Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2014

Income Sources

Income Sources of Aged Units

Income Sources of Units 65 or Older

Income Sources of Beneficiary Units 65 or Older

Family Income Sources of Aged Persons

Family Income Sources of Nonmarried Aged Persons

Family Income Sources of Persons 65 or Older

Family Income Sources of Persons 65 or Older in Beneficiary Families

Key Terms and Concepts for Section 2 1

Table characteristics

Age. Age classification is based on the age of the person at his or her last birthday as of March 2015. A married couple's age is defined as the age of the husband—unless he is under age 55 and the wife is 55 or older, in which case it is the age of the wife.

Aged unit. With age 55 as the cutoff, aged units are defined as married couples living together—at least one of whom is 55 or older—and nonmarried persons 55 or older.

Marital status. Married persons are married and living with their spouse. Nonmarried persons may be divorced, widowed, never married, separated, or married but living apart from their spouse.

Race. The categories White alone, Black alone, and Asian alone reflect respondents who reported only one race. Because of changes to the race category, data on race are not directly comparable to editions prior to 2002. A person's race is his or her reported race. A married couple's race is defined as the race of the husband.

Hispanic origin. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. A married couple is of Hispanic origin if the husband is of Hispanic origin.

Family. A family is a group of two or more people (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family.

Social Security beneficiary. A beneficiary may be receiving retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivor benefits, disability benefits, or transitionally insured benefits.

Poverty. The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to detect who is poor. If a family's total income is less than that family's threshold, then that family, and every individual in it, is considered poor.

Per capita income. Per capita income is total family income divided by the number of persons in the family.

The ratio of Social Security income to total income. This ratio is defined as Social Security income divided by total income. Units and persons in families with less than $1 of total income or negative earnings or asset income are excluded from these tables.

Income sources

Earnings

Wages and salaries. Wages and salaries is defined as total money earnings received for work performed as an employee during the income year. It includes wages, salary, Armed Forces pay, commissions, tips, piece-rate payments, and cash bonuses earned, before deductions are made for taxes, bonds, pensions, union dues, and so forth. Earnings for self-employed persons in incorporated businesses are considered wage and salary.

Self-employment. Income from self-employment is the combined income from farm and nonfarm self-employment.

Retirement benefits

Social Security. Includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivor benefits, disability benefits, and transitionally insured benefits.

Government employee pensions. Government employee pensions include payments from federal government (civil service), military, and state or local governments.

Private pensions and annuities. Private pensions and annuities include payments from companies or unions, annuities or paid-up insurance policies, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), Keogh, or 401(k) payments.

Asset income

Interest income. Interest includes payments people receive (or have credited to their accounts) from bonds, treasury notes, IRAs, certificates of deposit, interest-bearing savings and checking accounts, and all other investments that pay interest.

Dividends. Dividends include income people receive from stock holdings and mutual fund shares. The CPS does not include capital gains from the sale of stock holdings as income.

Rents, royalties, and estates and trusts. Include net income people receive from the rental of a house, store, or other property, receipts from boarders or lodgers, net royalty income, and periodic payments from estate or trust funds.

Other income

Unemployment compensation. Includes payments the respondent received from government unemployment agencies or private companies during periods of unemployment and any strike benefits the respondent received from union funds.

Workers' compensation. Includes payments people receive periodically from public or private insurance companies for injuries received at work.

Veterans' payments. Include payments disabled members of the armed forces or survivors of deceased veterans receive periodically from the Department of Veterans Affairs for education and on-the-job training, and means-tested assistance to veterans.

Personal contributions. Include child support, alimony, and financial assistance from friends and relatives.

Public Assistance—Cash benefits

Supplemental Security Income. Supplemental Security Income includes payments made by federal, State, and local welfare agencies to low-income persons who are aged (65 or older), blind, or disabled, and who have limited income and financial resources.

Other Public Assistance. Includes cash public assistance payments low-income people receive, such as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC, ADC), temporary assistance to needy families (TANF), general assistance, and emergency assistance.

Public Assistance—Noncash Benefits

Noncash benefits. Include SNAP benefits, energy assistance, and housing assistance. Receipt of noncash benefits is only reported in the section on the sources of income received. No dollar values are assigned to the noncash benefits in this publication, and they are not included in total money income. A person or aged unit is indicated as having received a noncash benefit if any person in the household received food, energy, or housing assistance.

Food. In this publication, food noncash benefits are comprised solely of SNAP benefits.

Energy. The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program provides financial assistance to qualified households to help them pay heating costs.

Housing. There are some programs through which housing assistance is provided to low-income families and individuals living in public or privately owned dwellings. Two of the more common types of programs in which federal, State, and local funds are used to subsidize private sector housing are rent supplement and interest reduction plans.

Notes

 1 For more information, consult the Glossary for this report.

Tables

Income Sources of Aged Units Table 2.A1 Percentage with income from specified source, by marital status and age, 2014
Source of income Aged 55–61 Aged 62–64 Aged 65 or older
Total 65–69 70–74 75–79 80 or older
  All units
Earnings 78.1 66.2 28.8 49.3 31.2 19.4 8.8
Wages and salaries 74.1 62.2 25.9 45.5 27.3 16.9 7.5
Self-employment 9.8 9.2 5.1 7.6 6.3 3.8 1.8
Retirement benefits 22.6 49.7 87.4 79.5 89.9 91.8 91.5
Social Security 14.1 38.5 84.2 74.7 87.4 89.5 89.3
Benefits other than Social Security 11.5 25.3 43.8 38.0 47.0 48.6 45.0
Other public pensions 5.3 11.9 15.8 14.9 17.0 16.1 15.6
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.4
Government employee pensions 5.2 11.5 15.5 14.8 16.6 15.9 15.3
Military 0.7 0.9 1.8 1.4 1.7 1.7 2.2
Federal 1.4 2.8 4.2 3.6 4.6 4.6 4.4
State or local 3.5 8.3 10.6 10.5 11.6 10.8 9.8
Private pensions or annuities 8.2 19.0 37.4 31.0 40.8 42.7 38.4
Income from assets 60.8 63.8 61.8 64.3 63.0 60.5 58.6
Interest 59.2 61.7 59.7 62.6 60.9 58.2 56.1
Other income from assets 22.1 25.3 25.5 26.3 25.9 25.0 24.3
Dividends 17.6 19.8 19.8 20.6 19.9 19.7 19.0
Rent or royalties 8.3 10.4 9.7 10.5 10.3 9.6 8.5
Estates or trusts 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.7
Veterans' benefits 2.0 2.9 5.0 6.1 5.0 3.8 4.6
Unemployment compensation 3.6 3.0 0.8 1.6 0.9 0.5 0.2
Workers' compensation 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 16.6 16.0 14.6 14.1 14.9 14.9 14.7
Cash public assistance 7.0 6.9 4.4 4.7 4.2 4.4 4.2
Supplemental Security Income 6.4 6.5 4.1 4.4 3.9 4.2 3.9
Other 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3
Noncash benefits 14.1 13.3 13.0 12.5 13.3 13.3 13.3
Food 11.5 10.9 8.8 8.8 9.0 8.9 8.3
Energy 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.4 3.4 5.0 4.0
Housing 3.8 3.9 4.7 4.3 4.6 5.3 4.9
Personal contributions 2.0 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.2
Number (thousands) 21,315 7,673 34,614 11,056 8,053 6,072 9,434
  Married couples
Earnings 91.8 81.4 43.8 64.0 43.6 28.7 18.4
Wages and salaries 88.3 77.5 39.6 59.9 38.0 25.0 15.7
Self-employment 13.4 12.9 8.3 10.4 10.0 6.2 3.9
Retirement benefits 23.0 49.9 88.2 81.1 91.9 94.0 91.6
Social Security 13.3 38.1 85.0 76.0 89.7 92.1 89.8
Benefits other than Social Security 13.5 28.3 52.4 45.3 56.1 57.7 56.2
Other public pensions 6.3 13.5 19.6 18.0 20.1 20.6 21.3
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.4
Government employee pensions 6.2 13.1 19.4 17.8 19.9 20.2 21.0
Military 1.0 1.3 2.2 1.8 2.3 2.1 3.2
Federal 1.7 3.2 5.2 4.3 5.7 6.0 5.3
State or local 4.1 9.4 13.9 13.0 14.3 14.0 14.9
Private pensions or annuities 10.0 21.9 45.7 38.0 49.6 51.7 49.7
Income from assets 73.8 74.6 74.4 75.6 74.9 73.5 72.0
Interest 72.4 72.4 72.2 74.0 72.8 70.2 69.6
Other income from assets 29.6 33.0 34.9 34.8 35.7 33.7 34.8
Dividends 24.0 25.8 27.9 27.9 27.9 27.5 28.2
Rent or royalties 11.2 14.4 13.6 14.2 15.0 12.9 11.4
Estates or trusts 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3
Veterans' benefits 2.4 4.2 6.6 8.0 6.2 4.3 6.8
Unemployment compensation 4.7 2.9 1.3 1.9 1.5 0.7 0.4
Workers' compensation 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.0
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 7.9 8.0 6.4 5.8 6.8 7.0 6.4
Cash public assistance 3.5 3.6 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.6 1.9
Supplemental Security Income 3.1 3.2 2.1 1.9 2.2 2.4 1.9
Other 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Noncash benefits 5.9 5.8 5.1 4.4 5.4 5.8 5.6
Food 4.9 4.8 3.6 3.3 3.7 4.4 3.4
Energy 1.4 1.3 1.5 0.8 1.4 2.3 2.2
Housing 0.9 0.9 1.2 0.6 1.2 1.5 2.1
Personal contributions 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.8
Number (thousands) 10,722 3,889 14,474 5,402 3,722 2,667 2,683
  Nonmarried persons
Earnings 64.3 50.6 18.0 35.1 20.6 12.2 5.0
Wages and salaries 59.7 46.4 16.0 31.8 18.0 10.6 4.2
Self-employment 6.1 5.5 2.7 4.9 3.2 1.8 1.0
Retirement benefits 22.2 49.6 86.8 78.1 88.2 90.1 91.5
Social Security 14.9 39.0 83.6 73.4 85.4 87.5 89.1
Benefits other than Social Security 9.4 22.2 37.7 31.0 39.2 41.4 40.5
Other public pensions 4.3 10.3 13.1 12.0 14.3 12.7 13.4
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.4
Government employee pensions 4.2 9.9 12.7 11.8 13.7 12.5 13.0
Military 0.4 0.5 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.9
Federal 1.1 2.4 3.5 3.0 3.7 3.5 4.0
State or local 2.8 7.2 8.3 8.1 9.3 8.3 7.8
Private pensions or annuities 6.3 16.1 31.4 24.3 33.2 35.6 34.0
Income from assets 47.6 52.6 52.7 53.4 52.8 50.3 53.2
Interest 45.9 50.7 50.7 51.7 50.7 48.8 50.8
Other income from assets 14.5 17.5 18.7 18.1 17.5 18.2 20.2
Dividends 11.2 13.6 14.1 13.7 13.0 13.7 15.3
Rent or royalties 5.3 6.2 6.9 7.0 6.3 7.0 7.3
Estates or trusts 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.8
Veterans' benefits 1.6 1.7 3.9 4.3 4.0 3.4 3.7
Unemployment compensation 2.5 3.0 0.5 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.1
Workers' compensation 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.4
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 25.4 24.3 20.5 22.1 21.8 21.1 18.0
Cash public assistance 10.6 10.3 6.0 7.2 5.7 5.8 5.1
Supplemental Security Income 9.8 9.8 5.6 6.8 5.3 5.6 4.8
Other 1.3 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.4
Noncash benefits 22.4 21.0 18.7 20.2 20.1 19.2 16.3
Food 18.2 17.1 12.4 14.1 13.6 12.5 10.3
Energy 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.9 5.1 7.1 4.7
Housing 6.7 7.0 7.3 7.9 7.6 8.3 6.0
Personal contributions 2.9 1.8 1.1 1.1 0.5 1.4 1.4
Number (thousands) 10,593 3,784 20,140 5,654 4,331 3,404 6,751
Income Sources of Aged Units Table 2.A2 Percentage with income from specified source, by Social Security beneficiary status, marital status, and age, 2014
Source of income All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
55–61 62–64 65 or older 55–61 62–64 65 or older 55–61 62–64 65 or older
  Beneficiary units
Earnings 39.7 44.5 24.5 69.3 67.2 38.7 13.0 21.8 14.2
Wages and salaries 37.7 41.7 21.6 66.6 63.6 34.4 11.6 19.7 12.2
Self-employment 3.6 5.6 4.9 5.9 8.2 7.9 1.6 2.9 2.7
Retirement benefits 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Social Security 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Benefits other than Social Security 21.0 36.5 48.3 28.8 43.2 57.9 13.9 29.7 41.3
Other public pensions 8.6 17.0 16.7 12.6 21.6 21.1 5.0 12.3 13.4
Railroad Retirement 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1
Government employee pensions 8.6 16.8 16.5 12.6 21.4 20.9 5.0 12.1 13.3
Military 1.1 1.5 2.0 1.5 2.4 2.5 0.8 0.7 1.6
Federal 1.5 3.8 4.3 2.1 5.0 5.4 1.1 2.5 3.4
State or local 6.0 12.3 11.5 9.1 15.7 15.0 3.3 9.0 8.9
Private pensions or annuities 16.8 27.7 41.7 24.0 33.1 51.0 10.3 22.2 34.9
Income from assets 41.8 58.8 63.3 58.9 71.2 75.4 26.3 46.3 54.4
Interest 40.8 56.1 61.1 58.3 68.5 73.1 25.0 43.6 52.4
Other income from assets 11.1 20.9 26.0 17.2 29.6 35.3 5.7 12.2 19.2
Dividends 7.3 16.1 20.2 11.0 23.6 28.2 4.0 8.5 14.3
Rent or royalties 5.9 9.0 9.8 10.0 12.5 13.5 2.2 5.5 7.2
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5
Veterans' benefits 3.7 5.0 5.6 4.3 7.5 7.4 3.2 2.5 4.2
Unemployment compensation 2.1 2.9 0.8 3.2 4.1 1.3 1.2 1.7 0.5
Workers' compensation 1.3 0.8 0.4 2.0 1.2 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.5
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 35.6 19.6 13.4 18.2 9.8 5.6 51.2 29.5 19.2
Cash public assistance 15.9 6.3 3.0 7.0 4.1 1.6 23.8 8.5 4.0
Supplemental Security Income 14.4 5.8 2.7 5.8 3.4 1.4 22.2 8.2 3.6
Other 2.4 0.5 0.3 2.0 0.6 0.2 2.8 0.4 0.5
Noncash benefits 30.9 17.3 12.4 15.2 7.6 4.5 45.0 27.0 18.2
Food 24.6 14.2 8.2 12.5 6.4 3.2 35.4 22.1 11.8
Energy 9.6 4.3 3.7 4.5 2.3 1.3 14.2 6.3 5.4
Housing 9.7 5.0 4.5 2.3 1.0 0.9 16.4 9.1 7.2
Personal contributions 1.8 1.8 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.4 2.7 2.4 0.9
Number (thousands) 3,000 2,954 29,150 1,422 1,480 12,308 1,579 1,474 16,841
  Nonbeneficiary units
Earnings 84.4 79.8 51.6 95.2 90.2 73.0 73.3 69.1 37.5
Wages and salaries 80.1 75.1 48.8 91.6 86.1 69.4 68.2 63.5 35.3
Self-employment 10.8 11.5 6.1 14.6 15.8 10.7 6.9 7.1 3.1
Retirement benefits 9.9 18.3 20.0 11.2 19.1 21.1 8.6 17.4 19.3
Social Security 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Benefits other than Social Security 9.9 18.3 20.0 11.2 19.1 21.1 8.6 17.4 19.3
Other public pensions 4.8 8.8 11.3 5.3 8.5 11.2 4.2 9.1 11.4
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.6 1.0 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.5 1.5
Government employee pensions 4.7 8.3 10.4 5.3 8.0 11.0 4.1 8.5 10.0
Military 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.6
Federal 1.4 2.2 4.1 1.6 2.1 3.6 1.1 2.3 4.4
State or local 3.0 5.8 6.0 3.3 5.5 7.2 2.7 6.0 5.2
Private pensions or annuities 6.8 13.6 14.3 7.9 15.0 15.5 5.6 12.1 13.5
Income from assets 63.9 66.9 53.5 76.0 76.7 68.3 51.4 56.6 43.7
Interest 62.2 65.2 51.8 74.5 74.8 67.0 49.6 55.2 41.8
Other income from assets 23.9 28.1 22.6 31.4 35.0 32.4 16.1 20.8 16.1
Dividends 19.3 22.1 18.0 26.0 27.1 25.8 12.4 16.9 12.9
Rent or royalties 8.7 11.2 9.2 11.4 15.6 14.6 5.8 6.6 5.7
Estates or trusts 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.7
Veterans' benefits 1.8 1.7 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.5 1.4 1.2 2.1
Unemployment compensation 3.8 3.0 1.0 4.9 2.2 1.3 2.7 3.8 0.9
Workers' compensation 1.0 0.7 0.4 1.2 1.0 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.5
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 13.5 13.8 20.8 6.4 6.8 11.2 20.9 21.0 27.1
Cash public assistance 5.6 7.3 12.1 2.9 3.3 6.2 8.3 11.4 16.0
Supplemental Security Income 5.1 6.9 11.8 2.7 3.1 5.8 7.6 10.8 15.7
Other 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.0 1.1 0.5
Noncash benefits 11.4 10.8 16.4 4.5 4.8 8.6 18.4 17.2 21.5
Food 9.4 8.8 11.8 3.8 3.8 6.1 15.2 13.9 15.6
Energy 2.6 3.1 4.6 0.9 0.8 2.6 4.3 5.5 5.8
Housing 2.8 3.2 6.0 0.7 0.9 3.1 5.0 5.6 7.8
Personal contributions 2.1 1.0 1.8 1.2 0.6 1.1 3.0 1.4 2.2
Number (thousands) 18,315 4,719 5,464 9,300 2,409 2,166 9,014 2,309 3,298
Income Sources of Aged Units Table 2.A3 Percentage with income from specified source, by marital status, race, Hispanic origin, and age, 2014
Source of income White alone Black alone Asian alone Hispanic origin
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
Earnings 79.9 69.1 29.5 66.3 49.0 23.1 83.8 72.8 28.8 76.1 62.6 26.4
Wages and salaries 75.5 64.7 26.3 64.4 47.1 21.8 78.9 70.2 27.1 71.3 57.6 25.0
Self-employment 10.7 10.4 5.5 4.5 3.8 2.0 10.4 4.6 3.5 9.1 8.5 2.1
Retirement benefits 22.4 50.6 89.0 27.1 50.6 83.3 11.3 29.0 67.6 16.8 38.3 73.5
Social Security 13.7 38.9 85.8 18.7 42.1 79.7 6.0 18.1 64.6 11.9 31.6 71.5
Benefits other than Social Security 11.7 26.9 46.6 12.0 18.3 30.4 6.8 17.7 24.5 6.3 13.8 19.4
Other public pensions 5.3 12.5 16.4 5.7 9.6 13.9 2.6 8.7 8.9 3.4 7.5 7.3
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
Government employee pensions 5.3 12.1 16.1 5.7 9.2 13.7 2.6 8.2 8.7 3.3 7.5 7.2
Military 0.6 1.0 1.9 1.2 0.4 1.2 0.3 1.1 0.8 0.3 0.8 1.0
Federal 1.3 3.0 4.4 1.4 1.6 3.4 0.9 3.7 2.6 0.8 1.3 2.3
State or local 3.6 8.8 11.0 3.5 7.2 9.9 1.4 3.4 5.9 2.3 5.4 4.6
Private pensions or annuities 8.5 20.4 40.0 8.2 12.8 24.4 4.9 13.8 21.1 4.2 9.2 15.6
Income from assets 64.5 68.0 65.3 41.0 39.0 39.4 58.2 62.9 49.4 39.0 36.1 33.1
Interest 62.8 65.9 63.2 40.5 37.2 37.2 56.4 62.5 47.7 37.7 35.5 31.3
Other income from assets 24.6 28.7 27.9 8.5 8.7 9.5 21.4 18.7 19.0 9.9 8.0 9.6
Dividends 19.8 22.7 22.0 6.0 5.1 6.1 17.1 14.2 14.0 6.0 4.0 6.0
Rent or royalties 9.2 11.5 10.5 3.8 4.2 4.4 7.2 8.8 8.1 5.0 3.9 4.9
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.1
Veterans' benefits 1.8 2.8 5.1 3.6 3.7 4.9 0.2 2.0 3.2 1.6 1.4 2.9
Unemployment compensation 3.6 3.1 0.9 3.3 2.2 0.7 3.6 3.6 0.9 3.7 2.8 0.9
Workers' compensation 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.2 1.0 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.3
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 14.1 12.6 12.1 32.3 36.2 30.5 10.8 13.7 22.5 23.0 25.8 27.8
Cash public assistance 6.1 5.4 3.4 13.5 16.7 8.9 2.8 5.8 11.4 8.3 9.7 10.5
Supplemental Security Income 5.6 5.0 3.2 12.5 16.0 8.6 2.4 5.2 11.0 7.8 8.1 10.1
Other 0.9 0.4 0.3 1.4 1.8 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 2.1 0.5
Noncash benefits 11.7 10.3 10.8 28.5 31.4 28.2 9.9 10.6 17.8 19.6 23.7 24.7
Food 9.7 8.6 7.2 23.3 25.0 20.1 7.6 5.4 9.1 15.6 20.5 18.8
Energy 3.3 2.9 3.4 5.5 7.5 7.2 1.1 4.5 4.3 3.8 5.0 4.7
Housing 2.5 2.9 3.7 10.9 9.6 10.6 3.0 5.5 9.8 5.9 6.1 9.5
Personal contributions 1.9 1.3 0.7 2.6 1.8 1.2 2.0 0.0 2.4 1.9 2.3 1.4
Number (thousands) 17,047 6,189 28,998 2,842 994 3,550 932 337 1,458 2,401 727 2,838
  Married couples
Earnings 92.2 82.0 43.7 88.5 77.2 45.1 92.5 80.8 43.6 91.4 75.6 41.4
Wages and salaries 88.5 77.7 39.3 86.9 75.8 43.1 87.3 80.5 41.0 87.3 72.3 38.9
Self-employment 14.0 14.1 8.7 8.3 6.0 3.6 13.2 3.4 5.9 12.2 10.9 3.8
Retirement benefits 22.9 51.3 89.5 31.1 48.3 85.1 10.3 30.6 68.7 15.6 41.7 77.4
Social Security 12.9 38.8 86.5 20.5 41.5 81.2 5.4 19.7 65.1 10.8 34.1 74.9
Benefits other than Social Security 13.8 29.8 54.6 15.9 19.7 41.4 6.4 18.1 29.2 6.5 15.3 25.7
Other public pensions 6.4 14.1 20.2 7.5 9.1 20.6 2.6 10.0 10.3 3.9 7.3 9.8
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2
Government employee pensions 6.3 13.7 19.9 7.5 8.5 20.4 2.6 9.2 10.3 3.8 7.3 9.7
Military 0.9 1.2 2.3 2.2 1.2 2.4 0.4 1.7 1.2 0.7 1.1 1.4
Federal 1.6 3.3 5.3 2.4 1.2 4.2 0.7 4.3 3.2 0.9 1.8 3.0
State or local 4.3 10.1 14.2 3.8 6.1 16.0 1.6 3.2 6.9 2.6 4.5 6.2
Private pensions or annuities 10.3 23.1 47.8 11.5 14.9 33.4 4.8 14.4 26.8 4.3 11.1 21.6
Income from assets 76.3 76.5 76.6 58.5 56.4 57.7 64.3 73.4 57.8 47.6 45.6 44.9
Interest 74.8 74.3 74.4 58.0 53.4 54.6 62.1 72.8 56.0 46.4 44.4 42.7
Other income from assets 31.9 35.2 36.7 13.0 16.7 16.9 24.0 26.0 26.6 13.0 11.5 16.3
Dividends 26.2 27.9 29.6 8.7 9.8 11.2 19.1 19.9 20.0 7.5 6.4 10.6
Rent or royalties 12.0 15.3 14.2 6.5 8.4 8.3 8.7 12.0 11.3 7.0 5.1 8.4
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.1
Veterans' benefits 2.3 3.9 6.7 4.7 6.2 6.9 0.3 3.1 3.3 1.7 1.8 4.7
Unemployment compensation 4.6 2.9 1.3 5.2 2.6 0.9 3.6 3.2 1.7 5.6 1.9 1.3
Workers' compensation 1.3 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.0 1.6 1.6 0.0 1.0 1.9 0.2
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 7.0 6.8 5.3 16.9 19.4 12.6 6.2 10.7 16.5 15.1 21.0 16.2
Cash public assistance 3.0 3.1 1.8 8.6 8.9 2.9 1.3 4.1 8.5 5.3 5.2 5.2
Supplemental Security Income 2.7 2.8 1.6 8.2 7.4 2.5 0.9 4.1 7.9 4.9 4.0 4.9
Other 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.2 0.3
Noncash benefits 5.1 4.7 4.2 12.7 16.6 10.8 5.5 8.1 12.8 11.9 18.3 14.1
Food 4.4 4.0 3.1 10.3 13.4 8.1 3.6 5.7 7.4 10.1 16.5 10.1
Energy 1.3 1.2 1.3 2.0 2.2 3.4 0.7 3.3 2.5 1.8 2.5 3.3
Housing 0.5 0.4 1.0 3.5 4.9 1.0 2.1 4.0 6.0 1.7 1.6 5.0
Personal contributions 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.9 2.6 0.6 1.4 0.0 3.1 1.3 2.5 0.6
Number (thousands) 8,944 3,320 12,687 969 294 842 595 217 728 1,120 330 1,067
  Nonmarried persons
Earnings 66.4 54.2 18.4 54.8 37.2 16.3 68.4 58.4 14.1 62.8 51.9 17.3
Wages and salaries 61.2 49.6 16.1 52.7 35.0 15.2 64.1 51.5 13.3 57.2 45.4 16.6
Self-employment 7.0 6.1 3.0 2.6 2.8 1.6 5.5 6.9 1.0 6.4 6.5 1.0
Retirement benefits 21.9 49.9 88.5 25.0 51.6 82.7 13.2 26.1 66.5 17.8 35.6 71.2
Social Security 14.5 38.9 85.4 17.8 42.4 79.2 7.1 15.3 64.1 13.0 29.4 69.5
Benefits other than Social Security 9.4 23.6 40.5 10.0 17.8 27.0 7.5 16.8 19.8 6.1 12.5 15.7
Other public pensions 4.2 10.7 13.5 4.8 9.8 11.8 2.6 6.2 7.5 2.9 7.7 5.8
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1
Government employee pensions 4.1 10.3 13.1 4.7 9.4 11.6 2.6 6.2 7.2 2.9 7.7 5.8
Military 0.4 0.7 1.6 0.7 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.8
Federal 1.1 2.6 3.6 0.8 1.8 3.2 1.4 2.4 2.0 0.8 0.9 1.9
State or local 2.8 7.2 8.5 3.3 7.7 8.0 1.1 3.8 5.0 2.2 6.2 3.7
Private pensions or annuities 6.5 17.2 34.0 6.4 11.9 21.6 5.2 12.7 15.4 4.2 7.6 12.0
Income from assets 51.5 58.2 56.6 32.0 31.6 33.7 47.5 44.0 41.0 31.4 28.2 26.0
Interest 49.4 56.1 54.5 31.5 30.4 31.8 46.2 44.0 39.5 30.0 28.1 24.4
Other income from assets 16.6 21.1 21.1 6.2 5.4 7.2 16.8 5.7 11.4 7.1 5.0 5.6
Dividends 12.8 16.8 16.1 4.6 3.2 4.5 13.6 4.0 7.9 4.8 2.1 3.3
Rent or royalties 6.1 7.2 7.7 2.5 2.5 3.2 4.6 3.3 4.9 3.2 2.9 2.8
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Veterans' benefits 1.3 1.4 3.8 3.0 2.6 4.3 0.0 0.0 3.2 1.6 1.1 1.8
Unemployment compensation 2.5 3.3 0.5 2.3 2.1 0.7 3.8 4.2 0.1 2.1 3.5 0.6
Workers' compensation 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.4
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 22.0 19.4 17.3 40.3 43.3 36.1 19.1 19.2 28.6 29.8 29.7 34.8
Cash public assistance 9.5 8.0 4.7 16.0 19.9 10.8 5.5 8.8 14.3 11.0 13.5 13.7
Supplemental Security Income 8.7 7.5 4.3 14.7 19.6 10.5 4.8 7.1 14.0 10.3 11.5 13.2
Other 1.2 0.6 0.4 1.8 1.9 0.3 0.7 1.6 1.2 1.2 2.9 0.6
Noncash benefits 19.0 16.7 15.8 36.6 37.6 33.6 17.7 15.1 22.9 26.3 28.2 31.1
Food 15.4 14.0 10.4 30.0 29.9 23.9 14.7 4.9 10.9 20.4 23.8 24.0
Energy 5.4 4.9 5.0 7.3 9.7 8.4 1.9 6.8 6.1 5.6 7.0 5.6
Housing 4.7 5.7 5.8 14.8 11.6 13.6 4.7 8.2 13.6 9.5 9.8 12.1
Personal contributions 2.8 1.8 1.1 3.5 1.5 1.4 3.2 0.0 1.6 2.4 2.1 2.0
Number (thousands) 8,103 2,869 16,311 1,873 699 2,708 337 121 730 1,281 397 1,771
Income Sources of Aged Units Table 2.A4 Percentage with income from specified source, by Social Security beneficiary status, race, Hispanic origin, and age, 2014
Source of income White alone Black alone Asian alone Hispanic origin
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 units
Earnings 42.0 47.6 25.1 30.1 28.3 19.5 a a 23.9 33.2 35.5 20.4
Wages and salaries 39.8 44.4 21.9 29.1 27.2 18.3 a a 22.1 30.2 33.4 18.8
Self-employment 4.0 6.3 5.3 1.7 2.4 1.8 a a 3.6 3.7 4.4 2.4
Retirement benefits 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 a a 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Social Security 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 a a 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Benefits other than Social Security 21.4 38.9 50.7 19.5 23.4 33.7 a a 33.3 11.7 22.2 24.3
Other public pensions 8.6 18.0 17.1 7.6 10.5 14.6 a a 11.5 7.4 12.6 8.7
Railroad Retirement 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.2 a a 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Government employee pensions 8.6 18.0 16.9 7.6 9.6 14.5 a a 11.5 7.4 12.6 8.7
Military 0.9 1.7 2.0 1.9 0.5 1.4 a a 1.2 0.7 1.2 1.2
Federal 1.4 4.2 4.4 1.9 1.7 3.0 a a 3.5 1.9 1.1 2.6
State or local 6.4 13.1 11.7 4.2 7.5 10.8 a a 7.8 4.8 10.4 5.8
Private pensions or annuities 17.4 29.7 44.0 15.4 17.2 27.5 a a 29.1 7.2 17.7 19.9
Income from assets 45.3 63.3 66.4 26.8 33.9 40.9 a a 55.2 32.7 43.7 35.8
Interest 44.0 60.6 64.2 26.6 31.6 38.7 a a 53.2 32.7 42.2 33.6
Other income from assets 12.8 23.5 28.2 3.8 7.9 9.7 a a 21.8 6.4 8.9 10.7
Dividends 8.3 18.4 22.1 2.3 4.7 6.5 a a 16.3 4.2 5.6 6.8
Rent or royalties 6.8 10.2 10.6 2.2 3.6 4.3 a a 9.3 2.6 3.9 5.2
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.2 a a 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Veterans' benefits 3.3 4.6 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.3 a a 4.5 4.4 3.0 3.4
Unemployment compensation 2.1 2.9 0.8 1.5 1.9 0.8 a a 1.2 0.9 2.7 0.7
Workers' compensation 1.6 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.4 a a 0.4 2.1 0.2 0.3
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 32.8 16.0 11.2 48.3 39.4 29.7 a a 18.3 47.7 33.5 25.4
Cash public assistance 15.1 4.8 2.4 19.8 15.3 6.4 a a 6.1 17.6 11.9 7.1
Supplemental Security Income 13.7 4.4 2.1 18.1 14.0 6.2 a a 5.7 16.9 9.6 6.7
Other 2.4 0.4 0.3 2.4 1.2 0.2 a a 0.9 2.4 2.9 0.4
Noncash benefits 28.0 13.8 10.3 42.5 36.1 28.2 a a 15.8 42.0 29.7 23.2
Food 22.2 11.7 6.8 34.9 27.8 19.7 a a 8.1 33.6 25.4 17.7
Energy 9.5 3.8 3.3 9.5 6.5 7.1 a a 3.3 10.3 5.0 4.2
Housing 7.7 3.9 3.5 17.9 10.8 11.1 a a 8.8 18.0 7.8 8.7
Personal contributions 1.8 1.6 0.6 1.8 2.8 0.8 a a 2.1 2.4 3.6 1.0
Number (thousands) 2,328 2,405 24,893 532 419 2,829 56 61 942 287 229 2,030
  Nonbeneficiary units
Earnings 85.9 82.8 56.2 74.6 64.2 37.1 86.3 76.5 37.8 82.0 75.2 41.3
Wages and salaries 81.2 77.6 53.0 72.5 61.6 35.7 81.6 73.9 36.4 76.8 68.8 40.6
Self-employment 11.8 13.1 6.9 5.2 4.8 2.8 10.5 4.6 3.2 9.8 10.3 1.3
Retirement benefits 10.1 19.2 22.0 10.3 14.7 17.7 5.7 13.3 8.4 5.5 9.9 7.2
Social Security 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Benefits other than Social Security 10.1 19.2 22.0 10.3 14.7 17.7 5.7 13.3 8.4 5.5 9.9 7.2
Other public pensions 4.8 9.0 12.2 5.3 9.0 11.1 1.9 6.1 4.1 2.8 5.2 3.9
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.7 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5
Government employee pensions 4.7 8.4 11.0 5.3 8.8 10.7 1.9 6.1 3.6 2.8 5.2 3.6
Military 0.6 0.5 0.9 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.5
Federal 1.3 2.1 4.2 1.2 1.5 5.2 0.7 3.7 1.1 0.7 1.4 1.6
State or local 3.1 6.0 6.4 3.3 7.0 6.3 1.0 1.1 2.5 2.0 3.1 1.8
Private pensions or annuities 7.1 14.5 15.8 6.5 9.5 12.2 4.0 10.3 6.6 3.8 5.3 5.0
Income from assets 67.5 71.0 58.9 44.3 42.7 33.4 58.6 62.7 38.9 39.8 32.5 26.3
Interest 65.7 69.2 57.3 43.7 41.2 31.4 56.7 62.3 37.7 38.3 32.4 25.4
Other income from assets 26.5 31.9 26.3 9.6 9.3 8.6 21.8 18.8 13.9 10.3 7.5 7.0
Dividends 21.6 25.5 21.6 6.8 5.4 4.5 17.3 14.1 9.6 6.3 3.3 4.1
Rent or royalties 9.5 12.4 10.3 4.2 4.7 5.0 7.4 9.9 5.9 5.3 4.0 4.1
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.2
Veterans' benefits 1.6 1.6 2.2 3.1 2.2 3.3 0.2 1.2 0.9 1.2 0.7 1.5
Unemployment compensation 3.9 3.2 1.2 3.7 2.5 0.4 3.3 2.3 0.4 4.1 2.8 1.4
Workers' compensation 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.3 0.5 0.0 0.8 1.9 0.3
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 11.2 10.5 17.1 28.7 33.8 33.7 10.6 14.4 30.3 19.6 22.2 33.8
Cash public assistance 4.7 5.7 9.6 12.0 17.7 18.6 2.6 6.0 21.0 7.1 8.7 19.0
Supplemental Security Income 4.3 5.3 9.4 11.2 17.4 17.9 2.1 5.3 20.6 6.6 7.4 18.5
Other 0.6 0.4 0.3 1.2 2.1 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.7 0.5
Noncash benefits 9.1 8.1 13.5 25.2 27.9 27.9 9.6 10.8 21.6 16.5 21.0 28.4
Food 7.7 6.7 9.9 20.6 23.0 22.0 7.6 5.3 11.0 13.1 18.2 21.5
Energy 2.3 2.3 3.8 4.5 8.2 7.5 1.2 3.9 6.2 2.9 5.0 6.1
Housing 1.7 2.2 4.5 9.3 8.7 8.8 2.7 6.0 11.6 4.3 5.3 11.3
Personal contributions 1.9 1.0 1.5 2.8 1.0 2.8 2.1 0.0 2.8 1.8 1.7 2.5
Number (thousands) 14,719 3,784 4,105 2,310 575 721 876 276 516 2,114 498 809
a. Fewer than 75,000 weighted cases.
Income Sources of Aged Units Table 2.A5 Percentage distribution of units with number and type of retirement benefits, by marital status, age, and receipt of earnings and income from assets, 2014
Retirement benefits Aged 55–61 Aged 62–64 Aged 65 or older
Total Earnings Income from assets Total Earnings Income from assets Total Earnings Income from assets
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
  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
No benefit 77.4 85.1 50.0 79.0 75.0 50.3 62.1 27.0 50.0 50.8 12.6 23.5 8.2 9.7 17.4
One benefit type 18.2 12.0 40.5 16.1 21.5 33.1 25.3 48.4 29.6 39.3 45.8 41.8 47.4 36.3 61.2
Social Security only 11.1 5.3 31.9 6.6 18.2 24.5 15.8 41.5 18.3 35.3 43.5 38.1 45.7 33.4 59.9
Private pension or annuity only 4.4 4.3 4.9 6.2 1.6 5.8 6.9 3.7 8.0 2.0 1.4 2.6 0.9 1.8 0.6
Government employee pension only 2.6 2.4 3.6 3.3 1.6 2.6 2.6 2.8 3.2 1.7 0.8 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.6
Railroad Retirement only 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Two benefit types 3.7 2.5 8.2 4.2 3.0 13.5 10.5 19.2 16.6 7.9 33.1 27.7 35.3 42.7 17.6
Social Security and federal pension only 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.7 0.5 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.4 0.7
Social Security and Railroad Retirement, state, local, or military pension only 0.5 0.2 1.6 0.4 0.7 2.6 2.1 3.5 3.1 1.7 4.0 3.6 4.1 4.9 2.5
Social Security and private pension only 1.7 1.2 3.8 1.9 1.5 7.5 5.4 11.6 9.3 4.4 26.6 21.9 28.6 34.6 13.8
Other combination 1.4 1.1 2.6 1.8 0.8 2.8 2.7 2.9 3.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.8 0.6
Three or more benefit types 0.6 0.5 1.2 0.8 0.5 3.2 2.0 5.4 3.8 2.0 8.5 7.0 9.1 11.4 3.8
Number (thousands) 21,315 16,653 4,662 12,954 8,362 7,673 5,083 2,590 4,892 2,781 34,614 9,970 24,644 21,376 13,238
  Married couples
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
No benefit 77.0 81.1 31.9 78.0 74.3 50.1 56.8 20.9 49.5 51.9 11.8 20.2 5.2 9.9 17.3
One benefit type 17.4 14.7 46.8 16.1 20.8 30.6 27.9 42.7 28.9 35.8 38.1 39.7 36.9 32.0 55.9
Social Security only 9.4 7.2 34.4 6.8 17.0 21.6 18.6 34.8 18.0 32.1 35.8 36.2 35.5 29.3 54.8
Private pension or annuity only 5.1 4.8 8.3 6.1 2.1 6.6 6.9 5.2 8.1 2.1 1.5 2.4 0.7 1.9 0.4
Government employee pension only 2.8 2.7 4.0 3.2 1.6 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.6 1.2 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.6
Railroad Retirement only 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Two benefit types 4.5 3.4 17.1 4.9 3.7 14.9 12.6 24.9 16.8 9.1 37.9 31.3 43.1 43.7 21.0
Social Security and federal pension only 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.5 1.5 0.7 0.4 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.8
Social Security and Railroad Retirement, state, local, or military pension only 0.6 0.3 4.0 0.5 0.8 2.8 2.3 5.3 2.9 2.6 4.1 3.7 4.4 4.6 2.7
Social Security and private pension only 2.1 1.7 7.0 2.3 1.7 8.2 7.0 13.7 9.4 4.8 31.3 25.0 36.2 36.1 17.2
Other combination 1.8 1.4 6.2 2.0 1.1 3.2 2.9 4.4 3.8 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.9 0.4
Three or more benefit types 1.1 0.8 4.1 1.0 1.2 4.4 2.8 11.4 4.8 3.2 12.2 8.8 14.8 14.3 5.8
Number (thousands) 10,722 9,841 881 7,908 2,814 3,889 3,167 723 2,902 988 14,474 6,341 8,133 10,766 3,708
  Nonmarried persons
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
No benefit 77.8 90.9 54.2 80.5 75.3 50.4 71.0 29.3 50.7 50.2 13.2 29.2 9.7 9.4 17.5
One benefit type 19.1 8.0 39.1 16.0 21.9 35.7 21.1 50.6 30.7 41.3 51.3 45.5 52.6 40.6 63.3
Social Security only 12.8 2.6 31.3 6.3 18.8 27.4 11.1 44.1 18.7 37.1 49.1 41.4 50.8 37.6 61.9
Private pension or annuity only 3.8 3.6 4.1 6.4 1.4 5.1 7.0 3.1 8.0 1.9 1.3 3.0 0.9 1.8 0.7
Government employee pension only 2.5 1.9 3.5 3.4 1.6 3.1 3.0 3.1 4.0 2.0 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.1 0.6
Railroad Retirement only 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Two benefit types 2.9 1.1 6.2 3.1 2.7 12.0 7.2 16.9 16.3 7.3 29.6 21.5 31.4 41.6 16.2
Social Security and federal pension only 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.9 0.7 0.5 1.1 0.7 1.2 1.6 0.7
Social Security and Railroad Retirement, state, local, or military pension only 0.4 0.0 1.1 0.3 0.6 2.3 1.8 2.9 3.4 1.1 3.9 3.3 4.0 5.2 2.4
Social Security and private pension only 1.3 0.4 3.1 1.3 1.4 6.8 2.8 10.8 9.2 4.1 23.3 16.5 24.8 33.1 12.4
Other combination 1.0 0.7 1.7 1.5 0.6 2.3 2.3 2.4 3.1 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.3 1.8 0.7
Three or more benefit types 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.1 1.9 0.7 3.1 2.4 1.3 5.8 3.8 6.3 8.4 3.0
Number (thousands) 10,593 6,812 3,782 5,046 5,548 3,784 1,916 1,868 1,990 1,794 20,140 3,629 16,511 10,610 9,529
Income Sources of Units 65 or Older Table 2.A6 Percentage with income from specified source, by marital status and quintile of total money income, 2014
Source of income All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
First Second Third Fourth Fifth First Second Third Fourth Fifth First Second Third Fourth Fifth
Earnings 4.5 10.7 22.0 41.5 65.2 14.8 25.9 44.7 58.3 75.2 2.8 4.7 12.0 25.4 45.1
Wages and salaries 3.5 8.9 20.0 37.6 59.4 11.8 23.0 40.6 54.0 68.6 2.0 4.1 10.3 23.1 40.5
Self-employment 1.1 2.1 2.6 6.8 12.7 3.3 4.1 7.8 9.8 16.3 0.8 0.9 2.3 2.5 7.2
Retirement benefits 70.7 95.0 94.2 91.2 85.7 79.7 94.7 92.5 89.7 84.4 63.4 96.0 95.0 92.5 86.9
Social Security 68.4 93.6 91.9 87.6 79.4 77.7 93.1 90.8 85.8 77.8 61.1 94.3 93.5 89.9 79.2
Benefits other than Social Security 6.4 27.4 53.0 66.8 65.6 13.8 49.5 66.8 68.2 63.6 5.2 15.3 37.1 63.7 67.1
Other public pensions 1.5 5.9 15.1 24.5 32.1 2.9 12.5 19.4 30.3 33.1 1.0 3.1 8.8 20.2 32.3
Railroad Retirement 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.6
Government employee pensions 1.3 5.7 14.9 24.1 31.8 2.9 12.3 18.9 30.0 32.9 0.9 2.9 8.3 19.9 31.7
Military 0.2 0.5 1.7 2.9 3.5 0.2 0.9 2.4 4.5 3.2 0.0 0.3 0.8 2.3 3.7
Federal 0.3 1.1 3.5 7.0 9.2 0.2 2.7 5.4 8.5 9.0 0.1 0.6 1.8 5.2 10.0
State or local 0.8 4.1 10.0 15.8 22.4 2.5 9.0 12.3 20.8 24.7 0.7 1.9 5.9 12.9 20.1
Private pensions or annuities 5.3 23.4 45.6 57.5 55.0 11.8 44.6 60.3 58.1 53.6 4.6 13.0 30.9 54.1 54.3
Income from assets 29.3 46.2 65.0 77.1 91.3 45.0 67.5 77.4 87.1 94.9 25.3 37.0 50.6 68.2 82.3
Interest 28.2 43.7 62.1 75.0 89.2 42.0 64.9 75.5 85.6 92.8 24.0 35.8 47.9 65.8 79.7
Other income from assets 5.1 12.5 23.4 30.9 55.3 13.0 24.2 31.3 40.9 64.8 3.9 6.9 15.3 25.5 41.8
Dividends 3.3 8.4 17.3 24.2 46.0 9.0 18.0 25.0 32.2 55.1 2.2 4.5 10.7 19.2 33.9
Rent or royalties 1.9 5.1 8.4 11.2 22.2 5.6 9.2 10.5 16.1 26.9 1.7 2.8 5.4 8.6 16.2
Estates or trusts 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.4 1.7
Veterans' benefits 1.1 2.6 5.3 8.4 7.7 2.5 5.2 8.9 9.3 7.4 0.8 1.7 3.2 5.7 8.0
Unemployment compensation 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.5 0.2 1.0 1.6 2.3 1.3 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.7
Workers' compensation 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.6
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 36.4 21.1 10.1 3.8 1.6 19.2 6.2 3.1 2.3 1.2 39.3 31.7 17.2 10.8 3.5
Cash public assistance 12.8 5.0 2.4 1.0 0.8 6.3 1.9 1.4 1.1 0.5 16.5 6.2 4.1 2.4 0.6
Supplemental Security Income 12.4 4.7 2.0 0.8 0.7 6.2 1.6 1.1 1.0 0.5 15.9 5.9 3.7 2.0 0.5
Other 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.1
Noncash benefits 33.0 19.6 8.8 2.9 0.9 16.9 5.1 1.8 1.1 0.7 35.1 29.9 16.0 9.5 3.1
Food 24.3 12.3 4.7 1.8 0.8 12.4 2.8 1.4 1.0 0.7 26.0 20.4 8.9 5.2 1.6
Energy 9.8 6.3 2.9 0.3 0.0 5.1 2.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 10.4 9.7 4.8 2.5 0.2
Housing 12.4 7.6 2.7 0.9 0.1 4.6 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 13.9 11.0 7.0 3.1 1.4
Personal contributions 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.2 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.5
Number (thousands) 6,917 6,928 6,919 6,927 6,923 2,891 2,896 2,897 2,895 2,896 4,020 4,033 4,028 4,029 4,030
NOTE: Quintile limits are $13,499, $23,592, $39,298, and $72,129 for all units; $27,538, $44,424, $67,621, and $108,703 for married couples; and $10,859, $16,552, $24,400, and $41,151 for nonmarried persons.
Income Sources of Beneficiary Units 65 or Older Table 2.A7 Percentage of Social Security beneficiary aged units with income from specified source, by proportion of income from Social Security and marital status, 2014
Source of income Proportion of income from Social Security
Less than 50 percent 50–89 percent 90–99 percent 100 percent
All units Married couples Nonmarried persons All units Married couples Nonmarried persons All units Married couples Nonmarried persons All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
Earnings 48.3 59.3 34.0 18.0 25.4 12.8 3.2 4.1 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wages and salaries 43.2 53.8 29.4 15.7 21.8 11.4 2.3 2.6 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Self-employment 9.3 11.3 6.6 3.0 5.1 1.6 0.9 1.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Retirement benefits 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Social Security 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Benefits other than Social Security 70.3 69.6 71.3 66.9 71.4 63.7 16.6 19.7 15.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other public pensions 32.8 32.1 33.6 13.4 15.6 11.9 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Railroad Retirement 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Government employee pensions 32.4 31.7 33.3 13.3 15.6 11.7 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Military 4.1 4.2 4.1 1.2 1.0 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal 9.1 9.0 9.1 2.5 2.4 2.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
State or local 22.1 22.2 22.0 9.8 12.5 8.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Private pensions or annuities 58.0 59.4 56.2 60.9 66.2 57.2 15.9 19.0 14.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Income from assets 81.9 85.1 77.6 69.2 77.9 63.1 87.7 87.4 87.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Interest 79.5 83.3 74.7 66.2 74.8 60.1 85.1 83.5 85.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other income from assets 41.7 45.9 36.1 27.2 32.2 23.7 13.1 18.5 10.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dividends 33.6 38.0 27.9 20.7 25.4 17.5 9.6 13.2 7.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rent or royalties 15.8 17.2 13.9 9.2 11.2 7.8 4.3 6.3 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Estates or trusts 0.8 0.4 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Veterans' benefits 9.5 9.9 9.1 5.5 6.9 4.6 2.1 3.1 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Unemployment compensation 1.5 2.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Workers' compensation 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 5.0 3.1 7.6 15.4 5.8 22.1 16.6 8.7 20.7 25.3 14.8 28.0
Cash public assistance 1.7 1.4 2.1 7.0 2.4 10.2 2.5 1.3 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Supplemental Security Income 1.6 1.3 1.9 6.4 2.2 9.3 2.2 1.2 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.3 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Noncash benefits 4.1 1.9 7.0 13.3 4.6 19.4 15.9 8.0 19.9 25.3 14.8 28.0
Food 2.6 1.5 4.1 8.0 2.8 11.6 9.9 5.4 12.2 18.4 11.4 20.1
Energy 0.7 0.3 1.2 5.0 1.5 7.4 5.5 2.7 6.9 6.7 4.7 7.2
Housing 1.5 0.3 3.1 4.9 1.0 7.7 5.9 1.6 8.1 9.1 3.4 10.6
Personal contributions 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.5 0.9 2.0 0.8 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Number (thousands) 11,251 6,351 4,900 7,994 3,295 4,699 3,971 1,353 2,618 5,684 1,169 4,516
NOTE: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.
Family Income Sources of Aged Persons Table 2.B1 Percentage with family income from specified source, by sex, marital status, and age, 2014
Source of family income Aged 55–61 Aged 62–64 Aged 65 or older
Total 65–69 70–74 75–79 80 or older
  All persons
Earnings 83.7 72.9 40.2 57.1 40.4 30.6 22.8
Wages and salaries 80.6 69.2 37.0 53.3 36.6 28.0 20.9
Self-employment 10.8 10.4 6.4 8.6 7.3 4.8 3.4
Retirement benefits 31.4 57.3 89.1 83.2 91.7 92.4 92.2
Social Security 22.2 46.6 86.0 78.7 89.4 90.2 90.0
Benefits other than Social Security 16.1 29.6 47.7 43.0 50.9 51.7 48.0
Other public pensions 7.1 13.4 17.7 17.4 18.5 18.0 17.2
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.4
Government employee pensions 7.0 13.0 17.4 17.1 18.0 17.7 16.8
Military 1.0 1.2 2.0 1.7 2.0 2.0 2.3
Federal 1.9 2.9 4.7 4.2 5.2 5.2 4.6
State or local 4.5 9.5 12.1 12.4 12.6 12.0 11.2
Private pensions or annuities 12.0 23.0 40.9 35.7 44.4 45.7 41.2
Income from assets 66.9 68.9 67.1 69.0 68.1 65.6 64.5
Interest 66.0 67.6 65.7 68.1 66.6 64.0 62.6
Other income from assets 25.4 28.0 28.4 29.2 28.1 28.3 27.6
Dividends 21.0 22.7 23.1 23.9 22.4 23.1 22.5
Rent or royalties 9.0 11.2 10.3 10.9 10.6 10.4 9.0
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.6
Veterans' benefits 2.7 4.1 5.6 6.8 5.0 4.5 5.4
Unemployment compensation 4.3 3.5 1.4 2.1 1.4 0.9 0.7
Workers' compensation 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 15.0 13.8 13.3 12.6 13.0 13.7 14.3
Cash public assistance 7.6 6.9 5.2 5.3 4.9 5.2 5.2
Supplemental Security Income 6.9 6.3 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.9 4.9
Other 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4
Noncash benefits 11.6 10.7 11.0 10.2 10.8 11.6 12.1
Food 9.5 8.8 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.7 7.6
Energy 2.9 2.6 3.3 2.8 2.9 4.4 3.8
Housing 2.9 3.0 3.9 3.3 3.8 4.5 4.4
Personal contributions 2.4 1.8 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.7
Number (thousands) 29,434 10,983 45,994 15,728 11,209 8,002 11,054
  All men
Earnings 84.7 75.2 43.4 60.0 42.7 33.3 24.4
Wages and salaries 81.1 71.1 39.9 56.3 38.3 30.1 21.9
Self-employment 11.6 11.8 7.5 9.5 8.9 5.7 4.0
Retirement benefits 27.7 52.9 88.7 82.0 91.5 94.4 92.2
Social Security 18.5 41.1 85.6 76.8 89.0 92.8 90.6
Benefits other than Social Security 14.3 27.4 49.5 43.0 51.9 55.1 53.3
Other public pensions 6.3 13.2 18.2 17.1 18.4 19.3 18.9
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4
Government employee pensions 6.2 12.7 17.9 16.8 17.9 19.0 18.7
Military 1.0 1.2 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.3 3.1
Federal 1.7 3.2 5.1 4.2 5.3 5.9 5.5
State or local 3.9 9.0 12.1 11.6 12.5 12.6 12.2
Private pensions or annuities 10.6 20.9 42.7 35.6 45.6 48.5 46.6
Income from assets 67.0 69.7 69.8 70.4 69.6 70.5 68.5
Interest 66.1 68.1 68.4 69.4 68.5 68.4 66.6
Other income from assets 25.2 28.6 30.7 30.0 30.2 31.0 32.1
Dividends 21.1 23.1 25.1 24.7 24.0 25.7 26.9
Rent or royalties 8.7 12.1 11.3 11.5 11.9 11.5 10.0
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.4
Veterans' benefits 2.8 4.1 7.3 8.7 6.8 5.5 7.1
Unemployment compensation 4.5 3.6 1.5 2.1 1.7 0.9 0.8
Workers' compensation 1.2 1.1 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 14.0 13.4 10.3 9.9 10.4 10.8 10.6
Cash public assistance 7.2 6.8 4.1 4.3 4.3 3.9 3.6
Supplemental Security Income 6.5 6.2 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.5
Other 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2
Noncash benefits 10.6 9.6 8.2 7.6 8.1 8.6 8.8
Food 8.7 7.6 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.9 5.9
Energy 2.4 2.4 2.3 1.6 1.9 3.3 3.0
Housing 2.4 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.5 3.1 3.2
Personal contributions 1.9 1.6 1.2 1.1 1.2 0.8 1.5
Number (thousands) 14,211 5,245 20,439 7,391 5,163 3,580 4,304
  Married men
Earnings 92.6 84.0 48.8 68.2 48.0 34.8 25.0
Wages and salaries 90.0 80.6 45.0 64.5 42.8 31.5 22.3
Self-employment 13.3 12.8 8.7 10.8 10.7 6.3 4.2
Retirement benefits 26.2 52.0 89.0 82.3 92.3 94.7 92.4
Social Security 16.1 40.0 85.9 77.3 90.1 92.8 90.5
Benefits other than Social Security 15.0 29.1 53.1 46.2 56.5 58.1 56.9
Other public pensions 6.8 14.0 20.0 18.6 20.2 20.9 21.5
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.4
Government employee pensions 6.8 13.5 19.7 18.3 20.0 20.5 21.2
Military 1.1 1.4 2.3 1.9 2.3 2.2 3.2
Federal 1.8 3.3 5.3 4.5 5.7 6.2 5.3
State or local 4.4 9.7 14.0 13.1 14.4 14.2 15.0
Private pensions or annuities 11.3 22.5 46.3 38.8 50.1 52.0 50.3
Income from assets 74.8 75.6 74.9 76.0 75.0 74.1 73.0
Interest 74.4 74.0 73.5 75.3 73.9 71.6 71.1
Other income from assets 29.9 33.0 34.5 34.6 35.2 33.2 34.8
Dividends 25.5 26.5 28.5 28.8 28.2 27.9 28.8
Rent or royalties 10.3 14.1 12.8 13.3 13.9 12.1 11.1
Estates or trusts 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3
Veterans' benefits 2.5 4.6 6.8 8.3 6.2 4.4 6.9
Unemployment compensation 5.1 3.5 1.6 2.2 2.0 0.9 0.6
Workers' compensation 1.4 1.2 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.1
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 8.6 8.5 7.0 6.5 7.1 7.7 7.1
Cash public assistance 4.7 4.4 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.3 2.8
Supplemental Security Income 4.1 3.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.6
Other 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.1
Noncash benefits 5.8 5.6 5.1 4.3 5.2 5.8 5.7
Food 4.9 4.6 3.6 3.3 3.6 4.4 3.4
Energy 1.4 1.4 1.5 0.8 1.4 2.3 2.3
Housing 0.8 0.9 1.2 0.6 1.2 1.5 2.1
Personal contributions 1.8 1.5 1.0 0.9 1.2 0.3 1.3
Number (thousands) 9,537 3,757 14,305 5,307 3,695 2,641 2,661
  Nonmarried men
Earnings 68.4 53.1 31.0 39.1 29.3 28.9 23.4
Wages and salaries 62.9 47.3 28.1 35.3 26.9 26.1 21.3
Self-employment 8.3 9.1 4.8 6.1 4.5 4.1 3.8
Retirement benefits 30.7 54.9 88.0 81.2 89.6 93.5 92.0
Social Security 23.3 43.9 84.8 75.7 86.3 92.5 90.6
Benefits other than Social Security 12.7 23.2 41.4 35.0 40.1 46.7 47.5
Other public pensions 5.3 11.4 14.0 13.3 13.7 14.8 14.8
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.8 0.5 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.4
Government employee pensions 5.1 10.6 13.6 13.0 12.6 14.8 14.6
Military 0.9 0.5 2.3 2.4 1.3 2.5 3.0
Federal 1.7 3.1 4.6 3.5 4.3 5.4 5.8
State or local 2.8 7.3 7.8 7.7 7.9 8.4 7.6
Private pensions or annuities 9.2 16.9 34.3 27.5 34.3 38.6 40.6
Income from assets 51.0 54.7 58.0 55.9 56.0 60.3 61.2
Interest 49.2 53.2 56.6 54.4 54.9 59.4 59.5
Other income from assets 15.7 17.7 21.6 18.4 17.5 24.9 27.6
Dividends 12.3 14.6 17.4 14.2 13.5 19.7 23.8
Rent or royalties 5.4 7.0 7.7 7.0 6.7 9.7 8.3
Estates or trusts 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.7
Veterans' benefits 3.3 3.1 8.6 9.9 8.1 8.8 7.4
Unemployment compensation 3.3 3.9 1.3 2.0 0.8 1.0 1.2
Workers' compensation 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.2 1.3 0.8
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 24.8 25.7 18.2 18.7 18.7 19.5 16.4
Cash public assistance 12.3 12.9 6.6 7.5 7.3 5.9 5.1
Supplemental Security Income 11.4 12.3 6.3 7.3 7.1 5.1 4.9
Other 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.3
Noncash benefits 20.5 19.7 15.3 15.9 15.3 16.5 13.9
Food 16.6 15.1 10.5 11.0 10.6 10.1 10.1
Energy 4.6 5.1 4.0 3.7 2.9 6.2 4.1
Housing 5.7 7.5 6.2 6.9 5.6 7.4 5.1
Personal contributions 2.2 2.0 1.6 1.6 1.2 2.1 1.8
Number (thousands) 4,675 1,488 6,135 2,084 1,468 940 1,643
  All women
Earnings 82.8 70.8 37.6 54.6 38.5 28.4 21.8
Wages and salaries 80.1 67.5 34.8 50.7 35.2 26.3 20.2
Self-employment 10.1 9.2 5.4 7.9 5.9 4.1 2.9
Retirement benefits 34.9 61.3 89.3 84.3 91.9 90.8 92.2
Social Security 25.6 51.7 86.4 80.4 89.7 88.0 89.7
Benefits other than Social Security 17.8 31.5 46.2 43.1 50.1 49.0 44.6
Other public pensions 7.8 13.5 17.3 17.7 18.6 16.9 16.1
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.4
Government employee pensions 7.7 13.2 17.0 17.4 18.1 16.7 15.7
Military 0.9 1.2 1.7 1.5 2.0 1.8 1.8
Federal 2.1 2.7 4.4 4.2 5.0 4.5 4.1
State or local 5.2 9.9 12.0 13.0 12.6 11.4 10.6
Private pensions or annuities 13.4 25.0 39.4 35.7 43.4 43.4 37.7
Income from assets 66.9 68.3 65.0 67.8 66.9 61.6 62.0
Interest 66.0 67.1 63.5 66.9 65.0 60.5 60.1
Other income from assets 25.5 27.5 26.6 28.5 26.3 26.0 24.8
Dividends 21.0 22.3 21.4 23.3 21.0 20.9 19.7
Rent or royalties 9.3 10.3 9.5 10.4 9.5 9.5 8.4
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7
Veterans' benefits 2.6 4.0 4.2 5.0 3.4 3.6 4.4
Unemployment compensation 4.1 3.4 1.3 2.0 1.2 0.9 0.7
Workers' compensation 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.5
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 15.9 14.3 15.7 15.0 15.3 16.0 16.6
Cash public assistance 8.1 7.0 6.0 6.2 5.5 6.2 6.3
Supplemental Security Income 7.2 6.4 5.6 5.6 5.0 6.1 5.9
Other 1.3 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.5
Noncash benefits 12.5 11.7 13.4 12.5 13.2 14.0 14.2
Food 10.2 9.9 8.8 8.9 8.7 9.2 8.6
Energy 3.4 2.8 4.2 3.8 3.8 5.3 4.3
Housing 3.4 3.3 4.8 4.1 4.9 5.6 5.2
Personal contributions 2.9 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.8 1.8
Number (thousands) 15,223 5,738 25,555 8,337 6,046 4,422 6,750
  Married women
Earnings 89.5 76.6 42.8 57.9 40.3 29.0 20.5
Wages and salaries 86.7 72.5 39.0 53.5 36.2 25.7 18.1
Self-employment 13.1 12.3 7.7 9.7 8.1 5.5 3.6
Retirement benefits 37.3 66.7 91.0 88.0 93.8 92.6 92.1
Social Security 27.1 57.7 88.3 84.4 92.0 90.6 90.0
Benefits other than Social Security 20.9 36.0 55.8 52.3 58.8 59.5 55.8
Other public pensions 9.0 15.0 21.4 21.4 20.9 22.5 20.9
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.1 0.3
Government employee pensions 8.9 14.7 21.0 21.1 20.2 22.4 20.6
Military 1.2 1.5 2.4 2.2 2.7 2.8 2.1
Federal 2.5 2.9 5.7 5.1 6.3 6.5 5.2
State or local 5.8 11.1 15.1 15.8 14.0 14.9 15.3
Private pensions or annuities 16.3 29.8 48.8 44.4 52.1 53.5 49.5
Income from assets 75.3 75.3 75.0 75.6 76.1 73.8 72.7
Interest 74.5 74.6 73.6 74.7 74.3 72.2 70.4
Other income from assets 31.2 32.7 34.7 35.4 33.1 35.9 34.2
Dividends 26.1 27.0 28.7 29.6 27.1 29.2 28.9
Rent or royalties 11.4 13.4 12.5 12.9 12.7 14.0 9.5
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2
Veterans' benefits 3.3 5.9 6.2 7.4 4.3 5.7 7.3
Unemployment compensation 4.7 3.1 1.5 2.3 1.4 0.8 0.2
Workers' compensation 1.2 0.9 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 8.6 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.4 7.5 6.9
Cash public assistance 4.8 3.7 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.5 2.8
Supplemental Security Income 4.3 3.3 2.8 2.8 2.4 3.5 2.6
Other 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.2
Noncash benefits 5.3 4.9 5.1 4.8 4.7 6.0 5.4
Food 4.3 4.2 3.4 3.6 2.8 3.9 3.3
Energy 1.3 0.5 1.8 1.3 1.6 2.6 2.4
Housing 0.9 1.1 1.3 0.8 1.5 1.7 1.7
Personal contributions 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.5 1.4
Number (thousands) 9,305 3,442 11,550 4,767 3,183 1,957 1,642
  Nonmarried women
Earnings 72.4 62.2 33.2 50.1 36.5 28.0 22.2
Wages and salaries 69.7 60.0 31.3 47.0 34.0 26.7 20.9
Self-employment 5.3 4.6 3.6 5.4 3.5 3.0 2.7
Retirement benefits 31.2 53.2 87.9 79.4 89.7 89.3 92.3
Social Security 23.3 42.7 84.8 75.1 87.3 86.1 89.6
Benefits other than Social Security 13.0 24.7 38.2 30.8 40.5 40.6 40.9
Other public pensions 6.0 11.2 14.0 12.6 16.1 12.5 14.5
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.5
Government employee pensions 6.0 11.1 13.6 12.4 15.6 12.2 14.1
Military 0.5 0.8 1.2 0.4 1.3 1.0 1.7
Federal 1.4 2.3 3.4 3.0 3.6 2.9 3.7
State or local 4.1 8.2 9.5 9.3 11.1 8.6 9.1
Private pensions or annuities 8.8 17.7 31.6 24.1 33.8 35.3 33.9
Income from assets 53.8 57.7 56.7 57.4 56.7 51.9 58.6
Interest 52.6 55.9 55.3 56.3 54.7 51.3 56.8
Other income from assets 16.5 19.7 19.9 19.2 18.7 18.2 21.8
Dividends 12.8 15.3 15.3 14.9 14.2 14.3 16.7
Rent or royalties 6.0 5.7 7.0 7.1 5.9 5.9 8.0
Estates or trusts 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.9
Veterans' benefits 1.5 1.2 2.6 1.9 2.4 2.0 3.5
Unemployment compensation 3.1 3.9 1.1 1.6 0.9 1.0 0.9
Workers' compensation 0.7 0.3 0.7 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.6
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 27.5 25.2 23.0 25.9 25.3 22.8 19.8
Cash public assistance 13.2 11.9 8.5 10.3 8.5 8.3 7.4
Supplemental Security Income 11.8 11.0 7.9 9.4 7.7 8.1 6.9
Other 2.1 1.5 0.8 1.4 0.8 0.6 0.6
Noncash benefits 23.8 21.9 20.2 22.8 22.5 20.3 17.1
Food 19.5 18.4 13.3 15.8 15.1 13.4 10.3
Energy 6.8 6.3 6.2 7.1 6.2 7.4 4.9
Housing 7.5 6.6 7.7 8.4 8.6 8.7 6.4
Personal contributions 5.1 3.0 2.2 2.6 1.3 2.9 1.9
Number (thousands) 5,918 2,296 14,005 3,570 2,863 2,465 5,108
Family Income Sources of Aged Persons Table 2.B2 Percentage with family income from specified source, by family's Social Security beneficiary status and aged person's sex and age, 2014
Source of family income Total Men Women
55–61 62–64 65 or older 55–61 62–64 65 or older 55–61 62–64 65 or older
  Persons in beneficiary families
Earnings 63.6 58.7 35.9 62.7 59.0 38.6 64.2 58.6 33.7
Wages and salaries 61.1 55.6 32.8 60.1 56.0 35.1 61.8 55.2 30.9
Self-employment 7.4 7.7 6.1 6.6 7.5 7.1 8.0 7.9 5.2
Retirement benefits 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Social Security 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Benefits other than Social Security 30.8 40.6 51.9 27.4 38.2 54.2 33.2 42.3 50.0
Other public pensions 11.9 17.9 18.6 10.4 17.7 19.2 12.9 18.1 18.1
Railroad Retirement 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3
Government employee pensions 11.9 17.8 18.3 10.3 17.5 19.0 12.9 18.0 17.9
Military 1.7 1.8 2.2 1.7 1.8 2.5 1.7 1.8 1.9
Federal 3.0 3.9 4.7 2.4 4.2 5.1 3.5 3.6 4.4
State or local 7.6 13.2 12.9 6.5 12.8 13.1 8.3 13.6 12.8
Private pensions or annuities 25.2 32.1 45.0 22.1 29.3 47.3 27.2 34.1 43.2
Income from assets 56.3 65.9 68.1 54.5 65.4 70.4 57.5 66.3 66.3
Interest 55.8 64.1 66.6 54.6 63.2 68.9 56.7 64.6 64.7
Other income from assets 19.1 25.0 28.9 16.2 24.3 30.8 21.1 25.6 27.3
Dividends 14.9 20.1 23.4 12.9 19.7 25.2 16.2 20.5 21.9
Rent or royalties 7.8 10.2 10.3 6.8 9.8 11.1 8.5 10.5 9.7
Estates or trusts 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4
Veterans' benefits 5.4 6.4 6.1 5.3 6.7 8.0 5.5 6.2 4.7
Unemployment compensation 3.8 3.5 1.3 3.5 4.0 1.6 4.1 3.2 1.2
Workers' compensation 1.6 0.8 0.5 1.7 1.2 0.5 1.5 0.5 0.5
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 25.7 15.3 12.2 25.9 15.8 9.7 25.5 14.9 14.3
Cash public assistance 13.1 6.4 3.9 12.2 6.8 3.3 13.7 6.0 4.4
Supplemental Security Income 11.7 5.6 3.6 10.8 6.2 3.0 12.3 5.3 4.0
Other 2.2 0.8 0.4 2.2 0.7 0.4 2.2 0.8 0.5
Noncash benefits 20.5 12.4 10.4 20.5 12.5 7.8 20.4 12.4 12.5
Food 16.8 10.4 6.9 16.7 10.3 5.5 16.8 10.4 8.0
Energy 5.8 2.9 3.2 5.3 3.5 2.2 6.1 2.4 3.9
Housing 5.3 3.4 3.5 4.6 3.1 2.5 5.7 3.6 4.4
Personal contributions 2.3 1.8 1.2 1.8 2.0 1.1 2.6 1.6 1.3
Number (thousands) 6,527 5,121 39,572 2,627 2,157 17,495 3,899 2,964 22,076
  Persons in nonbeneficiary families
Earnings 89.4 85.3 66.7 89.6 86.5 72.3 89.2 83.9 62.0
Wages and salaries 86.1 81.2 63.4 85.9 81.7 68.7 86.4 80.6 59.0
Self-employment 11.8 12.8 8.3 12.8 14.7 10.1 10.8 10.6 6.7
Retirement benefits 11.9 19.9 21.6 11.3 19.9 21.7 12.5 20.0 21.5
Social Security 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Benefits other than Social Security 11.9 19.9 21.6 11.3 19.9 21.7 12.5 20.0 21.5
Other public pensions 5.7 9.4 12.4 5.4 10.1 12.2 6.1 8.5 12.5
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.7 1.0 0.1 1.0 0.9 0.2 0.4 1.2
Government employee pensions 5.6 8.8 11.4 5.3 9.3 11.5 6.0 8.2 11.3
Military 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.7 0.6 0.5
Federal 1.6 2.2 4.4 1.6 2.5 4.6 1.6 1.7 4.3
State or local 3.7 6.2 6.8 3.3 6.4 6.3 4.1 6.0 7.2
Private pensions or annuities 8.3 15.1 15.3 8.0 15.0 15.2 8.6 15.3 15.3
Income from assets 70.0 71.6 61.2 69.8 72.6 66.3 70.2 70.4 56.8
Interest 69.0 70.6 60.3 68.7 71.5 65.4 69.2 69.7 56.0
Other income from assets 27.1 30.7 25.4 27.3 31.7 29.7 27.0 29.5 21.9
Dividends 22.8 24.9 21.1 23.0 25.5 24.8 22.6 24.3 18.1
Rent or royalties 9.3 12.0 10.0 9.1 13.7 12.2 9.6 10.2 8.2
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.5
Veterans' benefits 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.4 3.3 1.7 1.7 1.6
Unemployment compensation 4.4 3.5 1.7 4.8 3.3 1.3 4.1 3.7 1.9
Workers' compensation 1.0 0.9 0.7 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.8
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 11.9 12.6 19.8 11.2 11.6 14.1 12.7 13.6 24.6
Cash public assistance 6.1 7.3 12.8 6.1 6.8 8.8 6.1 8.0 16.2
Supplemental Security Income 5.5 6.9 12.3 5.5 6.3 8.5 5.4 7.6 15.5
Other 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.8 1.1
Noncash benefits 9.1 9.2 14.9 8.4 7.6 10.0 9.8 10.9 19.1
Food 7.4 7.4 10.5 6.9 5.6 6.6 8.0 9.3 13.8
Energy 2.1 2.5 4.3 1.8 1.7 2.8 2.5 3.3 5.6
Housing 2.3 2.8 6.0 1.9 2.6 4.1 2.6 3.0 7.6
Personal contributions 2.5 1.7 2.5 2.0 1.4 1.5 3.0 2.2 3.3
Number (thousands) 22,908 5,862 6,422 11,584 3,088 2,944 11,324 2,774 3,479
Family Income Sources of Aged Persons Table 2.B3 Percentage with family income from specified source, by sex, marital status, race, Hispanic origin, and age, 2014
Source of family income White alone Black alone Asian alone Hispanic origin
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 persons
Earnings 84.9 73.8 39.3 73.5 60.7 39.2 91.4 86.7 56.6 85.5 72.2 52.1
Wages and salaries 81.4 69.8 35.9 72.1 58.8 37.6 88.4 83.6 54.9 82.3 69.3 49.9
Self-employment 11.8 11.2 6.7 5.0 5.0 3.1 10.7 10.7 6.3 10.7 9.5 5.3
Retirement benefits 31.2 58.1 90.4 36.4 56.4 85.4 22.9 43.6 71.8 25.1 50.1 76.7
Social Security 21.7 46.9 87.5 27.6 48.4 81.7 15.9 34.4 68.8 19.9 43.7 74.8
Benefits other than Social Security 16.6 31.1 50.3 15.0 22.2 33.5 11.6 20.9 29.7 9.6 15.3 23.2
Other public pensions 7.2 14.0 18.2 7.0 11.4 16.3 5.1 9.6 11.2 4.7 8.0 9.4
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1
Government employee pensions 7.1 13.5 17.8 7.0 11.0 16.1 5.1 9.3 11.0 4.6 7.8 9.4
Military 0.9 1.2 2.0 1.6 0.7 1.5 0.8 1.5 1.5 0.7 0.8 1.2
Federal 1.9 3.0 4.8 1.7 1.8 3.9 1.4 4.1 3.6 1.2 1.8 2.7
State or local 4.7 10.0 12.4 4.1 8.6 11.9 3.3 4.6 6.9 3.1 5.4 6.2
Private pensions or annuities 12.6 24.4 43.5 10.4 16.0 26.5 8.6 17.2 25.7 6.7 10.9 18.3
Income from assets 70.2 72.4 69.8 46.8 44.7 45.5 65.7 68.2 63.8 45.9 43.3 43.3
Interest 69.2 71.0 68.3 46.6 43.4 43.9 64.9 67.6 63.5 44.9 42.1 42.1
Other income from assets 27.8 31.0 30.6 10.0 11.1 11.0 24.6 22.7 25.9 12.8 10.2 13.3
Dividends 23.3 25.4 25.0 7.3 7.0 7.9 19.1 16.9 20.7 8.6 5.3 9.3
Rent or royalties 9.8 12.3 10.9 4.2 4.7 4.7 9.3 9.4 10.5 5.9 6.1 6.1
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0
Veterans' benefits 2.5 4.0 5.6 4.3 4.2 5.5 1.2 2.8 4.1 2.1 2.1 3.9
Unemployment compensation 4.2 3.7 1.3 4.9 2.5 1.6 3.8 3.5 1.7 4.7 3.4 2.1
Workers' compensation 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.6 1.3 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.9 0.6
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 12.7 11.0 11.0 31.2 33.4 29.3 11.2 13.5 21.4 22.0 24.5 26.6
Cash public assistance 6.5 5.3 4.1 16.2 17.8 11.2 4.9 6.6 11.5 10.1 11.7 11.7
Supplemental Security Income 5.8 4.8 3.8 14.6 16.5 10.7 4.2 6.2 10.8 9.3 10.1 11.0
Other 1.0 0.5 0.4 2.1 2.2 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.9 1.3 2.0 0.8
Noncash benefits 9.5 8.2 9.1 25.8 27.5 25.5 8.6 10.4 16.3 17.3 21.5 22.0
Food 7.9 6.9 6.1 21.0 22.1 18.3 6.5 6.3 8.3 13.9 18.5 16.6
Energy 2.6 2.1 2.9 5.0 6.5 6.5 1.3 2.8 4.0 3.4 3.9 4.4
Housing 1.9 2.2 3.0 9.6 8.7 9.2 2.8 4.7 8.9 4.6 5.9 8.5
Personal contributions 2.2 1.6 1.2 3.8 2.6 2.3 2.4 1.7 3.8 3.2 4.0 2.6
Number (thousands) 23,885 8,997 39,054 3,463 1,211 4,143 1,453 548 2,029 3,173 1,008 3,636
  All men
Earnings 85.7 76.4 42.6 73.9 60.1 41.7 92.5 90.7 59.9 87.2 75.2 52.6
Wages and salaries 81.9 71.9 38.8 72.1 58.1 39.9 89.0 88.9 57.9 84.2 72.0 50.1
Self-employment 12.3 12.9 7.9 6.5 5.1 3.8 12.3 7.8 7.3 11.1 10.4 5.0
Retirement benefits 27.6 53.7 90.0 33.5 52.8 84.6 16.2 36.9 72.3 21.1 43.9 78.3
Social Security 18.1 41.1 87.0 24.6 46.4 80.6 10.0 26.9 68.5 15.6 37.0 75.6
Benefits other than Social Security 14.7 29.1 52.3 13.8 19.8 33.2 9.2 17.4 28.0 9.0 14.7 25.6
Other public pensions 6.4 13.9 18.8 6.7 10.5 16.0 4.1 9.6 10.6 4.7 7.5 10.0
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2
Government employee pensions 6.3 13.3 18.5 6.6 10.0 15.7 4.1 8.9 10.6 4.6 7.5 9.8
Military 0.9 1.1 2.4 2.3 1.2 2.2 0.4 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.7
Federal 1.7 3.4 5.2 1.7 0.9 4.2 1.4 4.6 3.5 1.5 1.3 3.1
State or local 4.1 9.6 12.6 3.3 8.1 10.8 2.6 2.9 6.9 2.8 5.5 6.1
Private pensions or annuities 11.1 22.2 45.4 9.4 15.0 26.0 6.5 13.4 24.4 6.2 10.1 20.4
Income from assets 69.9 72.5 72.3 48.7 48.2 48.0 64.3 71.1 63.8 46.3 41.3 44.8
Interest 68.9 70.9 71.0 48.6 46.3 45.8 63.0 71.5 63.0 45.1 40.5 43.3
Other income from assets 27.5 31.3 32.8 10.7 12.1 12.3 23.7 24.1 26.9 12.1 9.0 14.6
Dividends 23.2 25.6 27.2 7.8 7.1 8.3 19.1 19.1 21.0 7.8 4.9 10.5
Rent or royalties 9.3 13.1 11.9 5.0 6.0 5.5 8.2 10.0 11.4 5.9 4.1 6.4
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.1
Veterans' benefits 2.5 3.8 7.2 5.6 6.2 8.4 0.3 3.2 4.4 2.5 2.0 5.1
Unemployment compensation 4.4 3.6 1.4 5.2 3.0 1.8 3.4 5.0 2.3 5.2 4.9 1.8
Workers' compensation 1.2 1.0 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.4 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.4 1.4 0.7
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 11.9 10.7 8.4 29.7 32.1 24.6 10.4 13.3 19.6 19.8 22.1 22.5
Cash public assistance 5.9 5.2 3.3 17.8 18.6 8.3 4.3 6.1 10.1 8.0 10.2 9.2
Supplemental Security Income 5.3 4.7 3.1 16.6 17.7 7.8 3.5 5.4 9.5 7.3 8.5 8.8
Other 0.9 0.6 0.3 2.0 1.1 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.8 0.5
Noncash benefits 8.9 7.5 6.5 23.8 24.5 20.7 8.4 9.9 15.1 15.7 17.8 18.4
Food 7.4 6.0 4.6 19.3 18.5 14.6 6.5 6.2 9.2 12.5 14.9 13.1
Energy 2.3 1.9 2.0 3.7 5.8 4.9 0.6 4.3 3.2 2.8 4.3 3.9
Housing 1.5 2.1 2.0 9.0 7.5 7.8 2.5 5.1 6.2 3.5 3.0 7.1
Personal contributions 1.9 1.6 0.9 2.6 2.3 1.8 2.2 0.9 4.9 2.5 3.7 1.8
Number (thousands) 11,677 4,345 17,513 1,559 548 1,662 671 255 925 1,532 479 1,567
  Married men
Earnings 92.8 83.8 47.6 89.3 77.8 52.3 95.9 94.4 63.1 93.0 81.1 56.4
Wages and salaries 90.1 80.0 43.6 88.6 76.4 50.4 91.5 94.2 61.0 91.1 77.2 54.2
Self-employment 13.8 13.8 9.0 8.0 6.4 4.9 14.3 5.6 8.3 11.8 12.9 4.9
Retirement benefits 26.2 53.4 90.3 34.4 48.9 85.9 13.8 35.9 70.8 18.9 43.5 79.1
Social Security 15.8 40.6 87.3 23.3 43.0 82.4 8.8 25.1 66.9 14.0 36.3 76.5
Benefits other than Social Security 15.4 30.7 55.2 17.1 20.1 41.6 7.5 18.5 30.5 7.6 15.7 26.9
Other public pensions 6.9 14.6 20.5 7.9 9.0 20.8 3.2 10.3 11.2 4.5 7.9 10.3
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2
Government employee pensions 6.8 14.1 20.2 7.9 8.4 20.6 3.2 9.5 11.2 4.3 7.9 10.1
Military 0.9 1.3 2.3 2.5 1.8 2.4 0.5 1.7 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.6
Federal 1.7 3.4 5.4 2.7 0.8 4.3 0.7 4.5 3.3 1.1 1.9 3.1
State or local 4.7 10.5 14.3 3.7 6.4 16.0 2.2 3.3 7.8 2.7 4.9 6.4
Private pensions or annuities 11.6 23.7 48.4 12.1 15.5 33.6 5.3 14.6 27.4 5.0 11.1 22.7
Income from assets 76.9 77.3 76.6 61.7 58.1 58.8 67.2 74.9 64.7 51.6 48.3 47.8
Interest 76.5 75.7 75.3 62.4 56.2 56.2 65.6 75.3 63.7 50.5 47.0 46.2
Other income from assets 32.1 35.1 36.2 13.8 16.9 16.8 24.7 27.0 28.8 14.1 12.2 17.1
Dividends 27.6 28.6 30.1 10.7 10.4 11.6 19.5 21.3 21.6 8.5 6.2 12.0
Rent or royalties 11.0 14.9 13.2 5.7 8.3 8.1 9.0 11.6 12.4 7.4 6.1 8.0
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.1
Veterans' benefits 2.3 4.2 6.8 5.1 7.6 7.0 0.3 3.2 3.7 2.0 2.5 4.8
Unemployment compensation 4.9 3.5 1.6 6.9 2.7 1.2 4.2 3.3 2.4 6.7 3.1 2.2
Workers' compensation 1.3 1.1 0.4 1.2 0.6 0.0 1.7 1.6 0.6 1.5 2.1 0.5
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 7.7 7.4 5.8 17.2 19.9 14.6 7.8 9.9 17.4 17.1 20.0 17.4
Cash public assistance 4.1 3.9 2.5 10.7 10.7 5.3 2.9 3.2 9.6 8.4 7.3 6.6
Supplemental Security Income 3.6 3.4 2.2 9.6 9.2 4.7 2.5 3.2 8.7 7.7 5.1 6.0
Other 0.8 0.6 0.3 1.4 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.8 1.1 2.2 0.6
Noncash benefits 5.0 4.5 4.2 12.1 16.3 10.8 6.0 8.2 12.9 12.0 16.2 13.7
Food 4.3 3.7 3.0 10.1 13.0 8.2 3.9 5.8 7.4 10.2 14.2 9.8
Energy 1.3 1.2 1.3 2.3 2.3 3.2 0.8 3.3 2.5 2.1 2.7 3.1
Housing 0.4 0.4 1.0 3.2 5.1 1.0 2.2 4.1 6.0 1.7 1.1 5.1
Personal contributions 1.8 1.3 0.7 2.1 3.5 1.2 2.3 1.0 4.6 3.2 3.9 1.7
Number (thousands) 7,976 3,201 12,545 842 283 830 536 215 723 970 304 1,044
  Nonmarried men
Earnings 70.5 55.6 30.1 55.9 41.1 31.2 79.0 a 48.6 77.2 65.2 45.1
Wages and salaries 64.2 49.2 27.0 52.8 38.5 29.4 78.9 a 47.1 72.3 63.2 41.8
Self-employment 9.2 10.2 5.2 4.7 3.7 2.6 4.3 a 4.0 9.7 6.2 5.3
Retirement benefits 30.6 54.8 89.2 32.4 56.9 83.3 25.8 a 77.6 24.9 44.8 76.8
Social Security 23.2 42.4 86.3 26.2 49.9 78.9 15.1 a 74.0 18.5 38.3 73.7
Benefits other than Social Security 13.2 24.7 45.0 10.0 19.5 24.9 15.9 a 19.3 11.4 13.1 22.9
Other public pensions 5.2 11.8 14.6 5.2 12.1 11.1 7.6 a 8.8 5.0 6.8 9.3
Railroad Retirement 0.1 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.0 a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
Government employee pensions 5.0 10.8 14.1 5.2 11.7 10.9 7.6 a 8.8 5.0 6.8 9.3
Military 0.7 0.5 2.4 2.0 0.6 1.9 0.0 a 0.8 0.7 0.0 2.0
Federal 1.8 3.6 4.5 0.4 1.1 4.0 3.8 a 4.3 2.1 0.1 3.1
State or local 2.8 7.2 8.3 2.9 10.0 5.5 4.0 a 3.7 2.9 6.7 5.5
Private pensions or annuities 9.8 17.9 38.0 6.3 14.4 18.5 11.1 a 13.8 8.1 8.4 16.0
Income from assets 54.7 59.1 61.5 33.3 37.6 37.4 52.8 a 60.6 37.0 29.2 38.6
Interest 52.6 57.4 60.2 32.4 35.8 35.4 52.8 a 60.7 35.8 29.2 37.6
Other income from assets 17.5 20.5 24.2 7.0 6.9 7.8 19.9 a 19.9 8.8 3.6 9.6
Dividends 13.8 17.4 19.7 4.5 3.7 4.9 17.9 a 18.6 6.5 2.7 7.6
Rent or royalties 5.8 8.0 8.5 4.1 3.5 3.0 4.9 a 7.7 3.3 0.8 3.1
Estates or trusts 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.0 a 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Veterans' benefits 2.8 2.5 8.3 6.2 4.7 9.9 0.0 a 7.3 3.2 1.1 5.6
Unemployment compensation 3.4 3.8 1.1 3.3 3.4 2.5 0.0 a 1.7 2.6 8.1 1.0
Workers' compensation 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.4 1.9 0.7 0.0 a 2.5 1.3 0.2 1.2
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 21.1 20.0 15.0 44.3 45.1 34.7 20.6 a 27.4 24.3 25.5 32.8
Cash public assistance 9.8 9.0 5.5 26.2 26.9 11.3 9.8 a 12.2 7.2 15.3 14.3
Supplemental Security Income 9.0 8.4 5.3 24.8 26.9 11.0 7.2 a 12.2 6.5 14.3 14.3
Other 1.1 0.7 0.4 2.6 0.6 0.3 2.7 a 1.9 1.1 1.0 0.4
Noncash benefits 17.3 16.0 12.4 37.4 33.3 30.7 17.9 a 23.1 22.2 20.6 27.7
Food 13.9 12.5 8.5 30.0 24.5 21.1 16.8 a 15.6 16.4 16.0 19.8
Energy 4.5 3.8 3.5 5.4 9.5 6.7 0.0 a 5.7 4.0 6.9 5.7
Housing 3.7 6.9 4.6 15.9 10.0 14.5 3.4 a 6.9 6.7 6.3 11.1
Personal contributions 2.1 2.3 1.3 3.3 1.0 2.5 1.8 a 5.7 1.4 3.5 1.9
Number (thousands) 3,701 1,144 4,968 717 265 832 136 40 202 563 175 522
  All women
Earnings 84.0 71.4 36.5 73.1 61.3 37.4 90.4 83.1 53.8 84.0 69.5 51.6
Wages and salaries 80.9 67.9 33.4 72.1 59.4 36.1 87.8 79.1 52.4 80.5 66.7 49.8
Self-employment 11.2 9.6 5.7 3.9 5.0 2.7 9.4 13.2 5.5 10.4 8.6 5.4
Retirement benefits 34.7 62.2 90.7 38.7 59.3 86.0 28.6 49.4 71.3 28.9 55.7 75.5
Social Security 25.1 52.3 87.8 30.1 50.1 82.5 21.0 40.9 69.1 23.9 49.7 74.3
Benefits other than Social Security 18.4 33.1 48.6 16.0 24.2 33.6 13.6 23.9 31.2 10.2 15.9 21.4
Other public pensions 8.0 14.0 17.7 7.2 12.1 16.6 6.0 9.7 11.7 4.8 8.4 9.0
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.1
Government employee pensions 7.9 13.8 17.3 7.2 11.8 16.3 6.0 9.7 11.3 4.7 8.1 9.0
Military 0.9 1.3 1.8 1.1 0.4 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.9 0.5 0.8 0.9
Federal 2.0 2.7 4.5 1.8 2.5 3.6 1.4 3.7 3.7 1.1 2.3 2.5
State or local 5.3 10.4 12.2 4.8 9.0 12.7 3.9 6.0 6.8 3.4 5.3 6.3
Private pensions or annuities 14.0 26.4 41.9 11.1 16.7 26.9 10.4 20.5 26.8 7.2 11.6 16.8
Income from assets 70.5 72.2 67.7 45.4 41.9 43.9 66.9 65.7 63.7 45.6 45.2 42.2
Interest 69.5 71.0 66.2 44.9 41.0 42.6 66.4 64.3 63.9 44.7 43.6 41.1
Other income from assets 28.2 30.7 28.7 9.5 10.2 10.2 25.3 21.5 25.1 13.3 11.2 12.3
Dividends 23.5 25.3 23.2 6.9 6.9 7.6 19.1 14.9 20.5 9.3 5.7 8.4
Rent or royalties 10.2 11.5 10.1 3.5 3.6 4.1 10.2 8.9 9.7 5.9 7.9 5.9
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0
Veterans' benefits 2.5 4.3 4.3 3.1 2.5 3.6 2.0 2.5 3.7 1.8 2.2 3.1
Unemployment compensation 4.0 3.7 1.2 4.7 2.1 1.5 4.2 2.2 1.2 4.2 1.9 2.4
Workers' compensation 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.6 2.4 0.6
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 13.4 11.3 13.2 32.3 34.5 32.4 11.9 13.6 22.9 24.0 26.6 29.8
Cash public assistance 7.1 5.4 4.8 14.9 17.2 13.1 5.4 7.0 12.6 12.1 13.1 13.7
Supplemental Security Income 6.3 5.0 4.4 13.0 15.5 12.6 4.8 7.0 12.0 11.1 11.5 12.7
Other 1.1 0.5 0.5 2.3 3.1 0.7 0.6 0.0 0.8 1.4 2.3 1.1
Noncash benefits 10.1 8.9 11.2 27.4 30.0 28.7 8.7 10.7 17.2 18.7 24.9 24.7
Food 8.4 7.8 7.4 22.4 25.1 20.7 6.5 6.4 7.6 15.2 21.7 19.1
Energy 3.0 2.4 3.7 6.0 7.0 7.6 1.9 1.5 4.6 4.0 3.6 4.8
Housing 2.3 2.2 3.8 10.2 9.7 10.2 3.0 4.2 11.1 5.6 8.5 9.5
Personal contributions 2.6 1.6 1.4 4.8 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.9 3.9 4.3 3.3
Number (thousands) 12,208 4,652 21,541 1,904 663 2,481 781 293 1,104 1,640 529 2,069
  Married women
Earnings 89.8 75.9 41.8 83.9 77.7 44.5 92.9 83.6 54.4 91.3 69.8 52.3
Wages and salaries 86.8 71.7 37.8 82.9 74.2 42.4 90.1 79.6 52.1 88.0 67.9 49.9
Self-employment 14.1 12.4 7.9 6.2 9.6 5.2 10.3 13.5 6.1 13.4 7.4 4.7
Retirement benefits 36.9 67.4 92.0 45.4 67.5 89.6 31.3 55.3 75.3 30.3 60.1 81.0
Social Security 26.4 58.0 89.5 36.4 59.2 85.1 23.0 48.7 72.6 25.1 55.7 79.6
Benefits other than Social Security 21.4 37.2 57.7 19.7 31.0 44.7 14.7 24.7 38.4 12.3 14.8 30.1
Other public pensions 9.2 15.6 21.5 8.0 13.2 24.6 7.2 10.9 14.4 5.5 7.3 13.6
Railroad Retirement 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.2
Government employee pensions 9.1 15.2 21.2 8.0 13.2 24.1 7.2 10.9 14.1 5.3 6.8 13.6
Military 1.0 1.5 2.3 2.6 1.1 2.7 1.4 2.1 3.1 0.6 0.5 1.7
Federal 2.5 2.9 5.6 2.4 2.2 5.2 1.9 4.6 5.4 1.2 2.8 3.5
State or local 6.1 11.7 15.3 4.0 10.0 19.1 4.4 6.3 7.3 3.8 3.9 9.4
Private pensions or annuities 16.9 30.7 50.7 14.8 25.6 35.4 11.2 21.5 33.8 9.1 11.9 24.1
Income from assets 77.6 77.5 76.5 56.6 54.7 60.6 69.7 67.8 66.8 49.6 51.2 50.5
Interest 76.8 76.8 75.0 56.2 53.9 57.7 69.5 65.0 66.6 48.8 48.6 49.4
Other income from assets 33.5 34.8 36.3 13.3 14.9 16.6 26.6 27.4 30.1 16.4 14.9 16.9
Dividends 28.4 29.4 30.2 9.5 8.4 13.2 19.9 18.4 24.3 11.8 8.7 12.2
Rent or royalties 12.0 14.1 12.8 5.5 6.5 7.1 11.0 11.4 13.0 7.5 10.3 8.0
Estates or trusts 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
Veterans' benefits 3.2 6.2 6.2 5.0 3.7 6.6 2.2 3.3 5.1 1.9 2.9 5.3
Unemployment compensation 4.7 3.3 1.5 5.6 1.4 1.9 3.4 2.1 1.4 4.5 1.3 2.9
Workers' compensation 1.1 0.8 0.3 1.1 0.5 0.0 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.4 2.6 0.7
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 7.4 5.9 5.9 20.1 15.5 12.9 8.7 13.1 15.9 15.1 19.7 17.3
Cash public assistance 4.2 2.9 2.6 11.8 8.8 4.2 4.0 7.2 8.5 7.6 8.5 7.2
Supplemental Security Income 3.6 2.7 2.4 11.1 6.5 4.2 3.6 7.2 7.8 7.0 8.1 6.5
Other 0.7 0.2 0.3 1.0 2.3 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7
Noncash benefits 4.3 4.1 4.4 14.0 10.5 9.7 5.7 9.9 12.2 10.2 18.2 12.8
Food 3.7 3.5 3.0 10.5 9.7 7.1 4.1 7.6 6.3 8.8 15.7 9.1
Energy 1.2 0.5 1.6 2.3 1.6 2.9 1.4 0.0 3.2 1.7 1.1 3.5
Housing 0.5 0.7 1.0 4.1 4.4 0.9 2.2 3.2 6.5 0.9 5.6 4.7
Personal contributions 1.4 1.0 0.7 2.9 0.8 0.9 1.4 3.5 4.1 3.2 4.3 1.4
Number (thousands) 7,805 2,927 10,198 748 230 606 580 213 576 922 307 821
  Nonmarried women
Earnings 73.7 63.8 31.7 66.1 52.6 35.1 83.3 81.9 53.0 74.6 69.1 51.2
Wages and salaries 70.6 61.4 29.5 65.1 51.6 34.0 81.2 77.6 52.7 70.8 65.1 49.7
Self-employment 6.2 4.7 3.8 2.3 2.5 1.8 6.8 12.5 4.8 6.6 10.3 5.9
Retirement benefits 30.7 53.4 89.6 34.4 55.0 84.8 21.0 33.8 67.1 27.1 49.4 71.9
Social Security 22.8 42.8 86.4 26.1 45.4 81.6 15.3 20.3 65.2 22.5 41.5 70.8
Benefits other than Social Security 13.0 26.0 40.5 13.7 20.6 30.1 10.5 21.8 23.3 7.4 17.3 15.6
Other public pensions 5.7 11.4 14.2 6.7 11.5 14.0 2.7 6.4 8.8 4.0 10.0 6.1
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Government employee pensions 5.7 11.4 13.9 6.7 11.1 13.8 2.7 6.4 8.3 4.0 10.0 6.1
Military 0.7 1.1 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.4 1.1 0.4
Federal 1.3 2.3 3.5 1.4 2.7 3.2 0.0 1.3 1.9 0.9 1.6 1.8
State or local 3.9 8.2 9.4 5.3 8.4 10.6 2.5 5.2 6.4 2.9 7.3 4.3
Private pensions or annuities 9.0 19.2 33.9 8.7 12.0 24.1 8.2 17.9 19.1 4.8 11.2 11.9
Income from assets 57.9 63.3 59.9 38.1 35.1 38.5 58.9 60.0 60.4 40.5 36.8 36.7
Interest 56.6 61.1 58.2 37.6 34.2 37.7 57.7 62.4 60.9 39.4 36.6 35.7
Other income from assets 18.9 23.7 22.0 7.1 7.8 8.1 21.5 5.7 19.6 9.3 6.1 9.4
Dividends 14.7 18.4 17.0 5.3 6.1 5.8 16.8 5.7 16.4 6.1 1.5 5.9
Rent or royalties 6.9 6.9 7.7 2.3 2.1 3.1 7.8 2.4 6.1 3.9 4.6 4.5
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Veterans' benefits 1.3 1.0 2.6 1.9 1.9 2.6 1.7 0.4 2.3 1.6 1.1 1.6
Unemployment compensation 2.6 4.5 1.0 4.1 2.4 1.3 6.4 2.5 1.0 3.8 2.7 2.1
Workers' compensation 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.3 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.8 2.0 0.5
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 24.1 20.4 19.7 40.3 44.5 38.7 20.9 15.1 30.5 35.3 36.2 37.9
Cash public assistance 12.2 9.6 6.8 16.8 21.6 16.0 9.4 6.4 17.2 17.8 19.4 17.9
Supplemental Security Income 11.1 8.8 6.2 14.3 20.2 15.3 8.3 6.4 16.6 16.5 16.3 16.7
Other 1.8 1.0 0.8 3.1 3.5 0.9 1.1 0.0 1.0 2.6 4.8 1.3
Noncash benefits 20.4 17.1 17.4 36.1 40.3 34.9 17.5 13.0 22.8 29.5 34.2 32.5
Food 16.7 15.0 11.2 30.0 33.2 25.1 13.3 3.0 9.1 23.5 29.9 25.7
Energy 6.1 5.6 5.6 8.4 9.8 9.1 3.2 5.4 6.2 6.8 7.1 5.6
Housing 5.6 4.9 6.3 14.1 12.6 13.2 5.5 6.8 16.1 11.7 12.6 12.6
Personal contributions 4.7 2.7 2.0 5.9 3.8 3.1 6.1 0.0 1.6 4.7 4.3 4.6
Number (thousands) 4,403 1,725 11,343 1,156 434 1,875 202 80 527 719 222 1,249
a. Fewer than 75,000 weighted cases.
Family Income Sources of Aged Persons Table 2.B4 Percentage with family income from specified source, by family's Social Security beneficiary status and aged person's race, Hispanic origin, and age, 2014
Source of family income White alone Black alone Asian alone Hispanic origin
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
  Persons in beneficiary families
Earnings 65.1 59.6 35.2 53.7 47.4 35.6 77.9 76.4 49.3 65.4 58.7 45.5
Wages and salaries 62.5 56.2 31.8 52.2 45.6 34.1 74.3 72.4 47.2 62.5 56.1 43.2
Self-employment 8.2 8.0 6.4 2.7 4.1 2.9 10.4 12.2 6.5 8.1 6.7 5.2
Retirement benefits 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Social Security 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Benefits other than Social Security 32.4 42.5 54.1 22.9 29.5 36.4 28.8 34.1 38.9 22.1 20.4 28.4
Other public pensions 12.3 18.7 18.9 8.3 14.1 17.5 13.0 16.8 14.1 9.8 10.7 11.0
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Government employee pensions 12.3 18.6 18.6 8.3 13.4 17.2 13.0 15.9 14.0 9.8 10.7 11.0
Military 1.5 1.9 2.2 2.2 1.2 1.7 1.6 2.4 2.2 2.1 0.6 1.4
Federal 3.2 4.1 4.8 1.8 1.8 3.5 2.3 5.3 4.7 3.7 1.8 3.1
State or local 8.0 13.8 13.1 4.9 10.7 13.1 9.8 10.6 8.5 5.2 8.3 7.6
Private pensions or annuities 26.7 33.8 47.3 17.7 21.4 29.1 25.5 27.9 34.0 16.1 16.8 22.9
Income from assets 59.5 69.3 70.5 36.1 41.6 46.3 70.4 70.0 66.2 45.0 46.5 45.9
Interest 59.1 67.5 69.0 35.5 40.0 44.7 71.5 66.6 65.5 44.9 44.3 44.5
Other income from assets 21.4 27.3 30.9 5.2 10.4 11.2 29.5 24.9 27.9 13.5 10.0 15.0
Dividends 16.7 22.3 25.1 3.8 6.4 8.3 22.3 19.0 22.6 10.2 6.3 10.6
Rent or royalties 8.8 11.1 10.9 2.2 4.4 4.5 10.0 8.2 11.4 4.8 5.3 6.7
Estates or trusts 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Veterans' benefits 5.2 6.3 6.1 6.4 5.7 6.0 3.3 5.5 5.5 5.0 3.2 4.7
Unemployment compensation 3.4 3.5 1.2 5.0 2.4 1.6 8.4 7.4 2.3 3.1 3.1 1.8
Workers' compensation 1.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 2.5 1.3 0.7 1.9 1.4 0.6
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 22.8 12.4 10.3 42.4 35.5 28.6 15.0 12.7 16.9 35.2 27.1 24.3
Cash public assistance 11.7 4.9 3.3 21.2 16.6 9.1 8.6 6.8 6.7 15.3 12.5 8.7
Supplemental Security Income 10.4 4.3 2.9 19.3 14.8 8.7 7.6 6.8 5.9 13.5 10.1 8.2
Other 2.1 0.7 0.4 2.8 1.8 0.4 1.0 0.0 1.0 3.2 2.7 0.7
Noncash benefits 17.6 9.8 8.7 36.5 30.9 25.6 11.1 9.1 13.5 28.1 23.3 20.3
Food 14.4 8.3 5.7 30.4 24.6 18.1 7.4 5.9 7.4 23.6 20.1 15.3
Energy 5.5 2.4 2.8 7.3 6.4 6.5 1.9 2.3 2.6 6.3 4.2 3.9
Housing 4.0 2.5 2.8 11.8 8.8 9.4 5.0 3.1 7.2 9.1 6.3 7.4
Personal contributions 1.9 1.6 1.0 4.2 2.8 2.1 3.2 1.2 3.4 3.0 5.1 2.1
Number (thousands) 5,180 4,222 34,158 957 587 3,386 231 188 1,396 632 440 2,721
  Persons in nonbeneficiary families
Earnings 90.3 86.4 67.8 81.0 73.3 55.1 93.9 92.0 72.5 90.5 82.7 71.6
Wages and salaries 86.7 81.8 63.9 79.7 71.2 53.4 91.0 89.5 71.9 87.2 79.5 69.7
Self-employment 12.8 13.9 9.1 5.9 5.9 4.3 10.8 9.9 5.8 11.4 11.6 5.4
Retirement benefits 12.2 21.1 23.5 12.0 15.4 20.2 8.3 14.0 9.6 6.5 11.4 7.5
Social Security 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Benefits other than Social Security 12.2 21.1 23.5 12.0 15.4 20.2 8.3 14.0 9.6 6.5 11.4 7.5
Other public pensions 5.8 9.8 13.5 6.5 8.9 11.3 3.7 5.9 4.9 3.5 6.0 4.7
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.8 1.3 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.6
Government employee pensions 5.6 9.1 12.3 6.4 8.7 11.2 3.7 5.9 4.5 3.4 5.6 4.5
Military 0.7 0.6 1.0 1.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.9 0.8
Federal 1.5 2.1 4.6 1.7 1.8 5.4 1.2 3.5 1.2 0.6 1.8 1.8
State or local 3.8 6.6 7.3 3.9 6.6 6.5 2.1 1.4 3.3 2.5 3.1 2.1
Private pensions or annuities 8.7 16.0 16.6 7.6 10.8 15.0 5.4 11.6 7.4 4.4 6.3 4.7
Income from assets 73.2 75.1 64.7 51.0 47.6 42.0 64.8 67.3 58.5 46.2 40.8 35.6
Interest 72.0 74.0 63.8 50.8 46.6 40.2 63.6 68.2 59.1 44.9 40.5 34.9
Other income from assets 29.6 34.3 28.6 11.9 11.8 10.1 23.6 21.6 21.5 12.6 10.3 8.2
Dividends 25.2 28.2 24.3 8.7 7.6 6.2 18.5 15.8 16.5 8.2 4.6 5.3
Rent or royalties 10.0 13.3 10.9 4.9 5.0 5.2 9.1 10.1 8.4 6.2 6.8 4.4
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.2
Veterans' benefits 1.7 2.0 2.4 3.4 2.8 3.5 0.8 1.4 0.9 1.4 1.2 1.6
Unemployment compensation 4.4 3.8 1.9 4.9 2.6 1.6 2.9 1.5 0.4 5.1 3.6 3.2
Workers' compensation 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.7 2.3 0.8
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 9.9 9.8 16.2 26.9 31.5 32.3 10.5 13.9 31.2 18.7 22.4 33.5
Cash public assistance 5.1 5.7 10.3 14.3 18.9 20.5 4.2 6.5 22.0 8.8 11.2 20.7
Supplemental Security Income 4.6 5.3 9.8 12.9 18.0 19.5 3.6 5.9 21.7 8.2 10.0 19.4
Other 0.7 0.4 0.7 1.9 2.6 1.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.6 1.3
Noncash benefits 7.3 6.9 12.2 21.7 24.4 25.1 8.1 11.0 22.4 14.6 20.1 26.9
Food 6.1 5.7 9.0 17.4 19.8 19.2 6.3 6.5 10.5 11.5 17.2 20.4
Energy 1.9 1.9 3.6 4.1 6.5 6.8 1.2 3.0 7.0 2.7 3.7 5.9
Housing 1.3 1.8 4.5 8.8 8.6 8.6 2.4 5.5 12.6 3.5 5.6 11.6
Personal contributions 2.3 1.6 2.1 3.6 2.3 3.2 2.3 2.0 4.7 3.3 3.2 4.1
Number (thousands) 18,704 4,775 4,895 2,505 625 757 1,221 360 633 2,540 568 915
Family Income Sources of Nonmarried Aged Persons Table 2.B5 Percentage with family income from specified source, by sex, marital status, and age, 2014
Source of family income Widowed Divorced Never married
55–61 62–64 65 or older 55–61 62–64 65 or older 55–61 62–64 65 or older
  Men
Earnings 67.9 48.1 28.1 70.1 54.9 32.3 64.4 47.3 34.7
Wages and salaries 63.5 44.2 25.9 65.3 48.7 29.3 57.6 42.8 31.1
Self-employment 7.8 5.8 4.1 7.9 10.1 5.3 8.4 7.0 5.4
Retirement benefits 40.6 58.4 93.4 29.3 61.3 87.1 34.2 47.3 77.0
Social Security 26.2 49.2 91.0 21.3 49.4 82.9 28.1 37.9 73.7
Benefits other than Social Security 23.3 21.7 47.6 12.6 25.5 38.2 12.8 20.0 35.4
Other public pensions 11.1 6.6 14.8 5.0 12.5 14.0 5.6 12.6 14.5
Railroad Retirement 0.0 1.6 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.1 1.9 0.0
Government employee pensions 11.1 5.0 14.1 4.8 12.5 13.7 5.6 10.7 14.5
Military 2.3 0.0 2.2 0.8 1.0 3.1 1.1 0.0 1.1
Federal 1.5 1.0 4.4 1.7 4.5 5.5 1.9 2.3 3.2
State or local 7.2 4.0 8.5 2.5 7.5 6.6 3.1 8.4 10.5
Private pensions or annuities 13.6 16.1 40.8 9.4 18.5 30.6 9.2 13.6 28.1
Income from assets 52.9 54.1 62.3 55.0 57.9 55.1 45.9 50.1 55.7
Interest 52.9 53.1 61.3 53.1 55.8 53.9 43.9 49.1 54.3
Other income from assets 15.3 17.6 26.1 14.5 19.1 17.6 16.8 14.6 21.5
Dividends 11.9 15.9 22.2 10.9 15.2 12.8 13.7 12.1 18.0
Rent or royalties 6.2 5.9 8.6 4.8 7.8 7.1 5.4 6.2 7.0
Estates or trusts 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2
Veterans' benefits 4.8 0.2 6.8 3.6 4.6 11.7 3.3 2.7 6.4
Unemployment compensation 2.2 4.4 1.6 3.6 4.4 1.5 3.0 3.2 0.5
Workers' compensation 0.1 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.5 1.0 0.6 0.0 0.3
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 26.1 25.1 15.4 21.3 21.3 17.5 29.6 36.0 24.9
Cash public assistance 10.6 18.4 5.0 10.0 7.7 5.7 16.0 21.6 11.6
Supplemental Security Income 8.1 18.4 4.7 9.0 7.3 5.6 15.4 20.3 10.9
Other 2.5 1.0 0.7 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.3 0.6
Noncash benefits 22.8 15.9 13.0 17.7 16.9 14.7 24.0 27.8 19.6
Food 19.1 9.8 9.1 14.0 13.9 9.4 19.3 20.9 13.6
Energy 5.1 4.6 4.7 4.4 3.3 3.2 4.9 9.8 4.4
Housing 3.4 7.1 4.5 4.1 5.5 6.2 7.7 12.2 9.5
Personal contributions 0.7 2.1 1.8 2.3 3.5 1.4 2.2 0.4 1.4
Number (thousands) 280 168 2,443 2,206 687 2,207 1,690 453 995
  Women
Earnings 66.8 53.3 28.6 75.2 67.4 42.3 70.1 60.4 35.1
Wages and salaries 65.4 52.1 26.9 72.2 64.8 39.5 67.4 57.5 33.8
Self-employment 3.3 5.3 3.3 5.6 4.4 4.9 5.2 4.1 1.8
Retirement benefits 43.2 65.9 91.4 26.6 47.8 84.6 35.4 50.4 76.1
Social Security 31.1 54.1 88.6 19.2 37.6 81.1 27.0 37.8 70.7
Benefits other than Social Security 19.6 30.2 40.9 11.7 20.8 35.2 14.1 29.7 32.3
Other public pensions 8.0 15.8 14.5 5.7 8.2 12.3 6.6 14.4 16.8
Railroad Retirement 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.0
Government employee pensions 8.0 15.8 14.0 5.7 8.2 12.2 6.6 14.4 16.8
Military 1.1 2.5 1.8 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4
Federal 1.7 4.6 3.8 1.4 1.6 2.6 1.7 2.1 3.4
State or local 5.3 8.8 9.0 4.0 6.8 9.6 4.5 12.0 13.4
Private pensions or annuities 14.2 20.3 34.3 8.0 14.3 29.3 8.8 23.1 24.9
Income from assets 53.0 58.4 57.5 56.7 61.1 57.1 51.3 53.0 51.2
Interest 51.3 54.8 55.9 56.1 59.9 55.6 49.0 51.6 50.1
Other income from assets 20.6 18.6 20.6 15.1 19.5 18.8 17.4 22.6 19.1
Dividends 16.8 13.1 16.1 11.4 15.4 13.5 13.2 18.1 16.7
Rent or royalties 8.4 8.0 7.3 5.1 5.0 6.9 6.2 4.4 5.0
Estates or trusts 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.3 1.4 0.0
Veterans' benefits 3.1 2.6 3.6 1.6 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.5 1.0
Unemployment compensation 2.7 3.0 0.8 3.0 4.5 1.6 3.2 3.1 0.8
Workers' compensation 1.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.7
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 28.9 21.8 20.2 24.7 24.8 26.1 30.7 23.5 31.6
Cash public assistance 13.4 10.1 7.3 11.9 12.9 8.8 15.0 10.6 14.2
Supplemental Security Income 11.9 10.0 6.8 10.5 12.3 8.1 14.0 9.4 13.2
Other 1.8 0.1 0.8 1.9 1.0 0.8 2.4 3.2 1.2
Noncash benefits 24.0 17.8 17.4 21.4 21.8 23.7 26.6 20.2 28.5
Food 19.1 15.1 10.8 18.5 18.3 16.3 20.3 16.8 20.0
Energy 6.7 5.4 5.4 6.3 6.6 7.7 6.8 5.9 7.1
Housing 5.6 3.3 6.4 6.5 6.9 9.2 10.5 9.3 12.3
Personal contributions 2.8 2.7 1.9 6.5 2.5 2.4 3.6 2.6 2.4
Number (thousands) 940 563 8,777 2,853 1,068 3,405 1,512 473 1,219
Family Income Sources of Persons 65 or Older Table 2.B6 Percentage with family income from specified source, by number of persons in family and quintile of per-capita family total money income, 2014
Source of family income Total First Second Third Fourth Fifth
  All persons
Earnings 40.2 20.2 25.8 38.2 53.0 63.8
Wages and salaries 37.0 18.6 24.2 35.4 49.2 57.8
Self-employment 6.4 3.0 3.2 4.8 8.4 12.4
Retirement benefits 89.1 77.6 94.2 93.4 92.1 87.9
Social Security 86.0 75.2 92.9 91.7 88.7 81.6
Benefits other than Social Security 47.7 11.4 33.9 58.3 67.2 67.5
Other public pensions 17.7 2.8 8.2 16.9 25.6 35.1
Railroad Retirement 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.4
Government employee pensions 17.4 2.6 7.9 16.5 25.0 34.9
Military 2.0 0.3 0.9 1.5 3.3 3.9
Federal 4.7 0.4 1.5 4.4 7.2 10.0
State or local 12.1 1.9 5.8 11.3 16.6 24.7
Private pensions or annuities 40.9 9.5 29.7 51.0 57.8 56.3
Income from assets 67.1 38.0 56.6 70.0 80.8 90.2
Interest 65.7 36.4 55.3 68.0 79.7 89.1
Other income from assets 28.4 8.4 15.9 25.7 35.3 56.6
Dividends 23.1 5.8 12.0 20.2 28.3 49.0
Rent or royalties 10.3 3.3 5.7 8.7 12.2 21.4
Estates or trusts 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.9
Veterans' benefits 5.6 2.0 4.0 5.7 8.2 8.1
Unemployment compensation 1.4 0.9 1.1 1.3 2.2 1.5
Workers' compensation 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.4
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 13.3 34.7 17.1 8.4 4.7 1.5
Cash public assistance 5.2 13.5 5.8 3.3 2.4 0.8
Supplemental Security Income 4.8 12.5 5.5 3.1 2.2 0.8
Other 0.5 1.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1
Noncash benefits 11.0 31.3 14.0 6.4 2.8 0.8
Food 7.4 23.4 8.2 3.4 1.6 0.5
Energy 3.3 9.7 4.8 1.6 0.5 0.0
Housing 3.9 10.3 5.4 2.5 0.9 0.3
Personal contributions 1.4 2.6 1.5 1.3 1.2 0.3
Number (thousands) 45,994 9,199 9,199 9,196 9,196 9,204
  Persons in 1-person families
Earnings 18.8 2.7 7.0 15.3 28.7 46.6
Wages and salaries 16.7 2.1 6.1 13.8 25.8 41.5
Self-employment 2.8 0.6 1.0 2.0 3.4 7.7
Retirement benefits 89.7 77.5 97.1 95.1 92.9 87.1
Social Security 86.5 75.1 95.9 94.0 88.8 78.9
Benefits other than Social Security 41.5 6.8 24.3 51.1 69.3 67.8
Other public pensions 14.3 1.2 4.9 13.1 24.1 33.2
Railroad Retirement 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.9 0.2
Government employee pensions 14.0 1.1 4.5 13.1 23.4 33.1
Military 1.5 0.2 0.4 1.0 2.3 4.0
Federal 3.9 0.1 0.9 3.3 6.5 10.2
State or local 9.2 0.8 3.3 9.1 15.0 21.0
Private pensions or annuities 35.0 6.1 21.1 43.0 60.0 54.7
Income from assets 57.2 30.9 45.2 59.6 74.4 84.6
Interest 55.5 30.1 44.4 56.1 72.7 82.5
Other income from assets 21.3 5.3 8.8 21.5 29.9 47.2
Dividends 16.6 3.5 6.3 15.9 22.5 39.5
Rent or royalties 7.6 1.8 3.3 6.7 11.3 17.4
Estates or trusts 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.7 2.0
Veterans' benefits 4.1 1.0 2.1 4.0 7.3 7.6
Unemployment compensation 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8
Workers' compensation 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.0 0.6
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 18.9 41.0 26.2 12.8 6.4 1.7
Cash public assistance 5.6 16.0 4.8 2.8 1.8 0.4
Supplemental Security Income 5.3 15.3 4.5 2.7 1.6 0.4
Other 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.0
Noncash benefits 17.6 38.0 25.2 11.9 5.3 1.5
Food 10.1 25.8 13.6 5.1 1.4 0.7
Energy 5.7 13.2 7.9 3.4 1.7 0.1
Housing 8.9 18.8 12.8 6.6 2.6 0.8
Personal contributions 1.3 2.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 0.6
Number (thousands) 14,727 3,290 3,253 2,924 2,498 2,761
  Persons in 2-person families
Earnings 40.3 12.8 20.8 36.0 52.9 67.4
Wages and salaries 36.3 11.1 19.0 32.1 48.3 60.6
Self-employment 7.3 2.0 3.0 5.5 9.6 13.8
Retirement benefits 91.8 81.7 96.6 95.7 94.1 89.3
Social Security 89.0 79.3 95.5 94.0 91.1 84.2
Benefits other than Social Security 54.6 13.2 40.4 67.2 71.3 68.7
Other public pensions 21.0 3.1 9.7 20.1 28.2 37.0
Railroad Retirement 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.5 0.2
Government employee pensions 20.7 3.0 9.7 19.3 27.8 36.9
Military 2.3 0.2 1.1 1.6 4.3 3.7
Federal 5.5 0.7 1.3 4.9 8.1 10.1
State or local 14.9 2.1 7.6 13.5 18.5 27.6
Private pensions or annuities 47.4 11.1 35.9 59.9 61.7 58.1
Income from assets 74.3 45.2 64.7 76.1 83.4 92.6
Interest 72.8 42.7 62.5 74.7 82.4 91.9
Other income from assets 34.1 11.6 21.3 29.1 38.5 60.5
Dividends 28.2 8.2 16.6 23.1 31.7 52.9
Rent or royalties 12.4 4.7 7.4 10.5 12.6 23.6
Estates or trusts 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.5
Veterans' benefits 6.3 2.4 4.6 5.9 9.0 8.3
Unemployment compensation 1.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 2.2 1.7
Workers' compensation 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.3
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 7.4 24.4 9.6 4.5 2.6 0.7
Cash public assistance 3.3 9.2 4.5 2.1 1.7 0.5
Supplemental Security Income 3.1 8.8 4.3 2.0 1.5 0.4
Other 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1
Noncash benefits 5.7 21.7 6.7 2.8 1.2 0.2
Food 3.8 15.9 3.7 1.4 0.9 0.1
Energy 2.1 7.8 3.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
Housing 1.5 6.2 1.5 0.7 0.3 0.1
Personal contributions 0.5 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.1
Number (thousands) 24,035 3,934 4,480 4,810 5,264 5,547
  Persons in families of 3 or more
Earnings 83.3 64.2 82.8 91.1 95.3 94.5
Wages and salaries 80.7 60.8 80.2 89.2 93.6 91.3
Self-employment 10.7 8.7 9.0 8.2 12.9 18.4
Retirement benefits 78.6 69.7 80.5 82.6 83.1 81.5
Social Security 75.4 67.4 78.3 79.7 80.1 73.8
Benefits other than Social Security 37.1 15.5 35.3 43.4 48.6 59.1
Other public pensions 13.6 4.7 10.6 14.1 18.6 28.9
Railroad Retirement 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.1 1.2 2.3
Government employee pensions 13.0 4.4 10.2 14.0 17.4 28.1
Military 1.9 0.6 1.5 2.4 1.6 5.2
Federal 3.8 0.3 3.2 4.7 5.1 8.8
State or local 8.6 3.6 5.8 8.7 12.1 18.3
Private pensions or annuities 31.1 11.9 30.0 37.4 40.1 50.1
Income from assets 63.4 35.4 57.4 70.6 82.5 92.5
Interest 62.8 34.5 57.3 69.7 82.2 92.2
Other income from assets 23.8 7.1 15.2 22.7 33.2 61.7
Dividends 19.2 4.8 10.6 19.0 26.0 54.3
Rent or royalties 8.5 3.1 6.2 6.9 12.7 20.6
Estates or trusts 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.2
Veterans' benefits 6.2 2.7 6.7 8.6 6.5 8.6
Unemployment compensation 3.3 2.5 3.2 3.6 4.9 2.3
Workers' compensation 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.7 1.0
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 21.4 44.8 19.7 12.8 9.5 5.8
Cash public assistance 10.8 18.2 12.4 8.1 6.0 3.9
Supplemental Security Income 9.6 15.3 11.6 7.3 5.5 3.9
Other 1.4 3.4 1.1 0.8 0.4 0.0
Noncash benefits 15.6 39.1 11.5 6.8 4.4 2.7
Food 13.9 34.6 9.9 6.5 4.2 2.7
Energy 2.5 7.6 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Housing 1.5 4.1 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.0
Personal contributions 4.5 6.4 4.9 4.3 3.9 0.8
Number (thousands) 7,232 1,975 1,465 1,462 1,434 896
NOTE: Per-capita family total money income quintile limits are $12,492, $19,245, $29,027, and $47,129.
Family Income Sources of Persons 65 or Older Table 2.B7 Percentage with family income from specified source, by sex and ratio of family total money income to the poverty threshold, 2014
Source of family income All persons Men Women
Under 1.00 1.00– 1.24 1.25– 1.49 1.50– 1.99 2.00 or more Under 1.00 1.00– 1.24 1.25– 1.49 1.50– 1.99 2.00 or more Under 1.00 1.00– 1.24 1.25– 1.49 1.50– 1.99 2.00 or more
Earnings 10.8 14.4 15.6 21.2 51.9 13.8 16.3 17.2 20.2 52.8 9.3 13.3 14.7 21.9 51.0
Wages and salaries 9.4 13.4 14.5 19.2 47.9 12.0 14.9 15.8 18.1 48.7 8.2 12.6 13.8 20.0 47.2
Self-employment 1.7 1.5 2.1 3.4 8.3 2.4 2.0 3.0 3.9 9.1 1.3 1.3 1.5 3.1 7.5
Retirement benefits 66.3 91.0 94.0 94.3 91.0 61.9 89.9 92.3 94.5 90.3 68.5 91.5 95.0 94.1 91.5
Social Security 63.4 89.4 92.8 92.7 87.4 59.3 88.7 91.1 93.2 86.6 65.5 89.7 93.7 92.4 88.1
Benefits other than Social Security 7.3 11.4 21.0 29.8 61.8 5.9 8.1 18.1 24.9 61.7 8.0 13.2 22.7 33.0 61.9
Other public pensions 1.8 3.0 3.4 6.9 24.3 1.5 2.2 3.4 4.6 23.6 1.9 3.5 3.4 8.4 24.9
Railroad Retirement 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.5
Government employee pensions 1.7 2.9 3.4 6.5 23.9 1.5 2.2 3.4 4.5 23.2 1.7 3.3 3.4 7.9 24.5
Military 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.6 2.8 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 3.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.8 2.5
Federal 0.3 0.9 0.6 1.2 6.6 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.5 6.7 0.3 1.3 0.5 1.6 6.5
State or local 1.2 1.8 2.7 4.8 16.5 1.3 1.8 2.7 3.6 15.6 1.1 1.8 2.8 5.5 17.4
Private pensions or annuities 6.0 9.5 18.8 24.9 53.0 4.3 6.8 15.6 21.4 53.2 6.8 11.0 20.6 27.2 52.9
Income from assets 32.5 39.2 42.8 52.7 79.0 35.6 40.0 40.7 50.0 79.5 31.0 38.7 44.1 54.4 78.4
Interest 31.5 37.9 41.4 49.6 77.7 34.3 37.9 39.3 47.0 78.4 30.1 37.9 42.6 51.4 77.1
Other income from assets 5.9 7.9 8.7 16.8 36.9 7.0 9.7 8.8 14.7 37.8 5.4 7.0 8.6 18.2 36.1
Dividends 3.9 5.9 6.1 11.8 30.6 4.4 7.8 5.9 10.2 31.5 3.6 4.8 6.2 12.9 29.7
Rent or royalties 2.0 3.2 3.9 6.1 13.3 2.7 4.0 4.9 6.0 13.7 1.7 2.8 3.3 6.2 12.9
Estates or trusts 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.6
Veterans' benefits 1.3 1.9 2.1 3.2 7.2 2.4 4.2 3.8 4.7 8.6 0.8 0.7 1.2 2.3 6.0
Unemployment compensation 0.5 1.1 0.5 1.0 1.7 0.5 1.7 0.5 0.9 1.8 0.5 0.8 0.4 1.0 1.6
Workers' compensation 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.7
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 39.2 38.0 26.1 18.0 5.7 34.8 38.1 24.3 16.1 4.6 41.4 38.0 27.2 19.2 6.6
Cash public assistance 16.1 9.9 7.4 6.2 2.8 13.0 10.4 6.6 5.7 2.5 17.6 9.6 7.9 6.6 3.1
Supplemental Security Income 15.2 9.2 6.6 5.7 2.6 12.2 9.8 5.8 5.2 2.3 16.7 8.9 7.0 6.1 2.9
Other 1.2 0.8 1.3 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.3 1.4 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.3
Noncash benefits 36.3 35.6 23.7 15.2 3.6 31.9 35.8 21.1 13.0 2.7 38.4 35.5 25.2 16.6 4.5
Food 27.2 25.6 15.1 8.3 2.3 23.9 27.3 14.5 8.2 1.7 28.8 24.7 15.4 8.5 2.8
Energy 11.6 11.1 7.3 5.2 0.8 8.5 10.7 6.7 4.3 0.6 13.1 11.3 7.6 5.8 1.1
Housing 14.1 13.2 8.9 5.1 1.0 10.6 14.5 7.8 4.2 0.7 15.8 12.5 9.5 5.7 1.3
Personal contributions 2.6 2.3 2.1 1.4 1.1 1.6 2.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 3.1 2.4 2.6 1.5 1.1
Number (thousands) 4,590 2,415 2,678 5,248 31,063 1,504 841 976 2,071 15,048 3,086 1,574 1,702 3,177 16,015
NOTE: The family money income of aged persons is compared with the official poverty lines of families in 2014.
Family Income Sources of Persons 65 or Older in Beneficiary Families Table 2.B8 Percentage with family income from specified source, by proportion of family income from Social Security and sex, 2014
Source of family income Proportion of family income from Social Security
Less than 50 percent 50–89 percent 90–99 percent 100 percent
All persons Men Women All persons Men Women All persons Men Women All persons Men Women
Earnings 60.1 59.7 60.4 23.6 25.9 21.9 4.3 3.7 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wages and salaries 55.5 54.8 56.1 20.7 22.6 19.3 3.1 2.7 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Self-employment 9.9 10.8 9.1 4.0 4.7 3.5 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Retirement benefits 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Social Security 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Benefits other than Social Security 65.8 67.1 64.6 66.4 65.0 67.4 17.9 18.2 17.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other public pensions 30.2 29.8 30.5 14.2 12.8 15.2 1.4 1.5 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Railroad Retirement 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Government employee pensions 29.7 29.4 30.0 14.1 12.8 15.1 1.4 1.5 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Military 3.9 4.3 3.5 1.1 0.8 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Federal 8.4 8.6 8.1 2.4 2.1 2.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
State or local 20.5 19.7 21.2 10.8 10.2 11.3 1.0 1.2 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Private pensions or annuities 55.0 56.5 53.6 60.6 60.2 60.9 17.1 17.2 17.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Income from assets 80.9 81.8 80.0 71.1 71.3 70.9 87.6 87.3 87.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Interest 78.8 79.8 78.0 68.3 68.6 68.0 84.5 84.1 84.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other income from assets 40.8 41.9 39.7 28.3 28.7 28.0 15.1 15.2 14.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dividends 33.3 34.5 32.3 22.1 22.7 21.6 10.7 10.6 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rent or royalties 14.9 15.3 14.5 9.6 9.8 9.4 5.2 5.5 5.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Estates or trusts 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Veterans' benefits 8.9 10.7 7.2 6.0 7.8 4.6 2.2 3.3 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Unemployment compensation 2.2 2.3 2.1 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Workers' compensation 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cash public assistance and noncash benefits 7.0 5.8 8.2 14.5 11.6 16.7 14.6 12.0 16.3 24.8 22.0 26.4
Cash public assistance 3.6 3.0 4.1 7.2 6.0 8.1 2.1 1.3 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Supplemental Security Income 3.3 2.8 3.8 6.6 5.4 7.4 1.7 1.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Noncash benefits 4.8 3.6 5.9 12.1 9.2 14.2 14.0 11.5 15.7 24.8 22.0 26.4
Food 3.6 2.7 4.5 7.4 5.9 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.5 16.8 15.4 17.6
Energy 0.8 0.6 1.1 4.6 3.1 5.7 5.1 3.9 6.0 7.2 6.3 7.7
Housing 1.1 0.8 1.3 4.0 2.9 4.8 5.4 3.6 6.5 10.3 8.9 11.1
Personal contributions 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.0 0.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Number (thousands) 18,891 9,091 9,800 10,616 4,524 6,092 4,620 1,845 2,775 5,077 1,850 3,227
NOTE: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.