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PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          67
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                                                                                                              
65 YEARS AND OVER                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................        13501        27997        12099        29140         1028        16776 
EARNINGS............................         2905        29564         2661        30206          162        17622 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................         2242        30900         2020        31709          150        18576 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........          603        25113          581        25755           12         5651 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............          143        10143          140         9897            0          (B) 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........           67         2385           52         2460            7         1015 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................           63         2002           50         2311            7         1015 
  COMBINATIONS......................            4         8006            2         5867            0          (B) 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................           53         8513           48         8782            5         5768 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................           29         8605           26         8497            3         9612 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............           23         8522           21         9277            2          240 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  OTHER.............................            1         6000            1         6000            0          (B) 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................        12110        10313        10933        10446          915         9084 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........          315         3614          191         3680           81         2293 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............            7         5612            4         8403            0          (B) 
  AFDC ONLY.........................            2        12000            2        12000            0          (B) 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............            5         3321            3         5885            0          (B) 
  BOTH..............................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................          819         7030          749         7156           56         5657 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................          487         5145          444         5269           38         3397 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  PENSION ONLY......................          266         9944          246         9979           17        10625 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  OTHER ONLY........................           38         6864           34         6771            0         2051 
  COMBINATIONS......................           29        12290           25        13446            0        15120 
  MEANS-TESTED......................          112         7583          104         7559            8         7881 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................          708         6943          646         7091           48         5275 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................          221        10887          210        11128            9         7006 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................           81         8219           78         8353            2         4800 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           27        13593           25        13675            2        12576 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            6        21073            6        21073            0          (B) 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           26         4204           20         3942            5         5592 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  BLACK LUNG........................            4         5774            4         5774            0          (B) 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................           25        35423           25        35423            0          (B) 
  ANNUITIES.........................           51         3124           51         3124            0          (B) 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            9         7148            8         7431            0          (B) 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................          152        12447          128        12162           22        10444 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            9        11023            9        11023            0          (B) 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................           51        10476           45        10786            7         8368 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           22        19417           15        18648            5         9036 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            6         5927            6         5927            0          (B) 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           18         9497           18         9497            0          (B) 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            3        52000            3        52000            0          (B) 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................            7        22201            7        22201            0          (B) 
  BLACK LUNG........................            6         7655            5         7510            1         8400 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           35         7876           26         6141            9        12984 
PENSIONS............................         6331        13982         5851        14297          352         9629 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................         4448        10434         4145        10749          234         6167 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................          679        22825          608        23132           41        17961 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          68
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...............          300        20470          275        20729           20        19676 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........          841        16862          768        17289           47        12729 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............          148        14864          137        15270           11         9963 
  ANNUITIES.........................          102        12726           93        12932            9        10608 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................          175        10551          173        10639            2         3000 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................           79         9763           78         9519            0          (B) 
INTEREST............................         8833         4253         8332         4311          310         3239 
DIVIDENDS...........................         3359         5291         3254         5317           39         8451 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................         1489         7172         1397         7027           61         8602 
EDUCATION...........................           17         6689           17         6689            0          (B) 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............           13         7612           13         7612            0          (B) 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
  OTHER ONLY........................            2         2000            2         2000            0          (B) 
  COMBINATIONS......................            2         5000            2         5000            0          (B) 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................            5          225            5          225            0          (B) 
ALIMONY.............................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0          (B) 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................           47         6412           30         7530            0          (B) 
OTHER INCOME........................          148         2921          142         2935            4         3131 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......        12699        13536        11419        13769          967        11166 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........          321         3660          195         3786           81         2293 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................        12218        10414        11035        10552          922         9144 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........         4547        10472         4236        10783          240         6281 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............          308        20395          284        20640           20        19676 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................          718        22695          638        23025           48        16801 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........          874        16549          794        17023           52        12060 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................           76        10139           70        10458            6         6241 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................         9249         7232         8714         7333          336         5523 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........            5          225            5          225            0          (B) 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................         1504         7693         1412         7583           61         8602 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............         6377        13914         5889        14215          356         9655 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          69
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                                                                                                              
65 YEARS AND OVER                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                   
   TOTAL............................          705        16791        11417        29890    377983616    352569486 
EARNINGS............................          147        19261         2519        30850     85873415     80373140 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................          131        20847         1891        32510     69266191     64037856 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........           17         5213          566        26267     15151784     14954451 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............            0          (B)          140         9897      1455439      1380833 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........            9         2593           44         2462       159904       128663 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................            7         1962           44         2403       125691       115796 
  COMBINATIONS......................            2         5700            1         6240        34212        12867 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................            2         1200           46         9119       449516       422328 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................            2         1200           24         9128       245460       218736 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............            0          (B)           21         9277       197240       196776 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  OTHER.............................            0          (B)            1         6000         6816         6816 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................          576         8676        10377        10545    124889692    114211091 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........           66         3178          125         3947      1137410       702493 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............            1        10000            3         7708        38300        36767 
  AFDC ONLY.........................            0          (B)            2        12000        21620        21620 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............            1        10000            1         1500        16680        15146 
  BOTH..............................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................           21         7879          728         7135      5761147      5361795 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................           11         9423          433         5168      2506454      2339455 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  PENSION ONLY......................            8         5266          238        10137      2643245      2455929 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  OTHER ONLY........................            1        11651           33         6572       260094       232951 
  COMBINATIONS......................            1         7522           24        13760       351354       333460 
  MEANS-TESTED......................            1        11339          102         7507       847790       783008 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................           20         7631          626         7074      4913357      4578787 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................            8         5572          202        11343      2405260      2332468 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            4         9313           74         8299       664092       648948 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            0          (B)           25        13675       373002       347454 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            6        21073       122759       122759 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            4         1303           16         4537       109151        77920 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            4         5774        24571        24571 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................            0          (B)           25        35423       887758       887758 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0          (B)           51         3124       160379       160379 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            0          (B)            8         7431        63548        62677 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................           11         6446          117        12716      1888813      1555012 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0          (B)            9        11023        94472        94472 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................            2         3756           42        11131       535287       480452 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................            3         8768           12        21486       432239       278739 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            6         5927        34529        34529 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            2         9400           16         9506       166241       166241 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0          (B)            3        52000       144858       144858 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................            1         7200            6        25623       153038       153038 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0          (B)            5         7510        48657        39989 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            3         3927           23         6430       279493       162696 
PENSIONS............................          185        11251         5673        14390     88514806     83652749 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................          128         8018         4020        10832     46411316     44551081 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................           21        21628          587        23186     15490095     14074603 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          70
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...............           10        12538          266        20945      6131082      5696800 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........           24        16814          746        17317     14185670     13280597 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            4        15017          133        15278      2200387      2087320 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0          (B)           93        12932      1301354      1205039 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................            0          (B)          173        10639      1847274      1841262 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            0          (B)           78         9519       772193       740848 
INTEREST............................          257         2746         8084         4361     37566422     35917081 
DIVIDENDS...........................           47         9300         3209         5257     17773969     17300501 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................           63         3749         1340         7161     10679635      9817750 
EDUCATION...........................            0          (B)           17         6689       112728       112728 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............            0          (B)           13         7612        99217        99217 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
  OTHER ONLY........................            0          (B)            2         2000         3718         3718 
  COMBINATIONS......................            0          (B)            2         5000         9793         9793 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................            0          (B)            5          225         1086         1086 
ALIMONY.............................            0          (B)            0          (B)            0            0 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................            5         1709           25         8799       299919       226767 
OTHER INCOME........................            0          (B)          142         2935       431594       417067 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                                                       
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......          624        10432        10816        13958    171888842    157229614 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........           67         3312          128         4036      1175710       739260 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                                                                      
   RETIREMENT.......................          579         8732        10476        10652    127234937    116443269 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........          135         7992         4105        10871     47610694     45680481 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............           10        12538          275        20846      6288371      5854089 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................           25        19883          614        23150     16295336     14700796 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........           29        14469          767        17132     14461062     13524758 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                                                             
   PAYMENTS.........................            3         3507           67        10804       770253       734397 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................          273         5051         8453         7404     66883150     63898456 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........            0          (B)            5          225         1086         1086 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                                                       
   OR TRUSTS........................           63         3749         1355         7739     11567393     10705508 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............          193        10945         5702        14319     88736662     83707653 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          71
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                                                                       
65 YEARS AND OVER                                                           
                                                                            
   TOTAL............................     17248063     11831133    341251052 
EARNINGS............................      2853537      2831654     77717289 
  WAGES AND SALARY..................      2785983      2741274     61465288 
  NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT...........        67554        90380     14871168 
  FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT..............            0            0      1380833 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION...........         7251        23252       109376 
  STATE OR LOCAL....................         7251        14626       105135 
  COMBINATIONS......................            0         8625         4242 
WORKERS COMPENSATION................        27188         2459       419869 
  STATE PAYMENTS....................        26724         2459       216277 
  EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..............          464            0       196776 
  OWN INSURANCE.....................            0            0            0 
  OTHER.............................            0            0         6816 
SOCIAL SECURITY.....................      8314567      5000928    109417383 
SSI (SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY).........       185636       210118       492375 
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, TOTAL............            0        13278        23489 
  AFDC ONLY.........................            0            0        21620 
  OTHER ASSISTANCE ONLY.............            0        13278         1869 
  BOTH..............................            0            0            0 
VETERANS BENEFITS...................       317236       166551      5195245 
  DISABILITY ONLY...................       130260        99248      2240208 
  SURVIVORS ONLY....................            0            0            0 
  PENSION ONLY......................       178971        42150      2413780 
  EDUCATION ONLY....................            0            0            0 
  OTHER ONLY........................          850        15752       217199 
  COMBINATIONS......................         7155         9402       324058 
  MEANS-TESTED......................        64782        16025       766983 
  NONMEANS-TESTED...................       252454       150526      4428261 
SURVIVORS BENEFITS..................        62434        43355      2289113 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................         9628        38619       610330 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................        25548            0       347454 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0            0       122759 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........        27259         4736        73184 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0            0            0 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0            0            0 
  BLACK LUNG........................            0            0        24571 
  ESTATES OR TRUSTS.................            0            0       887758 
  ANNUITIES.........................            0            0       160379 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            0            0        62677 
DISABILITY BENEFITS.................       226116        72823      1482189 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION..............            0            0        94472 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................        54835         7813       472639 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT................        45816        29239       249500 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............            0            0        34529 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........            0        14560       151681 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............            0            0       144858 
  ACCIDENT INSURANCE................            0         9220       143817 
  BLACK LUNG........................         8669            0        39989 
  TEMPORARY INSURANCE...............            0            0            0 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................       116797        11991       150705 
PENSIONS............................      3388724      2077348     81638369 
  COMPANY OR UNION..................      1443700      1030337     43549168 
PINC-12. Source of Income in 1998--Number with Income and Mean Income in 1998 of People                          72
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................       742606       459376     13615227 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............       387512       130514      5567407 
  STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.........       599274       399459     12914561 
  RAILROAD RETIREMENT...............       113067        57661      2029659 
  ANNUITIES.........................        96315            0      1205039 
  IRA OR KEOUGH.....................         6012            0      1841262 
  OTHER OR DONT KNOW................            0            0       740848 
INTEREST............................      1003850       707181     35252344 
DIVIDENDS...........................       328603       437589     16870536 
RENTS AND ROYALTIES.................       521016       235388      9595036 
EDUCATION...........................            0            0       112728 
  PELL GRANT ONLY...................            0            0            0 
  OTHER GOVERNMENT ONLY.............            0            0        99217 
  SCHOLARSHIPS ONLY.................            0            0            0 
  OTHER ONLY........................            0            0         3718 
  COMBINATIONS......................            0            0         9793 
CHILD SUPPORT.......................            0            0         1086 
ALIMONY.............................            0            0            0 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE................            0         9209       217558 
OTHER INCOME........................        11904            0       417067 
COMBINATIONS OF INCOME TYPES                                                
  GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PAYMENTS......     10801164      6512131    150963212 
  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR SSI..........       185636       223396       515864 
  SOCIAL SECURITY OR RAILROAD                                               
   RETIREMENT.......................      8427634      5058589    111591900 
  COMPANY OR UNION PENSION..........      1508162      1076769     44632136 
  MILITARY RETIREMENT...............       387512       130514      5724696 
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT                                                        
   RETIREMENT.......................       813970       488615     14212181 
  STATE OR LOCAL RETIREMENT.........       626533       418755     13139426 
  WORKERS COMPENSATION                                                      
   PAYMENTS.........................        35856        11679       722717 
  PROPERTY INCOME...................      1853469      1380159     62581040 
  CHILD SUPPORT OR ALIMONY..........            0            0         1086 
  RENTS, ROYALTIES, ESTATES,                                                
   OR TRUSTS........................       521016       235388     10482794 
  PENSIONS OR ANNUITIES.............      3438503      2114654     81655968 

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_012.htm