U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2004
 
Total Money Income of Aged Units, Excluding Social Security
Table 4.1
Percentage distribution of aged units and Social Security beneficiary units, by marital status, sex of nonmarried persons, and age, 2004
Income (dollars) Total 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
All units
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
None 5.9 11.8 21.3 1.6 5.4 10.3 11.2 19.5 28.9 10.4 19.4 25.1 11.7 19.6 30.3
Loss or 1–999 2.2 3.3 10.1 1.2 1.9 7.2 3.3 5.0 12.0 3.2 5.3 8.0 3.4 4.8 13.5
1,000–1,999 0.8 1.6 4.5 0.3 1.1 2.7 1.4 2.2 5.7 1.0 2.1 5.0 1.7 2.3 6.0
2,000–2,999 0.8 1.4 3.5 0.5 1.0 2.3 1.2 2.0 4.4 0.7 1.4 3.6 1.6 2.3 4.7
3,000–3,999 0.8 1.5 3.2 0.4 1.3 2.4 1.3 1.8 3.8 0.8 2.2 2.6 1.7 1.5 4.3
4,000–4,999 0.8 1.0 3.0 0.2 0.7 2.4 1.5 1.5 3.4 1.2 1.1 2.6 1.7 1.6 3.6
5,000–5,999 1.0 1.1 2.0 0.4 0.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 2.3 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.6 2.4
6,000–6,999 1.4 1.6 3.1 0.4 0.8 2.3 2.7 2.6 3.7 2.6 1.9 3.0 2.8 2.9 3.9
7,000–7,999 1.2 1.7 2.3 0.4 0.5 2.1 2.1 3.2 2.4 1.4 3.3 2.2 2.6 3.1 2.5
8,000–8,999 0.8 1.2 2.2 0.4 0.7 1.9 1.2 1.8 2.5 0.9 2.6 2.2 1.4 1.4 2.6
9,000–9,999 1.0 1.4 2.2 0.6 0.6 1.9 1.5 2.3 2.5 1.8 1.7 3.1 1.3 2.7 2.3
10,000–10,999 1.2 1.4 2.3 0.6 0.9 2.7 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.0 2.2 1.6 2.2 1.9
11,000–11,999 0.7 0.6 1.5 0.3 0.4 1.7 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.0 0.7 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.4
12,000–12,999 1.3 1.4 2.1 0.6 0.9 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.8 2.2 1.9 1.6
13,000–13,999 0.8 1.3 1.5 0.5 0.6 1.9 1.2 2.2 1.3 1.3 1.9 1.6 1.2 2.4 1.2
14,000–14,999 0.7 0.9 1.5 0.4 0.6 1.8 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 2.1 0.8 1.3 1.1
15,000–19,999 4.9 6.1 5.6 2.6 4.9 6.9 7.7 7.7 4.8 6.4 7.2 4.8 8.5 8.0 4.8
20,000–24,999 5.6 5.4 4.7 3.3 4.3 6.0 8.5 6.8 3.8 8.1 5.2 5.9 8.7 7.6 3.0
25,000–29,999 5.3 5.5 3.6 3.7 5.1 5.1 7.3 6.0 2.7 7.7 5.1 3.9 7.0 6.5 2.2
30,000–34,999 5.4 4.5 2.9 4.2 5.0 4.5 6.8 3.9 1.7 6.9 4.6 2.1 6.7 3.4 1.6
35,000–39,999 4.4 4.7 2.2 3.5 4.9 3.5 5.5 4.5 1.2 5.0 6.1 1.7 5.8 3.6 1.0
40,000–44,999 4.5 3.7 1.9 4.4 4.6 3.1 4.7 2.7 1.1 5.1 1.9 1.8 4.5 3.1 0.8
45,000–49,999 4.1 3.5 1.4 4.3 4.3 2.5 3.8 2.5 0.6 3.7 2.2 1.1 3.9 2.6 0.5
50,000–54,999 3.9 3.1 1.3 4.7 4.4 2.2 3.0 1.5 0.7 3.6 1.6 1.3 2.6 1.5 0.5
55,000–59,999 3.0 3.7 1.2 4.0 5.1 1.9 1.8 2.0 0.7 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 2.2 0.3
60,000–64,999 3.7 2.7 1.2 4.3 3.1 2.0 3.0 2.2 0.7 3.2 2.3 1.4 2.8 2.2 0.4
65,000–69,999 2.7 2.1 0.8 3.9 2.9 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.4 1.5 0.8 0.7 1.1 1.2 0.3
70,000–74,999 2.9 2.5 0.9 4.0 3.9 1.6 1.5 0.9 0.4 1.6 0.7 0.7 1.3 1.0 0.2
75,000–99,999 11.0 8.2 2.3 16.1 12.2 4.6 4.7 3.3 0.8 6.0 4.8 1.2 3.9 2.4 0.6
100,000–149,999 10.6 5.8 2.2 17.0 8.8 4.2 2.7 2.1 0.8 4.0 3.1 1.9 1.9 1.4 0.4
150,000–199,999 3.6 2.8 0.7 6.0 4.8 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.1 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.2 0
200,000 or more 3.3 2.4 0.6 5.4 4.0 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.1
Median income (dollars) 42,990 29,545 6,720 67,700 49,000 16,800 23,035 13,345 2,712 25,033 14,000 6,413 21,750 13,308 2,010
Number (thousands) 15,772 4,990 26,865 8,681 2,745 10,930 7,091 2,245 15,935 2,773 819 4,292 4,317 1,427 11,643
Beneficiary units a
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
None 23.1 19.1 21.1 7.8 9.8 10.4 39.2 29.8 28.6 43.2 29.8 24.9 37.1 29.8 30.0
Loss or 1–999 6.2 5.8 10.7 2.8 3.1 7.6 9.8 8.9 12.9 8.6 9.0 8.7 10.5 8.8 14.5
1,000–1,999 2.8 2.7 4.9 1.2 1.6 2.9 4.5 4.0 6.4 1.3 3.6 5.6 6.2 4.2 6.6
2,000–2,999 1.5 2.5 3.8 1.3 2.0 2.5 1.6 3.0 4.7 0.7 1.8 4.0 2.2 3.8 5.0
3,000–3,999 3.0 2.4 3.4 2.1 2.6 2.5 3.9 2.1 4.1 3.1 0.9 2.8 4.3 2.8 4.5
4,000–4,999 1.6 1.7 3.0 0.7 1.0 2.4 2.6 2.4 3.4 3.2 1.6 2.8 2.3 2.8 3.7
5,000–5,999 2.8 1.6 2.1 1.4 1.2 1.8 4.2 2.2 2.3 4.4 3.0 2.0 4.2 1.7 2.4
6,000–6,999 1.8 1.9 2.9 1.6 0.8 2.4 2.0 3.2 3.3 0.5 3.3 2.9 2.8 3.2 3.5
7,000–7,999 2.2 1.8 2.3 1.1 0.8 2.2 3.3 2.9 2.4 2.7 3.2 2.2 3.7 2.8 2.5
8,000–8,999 2.2 1.7 2.3 2.1 1.5 1.9 2.3 1.8 2.6 1.8 2.5 2.3 2.6 1.4 2.7
9,000–9,999 0.9 1.8 2.2 0.9 1.1 1.9 0.9 2.6 2.3 1.6 1.6 2.9 0.5 3.1 2.2
10,000–10,999 1.9 1.4 2.3 1.2 0.8 2.8 2.6 2.1 2.0 3.1 1.1 2.3 2.3 2.6 1.9
11,000–11,999 1.1 1.0 1.6 1.1 0.8 1.7 1.1 1.2 1.5 0.2 0.7 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.5
12,000–12,999 1.6 1.9 2.2 0.9 1.6 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.9 2.4 2.9 2.0 2.2 1.6
13,000–13,999 1.9 1.8 1.6 2.4 1.2 1.9 1.4 2.5 1.4 1.7 2.7 1.7 1.2 2.4 1.3
14,000–14,999 1.1 0.9 1.6 0.9 0.6 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.4 2.2 1.6 2.3 0.8 1.2 1.1
15,000–19,999 6.5 7.5 5.7 7.8 7.2 7.0 5.1 7.8 4.9 3.5 7.7 4.9 6.0 7.9 4.9
20,000–24,999 4.3 5.0 4.5 6.2 4.8 6.1 2.3 5.2 3.4 2.7 5.1 5.8 2.1 5.2 2.6
25,000–29,999 5.1 5.8 3.5 7.0 8.2 5.1 3.1 3.1 2.4 5.7 2.8 3.6 1.7 3.4 2.0
30,000–34,999 4.3 3.5 2.7 7.7 5.2 4.3 0.7 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.6 2.0 0.5 1.6 1.5
35,000–39,999 3.9 4.3 2.1 6.5 6.2 3.5 1.3 2.0 1.0 1.9 3.9 1.5 0.9 0.9 0.9
40,000–44,999 1.6 3.0 1.7 2.8 4.2 2.9 0.4 1.5 0.9 0 1.3 1.4 0.6 1.6 0.7
45,000–49,999 2.4 2.4 1.3 4.4 3.5 2.4 0.2 1.2 0.6 0 1.9 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.5
50,000–54,999 2.4 2.8 1.2 3.9 4.9 2.0 0.7 0.3 0.6 1.4 0.9 1.1 0.3 0 0.4
55,000–59,999 2.3 2.8 1.1 4.1 4.6 1.8 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.7 1.5 0.2 0.8 0.2
60,000–64,999 1.7 1.5 1.2 3.2 2.0 2.0 0.1 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.9 1.4 0.1 0.9 0.3
65,000–69,999 1.7 1.0 0.7 3.2 1.5 1.4 0 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.5 0 0.4 0.2
70,000–74,999 0.9 1.4 0.8 1.8 2.6 1.5 0 0.1 0.3 0 0.2 0.7 0.1 0 0.2
75,000–99,999 3.8 4.4 2.0 5.9 6.6 4.1 1.6 1.9 0.6 1.2 2.5 0.8 1.8 1.6 0.5
100,000–149,999 2.1 2.8 2.0 3.6 4.7 3.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0 0.5 1.7 0.9 0.8 0.3
150,000–199,999 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.8 1.5 1.6 0 0.2 0.1 0 0.6 0.3 0 0 0
200,000 or more 0.4 1.0 0.5 0.7 1.8 1.2 0.2 0 0.1 0 0 0.1 0.3 0 0.1
Median income (dollars) 11,000 15,000 6,076 29,342 29,243 15,600 1,128 4,801 2,400 254 6,000 5,500 1,212 4,019 1,800
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
NOTE: See Table 3.2 for total income of nonbeneficiaries.
a. 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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