U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2004
 
Total Money Income of Aged Units
Table 3.1
Percentage distribution, by marital status, sex of nonmarried persons, and age, 2004
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 4.4 3.8 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.3 2.8
1,000–1,999 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2
2,000–2,999 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5
3,000–3,999 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.7
4,000–4,999 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.2
5,000–5,999 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.2 0.8 1.2 1.5
6,000–6,999 1.7 2.0 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.1 3.3
7,000–7,999 1.5 2.1 3.3 3.5 3.5 2.6 3.5
8,000–8,999 0.8 1.3 2.6 1.4 2.8 3.0 3.2
9,000–9,999 1.5 2.4 3.5 3.0 3.2 3.4 4.4
10,000–10,999 1.4 2.0 4.0 2.2 3.2 4.6 5.8
11,000–11,999 0.9 1.4 3.6 2.3 3.0 3.7 5.2
12,000–12,999 1.5 1.9 4.0 2.4 3.5 4.9 5.1
13,000–13,999 1.0 1.5 3.2 1.9 2.6 3.9 4.3
14,000–14,999 1.0 1.7 2.8 2.1 2.1 3.3 3.6
15,000–19,999 5.1 7.4 12.8 9.0 12.1 14.0 15.9
20,000–24,999 6.0 7.2 10.1 8.4 10.2 11.0 10.9
25,000–29,999 5.5 6.3 7.4 7.1 7.0 7.9 7.7
30,000–34,999 5.7 5.7 5.8 6.8 6.2 6.6 4.1
35,000–39,999 4.6 5.2 4.8 5.6 5.5 4.8 3.5
40,000–44,999 4.8 4.0 3.5 4.3 4.4 3.1 2.6
45,000–49,999 4.2 3.9 2.6 4.0 3.1 2.1 1.3
50,000–54,999 4.0 3.5 2.3 3.3 2.0 2.1 1.8
55,000–59,999 3.0 4.3 2.0 3.0 2.3 1.3 1.2
60,000–64,999 3.8 3.3 1.6 2.4 1.8 1.4 0.8
65,000–69,999 2.9 2.7 1.5 2.5 1.6 1.0 0.9
70,000–74,999 2.9 2.7 1.1 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.3
75,000–99,999 11.2 8.9 3.7 5.9 4.7 2.6 1.8
100,000–149,999 10.7 6.3 3.0 4.9 3.6 2.0 1.5
150,000–199,999 3.7 2.9 1.1 2.4 0.9 0.7 0.3
200,000 or more 3.3 2.4 0.8 1.7 0.9 0.4 0.1
Median income (dollars) 44,316 35,000 20,481 28,969 22,603 19,290 15,948
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 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.4
1,000–1,999 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3
2,000–2,999 0.3 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
3,000–3,999 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2
4,000–4,999 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.3
5,000–5,999 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0 0.1 0.5
6,000–6,999 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
7,000–7,999 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6
8,000–8,999 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.3 1.1 0.2
9,000–9,999 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8
10,000–10,999 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.8
11,000–11,999 0.3 0.5 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.1
12,000–12,999 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.6 1.1
13,000–13,999 0.3 0.6 1.5 1.3 0.7 2.0 2.1
14,000–14,999 0.5 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.8 1.5 1.8
15,000–19,999 2.6 5.0 9.8 6.9 9.7 11.6 13.0
20,000–24,999 3.3 5.9 11.3 7.8 10.9 13.6 15.0
25,000–29,999 3.8 5.0 10.2 7.0 9.2 12.3 14.9
30,000–34,999 4.3 5.8 9.3 8.5 8.9 11.5 8.6
35,000–39,999 3.7 5.2 7.6 6.6 8.7 7.6 7.9
40,000–44,999 4.7 4.9 5.6 5.2 6.9 5.3 5.2
45,000–49,999 4.4 4.9 4.7 5.7 5.2 4.1 2.9
50,000–54,999 4.9 5.0 3.9 4.6 3.3 3.6 3.8
55,000–59,999 3.9 5.8 3.6 4.7 3.3 2.7 2.9
60,000–64,999 4.5 3.7 2.9 3.4 3.2 2.3 2.4
65,000–69,999 4.2 4.1 2.4 3.2 2.7 1.3 1.9
70,000–74,999 4.1 4.2 2.0 2.7 2.0 1.8 0.9
75,000–99,999 16.5 13.3 7.1 9.3 8.3 4.8 4.2
100,000–149,999 17.1 9.7 6.0 8.7 6.4 3.6 3.7
150,000–199,999 6.1 5.0 2.3 4.1 1.7 1.5 1.0
200,000 or more 5.4 4.0 1.7 2.9 1.6 0.9 0.5
Median income (dollars) 68,612 54,899 34,900 44,299 36,750 30,413 28,490
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 7.8 6.5 4.3 5.1 5.0 4.6 3.3
1,000–1,999 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
2,000–2,999 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.7
3,000–3,999 1.0 1.5 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.6 0.9
4,000–4,999 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.5
5,000–5,999 1.2 1.4 1.9 2.3 1.6 1.9 1.9
6,000–6,999 3.4 3.7 4.0 4.5 3.7 3.4 4.4
7,000–7,999 2.9 4.2 5.3 6.8 6.2 4.1 4.6
8,000–8,999 1.6 2.5 4.0 2.6 4.8 4.3 4.3
9,000–9,999 2.6 4.6 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.7
10,000–10,999 2.3 3.4 6.3 3.9 5.3 7.1 7.7
11,000–11,999 1.6 2.4 5.3 3.6 4.5 5.3 6.7
12,000–12,999 2.6 3.7 6.0 4.2 5.6 7.1 6.6
13,000–13,999 1.9 2.6 4.4 2.6 4.1 5.2 5.1
14,000–14,999 1.5 2.2 3.9 3.4 3.2 4.5 4.2
15,000–19,999 8.2 10.3 14.9 11.2 14.1 15.5 17.0
20,000–24,999 9.2 8.8 9.3 9.1 9.5 9.2 9.4
25,000–29,999 7.6 7.9 5.5 7.2 5.3 5.0 5.0
30,000–34,999 7.3 5.6 3.5 4.8 4.0 3.3 2.4
35,000–39,999 5.7 5.3 2.8 4.5 2.8 2.9 1.8
40,000–44,999 4.9 3.0 2.1 3.2 2.3 1.6 1.6
45,000–49,999 4.0 2.6 1.1 2.1 1.2 0.8 0.8
50,000–54,999 3.0 1.8 1.2 1.9 0.9 1.1 1.0
55,000–59,999 1.7 2.4 0.8 1.2 1.4 0.5 0.5
60,000–64,999 3.0 2.7 0.7 1.3 0.6 0.8 0.3
65,000–69,999 1.3 0.9 0.8 1.7 0.7 0.8 0.5
70,000–74,999 1.5 1.0 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.8 0.1
75,000–99,999 4.7 3.5 1.4 2.1 1.7 1.1 0.9
100,000–149,999 2.8 2.2 0.8 0.7 1.3 0.8 0.7
150,000–199,999 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.2 0
200,000 or more 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0
Median income (dollars) 24,000 19,032 13,999 15,799 14,263 13,929 13,321
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 7.2 6.7 3.8 4.3 3.9 4.4 3.0
1,000–1,999 1.0 1.1 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.1 0
2,000–2,999 0.6 0.6 0.3 0 0.4 0.2 0.4
3,000–3,999 0.5 2.1 0.8 0.5 1.4 0.4 1.0
4,000–4,999 0.9 1.5 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.8
5,000–5,999 1.7 0.7 1.3 1.0 1.4 0.9 1.8
6,000–6,999 3.1 2.3 2.8 3.6 2.7 2.7 2.3
7,000–7,999 1.6 4.7 4.0 5.3 5.9 1.8 3.0
8,000–8,999 1.6 3.1 2.5 2.2 3.3 2.8 2.1
9,000–9,999 2.6 3.5 4.7 4.9 6.0 4.4 3.8
10,000–10,999 2.7 2.9 4.8 3.0 3.8 5.8 6.2
11,000–11,999 1.7 1.0 4.4 4.5 2.4 5.9 4.9
12,000–12,999 2.2 3.4 5.9 5.6 6.4 5.9 5.7
13,000–13,999 1.5 3.4 3.0 2.6 2.6 4.5 2.7
14,000–14,999 1.4 2.1 2.9 2.3 2.3 2.3 4.1
15,000–19,999 7.7 9.7 14.1 10.7 9.5 15.4 19.5
20,000–24,999 8.6 7.1 9.4 8.1 10.6 7.8 10.8
25,000–29,999 8.1 7.9 7.2 6.5 5.1 7.2 9.3
30,000–34,999 7.3 5.8 4.8 7.5 5.1 2.8 3.5
35,000–39,999 5.1 6.9 4.5 5.7 4.4 5.7 2.6
40,000–44,999 5.3 2.6 3.6 2.9 4.6 2.8 4.1
45,000–49,999 4.1 2.0 2.1 3.0 1.8 1.8 1.7
50,000–54,999 3.5 2.0 1.5 2.5 1.5 1.4 0.8
55,000–59,999 1.4 2.6 1.4 1.6 2.9 0.6 0.6
60,000–64,999 3.3 3.1 1.1 1.6 1.3 1.4 0.4
65,000–69,999 1.6 0.7 1.7 2.2 1.6 1.5 1.4
70,000–74,999 1.8 0.8 1.1 0.7 2.2 2.0 0.1
75,000–99,999 5.9 5.3 2.4 3.2 2.5 2.6 1.6
100,000–149,999 4.1 3.1 1.8 1.1 2.0 2.8 1.5
150,000–199,999 1.0 0.6 0.6 1.3 0.4 0.9 0.1
200,000 or more 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.3 0
Median income (dollars) 26,000 20,800 17,611 19,194 18,013 17,580 16,939
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 8.1 6.4 4.5 5.4 5.5 4.7 3.4
1,000–1,999 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3
2,000–2,999 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.8
3,000–3,999 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.6 0.9 0.7 0.9
4,000–4,999 1.6 1.3 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.7
5,000–5,999 0.9 1.7 2.1 2.9 1.6 2.2 1.9
6,000–6,999 3.6 4.4 4.5 4.9 4.0 3.6 5.0
7,000–7,999 3.6 4.0 5.7 7.6 6.3 4.8 5.1
8,000–8,999 1.6 2.2 4.6 2.8 5.4 4.8 4.9
9,000–9,999 2.6 5.2 5.8 5.9 5.0 5.8 6.3
10,000–10,999 2.1 3.6 6.8 4.4 5.9 7.6 8.1
11,000–11,999 1.5 3.3 5.6 3.1 5.3 5.1 7.3
12,000–12,999 2.9 3.8 6.0 3.5 5.3 7.5 6.8
13,000–13,999 2.2 2.1 4.9 2.7 4.7 5.4 5.7
14,000–14,999 1.6 2.3 4.3 3.9 3.6 5.2 4.3
15,000–19,999 8.6 10.5 15.2 11.5 16.0 15.6 16.3
20,000–24,999 9.6 9.8 9.2 9.6 9.1 9.6 8.9
25,000–29,999 7.2 7.8 4.9 7.6 5.4 4.3 3.7
30,000–34,999 7.3 5.5 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.5 2.1
35,000–39,999 6.0 4.4 2.2 3.9 2.2 1.9 1.6
40,000–44,999 4.6 3.2 1.5 3.4 1.4 1.1 0.9
45,000–49,999 3.9 2.9 0.8 1.7 1.0 0.4 0.5
50,000–54,999 2.6 1.6 1.1 1.5 0.7 1.0 1.1
55,000–59,999 2.0 2.2 0.6 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.5
60,000–64,999 2.8 2.5 0.5 1.2 0.3 0.6 0.2
65,000–69,999 1.1 1.1 0.5 1.4 0.3 0.5 0.2
70,000–74,999 1.4 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.1
75,000–99,999 3.9 2.4 1.0 1.5 1.3 0.6 0.7
100,000–149,999 1.9 1.6 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.2 0.4
150,000–199,999 0.6 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
200,000 or more 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0 0
Median income (dollars) 22,630 18,288 13,151 14,611 13,506 13,171 12,679
Number (thousands) 4,317 1,427 11,643 2,227 2,332 2,592 4,492
 
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