Characteristics of food stamp households, February 1978

              United States
Department of
Agriculture
Food and
Nutrition
Service
FNS-204
Characteristics
of Food Stamp
Households
February 1978
Households surveyed for this study were
certified under provisions of the Food
Stamp Act of 1964. The study does not
reflect changes in the caseload
resulting from implementation of
the Food Stamp Act of 1977.
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TABLE Or CONTENTS
LIST OF EXHIBITS ...
LIST OF TABLES IN TEXT
PREFACE - PROGRAM CHANGES SlNCE FEBRUARY 1978.
I. INTRODUCTION ............... .
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II. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF FOOD STAMP HOUSEHOLDS. . 8
A. Gross Income
B. Work Status .
C. Sex, Age, and Race
D. Average Household Size
E. Urban/Rural . . . ..
F. Selected Characteristics
III. PROGRAM - RELATED FINANCIAL ATTRIBUTES
A. Assets . . . . . . . .
B. Income and Deductions
Shelter Deduction .
Medical Deduction ..
Work-related Deductions .
C. Benefits ......... .
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IV. COMPARISON OF SEPTEMBER 1976 AND FEBRUARY 1978 DATA
TABULATIONS OF SURVEY DATA
List of Detailed Tables
Tables 1 - 71
APPENDICES
A. Glossary
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B. Samp 1 e Design . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • • • . . . • . • . . . . . . • . . B-1
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LIST OF EXHIBITS
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Exhibit Distribution by Monthly Gross Income ......... 10
Exhibit 2 Work Status of Household Heads ............... 13
Exhibit 3 Age, Race, and Sex Distribution of
Household Heads .............................. 16
Exhibit 4 Distribution by Household Size ............... 18
Exhibit 5 Household Assets .... . ........................ 22
Exhibit 6 Average Deductions ........................... 25
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LIST OF TABLES IN TEXT
PAGE
Table A Comparison of Alternative Income
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Table B Distribution of Households by Income
Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Table c Average Monthly Gross Income by
Source of Income . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 12
Table D Status of Food Stamp Hou seho 1 d Head
With Resoect to Work Registration
Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Table E Distribution of Household Heads by Sex 15
Table F Distribution of Household Heads by Age 15
Table G Distribution of Household Heads by
Racial/Ethnic Oriqin . . . 17
Table H Average Food Stamp Household Size 19
Table I Urban/Rura 1 Residence 19
Table J Value of Assets by Type of Assets 23
Table K Maximum Food Stamp Allotments 27
Table L Comparative Statistics - September
1976 and February 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Table M Comparison of Significant
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
PREFACE - PROGRAM CHANGES SINCE FEBRUARY 1978
This report presents the findings of a national survey of the characteristics
of households in the Food Stamp Program. The survey was conducted in February
of 1978, while the eligibility rules of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 were still
in effect. Since then, the stricter eligibility rules of the Food Stamp Act
of 1977 have been implemented.
The Food Stamp Act of 1977 made several major revisions to the Food Stamp
Program. One of the most far reaching was the elimination of the purchase
requirement, referred to as 11 EPR. 11 Before EPR, participants were required to
make a cash payment for their food stamps. The amount of food stamps they
received was equal in value to their cash payment, plus an additional amount
known as the 11 bonus. 11 After EPR, participants receive the bonus only, with
no cash transaction. Prior to EPR, several studies suggested that inability
to pay the purchase requirement may have been a major reason that only
about 50 percent of all households eligible actually participated.
The Food Stamp Act of 1977 also raised the asset limit for nonelderly
households to $1,750 and set a limit on the market value of cars that
households could own. Other provisions of the 1977 Act restricted eligibility
for the program by reducing the income limits, making work registration
requirements more stringent, and replacing the itemized deduction with a
standard deduction available to all households; a 20 percent of earned income
deduction (to replace the work related deductions); and a combined shelter/
child care deduction. (In 1979, Congress enacted additional excess medical
expense and excess shelter expense deductions for the elderly and those
receiving SSI or social security disability payments.)
EPR took effect in 9 States on December 1, 1978, and in the remaining 45
States on January 1, 1979. All States were required to begin implementing
the 1977 Act's eligibility rules by March 1, 1979, and to have completed
converting their caseloads to the new rules by June 30, 1979. The Department
of Agriculture report, Elimination of the Purchase Requirement in the Food
Stamp Program - Effect on Participation and Cost, dated October 1979, noted
that the new eligibility restrictions removed 500,000 to 700,000 ,people
nationwide, including Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, -from the
program.
From November 1978 through June 1979, EPR added 3.4 to 3.6 million people.
The net effect of these two changes was to increase program participation
by 2.9 million people, or 19 percent. Some of the characteristics of the
food stamp caseload also changed with the implementation of the new
legislation and the influx of new participants.
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o After the implementation of EPR, a significant number of the
new participants came from predominantly rural areas.
o Since EPR, elderly participation has increased significantly.
The number of households headed by an elderly person (65 and
over) increased approximately 32 percent from February 1978 to
April 1979. In contrast, the number -of nonelderly households
increased by about 14 percent over the same period of time.
o The percentage of participants who are public assistance
recipients has dropped since the implementation of EPR. Before
EPR, public assistance recipients made up 48 percent of the
total caseload. Following the implementation of EPR, their
percentage declined to 42 percent. This decline does not mean
that the absolute number of public assistance participants has
decreased. Actually, their numbers have risen slightly.
Participation among non-public assistance recipients has
risen faster, however. This reflects, in particular, larger
percentage increases in participation by the elderly and the
working poor than by public assistance households.
The currently available data suggest that the new participants are not a
distinctively different income group from the old participants. Comparison
of the income distribution data from the characteristics surveys taken in
February 1978 and April 1979 rev~aled that the average income for all
participants rose by less than 5 percent during that period. Both in
February and April, the majority of ' participants had gross incomes less
than $300 monthly or $3,600 on an annualized basis.
Other data also lead to the same conclusion. An analysis of average food
stamp bonus values for the last quarter of 1978 and the first quarter of
1979, spanning the implementation of EPR, found that the change between the
two quarters was the same as would be expected due simply to the revision on
January 1 of the Thrifty Food Plan. If the new participants had
significantly higher or lower income than the old participants, the average
bonus would have been affected accordingly . .
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I. INTRODUCTION
The sample for this survey was designed to support valid inferences about the
food stamp caseload on a national and regional basis. On a national basis
detailed characteristics are presented for the 50 States and the District of
Columbia. Some characteristics are presented on a regional basis and for
Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands. Additional regional information and
information concerning Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands is available
from the Food ~nd Nutrition Service, but is not covered in this report.
The sample for the survey was taken from households certified as
eligible to receive food stamps in February of 1978. Under the 1964 Act,
certified households were authorized to pay a specified purchase price in
exchange for an allotment of food stamps worth more than they paid. However,
not all certified households did go on to purchase their food stamps.
Therefore, the number of households certified for benefits was larger than
the number which participated. Because State agencies report, only the
number of households participating in the program, we have had to estimate
the total number of households certified for benefits, in order to obtain a
figure against which findings from our sample of certified households could
be expanded. There was an estimated difference of about 10 percent between
the number of households certified and the number participating.
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II. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF FOOD STAMP HOUSEHOLDS
One purpose of the survey is to identify the salient socio-economic
characteristics of food stamp participants. Who are they? Are they young
or old? Are they able to work? Are they really poor? These are the kinds
of questions raised, directly or indirectly, by Congress, taxpayers, public
interest groups and others, particularly when legislative changes are proposed
that would modify the conditions under which food stamp assistance is to be
provided.
This section compares salient food stamp population characteristics with those
of the poverty population and the total U. S. population, 1f as a means of
portraying the kinds of households certified for food stamps in February 1978.
There is an important difference between the way that eligiblity for food
stamps is determined and the way that the Census Bureau counts households in
poverty. The Census Bureau counts households as poor if their annual cash
incomes fall below the poverty guidelines set by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). In contrast, households are eligible for food stamps if their
monthly cash incomes fall below the program 1 S net income limits. Because
household income may vary from month to month, a household may be eligible for
food stamps in one month, but ineligible the next. Therefore, some households
eligible for food stamps for one or more months may have annual incomes above
the OMB poverty line. On the other hand, households with assets worth more
than the food stamp asset limit (under the 1964 Act, $1,500 per household;
$3,000 if there was a person ag~ 60 or over in a household of two or more
persons) could be ineligible for food stamps in any month, although their
annual incomes were well below the poverty line. 2/
lJ All poverty population and U. S. population figures used in this report
are data on th.e population in 1977. from th.e Current Population Survey
conducted by the Bureau of the Census.
2/ See, for example, 11Assets of Low Income Households -An Analysis of
Existing Data, 11 Food and Nutrition Service, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, which finds that 11
••• between 18 percent and 28 percent of
the (low income) households . .. who were eligible for food stamps based
on income became ineligible when the resource test was applied ...
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Although the poverty population and the food stamp population are not, ' ·"
therefore, strictly comparable, an approximation of the relative income
status of food stamp and 11 poverty 11 households can be made by di vi ding the
annual income poverty level by 12 to obtain a monthly figure. The annual
poverty level that pertained in February 1978, the derived monthly poverty
level, and the maximum .food stamp net income'}} limits are shown below.
Table A. Comparison of Alternative Income Guidelines
Annual Monthly Maximum Net
Household Poverty Poverty Monthly Food Stamp
Size Income Income Income Limits
1 $ 3,140 $262 $262
2 4,160 347 344
3 5 '180 432 460
4 6,200 517 580
5 7,220 602 687
6 8,240 687 827
7 9,260 772 913
8 1 0' 280 856 1 '049
Each Additional +1 ,020 +85 +133
A. Gross Income
The food stamp income limits in effect in February 1978 were in most cases
above the derived monthly poverty line. However, most food stamp households-­approximately
87 percent--in February 1978 had monthly gross incomes below the
poverty line. Thus, these people were 11 poor 11 by more than one measure of
poverty.
As is evident from Table B, probably the most striking socio-economic
characteristic of the food stamp pop~lation is its relatively high level of ·
dependence on transfer payments. 4/ Proportionately fewer food stamp
households rely on earnings than poverty households or all U. S. households.
'}} The method of detennining food stamp net income is di·scussed on pages 18-20.
~ These transfer payments are from welfare programs such as Aid to Families
with Dependent Children (AFDC), the Supplemental Security Income Program
(SSI), and individual State General Assistance Programs (GA), as well as
from non-welfare programs, such as social security, Veteran 1s
Administration programs, unemployment insurance programs, and railroad
retirement and other pension programs.
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Distribution by
Monthly Gross Income
Percent
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26.0
24.0
1- 18.3
20
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7.6 6.2
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2.5
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Under 100- 200- 300- 400- 500- 600- 750- 1000
1 00 199 299 399 499 599 7 49 999 and
Dollars Over
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Table 8. Distribution of Households bt Income Source
Percent
Selected of All Percent of Percent
Source Food Stamp All Poverty of U.S.
of Income Households* Households* Population*
Earnings 18.6 58.0 87.6
Social Security 21.5 12.5 22.6 5/
SSI 21.5 6.6 2.8
PA 52.2 29.0 6.0
*Adds to more than 100 percent because some families have more than one
source of income.
Food stamp households are, in effect, that subset of the poverty population
and of the population at large which consists primarily of households with
virtually no financial resources who, for one reason or another, are dependent
for income maintenance upon Federal, State, or local transfer payments.
The mean income of the overall U.S. population was more than four times
greater than the income of the food stamp population. The average gross
income of the U.S. population was roughly $1,300, compared to an average gross
monthly income for food stamp households in February 1978 of $306. The
average income for the poverty population (1977 data) was $275 a month. The
gross monthly income for those food stamp households without earnings--i.e.,
the 80 percent relying on transfer payments--was less than the income of the
overall poverty population--an average of only $246 a month. Food stamp
households with earned income--constituting less than 20 percent of all food
stamp households--had an average gross monthly income of $494. This is much
larger than the average gross income of all other food stamp households.
The average gross income for households containing elderly members was
considerably lower than average--$248; while the average gross income for
households without elderly members was higher than average--$318 per month.
The average gross income differed by racial category as well. Blacks had an
average gross income of $303, whereas Whites had an average of $285. These
differences could be misleading, however, because when differences in house­hold
size are taken into account, the average per capita income for households
containing elderly members falls to $157, whereas per capita income for
~ Includes Railroad Retirement.
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nonelderly households is considerably ·lower, at $97. The per capita income
of Blacks was $89, whereas the average per capita income for Whites is
about $106.
The distribution of households by gross income shows that nearly 58 percent
had gross incomes under $300 per month. The larg~ number of one- and two­person
households (primarily the elderly with lower than average household
incomes} weights the income distribution of the caseload downward. Househ9lds
with gross incomes between $300 - $599.99 represented about 35 percent of all
households. Thus, 93 percent of all food stamp households had gross incomes
below $600 a month.
The largest group of households with only one source of income was that
receiving AFDC. These households represented 27.3 percent of all households
and had an average monthly income of $298.
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Table C. Average Monthly Gross Income by Source of Income
Average Gross Percent of
Source Monthl~ Income All Households
AFDC Only $298 27.3
SSI Only 205 7.3
Socia 1 Security Only 264 6.3
Earned Income Only 457 8.3
AFDC and SSI Only 383 1.5
AFDC and Earned Income Only 543 4.7
SSI and Social Security Only 232 6.9
The households with the highest average monthly income from a single source
were those with earned income. Households with earnings were larger than
average and, therefore, they could qualify for food stamps with larger incomes.
The working poor, then, may be qualifying for food stamps through the combined
effects of low wages .and larger families to support.
B. Work Status
The Food Stamp Act requires able-bodied persons, including those who are not
working because of a strike or lockout at their usual place of employment, to
register for work and accept suitable employment. Registration for
participation in the Work Incentive (WIN) Program is considered equivalent to
registration under the food stamp requirement .
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Work Status of Household Heads
Exempt:
Employed
full-time
11.5o/o
Exempt:
Other,
including
employed
part-time
7.3o/o
Required to register
for work
13.7°/o
Exempt:
Disabled or
over 64
Exempt: 32.4 o/o
Cares for
children or
disabled adults
35.1 °/o
Those exempt from the work registration requirement of the 1964 Act were:
a) persons under 18 and over 64;
b) persons who had responsibility for the care of
dependent children or incapacitated adults;
c) persons enrolled at least half time in any school
or training program recognized by any Federal,
State, or local government agency;
d) persons who worked at least 30 hours per week;
e) persons who were physically or mentally incapable
of engaging in gainful employment; or
f) narcotics addicts and alcoholics who regularly
participated in a drug or alcoholic treatment and
rehabilitation program.
Disabled and aged persons account for 32.4 percent of all food stamp household
heads and another 35.1 percent of household heads are responsible for the care
of children or incapacitated adults. Student household heads were less
than two percent of food stamp household heads.
Table 0. Status of Food Stamp Household Heads with Respect to Work
Registration Requirement
Required to Work:
Exempt:
Responsible for the Care of Children
or Incapacitated Adults 35.1
Disabled 16.2
Elderly (65 & Over) 16.2
Employed Full-Time 11.6
Full-Time Student 1.9
Under 18 0.4
WIN Participants 3.3
Unknown 1 .6
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Percent of All
Househo 1 d Heads
13.7
86.3
C. Sex, Age, and Race
Food stamp households are typically headed by females. The proportion of '·"
female headed households in the food stamp population is significantly larger
than in either the U. S. population or the poverty population. This partly
reflects the fact that households receiving AFDC (42.6 percent of all food
stamp households), the great majority of which are headed by females with
dependent children, were categorically eligible for food stamps under the 1964
Act.
Table E. Distribution of Household Heads by Sex
Percent Percent Percent of
of U. S. of Poverty Food Stamp
Sex Population Population Popu1 ati on
Male 74.6 50.9 31.2
Female 25.4 49.1 68.8
The age dis~ribu~ion of both food stamp household heads and th~ DOy~rty
population 1s we1ghted toward youth when compared to the age d1str1but1on
of the U.S. population as a whole.
Table f. Distribution of Household Heads by Age
Percent Percent Percent of
of IJ. S. of Poverty Food Stamp
Age Population Population Population
Under 45 47 62 61
45 - 54 17 13 12
55 - 64 16 12 11
65 & Over 20 13 16
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Age, Race and Sex Distribution of
Household Heads
Age
Sex
Under 45
61%
Female
69%
Race
Black
29.2%
White
48.7%
Over 54 percent of all persons certified for food stamps in February 1978
were children under age 18; over 6 percent were adults over 64. Thus, about
three-fifths of the food stamp caseload were the very old or the very young.
Racial and ethnic minorities are also over-represented, both among the poor
and among food stamp participants, as compared to their presence in the
general population.
The racial composition of household heads in the Food Stamp Program was 48.7
percent White, 29.2 percent Black, 9.4 percent Hispanic, 0.8 percent American
Indian, 0.4 percent Pacific Islanders, and 0.5 percent for all other racial
categories. The remaining 11.0 percent were marked "unknown" in the casefile.
Table G. Distribution of Household Heads b~ Racial/Ethnic Origin
Percent Percent Percent of . 6/
of U.S. of Poverty Food Stamp
Race Population Population Population
White 88.0 66.7 54.7
Black 10.0 30.8 32.8
Other J.! 2.0 2.5 12.5
D. Average Household Size
The average household size for the entire food stamp population is 3.0, the
average in the poverty population is 3.67 and the average in the U.S.
population is 2.8. As noted, the average gross income of food stamp households
with earnings is much higher than the average gross income of all food stamp
households. However, the average size of these households is relatively
large (4.1 persons), suggesting that the reason they are eligible for food
stamps may be due to the combined effects of low incomes and larger families.
§.! These are percents of food stamp househo·l ds for which rac(i'nformat}pp . was
available in the case record. (Eleven percent of the casefiles did not
contain racial/ethnic information.)
Zf (ensus does not have a Hjspanic racial category but the Food Stamp Program
does. ·census allows persons of Spanish origins to claim any race. The
category "other" contains Hispanics in the food stamp data but does not
for the U.S. and poverty population.
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Distribution by
Household Size
Average = 3.0 Persons
1 and 2 Persons
3 and 4 Persons
5 and Over
Percent of
All Households
49
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Table H~ Average Food Stamp Household Size
Household Characteristics
Female-Headed Households
Male-Headed Households
AFDC Recipients
Households with Earnings
Black Households
White Households
Households Headed by Strikers
Total Food Stamp Population
E. Urban/Rural
Average Size
2.8
3.4
3.7
4. 1
3.4
2.7
3.7
3.0
Our survey divided the food stamp population into urban and rural categories.
A project area was defined as urban if 50 percent or more of its population
lived in a city or town or twin cities with 50,000 or more population. It was
defined as rural otherwise. Approximately 53 percent of food stamp project
areas in our sample are considered urban.
The urban/rural definition for the U.S. and poverty populations is slightly
different than that for the food stamp population but is roughly comparable.
A greater proportion of the food stamp population lived in an urban area than
did the poverty population.
Table.!. Urban/Rural Residence
Urban
Rural
u.s.
Population
68
32
19
Poverty
Population
59
41
Food Stamp
Population
71
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F. Selected Characteristics
Authorized Representatives
An authorized representative is a person designated by the head of the
ho~sehold to act in its behalf in applying for the program, or obtaining or
us1ng food stamp coupons. Some households use authorized representatives
because they are too old or too disabled to purchase their food stamps
themselves. Twenty-two percent of all households had authorized
representatives.
Relatedness
The Food Stamp Program almost exclusively serves single persons or families,
not unrelated persons. About 99 percent of the household members were
related to the household head.
Strikers
The Department of Labor report, Industrial Relation Facts, states that 230,000
persons in the United States were on strike in February 1978. This was an
unusually large number of strikers, principally because of the 160,000 persons
on strike because of the coal strike in the Northeastern and Southern States.
Striking households must meet the same income and assets tests as all other
households in order to qualify for food stamps, and any strike benefits are
counted as income. Therefore, not all strikers receive food stamps. Our
survey indicated that 116,000 food stamp households contained strikers. These
households represented 2.1 percent of the caseload. This is a much higher
number of strikers than shown by any other survey--only .34 percent of the
food stamp caseload was on strike in September 1976 at the time of a previous
household characteristics survey--and is probably a result of the coa1 strike.
The average gross monthly income for householdiS containing strikers was $45,
the average benefit they received was $157.
Students
The survey found that 84,000 (1.5 percent) of February 1978 food stamp
households were headed b¥ college students. The average size of a
household headed by a student was 2.2 persons. Nearly 3.0 percent of the
households had one or more college students in them. Less than 1 .0 percent
(.81 percent) of total persons certified for the proaram were fuil-time
college students.
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II I. PROGRAM-RELATED FINANCIAL ATTRlBUTES
To qualify for food stamps, households must meet financial and non-financial
criteria. The financial criteria consist of an assets test and an income ··'
test. This section summarizes characteristics of food stamp households
related to: (1) their assets, (2) calculations of their income for determining
food stamp eligibility, and (3) the amount of benefits they received.
A. Assets
The Food Stamp Program imposes a limit on the amount of assets households
could have in order to qualify for food stamps. Under the 1964 Act, for
households of two or more persons, at least one of whom was aged 60 or over,
the limit was $3,000; for all other households, it was $1,500. By law,
certain assets were counted towards this limit and others were excluded.
Countable assets included bank accounts, stocks and bonds, second homes, and
recreational vehicles. Assets that were excluded included the h·Jusehold•s
home, one automobile for household transportation and others needed for
employment, personal effects and household goods, income-producing property,
tools of a trade, life insurance policies, and inaccessible resources.
On~y 25.4 percent of all households had assets.~ The median value of assets
for households with assets was $66. Since the limit on assets was $1,500 for
households without elderly members, this median indicates that the vast
majority of food stamp households were well within the asset limit. Over 76
percent of the households with assets had assets under $301.
Households containing elderly members tended to have slightly higher assets
than households without elderly members, but only 1.3 percent of these
households had liquid assets between $1,500 and $3,000.
~ However, this large number of zero assets households may be due partly to
the fact that the households receiving welfare were categorically eligible
. for food stamp assistance without regard to the level of their income and
assets. Thus, they may have assets, but. that information m~y _n9t be ·
recorded in the food stamp casefile. (However, these households do not
have many assets because there are asset tests in the welfare program.)
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Household Assets*
Households
Without Elderly Persons
$500 and Under
96 Percent
Households
With Elderly Persons
$500
Assets·
Over $500
4 Percent
Assets Between
$501 and $1500
11.3 Percent
and Under
87.4 Percent
---r---Assets
Over $1500
1.3 Percent
*Excludes households for which asset data were
unavailable and those with AFDC or SSI income .
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Tab 1 e J presents the va 1 ue of assets by the type of assets owned. ~9te that
only 24.5 percent had liquid assets and only 2.3 percent had nonliquid assets.
Liquid asset~ are resources which are readily negotia.ble, such as cash on hand
or in a checking account, savings or Ct:"edit union accounts, U.S. savings bonds,
stocks and bonds, and notes receivable. Nonliquid assets include both real
property (such as buildings and land holdings) and personal property (such as
~ boats, aircraft, and other recreational · v~hicles) except for the exclusions
a 1 ready noted.
Table J. Value of Assets b~ T~~e of Assets
Mean Value Percent of All
of Assets Households
Liquid Only $206 23.1
Nonliquid Only 435 0.9
Both Liquid and Nonliquid 747 1.4
A household's home is not countable as an asset for food stamp purposes.
Still, less than 19 percent of all households owned or had mortgages on
homes. Of the households with an owned or mortgaged home, 41.0 percent had
heads age 55 or older, _9/ 24.5 percent had heads age 40 through 54, 22.6
percent had heads age 30 through 39, and 11.9 percent had heads under age
30.
B. Income and Deductions
The Food Stamp Program's income test is applied after certain allowable
deductions are subtracted from gross income, that is, it is applied to net
income. By law, most kinds of income are counted toward gross income for
food stamp purposes, including wages and salaries, public assistance, Social
Security and Supplemental Security Income payments, pensions, disability
payments and strike benefits.
Under the 1964 Act, the following deductions were permitted:
1. Mandatory deductions from wages.
2. Child care expenses if necessary .for employment or education .or
training leading to employment.
3. A work allowance of ten percent of all income received as compensation
·for services performed as an employee or as a training allowance,
not to exceed $30 per household per month.
2/ However, because the individual identified as the household head in the
casefile may not be the household member who owns the home, the percentage
of homeowner households with elderly members may actually be greater than
these data indicate.
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4. Medical expenses when the total cost exceeded $10 per
household per month. -
5. An amount equal to the one- person monthly coupon allotment
for each boarder.
6. An amount equal to the one-person monthly coupon allotment
for each live-in attendant.
7. Casualty losses or unusual expenses.
8. School tuition and required fees for education.
9. Alimony payments.
10. Shelter costs in excess of 30 percent of net income after all
other deductions have been made.
The 1964 Act placed no limit on the amount of gross income households could
have or on the amounts of most allowable deductions. Therefore, in theory,
households with large gross incomes could qualify if they had high enough
deductions to lower their incomes below the net income limits. However, the
survey found that the average monthly gross income was $306. Less than
two percent of all households had gross monthly incomes of $800 or more, and
these households tended to be large.
There is an inherently positive correlation between the amount of the
average deduction and gross income, regardless of household size; as income
increases, deductions generally increase, too. Because high income house­holds
could not qualify unless they had high enough deductions to lower their
net incomes below the income limits, the only high income households that
could participate in the program were those with high deductions.
Approximately 11 percent of all households certified for the program in
February of 1978 would not have been eligible if no deductions had been
I ~lowed. But only 3.9 percent of these had gross incomes over $1,000 a month.
For the 84.1 percent of all households claiming a deduction, the average
deduction was $107 per month. This amount drops to $90 when averaged over the
total caseload to include both those who claimed a deduction and the 16 per­cent
who did not. But the difference between average gross monthly income
($306) and the average net monthly income ($226) was $80--$10 less than de­ductions
averaged over the entire caseload. This difference is due to the
fact that households with little or no income who were meeting expenses from
savings or loans could have deductible expenses greater than their current
incomes. Therefore, the deduction to which such households were entitled
exceeded the average deduction they could claim, as they reached zero net
income before exhausting their deductions. The most striking example of this
is zero gross income households, nearly half of whom claimed some deductible
expenses.
24
Average Deductions
Percentage
Average Dollar Households
Amount when Claiming
Claimed Deductions
Shelter 84 77.7
Work Allowance 25 17.5
Medical 43 16.0
Payro_ll 56 14.2
, Child Care 87 3.2
Education 73 1.9
Boarder Allotment 58 1.2
Alimony 95 0.4
-> Attendant Salaries 91 0.2
Casualty 55 0.3
Attendant Food Costs 46 0.2
All Deductions 107 84.1
J
(
Shelter Deduction
Households could claim a shelter deduction for shelter costs ih excess of
30 percent of their net income after all other deductions had been tak~n.
Shelter costs i'!c_l ude rent, mortg(lge_ paymen_tsL property taxe?, State and
1 oca l assessments, property insurance, and utility bi 11 s, such as payments
for heating, cooking fuel, electricity, water and sewer, garbage and trash
collection and the basic service fee for one telephone.
More than three-fourths (78 percent) of all households claimed a shelter
deduction. The average shelter deduction for all households claiming a
shelter deduction was $84. Households containing elderly members tended
to have lower shelter deductions, $56, than households without elderly
members, whose average shelter deduction was $90. When averaged over
the entire caseload, the average shelter deduction was $66 per month.
Shelter costs were, of course, higher than the shelter deduction. The
average shelter cost for all households claiming a shelter deduction
was $168.
Medical Deduction
Nearly 16 percent of the households had out-of pocket medical costs in
excess of $10 a month, thus entitling them to a medical deduction averaging
$43. Households with elderly members had slightly lower ($41) medical
deductions than households without elderly members ($45). However, because
the elderly have Medicaid and Medicare and other types of medical insurance
available to them, their actual medical needs may be greater than indicated
by the amount of their medical deductions. ~
Work-Related Deductions
To compensate for the costs _of going to work, there were three allowable
work related deductions. The work related deductions were for mandatory
payroll withholdings, such as for taxes and social security; 10 percent
of any earnings or training allowances up to $30 a household to cover some
work related expenses such as transportation; and child care expenses
necessary for employment. Most of the households with income from
earnings claimed work related deductions. For those claiming·,the specific
deduction, th·e average claimed was $56 ror mandatory withhoidings, $25 for
~k exponses, and $87 for child care expenses.
C. Benefits
Under the 1964 Act, monthly food stamp allotments were equal to the cost of
the Thrifty Food Plan adjusted for each household size. Households were
required to pay a portion of their owri money in order to obtain their allot­ments.
The amount they had to pay increased as net income rose, so that
26
the lowest income households received the greatest benefits. The maximum
allotments that households were entitled to in February 1978 are shown
belo\'J.
Table K. Maxi'mum Food Stamp Allotments
Household
Size
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
+ each additional person
Maximum
Food Stamp Allotment
$ 52
96
138
174
206
248
274
314
+4U
The average benefit for all households in February 1978 was $75 a month.
The average benefit each certified person was entitled to receive was,
therefore, about $25. (The Food stamp Pro~ram Statistical Summary of
Operations, February 1978, report shOws t at {he average benefit per person
actual.ly received in February 1978 in th~ 50 States and the District of
Columbia was slightly higher, at nearly $26~)
•
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IV. COMPARISON OF SEPTEMBER 1976 AND FEBRUARY 1978 DATA
There were many similarities between the food stamp caseloads in September
1976 and February 1978. Food stamp households continued to be slightly
larger than average, and they continued to be headed by females in their
forties. They tended to be White and their gross income was about the
same--slightly over $300 a month.
Table L~ Comparative Statistics
Participating Househulds (50 States
& D.C. only)
Gross Income
Net Income
Percent of All Households \'lith Zero
Net Income
Average Total Deduction for All
Households
Household Size
Percent of Male-Headed
Households
Average Age of Household Head
Percent of Elderly Participants
Percent by Racial/Ethnic Origins of
Household Head:
White
Black
Hispanic
Other and Unknown
Average Bonus per Household
•
September 1976 and February 1978
September 1976 February 1978 10/
5,029,000 5,100,000
$301 $306
$224 $226
4.3% 6.4%
$80 $90
3.1 3.0
31 .5% 31 . 1?~
43 43
6. 5% 6.4%
43.6% 48.7%
34.0% 29.2%
6. 7% 9.4%
15.7% 12.7%
$71 $75
lQ! Except for numbers of participants, statistics are based on characteristics
of certified households. As previously noted characteristics of
participating households could differ slightly.
~ ·.
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Because of inflationary changes in tbe economy, food stamp households seemed
to be worse off in February 1978 than they were in September 1976. During '· '
that period, the Consumer Price Index rose nearly ten percent, but food
stamp household income rose less than two percent. Even factoring out
differences due to slightly smaller family sizes in February 1978 (household
size decreased from 3.1 to 3.0 persons), per capita incomes of food stamp
households l~gged stg~ificantlj behind iriflation. Further, their deductibq~
expenses went up much more than the overall inflation rate--from an average
for all households of $80 to an average of $90, or an increase of 12.5 percent.
Table M. Comparison of Significant Indicators
Time Period
CPI, All Items
Food Stamp Income
Deductible Expenses
September 1976
172.6
301
80
29
February 1978
188.4
306
90
Percent Change
+9.2
+1. 7
+12.5
LIST OF DETAILED TABLES
50 STATES AND D.C., ALASKA, GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Table 1 Selected Summary Statistics
, All Households
~ · '
50 STATES AND D.C.
INCOME
Table 2 Number of Households by Gross Monthly Household
Income and Household Size
All Households
Table 3 Number of Households by Net Monthly Household
Income and Household Size
All Households
Table 4 Number of HouseholGs by Gross Monthly Hous2hold
Income and Household Size
All Households With Earnings
Table 5 Number of Households by Monthly Household Earned
Income and Household Size
All Households With Earnings
Table 6 Number of Households by Gross Monthly Household
Income and Household Size
Households With Zero Net Income
Table 7 Number of Households and Average Amount of Income
From Selected Sources by Number of Income Sources
All Households With Income
30
Table 8 Number and Percent of Households With Income
From Two or More Sources
All Households
Table 9 Percent of Households With Income From Selected
Sources by Household Size and Age of House­hold
Head
All Households With Income
Table 10 Average Amount of Income From Selected Source
by Household Size and Age of Household Head
All Households With Income From Selected Source
Table 11 Percent of Households by Gross Monthly House­hold
Income as a Percent of the Poverty Line
and Value of Total Assets
All Households
Table 12 Number and Percent of Households by Gross
Monthly Income as a Percent of the Poverty
Line and Race of H~usehold Head
All Households
Table 13 Number and Percent of Households by Gross
DEDUCTIONS
Monthly Income As a Percent of the Poverty Line,
Household Size, and Age of Household Head
All Households
Table 14 Amount of Deductions Averaged Over All House­holds,
Averaged Over Households Claiming
Specific Deductions, and Percent of Households
Claiming Specific Deductions
All Households and Households Claiming
Deductions
Table 15 Average Total Deduction by Gross Monthly House­hold
Income and Household Size
All Households
Table 16 Average Total Deductions and Percent Distribution
of Households Claiming Any Deduction by Gross
Monthly Household Income and Household Size
All Households Claiming Any Deduction
31
Table 17 Average Shelter Deduction and Percent Distri­bution
of Households Claiming Shelter
Deduction by Gross Monthly Household Income
and Household Size
All Households Claiming Shelter Deductions
Table 18 Number of Households by Gross Monthly Household
Income and Amount of Shelter Deduction
All Households
Table 19 Number of Households by Monthly Shelter Deduc­tion
and Household Size
All Households
Table 20 Average Shelter Costs by Gross Monthly Household
Income and Household Size
All Households
Table 21 Number of Households by Gross Monthly Household
Income and Shelter Costs
All Househo 1 ds
Table 22 Number of Households by Monthly Household
Shelter Cost and Household Size
All Households
Table 23 Average Medical Deduction and Percent Distri­bution
of Households Claiming Medical
Deductions by Gross Monthly Household Income
and Household Size
Households Claiming Medical Deductions
Table 24 Average Medical Deduction by Monthly Household
Medical Cost and Household Size
All Households Claiming Medical Deductions
Table 25 Number of Households by Gross Monthly Household
Income and Monthly Household Medical Expenses
Households Claiming Medical Deductions
Table 26 Number of Households by Monthly Household
Medical Costs and Household Size
Households Claiming Medical Deduction
32
Table 27 Average Mandatory Deduction by Gross Monthly
Household Income and Household Size
Households Claiming Mandatory Deductions
Table 28 Average Work Allowance Deduction by Gross
Monthly Household Income and Household Size
Households Claiming Work Allowance Deduction
MISCELLANEOUS
Table 29 Percent of Households by Gross Monthly House­hold
Income and Length of Certification
Period
All Households
Table 30 Number of Female Headed Households by Age of
Head and Household Size
All Households With Female Heads
Table 31 Number of Male Headed Households by Age of
Head and Household Size
All Households With Male Heads
Table 32 Number of Households by Age, Sex, and Race of
Household Head
A 11 Househo 1 ds
Table 33 Percent of All Households and Percent of House­holds
in Each Race by Home Ownership or Rental
Status and Race of Household Head
All Households
Table 34 Percent of Households by Home Ownership or
Rental Status and Age of Household Head
All Households
Table ·35 Percent of Households by Work Status, Age, and
Sex of Household Head
All Households
Table 36 Number and Percent of Households by Work Status of
Household Head and Urban/Rural Residence
All Households
~3
Table 37 Average Purchase Requirement by Gross Monthly
Household Income and Household Size
All Households
Table 38 Average Purchase Requirement as a Percent of
Gross Monthly Household Income by Household
Size
All Households
Table 39 Average Purchase Requirement by Net Monthly
Household Income and Household Size
All Households
Table 40 Average Purchase Requirement as Percent of Net
Monthly Household Income by Household Size
All Households
Table 41 Average Bonus by Gross Monthly Household Income
and Household Size
All Househo 1 ds
Table 42 Number and Percent of Households by Frequency of
Coupon Purchases
All Households
ELDERLY
Table 43 Percent of Households by Household Size for All
Households and Households with Elderly
All Households
Table 44 Average Total Deduction and Percent of Households
Claiming Deductions by Gross Monthly Household
Income and Presence or Absence of Elderly
All Households
Table 45 Average Total Deduction and Percent of Households
Claiming Deductions by Gross Monthly Household
Income and Presence or Absence of Elderly
All Households With Deductions
34
Table 46 Average Shelter Deduction and Percent of House­holds
Claiming Shelter Deduction by Gross
Monthly Household Income and Presence or
Absence of Elderly in Household
All Households Claiming Shelter Deduction
Table 47 Average Medical Deduction and Percent of House­holds
Claiming Medical Deduction by Gross
Monthly Household Income and Presence or
Absence of Elderly
All Households
Table 48 Percent of Households by Amount of Assets,
Presence or Absence of Elderly and Household
Size
All Households
Table 49 Number and Percent. of Households by Presence or
Absence of Elderly and Household Size
All Households
Table 50 Number and Percent of Households by Length of
Certification Period
Households Headed by Elderly
FNS REGIONS
Table 51 Average Income, Deductions, Shelter Costs, House­hold
Size, and Bonus by Region
All Households
Table 52 Number of Households by Gross Monthly Hou~. ehold
Income and Region
All Households
Table 53 Number of Households by Monthly Household Earned
Income and Region
All Households With Earnings
Table 54 Percent of Households by Region and Gross
Monthly Household Income as a Percert of the
Poverty Line
All House ho 1 ds
35
Table 55 Percent of Households With Gross Monthly
Household Income at the Poverty Line or
Below With Bonus Counted and Not Counted as
Income
All Households
Table 56 Number and Percent of Households by Work Status
of Household Head and Region
All Households
Table 57 Number of Households by Region and Race of
Household Head
All Households
Table 58 Number of Persons by Region and Age
All Households
Table 59 Average Household Size by Selected Characteristics
and Region
All Households
OUTLYING AREAS (GUAM, PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS)
Table 60 Number of Households by Gross Monthly Household
Income and Outlying Area.
All Households
Table 61 Number of Households by Monthly Household Earned
Income and Outlying Area
All Households With Earnings
Table 62 Average Household Size by Selected Characteristics
and Outlying Area
All Households
COMPARISON OF SEPTEMBER 1976 AND FEBRUARY 1978
Table 63 Percent of Households by Gross Monthly HousE:hold
Income and Household Size for 1976 and 1978
All Households
36
Table 64 Percent of Households by Gross Monthly House­hold
Income and Region for 1976 and 1978
All Households
Table 65 Percent of Households by Gross Monthly House­hold
Income and Outlying Area for 1976
and 1978
All Households
Table 66 Percent of Households by Net Monthly Household
Income and Household Size for 1976 and 1978
All Households
Table 67 Average Deductions and Percent of Households
Claiming Deductions by Specific Deduction for
1976 and 1978
All Households
Table 68 Number of Households by Work Status and Sex
of Household Head for 1976 and 1978
Households With Heads Age 18-65
Table 69 Percent of Households by Sex of Household Head
for 1976 and 1978
All Households
Table 70 Average Purchase Requirement by Gross Monthly
Household Income and Household Size• for 1976
and 1978
All Househo 1 ds
Table 71 Average Bonus by Gross Monthly Household Income
and Household Size for 1976 and 1978
All Households
37
Table 1
Selected Summary Statistics
All Households - 50 States and D. C., Alaska, Guam, Puerto Rico, ar.d Virgin Islands
United : : : Puerto --:- --'llrgin : Entire
Household Characteristics : States : Alaska : Guam : Rico : Islands : Case1oad
Average Household Size 3.0 Persons 3.0 Persons 5.1 Persons 4.0 Persons 4.5 Persons 3.1 Persons
Average Gross Monthly Income $306 $357 $541 $208 $323 $298
Average Net Monthly Income 226 215 443 186 255 223
Average Total Deduction
over All Households 90 172 139 46 82 87
Average Total Deduction over
Households Claiming Deductions 107 205 179 74 101 106
Average Purchase Requirement 57 57 126 79 70 57
Average Bonus 75 125 167 125 175 79
Female-Headed Households 69% 50% 57% 59% 80% 68%
Male-Headed Households 31% 50% 43% 41% 20% 32%
Employment Status of
Household Head:
Full-Time 12% ll% 57% 18% 34% 12%
Part- Time 5% 8% --- 5% 5% 5%
Unemployed 81 % 81% 43% 76% 61 % 80%
Households with- at Least
One Elderly Person l/ 17% 4% 14% 25% 20% 18%
l/ Elderly, as defined for this survey, means any person age 65 and over.
Table 2
Number of Households by Gross Monthly Household Income and Household Size
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Gross Monthly : : : : S1ze of Household : : : All : Percent of
Household Income : 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8+ : Hou!feboJ ds _ :_ AlJ · Househellds
No. of Households (Thous.)
None ($0) 62 41 62 44 23 12 6 4 254 4.6
. 01 - 99.99 70 47 17 12 6 7 3 1 163 3.0
100- 199.99 816 241 120 78 34 22 5 6 1,322 24,0
200- 299.99 504 5ll 180 ll5 58 35 14 14 1,431 26.0
300 - 399.99 35 254 378 187 70 46 20 19 1,009 18.3
400 - 499. 99 7 61 1 05 168 161 55 23 20 600 1 0. 9
500 - 599.99 2 31 52 66 78 52 37 23 341 6,2
600 - 699.99 2 14 21 26 33 39 18 23 176 3.2
700- 799.99 1 7 7 13 • 23 25 12 17 105 1,9
800 - 899.99 -- 5 8 7 8 13 5 15 61 1 .1
900 - 999.99 -- 4 2 3 3 3 3 6 24 0.4
1000-1099.99 -- 1 2 2 3 2 3 4 17 0.3
ll 00 - ll99. 99 * * 1 * ~ 1 1 2 7 0 .1
1200 & Up -- -- -- 1 * * * 3 4 **
All Households 1,499 1,217 955 722 502 312 150 157 5,514 100 ,0
Pet. of All HH~ds. 27.2 22.1 17.3 13.1 9.1 5.7 2.7 Q.S 100.0
Average Gross Income
for All Households ($) 187 270 373 357 423 461 499 570 306
*Less Than 1,000 Househqlds
**Less Than 0.1 Percent
Table 3
Number of Households by Net Monthly Household Income and Household Size
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Net Monthly : : : : STZeo-rHousefioTcf : : : : All : Percent of
lfi>usehal d Iricome : 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8+ : .Hoysehoq ds : All Hoysehol ds
· No. of Households (Thous.)
None ($0)
.01- 99.99
100 - 199.99
200 - 299.99
300 - 399.99
400 - 499.99
500 - 599.99
600 - 699.99
700 - 799.99
800 - 899.99
900 - 999.99
1 000 - 1 099.99
llOO & Up
All Households
Pet. of All HHlds.
Average Net Income
93
383
792
225
5
*
1,499
27.2
for All Households($) 130
*Less Than 1,000 Households
63
189
445
346
129
27
10
6
2
*
*
1 ,217
22.1
190
81
lll
220
328
143
49
16
4
2
*
955
17.3
218
57
67
131
154
194
76
32
7
3
•
•
•
722
13.1
262
32
29
70
74
107
115
41
25
6
2
*
502
9.1
328
15
22
27
47
56
57
43
23
ll
7
4
312
5.7
379
7
10
9
15
23
25
29
16
10
2
3
•
150
2.7
425
6
5
12
17
19
22
23
19
13
9
6
3
3
157
2.8
503
354
816
1 ,-706
1,206
676
372
194
100
47
21
15
4
3
5,514
100.0
226
6.4
14.8
30.9
21.9
12.2
6.7
3.5
1.8
0.9
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.1
100.0
Table 4
Number of Households by Gross Monthly -Household Income and Household Size
All Households With Earnings lf - 50 States and D. C.
: : All
G M hl
: House~o 1 ds Percent of
ross ont Y : : : : Size of Household With All H h ld
Household Income : 1 : 2 : 3 : . 4- : 5 : 6 7 8+ Earnfn 5 With ~~~~f~ 5
5
Number of Househo 1 ds (Tho us. ) g g
$. 01 - 99. 99 I 5 4 6 4 3 * 1 * 33 3 . 3
1 00 - '1. 99. 99 29 14 1 0 1 5 4 * 2 71 7. 0
200 - 299.99 27 31 19 12 6 b 3 4 108 10.6
300 - 399.99 10 36 31 26 21 11 3 5 143 14.1
400 - 499.99 3 27 43 41 36 17 8 9 184 ;-' 18.1
500 - 599.99 * 28 38 45 33 16 12 7 179 17. b
600 - 699.99 I 14 19 20 24 1 B 9 11 116 11 . 4
700- 799.99 1 7 7 11 21 17 10 8 82 8:1
BOO - 899. 99 0 5 7 7 7 11 3• 12 52 5.1
900 - 999.99 0 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 22 2. 2
1 000 - 1 099 . 99 0 * 2 2 3 I 3 4 15 I . 5
1100 - 1199.99 0 * 1 * 2 1 * 2 6 0. 6
1200 & Up 0 0 -. 1 * * * 3 4 0.4
Ali Households
With Earnings 86 170 185 179 164 105 55 71 1,015 100.0
Percent of All
Households
With Earnings 8.5 16.8 18.2 17.6 16.2 10.3 5.4 7.0 100.0
Average Gross Income
for Househo 1 ds
With Earnings ($) 211 428 466 504 545 584 627 687 494
*less Than 1,000 Households
lJ Earnings include salaries, wages, training allowances, and self-employment income.
Table 5
Number of Households by Monthly Household Ea rned Income and Household Size
All Households with Earnings Jj - 50 States and 0. C.
: : Size of Household : : ·, Percent of
Monthly Household : : : : : : : A11 Households All Households
Earned Income . 1 . 2 3 • 4 : 5 : 6 _____ ] __ , _ 8+ : with Ear-Ji·iil'lgs w1tJI Earnings
No. of Households (Thous.)
$.01 - 99.99 33 30 26 17 13 6 3 4 132 13.0
100 - 199.99 26 28 25 21 14 12 3 7 136 13.4
200- 299.99 17 24 35 22 15 I 8 3 6 130 12.8
300- 399.99 7 28 22 26 23 15 7 8 136 13.4
400- 499.99 3 26 31 38 41 19 ll ll 180 17.7
500- 599.99 * 17 22 24 24 • 19 12 8 126 12.4
600 - 699. 99 * 8 11 16 16 1 3 5 8 77 7. 6
700-799.99 0 7 5 6 10 7 7 5 47 4.6
800 - 899. 99 0 2 3 5 5 2 2 6 2 5 2 . 5
900 - 999.99 0 * 2 2 2 2 2 2 12 1 . 2
1 000 & Up 0 0 3 2 1 2 * 6 14 1 . 4
All Households
with Earnings 86 170 185 179 164 105 55 71 1,015 100 .0
Average Earned Income
for Households with
Earnings ($) 159 319 353 399 435 447 512 544 384
*Less than 1,000 Households
lf Earnings include salaries, wages, training allowances, and self-employment income .
Table 6
Number of Households by Gross Monthly Household Income and Household Size
Households With Zero Net Income - 50 States and D. C.
Percent of
All Zero Zero Net
Gross Monthly : : : : Size of Household : : : : Net Income Income
Household lncome : 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 6 : 7 : 8+ : Househo 1 ds : Household
Number of Households (Thous.)
NONE ( $0) 62 41 62 44 23 12 6 4 254 71.8
.01 - 99.99 13 6 6 4 4 1 * 0 34 9.6
100 - 199.99 14 11 9 5 1 2 0 1 43 12.1
200 - 299.99 3 4 2 1 2 0 1 l 14 3.9
300 - 399.99 1 1 * 3 1 0 * 0 6 1.7
~
400 - 499.99 * * I * 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
500 - 599.99 0 0 1 * 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
600 - 699.99 * 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.3
800 - 899.99 0 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 *
Total 93 63 81 57 32 15 7 6 354 100.0
* less Than 1 ,000 Households
Table 7
Number of Households and Average Amount of Income From
Selected Sources by Number of Income Sources
All Households With Income - 50 States and D. C.
Income Sources
Salaries
Self-Employment
Roomer/ Boarder
Student Aid
AFDC
GA
SSI
Socia 1 Security
VA
Railroad Retirement
and Other Pensions
Miscellaneous lJ
Other Income
All Households
With Income
_ ~9_u_seholds With One or More ·sourcesof Income HouselloTifs IUt'h- One arid OnTy One "Source of Income
Number of Households : 11vera!)e Amount Number of""HOusehol ds : Average Amount
(Thousands) : of Income From (Thousands) : of Income From
Percent of All Households) : Selected _Source (Percent of All Households) : Selected Source
DoTiars ($) Dollars ($)
963 395 432 469
(17 .5) (7.8)
58 160 23 228
(1 .1 ) (0.4)
107 77 5 171
(1. 9) (0.1)
71 160 17 221
(1.3) ~ (0.3)
2,349 263 1,508 298
(42 .6) (27.3)
528 198 388 218
(9.6) (7 .0)
1,188 139 402 205
(21.5) (7.3)
1,183 203 345 264
(21.5) (6 . 3)
168 143 39 205
(3.1) (0. 7)
58 154 16 252
(1 .1 ) (0.3)
441 191 169 300
(8.4) (3.0)
362 95 63 188
(li.f5) (1 .1)
5,261 321 3,407 292
(95.4) (61 .8)
lJ Includes unemployment compensation, child support, alimony, vendor payment, dividends, interest, and gifts.
Table 8
Number an·d Percent of Househo 1 ds with Income from Two or More Sources
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Numoer of
Households Percent of
Source of Income (Theus.) All Households
AFDC .and SSI
AFnC and Earnings lf
AFDC and Alimony
AFDC and Social Security
VA and Social Security
AFDC and Other Income
Social Security and Earnings
SSI and Earnings
Earnings and Other Income
SSI and Social Security
SSI and Other Income
Social Security and Pensions
AFDC, SSI and Social Security
AFDC, Earnings and Other Income
Tota 1 of Above
Households wftn Only One
Source of Income
Households wfth Zero Gross Income
Combinations Other than Above
All Households
83.731
265,514
45,560
51,844
46,768
112,133
15,056
12,644
24,467
435,057
20,039
16,090
45,198
25,749
1,199,850
3,407,463
253,058
654,051
5,514,422
1.5
4.8
0.8
0.9
0.8
2.0
0.3
0.2
0.4
7.9
0.4
0.3
0.8
0.5
21.8
61.8
4.6
11 .9
100.0
lJ Earnings include salaries, wages, training allowances and self employment income.
Table 9
Percent of Households With Income From Selected Sources by Household Size and Age of Household Head
All Households With Income - 50 States and D. C.
All Households With Income : Source of Income Househo 1d Size : --Age of : Number Percent : 1 2-3 4-5 6 & Over : Under 35 35-64 65 & Over Unknown Percent of Households With Income
Earned Income lf 1,015 18.4 8.4 35.0 33.8 22.8 50.5 47.4 1.9 0.2
AFDC 2,349 42.6 1.0 53.5 30.1 15.4 62.0 36.1 1.6 0.3
Social Security 1,186 21.5 52.0 30.1 10.0 7.9 6.0 37.8 56.1 0.1
SSI 1,186 21.5 60.7 26.0 7.5 5.8 6.6 41.4 51.7 0.3
GA 529 9.6 51.6 25.8 16.5 6.1 - 47.2 50.9 1.7 0.2
All Other 1,219 22.1 25.9 35.7 24.2 14 .2 35.2 47.2 17.4 0.2
Percent of All
Households
With Income 5,261 95.4 95 .9 95.3 94.5 96 .4 93.8 95 .6 99.8 54.5
ll Earned income includes salaries, wages, training allowance, and self-employment income.
Table 10
Average Amount of Income from Selected Source by Household Size and Age of Household Head
All Households with Income From Selected Source - 50 States and D. C.
Average Household Size Age of Head of Household
All Households : : : : :
wftn Income from : : : : :
Source of Income : Selected Source 1 : 2-3 : 4-5 : 6 & Over : Under 30 : 35-64 65 & Over : Unknown
- Average Amount of Income ( $)
Earnings Jj 384 159 336 416 492 387 392 140 96
AFDC 263 152 235 289 318 265 266 138 243
Socia 1 Security 203 165 225 260 298 239 227 183 132
SSI 139 125 154 162 186 170 160 118 209
GA 198 150 211 269 355 209 192 70 1 01
All Other 138 93 132 183 157 167 143 65 167
Average of Households
w1 th Cash Income 321 195 303 406 516 332 342 342 270
Jj Earnings includes salaries, wages, training allowances, and self-employment income.
Table 11
Percent of Households by Gross Monthly Household Income as a
Percent of the Poverty Lin~ and Value of Total Assets
All Households - 50 States and D. C. !f
Monthly Household
Gross Income as : : :
Percent of Povert~ : None ($0) : 1-100 :
0 - 25% 16.1 15 .1
25 - 50 15 .8 9.7
51 - 75 33.7 23 .2
76 - 100 22.3 26.9
101 - 125 7.9 15 .4
126 - 150 2.6 5.9
151 - 1 75 1.2 2.2
175 - 200 0.2 0.8
Over 200 0.1 0.8
Tota 1 (Row Percent) 64.6 20.2
l! Excludes households with AFDC and SSI income.
Value of Total Assets ($)
101-500 : 501-1000 :
Percent
1001-1500 : Over 1500 : Total
18.5 17.7 25.8 16.3 16.4
9.6 5.8 4.1 12.0 13.4
16 .1 19.6 16.8 32.9 29.1
28 .8 31.8 37 .7 23 .1 24.4 ~
16.3 14.1 8.7 10.1 10.5
5.6 3.6 3.7 2.8 3.6
2.5 4.7 0.6 2.4 1.7
1.4 2.2 0.9 --- 0.5
1.2 0.4 1.7 0.5 0.4
9.4 3.6 1.8 0.4 100.0
'
Table 12
Number and Percent of Households by Gross Monthly Income
as a Percent of the Poverty Line and Race of Household Head
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Race of Household Head
: Black : White Other : All Households
Gross Income As : Number ot : Number of Number of : Rumber of
Percent of Poverty lf : Households Percent : Households Percent Households Percent : Households Percent
{Thous.l (Thous.) (Thous.) (Thous.)
Less Than 75 Percent 1 ,032 64.2 1 ,318 49.1 505 41.4 2,855 51.8
75 - 124 Percent 513 31.9 1,239 46.1 635 52.1 2,387 43.3
125 - 149 Percent 37 2.3 70 2.6 43 3.5 150 2.7
150 Percent & Over 26 1.6 60 2.2 36 .\ 3.0 122 2.2
All Households 1,608 100.0 2,687 100.0 1 ,219 100.0 5,514 100.0
ll Poverty as defined by the Office of Management and Budget's poverty guidelines applicable in February 1978.
Table 13
Number and Percent of Households by Gross Monthly Incom~
as a Percent of Poverty line, Household Size, and Age of Household Head
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Percent
Gross Income as : All of All ; Percent of Povertv : Household Size Households Households : 1 2-3 4-5
Number of Households
Age of Household Head
Under 35 35 - 64 65 & Over Unknown
75 Percent or less 3,102 56.3 942 1,046 710 404 1 ,348 1 ,293 443 18
76 - 100 Percent 1 '706 30.9 455 769 342 140
101 - 125 Percent 450 8.2 77 203 lll 59
683 654 365 4
186 186 78 *
126 - 150 Percent 134 2.4 13 70 38 13 61 65 8
Over 150 Percent 122 2.2 12 84 - 22 4 88 33
All Househo 1 ds 5,514 100.0 1,499 2,172 1 ,223 620 2,366 2,231 895 22
*less Than 1,000 Households
Table 14
Amount of Deductions Averaged over All Households , Averaged over Households Claiming
Specific Deductions, and Percent of Households Claiming Specific Deductions
All Households and -Households Claiming Deductions- 50 States and D. C.
Type of
Deduc~ion
(Thou
Work A 11 owance 963 17.5
Mandatory 785 14.2
Live-In Attendant 11 0.2
Coupon Allotment for
Live-In Attendant 11 0.2
Medical 884 16.0
School Tuition and
Mandatory Fees 106 1.9
Alimony 21 0.4
Child Care 175 3.2
Coupon Allotment
for Boarder(s) 66 1.2
Casualty Losses 16 0.3
Shelter 4,287 77.7
Total 4,638 84.1
* Less Than $1 .00
25 4
56 8
91 *
46 *
43 7
73
95 *
87 3
58
55 *
84 66
107 90
Table 15
Average Total Deduction by Gross Monthly Household Income and Household Size
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
: Average Tota 1 : Percent of
: : : : o·eductfori : Households
Gross Month1y : : : : Size of Household: : : : of All : Claiming
Household Income : 1 : 2 : 3 : ~ : ~ :
Average Deduction ($)
6 : 7 : 8+ : Households : Deductions
None ($0) 37 87 76 69 91 90 44 58 68 44.9
.01 - 99.99 44 39 50 65 101 59 2,6 33 47 85.9
100 - 199.99 52 57 66 66 69 68 59 70 55 83.4
200 - 299.99 73 77 75 79 87 65 96 56 76 85.3
300 - 399.99 154 102 96 89 90 72 69 77 96 86.9
400 - 499.99 269 156 147 107 86 86 99 71 112 85.0
500 - 599.99 379 231 202 157 "126 100 74 81 142 90.0
600 - 699.99 453 238 257 189 177 122 109 94 166 92.6
700 - 799.99 467 253 386 276 211 144 137 104 195 90.5
800 - 899.99 0 265 297 350 266 141 193 145 217 93.4
900 - 999.99 0 309 438 367 347 243 300 99 269 100.0
1 000 - 1 099 • 99 0 436 305 482 317 225 174 184 272 100.0
11 00 - 1199. 99 988 296 789 428 326 634 289 278 416 100.0
1200 & Up 0 0 705 934 423 321 489 482 539 100.0
Average 63 90 106 107 111 99 98 99 90 84.1
Total Number of Households
(Thousands} 1,499 1 ,217 955 722 502 312 150 157 5,514
Percent of Households
Claiming Deductions 83.6 86.3 85.6 83.1 81.7 83.3 79.3 81.5 84.1
Table 16
Average Total Deduct1ons and Percent D1str1but1on of Households Cla1m1ng Any
Deduct1on by Gross Monthly Household Income and Household She
All Households Cla1m1ng Any Deduct1on - 50 States and D. C.
Monthly HOusehold She of Household : All Households Cla1m1ng
Gross Income I 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 7 8+ : ~ny Deduct1on
Average Total Deduct1on ($)
Percent of Households Cla1m1ng Any Deduct1on (Percent of Column Total)
None ($0) 112 159 164 151 171 176 123 117 151
(1.6) (2 .1) (3.6) (3 .3) (3 .1) (2 . 3) (1.7) (1.6) (2 . 5)
.01 - 99 . 99 50 49 58 74 101 63 31 33 55
(4 . g) (3.6) (1.8) (1 . 7) (1.5) (2.3) (1.7) (0 .8) (3 .0)
100 - 199.99 61 69 83 84 81 81 66 81 66
(55.1) (18.8) (11.7) (10.2) (7 .1) (7 . 3) (3.4) (3 .9) (23 .8)
200 - 299 .99 85 90 88 96 106 84 105 74 89
(34 .6) (41 .8) (19 .0) (15 .8) (ll.7) (10 .0) (10.9) (8.6) (26.3)
300 - 399 . 99 157 ll2 108 lll 109 92 92 98 llO
(2.7) (22.3) (41.1) (24.8) (14.2) (13.8) (12.6) (ll.7) (18.9)
400- 499 .99 271 163 159 120 114 108 122 107 131
{0.6) (5.6) (ll.7) (25 .2) (29.5) (16.9) (16 .0) (10.2) (11.0)
500 - 599.99 379 237 207 167 145 ll2 104 94 159
(0 .2) (2.8) (6.2) (10 .3) (16.6) (18 .1) (22.7) (15 .6) (6.6)
600 - 699 .99 453 241 257 190 194 135 139 111 181
(0 .2) (1.3) (2 . 6) (4 . 3) (7.3) (13.5) (12.6) (15 .6) (3.5)
700 - 799 . 99 467 253 386 289 214 168 144 141 215
(0 .1) (0 . 7) (0 .9) (2.2) (6.4) (8.5) (9.3) (9.4) (2 .0)
BOO- 899 . 99 0 265 323 366 280 148 220 156 231
(0) (0 .5) (0.9) (1.2) (1.7) (5 .0) (3.3) (10.9) (1.2)
900 - 999 . 99 0 309 438 380 347 243 300 102 273
(0) (0.4) (0.2) (0 .5) (0.7) (1.1) (2 .5) (4.7) (0.5)
1000- 1099 .99 0 436 305 482 317 225 205 184 279
(0) (0 .1) (0 .2 ) (0 . 3) (0.7) (0.8) (2 . 5) (3 .1) (0.4)
ll 00 - 1199 . 99 988 296 7B!r 428 326 634 289 278 4l6
(*) (*) (0.1) (*) (0 .5) (0.4) (0.8) (1.6) (0.2)
1200 & Up 0 0 705 934 423 321 489 482 539
(0) (0) (*) (0.2) (*) (*) (*) (2 . 3) (0.1)
Average for All
Households Cla1m1ng
Any Deduct1on 75 104 1·24 128 136 ng 124 122 107
Percent of All
Households Cla1m1ng
Any Deduction (27.0) (22.6) (17 .6) (12 .9) (8 .9) (5.6) (2.6) (2 .8) (100.0)
Total Number of
Households (Thous.) 1,253 1,050 818 600 410 260 . 119 128 4,638
* Less Than 0.1 Percent
Tabl~ 17
Average Shelter Deduction and Percent Distribution of Households Cla~mlng Shelter
Deduction by Gross Monthly Household In,come and Household Size
All Households Claiming Shelter Deductions - 50 States and D. C.
MOnthly HousehOld : Size of Household : : : : All Households Claiming
Gross Income . 1 , 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8+ : Shelter Deduction
Average Shelter Deduction ($)
Percent of Households Claiming Shelter Deduction (Percent of Column Total).
None ($0) 108 161 160 150 163 179 123 117 149
(1.7) (2.1) (3.8) (3.6) (3.3) (2.8) (2.1) (2.3) (2.6)
.01 - 99.99 48 49 58 63 102 63 37 26 53
(5.0) (3.6) (1.8) (1.8) (1.7) (2.8) (2.1) (1.1) (3.1)
100 - 199.99 55 65 79 82 77 . 85 62 74 61
(55.6) (19 .6) (12.2) (10.7) (7.7) (7.3) (4.2) (5.7) (25.0)
200 - 299.99 73 82 83 89 101 80 97 72 80
(34 .1) (42.9) (18.9) (16.1) (1~.9) (11.0) (13.5) (11.5) (27.1)
300 - 399.99 100 94 100 99 92 78 81 96 97
(2.6) (21.4) (42.1) (26.0) (14.5) (14.7) (14.6) (14.9) (19 . 3)
400 - 499.99 121 103 ll3 99 97 84 104 80 100
(0.5) (5.2) (11.3) (24 . 7) (29.9) . (17.9) (14.6) (11.5) (10.6)
500 - 599 . 99 61 103 119 100 105 96 77 72 100
(0 .2) (2.8) (5.9) (8.8) (16.2) (17.4) (21.9) (18.4) (6.0)
600 - 699.99 74 74 125 87 125 97 89 76 99
(0.2) (1.3) (2.3) (4 .1) (6.0) (13 . 3) (11.5) (13.8) (3.0)
700 - 799.99 85 72 155 129 97 83 45 114 99
(0.1) (0.6) (0.8) (2.1) (4.9) (6.9) (7.3) (8.0) (1.7)
800 - 899.99 0 78 123 96 77 64 117 89 88
(0) (0.2) (0.5) (1.1) (1.9) (3 . 7) (3 .1) (6.9) (0.8)
900 - 999.99 0 28 ll4 143 128 122 128 38 102
(0) (0.2) (0.3) (0.4) (0 .5) (0.9) (3.1) (2.3) (0.4)
1000 - 1099.99 0 23 129 189 122 66 102 101 114
(0) (0.1) (0 .1) (0.4) (0 .5 ) (0.9) (1.0) (1.2) (0.2)
llOO - ll99.99 5 0 312 248 2 132 148 98 126
(It) (0) (*) (*) (*) (0.4) (1.0) (1.2) (0. 1)
1200 & Up 0 0 195 396 284 0 107 ll3 215
(0) (0) (*) (0.2) (*) (--) (*) (1 .2) (0.1)
Average for A 11
Households Claiming
Shelter Deduction ~3 83 100 98 100 88 87 83 84
Percent of All
Households· Claiming
Shelter Deduction {28.1) (22.9) {18.1) {13.0) (8.5) (5.1) (2 . 3) (2.0) (100.0)
Tota 1 Number
Households (Thous.) 1,204 982 777 558 365 218 96 87 4,287
* Less Than 0.1 Percent
Table 18
Number of Households by Gross ·Monthly Household Income and Amount of Shelter Deduction
A'll Households - 50 States an.d D. C.
Gross Manthly : None : : Amount of shelter Deduct1on {$)
Household Income : ($0) : .01-50 : 51-100 : 101-150 : 151 ~200 : 201-300 : 301-400 : 401 & Up : All Households
None ($0) 141 17 23 22 23 22 4 2 254
. 01 - 99.99 30 80 38 10 4 1 0 0 163
100 - 199.99 251 509 383 141 29 7 2 * 1 ,322
200 - 299.99 269 370 417 282 77 13 3 * 1 ,431
300 - 399.99 183 189 270 254 79 30 4 * 1,009
400 - 499.99 144 111 138 116 60 27 3 1 600
500 - 599.99 83 69 71 72 25 18 3 * 341
600 - 699.99 46 43 32 28 16 10 1 0 176
700 - 799.99 33 26 17 13 9 7 * * 105
800 - 899.99 25 13 12 . 5 3 3 * * 61
900 - 999.99 9 6 3 1 2 3 * * 24
1 000 - 1 099. 99 8 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 17
1100- 1199.99 3 1 1 1 * * 1 0 7
1200 & Up 2 0 * 1 * * 1 * 4
All Households 1,227 1,437 1,406 948 328 143 22 3 5,514
Percent of All HHlds. 22.2 26.1 25.5 17.2 5.9 2.6 0.4 0.1 100.0
*Less Than 1,000 Households
Table lQ
Number of Households by Monthly Shelter Deduction and Household Size
All Households - 50 States and D. C. .
Monthly Amount : : : : : : : : :
of : : : : Size of Household : : : All :
Shelter Deduction : l : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8+ : Households :
Number of Households (Thous.)
None ($0) 295 235 178 164 137 94 54 70 1.427 22.2 .
. Ol - 50 551 319 169 140 l 05 77 38 38 1,437 26 .l
51 - l 00 436 334 248 184 95 63 25 21 1,406 25.5
l 01 - 150 180 223 239 143 88 43 17 15 948 17.2
151 - 200 29 83 80 54 48 20 7 7 328 5.9
201 - 300 7 21 34 31 25 14 7 4 143 2.6
301 - 400 l 2 6 5 4 l l 2 22 0.4
401 & Up 0 * l l * * l 0 3 0 .l
All Households 1,499 1,217 955 722 502 312 150 157 5,514 l 00.0
*Less Than 1,000 Households
Table 20
Average Shelter Costs by Gross Monthly Household Income and Household Size
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Gross Monthly : : : Size of Household : : : : Average for
Household Income : 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8+ : All Households
Average Shelter Cost ($)
None ($0) 35 83 74 69 87 89 44 58 66
0 .1 - 99.99 59 53 61 70 104 82 45 48 61
1 00 - 199. 99 91 94 1 01 1 07 1 05 1 04 98 1 05 94
200 - 299.99 123 138 134 137 149 119 156 116 132
300- 399.99 171 166 183 172 159 144 140 151 171
400 - 499.99 200 190 206 199 180 173 165 139 189
500 - 599.99 128 212 235 202 219 211 174 181 208
600 - 699.99 135 207 245 227 231 240 213 187 224
700 - 799.99 193 222 275 288 251 216 192 222 235
800 - 899.99 --- 190 234 242 ~ 253 224 267 187 223
900- 999.99 --- 197 298 315 276 285 325 212 262
1000- 1099.99 --- 212 231 389 288 333 186 235 268
1100- 1199.99 50 215 526 323 208 312 367 305 296
1200 & Up --- --- 416 640 331 234 446 267 337
Average for
Households 100 136 163 167 179 176 170 171 143
All Households (Thousands) 1,499 1,217 955 722 502 312 150 157 5,514
Table 21
Number of Households by Gross Monthly Household Income and Shelter Costs
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Gross Monthly : : : : Amount of Shelter Cost : : : : An
Household Income : ($0) : .01-50 : 51-100 : 101-150 : 151-200 : 201-300 : 301-400 : 401 & Up : Households
None ($0) 141 17 23 22 23 22 4 2 254
.01 - 99.99 20 55 61 17 7 3 0 0 163
100 - 199.99 54 219 536 335 142 33 3 0 1 '322
200 - 299.99 34 99 356 390 362 181 8 1 1 ,431
300 - 399.99 10 43 154 178 255 3J3 32 4 1 ,009
400 - 499.99 7 20 77 104 122 219 43 8 600
500 - 599.99 2 7 31 58 66 136 33 8 341
600 - 699.99 * 1 14 23 38 64 27 9 176
700 - 799.99 * 1 5 12 23· 39 18 7 105
800 - 899.99 1 2 4 11 9 24 7 3 61
900 - 999.99 0 * 1 2 5 9 4 3 24
1000 - 1099.99 0 * 1 1 2 6 5 2 17
11 00 - 1199. 99 0 * 0 1 1 3 1 1 7
1200 & Up 0 * 1 0 * 1 1 1 4
All Households 269 464 1,264 1 '154 1 ,055 1,073 186 49 5,514
*Less Than 1,000 Households
Table 22 .
Number of Households by Monthly Household Shelter Cost and Household Size
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
: : : : : : : : : : Percent
Monthly Amount : : : : Size of Household : : : All : of All
of Shelter Cost : 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8+ : Households : Hous.eholds
Number of Households (Thous.)
None ($0) 84 56 51 36 18 13 7 4 269 4.9
.01 - 50 188 111 60 45 18 18 10 14 464 8.4
51 - 100 560 270 145 109 90 41 24 25 1,264 22.9
101 - 150 391 273 156 131 81 58 30 34 1,154 20.9
151 - 200 209 267 222 142 103 62 24 26 1,055 19.1
201 - 300 62 219 270 211 145 87 42 37 1,073 19.5
301 - 400 4 19 42 38 37 25 8 13 186 3.4
401 & Up 1 2 9 10 . 10 8 5 4 49 0.9
All Househo1 ds 1,499 1,217 955 722 502 312 150 157 5,514 100.0
Table 23
Average Medical Deduction and Percent Di s tribution of Hou seholds Claiming
Medical Deductions by Gross 1\onthly Household Income and Household Size
Hou~eholds Chiming. Medical Deductions· •· 50 · ~totes and D. C.
All~s Gross Monthly
House he 1 d Income
Size of Household : : . Claimfng Medical .
4 5 6 7 8+ DeducHnn•
None ($0)
. 01 - 99.99
43
(0.3)
21
(0.7)
100 - 199 . 99 31
(45 . 9)
200 - 299 . 99 36
(45 . 3)
300 - 399.99 46
(6 .8)
400 - 499.99 65
(0. 7)
500 - 599 0 99 300
(0.3)
600 - 699.99 186
(*)
7DO - 799 0 99 0
(0)
800 - 899 0 99 0
(0)
900 - 999 0 99 0
(0)
1 000 - 1 099 0 99 0
(0)
1100 - 1199 . 99 983
(*)
1200 A Up 0
Average for Househo 1 ds
Claiming Medical
(0)
Deductions 36
Percent of A 1.1
Households Claiming
Medical Deductions (34.7)
lata 1 Number of
Househo 1 ds (Theus . ) 307
* Less Than 0.1 Percent
44
(1.5)
27
(1.0)
30
(11.4)
44
(36 .1)
50
(31. 7)
59
(10.4)
47
(5.4)
65
(1 0 5)
69
(0.5)
16
(*)
20
(0.5)
5
(*)
0
(0)
0
(D)
46
(22 .8)
201
Average Deduction ($)
Distribution of Medi cal Deduction (Percent of Column Total)
102
(1.1)
0
(0)
53
(50 3)
33
(14 .9)
38
(29 . 7)
56
(20 . 2)
40
(18.1)
56
(5.3)
81
(2.1)
141
(1.1)
70
(1.1)
0
(0)
44
(1.1)
0
(0)
46
(10 .6)
94
20
(*)
42
(1 .0)
42
(1.0)
39
(15 0 5)
45
(16.5)
51
(24 .8)
52
(20 . 6)
49
(8.3)
63
(6.2)
57
(3 .1)
26
(1 .0)
46
(1 .D)
39
(*)
125
(1.0)
49
(11.0)
97
95
(1.4)
16
(2 . 7)
30
(4.1)
31
(2 0 7)
46
(13 . 5)
50
(27 .0)
40
(17 .6)
55
(12 .2)
47
(10.8)
36
(4 .1)
77
(1 .3)
95
(1 . 3)
68
(1 . 3)
40
(*)
47
(8.4)
75
0
(0)
0
(0)
15
(3.9)
30
(5. 9)
29
(9 .8)
58
(13. 7)
-39
(23.5)
48
(15.7)
52
(13. 7)
75
(5.9)
48
(3.9)
137
(2 .0)
235
(2 .0)
17
(*)
50
(5.8)
51
0
(D)
0
(0)
75
(*)
29
(4 .2)
48
(8 . 3)
75
(16 0 7)
43
(25.0)
35
(12 .5)
51
(16.7)
106
(4.2)
23
(8.3)
134
(*)
95
(4.1)
32
(*)
53
(2. 7)
24
0
(0)
18
(*)
36
(2 0 8)
17
(*)
60
(2.9)
31
(8.6)
47
(14 . 3)
44
(20 .0)
30
(11 .4)
64
(20 .0)
70
(2 .8)
57
(8.6)
40
(2.9)
46
(5.7)
47
(4.0)
35
58
(0,6)
22
<o.el
31
(19.9)
38
(27 . 9)
46
~16 .8)
55
(11 0 3)
47
(9.6)
52
(4.9)
53
(3.6)
63
(2 .0)
45
(0,9)
77
(0. 7)
128
(0.7)
58
(0.3)
43
(100.0)
884
Table 24
Average Medical Deduction by Monthly Household Medical Cost and Household Size
All Households Claiming Medical Deductions - 50 States and D. C.
Size of HOusehold Af1 Households
Monthly Household Claiming Medical
Medical Cost 1 2 3 4 5 _6_ ~ . ~- . . _7_ - -~ -- 8± - Deductions
Average Deduction ($)
$10 or less 9 9 10 10 9 10 9 10 9
11 - 50 26 25 28 28 28 29 29 28 27
51 - 100 66 70 69 73 69 69 71 69 69
101 - 150 125 119 121 128 115 124 126 122 122
151 - 200 187 169 178 176 155 168 163 178 169
201 - 250 250 234 213 224 220 220 220 0 226
251 - 300 0 256 295 284 275 0 0 0 278
301 - 350 325 0 335 304 0 0 0 0 321
351 & Up 680 600 0 396 0 • 408 0 0 517
Average for All
Households Claiming
Medical Deductions 36 46 46 49 47 . 50 53 47 43
Tota 1 Number of
Households Claiming
Medical Deductions 307 201 94 97 75 51 24 35 884
Percent of Households
Claiming Medical
Deductions 34.7 22.8 10.6 11.0 8.4 5.8 2.7 4.0 100.0
Table 25
Number of Households by Gross Monthly Household Income
and Monthly Household Medical Expenses
Households Claiming Medical Deduction - 50 States and D. C.
: Percent
All : of All
Househo 1 ds : Househo 1 ds
Claiming : Claiming
Gro·ss Monthly : $10 or : : : Monthly Household Medical Exl!enses : : : Medical : Medical
Household Income : 1 ess : ll-50 : 51-100 : 101-150 : 151-200 : 201- 50 : 251-300 : 301-350 : 35l!. .!!P _ : _Deductions_: Deductions
Number of Households (Thous.)
None ($0) * 4 1 * * 0 0 0 0 5 0.6
.01 - 99.99 1 6 * 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.8
100 - 199.99 13 136 24 2 0 0 1 0 0 176 19.9
200 - 299 .99 12 177 47 9 1 . 1 0 * 0 247 27.9
300 - 399.99 9 94 33 9 1 1 0 0 1 148 16.8
400 - 499.99 3 62 20 7 5 2 1 0 0 100 ll. 3
500 - 599.99 5 53 21 3 1 1 0 1 .. 85 9.6
600 - 699.99 1 29 9 3 1 0 * * 0 43 4.9
700 - 799 .99 1 18 10 2 1 0 * 0 0 32 3.6
800 - 899 .99 1 9 4 3 1 * 0 * 0 18 2.0
900 - 999 . 99 0 6 2 * 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.9
1000 - 1099 .99 * 4 1 1 * * 0 0 * 6 0.7
ll 00 - ll 99 . 99 * 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0.7
1200 & Up 0 2 * 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.3
All Hous eholds
Claimi ng Medical
Deductions 46 602 174 41 11 5 2 1 2 884 100.0
Percent of All
Househo 1 ds
Claimi ng
Medical
Deducti ons 5.2 68.1 19.7 4.6 1.3 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.2 100.0
*Less Than 1,000 Households
Table 26
Number of Households by Monthly Household Medical Costs and Household Size
Households Claiming Medical Deduction - 50 States and D. C.
PercenfoTATl
Househo 1 ds : Househo 1 ds
: : : : : Claiming : Claimin~
Monthly Household : : : : Size of Household : : : Medical : Medical
Medical Expense : 1 : 2 3 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8+ : Deductj ans · Deduct1 ons
$10 or Less
11 - 50
51 - 100
101 - 150
151 - 200
201 - 250
251 - 300
301 - 350
351 & Up
All Households
Claiming Medical
Deductions
Percent of All
Households
Claiming Medical
Deductions
21
225
52
6
*
0
307
34.7
*Less Than 1,000 Households
5
129
51
11
2
2
0
*
2!)1
22.7
5
64
17
5
2
*
*
0
10.6
94
Number of Households (Thous.)
7
63
18
7
*
*
*
97
11.0
3
50
12
6
3
*
0
0
75
8.5
3
33
11
2
*
0
0
51
5.8
15
6
*
0
0
0
24
2.7
23
7
3
0
0
0
0
35
4.0
46
602
174
41
11
5
2
2
884
5.2
6R.l
19.7
4.6
1.3
0.6
0.2
0.1
0.2
100.0
100.0
Table 27
Average Mandatory Deduction by Gross Monthly Household Income and Household Size
Households Claiming Mandatory Deductions - 50 States and D. C.
Gross Monthly
Household Income
None ($0)
.01 - 99.99
0
(--)
5
(6.7)
100 - 199.99 9
(26.7)
200 - 299.99 20
(40.0)
300 - 399. 99 46
(15 .5)
400 - 499.99 58
(6. i)
500 - 599.99 62
(2 .2)
600 - 699.99 43
(2 .2)
700 - 799.99 70
(*)
800 - 899. 99 0
(--)
900 - 999.99 0
(--)
1000 - 1 099. 99 0
( --)
1100 " 1199.99 0
(--)
1200 & Up 0
Average for All
Houseno 1 ds
(--)
Claiming Deductions 24
Percent of Tota 1
Households (5.7)
Tota 1 Number of
Househo 1 ds 45
* Less Than 0.1 Percent
0
(--)
5
(0.8)
14
(3.9)
21
(13.9)
26
(20.9)
52
(17 .1)
64
(20.9)
86
(10.1)
123
(4.6)
134
(3.9)
190
(3.1)
248
(0.8)
136
(*)
0
(--)
58
(16.4)
129
Size of Hous.ehold
3 4 : 5 : 6 7
Average Deduction [$)
Distribution of Mandatory Deduction (S)
0
(--)
7
(1.4)
13
(2 .2)
16
(6.5)
29
(13.0)
38
(25.9)
60
(24.5)
89
(13.0)
112
(5.0)
136
(5.0)
221
(1.4)
122
(1.4)
403
(0.7)
265
(*)
60
(17.7)
139
0
(--)
~
(1. 3)
8
(2.0)
16
(4.0)
30
(12 .8)
39
(21.5)
43
(30.2)
75
(12 .8)
87
(7 .4)
167
(4.7)
179
(1. 3)
163
(1.3)
142
(*)
346
(0.7)
57
(19.0)
149
0
(--)
4
(0.7)
0
(--)
0
(--)
0
(--)
5
(2.2)
9 31 0
(2.1) (2 .4) (--)
24 16 11
(2.1) (3.7) (4.4)
23 20 27
(10 . 7) (7.3) )4 .4)
33 37 31
(22 .2) (15.9) (15.2)
41 51 48
(22.2) (14.6) (19.6)
62 56 60
(15.0) (18.3) (15.2)
67 82 60
(14.3) (20.7) (21.7)
116 83 57
(5.0) (11.0) (4.3)
129 99 166
(2.2) (3 . 7) (6 .5)
173 223 93
(2.1) (1 ."2) (6.5)
193 202 212
(1.4) (1.2\ (*)
148 202 320
(*) (*) (*)
53 62 61
(17 .8) (10.5) (5 . 9)
140 82 46
8+
0
(--)
0
( --)
2
(*)
20
(3.6)
41
(3.6)
29
(12.7)
35
(9.1)
52
(16.4)
64
(14.5)
65
(18.2)
75
(7 .3)
91
(5.5)
133
(3.6)
266
(5.5)
67
(7.0)
55
Average for
1111 Househo 1 ds ·
Clafm~ng Deductions
0
( --)
6
(1.3)
11
(3.6)
19
(7 .8)
28
(12 .2)
39
(19.2)
50
(20.9)
70
(13 .1)
81
(10.0)
108
(6.0)
145
(2.7)
135
(1.9)
186
(0.8)
267
(0 . 5)
56
(100.0)
785
Table 28
Average Work Allowance Deduction by Gross Monthly Household Income and Household Size
Households Claiming Work Allowance Deduction - 50 States and 0. C.
--Average for
All Households
Gross Monthly : : Size of Household : Claiming llork
Housebcld Iotcme 1 2 . 3 4 5 6 : 7 8+ : Allowance Oeductien
Average Deduction ( $)
Distribution of Work Allowance Deduction (Percent of Column Total)
None ($0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)
. 01 - 99 .99 6 8 5 7 7 --- 10 6 7
(17 .1) (1.8) (1. 7) (2 . 3) (1. 9) (---) (*) (*) (2 . 7)
100 - 199.99 12 12 12 ll ll 9 --- ll ll
(31 .6) (7. 3) (5 .1) (3 . 5) (2 .6) (3 .0) (--- ) (1 . 5) (6 .1)
200 - 299.99 18 15 18 21 22 17 15 20 18
(31.6) (18 . 3) (9 . 6) (6 .4) (3 .2) (4 .0) (3 . 7) (4.6) (10 .0)
300 - 399.99 26 22 21 25 24 25 28 23 23
(13 .2) (20 . 7) (16 .9) (13.5) (ll . 5) (10.9) (5.7) (4.6) (13 .7)
400 - 499.99 27 26 26 26 27 28 28 28 27
(3 .9) (16. 5) (24. 3) (23 .4) (22 .4) (15.8) (15 .1) (12 .3) (18.7)
500 - 599.99 30 29 27 26 27 27 28 28 27
(*) (17 .1) (21 . 5) (25 .7) (20 . 5) (15 .8) (22 . 6) (9.2) (18 . 3)
600 - 699 . 99 28 29 29 30 29 27 29 28 28
(1 . 3) (8. 5) (10 . 7) (11.1) (14 . 8) (17 .8 ) (15 .1) (16 .9) (ll . 7)
700 - 799.99 15 30 30 30 30 28 24 29 29
(1.3) (4 .3 ) (4 .0) (6 .4) (13 .5) (16 .8) (18 .9) (12 . 3) (8 .5)
800 - 899 . 99 0 30 29 30 30 30 30 29 29
(0) (3.1) (4 . 0) (4 .1) (4 .5) (10 . 9) (5. 7) (18 . 5) (5 .4)
900 - 999 . 99 0 30 30 30 30 30 30 29 30
(0) (2 .4) (1.1) (1.8) (1. 9) (3 .0) (5. 7) (6.2) (2 . 3)
100()- 1099 . 99 0 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
(0) (*) (1.1) (1.2) (1. 9) (1 . 0) (5 .7) (6 .2) (1 . 6)
llOO - ll99.99 0 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
(0) (*) (*) (*) (1.3) (1 . 0) (1.8) (3.1) (0.6)
1200 & Up 0 0 30 30 30 30 30 30 31)
(0) (0) (*) (0 . 6) (*) (*) (*) (4 .6) (0.4)
Average for All
Households Claiming
Work Allowance
Deduction 16 23 24 26 27 26 28 28 25
Total Number Households
Claiming Deduction 76 164 177 171 156 101 53 65 963
Percent of All
Households Claiming
Deduction (7 . 9) (17 . 0) (18.4) (17 . 8) (16.2) (10.5) (5 . 5) (6.7) (100 . 0)
* Less Than 0.1 Percent
Table 2:J
Percent of Households by Gross Monthly Household Income and Length of Certification Period
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Gross Monthly " : : Certification Period - (number of months): : : Percent of
Household Income : 1-2 : 3-5 : 6-9 : 10-12 : 13+ : Indefinite : Unknown : All Households
' Column Percent and (Row Percent)
None ($0) 18.5 9.6 0.2 0.1 -- -- 4.6 4.6
(54.5) (42.1) (1.2) (0.5) -- -- (1.7) (100.0)
. 01 - 99. 99 8. 9 3. 5 3.1 0. 5 5. 4 0. 8 1 . 1 3. 0
(40.8) (24.0) (26 . 0) (3.2) (0 .3) (5 .1) (0.6) (100.0)
1 00 - 199. 99 13 . 4 1 9. 8 26. 9 32.7 6. 5 19. 9 19.1 24.0
(10.4) (16.7) (27.6) (28.0) (--) (15.9) (1.4) (100.0)
200 - 299.99 17.3 18.2 27.3 36.3 32.3 26 .5 31.0 26.0
(9.2) (14.2) (25.8) (28.9) (0 . 2) (19.6) (2.1) (100.0)
300 - 3·91l . 99 14 .0 16.7 18.1 13.8 20.0 88 .2 16.3 18 .3
(10.3) (18.4) (24.3) (15.6) (0.2) (29.7) (1.5) (100 . 0)
400 - 499.99 9 .2 12.1 11 .4 8 .6 23.3 12.7 7.9 10 .9
(11.4) (22.4) (25.8) (16 .2) • (0.4) (22.5) (1.3) (100.0)
500 - 599.99 5.5 8.9 6.0 3.9 6.0 6.5 6.7 6.2
(12.0) (29.1) (23.8) (12.9) (0.2) (20.1) (1.9) (100.0)
600 - 699.99 3.6 5.3 2.4 1.9 -- 2.2 7 .5 3 .2
(15.2) (33.2) (22.1) (12.4) -- (13 .1 ) (4 . 0) (100.0)
700 - 799.99 2.2 2.9 1.7 0. 9 6.5 1.9 1.8 1.9
(15.7) (31.0) (22.4) (9.8) (0.6) (18 .8 ) (1.7) (100.0)
800 - 899. 99 1 . 0 1 . 5 1 . 3 0. 8 -- 0. 9 1 . 8 1 . 1
(11.8) (27.0) (28 .1) (14.6) -- (15.7) (2.8) (100.0)
900 - 999.99 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.3 -- 0.2 0.5 0 .4
(13 . 5) (28.4) (31.0) (15.8) -- (9.5) (1.8) (100.0)
1000 - 1099.99 0 .2 0.6 0.4 0.1 -- 0.2 1.4 0 .3
(7.2) (35.7) (32 . 7) (4.8) -- (12.2) (7.4) (100.0)
1100- 1199.99 0.1 0.3 0,1 0.1 -- -- 0,1 0,1
(7 .1) (43.6) (30.0) (13.4) -- (4.7) (1.2) (100.0)
1200- Up 0.2 0.1 0.1 -- -- -- 0.2 *
(39.5) (29 .0) (28 .0) -- -- -- 13.5 (100.0)
Tota 1 tlumber of
Households 744 1,114 1,358 1,135 9 1,059 95 5,514
Percent of All
Households 13.5 20.2 24 .6 20 .6 0.2 9.2 1.7 100 .0
* Less Than 0. 1 Percent
Table 30
Number of Female Headed Households by Age of Head and Household Size
All Households with Female Heads - 50 States and D. C.
Age of : : : : Size of· Household :
Househo 1 d Head : 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 5 : 6 : 7 : 8+ : All Househo 1 ds
Number of Households (Thous.)
- 14 5 * 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
15 - 20 25 115 48 12 1 2 1 1 205
21 - 25 44 249 187 67 21 6 2 2 578
26 - 30 31 139 171 135 67 30 7 4 584
31 - 35 20 ·70 110 112 77 50 23 13 475
36 - 40 19 53 71 70 62 47 25 21 368
41 - 45 25 46 49 32 44 28 12 14 250
46 - 50 49 50 40 23 . 17 11 7 8 205
51 - 55 91 34 26 14 9 8 2 3 187
56 - 60 125 36 13 7 4 2 1 2 190
61 - 65 140 16 7 5 1 1 0 * 170
66 - 70 156 24 5 5 * 1 * 0 191
Over 70 331 35 7 3 2 * 0 0 378
Unknown 5 1 * 1 1 * 1 0 9
All Households! with
Female Household
Heads 1,066 868 734 486 306 186 81 68 3,795
Percent of All
Househo 1 ds with
Fema 1 e Houselloi d Heads 28.1 22.9 19.3 12.8 8.1 4.9 2.1 1.8 100.0
* Less Than 1,000 Households
**Less Than 0.1 Percent
Table 31
Number of Male Headed Households by Age of Head and Household Size
All Households with Male Heads - 50 States and D. C.
Age of Male : : : : Size of Household : : : : All Male-Headed
Household Head : 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8+ Househo)ds
Number of Househo 1 ds (Tho us. ) --- - -- - - -
1 - 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
15 - 20 14 9 16 4 2 1 0 0 46
21 - 25 59 32 4 7 32 19 4 1 0 194
26 - 30 37 23 40 53 37 15 4 2 211
31 - 35 33 13 19 38 36 30 12 1 0 1 91
36-40 25 9 14 33 37 22 15 24 179
41 - 45 22 6 14 19 22 21 15 21 140
46 - 50 35 11 1 3 14 1 3 14 8 11 119
51 - 55 40 17 17 14 - 12 7 8 7 122
56 - 60 41 32 15 11 7 4 2 3 115
61 - 65 36 54 7 5 4 5 3 6 120
66 - 70 30 48 8 5 2 1 1 3 98
Over 70 58 91 7 6 3 1 * 1 167
Unknown * 3 3 2 2 1 * 1 12
All Households with Male
Household Heads 432 349 220 236 196 126 69 89 1,717
Percent of All
Households wHh
Male Household Heads 25 .3 20 .3 12.8 13.7 11 .4 7. 3 4.0 5 .2 100.0
* ·Less Than 1,000 Households
Table 32
Number of Households by Age, Sex, and Race of Household Head
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Sex and Race of Household. Head
Age of Male : Female : All Households
Househo 1 d Head Black White Other Unknown : Black White Other Unknown : Black White Other Unknown
Number of Households (Thous . )
Under 18 0 2 2 4 6 5 5 7 6 7 7 11
18 - 34 84 399 57 61 607 633 234 259 691 1 ,032 291 320
35 - 44 60 194 47 31 229 241 86 105 289 435 133 136
45 - 54 67 139 23 15 155 171 43 42 222 310 66 57
55 - 64 58 148 18 8 111 188 26 28 169 336 44 36
65 & Over 68 183 29 8 159 371 42 35 227 554 71 43
Age Unknown 1 11 0 * 3 2 * 4 4 13 * 4
All Households 338 1,076 176 127 1,270 1 • 611 436 480 1,608 2,687 612 607
Percent of Households
by Race 21.0 40 .0 28.8 20.9 79.0 60.0 71.2 79 .1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
*Less Than 1,000 Households
Table 33
Percent of All Households and Percent of Households in Each Race by
Home Ownership or Rental Status and Race of Household Head
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Race of Household Head
Residence Status American : Pacific : : All : : Percent of
of Household Head Black His~anic Indian : Islander : White : Other : Unknown : All Households
Percent of Race
(Percent of All Households)
Owns Home, 8.3 7.9 6.4 4.8 13.5 7.4 7.3
Making Payments (2 .4) (0.8) (0.1) (*) (6.6) (*) (0.8) 10.7
Owns Home, 6.3 4.6 25.5 --- 10.7 --- 2.3
No Payments (1. 9) (0.4) (0.2) --- (5 .2) --- (0.3) 8.0
~
Renting 79.9 83.6 63.8 80.9 69.1 92.6 87.5
(23.3) (7 .8) (0.5) (0.3) (33. 7) (0. 5) (9.6) 75.7
Unknown 5.5 3.9 4.3 14.3 6.7 * 2.9
(1 . 6) (0.4) (*) (0.1) (3.2) (*) (0.3) 5.6
All Households (Thous.) 1 ,608 517 47 21 2,687 27 607 5,514
Percent of All Households 29.2 9.4 0.8 0.4 48.7 0.5 11.0 100.0
*less Than 0.1 Percent
Table 34
Percent of Households by Home Ownership or Renta 1
Stcltu~ aStl Age of Household Head
All Households - ·so States and D. C.
: Age of Hottsehol C: Head: Percent
Residence 30 & 65 & of All
Status Under 31-64 . Over Unknown Househo1ds
Percent
Owns Home,
Making Payments 2 .1 7.2 1.3 0.1 10.7
Owns Home,
No Payments 0.3 4.0 3.6 0.1 8.0
Renting 29.0 36.2 10.3 0.2 75.7
Unknown 1.7 2.9 1.0 * 5.6
Percent of All
Hou9~ho1ds 33.1 50.3 16.2 0.4 lOO.O
All Households
(Thous.) 1 ,826 2 '771 895 22 5,514
*Less Than 0.1 Percent
Table 35
Percent of Households by Work Status, Age, and Sex of Household Head
All Households - 50 States and D.C.
Employment Status
of Household Head Male
Employed
Full-Time (at least 30
hrs/wk)
Part-Time ( 1 ess than 30
hrs/wk)
Unemployed
On Strike
Under 18 (nonworking)
Unknown
Total HHlds. (Thous.)
Percent of All HHlds.
* Less than 1,000 Households
** Less than 0.01 Percent
10.8
--
6.6
--
82.6
--
8
0.1
Under 18
Female
1.0
--
27.9
--
71.1
--
23
0.4
Unknown
--
--
--
--
--
18 - 34
Male Female Unknown
~-~ Percent of Households
21.5
6.1
61.7
10.0
0.7
601
10.9
11.7
5.2
82.5
0.1
0.5
1,732
31.4
--
100.0
--
--
--
*
**
Male
28.9
3.0
60.6
7.5
**
331
6.0
35 - 44
Female
15.8
6.4
76.9
--
0.9
661
12.0
Unknown
--
--
100.0
--
--
*
**
Male
18.9
4.1
72.7
4.1
0.2
245
4.4
45 - 54
Female
8.9
5.3
85.5
0.3
410
7.4
Unknown
Table 35 - continued
Percent of Households by Work Status, Age, and Sex of Household Head
All Households -50 States and D. C.
Male
55 - 64
Female Unknown Male
65+
Female Unknown Male
Unknown
Female
Households Percent of Households
5.7
4.1
87.1
2.8
0.3
232
4.2
3.7
4.3
91.6
0.1
0.4
353
6.4
--
--
--
--
--
0.6
1.7
97.5
--
0.2
288
5.2
0.1
0.9
98.5
--
0.4
607
11.0
--
--
100.0
--
--
1
**
--
--
8.4
91.6
--
12
0.2
~
--
2.0
77.0
--
21.0
9
0.2
All Households
Unknown Male Female
-- 16.7 9.4
100.0 4.1 4.6
-- 71.8 84.9
-- 6.6 **
0.4 0.5
-- 0.3 0.5
1 1,717 3,795
** 31.2 68.8
Unknown
--
61.5
38.5
--
--
--
2
**
Total
11.7
4.5
80.8
2.1
0.4
0.4
5,514
100.0
Table 36
~umber and Percent of·Households by Work Status of Household Head and Urban/Kural Residence lf
All HoUseholds - 50 States and D. C.
Place of Residence
Urban Rural
Number of : Number of : Number of
Total
Employment Status
of Household Head
J!oJL~lds Percent of : Households Percent of : Households Percent of
___ (Jho.u.s ._) Househo 1 ds : (Tho us. ) Househo 1 ds : _llhg_us. ) .. H9USE;!ho Lds
Employed:
Full-Time (at leijst 30
hours a week)
Part-Time (less than 30
hours a week)
Unemployed
On Strike
Under 18 (non-working)
Unknown
Total Number of
Households (Thousands)
Percent of All Households
446
159
3,253
14
22
23
3,917
71 .0
11.4
4.1
83.0
0.4
0.6
0.6
100.0
199 .
89
1 ,202
101
2
4
1 ,597
29.0
lf A project area was defined as urban if 50 percent or more of its population lived in a cjty, town,
or twin cities with 50,000 or more population. It was defined as rural otherwise.
12.5
5.6
75.3
6.3
0.1
0.3
100.0
645
248
4,455
115
24
27
5,514
100.0
11.7
4.5
80.8
2.1
0.4
0.5
100.0
Table 37
Average Purchase Requirement by Gross Monthly Household Income and Household Size
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
: : : : : : Average Purchase
Gross Monthly : : : Size of Household : : : Requirement ' t'or
Household Income : 1 .2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8+ AU Households
Average Purchase Requirement ($)
None ( $0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 01 - 99. 99 5 9 5 5 2 • 1 16 1 0 6
100 - 199.99 24 25 22 24 25 28 28 24 24
200 - 299.99 32 47 45 48 47 52 40 59 42
300 - 399.99 33 58 68 75 74 80 88 85 67
400 - 4 99. 99 31 65 81 94 1 06 1 07 111 119 94
500- 599.99 25 67 92 111 121 132 147 143 115
600 - 699.99 31 73 97 126 134 152 163 171 134
700- 799.99 42 78 82 124 150 178 188 197 154
800 - 899.99 --- 75 112 128 160 199 192 229 171
900- 999.99 --- 76 107 146 165 196 188 266 176
1000- 1099.99 --- 76 120 141 165 196 235 275 197
1100 - 1199.99 30 76 112 140 183 154 247 266 197
1200 & Up --- --- 157 119 169 277 238 320 268
Average Purchase Requirement
·for All Households 25 44 56 71 91 106 122 147 57
Table 38
Average Purchase Requirement as a Percent of Gross Monthly Household Income by Household Size
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
: : : : Average Percent of
Gross Monthly : : : : Size of Household : Gross Income for
Household Income. : 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 7 8+ All Households
Percent of Average Gross Income (%) -
None ($0)
. 01 - 99. 99 7. 2 12. 0 8.1 7. 4 3. 7 1. 3 19.0 12. 5 8. 6
100- 199.99 14.0 15.6 14.7 15.0 15.5 17.2 17.8 16.0 14.5
200- 299.99 13.7 17.9 18.4 19.0 18.4 21.2 16.5 23.2 16.9
300 - 399.99 9. 9 17.1 19.7 21.2 • 21.3 22.9 24.7 23.9 19.4
400- 499.99 7.0 14.9 18.2 21.3 23.7 23.7 24.2 26.2 21.1
500- 599.99 4.6 12.3 16.9 20.3 22.2 24.1 26.5 26.1 21.0
600 - 699. 99 4. 9 11. 4 15 . 1 19.4 20. 9 2 3. 8 25.1 26.4 20.8
700 - 799.99 5.7 10.6 11.2 16.7 20.3 23.9 25.0 26.5 20.7
800- 899.99 --- 9.0 13.0 15.3 18.9 23.8 22.7 26.8 20.2
900- 999.99 --- 8.1 11.4 15.4 17.3 20.8 20.0 28.2 18.7
1000-1099.99 --- 7.3 11.4 13.7 16.1 18.7 22.8 26.0 18.9
1100 - 1199.99 2.6 6.4 9.4 12.4 16.4 13.1 22.0 23.1 17.2
1200 & Up --- --- 12.6 8.8 12.4 22.4 15.7 21.5 18.7
Average Percent for
All Households 13.4 16.3 17.9 19.9 21.5 23.0 24.4 25.8 18.6
Table 39
Average Purchase Requirement by Net Monthly Household Income and Household Size
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
: : : : Average Purchase
Net Monthly : Size of Household : : : Requirement for
Household Income 1 2 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8+ All Households
Average Purchase Requirement ($) - - -- - ---- ------
None ( $0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
. 01 - 99. 99 9 1 2 1 3 1 3 11 11 12 15 11
100 - 199.99 30 37 39 40 41 41 42 45 35
200 - 299.99 42 63 67 69 69 70 73 75 62
300 - 399.99 42 75 93 97 99 98 9.9 103 92
400 - 499.99 43 77 117 124 126 129 129 134 122
500- 599.99 42 77 120 . 149 154 157 161 158 148
600 - 699.99 --- 76 122 150 178 186 187 191 173
700 - 799.99 --- 76 120 162 179 214 215 220 200
800 - 899.99 --- 76 120 150 181 217 236 253 225
900 - 999.99 --- 76 120 150 178 224 238 276 240
1000 - 1099.99 --- --- --- 150 --- --- 257 297 279
1100 - 1199.99 --- --- --- --- 178 --- 238 375 339
1200 & Up
Average Purchase
Requirement for
All Households 25 44 56 71 91 106 122 147 57
Table 40
Average Purchase Requirement as Percent of Net Monthl¥ Household Income by Household Size
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
. : : : . : Average Percent of
Net Monthly : : : Size of Household : Net Income for
Household Income : 1 : 2 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 7 8+ All Households
--- - Percent of Average Net Income (%)
None ( $0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.01 - 99.99 14.8 19.4 20.3 20.3 19.6 20.4 22.2 23.8 17.7
100- 199.99 20.1 23.9 25.0 25.8 26.8 ~ 27.2 27.6 28.7 23.0
200 - 299.99 18.4 25.9 26.8 27.3 27.5 28.0 28.5 29.1 25.3
300- 399.99 12.8 22.7 27.4 28.0 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.9 26.7
400- 499.99 9.9 17.3 . 26.8 27.9 28.3 28.5 28.8 29.1 27.4
500- 599.99 7.9 14.5 21.9 27.3 28.5 28.6 29.2 29.0 27.2
600- 699.99 --- 11.9 18.5 24.0 27.9 29.1 29.3 29.3 27.0
700- 799.99 --- 10.3 16.0 22.0 24.2 28.2 29.3 29.3 26.8
800- 899.99 --- 9.4 14.4 17.6 21.1 26.1 28.7 29.4 26.6
900- 999.99 --- 8.1 12.6 16.0 19.4 23.3 24.9 29.5 25.4
1000- 1099.99 --- --- --- 14.3 --- --- 25.1 28.4 26.7
1100- 1199.99 --- --- --- --- 13.5 --- 20.7 29.4 26 .8
1200 & Up
Average Percent for
All Households 19.2 23.2 25 .7 27.1 27.7 28.0 28.7 29 .2 25.2
Table 41
Average Bonus by Gross Monthly Household Income and Household Size
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Gross Monthly
Houc;eho 1 d ln!:OIIle.
None - ($0)
.01 - 99.99
100 - 199.99
200 - 299.99
300 - 399.99
400 - 499.99
500 - 599.99
600 - 699.99
700 - 799.99
800 - 899 .99
900 - 999.99
1 000 - 1 099. 99
1100- 1199.99
1200 & Up
Average Bonus Value
for All Households
52
47
28
21
20
22
27
21
10
22
27
2
96
87
71
49
38
31
29
24
21
21
20
20
20
52
3
138
133
116
93
70
58
47
41
61
27
39
18
26
33
82
. . Average Bonus
Size of Household : : : : Value for
: 4 : -~-- 6 7 8+ : All Households
Average Bonus Value~($)
174
169
150
126
99
80
64
48
52
49
40
36
34
59
103
206
204
180
159
132
1 01
85
74
57
48
41
57
28
37
115
248
247
220
196
168
141
117
97
71
52
57
59
119
53
142
275
258
246
234
187
164
128
113
88
87
86
39
81
36
154
334
371
331
281
261
221
201
180
172
149
109
128
88
99
208
135
95
61
63
80
90
8'1
84
79
71
62
63
68
81
75
Table 42
Number an·d Percent of Households
by Frequency of Coupon Purchases
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Freguenc~ of Purchase
Monthly
Semi -Monthly
Quarterly
Unknown
All Households
All Households
Number (Thous.) Percent
2,806 50.9
2,250 40.8
258 4.7
200 3.6
5,514 100.0
Table 43
Percent of Households by Household Size for
All Households and Households with Elderly
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Size of Household:
1 2 3 4+
All Households
Households With
at Least One
Elderly Person
27.2
65.6
(Percent)
22.1 17.3 33.4
24.8 3.6 6.0
Average
Household
Size
(Persons)
3.0
1.6
Table 44
Average Total 8eduction and Percent of Households Claiming Deductioffi
by Gross Mo~thly Household Income and Presence ar Absence of Elderly 1J
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Gross Monthly : Households With at
Household Income : Least One Elderl~ Person
Dollars Percent
None ( $0) 122 0.1
.01 - 99.99 43 0.3
100 - 199.99 43 40.4
200 - 299.99 57 41.4
300 - 399.99 70 11.7
400 - 499.99 97 3.6
500 - 599.99 71 1.1
600 - 699.99 76 0.7
700 - 799.99 72 0.7
800 - 899.99 41 0.2
J
900 - 999.99 52 0.1
1000 - 1099.99 237 *
11 00 - 11 99. 99 988 *
1200 & Up -- --
Average Total Deduction
for All Households 55 100.0
All Households (Thous.) 937
Percent of All Households 17.0
* Less Than 0. I Percent
l/ Elderly, as defined in this survey, means any person age 65 and over.
: Househo 1 ds \Yi thout : Average Total Deduction
: Elderl~ Persons : Dollars for All Households Percent Do 11 ars Percent
68 5.5 68 4.6
47 3.5 47 3.0
61 20.6 55 24.0
83 22.9 76 26.0
99 19.6 96 18.3
113 12.4 112 10.9
145 7.2 142 6.2
168 3.7 166 3.2
203 2.2 195 1.9
224 1.3 217 1.1
275 0.5 269 0.4
273 0.4 272 0.3
398 0.1 416 0.1
539 0.1 539 *
98 100.0 90 100.0
4,577 5,514
83.0 100.0
Table 45
Average Total Deduction and Percent of Households Claiming Deductions
by Gross Monthly Household Income and Presence or Absence of Elderly
All Households With Deductions - 50 States and D. C.
Gross Monthly : Households With at
Household Income : Least One Elderl~ Person
Do 11 ars Percent
None ( $0) 142 0 .l
. 01 - 99.99 65 0.3
l 00 - 199.99 56 39.6
200 - 299.99 71 41.9
300 - 399.99 88 12.0
400 - 499.99 119 3.7
500 - 599.99 83 1.2
600 - 699.99 111 0.4
700 - 799.99 152 0.4
800 - 899.99 98 0.2
900 - 999.99 52 0.2
l 000 - l 099. 99 237 *
11 00 - 1199. 99 988 *
1200 & Up 0 --
Average Total Deductions
for All Households
with at Least One Deduction 70 l 00.0
All Households (Thous.) 732
Percent of All Households 16.8
*Less Than 0.1 Percent
lf Elderly, as defined in this survey, means any person age 65 or over.
:
:
Average TOtal-De-dUct 1 on
Households ~ithout : for A 11 Ho·useho l ds
El derl~ Persons : With ~t least One Deduction
Dollars Percent Dollars Percent
l 51 2.9 151 ?. • 5.
55 3.5 55 3.0
70 20.8 66 23.8
95 23.3 89 26.3
113 20.2 110 18.9
132 12.4 l 31 ll.O
161 7.6 159 6.6
182 4 .l 181 3.5
217 2.4 215 2,0
. 233 1.5 231 1.2
278 0.6 273 0.5
281 0.4 279 0.4
398 0.2 416 0,2
539 0 .l 539 0 .l
115 100.0 107 100.0
3,906 4,638
84.2 100.0
Table 46
Average Shelter Deduction and Percent of Households Claiming Shelter Deduction by
Gross Monthly Household Income and Presence or Absence of Elderly in Household
All Households Claiming Shelter Deduction - 50 States and D. C.
Gross Monthly - : Households with at :
Household Income : Least One Elderli Person :
Dollars Percent
None ( $0) 138 0.2
.01 - 99.99 65 0.3
100 - 199.99 47 41.5
200 - 299.99 58 41 • 9
300 - 399.99 64 11,2
400 - 499.99 88 3.4 "
500 - 599.99 68 0.9
600 - 699.99 51 0.3
700 - 799.99 125 0.3
800 - 899.99 --- ---
900 - 999.99 --- ---
1 000 - 1 099. 99 --- ---
11 00 - 1199. 99 --- *
1200 & Up --- ---
Averaae f~r All Households
Claiming Shelter Deduction 56 100.0
All Households (Thous.)
Claiming Shelter Deduction 655
Percent of All Households
Claiming Shelter Deduction 15.3
*Less Than 0.1 Percent
HOus~holds Without : -~veragelotaT DeductTon
Elderli: Persons : for All Households
Dollars Percent Dollars Percent
149 3.1 149 2.6
53 3,6 53 3,1
66 22,0 61 25,0
87 24,4 80 27.1
100 20,7 97 19,3
101 11.9 100 10.6
101 6.9 100 6.0
100 3.5 99 3.0
98 2.0 99 1.7
88 1.0 88 0,8
102 0.4 102 0.4
114 0.3 114 0.2
133 0.1 126 0.1
215 0.1 215 0.1
90 100.0 84 100.0
3,632 4,287
134.7 100.1)
Table 47
Average Medical Deduction and Percent of Households Claiming Medical
Deduction by Gross Monthly Household Income and Presence or Absence of Elderly
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Gross Monthly
Household Inco~e
None ($0)
.01 - 99.99
100 - 199.99
200 - 299.99
300 - 399.99
400 - 499.99
500 - 599.99
600 - 699.99
700 - 799.99
800 - 899.99
900 - 999.99
1000 - 1099.99
11 00 - 1199. 99
1200 & Up
Average for A 11 Househo 1 ds
Claiming Medical Deduction
Households (Thousands)
Claiming Medical Ueduction
Percent of All Households
Claimin~ Medical Deduction
:
:
Households w'ith at :
Least One Elderl~ Person :
Dollars Percent
55 *
--- --
32 30.<1
39 45.5
47 16.9
72 4.4
39 1.9
90 0.6 .
46 0.3
--- ---
--- ---
134 *
983 *
--- --~
41 100.0
319
36.1
---
Househo 1 ds w·i thou·t : All Househoids Claiming
El derl~ Persons : Medical Deductions
Dollars Percent Do 11 ars Percent
58 1.1 58 0.6
22 1.2 22 0.8
30 14.0 31 19.9
38 18.0 38 27.9
45 16.4 46 16.8
52 15.2 55 11.3
48 14.0 ~- 7 9.6
50 7.'!. 52 4. 9
53 5.5 53 3.6
63 3.2 63 2.0
45 1.6 45 0.9
73 1.1 77 0.7
93 0.9 128 0.7
58 0.5 58 0.~
45 100.0 43 100.0
Table 48
Percent of Households by Amount of Assets, Presence or Absence of E1derly !/ and Household Size 2/
All Households - 50 States and D. C. -
: : : Four or
One-Person Households : Two-Person Households : Three-Person Households : More Person Households
Amount of Assets ~
: : : . Number of Elderly . Number of ElderVo . Number of Elderlf . Number of Elderly
· 0 1 or More :-- -To-ta-l :· -0- 1 or More -o-ta-l :· -6- 1 or More -o-ta-l :· -0- 1 or More -To-ta-l
None ($0) 72.8 57.5 69.2 62.2 55.2 60.5
.01 - 100 16.7 15.8 16.5 23.6 17.0 22.1
101 - 500 6.7 13.4 8.3 8.3 13.~ 9.5
501 - 1000 2.4 7.4 3.6 3.0 6.4 3.8
1001 - 1500 0.6 4.5 1.5 1.3 4.3 2.0
1501 - 3000 0 0.8 0.2 0.4 2.9 1.0
3001 & Over 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assets Missing 0.5 0.2 0.4 1.2 0.4 1.0
Assets Incomplete 0.3 0.4 0.3 0 0.5 0.1
Tota 1 Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Total No. HHlds.
(Thous.) 576 180 756 268 82 350
Pet. of Total HHlds. 26.9 8.4 35.3 12.5 3.8 16.3
l/ Elderly, as defineu in this survey. means any person age 65 or over.
~ Excludes households with AFDC or SSI income .
11 Assets subject to regulatory limitation .
62.2 73.1 62.4 62.6 70.0 62.7
22 .0 6.3 21.6 21.8 10.7 21.6
~
9.9 7.6 9.8 9.5 15.2 9.6
2.5 7.8 2.7 3.5 4.1 3.5
2.5 5.2 2.6 1.5 0 1.5
0.1 0 0.1 0.3 0 0.3
0 0 0 0 0 0
0.6 0 0.6 0.7 0 0.7
0.2 0 0.2 0.1 0 0.1
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
305 8 313 713 13 726
14.2 0.4 14.6 33.2 0.6 33.8
Total Households
Number of Elderly
_o_ 1 or More Total
65.7 58.0 64.6
20.5 15.7 19.9
8.5 13.3 9.2
2.9 7.0 3.5
1.3 4.3 1.7
0.2 1.3 0.3
0 0 0
0.7 0.2 0.6
0.2 0.2 0.2
100.0 100.0 100.0
1 ,862 283 2,145
86.8 13.2 100.0
Table 49
Number and Percent of Households by Presence or Absence of Elderly ·11 and Household Site
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
: : : : :
Number of Elderly : : : :Size of Household : : : : All
Person(s) in Households : 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 :
Number of Households (Thous.
6 : 7 : 8+ : Househo 1 ds
Distribution (Percent) £1
Households with No Elderly
Person (s) 884 986 921 697 491 301 147 150 4,577 0
(59.0) (81 .0) (96.4) (96.5) (97.8) (96.5) (98.0) (95.5) (83.0)
Households With Elderly
Person(s)
615 129 23 23 9 9 3 7 818 818
(41. 0) (1 0.6) (2.4) ( 3.2) (1 .R) (2. 9) (2.0) (4.5) (14 .8)
2 0 102 10 2 2 2 0 0 118 236
(8.4) (1 . 1 ) (0.3) (0.4) (0.6) (2 .1)
3+ 0 0 1 * -o 0 0 0 1 3
(0.1) (**) (**)
Subtota 1 :
Househo 1 ds Wii th 615 231 34 25 11 11 3 7 937 1 ,057
Elderly Per ~ on(s) (41.0) (19. 0) (3.6) (3.5) (2. 2) (3.5) (2.0) (4. 5) (17 .0)
Row Percent (65.6) (24.7) (3.6) (2. 7) (1.2) (1. 2) (0.3) (0. 7) (1 00.0)
A 11 Househo 1 ds 1 ,499 1 ,217 955 722 502 312 . 150 157 5,514 1,057
Row Percent (27 .2) (22 .1) (17. 3) (13 .1 ) (9 .1) (5. 7) (2. 7) (2.8) (100.0)
* Less Than 1,000 Households
** Less Than 0.1 Percent
lJ Elderly, as defined for this survey, means any person age 65 and over.
£/ Percent of column total unless indicated otherwise.
Table 50
Number and Percent of Households by Length
of Certification Period
Households Headed by Elderly Jj - 50 States and D. C.
Certification Period
Number of Months
Certified
1-2
3-5
6-9
10-12
13 & Over
Indefinite
Unknown
All Households Headed
by Elder 1 y Persons
* Less Than 1,000 Households
** Less than 0.1 Percent
Number of Households
With Elderly
Household Heads
31
96
242
497
*
13
17
896
Percent of Households
With Elderly
Househo 1 d Heads
3.4
10.7
27.0
55.5
**
1.5
1.9
100.0
JJ Elderly, as defined in this survey, means any person age 65 or over.
Table 51
Average Income, Deductions, Shelter Costs, Household Size, and &onus by Region
All Househo 1 ds - 50 States ·and D. C.
:Monthly Household
Income Deductions Shelter Costs
Average over
Tota.l Househo1 ds Percent of Percent of
Average Claiming Households Avel'age Households Avel'age Avera9e ·Bonos
: : over All at Least Claiming among All with Household Value among
Region : Gross Net :. Households One Deduction Deductions Households Shelter Cost Size . All Households
New England $ 391 $251 $ 150 $164 91.4% $203 97.8% 3.0 $69
Mid-Atlantic 310 232 91 107 85.0 158 96.7 2.8 68
Southeast 264 190 84 100 83.4 ll4 92.9 3.3 94
Midwest 314 234 89 )05 84.7 146 93.3 2.8 66
Southwest 269 218 64 84 75.9 96 95.4 3.1 82
Mountain Plains 303 230 82 100 82.2 135 95.4 3.D 74
Western 354 264 100 116 86.4 167 95.6 3.0 67
Average over All Households 306 226 90 107 84. l 143 95.1 3.0 75
Tab.le 52
Number of Households by Gross Monthly Household Income and. Reqion
All Househo 1 ds - "SU States and 0. c·.
: : : Region
Gross Monthly : New Mid- : : : : Mountain : : Total tiumber : Percent of
Household Income : Enql and_ Atl!lntic : Southeast : Midwest
Households
: Southwest : Plains : Western : of Househo 1 ds : All Households .
None ($0) 9,089 88,840 73,030 27,004 15,656 7,864 32,005 253,488 4.6
.01 - 99.99 3,195 15,401 74,838 20,103 ~23,389 6,882 18,971 162,779 3.0
100 - 199.99 35,540 311,625 459,432 . 164,981 202,499 57.053 90,868 1,321,998 24.0
200 - 299.99 78,928 489,639 255.283 212,467 146,358 69,739 178,454 1,430,868 26.0
300 - 399.99 72,295 387,012 160,020 142,247 65.040 38,245 144,241 1 ,009, 100 18.3
400 - 499.99 32,444 197,944 107,654 70,535 43,820 29,933 117,337 599,667 10.9
500 - 599.99 34,487 95,685 63,883 52,250 23,223 14,075 57,801 341,404 6.2
600 - 699.99 17,768 49,828 32,718 30,488 13,978 9,750 22,466 176,431 3.2
700 - 799.99 15,981 30,869 16,039 14,551 7,167 6,750 14,130 105,487 1.9
800 - 899.99 8,665 12,967 10,991 7,888 3,437 801 16,297 61,046 1 . 1
900 - 999.99 2, 721 5,576 2,880 5,147 2,089 -- 5,420 23,833 0.4
1 000 - 1099.99 1,344 4,012 3,221 3,361 -- -- 5,506 17,444 0.3
11 00 - 11 99. 99 2,278 801 865 590 443 -- 1, 761 6,738 0.1
1200 & Up 677 1 ,031 475 176 401 -- 1 ,379 4,139 **
Tota 1 Number
of Households 315,413 1 ,691 ,230 1,261,329 751,788 547,500 240,526 706,636 5,514,422 100.0
Percent of All
Households 5.7 30.7 22.9 13.6 9.9 4.4 12.8 100.0
TOtal number of
·"Persons 948,115 4,806,045 4,122,310 2,108,418 1,718,630 725,257 2,101,328 16,530,103
Table 53
Number of Households by Monthly Household Earned Income and Region
All Households with Earnings - 50 States and D. C.
: Regions
Monthly Household New : Mid- : Mountain : Total Households
Earned Income 1/ England : Atlantic Southeast : Midwest Southwest Plains : Western ~1i th Earned Income
Number of Households (Thous.)
.01 - 99.99 4 14 40 21 21 5 27 132
100 - 199.99 14 18 38 23 15 8 20 136
200 - 299.99 8 20 34 16 15 7 30 130
300 - 399.99 9 22 51 15 15 11 13 136
400 - 499.99 11 30 68 17 27 9 18 180
500 - 599.99 13 25 40 12 15 5 16 126
600 - 699.99 9 21 22 8 8 2 7 77
700 - 799.99 8 11 9 4 4 2 9 47
800 - 899.99 5 4 5 3 3 --- 5 25
900 - 999.99 2 3 2 3 * --- 2 12
1 000 - 1 099. 99 2 --- 1 2 --- --- 2 7
11 00 - 1199. 99 2 1 * --- -- --- 1 4
1200 & Up 1 1 --- * --- 1 3
Total Households with
Earned Income 88 170 310 124 123 49 151 1,015
Average Amount of
Earned Income ($) 485 433 371 347 354 335 367 395
*Less Than 1,000 Households
]j Earned income includes salaries, wages, training allowance, and self-employment income.
Table 54
Percent of Households by Region and Gross Monthly
House'hol d Income as a Percent of the Poverty Line
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Gross Income as Percent of Poverty
0.75 or :
Region Less 0.76- 1.00 : 1.01 - 1.25 1.26- 1.50
Percent of Households
New England 35.8 37.7 13.3 6.5
Mid-Atlantic 52.7 34.9 8.7 2.2
Southeast 72.7 19.2 5.9 1.3
Midwest 54.9 29.6 9.4 2.9
Southwest 69.1 24.1 4.8 1.4
Mountain Plains 64.6 22.4 9.1 2.3
Western 33.4 48.8 9.5 3.5
Total Percent of 56.3 30.9 8.2 2.4
All Households
: Greater
:Than 1 .50
6.7
1.4
1.0
3.2
0.6
1.6
4.8
2.2
Table 55
Percent of Households with Gross Monthly Household Income at the
Poverty Line or Below With Bonus Counted and Not Counted as Income
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Households With Gross Income at the Poverty Line or Below
Region
New England
Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Midwest
Southwest
Mountain Plains
Western
Total Percent of
A 11 Househo 1 ds
Before Bonus : After Bonus
Percent of Households
73.5 60.3
87.6 71.6
91.8 83.5
84.5 72.7
93.2 86.4
87.0 77.4
82.2 70.3
87.2 75.4
Table 56
Number and Percent of Househo 1 ds by Work Status of Hnuc;eho 1 d Head and Region
All ffuusenolas -. 50 States and D. C.
Work Status of : : : : : : : : All ....
Household Head : New England : Mid-Atlantic : Southeast : Midwest : Southwest : Mountain Plains : Western : ~QUS~bald~
No. Pet. No. Pet. No Pet. No. Pet. No. Pet. No. Pet. No. Pet. No. Pet.
Required.to Work 44 14.0 249 14.7 175 13.9 95 12.6 41 7.5 26 10.8 125 17.7 755 13.7
Exempt:
Responsible for the
Care of Children or
Incapacitated Adults 93 30.0 657 38.9 327 25.8 292 3&8 160 29.3 84 35.0 324 45.8 1,937 35.1
01 sabl ed 40 12.7 330 19.5 214 17.0 118 15.7 81 14.8 37 15.4 72 10.2 892 16.2
Elderly (65 & Over) 26 8.2 212 12.5 292 23.2 101 13.4 168 30.8 55 22.8 38 5.4 892 16.2
Employed Full-Time 56 17.8 108 6.4 224 17.8 66 8.8 79 14.4 30 12.4 74 10.5 637 11.6
Student 5 1.6 22 1.3 8 0.6 18 2.4 9 1. 6 4 1.6 39 5.5 105 1.9
Under 18 2 0.6 10 0.6 3 0.2 4 0.5 * ** 1 0.4 4 0.6 24 0.4
WIN Participants 38 12.1 58 3.4 11 0.9 44 5.9 5 0.9 2 0.8 25 3.5 183 3.3
Unknown 11 3.5 45 2.7 7 0.6 14 1.9 4 0.7 2 0.8 6 0.8 89 1.6
All Households 315 100.0 1 ,691 100 .0 1,261 100.0 752 100.0 547 100.0 241 100.0 707 100.0 5,514 100.0
* Less Than 1,000 Households
**Less Than 0.1 Percent
Table 57
..Numb.er. of Households j)_y_Region and Race of Househol.cLHead
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Race of Household Head
Region Black White His~anic Other Unknown A 11 Househo 1 ds
Numb!!r of Househo ids (Tho us~)
New England 15 93 17 2 188 315
Mid-Atlantic 415 773 151 10 341 1 ,691
Southeast 614 583 45 6 14 1 ,261
Midwest 194 476 39 8 34 752
Southwest 192 223 110 18 5 547
Mountain Plains 42 159 21 17 2 241
Western 136 380 133 35 23 707
All Households 1 ,608 2,687 ~ 511 95 607 5,514
Percent of All Households 29.2 48.7 9.4 1.7 11 .0 100.0
Table 58
Number of Persons by Region and Age
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
: : : Age
Region : 1 - 5 : 6 - 17 : 18- 64 : 65 & Over .. Unknown : Total
Number of Persons (Thous.)
New England 156 372 · 388 29 3 948
Mid-Atlantic 764 1,808 1,979 232 24 4,806
Southeast 666 1,532 1,547 367 10 4,122
Midwest 397 734 .852 119 6 2,108
Southwest 258 658 599 202 2 1. 719
Mountain Plains 137 253 268 63 4 725
Western 403 810 • 841 43 4 2,101
Tota 1 Number of
Persons 2,779 6,168 6,474 1,055 53 16,530
Percent of All
Persons 16 .8 37 .3 39.2 6.4 0.3 100.0
Table 59
Average Household Size by Selected Characteristics and Region
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
: New : Region Household Characteristics : Mid- : : : : Mountain England : Atlantic . Southeast Midwest . Southwest Pl a i·ns Western Average Household Size
Female Headed Households 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9
Male Headed Households 3.4 3.0 3.8 3.0 3.8 3.5 3.1
Households with AFDC
Recipients 3.5 3.6 4.4 3.5 4.2 3.9 3.5
Households with Earnings 3.7 4.1 4.6 3.7 4.8 4.1 3.3
Households with Black
Household Heads 2.8 3.0 3.7 2.9 3.6 3.5 3.2
Households with White
Household Heads 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.3 2.6 2.6
Households Headed by
Strikers 6.0 3.7 3.8 3.3 3.0 --- 4.0
Table 60
Number of Households by Gross Monthly Household Income and Outlying Area
All Households - Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands
Guam : Puerto Rico : Virgin Islands
Gross Monthly : Number of Percent : Number of Percent : Number of Percent
Household Income : Households of Total : Households of Total : Households of Total
None ($0) 119 3.0 41 • 160 8.7 216 4.6
.01 - 99.99 169 4.2 111 ,380 23.6 452 9.6
100 - 199.99 447 11.2 115,850 24.6 1 ,110 23.6
200 - 299.99 341 8.6 67,660 14.3 254 5.4
300 - 399.99 418 10.5 66,370 14.1 1 ,194 25.4
400 - 499.99 337 8.5 . 36,830 7.8 546 11 .6
500 - 599.99 361 9.1 19.71 0 4.2 394 8.4
600 - 699.99 573 14.4 8,620 1.8 178 3.8
700 - 799.99 443 11.1 3,400 0.7 300 ·6.4_
800 - 899.99 328 8.2 220 ** 28 0.6
900 - 999.99 218 5.5 390 0.1 28 0.6
1 000 - 1 099. 99 159 4.0
1100 - 1199.99
1200 & Up 74 1.9
Tota 1 Number of
Househo1 ds 3,987 100.0 471 ,590 100.0 4,700 100.0
Tota 1 Number of
Persons 20,362 1,892,540 20,954
Table 61
Number of Households by Monthly Household Earned Income and Outlying Area
All Households with Earnings - Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands
Monthly Household
Outlying Areas
Puerto
Earned Income Jj Guam Rico
Number of Households
. 01 - 99.99 33 20,420
100 - 199.99 86 27,800
200 - 299.99 242 24,110
300 - 399.99 45,290
400 - 499.99 152 27,790
500 - 599.99 238 14,880
600 - 699.99 450 5,450
700 - 799.99 443 1 '720
800 - 899.99 295 440
900 - 999.99 218 170
1000 - 1099.99 159
1100 - 1199.99
1200 & Up 74
Total Households Witt
Earned Income
Average Amount of
Earned Income ($)
2,390
691
168,070
316
l/ Earned Income includes salaries, wages, training allowance, and self­employment
income.
Virgin
Islands
94
122
254
874
376
272
112
272
28
2,404
430
Table 62
Average Household Size by Selected Characteristics and Outlying Area
All Households - Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands
Household Characteristics
Female Headed Households
Male Headed Households
Households With AFDC
Recipients
Households With Earnings
Households ~ith Black
Household Heads
Households with White
Household Heads
Households Headed by
Strikers
Guam
4.9
5.3
4.9
5.6
4.5
5.0
Outly1ng Area
Puerto
Rico
Average Household Size
3.9
4.1
4.5
4.9
2.0
Virgin
Islands
4.8
3.2
4.5
4.9
Table 63
Percent of Households by Gross Monthly Household Income and Household Size for 1976 and 1978
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Size of Household
Gross Monthly : 1 : 2 : 3 .. 4 : 5
Household Income : 1 76 1 78 : 1 76 1 78 I 76 1 78 : I 76 1 78 . I 76 1 78
Percent of Households
None ( $0) 4.7 4.1 2.3 3.3 1.9 6.5 2.6 6.0 1.6 4.6
.01 - 99.99 5.6 4.7 3.7 3.1 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.2
100 - 199.99 59.3 54.4 19.2 19.8 11.9 12.5 10.0 1.0.8 7.9 6.8
200 - 299.99 27.6 l3.6 48.4 42.0 29.2 18.9 17.4 16.Q 13.7 11.5
300 - 399.99 2.0 2.3 17.5 20.9 36.8 39.6 35.4 25.9 20.7 13.9
400 .:. 499.99 0.4 0.5 4.6 5.0 9.1 11.0 17.2 23.3 30,.7 32.0
500 - 599.99 0.1 0.1 2.5 2.5 4.9 5.5 7.9 9.1 12.3 15.5
.
600 - 699.99 0.1 0.1 0.9 1.2 2.7 2.2 4.5 3.6 • 5.1 6.6
700 - 799.99 0.1 0.1 0.5 0 .6· 0.7 0.8 1.7 1.8 3.3 4.5
800 - 899.99 0.1 -- 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.8 1. 2 1.0 1.6 1.6
900 - 999.99 -- -- ' ** 0.3 ** 0.2 0.5 0.4 1.2 0.6
1 000 - 1 099. 99 ** -- -- ** -- 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.6
11 00 - 1199. 99 -- ** -- ** ** *"' -- ** -- 0.3
1200 & Up -- -- -- -- -- ** 0.1 ** 0.1 0.1
Percent of Total
Households 27.8 27.1 21.4 22.1 17.0 17.3 13 .l 13.1 8.6 9.1
A 11 Househo 1 ds 1 ,399 1,499 1 ,077 1 , 217 855 955 651 722 430 502
**Less Than 0.1 Percent
Table 63 - continued
Percent of Households by Gross Monthly Household Income and Household Size for 1976 and 1978
All Households ~ 50 States and D. C.
All : Percent of
6 : 7 : 8+ : flousehol ds : All Households
'76 '78 : '76 '78 : '76 178 : '76 '78 : '76 '78
Numbers
1.9 3.9 1.8 3.9 1.1 2.8 142 254 2.8 4.6
2.3 2.1 1.2 1.6 1.7 0.4 163 163 3.2 3.0
5.7 7.1 3.6 3.2 1.1 3.9 1 ,261 1,322 25.1 24.0
8.4 10.8 11.4 9.4 7.3 8.9 1,384 1 ,431 27.5 26.0
19.8 14.7 13.2 13.5 10.2 12.3 945 1,009 18.8 18.3 •
28 •. 5 17,6 3~.0 15.6 15.3 12.9 522 600 10.4 10.9
15.6 16.7 21.6 24.8 20.9 14.6 291 341 5.8 6.2
10.3 12.3 9.6 12.3 15.8 14.6 158 176 3.1 3.2
3.0 8.R 10.2 8.0 10.7 10.6 82 105 1.6 1.9
3.8 4.3 1.8 3.·2 6.2 9.4 47 61 0.9 1.1
0.4 1.0 1.2 2.0 3.4 3.8 17 24 0.3 0.4
0.2 0.7 0.2 2.0 4.5 2.8 10 17 0.2 0.3
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.3 1.4 3 7 0.1 0.1
0.2 0.1 0.2 (). 1 1.1 1. 6 4 4 0.1 **
5.2 5.7 3.3 2.7 3.5 2.9 100.0 100.0
263 312 167 150 177 157 5,029 5,514 100.0 100.0
Table 64
Percent of Households by Gross Month)y Household Income and Region ·for 1976 and 1978
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
6ross Monthly New EngTand : -Mi d-Atl antic : S-outheast : Midwest
Household Income : Se(2t. '76 Feb. '78 : Se(!t. '76 Feb. '78 Se~t. '76 Feb. '78 Se~t .'76 Feb. '78
None ( $0) 2.7 2.9 1.1 5.3 3.4 5.8 3.3 3.6
.01 - 99.99 1.6 1.0 1.2 0.9 5.4 5.9 2.8 2.7
100 - 199.99 11.8 11.2 18.2 18.4 36.5 36.4 26.0 22.0
200 - 299.99 27.8 24.9 30.5 29.0 22.7 20.2 29.1 28.3
300 - 399.99 19.5 22.8 24.9 22.9 13.0 12.7 17.8 18.9
400 - 499.99 12.8 10.2 12. 1 11.7 9.0 13.5 9.0 9.4
500 - 599.99 8.5 10.9 5.7 5.7 5.0 5. 1 5.7 7.0
600 - 699.99 7.1 5.6 2.9 3.0 2.4 2.6 3.7 4.1
700 - 799.99 3. 1 5.0 2.0 1.8 . 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.9
800 - 899.99 2.5 2.7 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.1
900 - 999.99 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7
1 000 - 1 099. 99 0.8 0.4 -- 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5
11 00 - 1199. 99 0.3 0.7 -- 0.1 ** 0.1 -- 0.1
1200 & Up 0.1 0.2 * 0.1 ** ** 0 .. 1 **
Percent of A 11 I Households 317,000 315,413 1,244,966 1,691,730 1,006,130 1,261,329 985,810 751,788
A 11 Househo 1 ds 6.3 5.7 24.8 30.7 20.0 22.9 19.6 13.6
**Less Than 0.1 Percent
Table 64 - continued
Percent of Households by Gross l~onthly Household Income and Region for 1976 and 1978
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Southwesr-- -- : Mountain Plains : Western : All Households
Se~6 Feb. '78 : ___ Sept. '76 Feb. 78 : Sept. '76 Feb. '78 Sept. '76 Percent Feb. '78 Percent --- --- --
2.6 2.9 2.9 3.4 13.9 4.5 142,100 2.8 253,488 4.6
5.9 4.2 1.8 2.9 10. 1 2.7 162,626 3.2 162 '779 3.0
37.1 37.0 30.0 24.3 45.3 12.9 1,261,253 25.1 1,321,998 24.0
25.3 26.7 29.5 28.9 83.7 . 25.3 1 ,383,972 27.5 1,430,868 26.0 12.7 11.9 13.8 16.3 70.8 20.4 944,697 18.8 1,009,100 -18.3
8.6 8.0 9.4 12.3 35.6 16.6 521,936 10.4 599,667 10.9
4.2 4.2 6.9 6.0 21.0 8.2 291,188 5.8 341,404 6.2
2.0 2.4 2.4 3.9 9.6 3.2 157,687 3.1 176,431 3.2
1.0 1.3 1.6 2.9 5.4 2.0 82,037 1.6 105,487 1.9
0.5 0.6 0.9 0.3 2.5 2.3 47,248 0.9 61 ,046 1.1
0.1 0.4 0.2 -- 2.5 0.8 17,114 0.3 23,833 0.4
0.1 -- 0.4 -- 0.9 0.8 10,514 0.2 17,444 0.3
0.1 0.5 0.3 2,619 0.1 6,738 0.1
0.1 0.2 0.2 3,736 0.1 4,139 **
530,034 547,500 235,033 240,626 709,701 706,636 5.028,722 5,514,422
10.5 9.9 4.7 4.3 14.1 12.8 100.0 100.0
Table 65
Percent of Households by Gross Monthly Household Income and Outlying Area for 1976 and 1978 ll
All Households - Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands
Gross Monthly
Household Income
None ($0)
0.1 - 99.99
100 - 199.99
200 - ""299. 99
300 - 399.99
400 - 499.99
500 - 599.99
600 - 699.99
."700 - 799.99
800 - 899.99
900 - 999.99
1000 - 1099.99
11 00 - 1199. 99
1200 8: Up
Tota 1 Number of
Households
Puerto Rico
Sept. '76 Feb. '78
6.4 8.7
24.1 23.6
26.9 24.6
15.4 14.4
14.3 • 14.0
7.7 7.8
2.8 4.2
1.3 1.8
0.5 0.7
0.6 0.1
-- 0.1
-- --
-- --
444,023 471 ,590
Jj Data for Guam and Virgin Islands are not availabre for 1976.
Guam
Feb. '78
3.0
4.2
11.2
8.6
10.5
8.5
9.1
14.4
11.1
5.7
5.5
4.0
1.9
3,987
Virgin Islands
Feb. '78
4.6
9.6
23.6
5.4
25.4
11.6
8.4
3.8
6.4
0.6·
0.6
4,700
Table 66
Percent of Households by Net Monthly Household Income and Household Size for 1976 and 1978
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Size of Household
Net Monthly 1 : 2 . 3 4 : 5
Household Income 1 76 1 78 : I 76 1 78 I 76 1 78 : I 76 1 78 : 1 76 1 78
Percent of Households
None ( $0) 6.6 6.2 4.0 5.2 3.3 8.4 3.9 7.9 3.2 6.3
. 01 - 99.99 23.3 25.5 14.6 15.5 10.6 11.6 7.6 9.3 5.6 5.8
100 - 1 99. 99 61.7 52.8 38.0 36.6 27.5 23.0 19.9 18.2 12.1 13.9
200 - 299.99 7.8 15.0 34.6 28.4 39.1 34.4 26.0 21.3 19.7 14.8
300 - 399.99 0.3 0.2 6.6 10.6 14.3 15.9 29.2 26.2 27.5 21.3
400 - 499.99 ** 0.1 1.5 2. 2 • 3.6 5.1 9.0 10.5 22.2 23.0
500 - 599.99 0.1 ** 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.7 3.4 4.5 7.0 8.1
600 - 699.99 0.1 --- 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.7 0.9 2.0 4.9
700 - 799.99 --- --- --- 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.6 1.1
800 - 899.99 0.1 --- --- ** 0.1 ** 0.2 ** --- 0.4
900 - 999.99 --- --- ** ** --- 0.1 0.1 ** --- 0.2
1 000 - 1 099. 99 ** --- --- --- --- --- ** **
1100 & Up --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 0.1
A 11 Househo 1 ds 1 '399 1,499 1 ,077 1 '217 855 955 661 722 430 502
* Less than 1,000 Households
**Less than 0.1 Percent
Table 66 - continued
Percent of Households by Net Monthly Household Income and Household Size for 1976 and 1978
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Size of Household All .. Percent of
6 : 7 : 8+ .. Households : A1 1 Househo 1d s
I 76 1 78 . 1 76 1 78 : 1 76 1 78 I 76 1 78 : I 76 1 78
Percent of Households
2.7 4.7 2.3 4.6 1.7 3.7 216 354 4.3 6.4
4.0 7.0 2.4 7.0 2.1 2.9 667 816 13.3 14.8
9.2 8.6 8.0 6.4 4.5 7.9 1, 736 1, 706 34.5 30.9
17.8 15.2 1 5. 1 9.9 11.6 10.8 1,165 1,206 23.2 21.9
25.8 18.0 17.3 15.3 16.0 11.9 632 676 12.6 12.2
20.3 18.4 26.4 16.4 20.6 14.2 ~ 334 372 6.6 6.7
14.1 13.9 19. 1 19.1 16.3 14.3 165 194 3.3 3.5
4.3 7.4 7.0 10.9 17.2 12. 1 69 100 1.4 1.8
1.3 3.6 1.7 6.7 8.3 3.5 25 47 0.5 0.9
0.6 2.3 0.3 1.1 3.9 5.5 12 21 0.2 0.4
0.8 0.2 1.9 2.3 4.7 5 15 0.1 0.3
0.2 0.5 1.2 1.8 3 4 ** 0.1
0.3 0.2 1.8 * 3 ** 0.1
263 312 167 150 177 157 5,029 5,514 100.0 100.0
Table 67
Average Deductions and Percent of Households Claiming Deductions by Specific Deduction for 1g76 and 1978
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Average over
All Housetiol ds
Average over--
Househo 1 d:! -Cl a filii ng
Specific Deductions
Type of Deduction : 1976 1978 ; , ,.....,,. , n:,.n 1 "' o 1 "'o
Work Allowance
Mandatory
Live-In Attendant
Coupon Allotment for
Live-In Attendant
Medical
School Tuition and
Mandatory Fees
Alimony
Child Care
Coupon Allotment
for Boarder
Casualty Losses
Shelter
Total Deduction
* Less Than $1.00
5
8
*
*
7
*
3
*
54
80
Dollars Un_U I ,IQ_J -:->
4
8
*
*
7
*
3
*
66
90
24
57
79
51
42
65
104
90
56
67
73
95
25
56
91
46
43
73
95
87
58
55
84
107
: Percent of
: Households Claiming
: Specific Deductions
:
1976 1978
·Percent·
19.8 17.5
14.6 14.2
0.5 0.2
0.2 0.2
16.3 16.0
1.6 1.9
0.5 0.4
3.0 3.2
0.9 1.2
0.3 0.3
74.3 77.7
83.7 84.1
Table 68
Number of Households by Work Status and Sex of Household Head for 1976 and 1978
Households with Heads Age 18-65 - 50 States and D. C.
Male - _____ : _____ --remale ____
Working : 1976 1978 : 1976 1978
Full-Time 24.4 21.4 11.9 11.2
Part-Time 4.0 5.0 3.9 5.4
Non-Working 70.7 73.2 83.5 82.9
Unknown 0.9 0.4 0.7 0.5
Tota 1 Number of
Households 1,280,190 1,330,100 2,870,376 3,189,100
: Unknown : I Total
: 1976 1978 . 1976 1978
--- --- 15.7 14.2
80. --- 80.0 3.9 5.2
100.0 20.0 79.6 80.1
--- --- 0.8 0.5
2,802 500 4,153,368 4,519,700
Table 69
Percent of Households by Sex of Household
Head for 1976 and 1978
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Sex of
Household Head
Male
Female
Unknown
1976
31.5
68.4
0.1
All Households 100.0
1978
Percent
31.1
68.8
0.1
100.0
Table 70
Averag_e Purchas~ Req~i rement by Gross Monthly Household In.come
and Household Size for 1976 and 1978
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Gross Monthly
Housetold Income : '76
None ( $0)
$.01- 99.99
100 - 199.99
200 - 299.99
300 - 399.99
400 - 499.99
500 - 599.99
600- 699.99
700 - 799.99
800 - 899.99
900 - 999.99
1000 - 1099.99
11 00 - 11 99. 99
1200 & Up
Average
A 11 Househo 1 ds
6
5
24
31
32
34
32
30
40
32
40
24
'78
0
5
24
32
33
31
25
31
42
30
25
2
'76 '78
0
7
23
46
59
63
70
66
72
68
72
43
0
9
25
47
58
65
67
73
78
75
76
76
76
44
3
'76 '78
0
5
21
47
57
81
92
93
102
101
112
102
57
0
5
22
45
68
81
92
97
82
112
107
120
112.
157
56
Size of -Household
4 . 5 . 6 . 7
'76 '78 ; '76 '78 ; '76 '78 ; '76 '78
Average Purchase Requirement \$01
0
4
25
48
77
90
110
115
121
130
138
110
142
72
0
5
24
48
75
94
111
126
124
128
146
141
140
119
71
0
4
31
52
81
103
120
138
140
160
162
80
168
90
0
2
25
47
74
106
121
134
150
160
165
165
183
169
91
0
7
32
58
82
108
130
151
171
179
98
163
204
169
103
0
28
52
80
107
132
152
178
199
196
196
154
277
10.7
0
10
40
59
77
115
138
162
166
195
161
188
211
226
115
0
16
28
40
88
111
147
163
188
192
188
235
247
238
122
: Average
8+ : All Households
'76 '78 : '76 '78
0
14
40
62
84
112
140
163
190
209
250
254
248
255
143
0
10
24
59
85
119
143
171
197
229
266
275
266
320
147
0
6
24
43
70
94
115
131
150
159
179
216
193
225
57
0
6
24
42
67
94
115
134
154
1 71
176
197
197
268
57
Tai>le 71
Average Bonus by Gross Monthly Household Income
and Household Size for 1976 and 1978
All Households - 50 States and D. C.
Size of Household : : : : Average
Gross Monthly : 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8+ :All Hous-eholds
Household Income : '76 '78 : '76 '78 : '76 '78 : '76 '78 . '76 '78 : '76 '78 : '76 '78 : '76 '78· '76 '78
No?e ($0)
.01 - 99.99
100 - 199.99
290 - 299.99
300- 399~99
400 - 499.99
500 - 599.99
600 - 699.99
700 - 799.99
800 - 899.99
900 - 999.99
1000 - 1099.99
llOO- 1199.99
1200 & Up
Average
All ~ouseholds
50
45
26
20
18
16
18
20
10
18
10
26
52
47
28
21
20
22
27
21
10
22
27
92
85
69
46
33
30
22
26
20
24
20
49
Average Bonus Value ($\
96 130 138 166 174 198 206 236 248 262 275 293 334 104 135
87 125 133 162 169 194 204 229 247 252 258 289 371 89 95
71 109 116 141 150 167 180 204 220 222 246 254 331
49 83 93 118 126 147 159 178 196 203 234 241 281
38 63 70 89 99 ll7 132 158 168 185 187 222 261
31 50 58 76 80 95 101 129 141 148 164 197 221
29 39 47 5] 64 78 R5 106 117 124 128 151 201
24 37 41 52 48 60 74 86 97 100 ll3 138 180
21 28 61 48 52 58 57 65 71 101 88 109 172
29
18
49
40
44
44
48 57
41 138
52 67 87 1 05 149
57 100 80 109
53
62
79
79
87
83
83
68
76
21
20
20
27
39
18