Money Income of Households--Percent Distribution, by Income Level, Race, and Hispanic Origin, in Constant (1999) Dollars statistics

[Constant dollars based on CPI-U deflator. Households as of March of following year. Based on Current Population Survey; see text, Sections 1 and 14, and Appendix III. For definition of median, see Guide to Tabular Presentation]


			Percent distribution				Percent distribution					Percent distribution
	Number													Median	Mean
	of	Total	Under $10,000			$10,000-	$15,000-	$25,000-	$35,000-	$50,000-	$75,000 and over			income	income
YEAR	house-					$14,999	$24,999	$34,999	$49,999	$74,999				(dollars)	(dollars)
	holds		Total	Under	$5,000-						Total	$75,000-	$100,000
	(1,000)			$5,000	$9,999							$99,999	and over

ALL HOUSEHOLDS ¹

1967	60,813	100.0	14.2	5.5	8.7	7.8	15.2	17.1	21.4	16.4	7.8	4.6	3.2	32,783	36,665
1968	62,214	100.0	13.0	4.7	8.3	7.4	15.0	16.2	22.2	17.8	8.4	5.2	3.2	34,217	38,712
1969	63,401	100.0	12.8	4.3	8.5	7.1	14.1	15.9	21.2	19.2	9.9	6.0	3.9	35,473	40,356
1970	64,778	100.0	12.9	4.5	8.4	7.4	14.5	15.2	21.2	18.7	10.1	6.1	4.0	35,232	40,343
1971	66,676	100.0	12.8	4.2	8.6	7.5	15.0	15.2	20.6	18.6	10.2	6.2	4.0	34,897	40,134
1972	68,251	100.0	11.9	3.8	8.1	7.6	14.6	14.4	20.0	19.4	12.2	7.3	4.9	36,385	42,348
1973	69,859	100.0	11.2	3.4	7.8	7.9	14.5	13.6	20.1	20.0	12.7	7.6	5.1	37,104	42,910
1974	71,163	100.0	11.4	2.9	8.5	7.8	14.9	14.7	19.9	19.5	11.9	7.2	4.7	35,943	42,032
1975	72,867	100.0	11.9	3.0	8.9	8.5	15.4	14.4	19.5	19.2	11.1	6.8	4.3	34,980	40,847
1976	74,142	100.0	11.5	2.8	8.7	8.2	15.3	14.2	19.3	19.7	11.8	7.2	4.6	35,581	41,852
1977	76,030	100.0	11.4	2.8	8.6	8.5	15.1	14.2	18.4	19.9	12.5	7.5	5.0	35,777	42,441
1978	77,330	100.0	11.1	2.7	8.4	8.0	14.9	13.6	18.7	19.9	13.8	8.1	5.7	37,180	43,761
1979	80,776	100.0	11.3	2.9	8.4	7.6	15.0	13.7	18.3	20.2	13.9	7.9	6.0	37,060	44,023
1980	82,368	100.0	11.6	3.0	8.6	8.2	15.3	13.9	18.4	19.4	13.1	7.6	5.5	35,851	42,638
1981	83,527	100.0	12.1	3.3	8.8	8.2	15.9	13.6	18.3	18.8	13.2	7.8	5.4	35,269	42,134
1982	83,918	100.0	12.2	3.5	8.7	8.3	15.4	14.3	18.2	18.1	13.4	7.7	5.7	35,152	42,362
1983 ²	85,290	100.0	11.9	3.5	8.4	8.1	15.5	14.4	17.5	18.5	14.0	7.9	6.1	35,157	42,836
1984	86,789	100.0	11.7	3.3	8.4	7.9	15.2	13.8	17.8	18.4	15.0	8.4	6.6	35,942	44,038
1985	88,458	100.0	11.8	3.5	8.3	7.8	15.1	13.6	17.6	18.4	15.8	8.8	7.0	36,568	45,003
1986	89,479	100.0	11.6	3.5	8.1	7.3	14.6	13.3	17.1	19.0	17.1	9.1	8.0	37,845	46,756
1987 ³	91,124	100.0	11.4	3.3	8.1	7.5	14.4	13.0	16.9	19.2	17.6	9.3	8.3	38,220	47,531
1988	92,830	100.0	11.2	3.1	8.1	7.3	14.3	12.8	17.3	19.2	17.8	9.3	8.5	38,340	47,905
1989	93,347	100.0	10.6	3.0	7.6	7.5	14.2	13.3	16.9	19.1	18.4	9.2	9.2	38,836	49,066
1990	94,312	100.0	11.0	3.2	7.8	7.4	14.3	13.7	17.5	18.5	17.6	9.1	8.5	38,168	47,676
1991	95,669	100.0	11.7	3.4	8.3	7.8	14.8	13.7	16.9	18.3	16.9	8.8	8.1	36,850	46,386
1992	96,426	100.0	12.0	3.7	8.3	8.1	15.1	13.2	16.9	18.2	16.5	8.4	8.1	36,379	46,121
1993	97,107	100.0	11.9	3.7	8.2	8.3	14.9	13.9	16.2	17.7	17.1	8.6	8.5	36,019	47,764
1994	98,990	100.0	11.5	3.5	8.0	8.3	15.3	13.4	16.3	17.6	17.6	8.6	9.0	36,270	48,488
1995	99,627	100.0	10.8	3.2	7.6	8.0	15.0	13.6	16.6	18.0	17.9	8.9	9.0	37,251	49,126
1996	101,018	100.0	11.0	3.2	7.8	8.1	14.6	13.4	16.1	18.3	18.5	9.0	9.5	37,686	50,036
1997	102,528	100.0	10.6	3.3	7.3	7.8	14.6	12.9	16.3	18.3	19.7	9.4	10.3	38,411	51,579
1998	103,874	100.0	10.1	3.2	6.9	7.6	13.8	13.1	15.8	18.7	20.9	9.8	11.1	39,744	53,000
1999	104,705	100.0	9.2	2.9	6.3	7.3	14.1	12.7	15.8	18.4	22.6	10.3	12.3	40,816	54,842

WHITE

1967	54,188	100.0	13.1	5.0	8.1	7.1	14.5	17.3	22.3	17.4	8.3	4.9	3.4	34,188	38,006
1968	55,394	100.0	11.9	4.2	7.7	6.8	14.2	16.3	23.1	18.8	9.0	5.6	3.4	35,627	40,104
1969	56,248	100.0	11.6	3.8	7.8	6.5	13.3	15.7	22.0	20.3	10.5	6.3	4.2	37,020	41,853
1970	57,575	100.0	11.7	4.0	7.7	6.9	13.9	15.1	21.9	19.7	10.9	6.5	4.4	36,696	41,755
1971	59,463	100.0	11.6	3.8	7.8	7.1	14.4	15.1	21.4	19.6	10.9	6.6	4.3	36,502	41,588
1972	60,618	100.0	10.7	3.3	7.4	7.0	13.9	14.3	20.6	20.3	13.2	7.8	5.4	38,172	43,995
1973	61,965	100.0	10.0	2.9	7.1	7.3	13.9	13.5	20.6	21.1	13.6	8.1	5.5	38,886	44,569
1974	62,984	100.0	10.1	2.5	7.6	7.2	14.3	14.7	20.5	20.4	12.8	7.7	5.1	37,589	43,589
1975	64,392	100.0	10.5	2.6	7.9	7.9	15.1	14.3	20.1	20.2	11.9	7.3	4.6	36,580	42,355
1976	65,353	100.0	10.3	2.5	7.8	7.6	14.8	14.2	19.7	20.7	12.7	7.7	5.0	37,271	43,462
1977	66,934	100.0	10.1	2.5	7.6	7.9	14.5	14.2	18.9	21.0	13.4	7.9	5.5	37,622	44,099
1978	68,028	100.0	9.7	2.4	7.3	7.5	14.5	13.6	19.0	20.9	14.7	8.6	6.1	38,651	45,382
1979	70,766	100.0	10.0	2.5	7.5	7.0	14.5	13.8	18.7	21.1	15.0	8.5	6.5	38,856	45,759
1980	71,872	100.0	10.1	2.5	7.6	7.6	14.9	14.0	18.9	20.5	14.1	8.1	6.0	37,822	44,359
1981	72,845	100.0	10.4	2.7	7.7	7.6	15.4	13.7	18.9	19.7	14.2	8.3	5.9	37,264	43,901
1982	73,182	100.0	10.6	2.9	7.7	7.8	15.0	14.4	18.7	19.0	14.5	8.3	6.2	36,800	44,109
1983 ²	74,170	100.0	10.2	2.9	7.3	7.5	15.2	14.6	18.1	19.4	15.0	8.4	6.6	36,857	44,625
1984	75,328	100.0	10.2	2.8	7.4	7.4	14.8	13.9	18.4	19.3	16.0	8.9	7.1	37,917	45,854
1985	76,576	100.0	10.1	2.9	7.2	7.4	14.6	13.7	18.0	19.3	16.9	9.3	7.6	38,565	46,850
1986	77,284	100.0	10.0	2.8	7.2	6.9	14.2	13.3	17.5	19.9	18.2	9.7	8.5	39,788	48,703
1987 ³	78,519	100.0	9.5	2.6	6.9	7.0	14.0	13.0	17.4	20.2	18.8	9.9	8.9	40,268	49,562
1988	79,734	100.0	9.4	2.5	6.9	6.8	13.9	12.9	17.8	20.1	19.0	9.9	9.1	40,532	49,949
1989	80,163	100.0	8.8	2.3	6.5	7.1	13.9	13.4	17.2	20.0	19.6	9.7	9.9	40,852	51,110
1990	80,968	100.0	9.2	2.5	6.7	7.0	14.1	13.8	17.9	19.3	18.7	9.6	9.1	39,809	49,600
1991	81,675	100.0	9.7	2.6	7.1	7.4	14.5	13.9	17.3	19.2	18.0	9.3	8.7	38,615	48,345
1992	81,795	100.0	9.9	2.8	7.1	7.7	14.9	13.2	17.3	19.1	17.7	9.0	8.7	38,246	48,204
1993	82,387	100.0	10.1	3.0	7.1	7.9	14.6	13.9	16.8	18.5	18.3	9.1	9.2	38,001	49,905
1994	83,737	100.0	9.8	2.8	7.0	8.0	15.0	13.3	16.8	18.3	18.8	9.1	9.7	38,253	50,625
1995	84,511	100.0	9.3	2.6	6.7	7.6	14.7	13.6	16.9	18.7	19.1	9.4	9.7	39,099	51,083
1996	85,059	100.0	9.3	2.4	6.9	7.7	14.4	13.4	16.4	19.1	19.7	9.5	10.2	39,459	52,023
1997	86,106	100.0	9.1	2.7	6.4	7.5	14.3	12.8	16.4	19.0	21.0	9.9	11.1	40,453	53,872
1998	87,212	100.0	8.5	2.5	6.0	7.2	13.5	13.1	16.0	19.5	22.1	10.2	11.9	41,816	55,404
1999	87,671	100.0	7.8	2.3	5.5	7.0	13.9	12.6	16.0	19.1	23.7	10.8	12.9	42,504	56,908

BLACK

1967	5,728	100.0	25.8	10.7	15.1	13.9	21.7	15.9	12.8	7.2	2.8	1.8	1.0	19,850	23,851
1968	5,870	100.0	23.5	9.1	14.4	13.0	22.3	15.2	14.7	8.4	2.8	2.2	0.6	21,008	25,587
1969	6,053	100.0	23.3	8.7	14.6	12.0	20.8	17.0	14.8	9.2	3.0	2.3	0.7	22,377	26,639
1970	6,180	100.0	23.4	8.8	14.6	12.2	20.2	15.8	15.0	9.9	3.6	2.6	1.0	22,336	27,273
1971	6,578	100.0	24.0	8.4	15.6	11.8	20.8	16.2	14.3	9.6	3.3	2.5	0.8	21,561	26,718
1972	6,809	100.0	22.3	7.8	14.5	12.5	20.2	15.4	14.2	11.5	3.9	2.6	1.3	22,280	28,145
1973	7,040	100.0	21.0	6.8	14.2	13.6	19.7	14.9	15.8	10.6	4.3	3.0	1.3	22,890	28,424
1974	7,263	100.0	22.2	6.0	16.2	12.7	19.9	15.5	14.9	11.3	3.5	2.5	1.0	22,355	27,802
1975	7,489	100.0	23.3	6.2	17.1	13.9	18.5	15.1	14.7	10.8	3.7	2.8	0.9	21,961	27,412
1976	7,776	100.0	22.3	5.3	17.0	13.2	19.1	14.3	15.4	11.4	4.2	3.1	1.1	22,163	28,317
1977	7,977	100.0	22.3	5.3	17.0	12.8	20.4	14.6	13.9	11.3	4.8	3.6	1.2	22,201	28,446
1978	8,066	100.0	22.8	5.5	17.3	12.3	18.3	13.8	15.4	11.7	5.7	4.1	1.6	23,228	29,684
1979	8,586	100.0	22.8	6.7	16.1	12.4	19.4	13.4	14.7	12.2	5.1	3.6	1.5	22,813	29,273
1980	8,847	100.0	24.0	7.1	16.9	13.0	18.9	13.8	14.3	11.0	5.0	3.6	1.4	21,790	28,279
1981	8,961	100.0	25.8	7.7	18.1	12.6	19.4	12.8	13.7	11.3	4.5	3.4	1.1	20,911	27,470
1982	8,916	100.0	25.6	8.2	17.4	12.4	19.2	13.2	14.5	11.2	3.9	2.5	1.4	20,857	27,442
1983 ²	9,243	100.0	25.6	8.5	17.1	13.0	18.5	13.5	13.4	10.9	5.2	3.7	1.5	20,864	27,791
1984	9,480	100.0	24.8	7.6	17.2	12.3	18.8	13.8	13.6	10.8	5.8	4.0	1.8	21,601	28,807
1985	9,797	100.0	24.5	7.6	16.9	11.1	18.7	13.3	14.3	11.5	6.6	4.6	2.0	22,945	29,937
1986	9,922	100.0	25.0	9.3	15.7	10.9	17.8	13.3	13.7	12.3	7.0	4.1	2.9	22,922	30,755
1987 ³	10,192	100.0	25.3	8.0	17.3	10.8	17.7	13.6	13.4	11.8	7.4	4.4	3.0	22,984	31,034
1988	10,561	100.0	25.0	7.4	17.6	11.4	16.7	13.0	13.6	12.2	8.2	5.1	3.1	23,105	31,654
1989	10,486	100.0	24.3	8.1	16.2	10.1	16.9	13.6	14.4	12.2	8.5	5.5	3.0	24,295	32,239
1990	10,671	100.0	24.8	8.6	16.2	10.8	16.2	13.5	14.8	12.3	7.6	4.6	3.0	23,805	31,629
1991	11,083	100.0	26.0	8.9	17.1	10.5	17.0	13.0	14.5	12.0	7.0	4.3	2.7	23,005	30,633
1992	11,269	100.0	26.3	9.6	16.7	11.2	16.9	13.4	14.0	11.5	6.7	3.8	2.9	22,270	30,221
1993	11,281	100.0	25.3	9.0	16.3	11.8	17.3	13.8	12.6	11.5	7.6	4.4	3.2	22,521	31,393
1994	11,655	100.0	23.7	8.1	15.6	10.6	18.1	13.5	12.7	12.7	8.7	4.9	3.8	23,638	32,892
1995	11,577	100.0	22.0	7.5	14.5	11.0	17.6	14.2	14.5	12.6	8.0	5.0	3.0	24,480	33,232
1996	12,109	100.0	21.8	7.6	14.2	11.4	17.0	13.9	14.5	13.2	8.2	4.6	3.6	24,934	34,467
1997	12,474	100.0	20.7	7.0	13.7	10.4	17.9	13.9	15.0	13.6	8.5	4.7	3.8	26,002	34,212
1998	12,579	100.0	21.1	7.2	13.9	10.3	17.3	13.6	14.3	13.4	10.0	5.7	4.3	25,911	34,893
1999	12,849	100.0	18.5	6.3	12.2	10.1	16.4	13.7	14.7	14.0	12.6	6.5	6.1	27,910	38,448

HISPANIC ⁴

1967	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
1968	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
1969	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
1970	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
1971	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
1972	2,655	100.0	11.4	3.6	7.8	11.0	21.1	20.0	20.0	11.6	4.9	3.2	1.7	28,806	33,109
1973	2,722	100.0	11.7	3.3	8.4	10.2	20.6	17.4	19.6	15.1	5.3	3.6	1.7	28,745	33,398
1974	2,897	100.0	12.5	3.2	9.3	10.6	20.9	17.4	19.7	13.5	5.4	3.7	1.7	28,589	33,118
1975	2,948	100.0	15.5	4.1	11.4	10.9	21.4	16.8	19.0	12.1	4.3	2.8	1.5	26,280	31,197
1976	3,081	100.0	15.5	3.6	11.9	11.3	20.0	17.1	17.7	13.9	4.6	2.9	1.7	26,838	31,715
1977	3,304	100.0	13.2	3.3	9.9	10.9	19.9	18.6	17.5	13.9	5.9	3.9	2.0	28,066	33,123
1978	3,291	100.0	13.6	3.6	10.0	9.9	19.4	17.1	18.6	15.1	6.4	4.2	2.2	29,131	34,411
1979	3,684	100.0	13.8	3.5	10.3	9.2	19.9	15.8	18.9	14.6	7.7	4.9	2.8	29,362	35,527
1980	3,906	100.0	15.2	4.7	10.5	10.4	20.2	16.1	16.5	14.9	6.8	4.4	2.4	27,634	33,753
1981	3,980	100.0	15.0	4.1	10.9	10.4	19.1	16.1	18.4	14.3	6.7	4.6	2.1	28,290	33,973
1982	4,085	100.0	16.8	5.3	11.5	12.6	18.3	16.6	16.0	13.2	6.5	4.4	2.1	26,451	32,643
1983 ²	4,666	100.0	17.2	5.3	11.9	11.7	18.6	15.8	16.9	13.2	6.7	4.3	2.4	26,419	32,360
1984	4,883	100.0	17.2	5.6	11.6	10.4	19.2	13.9	17.9	13.8	7.5	4.7	2.8	27,246	33,880
1985	5,213	100.0	16.4	4.9	11.5	11.4	18.9	15.3	16.7	13.2	8.1	5.5	2.6	27,041	33,789
1986	5,418	100.0	16.0	5.1	10.9	10.3	19.2	14.6	16.3	14.2	9.3	6.0	3.3	27,897	35,224
1987 ³	5,642	100.0	16.4	5.2	11.2	10.6	18.1	15.4	15.7	14.8	9.0	4.9	4.1	28,357	36,349
1988	5,910	100.0	16.2	5.3	10.9	9.7	18.4	15.0	16.6	14.9	9.3	5.2	4.1	28,672	36,606
1989	5,933	100.0	15.5	4.9	10.6	9.3	17.9	15.5	16.3	15.7	9.9	5.6	4.3	29,452	37,609
1990	6,220	100.0	15.4	4.7	10.7	10.8	18.4	15.7	17.3	13.6	8.8	5.2	3.6	28,463	35,655
1991	6,379	100.0	16.1	4.8	11.3	10.9	18.3	15.7	16.3	13.8	8.9	5.1	3.8	27,756	35,316
1992	7,153	100.0	16.9	5.3	11.6	10.8	19.8	15.3	15.9	13.0	8.2	4.8	3.4	26,833	34,225
1993	7,362	100.0	16.5	4.8	11.7	12.0	19.2	16.3	15.3	12.4	8.3	5.0	3.3	26,386	34,924
1994	7,735	100.0	17.9	5.3	12.6	11.5	18.6	15.2	15.4	12.4	9.0	5.1	3.9	26,329	35,503
1995	7,939	100.0	17.9	5.3	12.6	11.5	20.4	15.2	14.5	12.6	7.8	4.3	3.5	24,990	34,108
1996	8,225	100.0	16.1	4.8	11.3	11.4	19.9	15.4	15.4	12.7	8.9	5.0	3.9	26,445	36,107
1997	8,590	100.0	16.1	5.4	10.7	10.5	19.5	15.0	16.5	12.5	10.0	5.5	4.5	27,640	37,244
1998	9,060	100.0	14.7	4.8	9.9	10.7	17.8	16.2	15.6	14.3	10.7	5.7	5.0	28,956	39,125
1999	9,319	100.0	11.9	3.9	8.0	9.7	18.9	15.8	16.7	15.2	11.9	6.7	5.2	30,735	40,452

WHITE, NOT HISPANIC
ORIGIN

1972	58,005	100.0	10.7	3.3	7.4	6.8	13.5	14.1	20.7	20.7	13.5	8.0	5.5	38,716	44,506
1973	59,236	100.0	10.0	2.9	7.1	7.2	13.5	13.3	20.6	21.4	14.0	8.3	5.7	39,229	45,067
1974	60,164	100.0	10.0	2.5	7.5	7.1	14.0	14.5	20.5	20.8	13.1	7.8	5.3	37,910	44,080
1975	61,533	100.0	10.3	2.5	7.8	7.8	14.8	14.2	20.1	20.5	12.3	7.5	4.8	36,856	42,874
1976	62,365	100.0	10.0	2.4	7.6	7.4	14.6	14.0	19.8	21.0	13.1	7.9	5.2	38,032	44,020
1977	63,721	100.0	9.8	2.4	7.5	7.8	14.2	14.0	19.0	21.3	13.8	8.1	5.7	38,368	44,645
1978	64,836	100.0	9.6	2.3	7.2	7.4	14.3	13.4	19.0	21.2	15.1	8.8	6.3	39,379	45,917
1979	67,203	100.0	9.6	2.4	7.3	6.9	14.2	13.6	18.7	21.4	15.4	8.7	6.7	39,403	46,288
1980	68,106	100.0	10.1	2.3	7.4	7.5	14.6	13.8	19.0	20.8	14.5	8.3	6.2	38,492	44,941
1981	68,996	100.0	10.3	2.7	7.5	7.5	15.2	13.6	19.0	20.0	14.6	8.5	6.1	37,802	44,454
1982	69,214	100.0	10.3	2.8	7.5	7.6	14.8	14.3	18.8	19.3	15.0	8.5	6.5	37,418	44,757
1983 ²	69,648	100.0	9.7	2.8	7.1	7.2	15.0	14.6	18.2	19.8	15.5	8.6	6.9	37,577	45,415
1984	70,586	100.0	9.9	2.6	7.1	7.2	14.5	13.9	18.4	19.7	16.6	9.2	7.4	38,704	46,651
1985	71,540	100.0	9.5	2.8	6.9	7.1	14.3	13.6	18.1	19.7	17.5	9.6	7.9	39,433	47,763
1986	72,067	100.0	9.3	2.6	6.9	6.6	13.8	13.2	17.6	20.3	18.9	10.0	8.9	40,692	49,670
1987 ³	73,120	100.0	8.9	2.4	6.6	6.8	13.7	12.8	17.5	20.6	19.6	10.3	9.3	41,376	50,532
1988	74,067	100.0	8.7	2.3	6.6	6.5	13.6	12.7	17.9	20.6	19.7	10.2	9.5	41,649	50,968
1989	74,495	100.0	8.5	2.1	6.2	6.9	13.6	13.2	17.3	20.4	20.3	10.0	10.3	41,731	52,134
1990	75,035	100.0	8.8	2.3	6.4	6.7	13.7	13.7	17.9	19.8	19.4	9.9	9.5	40,720	50,699
1991	75,625	100.0	9.4	2.4	6.8	7.2	14.2	13.7	17.4	19.6	18.8	9.7	9.1	39,537	49,382
1992	75,107	100.0	9.6	2.6	6.8	7.4	14.5	13.1	17.4	19.7	18.6	9.4	9.2	39,530	49,428
1993	75,697	100.0	9.3	2.8	6.7	7.5	14.2	13.7	16.9	19.1	19.2	9.5	9.7	39,399	51,221
1994	77,004	100.0	8.8	2.6	6.5	7.7	14.6	13.2	16.9	18.8	19.6	9.5	10.1	39,487	51,915
1995	76,932	100.0	8.3	2.3	6.1	7.2	14.1	13.4	17.2	19.3	20.2	9.9	10.3	40,642	52,749
1996	77,240	100.0	8.9	2.2	6.4	7.3	13.8	13.2	16.5	19.7	20.7	9.9	10.8	41,185	53,596
1997	77,936	100.0	8.2	2.5	5.9	7.2	13.7	12.6	16.4	19.6	22.2	10.4	11.8	42,119	55,606
1998	78,577	100.0	7.7	2.3	5.6	6.9	13.0	12.7	16.1	20.0	23.5	10.8	12.7	43,376	57,179
1999	78,819	100.0	5.2	2.1	5.2	6.7	13.3	12.3	15.9	19.5	25.1	11.3	13.8	44,366	58,760

1 Includes other races not shown separately.
2 Beginning 1983, data based on revised Hispanic population controls and not directly comparable with prior years.
3 Beginning 1987, data based on revised processing procedures and not directly comparable with prior years.
4 Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Income data for Hispanic origin households are not available prior to 1972.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Money Income of the United States, P60-209.

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* Definitions

Households

Households consist of all people who occupy a housing unit. The Census Bureau regards a house, an apartment or other group of rooms, or a single room as a housing unit when it is occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters: the occupants do not live and eat with any other people in the structure and there is direct access from the outside or through a common hall.

A household includes the related family members and all unrelated people, if any, such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employees who share the housing unit. The Census Bureau also counts a person living alone in a housing unit or a group of unrelated people sharing a housing unit as partners as a household. The count of households excludes group quarters.

Householder

The householder refers to the person (or one of the people) who owns or rents (maintains) the housing unit. If a married couple owns the housing unit jointly, the interviewer may list either as the householder. The person listed first is the householder and is the "reference person" to whom the Census Bureau designates the relationship of all other household members. The number of householders is equal to the number of households. Also, the number of family householders is equal to the number of families.

Income

For each person in the sample 15 years old and over, the CPS asks questions on the amount of money income received in the preceding calendar year from each of the following sources:

1. Earnings 2. Unemployment compensation 3. Workers' compensation 4. Social security 5. Supplemental security income 6. Public assistance 7. Veterans' payments 8. Survivor benefits 9. Disability benefits 10. Pension or retirement income 11. Interest 12. Dividends 13. Rents, royalties, and estates and trusts 14. Educational assistance 15. Alimony 16. Child support 17. Financial assistance from outside of the household 18. Other income

It should be noted that although the income statistics refer to receipts during the preceding calendar year, the demographic characteristics, such as age, labor force status, and family or household composition, are as of the survey date. The income of the family/household does not include amounts received by people who were members during all or part of the income year if these people no longer resided in the family/household at the time of interview. However, the CPS collects income data for people who are current residents but did not reside in the household during the income year.

Data on consumer income collected in the CPS by the Census Bureau cover money income received (exclusive of certain money receipts such as capital gains) before payments for personal income taxes, social security, union dues, medicare deductions, etc. Therefore, money income does not reflect the fact that some families receive part of their income in the form of noncash benefits, such as food stamps, health benefits, rent-free housing, and goods produced and consumed on the farm. In addition, money income does not reflect the fact that noncash benefits are also received by some nonfarm residents which often take the form of the use of business transportation and facilities, full or partial payments by business for retirement programs, medical and educational expenses, etc. Data users should consider these elements when comparing income levels. Moreover, readers should be aware that for many different reasons there is a tendency in household surveys for respondents to underreport their income. Based on an analysis of independently derived income estimates, the Census Bureau determined that respondents report income earned from wages or salaries much better than other sources of income and that the reported wage and salary income is nearly equal to independent estimates of aggregate income.

Median income

Median income is the amount which divides the income distribution into two equal groups, half having incomes above the median, half having incomes below the median. The medians for households, families, and unrelated individuals are based on all households, families, and unrelated individuals, respectively. The medians for people are based on people 15 years old and over with income.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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