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of the total income reported by the 730 survey families. When combined, income

from farm operation and farm wage work amounted to less than one-fifth of all

income and less than income from nonemployment sources, Nonfarm employment was

by far the most important source of income, From a relative standpoint, income

from farm wage work and from nonemployment sources was more important to the

nonwhite than to the white families. The reverse was true for both farm income

and nonfarm employment.

 Cash family income averaged $2,430 for the 730 survey households in

 1956. Low-income households were relatively more numerous among nonwhite than

 among white households. Some household characteristics appear to be inter-

 related in their association with low cash family incomes. Significantly

 higher proportions of families with 1 and 2 members reported incomes of less

 than $2,000 than families with 3 or more members. Low-income cases tended to

 increase with age of the family head. Of course, 1- and 2-member households

 include a substantial number of aged individuals and aged couples. As education

 of the family head increased, considerably larger proportions of the families

 reported incomes in the higher classes. Low levels of education were generally

 associated with the older age groups rather than with the young people and with

 the nonwhite rather than the white population.

 Incomes tended to be highest among husband and wife families when the

 husband was under 45 years of age and without any physical handicap (Type 1

 families). Next in rank in income, generally speaking, were husband and wife

 households with the husband having some physical limitation or over 44 years of

 age. Incomes tended to be substantially lower among households with no males

 present who were not handicapped by age or physical limitation in the type of

 work performed.

 Cash income from farm operation constituted approximately one-fourth