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Historical Income Tables - Households

                                                                                          
                                                                                               



  Table H-3.  Mean Household Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent
  Black 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

  Black A.O.I.C.

  2007             $6,618    $18,894    $34,060    $55,556   $119,026   $198,165
  2006              6,317     18,440     32,575     52,788    117,346    200,678
  2005              6,007     17,151     30,921     50,571    108,986    181,857
  2004 35/          5,652     16,971     29,895     48,630    102,648    169,075
  2003              5,873     16,548     29,608     48,339    101,212    163,699
  2002              5,797     16,409     29,091     46,837    103,537    176,326



  Black Alone

  2007              6,609     18,856     33,929     55,351    118,408    197,523
  2006              6,277     18,309     32,348     52,489    116,213    198,135
  2005              5,958     17,078     30,794     50,306    108,134    179,829
  2004 35/          5,640     16,876     29,705     48,367    102,575    169,556
  2003              5,822     16,475     29,526     48,126    100,704    162,357
  2002              5,769     16,340     28,959     46,652    102,334    172,838



    Black

  2001              5,951     16,820     29,477     47,424     96,569    155,104
  2000 30/          6,216     17,127     29,595     46,986     95,966    153,620
  1999 29/          5,897     15,864     28,167     46,143     96,240    153,711
  1998              5,194     14,036     25,262     41,670     84,533    130,383
  1997              5,253     13,984     24,935     40,420     80,226    125,902
  1996              5,048     12,998     23,452     38,468     82,332    140,975
  1995 25/          4,814     12,473     22,543     36,710     75,460    122,558
  1994 24/          4,421     11,485     20,988     35,542     73,860    117,433
  1993 23/          4,118     10,414     19,481     32,270     69,863    114,622
  1992 22/          3,907      9,901     18,708     31,522     63,214     97,433
  1991              3,841      9,823     18,819     31,518     61,213     91,891
  1990              3,823      9,758     18,650     31,092     60,745     91,901
  1989              3,785      9,596     18,038     29,881     58,675     87,277
  1988              3,645      8,703     16,386     27,753     55,899     84,189
  1987 21/          3,434      8,313     15,649     25,797     52,614     81,456
  1986              3,128      8,068     15,098     25,271     49,594     75,366
  1985 20/          3,379      8,061     14,662     24,122     46,451     68,090
  1984              3,205      7,548     13,440     22,196     43,442     63,110
  1983 19/          2,923      6,906     12,568     20,872     39,801     56,830
  1982              2,810      6,742     12,055     20,058     37,071     53,961
  1981              2,727      6,342     11,301     18,783     35,126     49,420
  1980              2,574      6,047     10,713     17,623     32,894     47,175
  1979 18/          2,457      5,723     10,069     16,479     30,284     42,982
  1978              2,352      5,245      9,391     15,206     27,944     39,748
  1977              2,235      4,940      8,355     13,419     25,006     36,215
  1976 17/          2,077      4,601      7,935     12,829     23,038     33,022
  1975 16/          1,908      4,182      7,386     11,776     20,985     29,582
  1974 16/15/       1,802      4,075      6,986     10,892     19,551     27,395
  1973              1,650      3,811      6,536     10,282     18,679     27,607
  1972 14/          1,471      3,438      5,921      9,345     17,332     25,277
  1971 13/          1,367      3,232      5,580      8,677     15,709     22,653
  1970              1,250      3,163      5,498      8,520     15,390     22,189
  1969              1,226      3,052      5,183      7,878     13,992     19,953
  1968              1,146      2,830      4,712      7,274     12,986     18,442
  1967 12/          1,018      2,506      4,296      6,567     12,610     19,626



  2007 Dollars

  Black A.O.I.C.

  2007             $6,618    $18,894    $34,060    $55,556   $119,026   $198,165
  2006              6,496     18,963     33,499     54,286    120,675    206,371
  2005              6,380     18,216     32,841     53,711    115,752    193,148
  2004 35/          6,204     18,629     32,816     53,381    112,676    185,592
  2003              6,621     18,656     33,379     54,495    114,102    184,548
  2002              6,681     18,912     33,528     53,981    119,330    203,222



  Black Alone

  2007              6,609     18,856     33,929     55,351    118,408    197,523
  2006              6,455     18,828     33,266     53,978    119,510    203,756
  2005              6,328     18,138     32,706     53,429    114,848    190,994
  2004 35/          6,191     18,525     32,607     53,092    112,596    186,120
  2003              6,563     18,573     33,286     54,255    113,530    183,035
  2002              6,649     18,832     33,376     53,768    117,944    199,202



    Black

  2001              6,970     19,699     34,522     55,541    113,097    181,651
  2000 30/          7,484     20,621     35,633     56,573    115,546    184,964
  1999 29/          7,338     19,741     35,050     57,419    119,759    191,275
  1998              6,598     17,830     32,091     52,935    107,385    165,630
  1997              6,766     18,012     32,118     52,064    103,337    162,171
  1996              6,643     17,104     30,861     50,620    108,341    185,509
  1995 25/          6,503     16,850     30,454     49,593    101,941    165,567
  1994 24/          6,116     15,889     29,036     49,171    102,183    162,464
  1993 23/          5,819     14,715     27,527     45,597     98,716    161,960
  1992 22/          5,657     14,336     27,088     45,642     91,530    141,076
  1991              5,703     14,584     27,939     46,793     90,879    136,425
  1990              5,879     15,007     28,681     47,816     93,418    141,333
  1989              6,111     15,493     29,123     48,244     94,732    140,911
  1988              6,139     14,657     27,597     46,741     94,144    141,790
  1987 21/          5,996     14,514     27,323     45,041     91,863    142,221
  1986              5,646     14,563     27,252     45,614     89,516    136,034
  1985 20/          6,209     14,813     26,944     44,328     85,361    125,126
  1984              6,092     14,347     25,546     42,189     82,572    119,956
  1983 19/          5,783     13,664     24,867     41,296     78,749    112,441
  1982              5,797     13,909     24,870     41,380     76,478    111,322
  1981              5,965     13,873     24,721     41,088     76,838    108,106
  1980              6,167     14,487     25,666     42,220     78,806    113,020
  1979 18/          6,540     15,233     26,801     43,862     80,607    114,406
  1978              6,860     15,298     27,390     44,351     81,503    115,932
  1977              6,966     15,396     26,040     41,823     77,936    112,871
  1976 17/          6,882     15,245     26,292     42,507     76,334    109,415
  1975 16/          6,686     14,654     25,881     41,263     73,532    103,656
  1974 16/15/       6,833     15,453     26,491     41,303     74,138    103,883
  1973              6,883     15,897     27,263     42,889     77,914    115,155
  1972 14/          6,520     15,238     26,244     41,420     76,821    112,036
  1971 13/          6,241     14,755     25,474     39,612     71,715    103,416
  1970              5,957     15,073     26,199     40,600     73,337    105,736
  1969              6,130     15,260     25,915     39,390     69,960     99,765
  1968              5,986     14,781     24,611     37,992     67,826     96,322
  1967 12/          5,526     13,602     23,318     35,644     68,445    106,526
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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