Table 18. Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 2000
(People and families in thousands; income in dollars. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)
Below poverty level Above poverty level
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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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ALL FAMILIES
Total 72,388 2,411 4,113 6,222 8,886 11,714 14,785 66,166 63,502 60,673 57,603
Persons in
Families 229,482 8,148 14,383 22,015 31,276 40,603 50,791 207,467 198,205 188,878 178,690
Total Income
Aggregate (MIL) 4746745.2 8264.6 25578.7 55069.0 101620.6 159788.5 235264.9 4691676.2 4645124.5 4586956.6 4511480.2
Mean 65,574 3,429 6,219 8,851 11,436 13,640 15,913 70,908 73,150 75,601 78,320
Standard Error 389 114 117 119 109 106 108 413 425 440 458
With Zero Income 384 384 384 384 384 384 384 0 0 0 0
With Negative
Income 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 0 0 0 0
Wages and Salaries
Aggregate (MIL) 3711199.4 4214.6 14268.6 33337.3 64277.7 102248.1 154837.5 3677862.1 3646921.7 3608951.3 3556361.9
Percent of Total
Income 78.2 51.0 55.8 60.5 63.3 64.0 65.8 78.4 78.5 78.7 78.8
Mean 51,268 1,748 3,469 5,358 7,233 8,728 10,473 55,585 57,430 59,482 61,739
Standard Error 358 86 111 124 119 119 125 382 395 409 426
Recipient Families
Number 61,059 1,069 2,252 3,786 5,770 7,834 10,126 57,273 55,290 53,226 50,933
Percent of All
Families 84.4 44.4 54.8 60.9 64.9 66.9 68.5 86.6 87.1 87.7 88.4
Mean Amount 60,780 3,941 6,335 8,805 11,141 13,053 15,291 64,216 65,960 67,805 69,824
Standard Error 400 132 147 148 134 130 134 419 430 442 458
Nonfarm Self-Employment
Aggregate (MIL) 246807.3 -248.5 472.9 1522.2 3188.4 5316.5 7919.4 245285.0 243618.8 241490.8 238887.9
Percent of Total
Income 5.2 -3.0 1.8 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.4 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.3
Mean 3,410 -103 115 245 359 454 536 3,707 3,836 3,980 4,147
Standard Error 107 59 50 46 41 40 39 117 121 127 133
Received Positive Amount
Number 8,079 133 249 385 574 772 1,035 7,694 7,504 7,307 7,043
Percent 11.2 5.5 6.1 6.2 6.5 6.6 7.0 11.6 11.8 12.0 12.2
Aggregate 249887.6 327.1 1104.4 2235.2 4144.1 6340.0 9043.0 247652.3 245743.5 243547.6 240844.6
Mean 30,932 2,457 4,436 5,812 7,219 8,215 8,733 32,188 32,746 33,332 34,196
Standard Error 835 445 477 477 411 403 381 871 891 913 943
Received Negative Amount
Number 690 87 94 119 160 180 205 571 531 510 486
Percent 1.0 3.6 2.3 1.9 1.8 1.5 1.4 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8
Aggregate -3080.3 -575.5 -631.5 -713.0 -955.7 -1023.5 -1123.6 -2367.3 -2124.6 -2056.8 -1956.7
Mean -4,462 -6,613 -6,684 -5,979 -5,991 -5,672 -5,484 -4,145 -4,002 -4,033 -4,030
Standard Error 216 829 786 685 531 495 470 221 223 228 229
Farm Self-Employment
Aggregate (MIL) 25408.3 -95.6 -63.0 28.2 114.0 283.0 511.2 25380.2 25294.3 25125.3 24897.1
Percent of Total
Income 0.5 -1.2 -0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Mean 351 -40 -15 5 13 24 35 384 398 414 432
Standard Error 70 26 19 20 17 16 15 77 80 83 88
Received Positive Amount
Number 1,648 17 35 69 91 121 178 1,579 1,558 1,528 1,471
Percent 2.3 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.2 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6
Aggregate 26303.8 12.2 68.6 211.9 363.1 592.2 830.0 26092.0 25940.7 25711.6 25473.8
Mean 15,957 701 1,937 3,074 3,997 4,904 4,666 16,519 16,655 16,831 17,323
Standard Error 2,993 384 1,030 1,161 1,178 1,137 961 3,121 3,164 3,225 3,348
Received Negative Amount
Number 208 13 24 39 48 58 60 170 161 150 148
Percent 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3
Aggregate -895.5 -107.8 -131.5 -183.7 -249.1 -309.2 -318.8 -711.8 -646.4 -586.3 -576.7
Mean -4,297 -8,399 -5,474 -4,741 -5,227 -5,307 -5,285 -4,196 -4,022 -3,905 -3,895
Standard Error 503 1,801 1,739 1,576 1,230 1,073 1,043 521 535 551 556
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
Table 18. Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 2000
(People and families in thousands; income in dollars. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)
Below poverty level Above poverty level
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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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Interest and Dividends
Aggregate (MIL) 209683.3 193.0 405.9 775.1 1299.7 1959.8 3034.4 208908.2 208383.5 207723.5 206648.9
Percent of Total
Income 4.4 2.3 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6
Mean 2,897 80 99 125 146 167 205 3,157 3,282 3,424 3,587
Standard Error 63 13 13 14 14 12 12 69 72 75 79
Recipient Families
Number 44,547 297 577 1,004 1,608 2,521 3,666 43,543 42,939 42,026 40,880
Percent of All
Families 61.5 12.3 14.0 16.1 18.1 21.5 24.8 65.8 67.6 69.3 71.0
Mean Amount 4,707 649 703 772 808 777 828 4,798 4,853 4,943 5,055
Standard Error 101 87 86 77 71 54 46 103 104 106 109
Rental Income
Aggregate (MIL) 33619.2 2.3 9.9 36.3 118.6 249.8 344.0 33582.9 33500.5 33369.3 33275.2
Percent of Total
Income 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Mean 464 1 2 6 13 21 23 508 528 550 578
Standard Error 24 6 9 8 7 7 7 27 28 29 31
Received Positive Amount
Number 4,581 29 62 102 143 209 305 4,479 4,439 4,372 4,276
Percent 6.3 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.8 2.1 6.8 7.0 7.2 7.4
Aggregate 37993.5 17.4 70.5 141.5 256.4 443.4 666.5 37851.9 37737.0 37550.1 37327.0
Mean 8,293 596 1,131 1,382 1,795 2,119 2,185 8,451 8,502 8,588 8,729
Standard Error 342 368 356 303 286 266 213 349 351 356 364
Received Negative Amount
Number 1,434 11 25 51 73 95 131 1,383 1,361 1,340 1,303
Percent 2.0 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3
Aggregate -4374.3 -15.1 -60.5 -105.2 -137.8 -193.6 -322.5 -4269.1 -4236.5 -4180.7 -4051.8
Mean -3,050 -1,436 -2,378 -2,076 -1,889 -2,048 -2,454 -3,086 -3,113 -3,121 -3,111
Standard Error 124 376 695 458 325 337 354 127 129 130 131
Social Security
Aggregate (MIL) 235722.1 771.7 2954.5 6878.5 14450.0 25585.8 38666.8 228843.5 221272.1 210136.3 197055.3
Percent of Total
Income 5.0 9.3 11.6 12.5 14.2 16.0 16.4 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.4
Mean 3,256 320 718 1,106 1,626 2,184 2,615 3,459 3,485 3,463 3,421
Standard Error 37 44 53 57 57 60 60 40 41 43 44
Recipient
Families
Number 16,757 176 494 964 1,695 2,642 3,658 15,793 15,062 14,115 13,099
Percent of All
Families 23.1 7.3 12.0 15.5 19.1 22.6 24.7 23.9 23.7 23.3 22.7
Mean Amount 14,067 4,396 5,982 7,134 8,527 9,683 10,570 14,491 14,691 14,888 15,044
Standard Error 84 340 204 167 130 116 109 86 89 93 99
Pension, Survivor and
Disability Income
Aggregate (MIL) 175918.3 76.1 270.7 826.4 1612.9 2886.9 4635.3 175091.8 174305.3 173031.4 171283.0
Percent of Total
Income 3.7 0.9 1.1 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.0 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.8
Mean 2,430 32 66 133 182 246 314 2,646 2,745 2,852 2,973
Standard Error 48 9 15 19 18 20 20 52 55 57 60
Recipient Families
Number 10,582 43 89 193 345 556 858 10,389 10,237 10,026 9,724
Percent of All
Families 14.6 1.8 2.2 3.1 3.9 4.7 5.8 15.7 16.1 16.5 16.9
Mean Amount 16,624 1,759 3,025 4,278 4,675 5,192 5,403 16,854 17,027 17,258 17,614
Standard Error 249 297 484 401 302 277 238 253 255 259 265
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
Table 18. Sources of Income By Ratio of Poverty Threshold For Families And Unrelated Individuals in 2000
(People and families in thousands; income in dollars. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)
Below poverty level Above poverty level
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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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Means Tested
Cash Assistance
Aggregate (MIL) 22639.3 2287.0 4989.5 7272.8 9617.4 11531.8 12818.8 15366.4 13021.8 11107.5 9820.5
Percent of Total
Income 0.5 27.7 19.5 13.2 9.5 7.2 5.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Mean 313 949 1,213 1,169 1,082 984 867 232 205 183 170
Standard Error 10 64 61 53 41 36 30 10 10 10 10
Recipient Families
Number 4,180 714 1,222 1,629 2,033 2,365 2,629 2,552 2,147 1,815 1,552
Percent of All
Families 5.8 29.6 29.7 26.2 22.9 20.2 17.8 3.9 3.4 3.0 2.7
Mean Amount 5,416 3,202 4,081 4,465 4,731 4,875 4,877 6,022 6,064 6,120 6,328
Standard Error 132 148 139 135 122 120 114 199 227 259 295
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.