Table 9. Percentage contributions of each of several sources of income
anticipated at age 65, Florida and the region compared.

Source of Income Florida Region
 Anticipated White Negro White Negro
Social Security 55.2 67.3 58.8 79.9
Assets 8.9 3.1 18.6 0.6
Armed Service 6.6 5.1 2.7 1.0
Employment, husband 6.1 0.8 7.9 6.3
Employment, wife 0.7 7.6 3.5 3.1
State pensions 5.5 2.1 1.4 1.5
Railroad Retirement 4.7 2.5 1.5
U. S. Civil Service 4.1 1.0 -
Old Age Assistance 3.1 1.8 0.4 1.0
Company pensions 2.9 1.2 1.8 3.5
All other 2.2 11.0 1.4 1.6
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Income per month $211 $138 $165 $82
Number reporting 74 24 934 154


to 64 age group (Table 9) with the post retirement experience
of the Florida 65 and over age group (Table 13). Self-partici-
pating retirement income increases proportionately (36 per cent)
with decreasing (35 per cent) welfare assistance.
 White families reported more probable sources of retirement
income than did Negro families, and they anticipated larger
incomes than Negro families.
 Whatever the sources of family income, the great majority
of older rural people will continue throughout the foreseeable
future to have modest annual incomes, or less than $2,400, with
which to maintain personal independence. It also appears that
income disparity between white and Negro families cannot be
quickly or easily adjusted.
 The slightly more favorable retirement income outlook in
 Florida over that of the region (Table 8) may be attributed to
 several factors. One, Alabama, Tennessee and Texas included
 high proportions of low-income farmers in their samples,
 whereas the respondents in Florida and Georgia were composed
 largely of nonfarm people. In addition, nearly 50 per cent of the
 respondents in Alabama and Tennessee were also members of
 low-income families, or families with less than $3,000 in annual
 income, as against 37 per cent for Florida. The projected month-
 ly retirement incomes for the region are $179 and $112 for white
 home owners and renters, respectively, and $90 and $75 for
 Negro owners and renters (Table 10).