U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2000
 
Earnings Income of Units 65 or Older
Table 5.B4
Recipients, by marital status, race, and Hispanic origin
Earnings (dollars) White Black Hispanic origin a
All
units
Married
couples
Nonmarried
persons
All
units
Married
couples
Nonmarried
persons
All
units
Married
couples
Nonmarried
persons
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 7.8 7.5 8.3 9.6 5.6 15.3 3.9 3.1 5.1
1,000-1,999 3.0 2.2 4.5 3.5 4.6 1.9 3.9 4.1 3.5
2,000-2,999 3.2 2.7 4.1 4.1 5.0 2.9 4.5 4.3 4.8
3,000-3,999 3.3 2.4 5.0 2.6 3.8 0.9 3.6 4.9 1.4
4,000-4,999 2.4 1.4 4.4 2.0 0.8 3.8 1.4 1.5 1.2
5,000-5,999 3.6 2.7 5.2 1.6 1.6 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.2
6,000-6,999 3.4 3.1 4.1 3.8 2.8 5.2 2.5 2.5 2.3
7,000-7,999 2.8 2.7 3.2 5.4 6.4 3.9 3.9 0 10.6
8,000-8,999 3.5 3.8 3.0 3.8 2.1 6.2 2.9 2.9 2.9
9,000-9,999 2.2 1.8 3.0 2.8 1.9 4.0 2.5 2.1 3.2
10,000-10,999 4.0 3.8 4.2 3.1 1.4 5.6 5.8 6.8 4.1
11,000-11,999 1.7 1.1 2.7 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.8 2.0 1.3
12,000-12,999 3.2 3.3 3.0 4.2 5.1 2.8 3.4 3.0 4.2
13,000-13,999 1.4 1.4 1.3 2.2 1.8 2.7 1.8 1.6 2.3
14,000-14,999 2.5 2.7 1.9 2.7 3.0 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.0
15,000-19,999 8.3 7.8 9.2 8.5 6.6 11.0 11.4 10.5 12.9
20,000-24,999 6.6 6.2 7.5 5.2 4.8 5.8 11.9 10.1 15.0
25,000-29,999 5.1 5.2 5.1 4.0 2.9 5.5 7.8 10.0 4.1
30,000-34,999 5.4 6.4 3.5 4.4 3.4 5.8 5.6 7.2 2.8
35,000-39,999 3.7 3.6 3.9 2.9 2.5 3.6 3.0 2.3 4.2
40,000-44,999 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.9 2.6 5.7 3.9 1.4 8.3
45,000-49,999 2.3 2.9 1.1 3.1 4.0 1.9 0.9 1.5 0
50,000-54,999 2.5 3.1 1.3 2.8 4.8 0 0.9 1.5 0
55,000-59,999 1.5 1.8 1.0 2.4 4.0 0 2.1 3.3 0
60,000-64,999 1.5 1.8 0.9 5.1 8.9 0 2.7 4.3 0
65,000-69,999 1.4 1.6 0.9 0.3 0.6 0 1.9 2.1 1.6
70,000-74,999 1.3 1.5 0.8 0 0.1 0 0.1 0.1 0
75,000-99,999 2.9 4.2 0.4 2.2 3.8 0 0 0 0
100,000-149,999 4.0 5.5 1.0 2.0 3.5 0 1.5 2.5 0
150,000-199,999 0.9 0.8 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
200,000 or more 1.5 1.8 0.9 0.1 0.2 0 0 0 0
Memorandum:
Median income (dollars) 15,246 19,011 10,976 13,386 17,716 10,716 16,791 18,103 13,757
Number (thousands) 5,029 3,315 1,714 446 259 186 290 183 107
a. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.