S1902: Mean Income in the Past 12 Months

Data Set: 2004 American Community Survey

Geographic Area: Pennsylvania

NOTE. Data are limited to the household population and exclude the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.


Subject

Percent of total

 

MOE

 

Mean income (dollars)

 

MOE

 

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

All households

4,817,757

+/-45100

57,157

+/-913

With earnings

76.4

+/-0.5

60,315

+/-965

With interest, dividends, or net rental income

29.7

+/-0.7

8,508

+/-814

With Social Security income

31.3

+/-0.4

13,410

+/-147

With Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

4.5

+/-0.3

7,225

+/-242

With cash public assistance income

2.6

+/-0.2

2,867

+/-253

With retirement income

19.7

+/-0.6

14,237

+/-430

 

FAMILY INCOME BY NUMBER OF WORKERS IN FAMILY

All families

3,216,764

+/-41114

67,851

+/-1136

No workers

15.3

+/-0.5

33,166

+/-1237

1 worker

30.3

+/-0.7

54,000

+/-2131

2 workers, husband and wife worked

33.5

+/-0.8

85,948

+/-2030

2 workers, other

2.8

+/-0.3

192,823

+/-17036

3 or more workers, husband and wife worked

10.3

+/-0.4

101,486

+/-2466

3 or more workers, other

0.8

+/-0.1

227,050

+/-32746

 

PER CAPITA INCOME BY RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN

Total population

11,957,883

*****

23,511

+/-326

One race--

White

84.8

+/-0.2

24,932

+/-348

Black or African American

10.0

+/-0.1

15,056

+/-656

American Indian and Alaska Native

0.1

+/-0.1

19,535

+/-5500

Asian

2.2

+/-0.1

23,403

+/-1886

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

0.0

+/-0.1

4,814

+/-7225

Some other race

1.8

+/-0.2

11,699

+/-1394

Two or more races

1.1

+/-0.1

10,912

+/-1722

 

Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)

3.7

+/-0.1

13,318

+/-1356

White alone, not Hispanic or Latino

83.1

+/-0.1

25,106

+/-360

 

PERCENT IMPUTED

Household income in the past 12 months

26.0

(X)

(X)

(X)

Family income in the past 12 months

25.9

(X)

(X)

(X)

Individual income in the past 12 months

19.3

(X)

(X)

(X)


Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2004 American Community Survey

 

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

 

Explanation of Symbols:

1. An '*' entry in the margin of error column indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.

2. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.

3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution.

4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.

5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.

6. An '***' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.

7. An '*****' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.

8. An 'N' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

9. An '(X)' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available.

 

Prepared By: The Pennsylvania State Data Center 02/1/2006