U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000
 
Earnings Income of Aged Units
Table 5.B2
Recipients, by age, marital status, and sex of nonmarried persons
Earnings (dollars) Married couples Nonmarried persons
Total Men Women
55-61 62-64 65 or
older
55-61 62-64 65 or
older
55-61 62-64 65 or
older
55-61 62-64 65 or
older
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
Less than 1,000 1.0 2.2 7.1 2.0 2.7 9.1 2.4 0.6 6.9 1.8 3.9 10.3
1,000-1,999 0.6 0.5 2.5 1.6 2.2 4.2 1.4 3.0 4.9 1.7 1.8 3.7
2,000-2,999 0.3 0.6 2.7 0.8 2.9 4.0 0.3 1.9 3.6 1.1 3.4 4.2
3,000-3,999 0.4 0.7 2.4 1.3 2.7 4.5 1.5 3.0 3.3 1.2 2.5 5.2
4,000-4,999 0.3 0.6 1.5 1.5 2.7 4.4 1.3 4.5 5.9 1.7 1.8 3.5
5,000-5,999 0.6 1.5 2.6 1.5 3.3 5.0 1.2 2.4 2.0 1.7 3.7 6.6
6,000-6,999 0.6 1.2 3.0 1.8 1.9 4.1 1.3 2.2 2.6 2.1 1.7 5.0
7,000-7,999 0.5 1.3 2.8 1.4 3.6 3.2 1.1 3.7 2.0 1.6 3.6 3.9
8,000-8,999 0.8 1.6 3.6 1.5 3.6 3.2 0.7 0.2 1.0 2.0 5.5 4.5
9,000-9,999 0.3 0.7 1.9 1.0 2.6 3.0 0.8 1.9 0 1.1 2.9 4.8
10,000-10,999 0.9 1.8 3.5 2.2 4.1 4.3 2.2 5.6 3.8 2.2 3.3 4.6
11,000-11,999 0.4 1.2 1.1 1.0 2.0 2.5 1.0 2.3 2.7 0.9 1.8 2.4
12,000-12,999 0.7 1.0 3.4 2.3 1.5 2.9 2.1 1.0 3.1 2.4 1.8 2.7
13,000-13,999 1.0 0.8 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.4 0.6 0.6 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.1
14,000-14,999 0.5 0.7 2.8 2.0 2.8 2.0 1.8 4.2 1.3 2.1 2.1 2.4
15,000-19,999 3.7 6.7 7.7 11.9 11.5 9.3 12.6 9.7 9.6 11.3 12.5 9.2
20,000-24,999 4.2 9.7 6.1 9.4 7.8 7.6 7.0 7.1 8.5 11.0 8.1 7.0
25,000-29,999 5.0 7.8 5.1 10.2 8.1 5.1 7.4 8.3 6.7 12.1 8.1 4.2
30,000-34,999 6.4 6.9 6.4 8.9 5.9 4.0 9.3 6.1 5.1 8.5 5.8 3.4
35,000-39,999 5.0 4.9 3.8 6.6 6.1 3.8 6.3 9.4 4.9 6.8 4.4 3.2
40,000-44,999 5.3 4.1 3.1 5.7 4.9 3.7 4.6 2.1 6.6 6.4 6.4 2.0
45,000-49,999 5.3 3.6 2.9 3.7 3.4 1.3 4.1 4.6 2.3 3.5 2.8 0.7
50,000-54,999 5.6 4.1 3.2 4.0 3.8 1.1 4.7 4.1 1.8 3.6 3.7 0.8
55,000-59,999 3.9 3.6 1.8 2.4 2.7 0.9 3.1 3.6 0.8 2.0 2.3 0.9
60,000-64,999 5.0 4.5 2.3 4.2 1.3 0.8 5.9 0.6 0.6 3.0 1.7 0.8
65,000-69,999 4.6 1.2 1.5 2.0 0 0.8 2.6 0 0.8 1.6 0 0.8
70,000-74,999 3.7 3.1 1.5 2.3 0.8 0.7 2.8 1.3 1.4 1.9 0.5 0.3
75,000-99,999 14.3 9.0 4.3 2.8 1.0 0.4 5.3 2.3 1.0 1.1 0.4 0
100,000-149,999 11.6 7.2 5.2 1.5 2.1 0.9 2.6 2.9 1.0 0.9 1.7 0.8
150,000-199,999 2.9 3.0 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.1 1.5 0 0.3 0.6
200,000 or more 4.3 4.2 1.7 0.8 0.2 0.8 1.2 0.7 2.3 0.6 0 0
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 55,132 37,120 19,154 26,240 18,679 10,991 30,363 22,921 16,052 25,181 17,847 9,281
Number (thousands) 6,319 1,651 3,738 3,645 932 1,937 1,458 323 704 2,188 610 1,233