United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

446 Income, Expenditures, and Wealth
No. 736. F a m i lie s and U n r e l a t e d I n d i v id u a ls B e l o w P o v e r t y Level, a n d A g g r e g a t e In c o m e
D e f i c i t ( 1 9 8 0 D o l l a r s ) , b y S e x and R a c e o f H e a d : 1 9 5 9 t o 1 9 8 0
[As of March of following year. Income deficit defined as the difference between the total Income of families and unrelated
individuals below poverty level and their respective poverty thresholds. In computing the income deficit, families reporting a net
income loss are assigned zero dollars; for such cases, the deficit Is equal to the poverty level. For explanation of poverty level,
see text, p. 4171
8E X A N D R A C E O P F A M I L Y
H O U S E H O L D E R A N D U N R E L A T E D
I N DI V I D U A L S
B E L O W P O V E R T Y L E V E L
a q g r e g a t e i n c o m e d e f i c i t
(1 9 8 0 dollars)
1 9 5 9 1 9 6 6 1 9 6 9 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 9 * I 9 6 0 1 1 9 5 9 1 9 6 6 1 9 6 9 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 9 * 1 9 8 0 1
MI L L I O N S
B ILLION D O L L A R S
Total H ................................... 13.2 10.S 10.0 10.5 11.2 12.4 3 8 . 6 2 5 . 7 2 3 . 0 2 4 . 6 2 6 . 5 29.7
White.................................................. 10.2 6.0 7.6 7.8 8.0 9.0 2 7 . 7 17.9 1 6 . 5 17.3 17.8 20.1
Black............................................ ...... 2.7 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.9 3.1 (NA) (NA) 6.2 6.8 7.7 8.4
Families 2........... ................................ 8.3 5.8 5.0 5.5 5.5 6.2 2 7 . 7 17 . 3 1 4 . 4 1 6 . 2 16.7 19.3
White............................................... 6.2 4.1 3.6 3.8 3.6 4.2 16 . 9 11.2 9 . 6 10.8 10.5 12.4
Black............................................... 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.S (NA) (NA) 4.6 5.1 5.6 6.2
Families with female householder4.... 1.9 1,7 1.8 2.4 2.6 3.0 7.6 5.9 6.0 7.6 8.6 9.6
All other families.............................. 6.4 4.1 3.2 3.0 2.8 3.2 20.2 11 . 4 8.4 8.0 8.2 9.8
Unrelated individuals2.......................... 4.9 4.7 5.0 5.1 5.7 6.2 10.9 8.4 8.7 8.4 9.7 10.4
While............................................... 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.5 4.8 8.6 6.7 6.9 8.5 7.3 7.8
Black............................................... .8 .8 .9 1.0 1,2 1.3 (NA) (NA) 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.3
NA Not available. 'Beginning 1979, based on 19BG census population controls. includes races not shown
separately. 3 Includes families and u n re la te d In d iv id u a ls . 4 N o h u s b a n d p re s e n t.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, C u rre n t P o p u la tio n R e p o rts, series P-60, No. 133.
No. 7 3 7 . F a m i li e s a n d U n r e l a t e d In d iv id u a ls , b y T y p e o f In c o m e a n d P o v e r t y S t a t u s : 1 9 8 0
[Families as of March 1981. Hhldr.=householder. For explanation of poverty level, see text, p. 417. For limitations of data, see
source]
T Y P E O F I N C O M E
All
races ‘
Total
FAMILIES
Female
hhldr., no
husband
present
Hhldr. 65 yr.
old and over
U N R E L A T E D I N D I V I D U A L S
Total
65 yr. Old
ana over
White Black All
White Black White Black races1
White Black White Black
A L L I N C O M E L E V E L S
Total2 (mil.).................... 60.3 52.7 6.3 6.3 2.6 8.3 .6 27.1 23.4 3.2 7.2 .7
Percent of total:3
With Income........................... 98.6 99.9 99.4 99.5 98.8 99.7 99.5 98.2 96.5 96.4 99.7 99.5
With earnings ................. 85.8 87,2 81.3 79.8 69.9 43.6 84.4 65.0 65.3 61.7 14.4 15.6
With transfer Income........... 41.8 40.4 53.9 56.8 66.5 94.6 94.1 43.1 43.2 44.6 95.0 94.7
Social Security®............... 23.0 23.2 22.6 31.6 23.5 93.3 86.6 32.5 33.6 27.3 93.0 86.8
SSI........ ......................... 2.7 2.0 8.6 5.6 12.4 5.4 29.7 5.4 4.4 12.6 9.5 33.2
Public assistance............. 5.9 3.9 21.5 18.7 41.0 1.4 10.6 2.3 1.8 5.4 2.1 3.7
Other income ".......... ...... 17.2 17.2 17.1, 15.0 1 1 .9 8.5 13.1 10.8 10.8 12.2 8.3 10.5
With all other Income9.......... 74.0 77.7 43.3 67.6 3 4 .4 65.3 43.7 63.1 67.1 34.5 73.5 30.8
B E L O W P O V E R T Y L E V E L
Totel * (mil.)............ ....... 8.2 4.2 1.8 1.6 1 .3 .6 .2 6.2 4.6 1.3 2.0 .4
Percent of total:1
With Income....... .................... 97.9 98.2 97.8 9B.3 97.6 96.4 98.2 92.2 92.8 91.1 96.8 99.1
With earnings4.................... 60.5 63.8 53.0 50.2 47.7 20.4 39.4 35.6 36.1 32.3 5.1 6.4
With transfer income.......... 64.1 58.4 78.2 70.6 82.6 91.4 95.5 58.1 57.9 61.9 94.0 96.6
Social Security®__ _ 21,2 20.8 23.3 15.3 17.0 85.1 80.5 43.0 45.3 37.9 88.7 84.7
SSI----------------------------- 9.5 7.7 14.4 6.8 12.6 27.3 51.1 16.6 14.9 24.0 24.0 47.3
Public assistance.............. 36.5 29.3 52.5 53.8 64.5 4.5 21.7 6.6 5.6 10.7 4.3 5.5
Other income *................ 12.4 13.5 102 7.0 7.7 4.6 9.0 9.1 8.9 10.5 7.3 9.4
With all other income1........ 32.6 36.3 19.4 36.7 19.6 43.0 16.3 37.3 41,9 19.3 44.2 16.6
‘Includes races not shown separately. ‘Includes families and unrelated Individuals with no income, not shown
separately. ‘Some families and unrelated individuals may have more than one type of income. ‘Includes wages, salaries,
and self-employment Income. ‘Includes railroad retirement Income. “Includes unemployment and workers' compensation,
and veterans' payments. includes income from private and government employee pensions, annuities, dividends, intorest, rent,
estates, trusts, alimony, child support, regular contributions from outside the household, etc.
Source: U.S. Bureau o f the Census, C u rre n t P o p u la tio n R e p o rts, series P-60, No. 133.