Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000

Income Sources of Aged Units

Table 1.4
Percentage with income from specified source, by Social Security beneficiary status, age, race, and Hispanic origin
Source of income				Beneficiary			Nonbeneficiary
Source of income				55-61	62-64	65 or older	55-61	62-64	65 or older
				White
Earnings				45	49	22	87	85	36

Retirement benefits				100	100	100	16	19	28
	Social Security ^a			100	100	100	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	Benefits other than Social Security			25	41	44	16	19	28
		Other public pensions		7	14	14	7	10	20
			Railroad Retirement	0	0	1	0	1	6
			Government employee pensions	6	14	14	7	10	14
		Private pensions or annuities		19	29	32	9	10	10

Income from assets				43	63	65	68	66	47

Veterans' benefits				3	2	5	2	2	3

Public assistance				12	5	3	3	4	14

Memorandum:
Number (thousands)				1,282	1,859	20,226	9,156	1,609	1,885
				Black
Earnings				28	34	18	78	62	31

Retirement benefits				100	100	100	13	15	32
	Social Security ^a			100	100	100	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	Benefits other than Social Security			22	35	33	13	15	32
		Other public pensions		9	9	14	4	6	20
			Railroad Retirement	0	0	0	0	0	3
			Government employee pensions	9	9	14	4	6	17
		Private pensions or annuities		17	28	20	9	9	16

Income from assets				18	32	29	38	35	31

Veterans' benefits				1	2	5	1	2	4

Public assistance				17	13	10	10	16	20

Memorandum:
Number (thousands)				273	227	2,003	1,223	190	283
				Hispanic origin ^b
Earnings				32	36	18	80	69	25

Retirement benefits				100	100	100	8	7	13
	Social Security ^a			100	100	100	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	Benefits other than Social Security			12	24	25	8	7	13
		Other public pensions		2	3	8	2	4	7
			Railroad Retirement	0	0	0	0	0	1
			Government employee pensions	2	3	8	2	4	6
		Private pensions or annuities		11	21	18	5	3	6

Income from assets				24	32	32	31	27	16

Veterans' benefits				1	2	2	1	1	1

Public assistance				17	10	12	6	11	28

Memorandum:
Number (thousands)				152	155	1,155	889	203	347
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.
b. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.