U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000
 
Total Money Income of Aged Units
Table 3.3
By age, marital status, sex of nonmarried persons, race, and Hispanic origin
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
White
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 3.6 2.7 2.1 1.2 1.4 0.9 7.0 4.5 3.0 7.4 4.8 2.9 6.7 4.3 3.1
1,000-1,999 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 1.2 0.6 0.4 1.6 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.3
2,000-2,999 0.4 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.8 0.7 0 1.0 0.7 1.2 2.2 0.6
3,000-3,999 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.1 1.1 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.4 0.9 1.3 1.5 1.1
4,000-4,999 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.2 0 0.2 1.4 2.5 1.5 1.0 3.5 0.9 1.6 2.0 1.7
5,000-5,999 0.9 1.2 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 2.0 2.7 2.3 1.3 2.5 1.7 2.5 2.8 2.5
6,000-6,999 2.3 2.3 3.0 0.5 0.7 0.4 4.7 4.3 4.9 4.1 4.8 2.9 5.1 4.0 5.6
7,000-7,999 1.4 2.9 3.6 0.5 1.1 0.5 2.7 5.3 5.8 2.3 4.8 5.0 3.0 5.6 6.1
8,000-8,999 1.4 1.9 3.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.6 3.7 6.2 1.9 2.6 3.9 3.1 4.2 7.0
9,000-9,999 1.1 1.3 3.6 0.4 0.4 0.7 2.1 2.4 5.7 1.8 1.1 5.0 2.3 3.0 6.0
10,000-10,999 1.3 1.8 4.4 0.4 0.3 1.0 2.5 3.7 6.8 3.4 3.6 6.5 1.9 3.8 6.9
11,000-11,999 0.7 2.5 3.9 0.2 0.8 1.5 1.3 4.6 5.6 0.8 5.0 4.0 1.6 4.5 6.2
12,000-12,999 1.6 1.9 3.2 0.6 1.3 1.3 3.0 2.7 4.6 3.4 2.3 3.6 2.8 2.9 5.0
13,000-13,999 1.1 1.7 3.2 0.8 1.4 1.9 1.6 2.0 4.1 0.8 1.5 3.4 2.2 2.2 4.4
14,000-14,999 1.1 1.9 3.0 0.6 0.9 2.1 1.8 3.1 3.7 1.6 2.6 3.5 1.9 3.4 3.8
15,000-19,999 6.0 7.6 12.8 3.4 5.2 11.3 9.7 10.7 13.9 11.4 8.9 12.6 8.6 11.7 14.4
20,000-24,999 5.5 7.3 10.4 3.6 6.0 11.8 8.1 9.1 9.3 6.4 7.9 12.3 9.3 9.8 8.3
25,000-29,999 5.5 7.4 8.0 4.4 7.4 11.1 7.1 7.6 5.8 5.5 7.8 7.1 8.2 7.4 5.3
30,000-34,999 6.1 6.8 6.2 5.4 7.6 9.8 7.1 5.8 3.6 7.4 7.0 4.9 6.9 5.2 3.2
35,000-39,999 5.1 5.2 4.3 5.1 5.6 7.2 5.2 4.7 2.2 4.2 7.1 2.8 5.8 3.5 1.9
40,000-44,999 4.7 5.2 3.2 4.9 6.4 5.6 4.5 3.7 1.5 3.4 4.7 2.6 5.2 3.2 1.2
45,000-49,999 4.2 3.9 2.7 5.3 4.8 4.7 2.7 2.7 1.2 3.1 3.0 1.6 2.5 2.6 1.0
50,000-54,999 4.6 3.8 2.0 5.3 4.8 3.6 3.6 2.6 0.8 4.1 2.9 1.2 3.3 2.5 0.7
55,000-59,999 3.5 3.7 1.6 4.3 4.8 2.9 2.3 2.3 0.7 2.9 3.4 1.2 1.9 1.7 0.5
60,000-64,999 3.5 3.1 1.2 4.4 5.0 2.1 2.3 0.7 0.6 3.2 0 1.1 1.7 1.0 0.4
65,000-69,999 3.9 1.9 1.2 5.1 3.1 2.1 2.2 0.5 0.6 2.8 0.3 0.6 1.7 0.6 0.5
70,000-74,999 3.1 2.0 1.0 4.0 2.8 1.8 1.7 0.8 0.4 2.5 0.3 0.7 1.2 1.1 0.3
75,000-99,999 10.7 5.6 3.2 15.2 8.6 5.4 4.3 1.7 1.6 5.5 2.2 2.8 3.6 1.4 1.1
100,000-149,999 8.8 6.6 2.8 13.5 10.8 5.4 2.2 1.1 1.0 3.3 1.8 1.9 1.4 0.8 0.6
150,000-199,999 2.6 1.9 1.0 4.0 3.3 2.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.1 0 0.2
200,000 or more 3.2 2.5 0.7 5.1 4.2 1.4 0.6 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.2 0
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 42,873 31,229 19,790 60,926 47,024 31,775 22,163 16,592 13,333 25,007 18,393 16,537 21,154 16,151 12,602
Number (thousands) 10,438 3,468 22,111 6,075 1,952 9,250 4,363 1,515 12,861 1,746 508 3,358 2,617 1,007 9,503
Black
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 6.7 8.0 3.8 2.9 1.6 2.3 8.8 10.9 4.4 9.2 4.9 5.0 8.6 14.1 4.3
1,000-1,999 1.2 0 0.4 0.7 0 0 1.5 0 0.5 0.4 0 0 2.0 0 0.7
2,000-2,999 1.0 1.0 1.3 0 0 0.3 1.5 1.5 1.7 3.4 1.4 1.9 0.5 1.5 1.7
3,000-3,999 1.1 0.8 1.4 0 0 0 1.6 1.2 2.0 2.7 0 1.1 1.1 1.8 2.3
4,000-4,999 1.2 1.3 2.4 0.1 0 0 1.9 1.9 3.5 0.6 2.4 1.1 2.5 1.7 4.4
5,000-5,999 1.9 1.6 3.1 0.6 0 0 2.5 2.3 4.5 0.1 2.4 2.9 3.7 2.2 5.0
6,000-6,999 7.9 6.9 9.8 2.0 3.7 0.6 11.1 8.4 13.8 6.9 3.0 10.1 13.3 11.3 15.1
7,000-7,999 2.4 5.6 7.4 0 0 0 3.7 8.2 10.6 2.7 2.3 7.9 4.2 11.2 11.5
8,000-8,999 2.8 3.5 7.1 0 2.4 1.3 4.3 4.1 9.6 2.4 2.6 9.8 5.3 4.8 9.5
9,000-9,999 1.3 3.6 3.4 0 2.1 1.0 2.1 4.2 4.4 1.7 8.2 4.6 2.3 2.2 4.3
10,000-10,999 1.7 2.1 4.3 0 1.9 1.8 2.7 2.2 5.4 2.0 1.6 8.2 3.0 2.5 4.4
11,000-11,999 0.9 2.8 4.4 0.6 1.8 4.8 1.1 3.3 4.3 1.2 6.1 3.4 1.1 1.9 4.6
12,000-12,999 2.5 4.7 3.5 1.4 0 2.7 3.1 6.9 3.9 2.8 9.0 0.9 3.3 5.9 5.0
13,000-13,999 1.4 4.7 2.8 0.3 3.6 2.5 2.0 5.2 2.9 2.2 4.3 1.6 1.9 5.6 3.3
14,000-14,999 1.5 3.0 3.6 0.5 3.1 3.9 2.0 2.9 3.5 3.3 6.4 2.4 1.4 1.0 3.9
15,000-19,999 10.0 9.6 11.1 7.5 8.3 17.0 11.4 10.2 8.6 9.9 8.6 13.3 12.1 11.0 6.9
20,000-24,999 7.2 8.2 6.2 6.4 10.3 9.8 7.6 7.2 4.7 9.5 8.7 3.8 6.7 6.5 5.0
25,000-29,999 5.4 2.3 5.7 4.8 1.2 11.0 5.7 2.7 3.4 6.3 5.8 5.4 5.4 1.2 2.7
30,000-34,999 4.2 4.7 4.2 6.3 12.2 8.8 3.1 1.2 2.3 3.3 0 4.1 3.0 1.8 1.6
35,000-39,999 5.5 2.2 2.8 5.7 3.4 4.7 5.4 1.6 2.0 6.8 2.9 4.1 4.6 1.0 1.2
40,000-44,999 5.7 3.2 2.5 7.9 5.7 5.1 4.5 2.0 1.4 4.4 1.8 1.8 4.5 2.0 1.2
45,000-49,999 3.6 3.3 1.1 4.5 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.4 0.2 2.9 7.2 0.3 3.2 1.4 0.1
50,000-54,999 3.1 3.6 1.0 6.7 9.5 1.8 1.2 0.8 0.6 2.1 0 1.7 0.7 1.3 0.2
55,000-59,999 2.3 0.7 0.9 4.9 2.1 1.5 0.9 0 0.6 0.5 0 2.1 1.2 0 0
60,000-64,999 1.9 3.4 0.7 2.7 4.5 2.1 1.4 2.9 0.2 3.5 3.1 0 0.4 2.8 0.2
65,000-69,999 1.6 1.8 0.7 2.9 2.8 1.4 0.9 1.4 0.4 1.1 0 0 0.8 2.1 0.6
70,000-74,999 2.1 1.9 0.9 2.1 4.0 3.1 2.1 0.9 0 2.6 2.6 0 1.8 0 0
75,000-99,999 5.5 2.5 2.2 11.5 6.4 5.7 2.3 0.6 0.7 5.1 1.8 1.9 0.8 0 0.3
100,000-149,999 4.9 2.7 1.0 13.0 5.0 2.9 0.5 1.7 0.2 0.5 2.8 0.3 0.5 1.1 0.2
150,000-199,999 0.4 0.5 0.2 1.1 1.6 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
200,000 or more 1.0 0 0 2.9 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 22,621 15,069 12,333 47,072 34,850 26,192 14,805 12,318 8,994 19,272 14,611 10,192 12,722 9,848 8,581
Number (thousands) 1,496 417 2,286 527 132 691 969 286 1,595 330 98 419 640 188 1,176
Hispanic origin a
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 11.4 10.3 8.6 2.6 4.5 2.9 19.3 14.7 11.9 16.9 b 9.4 21.2 16.3 12.7
1,000-1,999 0.5 1.5 1.2 0.3 0 1.0 0.6 2.7 1.3 1.4 b 1.3 0.1 2.6 1.3
2,000-2,999 0.5 1.1 0.4 0 0 0.3 0.9 1.9 0.5 0 b 0 1.6 1.9 0.7
3,000-3,999 0.5 1.8 1.5 0 0 0.5 1.0 3.2 2.0 0.5 b 1.1 1.4 3.9 2.3
4,000-4,999 0.8 1.7 3.2 0.3 0 1.2 1.2 3.1 4.3 0.2 b 3.0 1.8 3.7 4.8
5,000-5,999 1.3 1.1 4.4 0 0.7 0.8 2.5 1.4 6.4 0.9 b 5.6 3.7 1.0 6.6
6,000-6,999 5.4 6.2 7.0 2.6 1.8 0.9 8.0 9.5 10.4 7.1 b 6.6 8.7 15.0 11.7
7,000-7,999 3.4 4.0 9.0 2.5 0.7 2.3 4.2 6.5 12.8 3.2 b 10.3 5.0 7.9 13.7
8,000-8,999 1.0 5.6 8.0 0.7 5.9 3.7 1.3 5.4 10.4 1.8 b 7.5 0.9 3.9 11.3
9,000-9,999 1.9 1.8 3.7 0.8 0 1.0 2.9 3.1 5.2 2.0 b 5.0 3.7 4.9 5.3
10,000-10,999 2.3 1.7 4.9 1.0 1.1 4.7 3.4 2.3 5.0 2.1 b 10.1 4.4 2.5 3.3
11,000-11,999 0.9 2.9 3.7 0 0.5 3.5 1.8 4.7 3.8 1.3 b 1.1 2.2 1.7 4.7
12,000-12,999 2.6 4.0 3.0 1.9 3.5 4.7 3.2 4.3 2.0 5.0 b 2.5 1.8 5.8 1.9
13,000-13,999 3.2 4.6 2.6 3.3 8.2 4.1 3.1 1.9 1.7 0.7 b 1.9 4.9 2.5 1.6
14,000-14,999 2.1 1.4 3.2 1.7 0 4.1 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.3 b 1.5 2.5 0 3.1
15,000-19,999 11.9 11.6 10.5 7.3 9.1 16.7 16.2 13.5 7.0 23.9 b 11.5 10.3 7.0 5.4
20,000-24,999 8.7 6.1 6.4 9.1 9.1 10.1 8.2 3.7 4.4 9.6 b 7.2 7.2 3.1 3.4
25,000-29,999 6.5 7.4 4.6 10.1 7.8 7.9 3.2 7.0 2.8 1.6 b 6.0 4.4 6.4 1.7
30,000-34,999 6.7 7.3 3.6 8.0 15.7 7.5 5.5 0.8 1.4 7.1 b 1.5 4.2 1.3 1.3
35,000-39,999 4.7 4.3 2.6 7.1 5.8 5.6 2.5 3.1 1.0 4.4 b 1.4 1.1 2.9 0.8
40,000-44,999 3.8 1.2 2.0 5.9 2.8 3.7 1.9 0 1.0 1.3 b 1.3 2.4 0 0.9
45,000-49,999 3.0 2.7 0.7 5.2 4.7 1.6 1.1 1.3 0.2 1.0 b 0 1.1 0 0.2
50,000-54,999 2.9 1.3 0.9 5.1 2.9 2.2 0.8 0 0.1 1.2 b 0 0.5 0 0.2
55,000-59,999 2.6 0.9 0.9 3.6 1.1 1.6 1.6 0.8 0.5 1.2 b 1.1 1.9 1.2 0.4
60,000-64,999 1.7 1.6 0.7 2.9 2.5 1.6 0.6 1.0 0.2 0.6 b 0 0.7 1.5 0.2
65,000-69,999 1.8 0 0.3 3.5 0 0.7 0.3 0 0 0.6 b 0 0 0 0
70,000-74,999 1.4 1.4 0.2 2.6 1.6 0.5 0.3 1.2 0 0 b 0 0.5 1.8 0
75,000-99,999 2.9 3.0 1.7 4.8 6.2 3.6 1.1 0.7 0.7 1.7 b 1.9 0.7 1.1 0.2
100,000-149,999 2.2 0.8 0.7 4.3 1.9 1.0 0.2 0 0.5 0.5 b 1.2 0 0 0.2
150,000-199,999 0.7 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 b 0 0 0 0
200,000 or more 0.8 0.8 0 1.1 1.9 0 0.6 0 0 0 b 0 1.0 0 0
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 19,431 14,561 10,544 32,525 28,239 19,314 12,405 9,313 8,093 14,834 b 9,926 10,381 7,590 7,818
Number (thousands) 1,041 358 1,502 497 155 540 544 203 962 235 74 243 309 129 719
a. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
b. Fewer than 75,000 weighted cases.