Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000

Pensions

Private Pensions or Annuities

Aged Units Units 65 or Older Persons 65 or Older

Government Employee Pensions

Aged Units Units 65 or Older Persons 65 or Older

Employer Pensions

Persons 65 or Older
Private Pension or Annuity Income of Aged Units
Table 5.C1
Recipients, by age and marital status
Private pension (dollars) All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
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
1-499 1.1 1.4 2.0 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.4 2.0 2.8
500-999 4.7 2.2 4.9 4.5 0.6 2.6 5.0 4.7 7.4
1,000-1,499 5.0 6.0 6.5 3.3 5.3 4.3 7.9 7.0 9.0
1,500-1,999 1.9 5.6 3.9 1.7 4.1 3.2 2.3 8.0 4.7
2,000-2,499 4.9 4.2 4.9 4.7 2.1 3.8 5.2 7.3 6.0
2,500-2,999 2.9 3.2 2.8 2.9 2.1 1.8 2.9 4.8 3.9
3,000-3,499 1.7 4.6 3.6 0.4 2.6 3.3 4.1 7.8 3.9
3,500-3,999 2.4 2.1 3.5 2.3 1.3 2.3 2.4 3.2 4.9
4,000-4,499 1.4 0.9 3.1 1.7 0.9 2.9 1.0 0.8 3.2
4,500-4,999 3.6 1.2 4.3 2.8 1.0 3.5 5.0 1.6 5.1
5,000-5,999 3.0 3.5 5.4 3.1 3.6 5.9 2.9 3.4 5.0
6,000-6,999 5.8 6.3 7.1 6.0 5.2 7.1 5.4 8.0 7.1
7,000-7,999 2.0 3.9 5.8 2.2 2.9 5.3 1.7 5.3 6.3
8,000-8,999 3.2 4.3 4.8 2.4 3.6 4.5 4.6 5.4 5.1
9,000-9,999 4.6 2.0 3.3 4.0 1.5 4.2 5.5 2.8 2.4
10,000-10,999 2.4 5.0 4.5 1.7 6.9 5.1 3.7 2.0 3.9
11,000-11,999 1.0 1.2 2.8 1.2 1.8 3.5 0.8 0.3 2.1
12,000-12,999 4.9 6.2 3.5 4.7 6.9 3.2 5.3 5.2 3.9
13,000-13,999 0.9 2.1 2.3 0.7 2.4 3.1 1.2 1.5 1.5
14,000-14,999 2.1 1.8 3.1 2.6 2.4 3.7 1.3 1.0 2.3
15,000-19,999 10.9 8.6 6.7 10.7 8.3 8.9 11.4 9.0 4.3
20,000-24,999 7.4 6.1 4.1 7.8 9.0 6.5 6.7 1.6 1.6
25,000-29,999 5.1 3.5 2.2 6.4 5.4 3.0 2.8 0.6 1.3
30,000-34,999 4.9 6.4 1.2 5.7 7.2 1.8 3.5 5.2 0.5
35,000-39,999 3.2 2.5 1.4 3.2 3.6 2.0 3.3 0.8 0.7
40,000-44,999 2.3 1.1 0.4 3.5 1.9 0.6 0.2 0 0.1
45,000-49,999 0.5 0 0.3 0.8 0 0.2 0 0 0.3
50,000 or more 6.0 4.1 1.7 8.0 6.3 2.5 2.6 0.7 0.7
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 10,762 9,097 6,555 12,783 11,962 8,613 8,717 5,685 4,961
Number (thousands) 1,285 808 7,279 806 487 3,771 478 321 3,508
 
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Private Pension or Annuity Income of Aged Units
Table 5.C2
Recipients, by Social Security beneficiary status and age
Private pension (dollars) Beneficiary a Nonbeneficiary
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
1-499 3.5 1.5 2.1 0.4 1.1 1.8
500-999 4.5 2.7 5.0 4.8 0.7 2.7
1,000-1,499 8.3 4.9 6.5 4.0 10.1 6.2
1,500-1,999 6.5 3.3 4.0 0.6 14.0 0.8
2,000-2,499 5.4 4.4 4.9 4.7 3.6 3.8
2,500-2,999 2.7 4.1 2.9 3.0 0 1.2
3,000-3,499 0.9 5.5 3.7 2.0 1.5 0.6
3,500-3,999 5.0 2.1 3.6 1.6 2.1 1.2
4,000-4,499 3.1 0.7 3.0 0.9 1.5 4.7
4,500-4,999 4.5 1.6 4.2 3.4 0 6.7
5,000-5,999 4.7 3.8 5.5 2.5 2.4 4.5
6,000-6,999 11.6 7.0 7.3 4.0 3.9 1.0
7,000-7,999 2.5 3.9 5.6 1.9 3.6 12.0
8,000-8,999 4.1 4.8 4.9 3.0 2.4 0
9,000-9,999 6.4 2.0 3.3 4.0 1.9 2.9
10,000-10,999 1.8 5.9 4.3 2.7 1.5 9.5
11,000-11,999 0.4 0.8 2.8 1.2 2.7 4.1
12,000-12,999 5.1 7.4 3.6 4.8 2.2 1.7
13,000-13,999 0 2.3 2.4 1.2 1.2 0
14,000-14,999 3.5 2.3 2.9 1.7 0.3 7.6
15,000-19,999 6.1 7.5 6.7 12.4 12.4 6.5
20,000-24,999 2.6 6.4 4.1 8.9 4.9 3.8
25,000-29,999 3.7 3.7 2.1 5.5 2.5 5.0
30,000-34,999 1.6 5.1 1.1 5.9 11.0 2.6
35,000-39,999 0 2.1 1.2 4.2 3.8 7.2
40,000-44,999 0 1.4 0.3 3.0 0 1.2
45,000-49,999 0 0 0.3 0.6 0 0
50,000 or more 1.5 2.7 1.7 7.3 8.7 0.7
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 5,871 8,974 6,450 13,077 10,127 9,510
Number (thousands) 296 630 7,042 988 178 237
a. Social Security beneficiaries may be receiving retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.
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Private Pension or Annuity Income of Units 65 or Older
Table 5.C3
Recipients, by quintiles of total money income and marital status
Private pension (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
1-499 13.8 4.9 1.4 1.0 1.0 4.7 1.6 1.3 0.1 1.7 10.1 15.6 3.0 1.2 0.8
500-999 21.1 16.4 4.4 1.9 1.9 12.6 3.7 2.0 2.1 0.4 18.3 25.6 13.5 3.4 2.5
1,000-1,499 24.9 15.6 7.2 3.9 2.6 12.4 7.7 3.1 3.2 1.9 29.9 25.2 13.5 4.9 4.6
1,500-1,999 7.8 11.2 4.0 2.7 1.6 11.9 7.0 2.1 1.1 1.9 2.2 12.1 9.1 2.9 2.3
2,000-2,499 8.7 9.1 7.0 3.8 1.9 8.0 6.3 4.3 1.8 2.6 12.3 6.8 10.0 5.7 2.8
2,500-2,999 2.1 6.5 5.0 1.5 0.9 2.0 4.7 1.4 1.2 0.7 4.4 4.9 6.7 4.7 0.7
3,000-3,499 4.8 3.0 6.9 2.5 2.1 8.0 6.5 2.5 1.7 2.2 3.7 2.3 5.0 4.7 2.6
3,500-3,999 3.2 7.6 5.4 2.5 1.5 2.8 5.6 1.6 1.2 1.5 0 4.2 10.0 4.6 2.7
4,000-4,499 2.2 4.7 4.1 2.7 1.9 8.4 5.1 1.9 2.8 0.9 4.1 0.4 5.1 3.5 2.3
4,500-4,999 4.5 4.3 6.3 4.0 2.8 4.9 5.5 3.4 2.6 2.7 5.2 2.2 6.6 5.9 3.9
5,000-5,999 2.0 3.9 9.0 5.7 3.2 9.3 11.7 5.0 3.4 4.0 0.5 0 4.6 8.3 3.1
6,000-6,999 0.1 3.5 10.6 9.5 3.6 2.1 11.7 9.1 5.3 3.7 0.3 0.7 3.8 11.6 6.3
7,000-7,999 4.8 3.1 8.1 7.7 3.0 6.2 5.2 8.9 4.4 1.5 8.9 0 3.3 9.8 5.5
8,000-8,999 0 1.0 6.4 6.9 3.2 0 5.4 6.5 4.0 2.7 0 0 1.2 8.1 6.0
9,000-9,999 0 0.8 3.2 5.9 1.9 0 4.8 8.2 3.0 0.9 0 0 1.0 3.8 2.5
10,000-10,999 0 1.2 3.3 7.0 4.7 0.9 1.8 8.0 6.0 3.9 0 0 1.2 4.8 6.0
11,000-11,999 0 0.9 1.8 3.8 3.8 1.1 1.0 4.8 4.1 3.7 0 0 0.8 2.5 3.1
12,000-12,999 0 0.7 2.3 5.9 3.4 0 0.7 4.9 5.1 1.2 0 0 0.8 4.0 7.0
13,000-13,999 0 0 1.3 3.3 3.4 0 1.6 4.5 3.6 2.8 0 0 0 1.2 3.3
14,000-14,999 0 1.6 0.6 6.1 2.6 3.5 0.4 6.8 3.4 3.2 0 0 0.9 2.7 3.6
15,000-19,999 0 0 1.5 8.3 13.0 1.2 1.5 7.2 16.1 10.3 0 0 0 1.7 11.6
20,000-24,999 0 0 0 2.3 12.2 0 0.1 1.6 13.8 11.0 0 0 0 0 5.1
25,000-29,999 0 0 0 1.0 6.8 0 0.4 0.4 5.6 6.5 0 0 0 0 4.1
30,000-34,999 0 0 0 0.1 4.2 0 0 0 2.2 6.0 0 0 0 0 1.7
35,000-39,999 0 0 0 0.4 4.5 0 0 0.4 1.7 7.1 0 0 0 0 2.1
40,000-44,999 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0.7 1.8 0 0 0 0 0.5
45,000-49,999 0 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 1.0
50,000 or more 0 0 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 12.4 0 0 0 0 2.4
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 1,221 2,208 4,895 8,092 14,610 2,522 4,737 8,453 12,131 17,660 1,336 1,117 2,547 5,798 10,021
Number (thousands) 271 883 1,740 2,372 2,012 209 705 1,064 1,031 762 115 281 713 1,290 1,109
NOTE: Quintile limits are $9,295, $14,980, $23,631, and $39,719 for all units; $17,877, $26,641, $37,440, and $60,015 for married couples; and $7,616, $10,723, $15,308, and $24,394 for nonmarried persons.
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Private Pension or Annuity Income of Persons 65 or Older
Table 5.C4
Recipients, by sex and marital status
Private pension (dollars) All
persons		 Men Women
Total Married Nonmarried Total Married Nonmarried
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1-499 2.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 3.7 3.9 3.6
500-999 5.4 2.8 2.4 3.9 8.7 8.0 8.9
1,000-1,499 7.0 4.3 4.1 4.9 10.4 9.8 10.7
1,500-1,999 4.6 3.7 3.3 4.9 5.7 8.3 4.6
2,000-2,499 5.4 3.9 4.2 3.0 7.2 6.9 7.3
2,500-2,999 3.1 2.3 2.0 3.2 4.0 3.8 4.1
3,000-3,499 3.8 3.5 3.3 4.2 4.1 5.1 3.7
3,500-3,999 4.1 3.3 3.0 4.4 5.1 5.0 5.1
4,000-4,499 3.0 2.5 2.4 2.8 3.7 4.6 3.4
4,500-4,999 4.3 4.1 3.7 5.3 4.6 3.7 5.0
5,000-5,999 5.6 5.8 6.0 5.1 5.3 6.1 5.0
6,000-6,999 7.4 7.7 8.1 6.5 7.0 6.3 7.3
7,000-7,999 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.4 6.2 5.2 6.7
8,000-8,999 4.7 5.6 5.0 7.5 3.7 2.7 4.1
9,000-9,999 3.5 4.4 4.3 4.6 2.4 4.7 1.5
10,000-10,999 4.0 5.1 4.9 5.8 2.7 1.8 3.1
11,000-11,999 2.5 3.0 3.3 2.3 1.8 1.2 2.0
12,000-12,999 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.3 3.6 2.4 4.1
13,000-13,999 1.9 2.1 2.3 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.5
14,000-14,999 2.9 4.4 4.1 5.3 1.1 1.0 1.1
15,000-19,999 5.8 7.6 8.1 5.8 3.6 3.3 3.7
20,000-24,999 3.3 5.0 5.5 3.1 1.2 1.8 1.0
25,000-29,999 2.0 3.2 3.4 2.5 0.5 0 0.7
30,000-34,999 1.1 1.5 1.8 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5
35,000-39,999 1.0 1.5 1.6 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.5
40,000-44,999 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.1
45,000-49,999 0.1 0 0 0 0.3 0 0.5
50,000 or more 1.4 2.2 2.4 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.4
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 5,942 7,768 8,200 7,042 4,164 3,869 4,311
Number (thousands) 7,778 4,337 3,285 1,052 3,442 985 2,456
 
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Private Pension or Annuity Income of Persons 65 or Older
Table 5.C5
Recipients, by age and sex
Private pension (dollars) All persons Men Women
65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85 or
older		 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85 or
older		 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85 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
1-499 1.9 1.8 1.8 3.2 4.9 0.9 1.0 0.7 2.3 2.6 3.7 2.8 3.0 4.3 6.9
500-999 3.4 5.9 5.7 6.7 6.9 1.7 2.4 3.1 4.5 4.1 6.2 10.3 8.5 9.3 9.4
1,000-1,499 6.0 5.5 6.7 10.3 10.6 3.5 3.6 4.0 5.2 9.2 10.0 7.8 9.7 16.6 12.0
1,500-1,999 5.2 3.9 3.9 4.7 6.0 3.8 2.1 3.8 4.2 7.2 7.4 6.2 4.2 5.3 4.8
2,000-2,499 4.5 5.3 5.8 5.6 6.4 3.7 3.3 4.4 3.6 6.1 5.8 7.9 7.2 8.0 6.8
2,500-2,999 2.8 2.4 4.0 3.8 2.6 2.5 1.4 2.7 3.3 2.1 3.1 3.6 5.4 4.5 3.0
3,000-3,499 3.0 4.4 4.7 3.3 2.2 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.4 2.4 5.4 6.1 2.8 1.2
3,500-3,999 3.5 3.9 4.0 4.9 5.4 2.4 2.8 3.2 5.1 5.9 5.3 5.4 4.9 4.7 4.9
4,000-4,499 3.3 3.7 3.0 0.9 3.7 2.6 2.3 2.9 1.3 3.7 4.4 5.4 3.0 0.5 3.7
4,500-4,999 4.6 3.6 4.1 4.8 5.5 4.2 3.5 4.2 4.4 4.3 5.3 3.6 4.0 5.3 6.7
5,000-5,999 5.3 4.7 6.7 5.5 6.0 5.1 4.3 6.9 7.3 7.8 5.7 5.2 6.5 3.2 4.4
6,000-6,999 6.5 8.7 7.1 9.0 4.3 6.6 9.8 8.2 7.9 2.5 6.4 7.4 5.8 10.4 6.0
7,000-7,999 5.8 5.0 6.0 5.3 8.4 5.5 5.2 4.8 5.6 7.1 6.2 4.7 7.4 4.9 9.6
8,000-8,999 2.9 5.3 5.3 6.4 4.5 3.8 6.2 5.5 8.9 4.8 1.4 4.2 5.0 3.3 4.3
9,000-9,999 4.5 4.0 2.2 3.3 2.6 5.2 4.4 3.5 4.5 3.7 3.3 3.6 0.8 1.9 1.6
10,000-10,999 4.5 2.9 4.7 3.2 5.6 5.5 3.7 6.0 4.5 6.8 2.9 2.0 3.2 1.8 4.6
11,000-11,999 3.2 3.1 1.9 1.4 1.6 3.7 4.1 2.5 1.1 2.0 2.6 1.8 1.2 1.9 1.2
12,000-12,999 3.8 3.3 4.9 2.7 2.0 3.5 4.3 3.8 3.4 1.6 4.3 2.0 6.2 1.9 2.4
13,000-13,999 2.5 2.2 1.1 1.7 1.5 2.6 2.2 1.5 2.5 1.2 2.4 2.1 0.6 0.7 1.9
14,000-14,999 3.1 1.9 4.2 2.3 2.6 4.4 2.9 6.6 3.7 3.8 1.0 0.7 1.6 0.6 1.5
15,000-19,999 5.6 8.6 4.7 5.1 1.4 6.5 12.5 6.4 5.2 1.2 4.1 3.8 2.9 5.0 1.5
20,000-24,999 5.6 3.3 2.4 1.7 1.2 7.0 5.4 4.2 2.3 2.1 3.3 0.7 0.3 1.0 0.4
25,000-29,999 2.7 2.1 2.0 0.9 1.4 4.4 3.5 2.5 1.5 2.2 0 0.3 1.4 0.2 0.7
30,000-34,999 2.1 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.7 2.2 1.1 1.5 0.7 1.5 1.9 0.4 0.2 0 0
35,000-39,999 1.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 2.3 0.4 1.6 1.6 1.7 0.7 1.3 0 0 0
40,000-44,999 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 0.6 0.9 0.1 0.4 0 0 0.2 0.7 0 0
45,000-49,999 0 0.3 0 0.4 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 0 0.8 0.6
50,000 or more 1.6 1.9 1.0 1.2 0.6 2.4 3.0 1.6 1.2 1.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 1.1 0
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 6,954 6,332 5,782 5,207 4,599 8,800 8,608 7,440 6,683 5,168 4,635 4,043 4,255 3,463 4,159
Number (thousands) 2,064 2,114 1,887 1,063 651 1,276 1,175 994 582 310 788 939 893 481 341
 
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Government Employee Pension Income of Aged Units
Table 5.C6
Recipients, by age and marital status
Government employee
pension (dollars) a		 All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
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
1-499 0.1 0 1.3 0 0 0.8 0.4 0 1.9
500-999 1.5 0.4 1.1 0.4 0 1.1 3.7 1.2 1.1
1,000-1,499 0.5 0.6 1.7 0.8 0.9 1.2 0 0 2.2
1,500-1,999 0 0.9 1.3 0 0.9 1.3 0 0.9 1.3
2,000-2,499 1.6 1.6 1.9 0.1 1.3 1.2 4.6 2.5 2.7
2,500-2,999 1.3 0.3 1.4 0.6 0.4 0.8 2.6 0 2.1
3,000-3,999 4.9 3.4 4.9 4.2 3.6 3.2 6.2 2.8 6.7
4,000-4,999 3.4 1.3 4.4 2.5 0.1 4.6 5.3 3.9 4.2
5,000-5,999 1.2 0.4 3.5 0 0.3 2.7 3.6 0.6 4.2
6,000-6,999 1.3 3.2 2.8 1.3 1.9 2.1 1.4 6.2 3.5
7,000-7,999 1.9 3.9 3.9 0.9 4.4 3.2 3.9 2.7 4.7
8,000-8,999 2.9 4.5 2.9 1.6 2.7 2.2 5.4 8.6 3.6
9,000-9,999 1.4 1.3 5.0 1.5 0.4 3.6 1.2 3.3 6.4
10,000-10,999 3.0 1.4 4.5 2.9 0.9 4.1 3.2 2.7 4.8
11,000-11,999 0.4 0.6 2.3 0.6 0.9 2.1 0 0 2.4
12,000-12,999 7.6 2.9 4.4 9.2 3.2 4.4 4.3 2.3 4.4
13,000-13,999 2.9 3.7 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.9 5.6 4.0
14,000-14,999 2.7 3.7 4.7 3.5 2.7 4.8 1.1 5.9 4.5
15,000-19,999 10.7 18.6 13.9 11.5 19.0 15.2 9.1 17.8 12.7
20,000-24,999 12.3 12.5 10.5 13.1 10.7 12.4 10.8 16.6 8.5
25,000-29,999 11.6 9.0 5.4 14.5 10.6 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.1
30,000-34,999 7.3 9.8 4.6 6.4 11.6 5.1 9.3 5.8 4.1
35,000-39,999 4.6 3.7 3.3 4.7 4.2 4.8 4.5 2.6 1.7
40,000-44,999 4.8 1.3 1.4 5.2 1.6 1.7 3.8 0.6 1.1
45,000-49,999 0.8 0 0.3 1.2 0 0.6 0 0 0
50,000 or more 9.2 10.9 5.2 10.4 14.8 8.3 6.8 2.3 1.9
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 19,399 18,537 13,652 22,549 22,084 16,050 14,747 15,138 11,200
Number (thousands) 796 464 3,470 528 321 1,774 268 143 1,696
a. Includes federal, state, local, and military pensions.
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Government Employee Pension Income of Aged Units
Table 5.C7
Recipients, by Social Security beneficiary status and age
Government employee pension (dollars) a Beneficiary b Nonbeneficiary
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
1-499 0 0 1.5 0.2 0 0
500-999 2.0 0.6 1.1 1.4 0 0.7
1,000-1,499 1.4 1.0 1.5 0.4 0 3.3
1,500-1,999 0 1.4 1.5 0 0 0
2,000-2,499 0 2.4 2.1 1.9 0.2 0.2
2,500-2,999 4.8 0.4 1.5 0.7 0 0.7
3,000-3,999 13.5 3.4 5.3 3.5 3.2 1.3
4,000-4,999 2.6 1.4 4.8 3.5 1.0 1.0
5,000-5,999 4.1 0.1 3.8 0.8 0.9 0.4
6,000-6,999 6.2 3.4 2.9 0.5 3.0 1.7
7,000-7,999 4.4 6.1 4.2 1.5 0 1.4
8,000-8,999 3.1 2.5 3.0 2.8 8.0 1.9
9,000-9,999 0 1.8 5.4 1.6 0.5 0.9
10,000-10,999 1.0 1.5 4.6 3.3 1.4 3.5
11,000-11,999 2.6 1.0 2.5 0 0 0.3
12,000-12,999 2.4 3.3 4.2 8.4 2.3 6.4
13,000-13,999 6.4 3.7 3.6 2.4 3.7 2.0
14,000-14,999 5.8 5.8 4.3 2.2 0.2 7.8
15,000-19,999 8.2 18.1 14.3 11.1 19.5 10.8
20,000-24,999 7.6 12.7 9.8 13.1 12.1 17.5
25,000-29,999 7.0 8.7 4.7 12.3 9.5 11.3
30,000-34,999 7.5 8.8 3.5 7.3 11.7 15.1
35,000-39,999 2.3 5.2 3.2 5.0 1.2 4.4
40,000-44,999 0 1.1 1.4 5.5 1.6 1.7
45,000-49,999 0 0 0.3 0.9 0 0
50,000 or more 7.1 5.6 5.1 9.5 20.0 5.8
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 13,071 17,124 12,847 20,436 22,950 21,593
Number (thousands) 110 294 3,141 685 170 330
a. Includes federal, state, local, and military pensions.
b. Social Security beneficiaries may be receiving retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.
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Government Employee Pension Income of Units 65 or Older
Table 5.C8
Recipients, by quintiles of total money income and marital status
Government employee pension (dollars) a 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
1-499 15.0 5.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 7.9 1.1 0 0.8 0 b b 2.5 0.5 1.1
500-999 12.2 3.8 1.4 0.4 0.3 12.2 1.6 0.1 0 0.6 b b 2.9 0.6 0.1
1,000-1,499 16.5 4.4 1.6 1.6 0.3 9.9 1.8 1.2 0.5 0.3 b b 2.2 1.5 1.1
1,500-1,999 2.9 3.7 3.6 0.4 0.4 18.8 0.8 1.3 0 0 b b 2.7 1.7 0.6
2,000-2,499 5.5 10.4 2.4 0.9 0.4 4.6 2.3 1.6 0.7 0.4 b b 11.5 1.8 0.4
2,500-2,999 10.1 4.7 2.5 0.8 0.2 3.3 2.1 1.5 0 0.4 b b 4.9 2.2 0.4
3,000-3,999 27.6 14.3 6.1 3.4 2.2 2.7 3.3 6.2 2.8 1.9 b b 11.2 6.4 1.7
4,000-4,999 6.2 7.3 7.5 6.3 0.8 3.5 16.1 7.1 3.6 0.2 b b 8.1 5.8 2.0
5,000-5,999 0 12.7 7.1 2.1 1.0 12.6 9.2 2.0 1.3 0.6 b b 13.0 5.5 1.6
6,000-6,999 3.5 3.9 4.3 3.3 1.4 5.8 1.4 2.9 1.0 2.2 b b 4.0 5.5 2.4
7,000-7,999 0 3.9 7.6 2.6 3.4 3.2 2.8 3.0 3.8 2.7 b b 4.8 8.2 3.1
8,000-8,999 0.4 4.0 7.1 2.1 1.4 0 6.9 2.9 1.6 1.1 b b 3.6 6.6 1.7
9,000-9,999 0 2.7 10.0 5.2 3.2 0 2.5 7.6 2.5 3.1 b b 3.5 12.8 3.9
10,000-10,999 0 8.2 5.6 4.7 3.3 0 7.6 3.7 4.7 3.4 b b 11.9 4.2 4.0
11,000-11,999 0 0 4.6 2.6 1.6 0 1.8 4.3 2.2 1.2 b b 1.5 4.5 1.6
12,000-12,999 0 3.6 3.7 6.7 3.5 0.4 5.6 5.2 4.9 3.6 b b 4.7 4.7 4.8
13,000-13,999 0 1.7 5.2 5.1 2.0 2.6 7.6 4.3 2.2 1.2 b b 2.0 4.7 4.7
14,000-14,999 0 5.2 5.4 5.3 4.0 9.9 6.4 4.5 6.4 2.2 b b 4.9 5.4 4.3
15,000-19,999 0 0 12.0 19.7 14.3 2.7 9.4 18.9 21.2 11.1 b b 0 14.5 16.6
20,000-24,999 0 0 2.0 15.4 13.6 0 8.3 16.2 15.4 10.7 b b 0 3.0 15.4
25,000-29,999 0 0 0 6.8 8.3 0 1.4 3.7 8.0 6.9 b b 0 0 10.4
30,000-34,999 0 0 0 3.6 8.7 0 0 1.5 7.5 7.5 b b 0 0 8.3
35,000-39,999 0 0 0 0.6 7.7 0 0 0.3 6.7 8.3 b b 0 0 3.4
40,000-44,999 0 0 0 0 3.5 0 0 0 1.4 3.8 b b 0 0 2.3
45,000-49,999 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 1.8 b b 0 0 0
50,000 or more 0 0 0 0 12.9 0 0 0 0.7 24.9 b b 0 0 3.8
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 2,330 4,667 8,687 14,442 22,537 2,159 9,317 12,739 17,237 27,436 b b 5,110 9,116 18,047
Number (thousands) 84 297 647 1,053 1,390 94 198 358 549 575 45 63 226 533 829
NOTE: Quintile limits are $9,295, $14,980, $23,631, and $39,719 for all units; $17,877, $26,641, $37,440, and $60,015 for married couples; and $7,616, $10,723, $15,308, and $24,394 for nonmarried persons.
a. Includes federal, state, local, and military pensions.
b. Fewer than 75,000 weighted cases.
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Government Employee Pension Income of Persons 65 or Older
Table 5.C9
Recipients, by sex and marital status
Government employee
pension (dollars) a		 All
persons		 Men Women
Total Married Nonmarried Total Married Nonmarried
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1-499 1.3 0.4 0.3 0.7 2.2 1.8 2.3
500-999 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.4 1.5 1.3
1,000-1,499 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.8 0.4 2.5
1,500-1,999 1.4 1.4 1.7 0.6 1.4 1.1 1.6
2,000-2,499 1.8 0.4 0.5 0.2 3.2 2.3 3.5
2,500-2,999 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.8 2.2 1.7 2.5
3,000-3,999 5.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 7.3 6.0 7.9
4,000-4,999 4.9 3.2 3.1 3.7 6.6 11.3 4.4
5,000-5,999 3.6 3.3 3.7 2.1 3.9 1.5 5.0
6,000-6,999 3.3 1.6 1.2 2.9 4.8 7.4 3.7
7,000-7,999 4.0 2.8 2.4 4.3 5.1 5.5 4.9
8,000-8,999 3.4 2.8 2.6 3.6 4.0 4.8 3.6
9,000-9,999 5.2 3.7 3.4 4.7 6.6 5.8 7.0
10,000-10,999 4.9 3.9 3.8 4.0 5.8 7.3 5.1
11,000-11,999 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.3
12,000-12,999 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.8 4.2 4.0 4.3
13,000-13,999 3.1 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.7 2.0 4.5
14,000-14,999 5.3 7.6 7.8 7.0 3.2 2.1 3.6
15,000-19,999 12.9 14.0 14.1 13.3 12.0 10.9 12.4
20,000-24,999 10.5 13.9 14.3 12.7 7.3 7.6 7.1
25,000-29,999 5.0 6.7 4.9 12.3 3.3 4.8 2.7
30,000-34,999 4.3 4.6 5.3 2.2 4.1 2.8 4.7
35,000-39,999 3.0 5.2 5.6 3.9 1.0 1.2 0.9
40,000-44,999 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 2.1 1.0
45,000-49,999 0.3 0.7 0.9 0 0 0 0
50,000 or more 4.1 7.2 8.1 4.6 1.1 1.4 1.0
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 12,799 16,178 16,623 14,995 9,948 9,983 9,936
Number (thousands) 3,619 1,770 1,348 422 1,849 574 1,274
a. Includes federal, state, local, and military pensions.
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Employer Pension Income of Persons 65 or Older
Table 5.C10
Recipients, by Social Security beneficiary status, sex, and marital status
Employer pension (dollars) a Total Beneficiary b Nonbeneficiary
Total Married Nonmarried Total Married Nonmarried
All persons
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1-499 1.8 1.9 1.3 2.5 0.4 0 0.9
500-999 3.9 4.0 2.7 5.6 2.4 3.3 1.2
1,000-1,499 5.1 5.3 4.1 6.7 2.4 0.8 4.4
1,500-1,999 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.7 0.9 1.7 0
2,000-2,499 4.2 4.4 3.9 4.9 1.6 0.6 2.8
2,500-2,999 2.5 2.6 2.0 3.3 0.7 0 1.6
3,000-3,999 6.9 7.3 6.2 8.5 2.6 3.7 1.2
4,000-4,999 6.3 6.5 6.3 6.7 3.9 3.4 4.6
5,000-5,999 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.0 2.0 2.9 0.8
6,000-6,999 6.1 6.5 6.5 6.4 1.6 1.9 1.1
7,000-7,999 5.1 5.1 4.4 5.9 5.6 5.0 6.3
8,000-8,999 4.2 4.3 4.0 4.7 2.4 3.0 1.8
9,000-9,999 4.0 4.2 4.4 3.9 1.0 1.1 0.8
10,000-10,999 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.0 6.2 4.7 8.1
11,000-11,999 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.3 2.0 2.3 1.6
12,000-12,999 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.8 2.5 5.4
13,000-13,999 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.6 3.0 3.9 1.9
14,000-14,999 3.8 3.5 4.2 2.7 7.8 8.5 6.8
15,000-19,999 8.4 8.3 9.1 7.3 9.9 12.0 7.1
20,000-24,999 5.5 4.9 6.3 3.3 12.9 13.4 12.3
25,000-29,999 3.2 2.8 3.2 2.3 7.7 8.6 6.6
30,000-34,999 2.3 1.8 2.6 0.9 9.2 3.6 16.3
35,000-39,999 1.6 1.5 2.0 0.9 3.6 4.3 2.7
40,000-44,999 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.6 2.4 0.6
45,000-49,999 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0
50,000 or more 2.4 2.3 3.3 1.0 4.6 5.8 3.1
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 7,852 7,498 8,832 6,143 15,294 15,697 15,103
Number (thousands) 11,064 10,317 5,611 4,707 747 420 327
Men
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1-499 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.1 0 0 0
500-999 2.0 2.2 1.8 3.3 0 0 0
1,000-1,499 3.2 3.4 3.2 4.0 0.7 0.4 1.6
1,500-1,999 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.7 0.7 1.0 0
2,000-2,499 2.9 3.0 3.3 2.2 1.2 0.8 2.1
2,500-2,999 1.7 1.8 1.6 2.4 0.8 0 2.9
3,000-3,999 5.6 5.8 5.3 7.5 2.3 3.0 0.5
4,000-4,999 5.3 5.4 5.1 6.5 3.2 3.6 2.2
5,000-5,999 5.2 5.3 5.6 4.4 3.2 3.6 2.0
6,000-6,999 5.9 6.2 6.3 5.8 1.5 2.0 0
7,000-7,999 4.5 4.5 4.2 5.5 4.8 6.3 0.5
8,000-8,999 4.7 4.9 4.3 6.8 0.9 0.7 1.4
9,000-9,999 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.6 1.9 1.6 2.7
10,000-10,999 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.7 5.8 2.8 14.3
11,000-11,999 3.0 3.1 3.2 2.6 1.4 1.9 0
12,000-12,999 3.8 4.1 4.3 3.3 0.6 0.8 0
13,000-13,999 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 3.0 3.5 1.5
14,000-14,999 5.5 5.0 5.1 4.9 11.8 10.5 15.3
15,000-19,999 9.9 9.9 10.3 8.6 9.8 11.8 4.1
20,000-24,999 7.4 6.6 7.2 4.9 18.5 17.5 21.2
25,000-29,999 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.5 8.1 7.4 10.3
30,000-34,999 2.7 2.5 3.0 0.9 5.0 2.7 11.2
35,000-39,999 2.5 2.3 2.4 1.9 5.3 6.0 3.3
40,000-44,999 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 2.6 2.9 1.8
45,000-49,999 0.2 0.2 0.3 0 0.6 0.8 0
50,000 or more 3.9 3.7 4.1 2.5 6.7 8.6 1.2
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 10,108 9,654 10,121 8,420 17,951 18,040 16,185
Number (thousands) 5,940 5,554 4,221 1,333 387 285 102
Women
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1-499 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.1 0.8 0 1.3
500-999 6.1 6.2 5.3 6.5 5.0 10.4 1.8
1,000-1,499 7.3 7.5 6.8 7.8 4.3 1.8 5.7
1,500-1,999 4.1 4.3 5.9 3.7 1.2 3.2 0
2,000-2,499 5.6 5.9 5.7 6.0 2.0 0.3 3.1
2,500-2,999 3.4 3.6 3.2 3.7 0.7 0 1.1
3,000-3,999 8.5 8.9 9.1 8.9 2.9 5.2 1.5
4,000-4,999 7.6 7.8 10.2 6.8 4.7 3.1 5.7
5,000-5,999 4.7 5.0 4.3 5.2 0.7 1.5 0.2
6,000-6,999 6.4 6.8 7.0 6.7 1.7 1.8 1.6
7,000-7,999 5.8 5.8 5.2 6.0 6.4 2.3 8.9
8,000-8,999 3.6 3.6 2.9 3.9 4.2 7.8 2.0
9,000-9,999 3.9 4.2 5.6 3.6 0 0 0
10,000-10,999 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.7 6.5 8.5 5.3
11,000-11,999 2.0 2.0 1.6 2.1 2.6 3.1 2.4
12,000-12,999 3.8 3.6 2.8 3.9 7.2 6.1 7.9
13,000-13,999 2.5 2.4 1.8 2.7 3.0 4.6 2.0
14,000-14,999 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.9 3.5 4.3 3.0
15,000-19,999 6.6 6.4 5.4 6.8 10.0 12.5 8.5
20,000-24,999 3.2 3.0 3.6 2.7 6.9 4.6 8.3
25,000-29,999 1.7 1.3 0.9 1.5 7.3 11.2 4.9
30,000-34,999 1.9 1.0 1.2 0.9 13.6 5.5 18.5
35,000-39,999 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.5 1.8 0.6 2.5
40,000-44,999 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.8 0.5 1.5 0
45,000-49,999 0.2 0.2 0 0.3 0 0 0
50,000 or more 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.4 2.5 0 4.0
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 5,746 5,439 5,100 5,544 12,553 11,853 13,977
Number (thousands) 5,124 4,764 1,390 3,374 360 135 225
a. Includes federal, state, local, and military pensions, and private pensions or annuities.
b. Social Security beneficiaries may be receiving retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.
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