Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2004

Income Sources of Aged Units
Table 1.2
Percentage with income from specified source, by Social Security beneficiary status, marital status, sex of nonmarried persons, and age, 2004
Source of income	All units			Married couples			Nonmarried persons
	All units			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	55–61	62–64	65 or older
	Beneficiary
Earnings	43	46	22	70	62	35	15	28	13	12	24	16	17	30	12
Wages and salaries	40	41	19	64	56	30	14	24	11	12	21	12	15	26	11
Self-employment	6	8	5	11	11	8	2	5	2	0	3	4	2	6	1

Retirement benefits	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Social Security ^a	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Benefits other than Social Security	26	39	43	32	49	53	20	27	36	19	24	43	20	29	34
Other public pensions	8	12	14	9	16	18	7	8	11	6	4	12	8	10	11
Railroad Retirement	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Government employee pensions	8	12	14	9	16	18	7	7	11	6	4	12	8	10	10
Military	1	2	2	2	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	3	0	1	1
Federal	1	2	4	1	2	6	1	2	3	1	2	3	2	3	3
State or local	5	8	9	5	12	11	5	5	7	4	1	6	6	6	7
Private pensions or annuities	20	29	32	25	36	39	14	21	26	15	21	32	13	20	24

Income from assets	38	55	57	49	63	69	27	44	49	22	46	50	30	44	48
Interest	35	51	53	46	58	65	24	42	45	21	44	46	25	41	45
Other income from assets	16	26	26	21	33	36	12	18	20	8	21	20	13	16	19
Dividends	12	21	21	15	28	30	9	14	15	8	19	16	9	12	15
Rent or royalties	7	8	9	9	10	12	5	6	7	2	6	8	6	6	6
Estates or trusts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

Veterans' benefits	9	3	4	12	4	6	6	3	3	13	4	7	3	2	2

Unemployment compensation	3	3	1	4	4	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	0

Workers' compensation	2	2	0	3	2	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0

Public assistance	11	5	3	7	3	1	15	7	4	12	7	4	17	7	5
Supplemental Security Income	10	5	3	7	3	1	14	6	4	12	6	4	15	7	4
Other public assistance	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	0

Personal contributions	2	1	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	2	0	1	4	2	1

Number (thousands)	2,016	2,316	23,936	1,037	1,242	9,848	979	1,075	14,088	344	393	3,749	635	681	10,339
	Nonbeneficiary
Earnings	87	81	37	95	90	55	77	69	26	76	68	33	78	70	23
Wages and salaries	82	76	34	90	85	52	71	64	24	67	62	29	74	65	22
Self-employment	13	13	5	17	16	9	8	9	3	11	13	4	6	6	2

Retirement benefits	15	21	24	16	25	30	12	17	20	14	16	25	11	17	19
Social Security ^a	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
Benefits other than Social Security	15	21	24	16	25	30	12	17	20	14	16	25	11	17	19
Other public pensions	7	11	16	8	12	19	5	9	14	6	9	17	5	9	13
Railroad Retirement	0	1	4	0	1	6	0	1	3	0	1	3	0	0	3
Government employee pensions	7	10	12	8	11	13	5	9	11	6	8	14	5	9	10
Military	1	2	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0
Federal	2	4	6	2	5	7	1	3	6	1	2	6	1	3	6
State or local	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	3	5	6	4	5	4
Private pensions or annuities	8	11	9	9	14	12	8	8	8	8	8	9	7	7	7

Income from assets	61	62	39	72	72	50	47	50	33	46	46	35	48	52	32
Interest	58	59	36	68	70	48	45	46	30	44	42	31	45	49	29
Other income from assets	32	35	17	40	43	24	21	26	12	21	23	14	21	27	11
Dividends	27	30	13	35	38	20	18	19	8	17	17	11	18	21	7
Rent or royalties	10	13	6	12	15	8	6	10	5	7	11	4	6	9	5
Estates or trusts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Veterans' benefits	3	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	5	2	5	1	0	1

Unemployment compensation	5	4	1	6	5	2	5	3	1	5	2	1	4	4	0

Workers' compensation	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	0

Public assistance	4	5	14	2	2	11	6	8	16	6	6	13	6	9	18
Supplemental Security Income	4	4	14	2	2	10	5	8	16	6	6	13	5	8	17
Other public assistance	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0

Personal contributions	2	2	2	1	1	1	4	3	2	1	0	1	6	4	3

Number (thousands)	13,756	2,674	2,929	7,644	1,503	1,082	6,112	1,171	1,847	2,430	425	543	3,682	745	1,303
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
a. Includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, and special age-72 benefits.