Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000

Earnings Income of Aged Units

Table 5.B3
Recipients, by Social Security beneficiary status and age
Earnings (dollars)		Beneficiary ^a			Nonbeneficiary
Earnings (dollars)		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

Less than 1,000		4.7	5.0	8.5	1.2	0.7	3.7
1,000-1,999		3.0	1.5	3.5	0.8	0.8	0.5
2,000-2,999		1.0	2.4	3.4	0.4	0.8	1.8
3,000-3,999		3.1	2.0	3.4	0.6	1.0	1.7
4,000-4,999		2.2	2.5	2.7	0.7	0.7	1.1

5,000-5,999		2.9	3.3	3.8	0.8	1.4	1.3
6,000-6,999		3.6	2.0	3.5	0.8	1.1	3.1
7,000-7,999		1.8	3.1	3.3	0.8	1.5	1.2
8,000-8,999		3.5	4.4	3.9	0.8	0.9	1.0
9,000-9,999		1.5	2.8	2.3	0.5	0.4	2.3

10,000-10,999		2.4	4.0	3.9	1.3	1.8	3.1
11,000-11,999		0.5	2.7	1.5	0.6	0.7	1.8
12,000-12,999		2.7	1.0	3.2	1.2	1.3	3.3
13,000-13,999		2.9	0.9	1.7	1.0	1.1	0.3
14,000-14,999		1.8	1.0	2.8	1.0	1.7	0.9

15,000-19,999		9.4	10.0	8.1	6.5	7.4	9.1
20,000-24,999		9.3	10.4	6.8	5.9	8.1	5.3
25,000-29,999		7.7	9.3	5.1	6.9	7.0	5.3
30,000-34,999		6.9	5.1	5.0	7.4	7.5	8.9
35,000-39,999		5.5	4.6	3.3	5.6	5.8	6.4

40,000-44,999		4.3	3.2	3.0	5.5	5.1	5.0
45,000-49,999		2.5	1.6	2.2	4.9	4.9	3.4
50,000-54,999		3.9	3.8	2.2	5.1	4.1	3.8
55,000-59,999		1.6	1.0	1.4	3.5	4.7	2.4
60,000-64,999		2.8	1.8	1.5	4.8	4.4	3.3

65,000-69,999		1.9	0.1	1.1	3.8	1.2	2.1
70,000-74,999		0.2	1.4	1.1	3.4	2.8	2.2
75,000-99,999		3.8	4.1	2.8	10.6	7.5	3.8
100,000-149,999		2.1	3.1	3.4	8.4	6.8	6.0
150,000-199,999		0.5	0	0.7	2.1	3.4	1.8
200,000 or more		0	1.8	1.0	3.3	3.4	3.9

Memorandum:
Median income (dollars)		21,008	20,029	14,190	43,893	38,352	31,593
Number (thousands)		671	1,024	4,839	9,294	1,560	836
a. Social Security beneficiaries may be receiving retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.