U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2004
 
Income Sources of Aged Units
Table 1.3
Percentage with income from specified source, by race, Hispanic origin, marital status, sex of nonmarried persons, and age, 2004
Source of income 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 alone
Earnings 83 66 24 92 77 37 71 52 14 70 49 18 72 53 13
Wages and salaries 78 61 21 87 71 32 65 47 12 62 44 15 68 48 12
Self-employment 14 11 5 17 14 9 8 8 2 11 9 4 6 7 2
Retirement benefits 26 58 93 27 60 94 25 57 93 25 57 92 25 57 93
Social Security a 12 46 91 11 46 91 14 47 90 13 48 89 15 47 91
Benefits other than Social Security 17 31 43 19 37 52 14 23 37 15 22 44 13 24 34
Other public pensions 7 12 15 9 14 19 6 9 12 6 7 13 6 10 11
Railroad Retirement 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Government employee pensions 7 11 14 8 13 18 6 9 11 6 6 12 6 10 11
Military 1 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1
Federal 2 3 4 2 3 6 1 3 3 1 2 4 1 3 3
State or local 5 6 9 5 7 11 4 5 7 4 4 7 4 6 7
Private pensions or annuities 10 21 31 11 25 38 9 15 26 10 16 32 8 14 24
Income from assets 62 63 59 72 71 70 49 52 51 47 49 52 50 54 51
Interest 59 59 55 68 67 66 46 49 47 45 45 48 47 51 47
Other income from assets 32 34 28 40 41 36 22 25 21 21 24 22 23 26 21
Dividends 28 29 22 35 36 30 19 19 16 18 19 17 19 20 16
Rent or royalties 10 12 9 12 14 12 6 10 7 7 10 8 6 9 7
Estates or trusts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Veterans' benefits 4 2 4 4 3 5 3 2 3 6 4 7 1 1 2
Unemployment compensation 5 3 1 6 4 1 4 3 0 4 1 1 4 3 0
Workers' compensation 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0
Public assistance 4 4 3 3 2 2 6 7 4 5 6 3 7 8 5
Supplemental Security Income 4 4 3 3 2 2 6 7 4 5 5 3 6 8 5
Other public assistance 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Personal contributions 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 6 4 1
Number (thousands) 13,052 4,181 23,121 7,540 2,405 9,818 5,512 1,776 13,303 2,220 661 3,554 3,292 1,115 9,748
Black alone
Earnings 70 53 21 86 75 42 60 40 14 60 35 14 61 43 15
Wages and salaries 67 51 20 84 73 41 58 38 14 56 32 13 59 41 14
Self-employment 5 5 1 9 7 3 3 4 1 4 4 1 2 4 1
Retirement benefits 27 59 87 31 65 91 24 56 85 22 54 86 25 57 85
Social Security a 17 51 83 21 55 85 14 50 82 12 49 82 15 50 83
Benefits other than Social Security 13 23 28 16 35 40 11 17 24 12 13 27 11 19 23
Other public pensions 5 10 10 5 16 15 5 7 9 6 5 11 5 8 8
Railroad Retirement 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Government employee pensions 5 10 10 5 16 15 5 7 9 6 5 10 5 8 8
Military 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
Federal 1 3 4 1 5 6 1 2 3 2 0 5 1 3 3
State or local 3 7 6 3 11 8 3 4 5 1 3 4 4 5 5
Private pensions or annuities 8 14 18 11 20 27 6 10 16 5 8 17 7 11 15
Income from assets 34 30 26 47 37 37 26 25 23 26 28 25 26 24 22
Interest 31 27 24 44 35 34 24 23 21 25 27 24 24 22 20
Other income from assets 13 8 8 17 13 17 10 6 6 11 7 6 10 5 5
Dividends 9 6 6 12 12 12 8 4 3 9 6 4 7 2 3
Rent or royalties 5 3 4 7 3 7 4 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 3
Estates or trusts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Veterans' benefits 3 3 4 6 4 5 1 2 3 3 3 5 0 2 2
Unemployment compensation 4 3 1 5 6 3 3 1 0 3 2 0 3 1 0
Workers' compensation 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 3 0
Public assistance 10 10 10 4 11 6 13 10 11 15 11 11 12 9 12
Supplemental Security Income 8 10 10 4 11 5 10 10 11 12 11 11 9 9 11
Other public assistance 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 1
Personal contributions 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 1
Number (thousands) 1,816 549 2,565 663 194 618 1,153 355 1,947 407 114 542 746 241 1,406
Hispanic origin b
Earnings 76 59 21 89 73 36 64 48 12 70 55 17 59 45 10
Wages and salaries 72 55 19 86 69 33 60 45 11 66 51 15 56 41 10
Self-employment 7 5 3 10 8 5 4 4 2 5 4 2 3 4 1
Retirement benefits 20 46 78 21 53 83 19 41 76 12 35 79 24 44 75
Social Security a 11 35 76 10 40 81 12 31 73 7 27 73 15 34 73
Benefits other than Social Security 11 20 20 13 25 26 9 15 17 7 14 23 10 16 14
Other public pensions 5 9 5 5 12 7 4 6 5 2 5 5 6 7 4
Railroad Retirement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Government employee pensions 4 9 5 5 11 7 4 6 4 2 5 5 6 7 4
Military 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Federal 1 4 2 1 7 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 2
State or local 3 4 3 2 4 4 3 4 2 2 4 3 4 5 2
Private pensions or annuities 6 12 15 8 15 21 5 9 12 6 9 18 4 9 10
Income from assets 34 27 23 43 34 30 25 21 18 22 22 19 27 20 18
Interest 31 25 21 40 31 28 23 19 17 20 19 18 24 19 16
Other income from assets 13 9 7 18 12 12 8 7 4 7 10 5 9 5 4
Dividends 9 5 4 12 6 8 6 4 2 4 5 3 8 3 2
Rent or royalties 6 5 4 9 8 6 3 4 2 4 7 2 3 2 2
Estates or trusts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Veterans' benefits 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1
Unemployment compensation 5 2 1 6 2 1 3 2 1 5 0 2 3 2 0
Workers' compensation 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0
Public assistance 8 13 13 6 8 8 10 17 16 8 12 10 11 20 19
Supplemental Security Income 7 11 13 5 8 8 8 14 16 7 12 9 10 16 19
Other public assistance 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 4 0
Personal contributions 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 6 0 1
Number (thousands) 1,345 394 1,741 655 175 619 690 219 1,121 275 78 325 415 140 797
a. Includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, and special age-72 benefits.
b. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
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