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 Income



Historical Income Tables - Families

                                                                                   



  Table F-7 Type of Family, All Races
  by Median and Mean Income: 1947 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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                              Median income          Mean income
  Type of                  ____________________  ____________________
  family         Number    Current       2006    Current       2006
  and year      (thous.)   dollars    dollars    dollars    dollars
  ___________________________________________________________________
  ALL FAMILIES
  2006             78,454    $58,407    $58,407    $77,315    $77,315
  2005             77,418     56,194     58,036     73,304     75,707
  2004 35/         76,866     54,061     57,705     70,389     75,134
  2003             76,232     52,680     57,751     68,563     75,163
  2002             75,616     51,680     57,920     66,970     75,056
  2001             74,340     51,407     58,545     66,863     76,147
  2000 30/         73,778     50,732     59,398     65,773     77,008
  1999 29/         73,206     48,831     59,088     62,567     75,709
  1998             71,551     46,737     57,734     59,589     73,610
  1997             70,884     44,568     55,823     56,902     71,272
  1996             70,241     42,300     54,127     53,676     68,684
  1995 25/         69,597     40,611     53,349     51,353     67,461
  1994 24/         69,313     38,782     52,173     49,340     66,377
  1993 23/         68,506     36,959     50,782     47,221     64,882
  1992 22/         68,216     36,573     51,494     44,221     62,263
  1991             67,173     35,939     51,885     43,237     62,421
  1990             66,322     35,353     52,869     42,652     63,784
  1989             66,090     34,213     53,714     41,506     65,164
  1988             65,837     32,191     52,720     38,608     63,229
  1987 21/         65,204     30,970     52,582     36,884     62,622
  1986             64,491     29,458     51,704     34,924     61,298
  1985 20/         63,558     27,735     49,561     32,944     58,870
  1984 19/         62,706     26,433     48,857     31,052     57,394
  1983             61,997     24,580     47,291     28,638     55,099
  1982             61,393     23,433     47,009     27,391     54,949
  1981             61,019     22,388     47,623     25,838     54,961
  1980             60,309     21,023     48,976     23,974     55,851
  1979 18/         59,550     19,587     50,697     22,316     57,760
  1978             57,804     17,640     50,031     20,091     56,982
  1977             57,215     16,009     47,403     18,264     54,080
  1976 17/         56,710     14,958     47,118     16,870     53,141
  1975 16/         56,245     13,719     45,694     15,546     51,779
  1974 16/         55,698     12,902     46,532     14,711     53,056
  1973             55,053     12,051     47,768     13,622     53,996
  1972 14/         54,373     11,116     46,820     12,625     53,176
  1971 13/         53,296     10,285     44,654     11,583     50,289
  1970             52,227      9,867     44,741     11,106     50,360
  1969             51,586      9,433     44,833     10,577     50,270
  1968             50,823      8,632     42,813      9,670     47,961
  1967 12/         50,111      7,933     40,923      8,801     45,400
  1966 11/         49,214      7,532     40,040      8,395     44,628
  1965 10/         48,509      6,957     38,007      7,704     42,088
  1964             47,956      6,569     36,493      7,336     40,754
  1963             47,540      6,249     35,177      6,998     39,394
  1962 9/          47,059      5,956     33,980      6,670     38,054
  1961 8/          46,418      5,735     33,038      6,471     37,277
  1960             45,539      5,620     32,693      6,227     36,224
  1959             45,111      5,417     32,079      5,976     35,390
  1958             44,232      5,087     30,307      5,565     33,155
  1957             43,696      4,966     30,444      5,443     33,368
  1956             43,497      4,780     30,243      5,341     33,792
  1955             42,889      4,418     28,377      4,962     31,871
  1954             41,951      4,167     26,649      4,684     29,955
  1953             41,202      4,242     27,365      4,706     30,358
  1952 7/          40,832      3,890     25,259      4,457     28,941
  1951             40,578      3,709     24,569      4,194     27,782
  1950             39,929      3,319     23,738      3,815     27,286
  1949 6/          39,303      3,107     22,493      3,569     25,838
  1948             38,624      3,187     22,794      3,671     26,256
  1947 5/          37,237      3,031     23,433      3,546     27,414



  MARRIED-COUPLE FAMILIES
  2006             58,964    $69,404    $69,404    $88,600    $88,600
  2005             58,189     65,906     68,067     83,570     86,310
  2004 35/         57,983     63,626     67,915     80,398     85,818
  2003             57,725     62,281     68,276     78,275     85,810
  2002             57,327     61,130     68,511     76,349     85,568
  2001             56,755     60,335     68,712     76,008     86,561
  2000 30/         56,598     59,099     69,194     74,230     86,910
  1999 29/         56,290     56,501     68,369     70,727     85,583
  1998             54,778     54,180     66,928     67,875     83,846
  1997             54,321     51,591     64,620     64,678     81,012
  1996             53,604     49,707     63,605     61,214     78,330
  1995 25/         53,570     47,062     61,824     58,377     76,688
  1994 24/         53,865     44,959     60,483     55,944     75,261
  1993 23/         53,181     43,005     59,089     53,472     73,471
  1992 22/         53,090     41,890     58,981     49,755     70,054
  1991             52,457     40,995     59,184     48,480     69,990
  1990             52,147     39,895     59,661     47,528     71,076
  1989             52,317     38,547     60,518     45,995     72,212
  1988             52,100     36,389     59,595     42,801     70,096
  1987 21/         51,675     34,879     59,218     40,818     69,302
  1986             51,537     32,805     57,579     38,672     67,877
  1985 20/         50,933     31,100     55,575     36,267     64,808
  1984 19/         50,350     29,612     54,732     34,156     63,131
  1983             50,090     27,286     52,498     31,467     60,542
  1982             49,908     26,019     52,197     29,992     60,167
  1981             49,630     25,065     53,317     28,253     60,099
  1980             49,294     23,141     53,911     26,128     60,869
  1979 18/         49,112     21,429     55,464     24,222     62,693
  1978             47,692     19,340     54,852     21,804     61,841
  1977             47,385     17,616     52,161     19,798     58,622
  1976 17/         47,497     16,203     51,039     18,206     57,349
  1975 16/         47,318     14,867     49,518     16,693     55,600
  1974 16/         47,069     13,923     50,214     15,767     56,865
  1973             46,812     13,028     51,641     14,594     57,849
  1972 14/         46,314     11,903     50,135     13,477     56,764
  1971 13/         45,752     10,990     47,715     12,336     53,558
  1970             44,739     10,516     47,684     11,774     53,389
  1969             44,436     10,001     47,533     11,187     53,170
  1968             43,841      9,144     45,352     10,222     50,699
  1967 12/         43,292      8,441     43,543      9,508     49,047
  1966 11/         42,553      7,838     41,667       (NA)       (NA)
  1965 10/         42,108      7,265     39,689       (NA)       (NA)
  1964             41,647      6,932     38,510       (NA)       (NA)
  1963             41,311      6,593     37,114       (NA)       (NA)
  1962 9/          40,923      6,263     35,732       (NA)       (NA)
  1961 8/          40,405      6,037     34,777       (NA)       (NA)
  1960             39,624      5,873     34,165       (NA)       (NA)
  1959             39,335      5,662     33,530       (NA)       (NA)
  1958             38,585      5,315     31,665       (NA)       (NA)
  1957             38,112      5,157     31,615       (NA)       (NA)
  1956             37,849      4,973     31,464       (NA)       (NA)
  1955             37,200      4,599     29,539       (NA)       (NA)
  1954             36,395      4,333     27,711       (NA)       (NA)
  1953               (NA)      4,371     28,197       (NA)       (NA)
  1952 7/          35,782      4,061     26,370       (NA)       (NA)
  1951             35,196      3,837     25,417       (NA)       (NA)
  1950             34,556      3,446     24,646       (NA)       (NA)
  1949 6/          34,291      3,195     23,131       (NA)       (NA)
  1948             33,538      3,272     23,402       (NA)       (NA)
  1947 5/          32,288      3,109     24,036       (NA)       (NA)



  --Wife in Paid Labor Force
  2006             36,315    $82,788    $82,788   $101,513   $101,513
  2005             35,432     78,755     81,337     95,900     99,044
  2004 35/         34,904     76,854     82,035     92,273     98,493
  2003             35,097     75,170     82,406     89,840     98,488
  2002             35,381     72,806     81,597     87,496     98,060
  2001             34,917     70,834     80,669     85,553     97,432
  2000 30/         34,942     69,235     81,062     83,670     97,962
  1999 29/         34,730     66,478     80,442     80,058     96,874
  1998             33,680     63,751     78,751     76,431     94,415
  1997             33,535     60,669     75,990       (NA)       (NA)
  1996             33,242     58,381     74,704       (NA)       (NA)
  1995 25/         32,677     55,823     73,333       (NA)       (NA)
  1994 24/         32,902     53,309     71,716       (NA)       (NA)
  1993 23/         32,194     51,204     70,355       (NA)       (NA)
  1992 22/         31,389     49,775     70,083       (NA)       (NA)
  1991             30,923     48,169     69,541       (NA)       (NA)
  1990             30,298     46,777     69,953       (NA)       (NA)
  1989             30,188     45,266     71,067       (NA)       (NA)
  1988             29,713     42,709     69,945       (NA)       (NA)
  1987 21/         29,010     40,751     69,188       (NA)       (NA)
  1986             28,498     38,346     67,304     43,635     76,588
  1985 20/         27,489     36,431     65,101     41,058     73,369
  1984 19/         26,938     34,668     64,077     38,570     71,289
  1983             26,177     32,107     61,773     35,751     68,784
  1982             25,480     30,342     60,869     33,729     67,664
  1981             25,002     29,247     62,213     31,757     67,552
  1980             24,752     26,879     62,619     29,291     68,238
  1979 18/         24,187     24,861     64,347     27,236     70,495
  1978             23,005     22,109     62,706     24,445     69,331
  1977             21,936     20,268     60,014     22,153     65,595
  1976 17/         21,554     18,731     59,003     20,396     64,247
  1975 16/         20,833     17,237     57,411     18,633     62,061
  1974 16/         20,404     16,221     58,502     17,538     63,252
  1973             19,464     15,237     60,397     16,439     65,162
  1972 14/         18,888     13,897     58,533     15,094     63,575
  1971 13/         18,274     12,853     55,803     13,882     60,271
  1970             17,568     12,276     55,665     13,315     60,376
  1969             17,464     11,629     55,270     12,576     59,771
  1968             16,638     10,686     53,000     11,490     56,988
  1967 12/         15,845      9,956     51,358     10,803     55,728
  1966 11/         15,005      9,246     49,152       (NA)       (NA)
  1965 10/         14,183      8,597     46,966       (NA)       (NA)
  1964             13,647      8,170     45,387       (NA)       (NA)
  1963             13,398      7,789     43,846       (NA)       (NA)
  1962 9/          13,028      7,461     42,567       (NA)       (NA)
  1961 8/          12,366      7,188     41,408       (NA)       (NA)
  1960             12,007      6,900     40,139       (NA)       (NA)
  1959             11,265      6,705     39,707       (NA)       (NA)
  1958             11,014      6,214     37,021       (NA)       (NA)
  1957             10,696      6,141     37,647       (NA)       (NA)
  1956             10,266      5,957     37,689       (NA)       (NA)
  1955              9,786      5,622     36,110       (NA)       (NA)
  1954              9,005      5,336     34,125       (NA)       (NA)
  1953               (NA)      5,405     34,868       (NA)       (NA)
  1952 7/           9,154      4,900     31,818       (NA)       (NA)
  1951              8,044      4,631     30,676       (NA)       (NA)
  1950               (NA)      4,003     28,630       (NA)       (NA)
  1949 6/            (NA)      3,857     27,923       (NA)       (NA)
  1948               (NA)       (NA)       (NA)       (NA)       (NA)
  1947 5/            (NA)       (NA)       (NA)       (NA)       (NA)



  --Wife Not in Paid Labor Force
  2006             22,649    $45,757    $45,757    $67,896    $67,896
  2005             22,756     44,457     45,915     64,372     66,483
  2004 35/         23,080     42,215     45,061     62,439     66,648
  2003             22,629     41,122     45,080     60,339     66,147
  2002             21,946     40,102     44,944     58,379     65,428
  2001             21,838     40,782     46,444     60,746     69,180
  2000 30/         21,657     39,982     46,812     58,999     69,077
  1999 29/         21,559     38,480     46,563     55,695     67,394
  1998             21,098     37,161     45,905     54,217     66,974
  1997             20,786     36,027     45,125       (NA)       (NA)
  1996             20,362     33,748     43,184       (NA)       (NA)
  1995 25/         20,893     32,375     42,530       (NA)       (NA)
  1994 24/         20,962     31,176     41,941       (NA)       (NA)
  1993 23/         20,988     30,218     41,520       (NA)       (NA)
  1992 22/         21,701     30,174     42,485       (NA)       (NA)
  1991             21,534     30,075     43,419       (NA)       (NA)
  1990             21,849     30,265     45,260       (NA)       (NA)
  1989             22,129     28,747     45,132       (NA)       (NA)
  1988             22,387     27,220     44,579       (NA)       (NA)
  1987 21/         22,664     26,640     45,230       (NA)       (NA)
  1986             23,038     25,803     45,289     32,533     57,101
  1985 20/         23,445     24,556     43,881     30,650     54,770
  1984 19/         23,412     23,582     43,587     29,078     53,745
  1983             23,913     21,890     42,116     26,777     51,518
  1982             24,428     21,299     42,728     26,094     52,347
  1981             24,628     20,325     43,234     24,696     52,532
  1980             24,542     18,972     44,198     22,938     53,438
  1979 18/         24,925     17,706     45,828     21,297     55,123
  1978             24,686     16,156     45,822     19,343     54,861
  1977             25,449     15,063     44,602     17,768     52,611
  1976 17/         25,944     13,931     43,883     16,386     51,616
  1975 16/         26,486     12,752     42,473     15,166     50,514
  1974 16/         26,665     12,231     44,112     14,411     51,974
  1973             27,348     11,418     45,259     13,281     52,644
  1972 14/         27,426     10,556     44,461     12,363     52,072
  1971 13/         27,478      9,744     42,305     11,307     49,091
  1970             27,172      9,304     42,189     10,778     48,872
  1969             26,972      8,879     42,200     10,288     48,897
  1968             27,203      8,215     40,745      9,447     46,855
  1967 12/         27,447      7,611     39,262      8,760     45,189
  1966 11/         27,548      7,128     37,892       (NA)       (NA)
  1965 10/         27,925      6,592     36,013       (NA)       (NA)
  1964             28,000      6,338     35,210       (NA)       (NA)
  1963             27,913      6,039     33,995       (NA)       (NA)
  1962 9/          27,895      5,764     32,885       (NA)       (NA)
  1961 8/          28,039      5,592     32,214       (NA)       (NA)
  1960             27,617      5,520     32,111       (NA)       (NA)
  1959             28,070      5,317     31,487       (NA)       (NA)
  1958             27,571      4,983     29,687       (NA)       (NA)
  1957             27,416      4,833     29,628       (NA)       (NA)
  1956             27,583      4,645     29,389       (NA)       (NA)
  1955             27,414      4,326     27,786       (NA)       (NA)
  1954             27,390      4,051     25,907       (NA)       (NA)
  1953               (NA)      4,117     26,559       (NA)       (NA)
  1952 7/          26,628      3,812     24,753       (NA)       (NA)
  1951             27,152      3,634     24,072       (NA)       (NA)
  1950               (NA)      3,315     23,709       (NA)       (NA)
  1949 6/            (NA)      3,058     22,139       (NA)       (NA)
  1948               (NA)       (NA)       (NA)       (NA)       (NA)
  1947 5/            (NA)       (NA)       (NA)       (NA)       (NA)



  MALE HOUSEHOLDER, NO SPOUSE PRESENT
  2006              5,067    $41,844    $41,844    $55,030    $55,030
  2005              5,134     41,111     42,459     54,511     56,298
  2004 35/          4,901     40,361     43,082     51,831     55,325
  2003              4,717     38,032     41,693     49,728     54,515
  2002              4,663     37,739     42,296     48,405     54,250
  2001              4,440     36,590     41,670     47,258     53,820
  2000 30/          4,277     37,727     44,171     52,318     61,255
  1999 29/          4,099     37,339     45,182     48,845     59,105
  1998              3,977     35,681     44,077     43,913     54,245
  1997              3,911     32,960     41,284     42,546     53,290
  1996              3,847     31,600     40,435     40,013     51,201
  1995 25/          3,513     30,358     39,880     37,238     48,918
  1994 24/          3,228     27,751     37,333     34,663     46,632
  1993 23/          2,914     26,467     36,366     33,585     46,146
  1992 22/          3,065     27,576     38,827     34,070     47,970
  1991              3,025     28,351     40,930     34,611     49,967
  1990              2,907     29,046     43,437     34,685     51,870
  1989              2,884     27,847     43,719     34,756     54,567
  1988              2,847     26,827     43,935     32,501     53,228
  1987 21/          2,834     25,208     42,799     30,786     52,269
  1986              2,510     24,962     43,813     29,472     51,729
  1985 20/          2,414     22,622     40,425     27,525     49,186
  1984 19/          2,228     23,325     43,112     27,037     49,973
  1983              2,030     21,845     42,029     24,949     48,001
  1982              2,016     20,140     40,403     22,907     45,954
  1981              1,986     19,889     42,307     22,607     48,089
  1980              1,933     17,519     40,813     20,820     48,504
  1979 18/          1,733     16,808     43,504     20,047     51,887
  1978              1,655     15,966     45,283     18,784     53,275
  1977              1,594     14,518     42,988     16,355     48,427
  1976 17/          1,500     12,860     40,509     14,733     46,409
  1975 16/          1,444     12,995     43,283     14,686     48,915
  1974 16/          1,399     11,658     42,045     13,343     48,123
  1973              1,438     10,742     42,580     12,219     48,434
  1972 14/          1,453     10,305     43,404     11,657     49,099
  1971 13/          1,353      8,722     37,868      9,911     43,030
  1970              1,258      9,012     40,865     10,476     47,503
  1969              1,221      8,340     39,638      9,662     45,922
  1968              1,229      7,321     36,311      8,185     40,596
  1967 12/          1,210      6,814     35,150      7,899     40,747
  1966 11/          1,197      6,432     34,192       (NA)       (NA)
  1965 10/          1,179      6,148     33,587       (NA)       (NA)
  1964              1,182      5,792     32,177       (NA)       (NA)
  1963              1,243      5,710     32,143       (NA)       (NA)
  1962 9/           1,334      5,711     32,582       (NA)       (NA)
  1961 8/           1,293      5,069     29,201       (NA)       (NA)
  1960              1,202      4,860     28,272       (NA)       (NA)
  1959              1,233      4,613     27,318       (NA)       (NA)
  1958              1,285      4,260     25,380       (NA)       (NA)
  1957              1,292      4,581     28,084       (NA)       (NA)
  1956              1,230      4,167     26,364       (NA)       (NA)
  1955              1,404      4,190     26,912       (NA)       (NA)
  1954              1,314      4,014     25,671       (NA)       (NA)
  1953               (NA)      4,113     26,533       (NA)       (NA)
  1952 7/           1,396      3,615     23,474       (NA)       (NA)
  1951              1,216      3,452     22,867       (NA)       (NA)
  1950              1,226      3,115     22,279       (NA)       (NA)
  1949 6/           1,265      2,821     20,423       (NA)       (NA)
  1948              1,287      3,295     23,566       (NA)       (NA)
  1947 5/           1,234      2,936     22,698       (NA)       (NA)



  FEMALE HOUSEHOLDER, NO SPOUSE PRESENT
  2006             14,424    $28,829    $28,829    $39,012    $39,012
  2005             14,095     27,244     28,137     37,766     39,004
  2004 35/         13,981     26,969     28,787     35,385     37,770
  2003             13,791     26,550     29,106     34,354     37,661
  2002             13,626     26,423     29,613     33,864     37,953
  2001             13,146     25,745     29,320     34,004     38,725
  2000 30/         12,903     25,716     30,109     33,139     38,800
  1999 29/         12,818     23,762     28,753     31,123     37,660
  1998             12,796     22,163     27,378     28,990     35,811
  1997             12,652     21,023     26,332     27,954     35,013
  1996             12,790     19,911     25,478     26,196     33,520
  1995 25/         12,514     19,691     25,867     25,249     33,169
  1994 24/         12,220     18,236     24,533     24,105     32,428
  1993 23/         12,411     17,443     23,967     23,635     32,475
  1992 22/         12,061     17,025     23,971     22,441     31,597
  1991             11,692     16,692     24,098     21,946     31,683
  1990             11,268     16,932     25,321     22,140     33,109
  1989             10,890     16,442     25,814     21,730     34,116
  1988             10,890     15,346     25,132     20,144     32,990
  1987 21/         10,696     14,683     24,929     19,489     33,089
  1986             10,445     13,647     23,953     17,743     31,142
  1985 20/         10,211     13,660     24,410     17,647     31,535
  1984 19/         10,129     12,803     23,664     16,501     30,499
  1983              9,878     11,789     22,682     15,052     28,960
  1982              9,469     11,484     23,038     14,635     29,359
  1981              9,403     10,960     23,314     13,773     29,297
  1980              9,082     10,408     24,247     12,953     30,176
  1979 18/          8,705      9,880     25,572     12,014     31,096
  1978              8,458      8,537     24,213     10,689     30,316
  1977              8,236      7,765     22,992      9,811     29,050
  1976 17/          7,713      7,211     22,715      9,058     28,533
  1975 16/          7,482      6,844     22,795      8,463     28,188
  1974 16/          7,230      6,488     23,399      8,106     29,235
  1973              6,804      5,797     22,978      7,228     28,651
  1972 14/          6,607      5,342     22,500      6,862     28,902
  1971 13/          6,191      5,114     22,203      6,388     27,734
  1970              5,950      5,093     23,094      6,213     28,173
  1969              5,580      4,822     22,918      5,915     28,113
  1968              5,439      4,477     22,205      5,549     27,522
  1967 12/          5,333      4,294     22,151      5,305     27,366
  1966 11/          5,172      4,010     21,317       (NA)       (NA)
  1965 10/          4,992      3,532     19,296       (NA)       (NA)
  1964              5,006      3,458     19,210       (NA)       (NA)
  1963              4,882      3,211     18,076       (NA)       (NA)
  1962 9/           4,741      3,131     17,863       (NA)       (NA)
  1961 8/           4,643      2,993     17,242       (NA)       (NA)
  1960              4,609      2,968     17,266       (NA)       (NA)
  1959              4,494      2,764     16,368       (NA)       (NA)
  1958              4,332      2,741     16,330       (NA)       (NA)
  1957              4,310      2,763     16,938       (NA)       (NA)
  1956              4,366      2,754     17,424       (NA)       (NA)
  1955              4,239      2,471     15,871       (NA)       (NA)
  1954              4,225      2,294     14,671       (NA)       (NA)
  1953               (NA)      2,455     15,837       (NA)       (NA)
  1952 7/           3,842      2,235     14,513       (NA)       (NA)
  1951              4,030      2,220     14,706       (NA)       (NA)
  1950              4,040      1,922     13,746       (NA)       (NA)
  1949 6/           3,637      2,103     15,225       (NA)       (NA)
  1948              3,713      2,064     14,762       (NA)       (NA)
  1947 5/           3,757      2,172     16,792       (NA)       (NA)
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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