U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2004
 
Family Income of Aged Units
Table 2.1
Percentage distribution, by marital status, sex of nonmarried persons, and age, 2004
Family income (dollars) Aged 55–61 Aged 62–64 Aged 65 or older
Total 65–69 70–74 75–79 80 or older
All units
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 2.3 2.1 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.3
1,000–1,999 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2
2,000–2,999 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.5
3,000–3,999 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4
4,000–4,999 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7
5,000–5,999 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.9 1.2
6,000–6,999 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.3 2.1
7,000–7,999 1.1 1.8 2.3 2.4 2.5 1.9 2.4
8,000–8,999 0.7 0.9 1.8 1.1 2.0 2.1 2.1
9,000–9,999 1.2 1.8 2.7 2.2 2.6 2.7 3.3
10,000–10,999 1.0 1.5 3.0 1.5 2.4 3.4 4.6
11,000–11,999 0.8 1.0 2.8 1.8 2.4 3.1 3.7
12,000–12,999 0.9 1.5 3.2 2.2 2.7 3.8 4.2
13,000–13,999 0.8 1.3 2.6 1.8 2.0 3.3 3.4
14,000–14,999 0.9 1.4 2.4 1.8 2.0 2.9 3.0
15,000–19,999 4.6 6.6 11.6 8.5 10.8 12.9 14.0
20,000–24,999 5.7 6.6 10.1 8.3 9.8 11.2 11.0
25,000–29,999 5.6 6.4 7.5 7.0 6.8 7.6 8.4
30,000–34,999 5.3 5.6 6.4 7.0 6.7 7.1 5.0
35,000–39,999 4.5 5.2 5.5 5.6 6.5 5.9 4.3
40,000–44,999 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.6 5.0 3.8 3.6
45,000–49,999 4.4 4.0 3.3 4.3 4.1 2.7 2.3
50,000–54,999 4.5 3.9 3.1 3.9 2.7 3.2 2.6
55,000–59,999 3.4 4.8 2.6 3.3 2.9 2.2 2.1
60,000–64,999 3.8 4.0 2.3 3.1 2.4 2.3 1.6
65,000–69,999 3.0 3.2 2.1 2.9 2.5 1.7 1.4
70,000–74,999 3.3 2.9 1.7 2.4 1.9 1.4 1.3
75,000–99,999 12.9 10.6 5.6 7.7 6.2 4.7 4.0
100,000–149,999 12.8 8.2 4.8 6.3 5.8 3.4 3.8
150,000–199,999 4.7 3.4 1.5 2.8 1.2 1.0 1.0
200,000 or more 3.7 2.9 1.2 2.1 1.4 0.8 0.5
Median income (dollars) 51,440 42,600 26,024 34,391 29,090 23,912 21,271
Number (thousands) 15,772 4,990 26,865 7,078 5,999 5,827 7,960
Married couples
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.7
1,000–1,999 0.1 0.4 0.1 0 0.3 0.1 0.1
2,000–2,999 0.3 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
3,000–3,999 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2
4,000–4,999 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.2
5,000–5,999 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3
6,000–6,999 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
7,000–7,999 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.7
8,000–8,999 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.2
9,000–9,999 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.8
10,000–10,999 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.6
11,000–11,999 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.6 1.0 1.3 0.9
12,000–12,999 0.5 0.3 0.9 0.5 0.9 1.4 1.0
13,000–13,999 0.2 0.5 1.3 1.1 0.6 1.9 1.8
14,000–14,999 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.1 1.7
15,000–19,999 2.2 4.9 8.9 6.4 8.8 10.4 11.6
20,000–24,999 3.0 5.4 10.8 7.3 10.4 13.7 14.1
25,000–29,999 3.5 4.6 9.4 6.3 8.3 10.6 14.5
30,000–34,999 3.7 4.9 8.9 8.0 8.2 11.0 8.7
35,000–39,999 3.4 4.8 7.4 6.3 8.3 7.8 7.5
40,000–44,999 4.3 4.8 5.5 5.0 6.7 5.6 4.8
45,000–49,999 4.0 4.3 4.6 5.2 5.6 3.9 3.2
50,000–54,999 4.9 5.0 4.3 4.7 3.6 4.7 4.0
55,000–59,999 4.0 6.3 3.9 4.6 3.9 3.3 3.4
60,000–64,999 4.2 4.0 3.2 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.6
65,000–69,999 3.5 4.3 2.8 3.7 3.1 1.7 2.2
70,000–74,999 4.3 4.1 2.4 3.2 2.2 1.9 1.7
75,000–99,999 17.2 14.4 8.1 10.6 9.2 5.7 5.1
100,000–149,999 19.1 11.7 7.4 10.0 7.9 4.6 5.3
150,000–199,999 7.6 5.7 2.7 4.7 2.0 1.8 1.3
200,000 or more 6.0 4.5 2.0 3.6 2.0 1.1 0.5
Median income (dollars) 74,854 59,000 37,908 48,536 39,347 32,439 30,215
Number (thousands) 8,681 2,745 10,930 3,710 2,731 2,342 2,146
Nonmarried persons
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 3.6 3.2 2.0 2.3 2.0 2.3 1.6
1,000–1,999 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
2,000–2,999 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.6
3,000–3,999 0.7 1.3 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.6
4,000–4,999 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8
5,000–5,999 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.7 0.9 1.4 1.6
6,000–6,999 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.0 2.8
7,000–7,999 2.1 3.3 3.6 4.7 4.4 2.9 3.1
8,000–8,999 1.3 1.8 2.8 2.2 3.5 2.9 2.7
9,000–9,999 2.0 3.4 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.3
10,000–10,999 1.7 2.6 4.7 2.7 3.8 5.1 6.1
11,000–11,999 1.4 1.9 4.1 3.0 3.5 4.3 4.7
12,000–12,999 1.5 2.9 4.9 4.0 4.2 5.5 5.3
13,000–13,999 1.6 2.2 3.6 2.5 3.3 4.2 4.0
14,000–14,999 1.4 2.1 3.4 2.9 3.0 4.1 3.5
15,000–19,999 7.7 8.7 13.5 10.9 12.5 14.6 14.9
20,000–24,999 9.1 8.0 9.5 9.3 9.3 9.5 9.8
25,000–29,999 8.2 8.7 6.3 7.7 5.6 5.7 6.1
30,000–34,999 7.4 6.5 4.6 5.8 5.4 4.5 3.7
35,000–39,999 5.9 5.7 4.2 4.9 5.0 4.6 3.1
40,000–44,999 5.3 4.0 3.4 4.2 3.6 2.7 3.1
45,000–49,999 4.9 3.5 2.4 3.3 2.7 1.9 1.9
50,000–54,999 4.1 2.5 2.3 3.0 1.9 2.2 2.1
55,000–59,999 2.6 2.9 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.4 1.6
60,000–64,999 3.3 3.9 1.7 2.3 1.6 1.9 1.2
65,000–69,999 2.3 1.8 1.6 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.2
70,000–74,999 2.0 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.1 1.1
75,000–99,999 7.6 5.9 3.9 4.4 3.7 4.0 3.7
100,000–149,999 5.0 3.9 3.1 2.3 4.1 2.6 3.2
150,000–199,999 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.9
200,000 or more 0.8 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.5
Median income (dollars) 30,797 26,000 18,676 21,624 19,982 18,038 17,112
Number (thousands) 7,091 2,245 15,935 3,368 3,268 3,485 5,814
Men
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 4.2 3.3 2.1 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.0
1,000–1,999 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.1 0
2,000–2,999 0.6 0.7 0.2 0 0.3 0.2 0.2
3,000–3,999 0.4 1.8 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.5
4,000–4,999 1.0 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.3
5,000–5,999 1.4 1.6 1.0 0.6 1.0 0.7 1.6
6,000–6,999 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.9 2.2 1.5 2.2
7,000–7,999 1.4 3.0 2.9 3.6 5.0 1.3 2.0
8,000–8,999 1.1 2.2 1.8 1.6 2.5 1.5 1.6
9,000–9,999 2.1 3.2 3.9 3.9 5.5 3.2 3.4
10,000–10,999 1.9 1.4 4.1 2.2 3.5 5.6 5.0
11,000–11,999 1.6 0.4 3.6 3.5 2.4 4.9 3.8
12,000–12,999 1.3 2.7 4.9 5.5 4.3 4.5 5.0
13,000–13,999 1.8 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.4 3.6 2.7
14,000–14,999 1.3 2.1 2.2 1.7 1.8 1.8 3.2
15,000–19,999 7.2 9.6 12.9 11.0 8.4 14.3 16.7
20,000–24,999 7.7 6.3 9.1 8.7 8.9 7.6 10.5
25,000–29,999 8.9 7.1 7.3 7.1 4.8 7.5 9.2
30,000–34,999 7.0 7.8 5.4 8.3 5.3 3.2 4.3
35,000–39,999 5.7 7.5 5.5 6.5 5.9 7.3 3.2
40,000–44,999 5.7 3.2 4.3 3.8 5.1 3.1 5.1
45,000–49,999 4.7 2.9 3.1 3.9 3.5 2.7 2.3
50,000–54,999 4.1 2.3 1.8 2.3 1.3 1.8 1.6
55,000–59,999 2.2 3.1 1.8 1.8 3.2 1.0 1.4
60,000–64,999 3.1 3.0 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.8 1.1
65,000–69,999 2.2 1.9 2.2 1.9 2.4 2.6 1.9
70,000–74,999 1.9 1.1 1.5 1.2 2.1 2.4 0.7
75,000–99,999 8.8 8.3 4.3 5.4 4.1 4.8 3.0
100,000–149,999 5.7 4.9 4.0 2.3 5.6 5.0 3.8
150,000–199,999 1.5 0.7 1.2 1.3 0.8 1.1 1.4
200,000 or more 0.9 1.3 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.4 0.5
Median income (dollars) 31,750 28,008 22,103 24,045 23,738 22,400 19,991
Number (thousands) 2,773 819 4,292 1,141 936 892 1,323
Women
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 3.3 3.2 1.9 2.3 1.9 2.4 1.4
1,000–1,999 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3
2,000–2,999 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.8
3,000–3,999 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.6 0.6
4,000–4,999 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.9
5,000–5,999 0.8 1.3 1.6 2.4 0.8 1.7 1.5
6,000–6,999 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.2 2.9
7,000–7,999 2.5 3.5 3.9 5.2 4.2 3.5 3.4
8,000–8,999 1.4 1.6 3.2 2.4 3.9 3.4 3.1
9,000–9,999 1.9 3.6 4.4 4.4 3.9 4.6 4.6
10,000–10,999 1.6 3.3 4.9 2.9 3.9 4.9 6.4
11,000–11,999 1.2 2.8 4.2 2.8 4.0 4.2 5.0
12,000–12,999 1.6 3.1 4.8 3.2 4.2 5.8 5.4
13,000–13,999 1.4 1.9 3.9 2.5 3.6 4.4 4.4
14,000–14,999 1.4 2.1 3.8 3.4 3.5 4.8 3.6
15,000–19,999 8.0 8.1 13.7 10.8 14.1 14.6 14.4
20,000–24,999 10.0 9.0 9.7 9.6 9.5 10.2 9.6
25,000–29,999 7.7 9.6 5.9 8.1 5.9 5.0 5.2
30,000–34,999 7.6 5.8 4.4 4.5 5.4 4.9 3.5
35,000–39,999 6.0 4.6 3.7 4.1 4.6 3.7 3.0
40,000–44,999 5.0 4.5 3.0 4.4 3.1 2.5 2.5
45,000–49,999 5.0 3.9 2.1 3.0 2.4 1.7 1.8
50,000–54,999 4.1 2.6 2.4 3.3 2.1 2.3 2.2
55,000–59,999 2.9 2.8 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.7
60,000–64,999 3.4 4.4 1.6 2.5 1.4 1.6 1.3
65,000–69,999 2.3 1.8 1.4 2.1 1.7 1.3 0.9
70,000–74,999 2.1 1.6 1.2 1.6 1.4 0.7 1.3
75,000–99,999 6.8 4.5 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.7 3.8
100,000–149,999 4.5 3.4 2.7 2.3 3.5 1.8 3.1
150,000–199,999 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.7
200,000 or more 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.5
Median income (dollars) 30,298 25,599 17,618 20,800 18,603 16,429 16,304
Number (thousands) 4,317 1,427 11,643 2,227 2,332 2,592 4,492
 
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