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TABLE 86.--Number and percentage distribution of individuals 14 years of age and
older reporting nonfarm employment income, by nonfarm work income class and race,
 433 rural households, North and West Florida, 1956


 : Family race
 Nonfarm work All :
 income class individuals
 (dollars) White Nonwhite


 : Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

 1- 249 : 78 13.4 36 9.2 42 21.8
 250- 499 : 79 13.5 41 10.5 38 19.7
 500- 749 : 30 5.1 16 4.1 14 7.2
 750- 999 : 38 6.5 22 5.6 16 8.3
 1,000-1,499 : 72 12.3 39 10.0 33 17.1
 1,500-1,999 : 52 8.9 36 9.2 16 8.3
 2,000-2,999 : 111 19.0 83 21.2 28 14.5
 3,000-3,999 : 53 9.1 49 12.5 4 2.1
 4,000-4,999 : 40 6.8 39 10.0 1 .5
 5,000-7,499 : 27 4.6 26 6.7 1 .5
 7,500-9,999 2 .4 2 .5
 10,000 and over : 2 .4 2 .5

 Total 584 100.0 391 100.0 193 100.0


source. Earnings of those individuals under 20 were mainly below $500 (Table

87). Of those individuals between 20 and 50 years of age, 16 percent reported

earnings below $500 compared with 32 percent of those 50 and over. On the other

hand, individuals between 20 and 50 years of age reported incomes in the higher

levels more frequently than did those individuals over 50 years of age.

 Distribution of individuals reporting nonfarm employment income by

income levels and education is shown in Table 88. The proportions of individ-

uals reporting earnings of less than $500 decreased steadily as the educational

level of the individual increased. Although there was no consistent associa-

tion between specific educational levels and proportions reporting incomes in

the higher levels, income tended to increase with education. Among those indi-

viduals with less than 5 years of schooling, less than 8 percent reported