U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2004
 

Income from Social Security, Earnings, Pensions, and Assets (Recipients Only)

Assets

Aged Units

Units 65 or Older

Asset Income of Aged Units
Table 5.D1
Percentage distribution of recipient units, by marital status, sex of nonmarried persons, and age, 2004
Asset income (dollars) All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
Total Men Women
55–61 62–64 65 or older 55–61 62–64 65 or older 55–61 62–64 65 or older 55–61 62–64 65 or older 55–61 62–64 65 or older
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 250 34.0 33.3 28.7 31.4 28.4 23.3 39.0 41.9 34.0 34.9 38.6 32.2 41.4 43.7 34.7
250–499 8.9 7.9 8.8 8.8 8.0 8.5 8.9 7.5 9.1 7.5 5.3 8.0 9.8 8.7 9.5
500–749 5.9 6.2 5.5 5.5 6.2 5.0 6.8 6.2 5.9 7.9 6.1 5.1 6.2 6.2 6.2
750–999 3.4 2.0 3.8 3.8 2.3 4.2 2.7 1.7 3.4 3.4 0.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 3.7
1,000–1,499 6.4 6.2 5.8 5.8 6.5 5.5 7.4 5.5 6.1 8.0 3.3 6.9 7.1 6.7 5.8
1,500–1,999 3.7 3.6 4.5 3.9 4.5 4.6 3.5 2.1 4.3 2.7 1.1 3.8 3.9 2.6 4.5
2,000–2,499 4.2 3.8 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.5 4.5 3.4 3.9 4.1 2.5 3.0 4.8 3.9 4.2
2,500–2,999 3.4 2.1 2.8 3.5 2.6 2.2 3.1 1.2 3.4 3.7 1.4 3.3 2.7 1.1 3.4
3,000–3,999 3.8 4.0 4.8 4.3 4.2 4.6 2.8 3.6 5.0 3.1 4.0 3.9 2.7 3.4 5.5
4,000–4,999 2.5 3.3 3.8 2.7 3.0 4.2 2.2 3.9 3.4 2.2 5.9 2.9 2.1 2.9 3.6
5,000–9,999 8.7 9.1 10.7 9.6 10.1 11.3 7.0 7.5 10.1 7.8 9.3 12.1 6.5 6.5 9.4
10,000–14,999 4.7 5.9 5.1 5.1 7.1 6.6 4.1 3.7 3.5 5.5 2.4 4.4 3.2 4.4 3.2
15,000–19,999 2.4 3.0 2.2 2.8 3.2 2.7 1.7 2.7 1.6 2.0 5.8 1.9 1.6 1.0 1.5
20,000–24,999 1.5 2.3 1.9 1.6 2.5 2.2 1.2 2.0 1.5 0.7 1.7 1.9 1.5 2.2 1.3
25,000–29,999 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.9 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.9 0 0.9 0 0.3 0.3
30,000–34,999 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.7 0.3 1.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0 0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1
35,000–39,999 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.6 1.2 0.9 1.0 3.5 1.1 0.3 0 0.9
40,000–44,999 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.3 0 0.3
45,000–49,999 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0 0.5 0 0.3 0.1
50,000 or more 3.4 4.4 3.9 3.3 4.0 5.1 3.5 5.0 2.6 3.9 8.1 4.9 3.3 3.4 1.7
Median income (dollars) 840 1,000 1,200 1,000 1,284 1,806 577 533 800 721 721 1,082 446 400 729
Number (thousands) 9,141 2,930 14,797 5,989 1,866 7,357 3,151 1,064 7,439 1,189 375 2,051 1,962 688 5,388
 
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Asset Income of Units 65 or Older
Table 5.D2
Percentage distribution of recipient units, by marital status and quintiles of total money income, 2004
Asset income (dollars) All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
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 250 57.6 39.4 35.6 25.6 13.5 43.5 35.2 23.6 18.5 10.3 63.0 51.0 35.7 32.4 20.8
250–499 11.3 12.9 9.9 8.9 5.2 13.5 10.8 10.3 6.6 4.9 10.8 13.7 12.4 8.0 5.7
500–749 5.3 8.2 5.8 5.8 3.6 4.8 4.5 7.6 5.3 3.2 5.4 7.0 8.9 6.5 3.3
750–999 3.0 3.9 4.9 3.8 3.1 6.0 5.9 3.5 4.1 2.8 3.2 3.3 3.4 4.3 2.8
1,000–1,499 4.7 7.3 6.5 6.2 4.6 5.3 5.7 7.1 4.7 4.9 3.9 6.2 7.9 6.6 5.2
1,500–1,999 5.6 5.4 4.4 4.4 3.7 4.8 6.3 3.9 5.4 3.3 5.2 4.9 5.8 4.0 3.2
2,000–2,499 2.8 5.3 4.1 4.7 3.7 2.2 6.2 5.5 5.0 3.1 1.6 5.0 6.1 3.4 3.1
2,500–2,999 1.2 3.3 2.8 2.9 2.8 1.0 1.1 2.8 2.3 2.9 1.8 0.6 4.4 4.1 3.6
3,000–3,999 3.1 5.8 6.2 4.8 3.7 5.5 6.1 5.0 4.5 2.9 3.5 4.0 5.9 6.7 3.9
4,000–4,999 2.5 3.3 3.9 5.0 3.2 2.9 4.9 5.9 4.3 2.9 1.3 3.0 3.6 4.1 3.3
5,000–9,999 2.2 4.6 11.7 13.9 12.5 7.5 9.3 11.7 16.2 9.4 0.2 1.1 5.5 14.7 15.1
10,000–14,999 0.8 0.5 3.0 8.0 7.4 2.1 3.0 9.1 9.3 6.6 0 0.2 0.4 3.9 7.3
15,000–19,999 0 0 1.1 3.1 3.7 1.0 0.8 2.3 3.9 4.1 0 0 0 1.1 4.0
20,000–24,999 0 0 0.1 2.0 4.4 0 0.3 0.8 3.4 4.8 0 0 0 0.1 4.5
25,000–29,999 0 0 0 0.3 3.6 0 0 0.4 2.5 4.7 0 0 0 0 1.4
30,000–34,999 0 0 0 0.3 2.5 0 0 0.3 1.9 3.6 0 0 0 0 0.6
35,000–39,999 0 0 0 0.1 3.3 0 0 0.2 1.9 2.5 0 0 0 0 2.8
40,000–44,999 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0.3 1.5 0 0 0 0 0.9
45,000–49,999 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0.1 2.1 0 0 0 0 0.6
50,000 or more 0 0 0 0 12.8 0 0 0 0 19.7 0 0 0 0 8.0
Median income (dollars) 195 400 650 1,410 5,860 320 704 1,214 2,584 9,508 122 243 514 900 3,604
Number (thousands) 1,173 2,240 3,096 3,834 4,454 815 1,345 1,572 1,728 1,898 588 920 1,515 1,985 2,432
NOTE: Quintile limits are $10,399, $16,363, $25,587, and $44,129 for all units; $20,258, $29,437, $42,129, and $68,299 for married couples; and $8,364, $12,000, $16,471, and $26,064 for nonmarried persons.
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