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FINC-06. Percent Distribution of Families, by Selected Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2007

[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Numbers in thousands. A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]

 

  Total Lowest fifth Second fifth Middle fifth Fourth fifth Highest fifth Top 5 percent
 
Number
77,908 15,582 15,582 15,582 15,582 15,582 3,896
Lower limit (X) (X) 27,864 49,510 75,000 112,638 197,216

Race and Hispanic Origin of householder
 
White A.O.I.C.
64,432 11,515 12,692 13,162 13,391 13,672 3,473
  White alone 1/ 63,595 11,311 12,495 13,007 13,245 13,537 3,449
    White alone, not Hispanic 53,927 8,114 9,950 11,125 11,981 12,757 3,293
Black A.O.I.C. 9,506 3,389 2,198 1,683 1,366 869 148
  Black alone 2/ 9,259 3,313 2,137 1,647 1,326 836 143
Asian A.O.I.C. 3,454 516 547 623 764 1,005 262
  Asian alone 3/ 3,302 483 520 593 743 963 256
Hispanic (of any race) 10,397 3,459 2,742 2,007 1,358 831 163

Type of family
 
Married-couple families
58,395 7,428 10,467 12,338 13,652 14,510 3,683
Male householder,
  no wife present
5,103 1,437 1,415 1,064 733 454 88
Female householder,
  no husband present
14,411 6,716 3,700 2,179 1,198 618 126

Age of householder
 
Under 65 years
65,408 11,936 11,938 13,352 14,020 14,162 3,520
  15 to 24 years 3,359 1,516 881 532 264 166 37
  25 to 34 years 13,269 3,322 2,912 2,841 2,521 1,673 291
  35 to 44 years 17,601 2,912 3,170 3,631 3,992 3,897 919
  45 to 54 years 17,954 2,314 2,689 3,609 4,428 4,913 1,307
  55 to 64 years 13,225 1,872 2,285 2,739 2,816 3,512 966
65 years and over 12,500 3,645 3,643 2,229 1,562 1,421 377
  65 to 74 years 7,510 1,850 2,025 1,479 1,126 1,030 287
  75 years and over 4,990 1,795 1,618 750 436 390 90
Mean age of householder 48.1 47.6 49.2 47.5 47.3 48.8 50.0
Aggregate age 3,747,278 742,040 766,769 740,250 737,281 760,938 194,808

Size of family
 
Two persons
35,100 8,296 8,139 6,916 6,060 5,689 1,471
Three persons 17,313 3,385 3,236 3,577 3,674 3,441 840
Four persons 14,965 2,140 2,307 2,951 3,560 4,008 951
Five persons 6,820 1,124 1,138 1,366 1,536 1,657 472
Six persons 2,442 395 491 522 511 523 112
Seven persons 1,269 242 271 250 242 265 50
Mean size of family 3.15 2.94 3.01 3.16 3.28 3.36 3.31
Aggregate size of family 245,443 45,886 46,917 49,192 51,052 52,396 12,912

Presence of related children
  under 18 years old
 
No related children
39,041 6,663 8,096 8,092 7,957 8,233 2,060
One or more related children 38,868 8,918 7,486 7,489 7,626 7,349 1,836
      All under 6 years 9,273 2,437 1,757 1,752 1,734 1,593 376
      Some under 6, some
            6 to 17 years
8,157 2,178 1,714 1,544 1,465 1,256 329
      All 6 to 17 years 21,438 4,303 4,015 4,194 4,426 4,500 1,131
  One child 16,633 3,911 3,259 3,278 3,197 2,988 734
      Under 6 years 5,909 1,568 1,176 1,177 1,065 923 218
      All 6 to 17 years 10,724 2,344 2,083 2,101 2,132 2,065 516
  Two children or more 22,234 5,007 4,227 4,211 4,429 4,361 1,102
      All under 6 years 3,364 869 580 575 669 671 157
      Some under 6, some
          6 to 17 years
8,157 2,178 1,714 1,544 1,465 1,256 329
      All 6 to 17 years 10,714 1,959 1,932 2,092 2,294 2,435 615
Mean number of related
  children
0.93 1.11 0.91 0.89 0.90 0.87 0.88
Aggregate number of related
    children
72,792 17,240 14,174 13,824 14,024 13,529 3,410

Number of earners
 
No earners
10,831 6,138 2,699 1,118 520 356 69
One earner 24,963 7,510 7,148 4,685 3,024 2,597 775
Two earners or more 42,115 1,933 5,736 9,778 12,039 12,629 3,053
  Two earners 33,721 1,793 5,141 8,260 9,454 9,073 2,250
  Three earners 6,332 131 518 1,239 1,993 2,451 523
  Four earners 2,062 10 77 279 592 1,105 279
Mean numbers of earners 1.59 0.76 1.28 1.72 2.00 2.16 2.12
Aggregate earners 123,627 11,878 19,973 26,849 31,204 33,722 8,241

Educational attainment
 
Total, 25 years and over
74,550 14,065 14,700 15,049 15,319 15,417 3,859
Less than 9th grade 3,509 1,807 938 467 215 81 23
9th to 12th grade
  (no diploma)
5,617 2,504 1,526 914 461 211 19
High school graduate
  (includes equivalency)
21,820 5,288 5,606 5,008 3,865 2,054 310
Some college, no degree 13,543 2,241 3,064 3,017 3,072 2,149 364
Associate degree 6,940 847 1,313 1,670 1,818 1,291 209
Bachelor's degree or more 23,121 1,378 2,253 3,972 5,887 9,631 2,934
  Bachelor's degree 14,701 973 1,727 2,757 3,859 5,385 1,411
  Master's degree 6,032 294 391 973 1,592 2,781 843
  Professional degree 1,294 67 73 103 236 815 425
  Doctorate degree 1,093 43 62 139 200 649 255

Work experience of householder
 
Worked
56,772 7,368 10,054 12,179 13,337 13,833 3,467
  Worked at full-time jobs 48,284 5,242 8,449 10,455 11,837 12,300 3,049
    50 weeks or more 41,967 3,577 7,003 9,225 10,785 11,377 2,842
    27 to 49 weeks 4,087 917 913 831 759 666 139
    26 weeks or less 2,231 748 533 399 294 257 68
  Worked at part-time jobs 8,488 2,127 1,605 1,724 1,499 1,533 418
    50 weeks or more 4,850 1,032 901 1,030 925 963 261
    27 to 49 weeks 1,721 448 306 318 334 315 95
    26 weeks or less 1,916 646 399 376 240 255 62
Did not work 21,136 8,213 5,527 3,402 2,246 1,749 429

Occupation of longest job
 
Management, business,
and financial operations
 occupations
9,527 339 822 1,623 2,518 4,226 1,321
Professional and related
 occupations
12,260 632 1,283 2,246 3,406 4,692 1,216
Service occupations 8,413 2,439 2,152 1,827 1,277 718 150
Sales and related
 occupations
6,003 897 1,033 1,201 1,352 1,521 428
Office and administrative
 support occupations
6,971 915 1,510 1,759 1,715 1,072 184
Farming, fishing, and
 forestry occupations
371 115 106 85 41 25 1
Construction and extraction
 occupations
3,518 567 844 888 807 411 42
Installation, maintenance,
 and repair occupations
2,193 175 417 610 665 325 29
Production occupations 3,813 673 939 974 787 440 36
Transportation and material
 moving occupations
3,344 599 844 872 672 357 52
Armed Forces 360 18 103 95 98 47 8

Types of Income
 
Wage or salary income
64,896 8,830 12,361 14,082 14,745 14,879 3,713
Nonfarm self-employment
  income
8,607 1,027 1,360 1,778 1,974 2,469 768
Farm self-employment 1,467 122 201 287 402 454 142
Social Security or Railroad
  Retirement income
18,572 5,130 5,170 3,564 2,550 2,159 478
Supplemental Security Income 2,562 1,354 570 310 203 124 25
Public assistance or welfare
  income
1,300 994 193 69 31 12 3
Veteran's payments 1,728 221 344 399 385 378 84
Unemployment compensation 3,473 594 788 883 714 494 74
Property income 42,102 3,162 6,267 8,665 10,864 13,144 3,554
Retirement income 9,693 1,020 2,733 2,227 1,820 1,893 459
Other income 12,596 2,835 2,732 2,413 2,418 2,198 498

 

  Horizontal Percents
Total Lowest fifth Second fifth Middle fifth Fourth fifth Highest fifth Top 5 percent
 
Number
100.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 5.0
Lower limit (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)

Race and Hispanic Origin of householder
 
White A.O.I.C.
100.0 17.9 19.7 20.4 20.8 21.2 5.4
  White alone 1/ 100.0 17.8 19.6 20.5 20.8 21.3 5.4
    White alone, not Hispanic 100.0 15.0 18.5 20.6 22.2 23.7 6.1
Black A.O.I.C. 100.0 35.6 23.1 17.7 14.4 9.1 1.6
  Black alone 2/ 100.0 35.8 23.1 17.8 14.3 9.0 1.5
Asian A.O.I.C. 100.0 14.9 15.8 18.0 22.1 29.1 7.6
  Asian alone 3/ 100.0 14.6 15.7 18.0 22.5 29.2 7.8
Hispanic (of any race) 100.0 33.3 26.4 19.3 13.1 8.0 1.6

Type of family
 
Married-couple families
100.0 12.7 17.9 21.1 23.4 24.8 6.3
Male householder,
  no wife present
100.0 28.2 27.7 20.9 14.4 8.9 1.7
Female householder,
  no husband present
100.0 46.6 25.7 15.1 8.3 4.3 0.9

Age of householder
 
Under 65 years
100.0 18.2 18.3 20.4 21.4 21.7 5.4
  15 to 24 years 100.0 45.1 26.2 15.8 7.9 4.9 1.1
  25 to 34 years 100.0 25.0 21.9 21.4 19.0 12.6 2.2
  35 to 44 years 100.0 16.5 18.0 20.6 22.7 22.1 5.2
  45 to 54 years 100.0 12.9 15.0 20.1 24.7 27.4 7.3
  55 to 64 years 100.0 14.2 17.3 20.7 21.3 26.6 7.3
65 years and over 100.0 29.2 29.1 17.8 12.5 11.4 3.0
  65 to 74 years 100.0 24.6 27.0 19.7 15.0 13.7 3.8
  75 years and over 100.0 36.0 32.4 15.0 8.7 7.8 1.8
Mean age of householder (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Aggregate age (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)

Size of family
 
Two persons
100.0 23.6 23.2 19.7 17.3 16.2 4.2
Three persons 100.0 19.6 18.7 20.7 21.2 19.9 4.9
Four persons 100.0 14.3 15.4 19.7 23.8 26.8 6.4
Five persons 100.0 16.5 16.7 20.0 22.5 24.3 6.9
Six persons 100.0 16.2 20.1 21.4 20.9 21.4 4.6
Seven persons 100.0 19.0 21.3 19.7 19.1 20.9 3.9
Mean size of family (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Aggregate size of family (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)

Presence of related children
  under 18 years old
 
No related children
100.0 17.1 20.7 20.7 20.4 21.1 5.3
One or more related children 100.0 22.9 19.3 19.3 19.6 18.9 4.7
      All under 6 years 100.0 26.3 18.9 18.9 18.7 17.2 4.1
      Some under 6, some
            6 to 17 years
100.0 26.7 21.0 18.9 18.0 15.4 4.0
      All 6 to 17 years 100.0 20.1 18.7 19.6 20.6 21.0 5.3
  One child 100.0 23.5 19.6 19.7 19.2 18.0 4.4
      Under 6 years 100.0 26.5 19.9 19.9 18.0 15.6 3.7
      All 6 to 17 years 100.0 21.9 19.4 19.6 19.9 19.3 4.8
  Two children or more 100.0 22.5 19.0 18.9 19.9 19.6 5.0
      All under 6 years 100.0 25.8 17.3 17.1 19.9 19.9 4.7
      Some under 6, some
          6 to 17 years
100.0 26.7 21.0 18.9 18.0 15.4 4.0
      All 6 to 17 years 100.0 18.3 18.0 19.5 21.4 22.7 5.7
Mean number of related
  children
(X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Aggregate number of related
    children
(X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)

Number of earners
 
No earners
100.0 56.7 24.9 10.3 4.8 3.3 0.6
One earner 100.0 30.1 28.6 18.8 12.1 10.4 3.1
Two earners or more 100.0 4.6 13.6 23.2 28.6 30.0 7.2
  Two earners 100.0 5.3 15.2 24.5 28.0 26.9 6.7
  Three earners 100.0 2.1 8.2 19.6 31.5 38.7 8.3
  Four earners 100.0 0.5 3.7 13.5 28.7 53.6 13.6
Mean numbers of earners (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Aggregate earners (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)

Educational attainment
 
Total, 25 years and over
100.0 18.9 19.7 20.2 20.5 20.7 5.2
Less than 9th grade 100.0 51.5 26.7 13.3 6.1 2.3 0.7
9th to 12th grade
  (no diploma)
100.0 44.6 27.2 16.3 8.2 3.7 0.3
High school graduate
  (includes equivalency)
100.0 24.2 25.7 23.0 17.7 9.4 1.4
Some college, no degree 100.0 16.5 22.6 22.3 22.7 15.9 2.7
Associate degree 100.0 12.2 18.9 24.1 26.2 18.6 3.0
Bachelor's degree or more 100.0 6.0 9.7 17.2 25.5 41.7 12.7
  Bachelor's degree 100.0 6.6 11.7 18.8 26.3 36.6 9.6
  Master's degree 100.0 4.9 6.5 16.1 26.4 46.1 14.0
  Professional degree 100.0 5.1 5.7 8.0 18.2 63.0 32.9
  Doctorate degree 100.0 4.0 5.7 12.7 18.3 59.4 23.3

Work experience of householder
 
Worked
100.0 13.0 17.7 21.5 23.5 24.4 6.1
  Worked at full-time jobs 100.0 10.9 17.5 21.7 24.5 25.5 6.3
    50 weeks or more 100.0 8.5 16.7 22.0 25.7 27.1 6.8
    27 to 49 weeks 100.0 22.4 22.3 20.3 18.6 16.3 3.4
    26 weeks or less 100.0 33.5 23.9 17.9 13.2 11.5 3.1
  Worked at part-time jobs 100.0 25.1 18.9 20.3 17.7 18.1 4.9
    50 weeks or more 100.0 21.3 18.6 21.2 19.1 19.9 5.4
    27 to 49 weeks 100.0 26.0 17.8 18.5 19.4 18.3 5.5
    26 weeks or less 100.0 33.7 20.8 19.6 12.5 13.3 3.2
Did not work 100.0 38.9 26.2 16.1 10.6 8.3 2.0

Occupation of longest job
 
Management, business,
and financial operations
 occupations
100.0 3.6 8.6 17.0 26.4 44.4 13.9
Professional and related
 occupations
100.0 5.2 10.5 18.3 27.8 38.3 9.9
Service occupations 100.0 29.0 25.6 21.7 15.2 8.5 1.8
Sales and related
 occupations
100.0 14.9 17.2 20.0 22.5 25.3 7.1
Office and administrative
 support occupations
100.0 13.1 21.7 25.2 24.6 15.4 2.6
Farming, fishing, and
 forestry occupations
100.0 30.9 28.5 22.8 11.1 6.7 0.3
Construction and extraction
 occupations
100.0 16.1 24.0 25.2 23.0 11.7 1.2
Installation, maintenance,
 and repair occupations
100.0 8.0 19.0 27.8 30.3 14.8 1.3
Production occupations 100.0 17.6 24.6 25.5 20.6 11.5 1.0
Transportation and material
 moving occupations
100.0 17.9 25.2 26.1 20.1 10.7 1.6
Armed Forces 100.0 4.9 28.7 26.3 27.1 13.0 2.2

Types of Income
 
Wage or salary income
100.0 13.6 19.0 21.7 22.7 22.9 5.7
Nonfarm self-employment
  income
100.0 11.9 15.8 20.7 22.9 28.7 8.9
Farm self-employment 100.0 8.3 13.7 19.6 27.4 31.0 9.7
Social Security or Railroad
  Retirement income
100.0 27.6 27.8 19.2 13.7 11.6 2.6
Supplemental Security Income 100.0 52.8 22.3 12.1 7.9 4.9 1.0
Public assistance or welfare
  income
100.0 76.5 14.8 5.3 2.4 0.9 0.2
Veteran's payments 100.0 12.8 19.9 23.1 22.3 21.9 4.9
Unemployment compensation 100.0 17.1 22.7 25.4 20.6 14.2 2.1
Property income 100.0 7.5 14.9 20.6 25.8 31.2 8.4
Retirement income 100.0 10.5 28.2 23.0 18.8 19.5 4.7
Other income 100.0 22.5 21.7 19.2 19.2 17.5 4.0

 

  Vertical Percents
Total Lowest fifth Second fifth Middle fifth Fourth fifth Highest fifth Top 5 percent
 
Number
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Lower limit (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)

Race and Hispanic Origin of householder
 
White A.O.I.C.
82.7 73.9 81.5 84.5 85.9 87.7 89.1
  White alone 1/ 81.6 72.6 80.2 83.5 85.0 86.9 88.5
    White alone, not Hispanic 69.2 52.1 63.9 71.4 76.9 81.9 84.5
Black A.O.I.C. 12.2 21.7 14.1 10.8 8.8 5.6 3.8
  Black alone 2/ 11.9 21.3 13.7 10.6 8.5 5.4 3.7
Asian A.O.I.C. 4.4 3.3 3.5 4.0 4.9 6.4 6.7
  Asian alone 3/ 4.2 3.1 3.3 3.8 4.8 6.2 6.6
Hispanic (of any race) 13.3 22.2 17.6 12.9 8.7 5.3 4.2

Type of family
 
Married-couple families
75.0 47.7 67.2 79.2 87.6 93.1 94.5
Male householder,
  no wife present
6.5 9.2 9.1 6.8 4.7 2.9 2.3
Female householder,
  no husband present
18.5 43.1 23.7 14.0 7.7 4.0 3.2

Age of householder
 
Under 65 years
84.0 76.6 76.6 85.7 90.0 90.9 90.3
  15 to 24 years 4.3 9.7 5.7 3.4 1.7 1.1 1.0
  25 to 34 years 17.0 21.3 18.7 18.2 16.2 10.7 7.5
  35 to 44 years 22.6 18.7 20.3 23.3 25.6 25.0 23.6
  45 to 54 years 23.0 14.9 17.3 23.2 28.4 31.5 33.5
  55 to 64 years 17.0 12.0 14.7 17.6 18.1 22.5 24.8
65 years and over 16.0 23.4 23.4 14.3 10.0 9.1 9.7
  65 to 74 years 9.6 11.9 13.0 9.5 7.2 6.6 7.4
  75 years and over 6.4 11.5 10.4 4.8 2.8 2.5 2.3
Mean age of householder (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Aggregate age (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)

Size of family
 
Two persons
45.1 53.2 52.2 44.4 38.9 36.5 37.8
Three persons 22.2 21.7 20.8 23.0 23.6 22.1 21.6
Four persons 19.2 13.7 14.8 18.9 22.8 25.7 24.4
Five persons 8.8 7.2 7.3 8.8 9.9 10.6 12.1
Six persons 3.1 2.5 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.4 2.9
Seven persons 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.3
Mean size of family (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Aggregate size of family (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)

Presence of related children
  under 18 years old
 
No related children
50.1 42.8 52.0 51.9 51.1 52.8 52.9
One or more related children 49.9 57.2 48.0 48.1 48.9 47.2 47.1
      All under 6 years 11.9 15.6 11.3 11.2 11.1 10.2 9.6
      Some under 6, some
            6 to 17 years
10.5 14.0 11.0 9.9 9.4 8.1 8.4
      All 6 to 17 years 27.5 27.6 25.8 26.9 28.4 28.9 29.0
  One child 21.3 25.1 20.9 21.0 20.5 19.2 18.8
      Under 6 years 7.6 10.1 7.5 7.6 6.8 5.9 5.6
      All 6 to 17 years 13.8 15.0 13.4 13.5 13.7 13.3 13.2
  Two children or more 28.5 32.1 27.1 27.0 28.4 28.0 28.3
      All under 6 years 4.3 5.6 3.7 3.7 4.3 4.3 4.0
      Some under 6, some
          6 to 17 years
10.5 14.0 11.0 9.9 9.4 8.1 8.4
      All 6 to 17 years 13.8 12.6 12.4 13.4 14.7 15.6 15.8
Mean number of related
  children
(X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Aggregate number of related
    children
(X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)

Number of earners
 
No earners
13.9 39.4 17.3 7.2 3.3 2.3 1.8
One earner 32.0 48.2 45.9 30.1 19.4 16.7 19.9
Two earners or more 54.1 12.4 36.8 62.8 77.3 81.1 78.3
  Two earners 43.3 11.5 33.0 53.0 60.7 58.2 57.7
  Three earners 8.1 0.8 3.3 8.0 12.8 15.7 13.4
  Four earners 2.6 0.1 0.5 1.8 3.8 7.1 7.2
Mean numbers of earners (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Aggregate earners (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)

Educational attainment
 
Total, 25 years and over
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 9th grade 4.7 12.8 6.4 3.1 1.4 0.5 0.6
9th to 12th grade
  (no diploma)
7.5 17.8 10.4 6.1 3.0 1.4 0.5
High school graduate
  (includes equivalency)
29.3 37.6 38.1 33.3 25.2 13.3 8.0
Some college, no degree 18.2 15.9 20.8 20.0 20.1 13.9 9.4
Associate degree 9.3 6.0 8.9 11.1 11.9 8.4 5.4
Bachelor's degree or more 31.0 9.8 15.3 26.4 38.4 62.5 76.0
  Bachelor's degree 19.7 6.9 11.7 18.3 25.2 34.9 36.6
  Master's degree 8.1 2.1 2.7 6.5 10.4 18.0 21.9
  Professional degree 1.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.5 5.3 11.0
  Doctorate degree 1.5 0.3 0.4 0.9 1.3 4.2 6.6

Work experience of householder
 
Worked
72.9 47.3 64.5 78.2 85.6 88.8 89.0
  Worked at full-time jobs 62.0 33.6 54.2 67.1 76.0 78.9 78.3
    50 weeks or more 53.9 23.0 44.9 59.2 69.2 73.0 72.9
    27 to 49 weeks 5.2 5.9 5.9 5.3 4.9 4.3 3.6
    26 weeks or less 2.9 4.8 3.4 2.6 1.9 1.6 1.7
  Worked at part-time jobs 10.9 13.6 10.3 11.1 9.6 9.8 10.7
    50 weeks or more 6.2 6.6 5.8 6.6 5.9 6.2 6.7
    27 to 49 weeks 2.2 2.9 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.4
    26 weeks or less 2.5 4.1 2.6 2.4 1.5 1.6 1.6
Did not work 27.1 52.7 35.5 21.8 14.4 11.2 11.0

Occupation of longest job
 
Management, business,
and financial operations
 occupations
16.8 4.6 8.2 13.3 18.9 30.5 38.1
Professional and related
 occupations
21.6 8.6 12.8 18.4 25.5 33.9 35.1
Service occupations 14.8 33.1 21.4 15.0 9.6 5.2 4.3
Sales and related
 occupations
10.6 12.2 10.3 9.9 10.1 11.0 12.4
Office and administrative
 support occupations
12.3 12.4 15.0 14.4 12.9 7.7 5.3
Farming, fishing, and
 forestry occupations
0.7 1.6 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.0
Construction and extraction
 occupations
6.2 7.7 8.4 7.3 6.1 3.0 1.2
Installation, maintenance,
 and repair occupations
3.9 2.4 4.2 5.0 5.0 2.3 0.8
Production occupations 6.7 9.1 9.3 8.0 5.9 3.2 1.0
Transportation and material
 moving occupations
5.9 8.1 8.4 7.2 5.0 2.6 1.5
Armed Forces 0.6 0.2 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.2

Types of Income
 
Wage or salary income
83.3 56.7 79.3 90.4 94.6 95.5 95.3
Nonfarm self-employment
  income
11.0 6.6 8.7 11.4 12.7 15.8 19.7
Farm self-employment 1.9 0.8 1.3 1.8 2.6 2.9 3.6
Social Security or Railroad
  Retirement income
23.8 32.9 33.2 22.9 16.4 13.9 12.3
Supplemental Security Income 3.3 8.7 3.7 2.0 1.3 0.8 0.6
Public assistance or welfare
  income
1.7 6.4 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1
Veteran's payments 2.2 1.4 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.2
Unemployment compensation 4.5 3.8 5.1 5.7 4.6 3.2 1.9
Property income 54.0 20.3 40.2 55.6 69.7 84.4 91.2
Retirement income 12.4 6.5 17.5 14.3 11.7 12.2 11.8
Other income 16.2 18.2 17.5 15.5 15.5 14.1 12.8

Race Footnotes


Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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