Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000

Social Security Income of Aged Units

Table 5.A2
Recipients, by age, marital status, and sex of nonmarried persons
Social Security benefit (dollars) ^a		Married couples			Nonmarried persons
		Married couples			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
	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

1-499		0.4	0.2	0	0.6	1.7	0.1	0	0	0.1	0.8	2.4	0.1
500-999		1.1	1.3	0.1	0.9	2.3	0.4	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.7	3.1	0.4
1,000-1,499		1.2	0.8	0.2	0.6	0.7	0.3	0	0.8	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.2
1,500-1,999		1.5	1.5	0.2	1.1	1.2	0.6	0	1.1	1.0	1.5	1.3	0.4
2,000-2,499		0.4	3.6	0.3	0.5	2.6	0.5	0	2.6	0.3	0.7	2.6	0.6

2,500-2,999		1.1	1.1	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.3	0.8	2.8	0.9	1.7	1.3	1.5
3,000-3,499		1.4	1.9	0.4	1.9	2.9	1.0	1.3	2.9	1.1	2.1	2.8	1.0
3,500-3,999		1.0	1.5	0.5	1.6	2.5	1.5	0	3.9	1.5	2.3	1.9	1.5
4,000-4,499		3.6	1.4	0.4	2.3	3.9	2.3	1.3	5.9	2.2	2.8	3.0	2.3
4,500-4,999		1.5	3.3	0.5	3.1	5.6	2.2	0.4	6.3	2.3	4.3	5.3	2.2

5,000-5,999		6.3	3.1	1.4	9.8	6.2	5.6	4.9	8.0	4.2	12.0	5.3	6.0
6,000-6,999		8.2	5.2	2.0	15.8	9.9	9.6	18.7	5.0	7.2	14.5	12.2	10.4
7,000-7,999		8.0	4.5	2.4	13.3	10.1	10.3	13.7	3.0	9.6	13.0	13.3	10.5
8,000-8,999		5.8	4.9	2.5	10.4	7.4	10.5	10.5	6.7	8.8	10.3	7.8	11.2
9,000-9,999		4.7	3.0	2.9	6.4	6.9	8.9	5.6	4.9	7.3	6.8	7.8	9.4

10,000-10,999		8.9	6.2	4.5	7.7	9.2	13.3	13.5	5.6	14.2	5.1	10.8	13.1
11,000-11,999		6.1	4.6	4.7	6.8	8.6	9.7	1.2	9.1	10.2	9.3	8.4	9.5
12,000-12,999		8.3	10.0	5.0	6.4	7.6	7.8	13.4	13.0	8.4	3.4	5.1	7.5
13,000-13,999		5.0	9.9	6.0	3.3	4.0	5.1	4.6	7.6	6.9	2.8	2.3	4.4
14,000-14,999		8.2	8.1	6.4	3.3	2.5	3.4	7.3	4.2	4.7	1.5	1.8	3.0

15,000-19,999		13.8	13.3	33.7	1.8	2.0	4.3	1.2	5.2	6.8	2.1	0.5	3.4
20,000-24,999		2.6	8.3	17.7	0.8	0.5	0.8	0	0.7	0.8	1.1	0.3	0.8
25,000 or more		0.9	2.2	7.7	0.3	0	0.5	0	0	0.8	0.4	0	0.4

Memorandum:
Median income (dollars)		10,351	12,075	16,467	7,874	7,891	9,390	8,809	9,093	9,916	7,685	7,522	9,227
Number (thousands)		789	1,154	9,429	792	992	13,378	243	311	3,473	549	681	9,905
a. Social Security includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.