Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000

Income Sources of Aged Units

Table 1.2
Percentage with income from specified source, by Social Security beneficiary status, age, marital status, and sex of nonmarried persons
Source of income					All units			Married couples			Nonmarried persons
					All units			Married couples			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
					Beneficiary
Earnings					42	48	21	70	64	34	15	28	12	9	27	16	17	29	11
	Wages and salaries				40	43	18	67	58	29	13	26	10	7	24	12	15	27	10
	Self-employment				5	7	5	7	11	9	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	1

Retirement benefits					100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
	Social Security ^a				100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
	Benefits other than Social Security				25	41	43	32	48	53	17	32	36	13	29	39	19	34	34
		Other public pensions			7	14	14	10	18	18	5	9	11	2	9	10	6	9	12
			Railroad Retirement		0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
			Government employee pensions		7	14	14	10	18	18	4	9	11	2	9	10	5	9	11
				Military	0	3	2	1	4	3	0	2	2	0	3	2	0	1	1
				Federal	1	2	4	2	3	5	1	2	4	1	1	3	0	2	4
				State or local	6	9	8	8	12	11	3	5	7	1	5	5	4	5	7
		Private pensions or annuities			19	29	31	25	34	39	13	24	25	11	22	29	14	25	24

Income from assets					39	59	61	52	69	71	25	47	55	16	39	52	29	51	56
	Interest				36	56	59	49	66	68	23	45	52	14	37	50	27	48	53
	Other income from assets				21	33	29	30	45	39	12	20	23	5	17	22	15	21	23
		Dividends			18	29	24	24	39	33	11	17	18	4	16	18	15	18	18
		Rent or royalties			6	10	9	9	14	13	2	5	7	1	5	7	3	5	7
		Estates or trusts			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Veterans' benefits					3	2	5	4	2	6	2	2	4	2	0	7	2	2	2

Unemployment compensation					2	2	1	3	2	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	0

Workers' compensation					3	1	1	5	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0

Public assistance					13	6	3	6	3	2	20	9	5	19	9	4	20	9	5
	Supplemental Security Income				12	5	3	6	2	2	18	8	4	19	9	3	18	8	5
	Other public assistance				1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	0

Personal contributions					1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1

Memorandum:
Number (thousands)					1,581	2,146	22,808	789	1,154	9,429	792	992	13,378	243	311	3,473	549	681	9,905
					Nonbeneficiary
Earnings					86	82	35	94	90	57	75	73	22	75	75	34	74	72	17
	Wages and salaries				81	76	31	90	83	51	69	68	19	68	67	29	70	69	14
	Self-employment				14	13	8	19	18	14	8	6	4	10	10	6	6	4	3

Retirement benefits					15	18	26	17	21	29	13	16	25	14	13	24	12	18	26
	Social Security ^a				n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	Benefits other than Social Security				15	18	26	17	21	29	13	16	25	14	13	24	12	18	26
		Other public pensions			6	10	18	8	12	19	5	7	18	6	8	16	5	6	19
			Railroad Retirement		0	1	5	0	1	6	0	1	4	0	1	2	0	0	6
			Government employee pensions		6	9	14	7	11	13	5	6	14	6	8	15	5	6	13
				Military	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
				Federal	1	3	9	1	4	9	1	2	10	1	1	12	1	3	9
				State or local	4	5	5	4	6	6	3	3	4	3	5	3	2	2	5
		Private pensions or annuities			9	9	10	10	10	13	8	9	8	8	4	9	8	11	8

Income from assets					64	61	42	75	72	57	49	48	34	44	41	38	53	52	32
	Interest				60	58	41	71	69	55	46	44	32	39	40	37	50	47	31
	Other income from assets				40	38	19	48	47	28	28	27	14	27	23	15	29	29	14
		Dividends			35	33	16	44	41	25	24	24	12	23	21	11	26	26	12
		Rent or royalties			11	10	6	14	15	7	8	4	6	9	4	8	7	4	5
		Estates or trusts			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

Veterans' benefits					2	2	3	2	2	3	1	1	4	2	1	8	1	2	2

Unemployment compensation					4	3	1	5	4	3	4	3	0	4	4	0	4	2	0

Workers' compensation					2	2	0	2	4	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	1

Public assistance					4	5	17	2	3	10	8	9	21	6	5	10	9	11	25
	Supplemental Security Income				4	5	16	1	2	10	7	8	20	6	5	10	8	9	24
	Other public assistance				1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	1

Personal contributions					2	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	4	3	1

Memorandum:
Number (thousands)					10,849	1,903	2,422	6,115	1,016	871	4,735	887	1,551	1,905	319	459	2,829	568	1,092
NOTE: n.a. = not applicable.
a. Social Security includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.