U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000
 
Earnings Income of Aged Persons
Table 5.B6
Recipients, by age, sex, and marital status
Earnings (dollars) Total Married Nonmarried
55-61 62-64 65 or
older		 55-61 62-64 65 or
older		 55-61 62-64 65 or
older
All persons
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 2.4 3.6 10.6 2.6 4.0 11.4 2.0 2.7 9.1
1,000-1,999 1.3 1.3 4.2 1.2 0.9 4.3 1.6 2.2 4.2
2,000-2,999 0.9 1.7 4.3 1.0 1.1 4.5 0.8 2.9 4.0
3,000-3,999 1.2 1.8 3.8 1.1 1.4 3.4 1.3 2.7 4.5
4,000-4,999 1.1 1.8 2.8 0.9 1.4 2.0 1.5 2.7 4.4
5,000-5,999 1.4 3.1 4.5 1.4 3.1 4.2 1.5 3.3 5.0
6,000-6,999 1.4 2.2 3.8 1.2 2.4 3.7 1.8 1.9 4.1
7,000-7,999 1.3 3.0 3.6 1.3 2.7 3.8 1.4 3.6 3.2
8,000-8,999 1.1 4.1 3.1 1.0 4.3 3.0 1.5 3.6 3.2
9,000-9,999 1.1 2.1 2.4 1.1 1.9 2.0 1.0 2.6 3.0
10,000-10,999 2.3 3.2 4.4 2.3 2.8 4.5 2.2 4.1 4.3
11,000-11,999 0.8 1.7 1.7 0.8 1.6 1.3 1.0 2.0 2.5
12,000-12,999 2.4 1.8 3.0 2.4 2.0 3.1 2.3 1.5 2.9
13,000-13,999 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4
14,000-14,999 1.5 1.9 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.6 2.0 2.8 2.0
15,000-19,999 8.9 9.0 7.7 7.7 7.9 6.8 11.9 11.5 9.3
20,000-24,999 9.3 8.4 5.8 9.3 8.6 4.8 9.4 7.8 7.6
25,000-29,999 8.8 6.8 4.5 8.2 6.1 4.1 10.2 8.1 5.1
30,000-34,999 8.9 6.1 5.2 9.0 6.2 5.9 8.9 5.9 4.0
35,000-39,999 5.7 5.5 3.7 5.3 5.1 3.6 6.6 6.1 3.8
40,000-44,999 5.7 4.3 3.3 5.6 4.1 3.1 5.7 4.9 3.7
45,000-49,999 4.4 3.6 1.6 4.7 3.6 1.7 3.7 3.4 1.3
50,000-54,999 4.7 4.5 2.2 5.0 4.9 2.7 4.0 3.8 1.1
55,000-59,999 2.9 2.5 0.9 3.1 2.4 0.9 2.4 2.7 0.9
60,000-64,999 3.7 1.9 1.4 3.5 2.2 1.8 4.2 1.3 0.8
65,000-69,999 1.8 0.5 0.8 1.7 0.7 0.8 2.0 0 0.8
70,000-74,999 2.0 1.3 0.9 1.9 1.5 1.1 2.3 0.8 0.7
75,000-99,999 5.1 4.2 2.4 6.1 5.7 3.5 2.8 1.0 0.4
100,000-149,999 3.5 3.5 2.3 4.4 4.2 3.1 1.5 2.1 0.9
150,000-199,999 0.4 1.1 0.5 0.5 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.9
200,000 or more 2.0 1.8 1.3 2.5 2.6 1.6 0.8 0.2 0.8
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 29,420 22,740 11,673 30,251 25,022 12,085 26,240 18,679 10,991
Number (thousands) 12,484 2,978 5,559 8,838 2,046 3,622 3,645 932 1,937
Men
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 2.4 3.2 7.9 2.4 3.9 8.1 2.4 0.6 6.9
1,000-1,999 1.0 1.1 3.9 1.0 0.6 3.7 1.4 3.0 4.9
2,000-2,999 0.6 1.0 3.4 0.7 0.8 3.3 0.3 1.9 3.6
3,000-3,999 0.8 1.3 3.0 0.6 0.9 2.9 1.5 3.0 3.3
4,000-4,999 0.8 2.2 2.9 0.7 1.6 2.1 1.3 4.5 5.9
5,000-5,999 0.8 2.7 3.7 0.7 2.7 4.1 1.2 2.4 2.0
6,000-6,999 0.7 1.9 2.8 0.6 1.8 2.9 1.3 2.2 2.6
7,000-7,999 0.7 2.0 3.0 0.5 1.6 3.3 1.1 3.7 2.0
8,000-8,999 0.5 1.4 2.5 0.5 1.7 2.9 0.7 0.2 1.0
9,000-9,999 0.5 1.7 1.5 0.4 1.7 1.9 0.8 1.9 0
10,000-10,999 1.4 2.8 4.5 1.1 2.1 4.7 2.2 5.6 3.8
11,000-11,999 0.4 1.5 1.6 0.3 1.3 1.3 1.0 2.3 2.7
12,000-12,999 1.7 1.7 3.2 1.5 1.9 3.2 2.1 1.0 3.1
13,000-13,999 1.1 0.7 1.5 1.2 0.7 1.4 0.6 0.6 1.9
14,000-14,999 1.0 2.0 1.4 0.8 1.5 1.5 1.8 4.2 1.3
15,000-19,999 6.7 7.2 8.2 5.1 6.5 7.8 12.6 9.7 9.6
20,000-24,999 7.5 8.3 5.9 7.7 8.6 5.2 7.0 7.1 8.5
25,000-29,999 7.3 5.6 5.3 7.2 4.9 4.9 7.4 8.3 6.7
30,000-34,999 8.5 5.9 5.9 8.3 5.8 6.1 9.3 6.1 5.1
35,000-39,999 6.0 6.1 4.2 5.9 5.3 4.0 6.3 9.4 4.9
40,000-44,999 6.0 4.7 3.9 6.4 5.3 3.1 4.6 2.1 6.6
45,000-49,999 5.5 4.2 1.8 5.9 4.0 1.6 4.1 4.6 2.3
50,000-54,999 5.5 5.3 3.2 5.7 5.7 3.6 4.7 4.1 1.8
55,000-59,999 4.1 3.3 0.6 4.4 3.3 0.6 3.1 3.6 0.8
60,000-64,999 5.3 2.5 1.7 5.1 3.0 2.0 5.9 0.6 0.6
65,000-69,999 2.3 0.8 1.0 2.2 1.0 1.1 2.6 0 0.8
70,000-74,999 2.6 1.9 1.4 2.5 2.0 1.4 2.8 1.3 1.4
75,000-99,999 8.2 6.8 3.7 9.0 8.0 4.4 5.3 2.3 1.0
100,000-149,999 5.8 4.9 3.4 6.7 5.4 4.0 2.6 2.9 1.0
150,000-199,999 0.8 1.9 0.7 0.8 2.3 0.5 0.6 0.1 1.5
200,000 or more 3.6 3.3 2.3 4.3 3.9 2.3 1.2 0.7 2.3
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 38,414 29,927 15,738 40,647 32,623 15,629 30,363 22,921 16,052
Number (thousands) 6,683 1,596 3,247 5,226 1,274 2,542 1,458 323 704
Women
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 2.5 4.0 14.4 3.0 4.2 19.1 1.8 3.9 10.3
1,000-1,999 1.7 1.6 4.6 1.6 1.4 5.7 1.7 1.8 3.7
2,000-2,999 1.3 2.4 5.6 1.5 1.6 7.2 1.1 3.4 4.2
3,000-3,999 1.6 2.4 5.0 1.8 2.3 4.8 1.2 2.5 5.2
4,000-4,999 1.4 1.4 2.8 1.3 1.1 1.9 1.7 1.8 3.5
5,000-5,999 2.2 3.7 5.6 2.4 3.7 4.4 1.7 3.7 6.6
6,000-6,999 2.2 2.7 5.3 2.2 3.4 5.6 2.1 1.7 5.0
7,000-7,999 2.1 4.1 4.5 2.5 4.5 5.1 1.6 3.6 3.9
8,000-8,999 1.8 7.3 3.8 1.7 8.7 3.1 2.0 5.5 4.5
9,000-9,999 1.8 2.6 3.6 2.2 2.3 2.3 1.1 2.9 4.8
10,000-10,999 3.4 3.8 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.0 2.2 3.3 4.6
11,000-11,999 1.3 2.0 1.9 1.6 2.1 1.3 0.9 1.8 2.4
12,000-12,999 3.3 2.0 2.8 3.8 2.2 2.9 2.4 1.8 2.7
13,000-13,999 2.4 2.4 1.3 2.7 2.9 1.4 1.9 1.7 1.1
14,000-14,999 2.0 1.7 2.1 2.0 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.1 2.4
15,000-19,999 11.4 11.2 7.1 11.4 10.2 4.7 11.3 12.5 9.2
20,000-24,999 11.4 8.4 5.5 11.6 8.7 3.8 11.0 8.1 7.0
25,000-29,999 10.6 8.1 3.3 9.6 8.2 2.3 12.1 8.1 4.2
30,000-34,999 9.4 6.3 4.3 9.9 6.7 5.3 8.5 5.8 3.4
35,000-39,999 5.3 4.7 2.9 4.4 4.9 2.6 6.8 4.4 3.2
40,000-44,999 5.3 3.9 2.5 4.6 2.0 3.1 6.4 6.4 2.0
45,000-49,999 3.1 2.9 1.3 2.9 3.0 1.9 3.5 2.8 0.7
50,000-54,999 3.8 3.6 0.7 3.9 3.5 0.6 3.6 3.7 0.8
55,000-59,999 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.3 0.8 1.7 2.0 2.3 0.9
60,000-64,999 1.9 1.2 1.1 1.2 0.8 1.3 3.0 1.7 0.8
65,000-69,999 1.1 0.1 0.5 0.9 0.2 0 1.6 0 0.8
70,000-74,999 1.4 0.6 0.2 1.1 0.7 0.1 1.9 0.5 0.3
75,000-99,999 1.5 1.2 0.6 1.8 1.9 1.3 1.1 0.4 0
100,000-149,999 1.0 1.9 0.8 1.0 2.1 0.8 0.9 1.7 0.8
150,000-199,999 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0 0 0 0.3 0.6
200,000 or more 0.2 0.2 0 0 0.3 0 0.6 0 0
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 22,466 17,117 8,128 20,545 16,272 6,915 25,181 17,847 9,281
Number (thousands) 5,800 1,382 2,312 3,612 772 1,080 2,188 610 1,233