Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2004

Total Money Income of Units 65 or Older
Table 3.5
Percentage distribution of Social Security beneficiary units, by marital status and quintiles of Social Security benefits, 2004
Income (dollars)	All units					Married couples					Nonmarried persons
Income (dollars)	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
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	100.0	100.0	100.0

Less than 1,000	0.7	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0
1,000–1,999	0.7	0.1	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0.1	0	0
2,000–2,999	1.1	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1.8	0	0	0	0
3,000–3,999	2.4	0	0	0.1	0	0.2	0.2	0	0	0	3.9	0	0	0	0
4,000–4,999	3.8	0	0.1	0	0	0.3	0.1	0	0	0	6.3	0	0	0.1	0
5,000–5,999	5.8	0	0	0	0	0.8	0	0	0	0	9.3	0	0	0	0
6,000–6,999	11.1	0	0	0	0	0.4	0	0	0	0	18.7	0	0	0	0
7,000–7,999	17.2	0	0.2	0	0	2.0	0.3	0	0	0	11.4	16.9	0	0	0
8,000–8,999	7.5	6.2	0.1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	4.7	17.0	0.1	0.1	0
9,000–9,999	3.4	15.2	0	0	0	2.8	0	0	0	0	3.8	20.7	4.5	0	0.1

10,000–10,999	3.8	17.8	0.1	0	0	2.4	0.3	0	0	0	4.3	6.3	23.3	0	0
11,000–11,999	2.4	10.0	7.2	0	0	5.5	0.1	0	0	0	2.5	3.9	18.4	4.4	0
12,000–12,999	2.6	4.2	14.4	0.1	0	3.8	1.4	0	0	0	3.1	2.7	6.0	21.4	0
13,000–13,999	2.3	3.6	11.4	0	0	2.4	4.9	0	0	0	2.3	2.3	4.9	12.5	2.6
14,000–14,999	1.5	2.8	7.7	2.9	0	1.2	4.7	0	0	0	1.7	2.2	3.1	8.1	6.3
15,000–19,999	8.6	12.1	16.0	30.7	1.3	8.3	20.8	21.2	0.4	0	8.0	10.9	14.4	16.8	31.1
20,000–24,999	5.7	8.4	11.1	12.9	14.7	8.5	10.0	15.9	21.8	3.4	5.2	6.5	9.1	12.5	15.1
25,000–29,999	3.3	4.7	7.0	10.8	13.0	6.5	10.2	11.3	12.5	13.5	2.6	3.0	4.8	7.0	10.8
30,000–34,999	2.7	2.7	4.8	8.5	11.5	6.0	8.3	10.5	12.8	10.5	2.6	1.4	2.4	4.2	7.2
35,000–39,999	2.3	2.5	3.8	6.4	9.8	6.6	5.7	7.3	8.9	11.7	0.9	2.0	2.8	2.8	5.8

40,000–44,999	1.4	1.3	2.7	4.6	7.5	4.3	3.9	4.9	8.3	7.3	0.8	1.0	0.7	2.7	4.7
45,000–49,999	1.0	1.3	2.0	3.8	5.2	3.4	4.1	5.5	4.5	6.3	0.5	0.3	1.2	1.4	2.4
50,000–54,999	0.7	0.7	1.6	2.5	5.7	3.0	2.6	3.1	5.6	5.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.4	2.8
55,000–59,999	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.2	4.4	3.4	3.1	2.2	4.3	5.6	0.4	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.4
60,000–64,999	1.1	0.8	1.1	1.7	3.4	4.4	1.5	2.8	3.5	3.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.5
65,000–69,999	1.6	0.6	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.7	1.6	2.0	2.4	3.2	1.0	0.2	0.6	0.5	1.7
70,000–74,999	0.6	0.8	1.1	1.0	2.2	2.0	1.6	1.1	1.5	3.2	0.1	0.3	0.7	0.8	1.0
75,000–99,999	1.9	1.7	2.7	4.2	7.2	7.2	7.0	4.8	5.8	9.8	0.6	0.5	0.9	1.1	3.0
100,000–149,999	1.3	1.1	1.5	3.8	6.5	5.3	4.5	4.7	4.4	10.2	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.7	1.9
150,000–199,999	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.4	2.6	2.1	1.7	1.9	1.9	3.8	0.2	0	0.2	0	0.5
200,000 or more	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	2.1	0.7	1.3	0.9	1.5	3.2	0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1

Median income (dollars)	8,910	12,131	17,691	26,224	39,814	31,815	28,448	30,478	35,898	47,774	7,735	9,619	12,604	15,999	23,331

Number (thousands)	4,784	4,634	4,901	4,828	4,789	1,923	2,014	1,961	1,977	1,973	2,813	2,796	2,839	2,788	2,853
NOTES: Social Security includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, and special age-72 benefits. Social Security quintile limits are $8,400, $11,599, $14,400, and $19,514 for all units; $12,799, $17,121, $20,090, and $23,798 for married couples; and $7,279, $9,799, $11,707, and $13,999 for nonmarried persons.