U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000
 
Total Money Income of Units 65 or Older
Table 3.6
Number receiving income from retirement benefits, earnings, and assets, and median income, by marital status
Retirement benefits All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
Total Earnings Income from assets Total Earnings Income from assets Total Earnings Income from assets
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
Number of recipient units (thousands)
Total 25,230 5,675 19,555 14,985 10,245 10,300 3,738 6,562 7,148 3,152 14,930 1,937 12,993 7,837 7,093
No benefit 1,784 687 1,097 572 1,212 621 406 215 311 310 1,163 281 882 262 901
One benefit 13,661 2,961 10,700 7,072 6,589 4,672 1,848 2,824 2,889 1,784 8,989 1,113 7,876 4,184 4,806
Social Security only a 13,069 2,824 10,245 6,657 6,412 4,447 1,764 2,683 2,718 1,729 8,621 1,060 7,562 3,938 4,683
Private pension or annuity only 196 79 117 123 73 88 49 38 62 25 108 30 78 61 47
Government employee pension only b 296 55 241 222 73 97 33 64 75 21 199 21 177 147 52
Railroad Retirement only 102 4 98 70 31 40 1 39 32 8 61 2 59 38 23
Two benefits 9,212 1,901 7,311 6,844 2,369 4,597 1,386 3,211 3,593 1,005 4,615 515 4,100 3,251 1,364
Social Security and federal pension only 723 122 601 559 164 333 78 255 255 77 390 44 346 303 87
Social Security and Railroad Retirement, state/local, or military pension only 1,833 445 1,388 1,389 443 895 329 566 716 178 938 116 821 673 265
Social Security and private pension only 6,485 1,303 5,182 4,750 1,736 3,264 952 2,312 2,536 728 3,221 351 2,870 2,214 1,007
Other combination 177 31 146 152 26 108 27 81 87 20 70 4 65 64 5
Three or more benefit types 572 126 446 497 75 410 99 311 356 54 162 27 135 141 22
Median total money income (dollars)
Total 18,778 38,785 15,350 25,971 11,534 31,188 46,803 25,834 37,246 21,270 12,715 26,346 11,693 17,772 9,288
No benefit 6,926 34,130 549 29,154 4,478 25,230 50,262 3,757 53,492 11,527 3,956 22,241 197 8,043 2,456
One benefit 13,551 33,268 11,562 18,618 10,111 23,552 42,345 18,234 28,959 17,421 10,589 23,413 9,978 13,644 8,851
Social Security only a 13,283 32,655 11,398 18,187 10,055 23,145 41,765 18,069 28,569 17,358 10,440 22,774 9,872 13,350 8,817
Private pension or annuity only 15,326 42,588 11,412 27,355 c 31,132 c c c c 12,022 c 10,756 c c
Government employee pension only b 30,715 c 27,834 34,480 c 36,956 c c 53,349 c 28,412 c 26,828 32,661 c
Railroad Retirement only 18,200 c 17,802 c c c c c c c c c c c c
Two benefits 27,632 44,980 24,611 30,959 20,647 36,852 50,697 32,843 40,420 28,004 20,124 31,821 19,387 22,331 15,776
Social Security and federal pension only 28,900 57,926 25,713 30,551 23,394 40,375 62,388 35,003 42,173 31,906 21,598 c 20,868 22,361 19,697
Social Security and Railroad Retirement, state/local, or military pension only 30,578 51,025 26,619 34,814 21,980 43,887 57,877 38,460 49,099 27,202 22,955 38,991 21,482 25,232 18,589
Social Security and private pension only 26,391 43,273 23,885 29,606 19,612 34,885 48,420 31,689 37,699 27,820 19,203 29,645 18,614 21,370 15,169
Other combination 44,471 c 44,440 45,630 c 64,898 c 71,743 74,735 c c c c c c
Three or more benefit types 43,739 55,733 41,632 46,246 29,685 48,485 56,971 44,962 51,996 c 30,115 c 28,991 32,863 c
a. Social Security includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.
b. Includes federal, state, local, and military pensions.
c. Fewer than 75,000 weighted cases.