Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000

Social Security Income of Aged Units

Table 5.A1
Recipients, by age
Social Security benefit (dollars) ^a		Aged 55-61	Aged 62-64	Aged 65 or older
Social Security benefit (dollars) ^a		Aged 55-61	Aged 62-64	Total	65-69	70-74	75-79	80-84	85 or older
	Total percent	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

1-499		0.5	0.9	0.1	0.3	0	0	0	0
500-999		1.0	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.4	0.3
1,000-1,499		0.9	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1
1,500-1,999		1.3	1.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4
2,000-2,499		0.4	3.1	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3

2,500-2,999		1.2	1.4	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.9	1.3
3,000-3,499		1.6	2.4	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.5	1.3	1.0
3,500-3,999		1.3	2.0	1.1	1.2	0.8	0.7	1.3	2.0
4,000-4,499		2.9	2.6	1.5	1.0	1.3	1.9	1.9	1.8
4,500-4,999		2.3	4.4	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.8	1.7

5,000-5,999		8.0	4.5	3.8	4.3	3.7	3.9	3.6	3.1
6,000-6,999		12.0	7.4	6.4	6.6	6.3	6.0	6.3	7.6
7,000-7,999		10.6	7.1	7.0	7.4	6.8	6.2	7.3	7.9
8,000-8,999		8.1	6.1	7.2	5.7	7.6	7.1	7.6	8.8
9,000-9,999		5.5	4.8	6.4	5.6	5.3	7.4	5.8	9.2

10,000-10,999		8.3	7.6	9.7	8.1	9.3	10.0	10.5	12.1
11,000-11,999		6.5	6.5	7.6	6.9	7.5	8.3	7.2	8.6
12,000-12,999		7.4	8.9	6.6	7.6	5.5	6.3	7.2	6.8
13,000-13,999		4.2	7.2	5.5	5.1	4.9	5.6	6.6	5.6
14,000-14,999		5.8	5.5	4.7	4.6	4.8	4.4	5.3	4.4

15,000-19,999		7.8	8.1	16.5	18.9	18.2	17.5	13.7	9.8
20,000-24,999		1.7	4.7	7.8	8.4	9.3	7.5	7.2	4.8
25,000 or more		0.6	1.2	3.5	3.2	4.5	3.0	3.7	2.5

Memorandum:
Median income (dollars)		8,801	9,753	11,325	11,727	11,731	11,356	11,133	10,150
Number (thousands)		1,581	2,146	22,808	5,583	5,604	5,200	3,605	2,816
a. Social Security includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.