345 2,508 2,684
Standard error /19..................... 32 6 7 8 8 10 11 40 44 48 52
Recipient families number................ 6,309 96 172 306 569 1,004 1,526 6,003 5,740 5,305 4,783
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 13.0 2.0 2.4 3.1 4.3 6.1 7.8 15.5 16.3 16.5 16.4
Mean amount.............................. 13,418 2,077 2,886 3,302 3,537 3,853 4,208 13,933 14,397 15,227 16,357
Standard error /19..................... 187 189 183 178 133 111 101 194 200 212 227
Mean tested cash-assistance
Aggregate (million).................... 11,297 500 3,374 6,039 7,310 8,472 9,151 5,258 3,987 2,825 2,146
Percent of total income.................. 0.8 9.4 17.5 13.9 9.1 7.1 5.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2
Mean..................................... 232 105 480 608 547 516 470 136 113 88 74
Standard error /19..................... 6 9 21 21 16 15 13 6 6 6 5
Recipient families number................ 2,990 407 987 1,621 1,917 2,172 2,348 1,369 1,072 818 642
Percent of all unrelated individuals..... 6.2 8.6 14.0 16.3 14.3 13.2 12.1 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.2
Mean amount.............................. 3,779 1,228 3,419 3,726 3,813 3,901 3,898 3,840 3,718 3,454 3,342
Standard error /19..................... 75 81 103 89 78 76 76 132 155 185 210
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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