Table 4. Average family incomes for rural white home owners and
 renters, Florida and the Southern region compared.

 Florida S-56 Region
 Sources of Income, 1963*
 Owners Renters Both Owners Renters Both

 dollars
Wages and salaries 2,673 2,159 2,562 2,204 1,676 2,092
Farming 846 94 683 1,088 496 962
Self-employment 621 162 522 415 78 344
Unemployment insurance 5 4 114 7 92
Property rentals 11 68 23 77 7 63
Social Security 140 161 144 75 85 78
Pensions 56 61 57
Contributions 340 267 24 63 32
Royalties 9 7
Interest on savings 9 7 8 8 2 5
Room rentals; boarders 30 23 8 6
Dividends 69 54 7 5
Welfare 48 105 60 5 57 16
Inheritances 3 2
Workmen's compensations 2 2
Unclassified 100 120 105 25 11 22
Average 4,892 2,876 4,455 4,120 2,543 3,785
Median value 4,800 2,980 4,150 3,202 1,952 **
Number of families 58 16 74 736 198 934

 *Some families reported only one source of income; others reported two or more sources.
 **Not computed.


 Table 5. Average family incomes for rural Negro home owners and
renters, Florida and the region compared.

 Florida S-56 Region
 Sources of Income, 1963
 Owners Renters Both Owners Renters Both
Wages and salaries 1,800 2,638 2,149 1,388 1,060 1,201
Farming 139 60 106 369 268 312
Self-employment 94 40
Social Security 218 141 186 58 46 51
Property rentals 35 15
Contributions 28 61 47
Pensions 76 45 16 5 10
Welfare 118 49 8 36 24
Interest on savings 1 -
Unclassified 73 69 71 16 18 17
Average, 1963 2,306 3,026 2,606 2,013 1,494 1,717
Median value 1,822 2,722 2,411 1,555 1,379 *
Number of families 14 10 24 66 88 154
 *Not computed.

wives and 9 per cent of the Negro wives also had permanent
coverage in 1964 under the Social Security program, or were
accumulating it.
 The vast majority of the pre-retirement families interviewed
was projected to fall into low-income categories when the male