Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000

Income Sources of Units 65 or Older

Table 1.6
Percentage with income from specified source, by quintiles of total money income and marital status
Source of income				Total	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
				All units
Earnings				22	4	7	16	30	55

Retirement benefits				93	79	98	97	97	94
	Social Security ^a			90	77	96	96	93	91
	Benefits other than Social Security			41	8	24	47	65	62
		Other public pensions		15	2	7	14	22	28
			Railroad Retirement	1	1	1	1	2	1
			Government employee pensions	14	2	6	13	21	28
		Private pensions or annuities		29	5	17	35	47	40

Income from assets				59	24	46	63	76	87

Veterans' benefits				4	3	3	5	5	6

Public assistance				5	15	4	2	1	1

Memorandum:
Number (thousands)				25,230	5,026	5,107	4,998	5,101	4,999
				Married couples
Earnings				36	15	19	32	49	67

Retirement benefits				94	87	98	98	96	92
	Social Security ^a			92	84	96	96	94	89
	Benefits other than Social Security			51	15	44	67	69	59
		Other public pensions		18	5	11	19	27	29
			Railroad Retirement	1	1	1	3	0	1
			Government employee pensions	17	5	10	17	27	28
		Private pensions or annuities		37	10	34	51	50	37

Income from assets				69	39	60	75	81	92

Veterans' benefits				6	4	6	6	8	5

Public assistance				2	7	3	1	1	1

Memorandum:
Number (thousands)				10,300	2,048	2,070	2,076	2,056	2,050
				Nonmarried persons
Earnings				13	3	4	7	16	35

Retirement benefits				92	73	96	99	98	95
	Social Security ^a			90	71	95	96	96	89
	Benefits other than Social Security			34	6	12	32	60	62
		Other public pensions		12	2	3	9	19	29
			Railroad Retirement	1	1	1	1	1	1
			Government employee pensions	11	1	2	7	18	28
		Private pensions or annuities		23	4	10	23	43	37

Income from assets				52	22	31	55	69	84

Veterans' benefits				4	2	3	3	5	5

Public assistance				6	18	9	3	1	1

Memorandum:
Number (thousands)				14,930	2,980	2,950	3,035	2,985	2,980
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.
a. Social Security includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.