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  Table H-3.  Mean Household Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent
  All Races: 1967 to 2007

  (Households as of March of the following year.  Income in current
  and 2007 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars28/)
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                  Lowest     Second      Third     Fourth    Highest      Top 5
  Year             fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth    percent
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  Current Dollars

  2007            $11,551    $29,442    $49,968    $79,111   $167,971   $287,191
  2006             11,352     28,777     48,223     76,329    168,170    297,405
  2005             10,655     27,357     46,301     72,825    159,583    281,155
  2004 35/         10,244     26,212     44,411     70,026    151,438    263,896
  2003              9,996     25,678     43,588     68,994    147,078    253,239
  2002              9,990     25,400     42,802     67,326    143,743    251,010
  2001             10,136     25,468     42,629     66,839    145,970    260,464
  2000 30/         10,157     25,361     42,233     65,653    142,269    252,400
  1999 29/          9,915     24,345     40,750     63,423    135,250    235,077
  1998              9,223     23,288     38,967     60,266    127,529    222,283
  1997              8,839     22,098     37,177     57,582    122,764    215,436
  1996              8,595     21,097     35,486     54,922    115,514    201,220
  1995 25/          8,345     20,397     34,106     52,429    109,411    188,828
  1994 24/          7,714     19,224     32,385     50,395    105,945    183,044
  1993 23/          7,359     18,656     31,272     48,599    101,253    173,784
  1992 22/          7,256     18,181     30,631     47,021     91,110    144,608
  1991              7,226     18,150     30,148     45,957     88,127    137,530
  1990              7,166     18,030     29,781     44,901     87,137    138,756
  1989              6,994     17,401     28,925     43,753     85,529    138,185
  1988              6,465     16,317     27,291     41,254     78,759    124,215
  1987 21/          6,132     15,584     26,055     39,383     74,897    118,000
  1986              5,774     14,853     24,855     37,443     70,871    111,024
  1985 20/          5,614     14,227     23,615     35,522     66,353    102,354
  1984              5,436     13,540     22,438     33,784     62,121     93,774
  1983 19/          5,053     12,693     20,986     31,492     57,819     87,359
  1982              4,790     12,121     20,064     29,840     54,729     82,697
  1981              4,602     11,464     18,991     28,309     50,568     75,144
  1980              4,310     10,727     17,701     26,078     46,497     69,484
  1979 18/          4,006      9,964     16,428     24,108     43,265     65,984
  1978              3,685      9,050     14,943     21,890     39,081     59,486
  1977              3,335      8,209     13,579     19,896     35,480     54,277
  1976 17/          3,152      7,717     12,691     18,430     32,619     49,700
  1975 16/          2,909      7,146     11,724     17,036     30,078     45,644
  1974 16/15/       2,783      6,917     11,147     16,099     28,523     43,355
  1973              2,539      6,384     10,471     15,064     26,953     41,516
  1972 14/          2,283      5,897      9,624     13,817     24,805     38,447
  1971 13/          2,092      5,529      8,965     12,745     22,583     34,638
  1970              1,992      5,396      8,689     12,248     21,683     33,281
  1969              1,932      5,216      8,335     11,675     20,520     31,585
  1968              1,806      4,842      7,680     10,713     18,616     28,461
  1967 12/          1,600      4,433      7,077      9,902     17,820     28,110



  2007 Dollars

  2007            $11,551    $29,442    $49,968    $79,111   $167,971   $287,191
  2006             11,674     29,593     49,591     78,494    172,941    305,842
  2005             11,317     29,055     49,176     77,346    169,491    298,611
  2004 35/         11,245     28,773     48,750     76,867    166,232    289,677
  2003             11,269     28,948     49,139     77,781    165,810    285,492
  2002             11,514     29,274     49,331     77,596    165,669    289,298
  2001             11,871     29,827     49,925     78,279    170,953    305,043
  2000 30/         12,229     30,535     50,850     79,048    171,297    303,898
  1999 29/         12,338     30,294     50,709     78,922    168,303    292,525
  1998             11,716     29,584     49,501     76,558    162,005    282,375
  1997             11,385     28,464     47,887     74,170    158,129    277,497
  1996             11,310     27,762     46,696     72,272    152,005    264,786
  1995 25/         11,274     27,555     46,075     70,828    147,807    255,094
  1994 24/         10,672     26,596     44,803     69,720    146,571    253,234
  1993 23/         10,398     26,361     44,187     68,670    143,070    245,556
  1992 22/         10,506     26,325     44,352     68,083    131,921    209,382
  1991             10,728     26,946     44,759     68,230    130,837    204,183
  1990             11,020     27,728     45,800     69,052    134,006    213,390
  1989             11,292     28,094     46,700     70,640    138,089    223,104
  1988             10,888     27,481     45,963     69,479    132,644    209,201
  1987 21/         10,706     27,209     45,492     68,762    130,769    206,026
  1986             10,422     26,809     44,863     67,584    127,921    200,396
  1985 20/         10,317     26,144     43,396     65,277    121,934    188,092
  1984             10,332     25,736     42,649     64,215    118,076    178,241
  1983 19/          9,998     25,114     41,522     62,309    114,398    172,845
  1982              9,882     25,006     41,392     61,560    112,906    170,605
  1981             10,067     25,078     41,543     61,926    110,618    164,378
  1980             10,326     25,699     42,407     62,476    111,395    166,466
  1979 18/         10,663     26,521     43,727     64,169    115,159    175,630
  1978             10,748     26,396     43,584     63,846    113,986    173,501
  1977             10,394     25,585     42,321     62,010    110,580    169,164
  1976 17/         10,444     25,569     42,050     61,066    108,079    164,675
  1975 16/         10,193     25,040     41,081     59,695    105,394    159,938
  1974 16/15/      10,553     26,229     42,270     61,048    108,160    164,403
  1973             10,591     26,629     43,677     62,835    112,427    173,173
  1972 14/         10,119     26,137     42,657     61,241    109,944    170,409
  1971 13/          9,550     25,241     40,927     58,184    103,096    158,130
  1970              9,492     25,713     41,405     58,365    103,325    158,593
  1969              9,660     26,080     41,675     58,375    102,600    157,925
  1968              9,433     25,290     40,113     55,954     97,231    148,651
  1967 12/          8,684     24,061     38,413     53,746     96,724    152,576
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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