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PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          43
15 Years Old and Over, by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex
(Numbers in thousands.  People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year)

                                              ALL RACES                   WHITE                     BLACK          
                                           NUMBER                    NUMBER                    NUMBER              
                                            WITH          MEAN        WITH          MEAN        WITH          MEAN 
                                           INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       INCOME 
                                         (THOUS.)      (DOLS.)     (THOUS.)      (DOLS.)     (THOUS.)      (DOLS.) 
MALE                                                                                                              
UNDER 65 YEARS                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................        81447        37694        68797        39464         8748        24817 
EARNINGS............................        74390        37477        63314        38992         7533        25605 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................        69426        36964        58924        38439         7249        25633 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........         6827        30635         6069        31581          407        16760 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............         1252         9993         1166        10420           59         4250 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........         3254         2921         2826         2891          297         3063 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................         3070         2837         2681         2780          261         3198 
  COMBINATIONS......................          184         4308          145         4935           36         2076 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................         1064         5879          926         5871           94         5838 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................          481         5848          403         5648           59         7341 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............          513         6081          463         6336           33         3552 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................           32         5501           26         3546            0          (B) 
  OTHER.............................           38         3873           33         3954            3         1400 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................         3879         8310         3099         8627          669         7029 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........         1582         5093         1045         4998          471         5119 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............          389         2949          246         3151           91         2630 
  AFDC ONLY.........................          144         3038           83         3169           38         3112 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............          238         2879          160         3112           53         2281 
  BOTH..............................            7         3526            3         4722            0          (B) 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................         1082         8194          889         7581          152        12541 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................          673         5786          561         4664           80        13952 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................            7         5001            7         5143            0         2183 
  PENSION ONLY......................          215        13512          152        13765           52        14087 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................           66         2973           56         3222            9         1478 
  OTHER ONLY........................           45         6149           42         6360            4         3651 
  COMBINATIONS......................           76        20504           70        21951            6         3142 
  MEANS-TESTED......................          183         6928          153         6859           21         8898 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................          899         8452          736         7731          131        13127 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................          270        17512          238        18825           31         7579 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................           66         9892           50         9297           16        11725 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           24         8143           15        10537            8         3870 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            3         7728            3         7728            0          (B) 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            8         3947            5         5836            3          250 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            2         5626            2         5626            0          (B) 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            2         4449            2         4449            0          (B) 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................           98        23858           96        24232            2         7200 
  ANNUITIES.........................           24         7251           21         7905            2          380 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           48        26999           48        26999            0          (B) 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................          772        10918          635        11834          121         6055 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............           28        12489           25        12593            2         7200 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................          237        10912          204        11325           31         7811 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           77         8956           64         9022           10         6578 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............           16         6526           11         8370            4         3456 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........          124         9653          121         9858            3          846 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............           17        19370           17        19370            0          (B) 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................          107        17987           94        19922           13         4160 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            2         8000            2         8000            0          (B) 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................          180         6784          113         7152           57         5850 
PENSIONS............................         3133        18760         2733        19226          291        14534 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................         1651        15711         1476        16046          138        10865 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................          283        27164          261        27036           15        31573 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          44
15 Years Old and Over, by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex
(Numbers in thousands.  People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year)

                                              ALL RACES                   WHITE                     BLACK          
                                           NUMBER                    NUMBER                    NUMBER              
                                            WITH          MEAN        WITH          MEAN        WITH          MEAN 
                                           INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       INCOME 
                                         (THOUS.)      (DOLS.)     (THOUS.)      (DOLS.)     (THOUS.)      (DOLS.) 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............          533        17956          415        18895           81        12792 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........          534        22253          482        22780           35        19914 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............           18        17830           14        17726            5        18143 
  ANNUITIES.........................           33        14629           30        15532            0          (B) 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................          101        19682           86        21357            8         5435 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           62        13809           46         9719            8        44952 
INTEREST............................        41444         1308        37116         1328         2496          946 
DIVIDENDS...........................        16850         2677        15528         2615          681         4355 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................         4978         4711         4488         4759          250         3960 
EDUCATION...........................         3244         4441         2702         4427          351         4091 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................          472         1883          388         1823           63         1627 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............          542         5004          440         5064           66         4117 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................          906         5196          770         5312           99         3856 
  OTHER ONLY........................          734         2907          644         2869           46         3213 
  COMBINATIONS......................          589         6723          461         6705           77         6933 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................          420         2481          340         2528           72         2327 
ALIMONY.............................            7         3366            7         3366            0          (B) 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................          796         5319          634         4786           68         5076 
OTHER INCOME........................          489         3405          424         3566           23         1435 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......        11859         8319         9592         8520         1786         7500 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........         1930         4770         1264         4746          548         4831 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................         3916         8401         3131         8723          674         7104 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........         1921        15193         1706        15510          176        10991 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............          552        17583          428        18577           85        12317 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................          380        22571          337        23175           33        17244 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........          660        19858          603        20251           41        17282 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................         1184         7219         1030         7419          109         5662 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................        43705         2862        39105         2905         2644         2394 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........          427         2495          347         2545           72         2327 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................         5050         5108         4558         5196          252         3988 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............         3620        17699         3157        18158          347        13388 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          45
15 Years Old and Over, by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex
(Numbers in thousands.  People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year)

                                           HISPANIC ORIGIN         WHITE, NOT HISPANIC                             
                                           NUMBER                    NUMBER                                        
                                            WITH          MEAN        WITH          MEAN                           
                                           INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       ALL         WHITE   
                                         (THOUS.)      (DOLS.)     (THOUS.)      (DOLS.)     WGTD-AGG     WGTD-AGG 
MALE                                                                                                        
UNDER 65 YEARS                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................         8912        24952        60290        41493   3070085305   2715022060 
EARNINGS............................         8296        25229        55377        40945   2787954952   2468743619 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................         7919        25073        51354        40388   2566295905   2264940142 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........          474        22392         5603        32351    209143692    191658116 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............           35         3620         1134        10597     12515352     12145358 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........          343         2932         2494         2888      9504400      8169861 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................          332         2699         2360         2795      8711017      7453686 
  COMBINATIONS......................           11        10249          135         4517       793384       716176 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................          143         6074          795         5795      6254755      5434353 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................           71         5070          338         5688      2811336      2274894 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............           66         6659          402         6265      3119028      2934560 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            1         1500           25         3639       176973        92749 
  OTHER.............................            5        14146           30         2533       147418       132150 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................          356         7388         2767         8772     32236189     26736185 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........          143         5238          923         4981      8058667      5223028 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............           79         3324          174         3071      1146958       776187 
  AFDC ONLY.........................           35         3554           48         2891       436993       262271 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............           41         3049          125         3131       686609       499263 
  BOTH..............................            3         4598            0         5496        23356        14653 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................           51         9364          843         7591      8867767      6738815 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................           30         9175          534         4643      3892844      2617581 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................            0          (B)            7         5143        37487        36704 
  PENSION ONLY......................           10        10298          144        13876      2902426      2094730 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            4         3373           53         3220       195175       181301 
  OTHER ONLY........................            0          (B)           42         6360       279368       266432 
  COMBINATIONS......................            8        12012           62        23211      1560467      1542067 
  MEANS-TESTED......................           10        12161          143         6504      1269418      1049565 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................           42         8719          700         7814      7598349      5689249 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................            8         7551          230        19238      4726646      4487909 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            3         6855           47         9454       651281       462202 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            1         3396           14        11285       191522       158839 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            3         7728        26232        26232 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0          (B)            5         5836        31859        31177 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            2         5626         9565         9565 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0          (B)            2         4449         7204         7204 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................            0          (B)           96        24232      2343323      2327807 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0          (B)           21         7905       170534       169758 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            4         9560           44        28584      1295125      1295125 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................           76         7585          563        12348      8423290      7515052 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            3        15612           21        12114       346422       313224 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................           19         7727          187        11613      2591022      2311515 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           10         6062           55         9538       693111       580948 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            4         7974            7         8570       107196        92035 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           16         3906          105        10756      1198194      1195811 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            2        18000           15        19556       326755       326755 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................            7         3913           86        21289      1920053      1865561 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0          (B)            2         8000        18189        18189 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           14        10871          100         6528      1222348       811013 
PENSIONS............................          116        16709         2623        19338     58783188     52540218 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................           61        13379         1419        16163     25943653     23687074 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           16        25287          245        27149      7699608      7060872 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          46
15 Years Old and Over, by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex
(Numbers in thousands.  People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year)

                                           HISPANIC ORIGIN         WHITE, NOT HISPANIC                             
                                           NUMBER                    NUMBER                                        
                                            WITH          MEAN        WITH          MEAN                           
                                           INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       INCOME       ALL         WHITE   
                                         (THOUS.)      (DOLS.)     (THOUS.)      (DOLS.)     WGTD-AGG     WGTD-AGG 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............           24        15504          391        19108      9572758      7833792 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            7        22283          475        22787     11873935     10975340 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)           14        17726       324467       241731 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0          (B)           30        15532       476368       464375 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................            3          610           83        22061      1987062      1829291 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            5        25162           41         7688       859648       447743 
INTEREST............................         2225          714        34987         1367     54191379     49302582 
DIVIDENDS...........................          437         2011        15112         2636     45114551     40603813 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................          237         2187         4261         4897     23451940     21359475 
EDUCATION...........................          228         4760         2492         4396     14406819     11962717 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................           70         1536          325         1861       889238       707308 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............           45         4877          397         5120      2714739      2228003 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................           51         7665          720         5131      4706970      4088785 
  OTHER ONLY........................           26         3933          620         2868      2134465      1847052 
  COMBINATIONS......................           35         7409          429         6624      3961407      3091571 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................           28         2123          314         2575      1042211       859588 
ALIMONY.............................            0          (B)            7         3366        23621        23621 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................           71         3837          564         4890      4232333      3032482 
OTHER INCOME........................           31         3688          396         3533      1665640      1512557 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......         1122         6238         8541         8812     98656311     81725995 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........          216         4666         1071         4794      9205625      5999215 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................          358         7448         2797         8871     32896976     27314236 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........           82        12006         1630        15676     29185956     26460791 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............           28        14511          401        18863      9706185      7952059 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................           26        17925          311        23611      8584242      7800659 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........           23         9655          579        20674     13103988     12202328 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................          150         6363          892         7539      8546624      7638532 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................         2331         1281        36875         3006    125101193    113593677 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........           28         2123          321         2592      1065832       883208 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................          237         2187         4331         5355     25795262     23687282 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............          164        13446         2999        18407     64073983     57327005 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          47
15 Years Old and Over, by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex
(Numbers in thousands.  People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year)

                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                    WHITE,  
                                                                     NOT    
                                          BLACK        HISP        HISPANIC 
                                         WGTD-AGG     WGTD-AGG     WGTD-AGG 
MALE                                                                 
UNDER 65 YEARS                                                              
                                                                            
   TOTAL............................    217095811    222380436   2501580499 
EARNINGS............................    192894593    209292895   2267388590 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................    185818217    198555319   2074112953 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........      6823670     10610905    181263042 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............       252706       126670     12012592 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........       908834      1004409      7204219 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................       834780       896060      6596393 
  COMBINATIONS......................        74053       108349       607826 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................       549361       870130      4605654 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................       429587       360961      1920690 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............       115506       441131      2517101 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            0         1696        91053 
  OTHER.............................         4268        66341        76809 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................      4705088      2633023     24268985 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........      2408417       747720      4599127 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............       238110       261387       533643 
  AFDC ONLY.........................       118235       123132       139139 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............       119875       125957       392149 
  BOTH..............................            0        12298         2355 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................      1901696       480005      6399796 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................      1118355       270683      2481670 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................          783            0        36704 
  PENSION ONLY......................       737348       100594      1995964 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................        13874        13793       171894 
  OTHER ONLY........................        12937            0       266432 
  COMBINATIONS......................        18400        94935      1447133 
  MEANS-TESTED......................       186971       116702       932864 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................      1714726       363303      5466932 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................       238737        63737      4424172 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................       189079        20654       441547 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................        32683         4855       153985 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0            0        26232 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........          682            0        31177 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0            0         9565 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0            0         7204 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0            0            0 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................        15516            0      2327807 
  ANNUITIES.........................          776            0       169758 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            0        38228      1256897 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................       730280       573434      6949238 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............        14357        53184       260040 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................       245092       148068      2168550 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................        64382        57917       523031 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............        14949        29398        62637 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........         2382        62117      1133695 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0        36326       290429 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................        54492        28848      1836713 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0            0            0 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0            0        18189 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................       334625       157576       655955 
PENSIONS............................      4226151      1930913     50730367 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................      1498498       811170     22941691 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          48
15 Years Old and Over, by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex
(Numbers in thousands.  People 15 years old and over as of March of the following year)

                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                    WHITE,  
                                                                     NOT    
                                          BLACK        HISP        HISPANIC 
                                         WGTD-AGG     WGTD-AGG     WGTD-AGG 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................       478908       399955      6660917 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............      1032499       376298      7467078 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........       701938       161358     10813982 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............        82736            0       241731 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0            0       464375 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................        41304         1714      1827577 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................       344578       134728       313015 
INTEREST............................      2360148      1587993     47826981 
DIVIDENDS...........................      2965144       879530     39837212 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................       988838       519338     20864738 
EDUCATION...........................      1434041      1086237     10956200 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................       102983       107723       605354 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............       271861       221630      2034176 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................       381212       394397      3696792 
  OTHER ONLY........................       146805       102326      1779144 
  COMBINATIONS......................       531179       260161      2840734 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................       166459        60134       809589 
ALIMONY.............................            0            0        23621 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................       347077       273636      2759810 
OTHER INCOME........................        32837       115916      1398560 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......     13392094      6998266     75265882 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........      2646527      1009107      5132770 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................      4787825      2669349     24810710 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........      1932670       979892     25551788 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............      1047448       405696      7555947 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                        
   RETIREMENT.......................       575974       462726      7337933 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........       705002       223475     11978853 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                      
   PAYMENTS.........................       618211       952162      6727800 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................      6329646      2986861    110856738 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........       166459        60134       833210 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                
   OR TRUSTS........................      1004354       519338     23192545 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............      4647751      2208232     55199246 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031999/perinc/new12_008.htm