Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2002
Importance of Income Sources Relative to Total Income
Units Receiving Income from Specified Source
Aged Units
- Table 6.B1 Percentage distribution, by age
- Table 6.B2 Percentage distribution, by age, marital status, and sex of nonmarried persons
Units 65 or Older
- Table 6.B3 Percentage distribution, by Social Security beneficiary status, marital status, and sex of nonmarried persons
- Table 6.B4 Percentage distribution, by marital status, sex of nonmarried persons, race, and Hispanic origin
- Table 6.B5 Percentage distribution, by marital status and quintiles of total money income
Proportion of income | Aged 55–61 | Aged 62–64 | Aged 65 or older | ||
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Total | 65–74 | 75 or older | |||
Retirement benefits a | |||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
20–39 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
40–59 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 |
60–79 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
80 or more | 34 | 46 | 64 | 55 | 72 |
50 or more | 50 | 64 | 82 | 75 | 89 |
90 or more | 29 | 39 | 55 | 48 | 62 |
100 | 17 | 21 | 31 | 27 | 35 |
Mean proportion | 54 | 64 | 79 | 73 | 84 |
Number (thousands) | 3,470 | 2,777 | 23,930 | 11,466 | 12,465 |
Social Security c | |||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 6 |
20–39 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 13 |
40–59 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 |
60–79 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 17 |
80 or more | 36 | 28 | 41 | 33 | 48 |
50 or more | 52 | 47 | 66 | 58 | 73 |
90 or more | 31 | 24 | 34 | 27 | 39 |
100 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 25 |
Mean proportion | 56 | 51 | 65 | 59 | 71 |
Number (thousands) | 1,649 | 2,315 | 23,260 | 11,088 | 12,171 |
Government employee pensions d | |||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 23 | 28 | 19 | 20 | 18 |
20–39 | 31 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 26 |
40–59 | 18 | 19 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
60–79 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 20 |
80 or more | 17 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
50 or more | 37 | 45 | 41 | 39 | 42 |
90 or more | 13 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
100 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Mean proportion | 44 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 45 |
Number (thousands) | 916 | 520 | 3,507 | 1,762 | 1,745 |
Private pensions or annuities | |||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 36 | 33 | 42 | 41 | 43 |
20–39 | 22 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 32 |
40–59 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 |
60–79 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
80 or more | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
50 or more | 34 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
90 or more | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
100 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Mean proportion | 40 | 36 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
Number (thousands) | 1,316 | 993 | 7,476 | 3,660 | 3,816 |
Earnings | |||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 29 |
20–39 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 21 |
40–59 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 19 |
60–79 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 24 | 18 |
80 or more | 79 | 58 | 20 | 22 | 14 |
50 or more | 92 | 78 | 54 | 57 | 41 |
90 or more | 69 | 47 | 14 | 14 | 11 |
100 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Mean proportion | 87 | 74 | 52 | 54 | 43 |
Number (thousands) | 11,576 | 2,917 | 5,665 | 4,452 | 1,214 |
Income from assets | |||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 88 | 85 | 73 | 76 | 69 |
20–39 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 17 |
40–59 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
60–79 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
80 or more | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
50 or more | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
90 or more | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
100 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Mean proportion | 8 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 17 |
Number (thousands) | 8,470 | 2,570 | 14,323 | 7,062 | 7,261 |
Public assistance | |||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 32 |
20–39 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 19 |
40–59 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
60–79 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
80 or more | 46 | 38 | 33 | 31 | 34 |
50 or more | 56 | 51 | 40 | 39 | 40 |
90 or more | 45 | 37 | 32 | 30 | 34 |
100 | 38 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 32 |
Mean proportion | 61 | 56 | 50 | 49 | 50 |
Number (thousands) | 716 | 233 | 1,189 | 604 | 585 |
NOTE: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded. | |||||
a. Includes Social Security benefits, Railroad Retirement, government employee pensions, and private pensions or annuities. | |||||
b. Aged units with at least one dollar of income from the specified source are included in the calculation. Previous editions excluded aged units receiving less than 1 percent of total income from the particular source for the calculation of the percentages. The effect of this change is negligible for all income sources except asset income. For comparison with 2000, the numbers for the importance of asset income in 2000 based on the new methodology are included in Appendix B. The mean proportions and population counts were unaffected by this change. | |||||
c. Includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, and special age-72 benefits. | |||||
d. Includes federal, state, local, and military pensions. |
Proportion of income | Aged 55–61 | Aged 62–64 | Aged 65 or older | |||||||||
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Married couples | Nonmarried persons | Married couples | Nonmarried persons | Married couples | Nonmarried persons | |||||||
Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | ||||
Retirement benefits a | ||||||||||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
20–39 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
40–59 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
60–79 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
80 or more | 21 | 51 | 55 | 49 | 36 | 58 | 63 | 54 | 54 | 71 | 68 | 72 |
50 or more | 35 | 70 | 74 | 68 | 55 | 75 | 79 | 72 | 76 | 87 | 82 | 89 |
90 or more | 16 | 45 | 49 | 44 | 29 | 50 | 58 | 46 | 45 | 62 | 60 | 63 |
100 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 27 | 20 | 39 | 39 | 39 |
Mean proportion | 43 | 69 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 73 | 77 | 71 | 73 | 83 | 81 | 84 |
Number (thousands) | 1,968 | 1,502 | 566 | 936 | 1,469 | 1,308 | 503 | 805 | 9,630 | 14,301 | 3,760 | 10,541 |
Social Security c | ||||||||||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
20–39 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 11 |
40–59 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 14 |
60–79 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 16 |
80 or more | 15 | 57 | 60 | 55 | 16 | 41 | 44 | 39 | 27 | 51 | 42 | 53 |
50 or more | 28 | 77 | 79 | 75 | 32 | 61 | 61 | 62 | 54 | 74 | 65 | 77 |
90 or more | 13 | 49 | 51 | 48 | 13 | 35 | 41 | 32 | 21 | 42 | 35 | 44 |
100 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 35 | 7 | 26 | 37 | 20 | 12 | 28 | 25 | 29 |
Mean proportion | 37 | 74 | 77 | 73 | 40 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 55 | 71 | 65 | 74 |
Number (thousands) | 818 | 831 | 294 | 537 | 1,185 | 1,130 | 422 | 708 | 9,334 | 13,925 | 3,627 | 10,298 |
Government employee pensions d | ||||||||||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 17 |
20–39 | 37 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 26 |
40–59 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 26 |
60–79 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 27 | 19 |
80 or more | 11 | 28 | 23 | 32 | 15 | 22 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 12 |
50 or more | 27 | 54 | 55 | 54 | 36 | 58 | 68 | 49 | 36 | 46 | 54 | 42 |
90 or more | 6 | 25 | 20 | 29 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
100 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Mean proportion | 37 | 55 | 54 | 57 | 40 | 55 | 62 | 48 | 42 | 48 | 53 | 46 |
Number (thousands) | 576 | 340 | 142 | 198 | 311 | 209 | 94 | 115 | 1,790 | 1,717 | 455 | 1,262 |
Private pensions or annuities | ||||||||||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 39 | 32 | 26 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 21 | 41 | 42 | 42 | 32 | 47 |
20–39 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 31 | 35 | 30 | 33 | 29 |
40–59 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 25 | 15 |
60–79 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
80 or more | 16 | 29 | 37 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
50 or more | 30 | 42 | 51 | 36 | 25 | 26 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 15 |
90 or more | 11 | 25 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
100 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Mean proportion | 37 | 47 | 55 | 43 | 35 | 37 | 44 | 32 | 27 | 29 | 33 | 27 |
Number (thousands) | 857 | 459 | 176 | 283 | 624 | 368 | 144 | 224 | 3,847 | 3,628 | 1,168 | 2,460 |
Earnings | ||||||||||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 21 |
20–39 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
40–59 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 19 |
60–79 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 20 |
80 or more | 77 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 58 | 59 | 62 | 58 | 18 | 25 | 29 | 23 |
50 or more | 92 | 92 | 93 | 92 | 78 | 77 | 78 | 77 | 52 | 56 | 63 | 52 |
90 or more | 67 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 45 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 18 |
100 | 19 | 35 | 39 | 33 | 15 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 |
Mean proportion | 86 | 89 | 89 | 88 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 74 | 51 | 54 | 58 | 52 |
Number (thousands) | 7,362 | 4,214 | 1,597 | 2,617 | 1,900 | 1,018 | 325 | 693 | 3,529 | 2,136 | 736 | 1,400 |
Income from assets | ||||||||||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 91 | 83 | 84 | 82 | 87 | 83 | 83 | 84 | 75 | 71 | 71 | 71 |
20–39 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 16 |
40–59 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
60–79 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
80 or more | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
50 or more | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
90 or more | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
100 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Mean proportion | 6 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 |
Number (thousands) | 5,526 | 2,944 | 1,081 | 1,864 | 1,613 | 957 | 312 | 646 | 6,841 | 7,482 | 1,943 | 5,539 |
Public assistance | ||||||||||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 39 | 19 | 17 | 20 | e | 16 | e | 15 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 32 |
20–39 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 12 | e | 17 | e | 15 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 22 |
40–59 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | e | 14 | e | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
60–79 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | e | 7 | e | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
80 or more | 23 | 56 | 61 | 53 | e | 47 | e | 48 | 35 | 32 | 33 | 32 |
50 or more | 38 | 63 | 68 | 61 | e | 59 | e | 61 | 43 | 39 | 45 | 37 |
90 or more | 22 | 55 | 60 | 52 | e | 46 | e | 46 | 35 | 31 | 33 | 31 |
100 | 18 | 46 | 48 | 45 | e | 44 | e | 44 | 31 | 29 | 33 | 28 |
Mean proportion | 44 | 68 | 71 | 66 | e | 65 | e | 65 | 51 | 49 | 51 | 48 |
Number (thousands) | 205 | 511 | 181 | 330 | 52 | 181 | 47 | 135 | 238 | 952 | 211 | 740 |
NOTE: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded. | ||||||||||||
a. Includes Social Security benefits, Railroad Retirement, government employee pensions, and private pensions or annuities. | ||||||||||||
b. Aged units with at least one dollar of income from the specified source are included in the calculation. Previous editions excluded aged units receiving less than 1 percent of total income from the particular source for the calculation of the percentages. The effect of this change is negligible for all income sources except asset income. For comparison with 2000, the numbers for the importance of asset income in 2000 based on the new methodology are included in Appendix B. The mean proportions and population counts were unaffected by this change. | ||||||||||||
c. Includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, and special age-72 benefits. | ||||||||||||
d. Includes federal, state, local, and military pensions. | ||||||||||||
e. Fewer than 75,000 weighted cases. |
Proportion of income | Beneficiary a | Nonbeneficiary | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All units | Married couples | Nonmarried persons | All units | Married couples | Nonmarried persons | |||||
Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |||||
Retirement benefits b | ||||||||||
Total percent c | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
20–39 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
40–59 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
60–79 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 16 |
80 or more | 64 | 54 | 71 | 68 | 72 | 59 | 45 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
50 or more | 83 | 76 | 87 | 82 | 89 | 79 | 67 | 89 | 83 | 92 |
90 or more | 55 | 45 | 62 | 60 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 60 | 59 | 60 |
100 | 31 | 20 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 37 | 39 | 36 |
Mean proportion | 79 | 73 | 83 | 81 | 84 | 75 | 66 | 82 | 79 | 84 |
Number (thousands) | 23,260 | 9,334 | 13,925 | 3,627 | 10,298 | 671 | 295 | 375 | 133 | 243 |
Government employee pensions d | ||||||||||
Total percent c | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | e | 0 |
20–39 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 16 | 2 | e | 2 |
40–59 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 14 | 9 | e | 7 |
60–79 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 29 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 22 | e | 25 |
80 or more | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 54 | 39 | 63 | e | 66 |
50 or more | 36 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 36 | 83 | 72 | 90 | e | 96 |
90 or more | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 34 | 51 | e | 56 |
100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 24 | e | 26 |
Mean proportion | 41 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 41 | 75 | 68 | 80 | e | 84 |
Number (thousands) | 3,170 | 1,657 | 1,514 | 388 | 1,126 | 337 | 133 | 203 | 68 | 135 |
Private pensions or annuities | ||||||||||
Total percent c | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 43 | 42 | 43 | 33 | 48 | 20 | 24 | 16 | e | 19 |
20–39 | 33 | 36 | 31 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 19 | 4 | e | 3 |
40–59 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 7 | e | 6 |
60–79 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 5 | e | 7 |
80 or more | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 33 | 68 | e | 65 |
50 or more | 12 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 65 | 51 | 80 | e | 79 |
90 or more | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 28 | 63 | e | 58 |
100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 49 | e | 40 |
Mean proportion | 26 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 25 | 64 | 53 | 76 | e | 73 |
Number (thousands) | 7,205 | 3,707 | 3,498 | 1,120 | 2,379 | 271 | 141 | 130 | 48 | 82 |
Earnings | ||||||||||
Total percent c | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
20–39 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
40–59 | 24 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
60–79 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
80 or more | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 75 | 69 | 82 | 83 | 81 |
50 or more | 46 | 47 | 44 | 51 | 41 | 89 | 87 | 92 | 95 | 90 |
90 or more | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 68 | 60 | 76 | 76 | 75 |
100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 32 | 48 | 52 | 45 |
Mean proportion | 45 | 46 | 43 | 46 | 42 | 85 | 82 | 89 | 90 | 87 |
Number (thousands) | 4,661 | 3,044 | 1,617 | 537 | 1,079 | 1,004 | 485 | 520 | 199 | 321 |
Income from assets | ||||||||||
Total percent c | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 66 | 62 | 63 | 62 |
20–39 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 |
40–59 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
60–79 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
80 or more | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 21 |
50 or more | 7 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 23 |
90 or more | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 21 |
100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 20 |
Mean proportion | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 29 |
Number (thousands) | 13,334 | 6,361 | 6,973 | 1,791 | 5,182 | 989 | 480 | 509 | 152 | 357 |
Public assistance | ||||||||||
Total percent c | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 47 | 49 | 46 | 41 | 48 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
20–39 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
40–59 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
60–79 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
80 or more | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 80 | 93 | 85 | 95 |
50 or more | 11 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 92 | 83 | 95 | 90 | 97 |
90 or more | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 80 | 92 | 85 | 94 |
100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 70 | 87 | 85 | 88 |
Mean proportion | 25 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 93 | 87 | 95 | 89 | 97 |
Number (thousands) | 764 | 133 | 631 | 130 | 501 | 425 | 104 | 321 | 81 | 240 |
NOTE: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded. | ||||||||||
a. Social Security beneficiaries may be receiving retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits. | ||||||||||
b. Includes Social Security benefits, Railroad Retirement, government employee pensions, and private pensions or annuities. | ||||||||||
c. Aged units with at least one dollar of income from the specified source are included in the calculation. Previous editions excluded aged units receiving less than 1 percent of total income from the particular source for the calculation of the percentages. The effect of this change is negligible for all income sources except asset income. For comparison with 2000, the numbers for the importance of asset income in 2000 based on the new methodology are included in Appendix B. The mean proportions and population counts were unaffected by this change. | ||||||||||
d. Includes federal, state, local, and military pensions. | ||||||||||
e. Fewer than 75,000 weighted cases. |
Proportion of income | All units | Married couples | Nonmarried persons | ||||||||||||
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Total | Men | Women | |||||||||||||
White alone a | Black alone a | Hispanic origin b | White alone a | Black alone a | Hispanic origin b | White alone a | Black alone a | Hispanic origin b | White alone a | Black alone a | Hispanic origin b | White alone a | Black alone a | Hispanic origin b | |
Retirement benefits c | |||||||||||||||
Total percent d | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
20–39 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
40–59 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
60–79 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 12 |
80 or more | 63 | 75 | 69 | 53 | 62 | 63 | 70 | 79 | 74 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 71 | 81 | 73 |
50 or more | 82 | 87 | 85 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 87 | 91 | 91 | 81 | 88 | 90 | 88 | 92 | 91 |
90 or more | 54 | 69 | 64 | 44 | 58 | 58 | 60 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 72 | 74 | 61 | 74 | 66 |
100 | 29 | 53 | 49 | 19 | 38 | 40 | 36 | 58 | 56 | 36 | 57 | 62 | 36 | 59 | 53 |
Mean proportion | 78 | 85 | 83 | 73 | 77 | 77 | 83 | 88 | 86 | 80 | 86 | 89 | 84 | 89 | 86 |
Number (thousands) | 21,063 | 2,082 | 1,262 | 8,739 | 571 | 541 | 12,324 | 1,511 | 721 | 3,204 | 411 | 213 | 9,120 | 1,101 | 508 |
Social Security e | |||||||||||||||
Total percent d | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
20–39 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 |
40–59 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 9 |
60–79 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 17 |
80 or more | 40 | 54 | 56 | 26 | 36 | 44 | 49 | 61 | 65 | 41 | 54 | 68 | 52 | 63 | 64 |
50 or more | 65 | 74 | 77 | 54 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 64 | 75 | 83 | 76 | 83 | 86 |
90 or more | 32 | 48 | 51 | 20 | 31 | 39 | 40 | 55 | 59 | 33 | 49 | 64 | 43 | 57 | 58 |
100 | 19 | 40 | 41 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 25 | 46 | 49 | 22 | 41 | 54 | 26 | 48 | 47 |
Mean proportion | 64 | 73 | 75 | 55 | 60 | 66 | 71 | 78 | 81 | 64 | 74 | 82 | 73 | 80 | 81 |
Number (thousands) | 20,519 | 2,000 | 1,227 | 8,482 | 549 | 520 | 12,037 | 1,451 | 707 | 3,096 | 397 | 209 | 8,941 | 1,053 | 498 |
Government employee pensions f | |||||||||||||||
Total percent d | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 21 | g | 17 | 11 | g | 12 | g | g | 18 | 11 | g |
20–39 | 26 | 21 | 28 | 28 | 24 | g | 24 | 19 | g | 18 | g | g | 27 | 24 | g |
40–59 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 18 | g | 26 | 30 | g | 27 | g | g | 26 | 25 | g |
60–79 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 24 | g | 20 | 23 | g | 27 | g | g | 18 | 22 | g |
80 or more | 10 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 13 | g | 13 | 17 | g | 17 | g | g | 11 | 19 | g |
50 or more | 39 | 53 | 45 | 35 | 44 | g | 44 | 60 | g | 53 | g | g | 40 | 58 | g |
90 or more | 5 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | g | 7 | 12 | g | 7 | g | g | 6 | 14 | g |
100 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | g | 2 | 8 | g | 3 | g | g | 2 | 8 | g |
Mean proportion | 44 | 51 | 49 | 41 | 46 | g | 47 | 54 | g | 53 | g | g | 44 | 54 | g |
Number (thousands) | 3,099 | 310 | 104 | 1,599 | 137 | 73 | 1,500 | 173 | 31 | 398 | 48 | 8 | 1,102 | 125 | 23 |
Private pensions or annuities | |||||||||||||||
Total percent d | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 43 | 31 | 35 | 42 | 38 | 32 | 44 | 27 | 40 | 33 | 24 | g | 48 | 29 | g |
20–39 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 37 | 38 | 31 | 32 | 28 | 33 | 33 | g | 29 | 31 | g |
40–59 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 25 | 28 | g | 14 | 21 | g |
60–79 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | g | 6 | 4 | g |
80 or more | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 5 | g | 2 | 15 | g |
50 or more | 14 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 30 | g | 14 | 26 | g |
90 or more | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | g | 2 | 10 | g |
100 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | g | 1 | 4 | g |
Mean proportion | 27 | 35 | 31 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 39 | 32 | 32 | 38 | g | 26 | 39 | g |
Number (thousands) | 6,836 | 416 | 210 | 3,569 | 158 | 119 | 3,267 | 258 | 90 | 1,039 | 84 | 28 | 2,228 | 174 | 62 |
Earnings | |||||||||||||||
Total percent d | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 11 | g | 21 | 15 | g |
20–39 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 14 | g | 17 | 15 | g |
40–59 | 21 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 19 | g | 20 | 14 | g |
60–79 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 29 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 22 | 15 | g | 21 | 16 | g |
80 or more | 19 | 32 | 35 | 16 | 24 | 28 | 23 | 41 | 47 | 26 | 40 | g | 21 | 41 | g |
50 or more | 52 | 60 | 65 | 51 | 53 | 67 | 54 | 66 | 62 | 61 | 67 | g | 50 | 66 | g |
90 or more | 12 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 36 | 40 | 20 | 36 | g | 16 | 35 | g |
100 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 29 | g | 9 | 27 | g |
Mean proportion | 51 | 59 | 64 | 50 | 54 | 62 | 53 | 64 | 67 | 57 | 64 | g | 51 | 64 | g |
Number (thousands) | 4,992 | 443 | 321 | 3,143 | 235 | 201 | 1,849 | 209 | 120 | 631 | 79 | 49 | 1,218 | 129 | 71 |
Income from assets | |||||||||||||||
Total percent d | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 72 | 84 | 78 | 74 | 87 | 86 | 71 | 81 | 69 | 71 | 82 | g | 70 | 81 | 67 |
20–39 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 7 | g | 16 | 11 | 18 |
40–59 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | g | 7 | 5 | 6 |
60–79 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | g | 3 | 0 | 3 |
80 or more | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | g | 3 | 3 | 5 |
50 or more | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 7 | g | 8 | 6 | 10 |
90 or more | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | g | 2 | 3 | 4 |
100 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | g | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Mean proportion | 15 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 13 | g | 16 | 12 | 18 |
Number (thousands) | 13,277 | 609 | 410 | 6,355 | 246 | 218 | 6,922 | 363 | 192 | 1,775 | 114 | 55 | 5,147 | 249 | 137 |
Public assistance | |||||||||||||||
Total percent d | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 33 | 36 | 19 | 32 | g | g | 34 | 34 | 18 | 31 | g | g | 34 | 34 | 20 |
20–39 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 22 | g | g | 22 | 23 | 22 | 16 | g | g | 24 | 23 | 24 |
40–59 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 10 | g | g | 12 | 11 | 15 | 11 | g | g | 12 | 11 | 14 |
60–79 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | g | g | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | g | g | 1 | 4 | 2 |
80 or more | 30 | 27 | 36 | 31 | g | g | 29 | 28 | 40 | 33 | g | g | 28 | 27 | 39 |
50 or more | 36 | 35 | 47 | 39 | g | g | 36 | 36 | 50 | 46 | g | g | 33 | 35 | 46 |
90 or more | 29 | 26 | 36 | 31 | g | g | 29 | 27 | 40 | 33 | g | g | 28 | 26 | 39 |
100 | 27 | 24 | 36 | 24 | g | g | 27 | 24 | 40 | 33 | g | g | 25 | 23 | 39 |
Mean proportion | 47 | 45 | 56 | 48 | g | g | 47 | 45 | 59 | 51 | g | g | 46 | 45 | 57 |
Number (thousands) | 779 | 255 | 218 | 158 | 22 | 60 | 621 | 234 | 158 | 146 | 43 | 29 | 475 | 191 | 129 |
NOTE: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded. | |||||||||||||||
a. Beginning with data for 2002, respondents may identify themselves in more than one racial group. The categories White alone and Black alone reflect respondents who reported only one race. Less than 1 percent of persons aged 55 or older reported more than one race. | |||||||||||||||
b. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. | |||||||||||||||
c. Includes Social Security benefits, Railroad Retirement, government employee pensions, and private pensions or annuities. | |||||||||||||||
d. Aged units with at least one dollar of income from the specified source are included in the calculation. Previous editions excluded aged units receiving less than 1 percent of total income from the particular source for the calculation of the percentages. The effect of this change is negligible for all income sources except asset income. For comparison with 2000, the numbers for the importance of asset income in 2000 based on the new methodology are included in Appendix B. The mean proportions and population counts were unaffected by this change. | |||||||||||||||
e. Includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, and special age-72 benefits. | |||||||||||||||
f. Includes federal, state, local, and military pensions. | |||||||||||||||
g. Fewer than 75,000 weighted cases. |
Proportion of income | All units | Married couples | Nonmarried persons | ||||||||||||
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First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | |
Retirement benefits a | |||||||||||||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
20–39 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 22 |
40–59 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
60–79 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 13 |
80 or more | 87 | 86 | 71 | 56 | 24 | 86 | 76 | 57 | 36 | 15 | 86 | 89 | 84 | 62 | 37 |
50 or more | 97 | 97 | 92 | 81 | 46 | 96 | 94 | 87 | 65 | 35 | 96 | 98 | 96 | 89 | 56 |
90 or more | 81 | 79 | 59 | 44 | 17 | 80 | 65 | 46 | 26 | 10 | 79 | 83 | 75 | 50 | 27 |
100 | 62 | 51 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 52 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 63 | 59 | 45 | 22 | 11 |
Mean proportion | 93 | 92 | 85 | 76 | 51 | 92 | 88 | 78 | 64 | 42 | 92 | 94 | 91 | 81 | 59 |
Number (thousands) | 4,011 | 5,089 | 5,004 | 4,982 | 4,845 | 1,712 | 2,032 | 2,011 | 1,974 | 1,899 | 2,239 | 2,978 | 3,167 | 3,015 | 2,901 |
Social Security c | |||||||||||||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 27 |
20–39 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 42 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 45 |
40–59 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 22 |
60–79 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 4 |
80 or more | 85 | 74 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 82 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 83 | 67 | 20 | 2 |
50 or more | 96 | 94 | 81 | 51 | 9 | 96 | 88 | 65 | 21 | 2 | 96 | 97 | 92 | 72 | 12 |
90 or more | 77 | 63 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 73 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 74 | 52 | 11 | 2 |
100 | 58 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 52 | 29 | 4 | 1 |
Mean proportion | 92 | 87 | 71 | 51 | 26 | 90 | 76 | 56 | 38 | 20 | 92 | 92 | 83 | 62 | 31 |
Number (thousands) | 3,885 | 5,027 | 4,888 | 4,802 | 4,656 | 1,647 | 1,973 | 1,964 | 1,939 | 1,811 | 2,167 | 2,938 | 3,138 | 2,932 | 2,750 |
Government employee pensions d | |||||||||||||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | e | 21 | 17 | 15 | 23 | e | 20 | 22 | 20 | 27 | e | e | 14 | 16 | 14 |
20–39 | e | 25 | 31 | 23 | 26 | e | 22 | 28 | 28 | 29 | e | e | 28 | 32 | 19 |
40–59 | e | 33 | 24 | 28 | 24 | e | 27 | 30 | 29 | 18 | e | e | 35 | 26 | 26 |
60–79 | e | 9 | 15 | 23 | 19 | e | 15 | 16 | 16 | 19 | e | e | 14 | 13 | 28 |
80 or more | e | 12 | 13 | 11 | 8 | e | 16 | 5 | 6 | 7 | e | e | 9 | 13 | 14 |
50 or more | e | 33 | 39 | 46 | 37 | e | 42 | 34 | 35 | 35 | e | e | 37 | 39 | 52 |
90 or more | e | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | e | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | e | e | 5 | 8 | 7 |
100 | e | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | e | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | e | e | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Mean proportion | e | 42 | 45 | 48 | 42 | e | 47 | 41 | 41 | 40 | e | e | 44 | 45 | 51 |
Number (thousands) | 57 | 248 | 590 | 1,181 | 1,431 | 46 | 215 | 427 | 525 | 578 | 24 | 69 | 218 | 512 | 895 |
Private pensions or annuities | |||||||||||||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 46 | 59 | 43 | 32 | 43 | 51 | 48 | 33 | 37 | 50 | 36 | 60 | 61 | 35 | 33 |
20–39 | 14 | 28 | 36 | 40 | 26 | 19 | 41 | 48 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 40 | 26 |
40–59 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 27 |
60–79 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
80 or more | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
50 or more | 39 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 54 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 26 |
90 or more | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
100 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mean proportion | 44 | 21 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 31 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 55 | 24 | 20 | 29 | 34 |
Number (thousands) | 296 | 955 | 1,756 | 2,377 | 2,090 | 221 | 763 | 1,055 | 1,016 | 792 | 124 | 327 | 784 | 1,273 | 1,121 |
Earnings | |||||||||||||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 30 | 40 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 31 | 34 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 42 | 16 | 12 |
20–39 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 29 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 11 |
40–59 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 20 |
60–79 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 31 |
80 or more | 48 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 55 | 26 | 11 | 23 | 26 |
50 or more | 59 | 23 | 39 | 45 | 66 | 43 | 29 | 30 | 51 | 71 | 65 | 30 | 17 | 43 | 70 |
90 or more | 44 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 22 | 9 | 20 | 19 |
100 | 37 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 8 |
Mean proportion | 60 | 36 | 46 | 47 | 58 | 47 | 37 | 39 | 49 | 61 | 64 | 40 | 32 | 51 | 61 |
Number (thousands) | 155 | 338 | 765 | 1,552 | 2,855 | 189 | 358 | 637 | 989 | 1,356 | 86 | 109 | 217 | 540 | 1,185 |
Income from assets | |||||||||||||||
Total percent b | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1–19 | 72 | 85 | 76 | 76 | 63 | 80 | 84 | 79 | 74 | 64 | 71 | 84 | 83 | 71 | 59 |
20–39 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 17 |
40–59 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
60–79 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
80 or more | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
50 or more | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
90 or more | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
100 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mean proportion | 20 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 24 |
Number (thousands) | 1,135 | 2,092 | 3,042 | 3,758 | 4,295 | 716 | 1,176 | 1,524 | 1,617 | 1,808 | 552 | 971 | 1,496 | 2,037 | 2,426 |
NOTES: Quintile limits are $9,721, $15,181, $23,880, and $40,982 for all units; $18,648, $27,744, $39,000, and $63,108 for married couples; and $7,892, $11,448, $15,638, and $24,855 for nonmarried persons. | |||||||||||||||
Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded. | |||||||||||||||
a. Includes Social Security benefits, Railroad Retirement, government employee pensions, and private pensions or annuities. | |||||||||||||||
b. Aged units with at least one dollar of income from the specified source are included in the calculation. Previous editions excluded aged units receiving less than 1 percent of total income from the particular source for the calculation of the percentages. The effect of this change is negligible for all income sources except asset income. For comparison with 2000, the numbers for the importance of asset income in 2000 based on the old methodology are included in Appendix B. The mean proportions and population counts were unaffected by this change. | |||||||||||||||
c. Includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, and special age-72 benefits. | |||||||||||||||
d. Includes federal, state, local, and military pensions. | |||||||||||||||
e. Fewer than 75,000 weighted cases. |