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Historical Income Tables - Households

                                                                                          
                                                                                               



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

  White Alone

  2007            $12,828    $31,369    $52,433    $82,067   $172,957   $295,934
  2006             12,608     30,669     50,592     79,224    172,440    304,689
  2005             11,886     29,212     48,588     75,448    164,675    291,412
  2004 35/         11,334     27,827     46,656     72,703    156,026    272,324
  2003             11,096     27,362     45,687     71,577    152,214    264,028
  2002             11,023     27,011     45,068     69,848    147,878    258,660



    White

  2001             11,118     26,985     44,628     69,254    150,576    269,162
  2000 30/         11,039     26,757     44,051     67,818    146,605    261,488
  1999 29/         10,913     25,784     42,535     65,414    138,985    243,525
  1998             10,262     24,921     41,031     62,469    132,350    232,849
  1997              9,730     23,562     39,021     59,803    127,394    225,140
  1996              9,520     22,578     37,301     56,898    118,674    206,258
  1995 25/          9,233     21,813     35,777     54,364    112,461    193,374
  1994 24/          8,585     20,652     34,079     52,311    109,543    190,302
  1993 23/          8,283     20,176     33,086     50,497    104,385    179,473
  1992 22/          8,191     19,708     32,349     48,899     93,825    148,974
  1991              8,150     19,554     31,706     47,664     90,539    141,152
  1990              8,052     19,377     31,174     46,459     89,497    142,749
  1989              7,828     18,725     30,378     45,268     88,005    142,449
  1988              7,270     17,683     28,783     42,703     80,901    127,742
  1987 21/          6,903     16,882     27,516     40,826     76,846    121,174
  1986              6,450     16,013     26,167     38,788     72,781    114,094
  1985 20/          6,189     15,287     24,809     36,761     68,249    105,359
  1984              6,019     14,602     23,620     34,969     63,775     96,284
  1983 19/          5,637     13,698     22,069     32,596     59,395     89,776
  1982              5,280     13,051     21,067     30,913     56,242     84,805
  1981              5,089     12,341     20,012     29,297     51,973     77,241
  1980              4,750     11,549     18,605     26,962     47,696     71,252
  1979 18/          4,391     10,690     17,239     24,884     44,424     67,794
  1978              4,004      9,661     15,643     22,557     40,072     61,175
  1977              3,598      8,809     14,266     20,559     36,410     55,816
  1976 17/          3,409      8,253     13,301     19,021     33,495     51,148
  1975 16/          3,139      7,628     12,258     17,559     30,859     46,949
  1974 16/15/       3,004      7,397     11,649     16,600     29,248     44,487
  1973              2,732      6,835     10,955     15,547     27,652     42,640
  1972 14/          2,467      6,340     10,093     14,246     25,479     39,508
  1971 13/          2,255      5,911      9,364     13,120     23,146     35,559
  1970              2,149      5,757      9,050     12,599     22,203     34,176
  1969              2,090      5,598      8,716     12,034     21,064     32,544
  1968              1,949      5,188      8,003     11,015     19,057     29,242
  1967 12/          1,721      4,761      7,382     10,192     18,225     28,773



  2007 Dollars

  White Alone

  2007            $12,828    $31,369    $52,433    $82,067   $172,957   $295,934
  2006             12,966     31,539     52,027     81,471    177,332    313,333
  2005             12,624     31,026     51,605     80,132    174,899    309,505
  2004 35/         12,441     30,545     51,214     79,806    171,269    298,928
  2003             12,509     30,847     51,506     80,693    171,600    297,655
  2002             12,704     31,131     51,942     80,502    170,435    298,115



    White

  2001             13,021     31,604     52,266     81,107    176,348    315,230
  2000 30/         13,291     32,216     53,039     81,655    176,517    314,840
  1999 29/         13,580     32,085     52,930     81,400    172,950    303,038
  1998             13,036     31,658     52,123     79,357    168,129    295,797
  1997             12,533     30,350     50,262     77,031    164,093    289,996
  1996             12,527     29,710     49,085     74,872    156,163    271,416
  1995 25/         12,473     29,468     48,332     73,442    151,927    261,235
  1994 24/         11,877     28,571     47,147     72,370    151,549    263,276
  1993 23/         11,704     28,509     46,750     71,352    147,495    253,594
  1992 22/         11,860     28,536     46,839     70,802    135,852    215,704
  1991             12,100     29,031     47,072     70,764    134,418    209,560
  1990             12,383     29,799     47,942     71,448    137,636    219,531
  1989             12,639     30,232     49,046     73,086    142,087    229,988
  1988             12,244     29,781     48,476     71,920    136,252    215,141
  1987 21/         12,053     29,476     48,043     71,282    134,172    211,568
  1986             11,642     28,903     47,231     70,012    131,368    205,937
  1985 20/         11,373     28,092     45,590     67,554    125,418    193,614
  1984             11,441     27,755     44,896     66,467    121,220    183,012
  1983 19/         11,153     27,102     43,665     64,493    117,516    177,627
  1982             10,893     26,924     43,461     63,774    116,028    174,953
  1981             11,132     26,996     43,776     64,087    113,691    168,965
  1980             11,380     27,669     44,573     64,594    114,268    170,702
  1979 18/         11,688     28,454     45,885     66,234    118,244    180,448
  1978             11,678     28,178     45,625     65,791    116,877    178,427
  1977             11,214     27,455     44,463     64,076    113,478    173,961
  1976 17/         11,295     27,345     44,071     63,024    110,982    169,473
  1975 16/         10,999     26,729     42,952     61,527    108,131    164,511
  1974 16/15/      11,391     28,050     44,173     62,948    110,909    168,696
  1973             11,396     28,510     45,696     64,850    115,343    177,861
  1972 14/         10,935     28,101     44,735     63,143    112,931    175,112
  1971 13/         10,295     26,985     42,749     59,896    105,667    162,335
  1970             10,241     27,434     43,126     60,037    105,803    162,857
  1969             10,450     27,990     43,580     60,170    105,320    162,720
  1968             10,180     27,097     41,800     57,531     99,534    152,731
  1967 12/          9,341     25,842     40,068     55,320     98,922    156,174
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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