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Historical Income Tables - Families

                                                                                   



 Table F-2 Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and
 Top 5 Percent of Families, All Races:  1947 to 2007

 (Families as of March of the following year.)
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                            Share of aggregate income
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 Year           Lowest   Second    Third   Fourth  Highest    Top 5
                 fifth    fifth    fifth    fifth    fifth  percent
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 2007              4.1      9.7     15.6     23.3     47.3     20.1
 2006              4.0      9.5     15.1     22.9     48.5     21.5
 2005              4.0      9.6     15.3     22.9     48.1     21.1
 2004 35/          4.0      9.6     15.4     23.0     47.9     20.9
 2003              4.1      9.6     15.5     23.2     47.6     20.5
 2002              4.2      9.7     15.5     23.0     47.6     20.8
 2001              4.2      9.7     15.4     22.9     47.7     21.0
 2000 30/          4.3      9.8     15.4     22.7     47.7     21.1
 1999 29/          4.3      9.9     15.6     23.0     47.2     20.3
 1998              4.2      9.9     15.7     23.0     47.3     20.7
 1997              4.2      9.9     15.7     23.0     47.2     20.7
 1996              4.2     10.0     15.8     23.1     46.8     20.3
 1995 25/          4.4     10.1     15.8     23.2     46.5     20.0
 1994 24/          4.2     10.0     15.7     23.3     46.9     20.1
 1993 23/          4.1      9.9     15.7     23.3     47.0     20.3
 1992 22/          4.3     10.5     16.5     24.0     44.7     17.6
 1991              4.5     10.7     16.6     24.1     44.2     17.1
 1990              4.6     10.8     16.6     23.8     44.3     17.4
 1989              4.6     10.6     16.5     23.7     44.6     17.9
 1988              4.6     10.7     16.7     24.0     44.0     17.2
 1987 21/          4.6     10.7     16.8     24.0     43.8     17.2
 1986              4.7     10.9     16.9     24.1     43.4     16.5
 1985 20/          4.8     11.0     16.9     24.3     43.1     16.1
 1984              4.8     11.1     17.1     24.5     42.5     15.4
 1983 19/          4.9     11.2     17.2     24.5     42.4     15.3
 1982              5.0     11.3     17.2     24.4     42.2     15.3
 1981              5.3     11.4     17.5     24.6     41.2     14.4
 1980              5.3     11.6     17.6     24.4     41.1     14.6
 1979 18/          5.4     11.6     17.5     24.1     41.4     15.3
 1978              5.4     11.7     17.6     24.2     41.1     15.1
 1977              5.5     11.7     17.6     24.3     40.9     14.9
 1976 17/          5.6     11.9     17.7     24.2     40.7     14.9
 1975 16/          5.6     11.9     17.7     24.2     40.7     14.9
 1974 16/15/       5.7     12.0     17.6     24.1     40.6     14.8
 1973              5.5     11.9     17.5     24.0     41.1     15.5
 1972 14/          5.5     11.9     17.5     23.9     41.4     15.9
 1971 13/          5.5     12.0     17.6     23.8     41.1     15.7
 1970              5.4     12.2     17.6     23.8     40.9     15.6
 1969              5.6     12.4     17.7     23.7     40.6     15.6
 1968              5.6     12.4     17.7     23.7     40.5     15.6
 1967 12/          5.4     12.2     17.5     23.5     41.4     16.4
 1966 11/          5.6     12.4     17.8     23.8     40.5     15.6
 1965 10/          5.2     12.2     17.8     23.9     40.9     15.5
 1964              5.1     12.0     17.7     24.0     41.2     15.9
 1963              5.0     12.1     17.7     24.0     41.2     15.8
 1962 9/           5.0     12.1     17.6     24.0     41.3     15.7
 1961 8/           4.7     11.9     17.5     23.8     42.2     16.6
 1960              4.8     12.2     17.8     24.0     41.3     15.9
 1959              4.9     12.3     17.9     23.8     41.1     15.9
 1958              5.0     12.5     18.0     23.9     40.6     15.4
 1957              5.1     12.7     18.1     23.8     40.4     15.6
 1956              5.0     12.5     17.9     23.7     41.0     16.1
 1955              4.8     12.3     17.8     23.7     41.3     16.4
 1954              4.5     12.1     17.7     23.9     41.8     16.3
 1953              4.7     12.5     18.0     23.9     40.9     15.7
 1952 7/           4.9     12.3     17.4     23.4     41.9     17.4
 1951              5.0     12.4     17.6     23.4     41.6     16.8
 1950              4.5     12.0     17.4     23.4     42.7     17.3
 1949 6/           4.5     11.9     17.3     23.5     42.7     16.9
 1948              4.9     12.1     17.3     23.2     42.4     17.1
 1947 5/           5.0     11.9     17.0     23.1     43.0     17.5
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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Income Surveys Branch                                                                                               
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