U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000
 
Total Money Income of Aged Units
Table 3.1
By age, marital status, and sex of nonmarried persons
Income (dollars) Aged
55-61		 Aged
62-64		 Aged 65 or older
Total 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85 or
older
All units
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 4.2 3.3 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.7 1.9 2.3
1,000-1,999 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.3
2,000-2,999 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7
3,000-3,999 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.4
4,000-4,999 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.6
5,000-5,999 1.0 1.2 1.6 0.9 1.8 2.0 1.7 1.9
6,000-6,999 3.0 2.8 3.7 3.2 3.3 3.2 4.5 5.8
7,000-7,999 1.5 3.3 4.1 3.3 3.9 4.1 3.8 6.3
8,000-8,999 1.6 2.0 4.2 2.8 4.5 4.2 4.6 6.4
9,000-9,999 1.1 1.6 3.7 2.3 3.2 4.3 3.9 6.0
10,000-10,999 1.3 1.9 4.4 2.8 3.7 4.4 5.8 7.0
11,000-11,999 0.8 2.5 3.9 2.4 3.6 4.5 4.5 5.4
12,000-12,999 1.7 2.1 3.3 1.8 2.9 3.7 4.2 5.2
13,000-13,999 1.1 2.0 3.1 2.1 2.9 3.7 3.4 4.6
14,000-14,999 1.2 1.9 3.1 2.6 3.0 2.9 3.7 4.0
15,000-19,999 6.5 8.1 12.6 10.8 11.8 14.6 13.0 13.8
20,000-24,999 5.7 7.6 9.8 8.7 9.6 10.8 12.2 7.9
25,000-29,999 5.6 6.8 7.7 8.2 7.9 7.9 7.7 5.6
30,000-34,999 5.8 6.5 6.0 6.9 7.2 5.2 5.4 3.9
35,000-39,999 5.2 4.7 4.0 5.8 4.0 3.8 3.1 2.0
40,000-44,999 4.9 4.8 3.1 4.4 3.7 2.5 2.4 1.3
45,000-49,999 4.1 4.1 2.5 3.6 3.0 2.1 1.5 1.4
50,000-54,999 4.4 3.7 1.9 2.7 2.3 1.7 1.1 0.6
55,000-59,999 3.3 3.3 1.5 2.2 2.0 1.2 1.0 0.5
60,000-64,999 3.4 3.1 1.2 1.9 1.2 0.7 1.4 0.2
65,000-69,999 3.5 1.9 1.1 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.7
70,000-74,999 2.8 1.9 1.0 1.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.4
75,000-99,999 10.0 5.4 3.0 4.9 3.3 2.1 2.0 1.8
100,000-149,999 8.3 6.1 2.7 4.7 3.0 1.9 1.4 0.7
150,000-199,999 2.4 1.8 0.9 1.4 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.2
200,000 or more 2.9 2.3 0.7 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 39,884 29,314 18,778 25,873 20,291 17,282 16,714 12,964
Number (thousands) 12,430 4,049 25,230 6,508 6,154 5,689 3,841 3,038
Married couples
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 1.4 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.8
1,000-1,999 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0
2,000-2,999 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0 0
3,000-3,999 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5
4,000-4,999 0.2 0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0 0 0
5,000-5,999 0.2 0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.5
6,000-6,999 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.7 0
7,000-7,999 0.4 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.2 1.2 0.4 0
8,000-8,999 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.2 0.3
9,000-9,999 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.4 1.1 0.8 2.6
10,000-10,999 0.3 0.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.5 0.3 1.7
11,000-11,999 0.3 0.8 1.7 0.7 2.3 1.5 2.7 2.7
12,000-12,999 0.7 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.9 1.7 0.8
13,000-13,999 0.7 1.5 1.9 1.4 2.0 2.4 2.0 3.7
14,000-14,999 0.6 1.0 2.3 1.7 1.7 3.0 3.7 3.0
15,000-19,999 3.8 5.2 11.7 9.2 11.4 13.6 12.0 21.4
20,000-24,999 3.8 6.4 11.6 9.4 9.7 13.8 17.2 14.3
25,000-29,999 4.4 6.8 10.9 8.9 11.6 12.4 13.1 10.1
30,000-34,999 5.4 8.0 9.6 9.3 10.2 9.2 10.4 8.2
35,000-39,999 5.1 5.3 6.9 7.8 6.4 6.7 6.0 6.1
40,000-44,999 5.2 6.1 5.5 5.8 5.8 5.0 5.6 3.1
45,000-49,999 5.2 5.0 4.6 5.0 5.4 3.9 3.4 3.7
50,000-54,999 5.4 5.0 3.5 3.9 4.2 3.2 2.0 1.3
55,000-59,999 4.3 4.6 2.8 3.3 3.5 2.0 1.6 1.9
60,000-64,999 4.4 5.0 2.1 3.0 1.9 1.0 2.7 1.2
65,000-69,999 4.9 3.0 2.0 2.7 1.4 1.6 1.3 3.1
70,000-74,999 3.7 2.8 1.9 3.0 1.5 1.1 2.1 0.4
75,000-99,999 14.8 8.7 5.4 7.2 5.8 3.5 3.0 4.7
100,000-149,999 13.5 10.5 5.2 7.7 5.1 3.5 2.4 3.3
150,000-199,999 4.0 3.2 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.5 1.4 0
200,000 or more 4.8 4.0 1.4 1.7 1.5 0.9 0.9 0.7
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 59,550 46,357 31,188 36,948 32,012 27,723 27,206 24,779
Number (thousands) 6,903 2,170 10,300 3,544 2,794 2,190 1,202 571
Nonmarried persons
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 7.8 5.4 3.5 4.8 3.5 3.8 2.4 2.7
1,000-1,999 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.4
2,000-2,999 0.9 1.8 0.8 0.6 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.8
3,000-3,999 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.4 0.7 0.9 1.6 1.6
4,000-4,999 1.4 2.4 1.7 1.2 1.5 2.0 2.1 1.9
5,000-5,999 2.0 2.6 2.5 1.7 3.0 3.1 2.4 2.2
6,000-6,999 5.9 5.0 6.0 6.6 5.7 4.8 6.2 7.2
7,000-7,999 2.9 5.9 6.5 6.5 7.0 6.0 5.3 7.7
8,000-8,999 2.8 3.6 6.7 5.6 7.8 6.3 6.1 7.8
9,000-9,999 2.0 2.6 5.7 4.5 5.5 6.3 5.3 6.8
10,000-10,999 2.4 3.5 6.6 4.8 5.8 6.3 8.4 8.2
11,000-11,999 1.4 4.6 5.4 4.4 4.7 6.4 5.3 6.0
12,000-12,999 3.0 3.2 4.5 2.4 4.2 4.9 5.3 6.2
13,000-13,999 1.7 2.5 4.0 2.9 3.7 4.6 4.0 4.8
14,000-14,999 1.8 3.0 3.7 3.6 4.0 2.9 3.8 4.3
15,000-19,999 9.8 11.3 13.2 12.7 12.1 15.1 13.4 12.1
20,000-24,999 7.9 8.9 8.6 7.9 9.5 8.9 9.9 6.5
25,000-29,999 7.0 6.7 5.4 7.3 4.8 5.0 5.3 4.5
30,000-34,999 6.3 4.8 3.5 4.1 4.6 2.7 3.0 2.9
35,000-39,999 5.3 4.0 2.1 3.4 1.9 2.1 1.9 1.0
40,000-44,999 4.5 3.3 1.5 2.8 1.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
45,000-49,999 2.7 3.0 1.1 1.8 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.9
50,000-54,999 3.1 2.2 0.8 1.4 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5
55,000-59,999 2.1 1.8 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.2
60,000-64,999 2.1 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.8 0
65,000-69,999 1.9 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.1
70,000-74,999 1.7 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.4
75,000-99,999 3.9 1.4 1.4 2.1 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.1
100,000-149,999 1.8 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.3 0.8 0.9 0.1
150,000-199,999 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
200,000 or more 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.1 0 0.1
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 20,150 15,265 12,715 14,646 12,806 12,650 12,870 11,470
Number (thousands) 5,527 1,880 14,930 2,964 3,361 3,499 2,639 2,467
Nonmarried men
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 8.3 5.0 3.5 3.4 3.0 4.6 3.6 2.8
1,000-1,999 1.4 0.3 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.2 0.2
2,000-2,999 0.6 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.4 1.3 1.5 0.4
3,000-3,999 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.5 1.7 1.9
4,000-4,999 0.9 3.3 1.0 1.0 1.3 0.3 1.7 0.8
5,000-5,999 1.1 2.4 1.8 1.3 3.3 1.7 1.1 0.9
6,000-6,999 4.4 4.8 3.7 4.5 2.2 3.1 4.0 5.2
7,000-7,999 2.4 4.2 5.5 5.4 7.5 4.0 4.4 5.7
8,000-8,999 1.9 2.6 4.7 4.9 5.5 4.0 5.5 2.9
9,000-9,999 1.7 2.2 5.2 4.3 5.1 6.1 4.4 6.4
10,000-10,999 3.1 3.5 6.5 4.8 7.3 5.6 6.9 9.0
11,000-11,999 1.0 5.3 3.8 3.5 4.5 4.4 3.1 3.2
12,000-12,999 3.2 3.2 3.4 1.7 3.9 3.7 3.2 4.9
13,000-13,999 1.0 1.8 3.2 2.1 2.4 3.2 1.7 7.8
14,000-14,999 1.9 3.1 3.4 2.6 4.4 2.6 4.1 3.4
15,000-19,999 10.7 10.2 12.7 10.8 10.1 16.8 13.6 13.5
20,000-24,999 6.9 7.7 11.0 9.2 9.6 13.7 12.5 10.8
25,000-29,999 6.0 7.7 6.9 8.5 4.1 8.2 7.6 6.0
30,000-34,999 6.5 5.6 4.9 4.6 7.1 3.9 4.7 3.2
35,000-39,999 5.0 6.2 2.8 6.0 1.9 2.2 2.1 1.2
40,000-44,999 3.6 4.1 2.5 3.0 3.4 1.8 1.6 1.8
45,000-49,999 3.0 3.6 1.4 2.7 1.5 0.7 0.3 1.6
50,000-54,999 3.7 2.3 1.2 1.4 1.4 0.8 1.8 0.5
55,000-59,999 2.5 2.8 1.3 1.5 0.6 1.5 2.4 0.3
60,000-64,999 3.2 0.5 0.9 0.5 1.3 0.9 1.8 0.1
65,000-69,999 2.4 0.3 0.5 1.0 0.9 0 0.3 0
70,000-74,999 2.4 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.4
75,000-99,999 5.4 2.0 2.6 3.2 2.4 2.0 1.6 3.9
100,000-149,999 2.7 1.8 1.8 2.1 3.0 1.1 1.5 0.4
150,000-199,999 0.9 0.4 0.4 1.1 0.2 0 0 0.7
200,000 or more 0.8 0.4 0.6 1.8 0.2 0.2 0 0.4
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 23,217 16,424 15,682 19,128 14,678 15,715 16,247 13,764
Number (thousands) 2,148 631 3,933 928 965 819 650 571
Nonmarried women
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 7.5 5.7 3.5 5.4 3.8 3.5 2.0 2.6
1,000-1,999 1.4 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.5
2,000-2,999 1.0 2.2 0.8 0.5 1.2 0.6 0.5 1.0
3,000-3,999 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.8 0.9 1.0 1.5 1.4
4,000-4,999 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.3 1.6 2.5 2.2 2.3
5,000-5,999 2.7 2.6 2.8 1.9 2.9 3.5 2.8 2.6
6,000-6,999 6.8 5.1 6.8 7.6 7.1 5.3 6.9 7.7
7,000-7,999 3.3 6.8 6.8 7.0 6.8 6.6 5.6 8.3
8,000-8,999 3.5 4.1 7.4 5.9 8.7 7.0 6.3 9.3
9,000-9,999 2.2 2.9 5.8 4.7 5.6 6.3 5.6 6.9
10,000-10,999 2.0 3.5 6.6 4.7 5.2 6.5 8.9 8.0
11,000-11,999 1.6 4.2 5.9 4.8 4.8 7.0 6.0 6.9
12,000-12,999 2.9 3.3 4.9 2.7 4.3 5.3 6.0 6.6
13,000-13,999 2.1 2.8 4.3 3.3 4.2 5.0 4.7 3.9
14,000-14,999 1.7 2.9 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.0 3.7 4.5
15,000-19,999 9.3 11.9 13.3 13.6 12.9 14.6 13.3 11.7
20,000-24,999 8.5 9.6 7.8 7.3 9.5 7.4 9.1 5.2
25,000-29,999 7.7 6.2 4.9 6.7 5.1 4.0 4.6 4.1
30,000-34,999 6.1 4.5 3.0 3.9 3.6 2.4 2.5 2.8
35,000-39,999 5.5 3.0 1.8 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.0
40,000-44,999 5.1 2.9 1.2 2.6 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.6
45,000-49,999 2.5 2.7 1.0 1.5 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.6
50,000-54,999 2.7 2.2 0.7 1.3 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.5
55,000-59,999 1.8 1.4 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.1
60,000-64,999 1.4 1.3 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0
65,000-69,999 1.6 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.9 0.1
70,000-74,999 1.3 0.9 0.3 0.3 0 0.4 0.4 0.4
75,000-99,999 3.0 1.1 1.0 1.5 0.8 0.9 1.4 0.3
100,000-149,999 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.1
150,000-199,999 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
200,000 or more 0.4 0.2 0 0 0 0.1 0 0
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 18,928 14,489 12,035 13,415 12,269 12,020 12,335 10,910
Number (thousands) 3,378 1,249 10,997 2,036 2,396 2,680 1,989 1,896