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TABLE 85.-Number and percentage distribution of households reporting nonfarm
employment income, by sex of family head and nonfarm work income class, 433
 rural households, North and West Florida, 1956

 I I
 : : Sex of family head
 Nonfarm work : All :
 income class : households
 (dollars) :- Male : Female


 : Number Percent Number Percent Number Per ent

 1- 249 s 39 9,0 28 7.2 11 23.9
 250- 499 : 45 10.4 40 10.3 5 10.9
 500- 749 : 16 3.7 14 3.6 2 4.3
 750- 999 : 28 6.5 23 5.9 5 10.9
 1,000-1,499 : 42 9.7 37 9.6 5 10.9
 1,500-1,999 : 33 7.6 30 7.8 3 6.5
 2,000-2,999 1 99 22.9 92 23.8 7 15.3
 3,000-3,999 : 42 9.7 39 10.1 3 6.5
 4,000-4,999 : 36 8.3 34 8.8 2 4.3
 5,000-7,499 : 37 8.5 35 9.0 2 4.3
 7,500-9,999 : 11 2.5 10 2.6 1 2.2
 10,000 and over : 5 1.2 5 1.3 .. ..

 Total 4 433 100.0 387 100.0 46 100.0



individuals in the survey. Nonfarm employment income levels among nonwhite

workers were substantially lower than among the white workers. Approximately

two-fifths of the nonwhite individuals earned less than $500 compared with one-

fifth of the white individuals (Table 86). Among the higher income classes,

approximately 30 percent of the white individuals reported more than $3,000

compared with 3 percent of the nonwhite individuals. Average nonfarm employ-

ment incomes for white and nonwhite individuals were $2,237 and $988, respec-

tively.

 Individuals in age classes from 20 to 50 years reported nonfarm work

more frequently than other age groups. Approximately 12 percent of the indi-

viduals below age 20, 47 percent of the individuals between 20 and 50 years of

age, and 20 percent of those persons over 50 years of age reported this income