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Historical Income Tables - Households

                                                                                          
                                                                                               



  Table H-3.  Mean Household Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent
  White not Hispanic Households: 1972 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

  White Alone, not Hispanic

  2007            $13,379    $32,898    $54,965    $85,627   $179,042   $306,109
  2006             13,129     31,991     52,920     82,359    178,326    315,193
  2005             12,371     30,562     50,806     78,507    170,771    303,543
  2004 35/         11,798     29,069     48,827     75,513    161,082    281,428
  2003             11,556     28,618     47,848     74,353    157,061    272,772
  2002             11,422     28,133     46,973     72,268    151,779    264,864



  White not Hispanic

  2001             11,463     27,941     46,322     71,480    155,015    277,375
  2000 30/         11,370     27,705     45,664     70,010    150,534    268,005
  1999 29/         11,328     26,848     44,224     67,522    143,006    250,640
  1998             10,808     26,094     42,736     64,519    135,558    237,943
  1997             10,245     24,655     40,616     61,707    130,603    230,843
  1996              9,965     23,633     38,783     58,589    121,410    210,783
  1995 25/          9,770     22,960     37,261     56,057    115,218    197,941
  1994 24/          8,971     21,454     35,164     53,616    111,698    194,009
  1993 23/          8,615     20,951     34,204     51,797    106,563    183,143
  1992 22/          8,518     20,439     33,381     50,087     95,699    151,952
  1991              8,434     20,171     32,537     48,657     92,055    143,581
  1990              8,344     19,989     31,982     47,472     91,082    145,276
  1989              8,105     19,266     31,079     46,096     89,468    144,915
  1988              7,557     18,252     29,519     43,547     82,085    129,359
  1987 21/          7,159     17,419     28,219     41,593     77,889    122,615
  1986              6,664     16,496     26,789     39,489     73,941    116,053
  1985 20/          6,379     15,739     25,382     37,429     69,313    107,074
  1984              6,215     14,988     24,092     35,543     64,631     97,482
  1983 19/          5,811     14,049     22,534     33,141     60,217     91,021
  1982              5,408     13,347     21,443     31,347     56,872     85,641
  1981              5,172     12,545     20,323     29,653     52,514     78,014
  1980              4,845     11,778     18,916     27,287     48,176     71,915
  1979 18/          4,452     10,858     17,486     25,160     44,846     68,458
  1978              4,055      9,805     15,870     22,808     40,485     61,853
  1977              3,637      8,953     14,484     20,814     36,794     56,471
  1976 17/          3,466      8,407     13,507     19,245     33,851     51,737
  1975 16/          3,184      7,762     12,443     17,767     31,157     47,388
  1974 16/15/       3,031      7,516     11,801     16,789     29,526     44,932
  1973              2,752      6,936     11,095     15,723     27,941     43,111
  1972 14/          2,482      6,436     10,239     14,417     25,728     39,874



  2007 Dollars

  White Alone, not Hispanic

  2007            $13,379    $32,898    $54,965    $85,627   $179,042   $306,109
  2006             13,501     32,899     54,421     84,695    183,385    324,135
  2005             13,139     32,459     53,960     83,381    181,373    322,389
  2004 35/         12,951     31,909     53,597     82,890    176,819    308,922
  2003             13,028     32,263     53,942     83,823    177,064    307,512
  2002             13,164     32,424     54,138     83,291    174,931    305,265



  White not Hispanic

  2001             13,425     32,723     54,250     83,714    181,546    324,849
  2000 30/         13,690     33,358     54,981     84,294    181,248    322,687
  1999 29/         14,096     33,409     55,031     84,023    177,954    311,892
  1998             13,730     33,148     54,289     81,961    172,204    302,268
  1997             13,196     31,757     52,316     79,483    168,226    297,342
  1996             13,113     31,099     51,035     77,097    159,764    277,370
  1995 25/         13,199     31,017     50,337     75,729    155,652    267,405
  1994 24/         12,411     29,681     48,648     74,176    154,530    268,404
  1993 23/         12,173     29,604     48,330     73,189    150,573    258,780
  1992 22/         12,333     29,594     48,333     72,523    138,566    220,016
  1991             12,521     29,947     48,306     72,238    136,669    213,166
  1990             12,832     30,741     49,184     73,006    140,073    223,417
  1989             13,086     31,105     50,178     74,423    144,449    233,969
  1988             12,727     30,740     49,715     73,341    138,246    217,864
  1987 21/         12,500     30,413     49,270     72,621    135,993    214,084
  1986             12,028     29,775     48,354     71,277    133,462    209,473
  1985 20/         11,722     28,923     46,643     68,782    127,374    196,765
  1984             11,813     28,488     45,793     67,558    122,847    185,289
  1983 19/         11,497     27,797     44,585     65,571    119,143    180,090
  1982             11,157     27,535     44,237     64,669    117,327    176,678
  1981             11,314     27,442     44,457     64,866    114,874    170,656
  1980             11,607     28,217     45,318     65,373    115,418    172,290
  1979 18/         11,850     28,901     46,543     66,969    119,367    182,216
  1978             11,827     28,598     46,288     66,523    118,081    180,405
  1977             11,335     27,904     45,142     64,871    114,675    176,002
  1976 17/         11,484     27,856     44,754     63,766    112,161    171,425
  1975 16/         11,157     27,198     43,601     62,256    109,175    166,049
  1974 16/15/      11,494     28,501     44,750     63,664    111,963    170,383
  1973             11,479     28,932     46,280     65,584    116,548    179,826
  1972 14/         11,001     28,526     45,382     63,901    114,035    176,734
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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