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.A4
Recipients, by quintiles of total money income and marital status
Social Security benefit (dollars) a All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
First Second Third Fourth Fifth First Second Third Fourth Fifth First Second Third Fourth Fifth
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 0.3 0 0.1 0.1 0 0 0.1 0.1 0 0 0.5 0 0 0.1 0.1
500-999 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0 0 0 0.1 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.7
1,000-1,499 0.7 0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.6 0 0 0.1 0.2 0.8 0 0.1 0.4 0.2
1,500-1,999 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.5 0 0.4 1.4 0 0.4 0.6 0.7
2,000-2,499 1.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.7 0 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.6
2,500-2,999 3.0 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.6 4.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7
3,000-3,499 2.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 2.9 0.3 1.0 0.2 0.9
3,500-3,999 3.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.6 5.2 1.0 0.4 0.8 1.1
4,000-4,499 5.6 0.7 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.8 9.1 1.3 0.6 1.2 0.9
4,500-4,999 5.4 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.5 8.9 1.0 1.0 0.6 1.3
5,000-5,999 12.4 2.7 2.5 1.7 1.4 2.7 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.0 18.1 3.9 2.7 3.6 2.5
6,000-6,999 22.9 4.3 3.6 2.0 2.5 3.8 1.8 1.3 1.4 2.0 32.3 7.7 4.6 5.1 3.8
7,000-7,999 19.9 6.2 4.7 3.6 3.0 4.0 1.7 2.6 1.4 2.6 13.8 18.9 6.9 6.7 5.9
8,000-8,999 18.3 7.1 5.5 4.1 2.9 4.9 1.7 2.0 2.1 1.8 0.1 28.1 6.8 8.5 6.6
9,000-9,999 2.7 15.6 5.3 4.8 2.5 5.8 1.7 3.4 1.8 2.3 0 20.0 8.7 7.6 5.8
10,000-10,999 0 23.1 11.0 6.3 5.7 8.2 3.6 3.7 3.3 4.3 0 16.6 19.6 15.1 11.8
11,000-11,999 0 15.6 9.7 6.9 4.1 11.4 3.1 4.1 3.7 2.1 0 0 21.2 14.0 10.3
12,000-12,999 0 10.5 8.3 6.7 6.3 8.6 4.6 2.7 5.0 4.6 0.1 0 13.8 11.2 11.8
13,000-13,999 0 7.4 6.6 5.9 6.4 11.7 4.6 3.7 6.3 4.4 0 0 7.3 7.3 9.6
14,000-14,999 0 4.0 6.8 5.8 6.0 12.0 5.9 3.9 6.2 4.9 0 0 3.4 5.5 7.6
15,000-19,999 0 0.1 26.3 28.7 25.0 21.6 46.1 40.4 33.2 24.8 0 0 0.3 9.1 11.6
20,000-24,999 0 0 5.5 15.0 17.8 0.2 19.8 21.6 21.9 23.4 0 0 0 1.3 2.7
25,000 or more 0 0 0 4.9 12.4 0 2.1 7.3 10.9 18.0 0 0 0 0 2.7
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 6,579 10,272 12,488 14,814 16,096 12,514 17,082 17,649 17,669 18,379 5,698 8,539 10,770 10,857 11,631
Number (thousands) 3,864 4,878 4,788 4,746 4,532 1,714 1,987 1,985 1,927 1,817 2,128 2,807 2,916 2,861 2,667
NOTE: Quintile limits are $9,295, $14,980, $23,631, and $39,719 for all units; $17,877, $26,641, $37,440, and $60,015 for married couples; and $7,616, $10,723, $15,308, and $24,394 for nonmarried persons.
a. Social Security includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.