U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2004
 
Family Income of Aged Units
Table 2.2
Percentage distribution of Social Security beneficiary units, by marital status, sex of nonmarried persons, and age, 2004
Family income (dollars) Aged 55–61 Aged 62–64 Aged 65 or older
Total 65–69 70–74 75–79 80 or older
All beneficiary units
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0.1
1,000–1,999 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
2,000–2,999 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4
3,000–3,999 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4
4,000–4,999 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5
5,000–5,999 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.8 1.2
6,000–6,999 3.0 1.9 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.9
7,000–7,999 3.4 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.0 2.4
8,000–8,999 2.0 1.5 1.9 1.2 2.2 2.0 2.2
9,000–9,999 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.1 2.6 2.8 3.4
10,000–10,999 2.1 2.1 3.2 1.5 2.4 3.5 4.8
11,000–11,999 2.2 1.7 3.0 2.0 2.5 3.2 4.0
12,000–12,999 2.5 2.2 3.5 2.4 2.9 4.1 4.4
13,000–13,999 2.7 2.1 2.8 2.0 2.2 3.4 3.6
14,000–14,999 2.8 2.2 2.6 1.9 2.0 3.0 3.2
15,000–19,999 8.0 9.6 12.3 9.2 11.1 13.7 14.7
20,000–24,999 8.3 8.5 10.4 8.4 10.4 11.8 11.2
25,000–29,999 7.5 7.6 7.8 7.3 6.9 8.0 8.6
30,000–34,999 6.2 6.1 6.5 7.3 6.9 7.3 4.9
35,000–39,999 4.9 5.8 5.7 6.2 6.7 6.0 4.4
40,000–44,999 3.6 4.4 4.2 4.6 5.0 3.7 3.6
45,000–49,999 4.3 3.6 3.4 4.4 4.1 2.9 2.3
50,000–54,999 4.7 4.0 3.0 3.6 2.8 3.3 2.5
55,000–59,999 3.3 4.7 2.6 3.5 2.8 2.1 2.1
60,000–64,999 3.6 3.2 2.3 3.3 2.4 2.2 1.6
65,000–69,999 3.3 3.1 2.1 3.1 2.4 1.6 1.4
70,000–74,999 1.5 2.2 1.6 2.3 1.7 1.3 1.2
75,000–99,999 8.1 7.8 5.4 7.1 6.2 4.6 4.1
100,000–149,999 4.1 5.5 4.6 6.1 5.7 3.1 3.5
150,000–199,999 2.1 1.4 1.4 2.8 1.1 0.9 0.8
200,000 or more 0.7 1.2 1.1 1.8 1.3 0.8 0.5
Median income (dollars) 30,003 31,736 25,880 34,383 29,198 23,899 21,183
Number (thousands) 2,016 2,316 23,936 5,934 5,391 5,310 7,301
Beneficiary married couples
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 0 0.1 0 0.1 0 0 0
1,000–1,999 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 0
2,000–2,999 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3,000–3,999 0.3 0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0 0
4,000–4,999 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0
5,000–5,999 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0.3
6,000–6,999 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0
7,000–7,999 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.6
8,000–8,999 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.2
9,000–9,999 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6
10,000–10,999 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.4
11,000–11,999 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.0
12,000–12,999 1.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 1.0 1.4 1.0
13,000–13,999 0.5 1.1 1.3 1.2 0.6 1.8 1.9
14,000–14,999 1.7 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.1 1.9
15,000–19,999 6.8 7.2 9.1 6.7 8.5 10.6 12.1
20,000–24,999 5.5 8.2 11.3 7.4 11.0 14.2 14.4
25,000–29,999 6.8 7.2 9.8 6.6 8.6 11.1 15.1
30,000–34,999 7.3 6.0 9.1 8.1 8.7 11.3 8.9
35,000–39,999 6.4 6.7 7.8 7.0 8.8 7.9 7.8
40,000–44,999 4.8 5.3 5.6 5.2 6.7 5.6 4.9
45,000–49,999 5.7 4.5 4.8 5.5 5.7 4.2 3.0
50,000–54,999 7.1 5.9 4.3 4.6 3.8 4.7 3.9
55,000–59,999 4.6 6.8 4.0 5.0 3.8 3.3 3.5
60,000–64,999 5.5 4.0 3.4 4.2 3.3 3.0 2.6
65,000–69,999 5.1 4.6 3.0 4.1 3.1 1.9 2.4
70,000–74,999 2.1 3.5 2.3 3.3 1.9 1.7 1.7
75,000–99,999 12.0 10.9 7.9 9.9 9.5 5.7 5.2
100,000–149,999 6.0 8.1 7.1 9.7 7.7 4.5 5.1
150,000–199,999 3.3 2.3 2.6 4.6 1.9 1.7 0.9
200,000 or more 1.0 2.1 1.9 3.1 1.9 1.2 0.6
Median income (dollars) 47,341 47,590 37,836 48,402 39,481 32,558 30,318
Number (thousands) 1,037 1,242 9,848 3,173 2,505 2,179 1,991
Beneficiary nonmarried persons
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 0 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 0.1 0.2
1,000–1,999 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
2,000–2,999 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5
3,000–3,999 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5
4,000–4,999 1.0 1.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7
5,000–5,999 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.6 0.9 1.3 1.5
6,000–6,999 4.9 3.5 2.4 2.6 2.3 1.7 2.6
7,000–7,999 6.0 4.2 3.9 5.1 5.0 3.1 3.1
8,000–8,999 4.0 2.8 3.0 2.4 3.9 3.1 2.9
9,000–9,999 5.5 5.1 4.4 4.2 4.6 4.5 4.4
10,000–10,999 3.0 3.7 5.1 2.9 4.0 5.6 6.5
11,000–11,999 3.7 3.0 4.4 3.4 3.7 4.7 5.1
12,000–12,999 3.5 4.1 5.3 4.5 4.7 6.0 5.7
13,000–13,999 5.0 3.3 3.9 3.0 3.5 4.5 4.3
14,000–14,999 4.0 3.4 3.6 3.2 3.2 4.3 3.7
15,000–19,999 9.3 12.4 14.5 12.1 13.4 15.9 15.7
20,000–24,999 11.2 8.9 9.9 9.5 9.9 10.0 9.9
25,000–29,999 8.3 8.2 6.3 8.1 5.5 5.9 6.1
30,000–34,999 5.0 6.3 4.6 6.4 5.3 4.4 3.5
35,000–39,999 3.4 4.7 4.3 5.4 4.9 4.6 3.1
40,000–44,999 2.4 3.3 3.2 4.0 3.5 2.4 3.1
45,000–49,999 2.9 2.6 2.4 3.2 2.7 2.0 2.0
50,000–54,999 2.2 1.9 2.1 2.4 1.9 2.3 2.0
55,000–59,999 1.8 2.3 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.2 1.6
60,000–64,999 1.5 2.1 1.6 2.4 1.5 1.6 1.2
65,000–69,999 1.3 1.4 1.5 2.0 1.8 1.5 1.1
70,000–74,999 0.8 0.6 1.1 1.1 1.6 1.0 1.0
75,000–99,999 3.9 4.3 3.6 3.9 3.3 3.7 3.6
100,000–149,999 2.2 2.4 2.8 2.0 3.9 2.1 2.9
150,000–199,999 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.7
200,000 or more 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.8 0.6 0.5
Median income (dollars) 18,439 19,800 18,397 21,315 19,538 17,959 16,999
Number (thousands) 979 1,075 14,088 2,761 2,886 3,131 5,310
Men
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
1,000–1,999 0 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.1 0
2,000–2,999 0.4 0.1 0.1 0 0 0.3 0
3,000–3,999 0 0 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.5
4,000–4,999 0.8 1.6 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.4
5,000–5,999 1.4 0.6 1.1 0.7 1.1 0.6 1.8
6,000–6,999 2.8 3.4 2.1 2.6 2.2 1.2 2.3
7,000–7,999 2.9 4.0 3.0 3.3 5.6 1.5 2.1
8,000–8,999 5.5 3.2 1.8 1.6 2.8 1.6 1.4
9,000–9,999 5.5 5.1 3.9 3.5 5.4 3.5 3.3
10,000–10,999 2.5 1.5 4.4 2.4 3.7 6.0 5.4
11,000–11,999 6.8 0.2 4.0 4.0 2.3 5.3 4.2
12,000–12,999 3.3 3.3 5.4 6.3 4.8 4.7 5.5
13,000–13,999 4.4 4.9 3.0 3.1 2.4 3.8 2.7
14,000–14,999 3.0 3.1 2.4 2.1 1.9 2.0 3.4
15,000–19,999 14.0 12.1 14.1 12.7 8.7 15.4 18.1
20,000–24,999 7.2 7.8 9.4 9.0 9.6 8.2 10.5
25,000–29,999 11.3 7.8 7.6 7.5 5.0 8.4 9.0
30,000–34,999 3.0 6.8 5.5 9.3 5.6 2.9 4.2
35,000–39,999 4.9 5.8 5.8 7.0 6.0 8.0 3.1
40,000–44,999 3.0 4.0 4.3 3.7 4.8 2.6 5.4
45,000–49,999 3.7 2.2 3.2 4.0 3.6 3.0 2.4
50,000–54,999 2.3 2.8 1.6 1.8 1.3 2.0 1.4
55,000–59,999 1.2 3.2 1.6 1.6 3.3 0.1 1.4
60,000–64,999 1.4 2.3 1.9 2.2 2.2 2.4 1.0
65,000–69,999 2.0 1.3 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.1
70,000–74,999 0.2 0.8 1.3 0.7 2.0 2.3 0.5
75,000–99,999 4.9 7.0 3.9 4.7 4.1 4.0 3.0
100,000–149,999 0.9 2.5 3.6 1.7 5.5 4.4 3.3
150,000–199,999 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.4 0.9 1.1 1.2
200,000 or more 0 0 0.7 0.4 0.8 1.4 0.5
Median income (dollars) 18,439 23,714 21,626 23,699 23,937 21,231 19,519
Number (thousands) 344 393 3,749 933 835 796 1,185
Women
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 1,000 0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0 0.2 0.2
1,000–1,999 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.2 0 0.1 0.2
2,000–2,999 0 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.6
3,000–3,999 1.2 1.6 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.6
4,000–4,999 1.2 1.4 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7
5,000–5,999 0.9 1.5 1.5 2.1 0.8 1.5 1.4
6,000–6,999 6.0 3.6 2.4 2.6 2.3 1.9 2.7
7,000–7,999 7.7 4.2 4.2 6.0 4.7 3.6 3.4
8,000–8,999 3.2 2.5 3.5 2.8 4.3 3.6 3.3
9,000–9,999 5.5 5.1 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.9 4.8
10,000–10,999 3.3 4.9 5.3 3.1 4.2 5.4 6.8
11,000–11,999 2.0 4.7 4.6 3.2 4.3 4.5 5.4
12,000–12,999 3.6 4.6 5.3 3.6 4.6 6.4 5.7
13,000–13,999 5.3 2.3 4.3 2.9 4.0 4.7 4.7
14,000–14,999 4.5 3.5 4.1 3.7 3.8 5.1 3.8
15,000–19,999 6.8 12.6 14.7 11.8 15.2 16.1 15.0
20,000–24,999 13.4 9.6 10.0 9.7 10.0 10.6 9.8
25,000–29,999 6.7 8.3 5.9 8.5 5.6 5.0 5.3
30,000–34,999 6.1 5.9 4.3 4.9 5.2 5.0 3.2
35,000–39,999 2.5 4.1 3.7 4.6 4.4 3.5 3.2
40,000–44,999 2.0 2.9 2.8 4.1 3.0 2.3 2.4
45,000–49,999 2.4 2.8 2.1 2.8 2.3 1.6 1.9
50,000–54,999 2.1 1.3 2.4 2.7 2.2 2.5 2.2
55,000–59,999 2.1 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.7
60,000–64,999 1.5 2.0 1.5 2.4 1.3 1.3 1.3
65,000–69,999 0.9 1.4 1.2 2.0 1.7 1.1 0.7
70,000–74,999 1.1 0.5 1.1 1.3 1.4 0.5 1.2
75,000–99,999 3.4 2.8 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.6 3.8
100,000–149,999 2.9 2.3 2.4 2.1 3.2 1.3 2.8
150,000–199,999 1.0 0 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.6
200,000 or more 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.4
Median income (dollars) 19,031 18,800 17,316 20,262 18,297 16,429 16,170
Number (thousands) 635 681 10,339 1,828 2,051 2,335 4,125
NOTE: Social Security beneficiaries may be receiving retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-72 benefits.
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