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  Table F-7 Type of Black Family
  by Median and Mean Income: 1967 to 2006

  (Families as of March of the following year.  Income in current
  and 2006 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars 28/)
  ___________________________________________________________________
                              Median income          Mean income
  Type of                  ____________________  ____________________
  family         Number    Current       2006    Current       2006
  and year      (thous.)   dollars    dollars    dollars    dollars
  ___________________________________________________________________
  ALL FAMILIES

  Black A.O.I.C.
  2006              9,504    $38,520    $38,520    $52,876    $52,876
  2005              9,299     35,594     36,761     48,606     50,200
  2004 35/          9,114     35,321     37,702     46,163     49,275
  2003              9,131     34,607     37,938     45,474     49,851
  2002              9,133     33,634     37,695     45,859     51,396



  Black Alone
  2006              9,274     38,269     38,269     52,463     52,463
  2005              9,051     35,464     36,627     48,448     50,036
  2004 35/          8,906     35,148     37,517     46,063     49,168
  2003              8,914     34,369     37,677     45,278     49,636
  2002              8,932     33,525     37,573     45,485     50,977



  Black
  2001              8,847     33,598     38,263     43,938     50,039
  2000 30/          8,731     33,676     39,428     43,854     51,345
  1999 29/          8,653     31,850     38,540     42,862     51,865
  1998              8,452     29,404     36,323     38,563     47,637
  1997              8,408     28,602     35,825     36,504     45,723
  1996              8,455     26,522     33,938     34,935     44,703
  1995 25/          8,055     25,970     34,116     34,011     44,679
  1994 24/          8,093     24,698     33,226     32,826     44,161
  1993 23/          7,993     21,542     29,599     30,036     41,270
  1992 22/          7,982     21,103     29,713     27,980     39,396
  1991              7,716     21,548     31,109     27,571     39,804
  1990              7,471     21,423     32,037     27,554     41,206
  1989              7,470     20,209     31,728     26,415     41,471
  1988              7,409     19,329     31,656     25,316     41,461
  1987 21/          7,202     18,406     31,250     23,772     40,361
  1986              7,096     17,604     30,898     22,778     39,980
  1985 20/          6,921     16,786     29,996     21,359     38,168
  1984 19/          6,778     15,431     28,521     19,778     36,556
  1983              6,675     14,506     27,909     18,317     35,241
  1982              6,530     13,598     27,279     17,259     34,623
  1981              6,413     13,266     28,219     16,696     35,515
  1980              6,317     12,674     29,526     15,806     36,823
  1979 18/          6,184     11,574     29,957     14,508     37,551
  1978              5,906     10,879     30,855     13,409     38,031
  1977              5,806      9,563     28,316     11,962     35,419
  1976 17/          5,804      9,242     29,112     11,276     35,519
  1975 16/          5,586      8,779     29,240     10,401     34,643
  1974 16/          5,491      8,006     28,874      9,647     34,793
  1973              5,440      7,269     28,813      8,807     34,910
  1972 14/          5,265      6,864     28,911      8,346     35,153
  1971 13/          5,157      6,440     27,960      7,695     33,409
  1970              4,928      6,279     28,472      7,442     33,745
  1969              4,774      5,999     28,512      6,971     33,132
  1968              4,646      5,360     26,585      6,392     31,703
  1967 12/          4,589      4,875     25,148      5,916     30,518



  MARRIED-COUPLE FAMILIES

  Black A.O.I.C.
  2006              4,490    $59,420    $59,420    $74,341    $74,341
  2005              4,252     56,395     58,244     68,595     70,844
  2004 35/          4,264     54,220     57,875     64,131     68,454
  2003              4,259     52,584     57,646     62,951     69,011
  2002              4,268     52,134     58,429     64,129     71,872



  Black Alone
  2006              4,359     59,115     59,115     73,672     73,672
  2005              4,128     56,054     57,892     68,485     70,730
  2004 35/          4,171     54,072     57,717     63,975     68,288
  2003              4,146     52,556     57,615     63,038     69,106
  2002              4,165     52,246     58,554     63,637     71,321



  Black
  2001              4,234     51,514     58,667     59,789     68,090
  2000 30/          4,214     50,657     59,310     60,104     70,371
  1999 /29          4,150     50,576     61,200     60,026     72,635
  1998              3,979     47,383     58,532     54,259     67,026
  1997              3,921     45,372     56,830     51,279     64,229
  1996              3,851     41,963     53,696     49,613     63,485
  1995 25/          3,713     41,307     54,264     49,175     64,599
  1994 24/          3,842     40,432     54,393     46,503     62,560
  1993 23/          3,715     35,218     48,390     43,480     59,742
  1992 22/          3,777     34,325     48,329     39,583     55,732
  1991              3,631     33,307     48,085     38,468     55,536
  1990              3,569     33,784     50,522     38,051     56,904
  1989              3,750     30,650     48,120     35,183     55,237
  1988              3,722     30,385     49,762     34,692     56,816
  1987 21/          3,681     27,311     46,369     32,015     54,356
  1986              3,742     26,583     46,658     30,522     53,572
  1985 20/          3,680     24,570     43,906     28,163     50,326
  1984 19/          3,469     23,418     43,284     26,980     49,868
  1983              3,446     21,840     42,020     24,616     47,361
  1982              3,486     20,586     41,298     22,721     45,581
  1981              3,535     19,624     41,743     21,744     46,253
  1980              3,392     18,593     43,315     20,654     48,117
  1979 18/          3,433     16,801     43,486     18,656     48,287
  1978              3,244     15,913     45,133     17,555     49,790
  1977              3,260     13,716     40,613     15,449     45,744
  1976 17/          3,406     13,137     41,382     14,219     44,790
  1975 16/          3,352     11,526     38,390     12,769     42,530
  1974 16/          3,357     10,697     38,580     11,841     42,705
  1973              3,360      9,729     38,564     10,762     42,659
  1972 14/          3,233      9,166     38,607     10,209     43,000
  1971 13/          3,289      8,178     35,506      9,229     40,069
  1970              3,235      7,816     35,441      8,778     39,803
  1969              3,249      7,329     34,833      8,134     38,659
  1968              3,141      6,683     33,146      7,422     36,812
  1967 12/          3,118      5,854     30,198      6,856     35,367



  --Wife in Paid Labor Force

  Black A.O.I.C.
  2006              3,060    $70,701    $70,701    $86,446    $86,446
  2005              2,913     66,563     68,745     78,660     81,239
  2004 35/          2,827     64,261     68,593     73,841     78,819
  2003              2,885     62,015     67,985     71,853     78,770
  2002              2,935     63,411     71,067     73,742     82,646



  Black Alone
  2006              2,968     70,632     70,632     86,225     86,225
  2005              2,820     66,503     68,683     78,783     81,366
  2004 35/          2,772     63,975     68,288     73,585     78,545
  2003              2,821     61,902     67,861     71,826     78,740
  2002              2,868     63,436     71,095     73,432     82,298



  Black
  2001              2,914     60,693     69,120     69,381     79,014
  2000 30/          2,922     58,570     68,575     68,465     80,160
  1999 /29          2,937     59,052     71,456     67,981     82,261
  1998              2,852     55,579     68,656     61,560     76,045
  1997              2,716     51,702     64,759       (NA)       (NA)
  1996              2,636     50,805     65,010       (NA)       (NA)
  1995 25/          2,479     48,533     63,756       (NA)       (NA)
  1994 24/          2,626     47,235     63,545       (NA)       (NA)
  1993 23/          2,417     44,805     61,563       (NA)       (NA)
  1992 22/          2,465     41,793     58,844       (NA)       (NA)
  1991              2,420     41,353     59,701       (NA)       (NA)
  1990              2,349     40,038     59,875       (NA)       (NA)
  1989              2,400     37,787     59,325       (NA)       (NA)
  1988              2,414     36,709     60,119       (NA)       (NA)
  1987 21/          2,411     33,633     57,103       (NA)       (NA)
  1986              2,448     31,949     56,076     35,597     62,479
  1985 20/          2,359     30,502     54,506     33,120     59,184
  1984 19/          2,221     28,775     53,185     31,726     58,640
  1983              2,182     26,389     50,772     28,751     55,316
  1982              2,115     25,359     50,873     27,409     54,985
  1981              2,114     25,040     53,264     26,326     55,999
  1980              2,022     22,795     53,105     24,343     56,711
  1979 18/          2,034     20,524     53,122     21,785     56,386
  1978              1,934     19,073     54,095     20,646     58,556
  1977              1,892     17,008     50,361     18,340     54,305
  1976 17/          1,935     15,703     49,464     16,698     52,599
  1975 16/          1,903     14,355     47,812     15,275     50,877
  1974 16/          1,809     13,179     47,531     14,228     51,314
  1973              1,729     12,266     48,621     13,138     52,077
  1972 14/          1,757     11,336     47,747     12,165     51,238
  1971 13/          1,726     10,274     44,606     11,088     48,140
  1970              1,747      9,721     44,079     10,591     48,024
  1969              1,731      9,134     43,412      9,765     46,411
  1968              1,611      8,029     39,822      8,641     42,858
  1967 12/          1,565      7,333     37,828      8,175     42,171



  --Wife Not in Paid Labor Force

  Black A.O.I.C.
  2006              1,430    $35,822    $35,822    $48,445    $48,445
  2005              1,338     32,787     33,862     46,687     48,218
  2004 35/          1,437     31,701     33,838     45,021     48,056
  2003              1,374     32,411     35,531     44,259     48,519
  2002              1,334     29,731     33,321     42,977     48,166



  Black Alone
  2006              1,392     35,594     35,594     46,902     46,902
  2005              1,308     32,391     33,453     46,284     47,802
  2004 35/          1,400     31,479     33,601     44,945     47,975
  2003              1,325     32,345     35,459     44,322     48,588
  2002              1,297     29,731     33,321     41,974     47,042



  Black
  2001              1,320     29,309     33,378     38,614     43,975
  2000 30/          1,292     30,146     35,295     41,194     48,231
  1999 /29          1,213     29,642     35,868     40,775     49,340
  1998              1,127     27,927     34,498     35,788     44,209
  1997              1,205     28,757     36,019       (NA)       (NA)
  1996              1,216     27,594     35,309       (NA)       (NA)
  1995 25/          1,234     25,507     33,508       (NA)       (NA)
  1994 24/          1,215     25,396     34,165       (NA)       (NA)
  1993 23/          1,298     22,207     30,513       (NA)       (NA)
  1992 22/          1,312     21,061     29,654       (NA)       (NA)
  1991              1,210     20,288     29,290       (NA)       (NA)
  1990              1,220     20,333     30,407       (NA)       (NA)
  1989              1,350     18,727     29,401       (NA)       (NA)
  1988              1,308     18,515     30,322       (NA)       (NA)
  1987 21/          1,270     17,167     29,146       (NA)       (NA)
  1986              1,295     16,766     29,427     20,929     36,734
  1985 20/          1,320     15,129     27,035     19,306     34,499
  1984 19/          1,248     14,502     26,804     18,535     34,259
  1983              1,264     13,821     26,591     17,474     33,620
  1982              1,372     12,469     25,014     15,492     31,078
  1981              1,421     12,341     26,251     14,929     31,756
  1980              1,370     12,419     28,932     15,211     35,436
  1979 18/          1,399     11,574     29,957     14,109     36,518
  1978              1,310     11,180     31,709     12,991     36,845
  1977              1,368      9,697     28,713     11,450     33,903
  1976 17/          1,471      9,219     29,040     10,957     34,515
  1975 16/          1,449      8,543     28,454      9,479     31,572
  1974 16/          1,548      7,957     28,698      9,052     32,647
  1973              1,631      7,148     28,334      8,243     32,674
  1972 14/          1,476      6,900     29,062      7,881     33,194
  1971 13/          1,563      6,503     28,234      7,178     31,164
  1970              1,488      5,961     27,030      6,649     30,150
  1969              1,518      5,612     26,673      6,273     29,814
  1968              1,529      5,355     26,560      6,138     30,443
  1967 12/          1,553      4,693     24,209      5,528     28,516



  MALE HOUSEHOLDER, NO SPOUSE PRESENT

  Black A.O.I.C.
  2006                882    $32,081    $32,081    $42,040    $42,040
  2005                833     31,341     32,369     42,510     43,904
  2004 35/            760     33,923     36,210     40,322     43,040
  2003                804     30,214     33,122     42,082     46,133
  2002                793     31,438     35,234     40,421     45,302



  Black Alone
  2006                864     32,057     32,057     42,183     42,183
  2005                806     31,309     32,336     42,557     43,952
  2004 35/            740     34,059     36,355     40,519     43,250
  2003                782     29,788     32,655     40,364     44,249
  2002                764     31,311     35,092     39,790     44,594



  Black
  2001                775     31,512     35,887     38,513     43,860
  2000 30/            732     32,063     37,540     39,645     46,417
  1999 /29            706     33,756     40,847     42,406     51,314
  1998                660     27,087     33,460     34,959     43,185
  1997                562     25,654     32,133     30,647     38,387
  1996                657     26,338     33,702     33,955     43,449
  1995 25/            573     25,172     33,068     28,923     37,995
  1994 24/            536     20,977     28,220     26,851     36,123
  1993 23/            450     19,476     26,760     24,314     33,408
  1992 22/            467     20,672     29,106     24,325     34,249
  1991                504     24,508     35,382     27,545     39,766
  1990                472     21,848     32,673     25,968     38,834
  1989                446     18,395     28,880     22,976     36,072
  1988                464     17,853     29,238     22,147     36,271
  1987 21/            433     18,050     30,646     23,153     39,310
  1986                386     18,731     32,876     22,305     39,149
  1985 20/            368     16,416     29,335     18,205     32,532
  1984 19/            344     15,724     29,063     18,546     34,279
  1983                354     15,552     29,922     17,028     32,761
  1982                309     14,661     29,411     15,919     31,935
  1981                273     14,489     30,820     17,586     37,408
  1980                291     12,557     29,254     16,067     37,431
  1979 18/            256     12,415     32,134     15,658     40,527
  1978                272     12,080     34,261     13,581     38,519
  1977                269     10,296     30,486     12,056     35,698
  1976 17/            246     10,277     32,373     10,952     34,499
  1975 16/            230      8,955     29,826     10,396     34,626
  1974 16/            200      7,943     28,647      9,645     34,785
  1973                231      6,767     26,823      8,956     35,500
  1972 14/            210      6,826     28,751      7,786     32,794
  1971 13/            227      6,826     29,636      7,623     33,096
  1970                187      6,751     30,612      7,837     35,537
  1969                176      6,223     29,577      7,173     34,092
  1968                178      5,379     26,679      6,670     33,082
  1967 12/            198      4,525     23,342      5,499     28,367



  FEMALE HOUSEHOLDER, NO SPOUSE PRESENT

  Black A.O.I.C.
  2006              4,132    $24,009    $24,009    $31,860    $31,860
  2005              4,215     21,960     22,680     29,647     30,619
  2004 35/          4,090     22,147     23,640     28,513     30,435
  2003              4,068     21,454     23,519     27,850     30,531
  2002              4,072     21,289     23,859     27,766     31,119



  Black Alone
  2006              4,050     23,952     23,952     31,829     31,829
  2005              4,117     21,962     22,682     29,511     30,479
  2004 35/          3,995     22,082     23,571     28,386     30,300
  2003              3,986     21,336     23,390     27,772     30,445
  2002              4,003     21,189     23,747     27,684     31,027



  Black
  2001              3,838     20,894     23,795     27,549     31,374
  2000 30/          3,785     20,606     24,126     26,576     31,116
  1999 /29          3,797     18,287     22,128     24,186     29,266
  1998              3,813     16,770     20,716     22,806     28,172
  1997              3,926     16,879     21,142     22,585     28,289
  1996              3,947     15,530     19,872     20,776     26,585
  1995 25/          3,769     15,004     19,710     19,846     26,071
  1994 24/          3,716     13,943     18,757     19,548     26,298
  1993 23/          3,828     11,909     16,363     17,660     24,265
  1992 22/          3,738     11,844     16,676     16,714     23,533
  1991              3,582     11,414     16,478     16,528     23,861
  1990              3,430     12,125     18,132     16,849     25,197
  1989              3,275     11,630     18,259     16,844     26,445
  1988              3,223     10,657     17,453     14,947     24,479
  1987 21/          3,089      9,844     16,713     14,036     23,831
  1986              2,967      9,300     16,323     13,072     22,944
  1985 20/          2,874      9,305     16,628     13,050     23,320
  1984 19/          2,964      8,648     15,984     11,494     21,245
  1983              2,874      7,999     15,390     10,925     21,019
  1982              2,734      7,458     14,961     10,444     20,952
  1981              2,605      7,506     15,966      9,753     20,746
  1980              2,634      7,425     17,298      9,534     22,211
  1979 18/          2,495      6,865     17,769      8,682     22,472
  1978              2,390      5,888     16,700      7,761     22,012
  1977              2,277      5,598     16,576      6,959     20,606
  1976 17/          2,151      5,069     15,967      6,654     20,960
  1975 16/          2,004      4,898     16,314      6,442     21,456
  1974 16/          1,934      4,542     16,381      5,839     21,059
  1973              1,849      4,226     16,751      5,236     20,755
  1972 14/          1,822      3,840     16,174      5,105     21,502
  1971 13/          1,642      3,645     15,825      4,632     20,110
  1970              1,506      3,576     16,215      4,526     20,523
  1969              1,349      3,341     15,879      4,145     19,700
  1968              1,327      3,140     15,574      3,915     19,418
  1967 12/          1,272      3,015     15,553      3,676     18,963
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

NA Not available.  Respondents were not asked detailed health insurance questions       
about direct-purchase coverage before the March 1995 Current Population Survey (CPS).   
                                                                                        
1/ Includes CHAMPUS (Comprehensive Health and Medical Plan for Uniformed                
Services)/Tricare, Veterans, and military health care.                                  
                                                                                        
2/ Implementation of a new March Current Population Survey (CPS) processing system.     
                                                                                        
3/ Implementation of Census 1990 based population controls.                             
                                                                                        
4/ Data collection method changed from paper and pencil to computer-assisted            
interviewing.                                                                           
                                                                                        
5/ Health insurance questions were redesigned.  Increases in estimates of               
employment-based and military health care coverage may be partially due                 
to questionnaire changes.  Overall coverage estimates were not affected.                
                                                                                        
6/ Beginning with the March 1998 CPS, people with no coverage other than                
access to Indian Health Service are no longer considered covered by health              
insurance; instead, they are considered to be uninsured.  The effect of                 
this change on the overall estimates of health insurance coverage is                    
negligible; however, the decrease in the number of people covered by                    
Medicaid may be partically due to this change.                                          
                                                                                        
7/ Estimates reflect the results of follow-up verification questions.                   
                                                                                        
8/ Implementation of Census 2000 based population controls.                             
                                                                                        
9/ Based on a November 2001 weighting correction and 1990 census population controls.   
                                                                                        
10/ Sample expanded by 28,000 households.                                               
                                                                                        
11/The 2003 CPS asked respondents to choose one or more races.  White alone refers      
to people who reported White and did not report any other race category.  The use of    
this single-race population does not imply that it is the preferred method of presenting
or analyzing data. The Census Bureau uses a variety of approaches.  Information on      
people who reported more than one race, such as “White and American Indian and          
Alaska Native” or “Asian and Black or African American,” is available from Census       
2000 through American FactFinder.  About 2.6 percent of people reported more than       
one race in 2000.                                                                       
                                                                                        
12/The 2001 CPS and earlier years asked respondents to report only one race.            
The reference groups for these years are: White, White not Hispanic, Black, and         
Asian and Pacific Islander.                                                             
                                                                                        
13/Black alone refers to people who reported Black or African American and did not      
report any other race category.                                                         
                                                                                        
14/Asian alone refers to people who reported Asian and did not report any other race    
category.                                                                               
                                                                                        
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 1988 to 2003 Annual Social       
and Economic Supplements.                                                               
                                                                                        
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 


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