US Household Assets in 2000

 

92 million households of which 64 million are family households and 28 million are nonfamily households

116 million housing units of which 105 million are occupied, 55 million are owner occupied, 35 million are renter-occupied, 39 million are mortgaged.

64 million privately owned homes x $120 thousand per home = $7.7 trillion and 41 million renter-occupied homes:

bulletMonthly cost:
bulletOwner with mortgage = $1,088
bulletOwner without mortgage = $295
bulletRenter = $602

 

 

Population over 16 years old = 210 million

In labor force = 138.4 million

Civilian labor force = 137.6 million

Employed = 130.2 million

Unemployed = 7.4 million, or 5.4%

Not in labor force = 71.3 million

Women in labor force = 64.4 million

Women over age 16 = 109.2 million

Women not in labor force = 44.8 million

Men not in labor force = 26.5 million

Median earnings of full time men workers = $37,057

Median earnings of full time women workers = $27,194

85 million households x $56,604/year =  $4,811 billion

27.1 million households collecting $11,320 in social security = $306.8 billion

4.6 million households collecting $6,320/year in supplemental social security = $29.1 billion

3.6 million households collecting $3,032/year in public assistance = $10.9 billion

17.7 million retired households receiving $17,376/year in retirement income = $307.6 billion