U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000
 
Social Security Income of Units 65 or Older
Table 5.A3
Recipients, by marital status, sex of nonmarried persons, race, and Hispanic origin
Social Security benefit (dollars) a White Black Hispanic origin b
All
units		 Married
couples		 Nonmarried persons All
units		 Married
couples		 Nonmarried persons All
units		 Married
couples		 Nonmarried persons
Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1-499 0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 0.2 0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.7 0
500-999 0.3 0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.5 0 0 0 0.3 0 0.4 0 0.6
1,000-1,499 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.5 0 0.7 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0 0.5
1,500-1,999 0.4 0.2 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0 0.9 1.9 0.6
2,000-2,499 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0 0.7 0.1 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.6 0 0.8
2,500-2,999 0.8 0.4 1.1 0.7 1.3 1.9 0.3 2.7 2.7 2.6 1.2 0.5 1.7 0.8 2.0
3,000-3,499 0.6 0.3 0.9 1.1 0.8 1.5 0.1 2.1 0.7 2.6 0.6 0.3 0.8 0.7 0.8
3,500-3,999 1.0 0.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 2.1 0.9 2.6 2.8 2.5 1.6 0.7 2.1 0.8 2.6
4,000-4,499 1.4 0.4 2.0 2.2 2.0 3.1 0.1 4.4 1.1 5.5 2.5 0.7 3.7 2.8 4.0
4,500-4,999 1.4 0.4 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.4 1.7 2.7 3.4 2.4 4.2 1.0 6.2 3.7 7.1
5,000-5,999 3.4 1.2 5.0 3.3 5.6 7.7 3.3 9.7 11.1 9.3 8.0 2.6 11.4 8.4 12.5
6,000-6,999 5.8 1.7 8.7 6.6 9.4 11.5 2.7 15.4 11.4 16.9 11.7 5.5 15.7 15.9 15.6
7,000-7,999 6.6 2.1 9.8 9.3 10.0 10.8 2.7 14.4 11.1 15.6 13.1 4.7 18.4 17.9 18.6
8,000-8,999 6.9 2.4 10.2 8.1 11.0 10.2 3.9 13.0 14.9 12.3 9.2 4.7 12.2 13.7 11.7
9,000-9,999 6.5 2.9 9.2 7.1 9.9 5.2 3.2 6.1 7.9 5.5 4.9 5.1 4.8 5.2 4.6
10,000-10,999 9.7 4.0 13.9 14.9 13.5 9.3 9.7 9.1 9.8 8.9 7.8 9.3 6.8 11.3 5.2
11,000-11,999 7.9 4.6 10.3 10.8 10.2 5.2 6.3 4.7 5.7 4.4 5.7 6.8 5.0 1.3 6.3
12,000-12,999 6.8 4.9 8.1 8.8 7.9 4.7 4.6 4.7 5.5 4.4 5.1 9.3 2.4 4.5 1.7
13,000-13,999 5.8 6.0 5.6 7.8 4.8 3.2 7.8 1.2 1.4 1.1 3.8 5.9 2.5 5.0 1.7
14,000-14,999 4.7 6.3 3.5 4.8 3.1 4.6 7.8 3.1 4.6 2.6 4.0 8.0 1.4 1.0 1.5
15,000-19,999 17.4 34.7 4.7 7.4 3.8 9.0 26.7 1.2 3.1 0.6 9.7 22.9 1.2 3.6 0.4
20,000-24,999 8.3 18.4 0.9 0.9 0.9 3.8 12.1 0.1 0 0.2 4.0 9.9 0.3 0 0.4
25,000 or more 3.7 8.0 0.5 0.8 0.4 1.9 4.8 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 11,634 16,723 9,609 10,188 9,439 8,678 14,018 7,693 8,057 7,366 8,656 12,863 7,351 7,955 7,081
Number (thousands) 20,226 8,548 11,678 3,008 8,669 2,003 614 1,388 359 1,029 1,155 452 703 181 522
a. Social Security includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.
b. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.