Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000

Family Income of Aged Units

Table 2.2
Social Security beneficiaries, by age, marital status, and sex of nonmarried persons
Family income (dollars)		Aged 55-61	Aged 62-64	Aged 65 or older
Family income (dollars)		Aged 55-61	Aged 62-64	Total	65-69	70-74	75-79	80-84	85 or older
		All beneficiaries
	Total percent	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Less than 1,000		0	0.4	0.1	0.2	0	0.2	0.2	0.1
1,000-1,999		0.1	0	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	0	0.1
2,000-2,999		0.5	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.3
3,000-3,999		0.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.7
4,000-4,999		0.7	1.2	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.2	1.0

5,000-5,999		2.1	1.1	1.1	0.5	1.2	1.5	1.2	1.1
6,000-6,999		5.4	1.5	2.6	2.0	2.2	2.7	2.8	4.3
7,000-7,999		4.2	3.6	2.9	2.5	3.0	2.8	2.7	4.3
8,000-8,999		3.8	1.7	3.2	2.1	3.2	3.5	3.2	4.5
9,000-9,999		2.6	1.5	2.9	1.9	2.5	3.0	3.0	5.1

10,000-10,999		2.2	1.5	3.7	2.0	3.6	4.0	4.2	6.0
11,000-11,999		1.3	3.0	3.3	2.1	3.0	4.0	3.8	4.2
12,000-12,999		4.1	2.8	2.7	1.5	2.5	3.0	3.4	4.3
13,000-13,999		3.3	2.3	2.8	2.0	2.4	3.5	3.0	3.2
14,000-14,999		3.4	2.5	2.8	2.6	2.4	2.6	3.6	3.2

15,000-19,999		9.9	9.1	12.0	9.9	11.2	13.8	12.4	13.7
20,000-24,999		8.7	9.3	10.2	9.1	9.5	11.0	12.8	8.7
25,000-29,999		6.3	7.2	8.5	9.4	8.4	8.4	8.7	6.8
30,000-34,999		5.3	6.2	6.3	6.8	7.9	5.5	6.1	4.0
35,000-39,999		4.9	4.2	5.1	6.6	4.6	5.0	4.3	4.4

40,000-44,999		4.5	6.4	4.1	5.0	4.8	3.5	3.3	2.7
45,000-49,999		3.6	4.9	3.6	4.4	4.2	3.2	2.7	2.2
50,000-54,999		3.8	4.3	2.8	3.4	3.7	2.6	1.9	1.3
55,000-59,999		2.3	2.8	2.0	2.9	2.2	1.9	1.4	1.1
60,000-64,999		2.6	2.4	1.9	2.7	1.9	1.7	1.7	1.2

65,000-69,999		1.9	2.5	1.8	2.5	1.7	1.3	1.7	1.8
70,000-74,999		2.0	1.9	1.5	2.3	1.5	1.1	1.3	0.8
75,000-99,999		5.9	6.5	4.5	6.1	4.9	3.5	3.6	3.7
100,000-149,999		3.0	5.2	4.0	5.6	4.1	3.3	3.2	3.0
150,000-199,999		1.2	1.4	1.5	2.0	1.6	1.5	1.2	1.1
200,000 or more		0.2	1.3	0.8	1.2	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.8

Memorandum:
Median income (dollars)		23,525	30,135	24,290	30,962	26,347	21,670	21,615	17,568
Number (thousands)		1,581	2,146	22,808	5,583	5,604	5,200	3,605	2,816
		Married couples
	Total percent	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Less than 1,000		0	0.2	0	0.1	0	0	0	0
1,000-1,999		0.1	0	0.1	0.1	0.3	0	0	0
2,000-2,999		0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0
3,000-3,999		0	0.7	0	0.1	0	0	0	0
4,000-4,999		0.5	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0

5,000-5,999		0.8	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0	0.4
6,000-6,999		1.1	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.4	0
7,000-7,999		1.9	1.1	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	0
8,000-8,999		0.9	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.7	0
9,000-9,999		0.7	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.3	2.7

10,000-10,999		0.2	0.3	0.9	0.8	1.0	1.2	0	1.4
11,000-11,999		0.3	1.1	1.5	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.5	2.8
12,000-12,999		1.6	0.7	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.6	0.8
13,000-13,999		1.6	1.4	2.0	1.5	1.9	2.6	2.1	2.6
14,000-14,999		2.1	1.2	1.9	1.3	1.2	2.6	3.6	2.7

15,000-19,999		8.1	7.7	10.9	8.4	10.3	12.4	11.6	21.4
20,000-24,999		9.6	5.9	11.3	9.0	9.4	13.5	17.1	13.1
25,000-29,999		8.6	8.3	10.8	9.3	11.0	11.7	12.5	10.7
30,000-34,999		7.4	8.6	9.3	8.9	10.5	8.6	10.0	7.3
35,000-39,999		7.1	4.2	7.4	8.2	6.5	7.7	7.1	7.4

40,000-44,999		7.5	8.9	6.0	6.1	6.5	6.0	5.8	4.1
45,000-49,999		5.3	6.7	5.2	5.7	6.1	4.4	3.9	3.4
50,000-54,999		6.2	6.6	3.8	3.9	4.5	4.4	2.3	1.3
55,000-59,999		2.1	4.6	3.0	3.8	3.2	2.7	2.2	1.0
60,000-64,999		3.3	4.1	2.4	3.6	1.9	1.8	2.4	1.2

65,000-69,999		3.1	3.8	2.5	3.0	2.2	2.4	1.6	3.2
70,000-74,999		2.7	2.3	2.2	3.3	2.0	1.2	2.2	0.8
75,000-99,999		9.9	9.0	6.2	7.7	7.6	4.1	3.6	4.9
100,000-149,999		4.6	6.9	5.6	7.9	5.3	3.6	3.5	5.4
150,000-199,999		2.4	2.1	2.6	2.8	3.1	3.0	1.6	0.5
200,000 or more		0.3	2.2	1.3	1.6	1.7	0.8	1.0	0.7

Memorandum:
Median income (dollars)		37,830	44,102	33,954	39,768	35,751	30,208	29,106	26,278
Number (thousands)		789	1,154	9,429	3,098	2,601	2,011	1,166	553
		Nonmarried persons
	Total percent	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Less than 1,000		0	0.7	0.2	0.4	0	0.3	0.2	0.2
1,000-1,999		0	0	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0	0.1
2,000-2,999		0.9	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.4
3,000-3,999		0.3	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.1	0.8
4,000-4,999		0.9	2.6	1.0	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.3

5,000-5,999		3.5	2.3	1.8	1.1	2.1	2.4	1.8	1.3
6,000-6,999		9.7	2.5	4.2	4.2	4.0	3.9	3.9	5.4
7,000-7,999		6.5	6.6	4.8	5.0	5.4	4.3	3.8	5.3
8,000-8,999		6.7	3.3	5.0	4.3	5.6	5.2	4.4	5.6
9,000-9,999		4.6	2.9	4.5	3.7	4.5	4.4	4.2	5.6

10,000-10,999		4.1	2.9	5.6	3.6	5.7	5.8	6.1	7.1
11,000-11,999		2.3	5.3	4.6	4.2	4.0	5.6	4.4	4.6
12,000-12,999		6.7	5.2	3.9	2.2	3.8	4.0	4.3	5.2
13,000-13,999		5.1	3.3	3.3	2.7	2.9	4.1	3.4	3.4
14,000-14,999		4.8	4.0	3.4	4.1	3.5	2.6	3.6	3.3

15,000-19,999		11.6	10.6	12.7	11.8	12.0	14.8	12.7	11.9
20,000-24,999		7.7	13.4	9.4	9.3	9.5	9.5	10.8	7.7
25,000-29,999		3.9	5.9	6.9	9.5	6.2	6.2	6.9	5.9
30,000-34,999		3.2	3.6	4.2	4.3	5.5	3.6	4.2	3.2
35,000-39,999		2.7	4.2	3.5	4.6	3.0	3.3	3.0	3.7

40,000-44,999		1.6	3.4	2.6	3.7	3.2	2.0	2.0	2.4
45,000-49,999		1.8	2.7	2.4	2.8	2.6	2.4	2.2	1.9
50,000-54,999		1.5	1.6	2.1	2.7	2.9	1.5	1.8	1.3
55,000-59,999		2.6	0.7	1.3	1.7	1.2	1.4	1.1	1.1
60,000-64,999		2.0	0.5	1.6	1.7	2.0	1.6	1.3	1.2

65,000-69,999		0.6	1.0	1.4	1.8	1.3	0.7	1.8	1.5
70,000-74,999		1.4	1.4	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.8
75,000-99,999		1.9	3.6	3.3	4.1	2.7	3.1	3.6	3.5
100,000-149,999		1.3	3.3	2.9	2.8	3.2	3.0	3.0	2.4
150,000-199,999		0	0.7	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.5	1.0	1.2
200,000 or more		0	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.7	0.3	0.8

Memorandum:
Median income (dollars)		13,739	17,779	17,427	21,021	17,558	16,404	17,561	15,215
Number (thousands)		792	992	13,378	2,485	3,004	3,189	2,439	2,262
		Nonmarried men
	Total percent	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Less than 1,000		0	0	0.1	0	0	0.5	0	0
1,000-1,999		0	0	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.6	0	0
2,000-2,999		0.8	1.1	0.4	0	0.3	0.9	0.6	0.4
3,000-3,999		0.5	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.1	0	1.9	1.2
4,000-4,999		0	2.4	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	1.2	0.9

5,000-5,999		3.1	1.8	1.5	0.8	2.7	1.5	1.2	1.0
6,000-6,999		11.1	2.9	3.2	4.4	1.8	3.0	3.1	4.4
7,000-7,999		7.4	4.7	4.6	3.5	7.7	3.3	2.7	5.2
8,000-8,999		6.4	4.4	3.7	3.7	4.9	2.4	4.5	2.8
9,000-9,999		0.5	4.4	4.1	4.1	4.5	4.2	4.1	3.6

10,000-10,999		6.2	1.6	5.7	3.5	7.9	4.8	4.9	7.5
11,000-11,999		1.6	6.3	2.8	3.4	2.7	3.0	2.9	1.8
12,000-12,999		12.1	5.9	2.7	1.5	2.8	2.7	2.5	4.4
13,000-13,999		5.0	3.5	2.4	1.5	1.9	3.1	0.9	4.9
14,000-14,999		11.1	3.8	3.1	3.4	3.8	2.6	3.2	2.5

15,000-19,999		9.9	8.8	11.7	10.1	9.8	16.3	11.4	10.7
20,000-24,999		4.4	12.7	11.0	10.2	10.0	11.3	11.7	12.8
25,000-29,999		1.1	6.1	7.7	9.7	5.0	8.5	8.4	7.1
30,000-34,999		2.0	3.5	4.1	4.5	4.1	3.5	5.5	2.5
35,000-39,999		4.4	5.4	3.6	5.7	2.5	2.8	3.9	3.0

40,000-44,999		1.4	4.4	3.2	3.7	3.6	2.1	2.9	3.2
45,000-49,999		2.8	1.4	2.6	3.5	2.1	2.9	1.8	2.4
50,000-54,999		0.8	0.3	2.8	2.8	4.1	1.6	3.4	1.5
55,000-59,999		1.4	1.2	1.7	2.1	0.9	2.1	2.1	1.5
60,000-64,999		1.6	0	1.9	1.5	3.4	1.3	0.9	2.1

65,000-69,999		0.2	0.8	2.1	2.0	1.6	1.5	2.1	3.7
70,000-74,999		0	1.0	1.4	1.6	1.2	1.4	2.1	0.5
75,000-99,999		1.6	5.2	4.5	5.2	2.9	5.4	4.0	5.0
100,000-149,999		2.6	3.3	4.0	3.7	5.8	3.6	4.7	1.6
150,000-199,999		0	1.4	0.8	1.5	0.9	0	0.7	0.7
200,000 or more		0	0	1.1	1.4	0	2.8	0.5	0.9

Memorandum:
Median income (dollars)		13,268	18,545	21,100	24,431	18,185	20,329	21,945	19,332
Number (thousands)		243	311	3,473	789	848	738	573	524
		Nonmarried women
	Total percent	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Less than 1,000		0	1.1	0.2	0.6	0	0.2	0.3	0.2
1,000-1,999		0	0	0.1	0	0.1	0.2	0	0.1
2,000-2,999		1.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.2	0	0.4
3,000-3,999		0.2	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.7
4,000-4,999		1.4	2.7	1.2	0.2	0.8	1.4	2.0	1.4

5,000-5,999		3.7	2.4	1.9	1.2	1.9	2.6	2.0	1.4
6,000-6,999		9.0	2.3	4.6	4.1	4.9	4.2	4.2	5.7
7,000-7,999		6.1	7.6	4.8	5.8	4.5	4.6	4.1	5.4
8,000-8,999		6.8	2.8	5.5	4.6	5.8	6.1	4.4	6.4
9,000-9,999		6.4	2.3	4.6	3.5	4.6	4.5	4.3	6.2

10,000-10,999		3.2	3.5	5.6	3.6	4.9	6.0	6.5	7.0
11,000-11,999		2.6	4.8	5.2	4.6	4.5	6.4	4.8	5.4
12,000-12,999		4.3	4.8	4.3	2.4	4.2	4.4	4.9	5.4
13,000-13,999		5.1	3.2	3.7	3.3	3.4	4.4	4.2	2.9
14,000-14,999		2.0	4.1	3.5	4.5	3.4	2.6	3.7	3.6

15,000-19,999		12.4	11.4	13.1	12.6	12.8	14.3	13.1	12.2
20,000-24,999		9.2	13.6	8.8	8.9	9.4	8.9	10.5	6.1
25,000-29,999		5.2	5.8	6.7	9.5	6.7	5.6	6.5	5.5
30,000-34,999		3.8	3.6	4.2	4.2	6.1	3.6	3.8	3.4
35,000-39,999		1.9	3.6	3.4	4.1	3.2	3.5	2.7	3.9

40,000-44,999		1.6	3.0	2.5	3.7	3.1	1.9	1.8	2.1
45,000-49,999		1.4	3.3	2.3	2.5	2.8	2.2	2.3	1.8
50,000-54,999		1.8	2.3	1.8	2.7	2.5	1.5	1.3	1.3
55,000-59,999		3.2	0.5	1.2	1.6	1.4	1.2	0.8	1.0
60,000-64,999		2.1	0.8	1.5	1.8	1.4	1.6	1.5	0.9

65,000-69,999		0.8	1.1	1.1	1.7	1.2	0.4	1.6	0.8
70,000-74,999		2.0	1.6	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.6	1.0
75,000-99,999		2.0	2.8	2.9	3.6	2.6	2.4	3.4	3.0
100,000-149,999		0.8	3.3	2.5	2.3	2.2	2.8	2.5	2.6
150,000-199,999		0	0.4	0.8	0.9	0.2	0.6	1.0	1.4
200,000 or more		0	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.7

Memorandum:
Median income (dollars)		14,160	17,628	16,268	19,087	17,288	15,418	16,319	14,431
Number (thousands)		549	681	9,905	1,695	2,155	2,451	1,866	1,738
NOTE: Social Security beneficiaries may be receiving retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.