Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000

Income from Social Security Benefits, Earnings, Pensions, and Assets (Recipients Only)

Assets

Aged Units

Units 65 or Older


Asset Income of Aged UnitsTable 5.D1Recipients, by age, marital status, and sex of nonmarried persons
Asset income (dollars) All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
Total Men Women
55–61 62–64 65 or
older
55–61 62–64 65 or
older
55–61 62–64 65 or
older
55–61 62–64 65 or
older
55–61 62–64 65 or
older
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 250 28.4 28.1 22.7 26.2 24.2 18.0 32.7 34.8 26.9 26.2 30.3 23.5 36.1 36.6 28.1
250-499 8.4 6.7 8.0 8.7 7.7 8.0 7.7 4.9 8.0 5.3 2.6 6.4 9.0 5.8 8.6
500-749 6.2 6.5 5.9 6.1 6.6 6.0 6.5 6.3 5.8 7.2 4.2 6.2 6.1 7.2 5.6
750-999 4.3 4.4 3.0 4.8 4.4 2.9 3.4 4.5 3.1 3.7 9.5 4.1 3.2 2.5 2.8
1,000-1,499 7.4 6.0 6.7 7.0 5.6 6.5 8.1 6.5 7.0 8.7 6.6 6.3 7.8 6.5 7.2
1,500-1,999 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.7 4.3 4.0 2.8 3.4 4.3 3.4 3.4 3.7 2.5 3.4 4.5
2,000-2,499 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.4 3.9 3.7 3.4 4.7 4.9 2.8 3.8 4.2 3.7 5.1 5.2
2,500-2,999 2.8 3.2 2.6 3.0 3.7 2.1 2.6 2.3 2.9 4.1 2.7 2.5 1.8 2.2 3.1
3,000-3,999 5.3 5.2 4.4 5.9 5.4 4.5 4.1 4.7 4.4 4.9 7.2 4.6 3.7 3.8 4.3
4,000-4,999 3.2 4.4 4.1 3.3 4.0 4.6 2.9 5.1 3.6 1.9 4.9 3.2 3.5 5.1 3.7
5,000-9,999 9.8 10.5 13.8 9.4 10.7 15.0 10.5 10.2 12.7 9.8 9.5 13.2 10.9 10.5 12.5
10,000-14,999 4.4 5.8 6.1 4.5 6.7 6.5 4.2 4.1 5.7 6.2 3.5 6.6 3.1 4.3 5.4
15,000-19,999 2.8 2.4 3.3 2.7 2.0 4.0 2.8 3.0 2.6 3.8 4.8 4.0 2.3 2.3 2.2
20,000-24,999 1.8 1.6 2.2 1.2 2.1 2.9 3.1 0.9 1.6 5.4 0.1 0.9 1.9 1.2 1.8
25,000-29,999 1.0 1.9 1.3 1.2 2.6 1.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.4 1.4 0.4 0.3 0.6
30,000-34,999 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.9 1.0 1.6 1.3 1.5 2.9 1.4 0.8 1.0 1.3
35,000-39,999 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.7 0 0 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.7
40,000-44,999 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.5 0 0 0.3
45,000-49,999 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.1 0 0.3 0 0 0.2 0.2 0 0.3
50,000 or more 3.9 2.7 4.8 4.3 3.2 6.2 3.2 2.0 3.4 3.5 1.7 6.1 3.0 2.1 2.5
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars)
1,120 1,317 1,921 1,239 1,664 2,633 958 911 1,424 1,380 1,303 1,940 666 793 1,278
Number (thousands) 7,472 2,402 14,925 4,965 1,528 7,113 2,507 874 7,812 872 246 1,965 1,634 627 5,847
 
Asset Income of Units 65 or OlderTable 5.D2Recipients, by quintiles of total money income and marital status
Asset income (dollars) All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
First Second Third Fourth Fifth First Second Third Fourth Fifth First Second Third Fourth Fifth
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 250 51.7 38.6 24.0 17.5 9.4 35.8 23.9 21.4 14.2 6.9 53.9 52.9 35.0 20.9 10.0
250-499 10.1 11.2 9.6 8.3 4.3 12.4 12.6 8.5 6.9 3.8 11.3 9.5 10.3 8.3 4.9
500-749 7.3 7.2 6.1 6.9 3.8 7.7 7.2 6.9 7.9 2.2 7.1 4.9 7.9 6.8 3.5
750-999 4.3 4.2 4.2 2.5 1.7 5.5 5.5 2.2 2.8 0.7 6.1 4.4 3.6 2.7 2.0
1,000-1,499 8.4 9.0 8.1 7.0 3.8 12.0 8.9 7.7 4.5 3.2 8.3 7.5 8.6 7.0 5.4
1,500-1,999 3.3 6.0 5.8 4.1 2.3 6.4 8.2 2.9 3.7 1.3 1.9 5.3 5.4 5.0 3.3
2,000-2,499 5.6 6.9 5.3 3.6 2.5 5.3 4.5 3.8 2.9 2.9 6.8 5.4 7.8 4.9 2.3
2,500-2,999 2.0 2.8 3.7 2.4 1.9 2.1 1.5 2.7 2.5 1.8 1.2 2.3 3.4 4.5 2.0
3,000-3,999 2.0 4.6 5.8 5.0 3.6 3.9 4.4 6.4 4.2 3.6 0.7 3.4 5.8 5.7 3.6
4,000-4,999 1.1 4.6 4.3 4.0 4.5 2.0 6.0 4.2 5.4 4.4 0.6 1.8 5.2 4.2 3.3
5,000-9,999 4.1 4.5 17.8 19.9 13.2 6.4 13.6 21.7 18.2 11.1 1.7 2.6 6.4 21.8 16.0
10,000-14,999 0.2 0.4 4.2 9.9 8.8 0.3 2.5 6.5 11.5 7.3 0.4 0 0.5 6.9 11.7
15,000-19,999 0 0 1.1 4.9 6.1 0.1 0.9 3.6 5.5 6.6 0 0 0 1.2 7.1
20,000-24,999 0 0 0.1 2.7 5.2 0 0.2 1.2 4.9 5.7 0 0 0 0.1 4.8
25,000-29,999 0 0 0 1.0 3.6 0 0 0.4 2.6 4.6 0 0 0 0 2.6
30,000-34,999 0 0 0 0.4 5.1 0 0 0 2.0 5.3 0 0 0 0 4.1
35,000-39,999 0 0 0 0 2.5 0 0 0 0.7 2.2 0 0 0 0 2.3
40,000-44,999 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 1.9
45,000-49,999 0 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 0.9
50,000 or more 0 0 0 0 16.4 0 0 0 0.2 23.5 0 0 0 0 10.7
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars)
252 500 1,322 2,455 9,320 534 1,001 1,960 3,974 15,424 247 247 652 1,942 7,506
Number (thousands) 1,222 2,364 3,124 3,876 4,339 801 1,227 1,555 1,658 1,871 646 921 1,676 2,063 2,506
NOTE: Quintile limits are $9,295, $14,980, $23,631, and $39,719 for all units; $17,877, $26,641, $37,440, and $60,015 for married couples; and $7,616, $10,723, $15,308, and $24,394 for nonmarried persons.