Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000

Social Security Income of Nonmarried Persons 65 or Older

Table 5.A5
Recipients, by sex and marital status
Social Security benefit (dollars) ^a		Nonmarried men				Nonmarried women
Social Security benefit (dollars) ^a		Total ^b	Widowed	Never married	Divorced	Total ^b	Widowed	Never married	Divorced
	Total percent	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

1-499		0.1	0	0	0.4	0.1	0.1	0	0.2
500-999		0.3	0.6	0	0	0.4	0.5	0	0.1
1,000-1,499		0.4	0.2	1.2	0	0.2	0.1	0	1.0
1,500-1,999		1.0	0.8	1.2	1.5	0.4	0.5	0.4	0
2,000-2,499		0.3	0.4	0	0.4	0.6	0.3	2.5	1.3

2,500-2,999		0.9	0.7	1.0	0.9	1.5	1.2	4.4	2.1
3,000-3,499		1.1	0.9	3.5	0.2	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.7
3,500-3,999		1.5	1.2	3.2	1.4	1.5	1.4	3.4	1.5
4,000-4,499		2.2	1.4	6.0	1.9	2.3	2.1	3.5	2.2
4,500-4,999		2.3	2.3	1.7	1.9	2.2	2.0	2.6	2.7

5,000-5,999		4.2	4.0	6.3	4.4	6.0	5.7	7.7	6.6
6,000-6,999		7.2	5.3	17.0	6.3	10.4	8.9	9.5	18.0
7,000-7,999		9.6	9.6	10.1	9.9	10.5	10.0	11.7	13.0
8,000-8,999		8.8	9.3	7.8	7.3	11.2	10.9	16.4	10.5
9,000-9,999		7.3	6.0	8.9	8.5	9.4	10.1	8.3	6.7

10,000-10,999		14.2	16.1	11.0	12.6	13.1	14.3	8.2	8.7
11,000-11,999		10.2	10.9	8.0	11.5	9.5	10.2	6.8	7.5
12,000-12,999		8.4	8.3	4.3	11.1	7.5	8.1	5.1	7.0
13,000-13,999		6.9	8.1	4.0	5.2	4.4	4.8	4.3	3.1
14,000-14,999		4.7	4.7	3.1	6.3	3.0	3.3	1.6	2.2

15,000-19,999		6.8	7.4	1.6	6.8	3.4	3.4	3.2	3.7
20,000-24,999		0.8	0.7	0	0.8	0.8	0.9	0	0.4
25,000 or more		0.8	1.1	0	0.8	0.4	0.4	0	0.8

Memorandum:
Median income (dollars)		9,916	10,209	7,909	10,261	9,227	9,487	8,387	8,088
Number (thousands)		3,473	1,905	496	824	9,905	7,770	561	1,236
a. Social Security includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.
b. Includes persons who are separated or married but living apart from their spouse.