Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2004

Income Sources of Aged Units
Table 1.1
Percentage with income from specified source, by marital status, sex of nonmarried persons, and age, 2004
Source of income	Aged 55–61	Aged 62–64	Aged 65 or older
Source of income	Aged 55–61	Aged 62–64	Total	65–69	70–74	75–79	80 or older
	All units
Earnings	81	65	24	44	28	16	7
Wages and salaries	76	60	21	40	24	14	5
Self-employment	12	11	5	8	6	3	2

Retirement benefits	26	58	92	87	92	93	94
Social Security ^a	13	46	89	84	90	91	92
Benefits other than Social Security	16	29	41	39	42	43	41
Other public pensions	7	12	14	15	15	15	13
Railroad Retirement	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Government employee pensions	7	11	14	14	14	14	12
Military	1	2	2	2	2	1	1
Federal	1	3	4	4	4	4	5
State or local	4	6	8	8	9	9	7
Private pensions or annuities	10	19	29	27	30	30	30

Income from assets	58	59	55	57	57	54	53
Interest	55	55	52	53	53	50	50
Other income from assets	30	31	25	27	28	25	23
Dividends	25	26	20	22	22	20	18
Rent or royalties	9	11	9	9	10	8	8
Estates or trusts	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Veterans' benefits	4	2	4	3	4	4	5

Unemployment compensation	5	3	1	2	1	0	0

Workers' compensation	2	1	0	1	1	0	0

Public assistance	5	5	4	5	5	4	4
Supplemental Security Income	4	5	4	5	4	3	4
Other public assistance	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Personal contributions	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

Number (thousands)	15,772	4,990	26,865	7,078	5,999	5,827	7,960
	Married couples
Earnings	92	77	37	57	39	24	13
Wages and salaries	87	72	32	52	33	20	11
Self-employment	17	14	8	12	10	5	4

Retirement benefits	26	59	93	89	95	95	96
Social Security ^a	12	45	90	86	92	93	93
Benefits other than Social Security	18	36	51	47	52	53	54
Other public pensions	8	14	18	17	19	19	19
Railroad Retirement	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Government employee pensions	8	13	18	17	18	18	18
Military	2	3	2	3	2	2	2
Federal	2	3	6	5	6	6	7
State or local	5	8	11	10	11	12	11
Private pensions or annuities	11	24	36	33	37	38	39

Income from assets	69	68	67	68	68	65	68
Interest	66	64	64	64	64	61	65
Other income from assets	38	39	35	35	36	32	35
Dividends	32	33	29	29	30	26	29
Rent or royalties	12	13	12	12	13	10	12
Estates or trusts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Veterans' benefits	4	3	5	4	5	5	9

Unemployment compensation	6	4	1	3	1	1	0

Workers' compensation	2	1	1	1	1	0	0

Public assistance	3	3	2	3	3	2	2
Supplemental Security Income	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
Other public assistance	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Personal contributions	1	0	0	1	0	0	1

Number (thousands)	8,681	2,745	10,930	3,710	2,731	2,342	2,146
	Nonmarried persons
Earnings	69	49	14	30	19	11	4
Wages and salaries	63	45	13	27	17	10	3
Self-employment	7	7	2	4	3	2	1

Retirement benefits	24	57	91	85	90	92	94
Social Security ^a	14	48	88	82	88	90	91
Benefits other than Social Security	13	22	34	30	34	37	36
Other public pensions	6	8	11	12	11	12	11
Railroad Retirement	0	0	1	0	1	1	1
Government employee pensions	5	8	11	11	10	11	10
Military	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
Federal	1	2	3	3	3	4	4
State or local	4	5	6	7	6	7	6
Private pensions or annuities	8	14	24	19	25	25	26

Income from assets	44	47	47	45	47	46	48
Interest	42	44	43	41	44	43	44
Other income from assets	20	22	19	17	20	20	18
Dividends	16	17	14	13	16	15	14
Rent or royalties	6	8	6	6	7	7	6
Estates or trusts	0	0	1	0	1	0	1

Veterans' benefits	3	2	3	2	4	3	4

Unemployment compensation	4	2	0	1	0	0	0

Workers' compensation	1	1	0	1	0	0	0

Public assistance	7	8	6	8	6	5	5
Supplemental Security Income	7	7	6	8	6	5	5
Other public assistance	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Personal contributions	4	2	1	2	1	1	1

Number (thousands)	7,091	2,245	15,935	3,368	3,268	3,485	5,814
	Men
Earnings	68	47	18	29	21	17	7
Wages and salaries	60	42	14	24	18	12	5
Self-employment	10	8	4	6	4	5	2

Retirement benefits	25	57	91	85	91	92	94
Social Security ^a	12	48	87	82	89	89	90
Benefits other than Social Security	15	20	41	36	37	44	46
Other public pensions	6	7	13	14	9	14	13
Railroad Retirement	0	1	1	0	0	1	2
Government employee pensions	6	6	12	14	9	13	12
Military	1	1	2	4	2	2	2
Federal	1	2	4	4	2	4	5
State or local	3	3	6	7	6	7	5
Private pensions or annuities	9	14	29	23	29	30	34

Income from assets	43	46	48	44	48	48	51
Interest	41	43	44	40	44	44	48
Other income from assets	19	22	20	17	20	21	20
Dividends	16	18	15	13	15	18	16
Rent or royalties	6	9	7	7	8	7	8
Estates or trusts	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Veterans' benefits	6	3	6	4	7	5	9

Unemployment compensation	4	1	1	1	0	1	0

Workers' compensation	1	1	0	0	1	0	0

Public assistance	7	6	5	7	5	3	3
Supplemental Security Income	6	6	5	7	5	3	3
Other public assistance	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Personal contributions	1	0	1	1	1	0	1

Number (thousands)	2,773	819	4,292	1,141	936	892	1,323
	Women
Earnings	69	51	13	31	18	10	3
Wages and salaries	65	46	12	29	17	9	3
Self-employment	5	6	1	2	2	1	1

Retirement benefits	24	57	91	85	90	92	94
Social Security ^a	15	48	89	82	88	90	92
Benefits other than Social Security	13	23	32	28	33	34	33
Other public pensions	5	10	11	10	11	11	10
Railroad Retirement	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Government employee pensions	5	10	10	10	11	11	10
Military	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Federal	1	3	3	2	3	3	4
State or local	4	6	7	7	7	7	6
Private pensions or annuities	8	14	22	18	23	24	24

Income from assets	45	48	46	45	47	46	47
Interest	42	45	43	42	45	42	43
Other income from assets	20	22	18	17	20	19	18
Dividends	16	16	14	13	16	14	13
Rent or royalties	6	8	6	5	6	7	6
Estates or trusts	0	0	1	1	1	0	1

Veterans' benefits	1	1	2	2	2	3	2

Unemployment compensation	4	3	0	1	0	0	0

Workers' compensation	1	1	0	1	0	0	0

Public assistance	8	8	6	8	7	5	5
Supplemental Security Income	7	8	6	8	6	5	5
Other public assistance	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Personal contributions	5	3	1	2	1	1	1

Number (thousands)	4,317	1,427	11,643	2,227	2,332	2,592	4,492
a. Includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, and special age-72 benefits.