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Historical Income Tables - Families

                                                                                   



 Table F-3 &type.. Mean Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent
 of Families, All Races:  1966 to 2006

 (Families as of March of the following year.  Income in current
 and 2006 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars 28/)
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 Year           Lowest    Second     Third    Fourth   Highest     Top 5
                 fifth     fifth     fifth     fifth     fifth   percent
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 Current Dollars
 2006           $15,539   $36,769   $58,485   $88,394  $187,389  $331,702
 2005            14,767    35,137    56,227    84,095   176,292   308,636
 2004 35/        14,199    33,797    54,243    81,041   168,663   293,837
 2003            13,871    32,896    53,016    79,713   163,322   281,467
 2002            14,017    32,521    51,869    77,145   159,298   278,790
 2001            14,021    32,466    51,538    76,646   159,644   280,312
 2000 30/        14,122    32,289    50,747    74,791   156,919   278,063
 1999 29/        13,308    30,934    48,827    72,067   147,702   254,665
 1998            12,526    29,482    46,662    68,430   140,846   246,520
 1997            12,057    28,252    44,575    65,363   134,285   235,021
 1996            11,388    26,847    42,467    62,052   125,627   217,355
 1995 25/        11,265    25,955    40,637    59,457   119,453   204,863
 1994 24/        10,387    24,575    38,808    57,366   115,608   198,336
 1993 23/         9,739    23,390    37,066    54,946   111,017   191,612
 1992 22/         9,586    23,121    36,527    53,094    98,802   155,557
 1991             9,734    23,105    35,851    51,997    95,530   147,817
 1990             9,833    22,935    35,322    50,797    94,404   148,124
 1989             9,464    22,018    34,206    49,213    92,663   148,438
 1988             8,895    20,714    32,234    46,293    84,940   132,716
 1987 21/         8,507    19,911    30,918    44,250    80,868   126,594
 1986             8,238    19,021    29,468    42,105    75,838   115,165
 1985 20/         7,869    18,057    27,879    39,962    71,019   106,131
 1984             7,521    17,220    26,568    37,992    66,029    95,466
 1983 19/         6,987    16,076    24,734    35,251    61,122    88,126
 1982             6,805    15,440    23,576    33,445    57,791    82,684
 1981             6,803    14,794    22,627    31,768    53,303    74,482
 1980             6,411    13,956    21,083    29,250    49,248    70,010
 1979 18/         5,998    12,968    19,557    26,925    46,182    68,360
 1978             5,426    11,767    17,669    24,344    41,309    60,534
 1977             5,007    10,703    16,097    22,205    37,408    54,535
 1976 17/         4,730    10,010    14,932    20,402    34,338    50,257
 1975 16/         4,367     9,232    13,727    18,795    31,673    46,462
 1974 16/15/      4,200     8,866    12,944    17,734    29,882    43,586
 1973             3,752     8,127    11,941    16,319    27,999    42,255
 1972 14/         3,441     7,508    11,028    15,060    26,119    40,042
 1971 13/         3,201     6,968    10,195    13,807    23,781    36,260
 1970             3,064     6,775     9,796    13,214    22,723    34,601
 1969             2,965     6,548     9,370    12,552    21,497    33,018
 1968             2,751     6,000     8,572    11,464    19,589    30,197
 1967 12/         2,456     5,492     7,894    10,587    18,694    29,577
 1966 11/         2,345     5,206     7,449     9,972    17,019    26,133



 2006 Dollars
 2006           $15,539   $36,769   $58,485   $88,394  $187,389   331,702
 2005            15,251    36,289    58,071    86,852   182,072   318,755
 2004 35/        15,156    36,075    57,900    86,504   180,033   313,645
 2003            15,206    36,063    58,119    87,386   179,043   308,561
 2002            15,709    36,448    58,132    86,460   178,532   312,452
 2001            15,968    36,974    58,694    87,288   181,810   319,232
 2000 30/        16,534    37,805    59,416    87,567   183,724   325,561
 1999 29/        16,103    37,432    59,083    87,205   178,727   308,158
 1998            15,473    36,419    57,641    84,531   173,986   304,525
 1997            15,102    35,387    55,832    81,870   168,197   294,373
 1996            14,572    34,353    54,341    79,402   160,753   278,128
 1995 25/        14,798    34,096    53,383    78,107   156,921   269,121
 1994 24/        13,974    33,061    52,208    77,174   155,527   266,821
 1993 23/        13,382    32,138    50,929    75,497   152,539   263,278
 1992 22/        13,497    32,554    51,430    74,756   139,112   219,022
 1991            14,053    33,356    51,758    75,067   137,915   213,401
 1990            14,705    34,298    52,822    75,965   141,177   221,513
 1989            14,858    34,568    53,703    77,264   145,480   233,046
 1988            14,568    33,924    52,790    75,815   139,108   217,352
 1987 21/        14,443    33,805    52,493    75,129   137,299   214,934
 1986            14,459    33,385    51,722    73,902   133,110   202,136
 1985 20/        14,062    32,267    49,819    71,411   126,908   189,652
 1984            13,901    31,828    49,106    70,221   122,042   176,451
 1983 19/        13,443    30,930    47,588    67,822   117,597   169,552
 1982            13,651    30,974    47,296    67,094   115,934   165,872
 1981            14,471    31,469    48,131    67,575   113,384   158,435
 1980            14,935    32,513    49,116    68,143   114,731   163,100
 1979 18/        15,525    33,565    50,619    69,690   119,532   176,935
 1978            15,389    33,374    50,113    69,045   117,161   171,687
 1977            14,826    31,692    47,663    65,749   110,765   161,478
 1976 17/        14,900    31,532    47,036    64,266   108,165   158,310
 1975 16/        14,545    30,749    45,721    62,601   105,494   154,751
 1974 16/15/     15,148    31,976    46,684    63,959   107,772   157,196
 1973            14,872    32,214    47,332    64,686   110,984   167,493
 1972 14/        14,493    31,623    46,449    63,432   110,012   168,655
 1971 13/        13,898    30,253    44,263    59,945   103,249   157,428
 1970            13,894    30,721    44,420    59,918   103,036   156,897
 1969            14,092    31,121    44,534    59,657   102,171   156,928
 1968            13,644    29,759    42,515    56,859    97,158   149,771
 1967 12/        12,669    28,331    40,721    54,613    96,434   152,574
 1966 11/        12,466    27,675    39,599    53,011    90,473   138,922
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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SOURCE:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements
                                                                                              
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