Annual Household Income in 2004 (5.8.4)
Clients also provided estimates of their total household income in the year 2004. Table 5.8.4.1 shows their annual income in dollars and as a percentage of the federal poverty level.
Table 5.8.4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR 2004
|
Pantry Client Households |
Kitchen Client Households |
Shelter Client Households |
All Client Households |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total annual income |
|
|
|
|
No income |
4.8% |
11.5% |
20.6% |
7.0% |
$1-$4,999 |
13.0% |
18.3% |
24.6% |
14.7% |
$5,000-$9,999 |
31.2% |
27.6% |
19.8% |
29.8% |
$10,000-$14,999 |
17.1% |
12.5% |
9.9% |
15.8% |
$15,000-$19,999 |
10.8% |
7.5% |
4.9% |
9.8% |
$20,000-$24,999 |
5.5% |
4.7% |
4.0% |
5.3% |
$25,000-$29,999 |
2.5% |
2.8% |
1.5% |
2.5% |
$30,000-$34,999 |
1.6% |
1.2% |
1.8% |
1.5% |
$35,000-$39,999 |
1.0% |
1.1% |
1.0% |
1.0% |
$40,000-$44,999 |
0.5% |
0.8% |
0.4% |
0.6% |
$45,000-$49,999 |
0.3% |
0.8% |
1.1% |
0.4% |
$50,000 and over |
1.0% |
2.0% |
1.6% |
1.2% |
Unknown |
10.8% |
9.2% |
8.6% |
10.4% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Average annual income among valid responses (in dollars)a |
11,560 |
10,790 |
8,460 |
11,210 |
Median annual income among valid responses (in dollars) |
9,000 |
7,990 |
5,000 |
9,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Income as a percentage of the federal poverty level b |
|
|
|
|
0% (no income) c |
4.8% |
11.5% |
20.6% |
7.0% |
1%-50% |
24.4% |
23.0% |
26.8% |
24.3% |
51%-75% |
22.0% |
17.9% |
12.4% |
20.7% |
76%-100% |
14.6% |
12.5% |
7.2% |
13.8% |
101%-130% |
10.7% |
8.1% |
7.0% |
10.0% |
131%-150% |
4.2% |
3.6% |
3.1% |
4.0% |
151%-185% |
3.6% |
3.5% |
3.2% |
3.5% |
186% or higher |
4.8% |
10.7% |
10.7% |
6.2% |
Unknown |
10.9% |
9.2% |
9.0% |
10.5% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Average annual income as percentage of the poverty level among valid responses |
80% |
90% |
80% |
82% |
Median annual income as percentage of the poverty level among valid responses |
70% |
70% |
42% |
70% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) |
37,986 |
10,667 |
4,225 |
52,878 |
Source:
This table was constructed based on all responses to
questions 29 and 31 of the client
survey
.
Notes:
The percentages presented in this table, unlike those in
most other tables, were calculated without leaving out item nonresponses
(labeled “unknown”). To ensure that key percentages, such as that for no
income, appear consistent within this table, a constant denominator, which
includes item nonresponses, was used. All responses were weighted as
described in Chapter 3 and in the Technical Appendix
volume to represent all emergency food clients or households of the A2H National Network.
For total annual income, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 10.8% for pantry clients, 9.2% for kitchen clients, 8.6% for shelter clients, and 10.4% for all clients. The missing rates we report here were obtained after we cross-imputed missing responses for monthly and yearly income variables.
For income as percentage of the federal poverty level, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 10.9% for pantry clients, 9.2% for kitchen clients, 9.0% for shelter clients, and 10.5% for all clients.
a For the calculation of the average and the median, responses given as a range were recoded to be the midpoint of the bracket.
b See Table 5.8.1.1 for the federal poverty levels.
c The percentages in this row may not be equal to those in the corresponding row of the upper panel of this table, because the two panels of data may have different item nonresponse rates. The calculation in the lower panel required information about household size as well as household income.
In the year 2004, 51.5% of all clients had a household income less than $10,000. More information about annual income of client households follows:
- Average household income among all clients in year 2004 was $11,250.
- 75.8% of the clients’ households had an income of 130% or below the federal poverty level.
- Average household income as percentage of the federal poverty level was 82% (median: 70%).