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Historical Income Tables - Households

                                                                                          
                                                                                               



  Table H-12. Household by Number of Earners by Mean and Median Income
  All Races: 1980 to 2007

  (Households as of March of the following year.  Income in
  current and 2007 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars28/)
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                                Median income          Mean income
  Number of                  ____________________  ____________________
  earners          Number    Current       2007    Current       2007
  and year        (thous.)   dollars    dollars    dollars    dollars
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  All Households
  2007              116,783    $50,233    $50,233    $67,609    $67,609
  2006              116,011     48,201     49,568     66,570     68,459
  2005              114,384     46,326     49,202     63,344     67,277
  2004 35/          113,343     44,334     48,665     60,466     66,373
  2003              112,000     43,318     48,835     59,067     66,590
  2002              111,278     42,409     48,878     57,852     66,677
  2001              109,297     42,228     49,455     58,208     68,171
  2000 30/          108,209     41,990     50,557     57,135     68,792
  1999 29/          106,434     40,696     50,641     54,737     68,114
  1998              103,874     38,885     49,397     51,855     65,873
  1997              102,528     37,005     47,665     49,692     64,007
  1996              101,018     35,492     46,704     47,123     62,009
  1995 25/           99,627     34,076     46,034     44,938     60,708
  1994 24/           98,990     32,264     44,636     43,133     59,673
  1993 23/           97,107     31,241     44,143     41,428     58,537
  1992 22/           96,426     30,636     44,359     38,840     56,238
  1991               95,669     30,126     44,726     37,922     56,301
  1990               94,312     29,943     46,049     37,403     57,521
  1989               93,347     28,906     46,670     36,520     58,963
  1988               92,830     27,225     45,852     34,017     57,291
  1987 21/           91,124     26,061     45,502     32,410     56,587
  1986               89,479     24,897     44,939     30,759     55,519
  1985 20/           88,458     23,618     43,402     29,066     53,413
  1984 19/           86,789     22,415     42,605     27,464     52,202
  1983               85,407     20,885     41,322     25,401     50,257
  1982               83,918     20,171     41,613     24,309     50,150
  1981               83,527     19,074     41,724     22,787     49,847
  1980               82,368     17,710     42,429     21,063     50,462




  --No Earners
  2007               24,541    $17,492    $17,492    $25,700    $25,700
  2006               24,305     17,865     18,372     25,617     26,344
  2005               24,224     16,893     17,942     24,032     25,524
  2004 35/           23,952     16,128     17,704     22,786     25,012
  2003               23,932     15,661     17,656     22,291     25,130
  2002               23,347     15,401     17,750     21,672     24,978
  2001               22,661     15,452     18,097     21,944     25,700
  2000 30/           21,755     15,231     18,339     21,652     26,070
  1999 29/           21,154     15,458     19,236     22,284     27,730
  1998               21,263     14,442     18,346     20,946     26,608
  1997               21,280     14,142     18,216     20,491     26,394
  1996               21,228     13,320     17,528     19,028     25,039
  1995 25/           21,281     13,102     17,700     18,452     24,927
  1994 24/           21,404     12,175     16,844     17,194     23,787
  1993 23/           21,145     11,807     16,683     16,511     23,330
  1992 22/           20,861     11,461     16,595     16,167     23,409
  1991               20,741     11,510     17,088     16,389     24,332
  1990               19,878     11,159     17,161     16,243     24,980
  1989               19,542     10,706     17,285     15,434     24,919
  1988               19,331      9,930     16,724     14,226     23,959
  1987 21/           19,271      9,518     16,618     13,589     23,726
  1986               19,037       (NA)       (NA)     13,349     24,095
  1985 20/           18,588       (NA)       (NA)     12,898     23,702
  1984 19/           18,407       (NA)       (NA)     12,611     23,970
  1983               18,365       (NA)       (NA)     11,351     22,459
  1982               17,803       (NA)       (NA)     10,690     22,054
  1981               17,213       (NA)       (NA)      9,812     21,464
  1980               16,442       (NA)       (NA)      8,618     20,647




  --One Earner
  2007               43,318    $40,710    $40,710    $55,752    $55,752
  2006               42,906     39,309     40,424     54,923     56,481
  2005               42,066     37,541     39,872     52,562     55,825
  2004 35/           41,799     36,162     39,695     49,866     54,738
  2003               40,769     35,977     40,559     48,898     55,126
  2002               40,078     34,799     40,107     47,600     54,861
  2001               38,639     34,104     39,941     48,177     56,423
  2000 30/           37,857     33,619     40,478     46,506     55,995
  1999 29/           37,212     31,959     39,769     44,505     55,381
  1998               36,216     31,162     39,586     42,498     53,987
  1997               35,150     29,780     38,359     40,303     51,913
  1996               34,026     27,895     36,707     38,514     50,681
  1995 25/           33,538     27,567     37,241     36,855     49,789
  1994 24/           32,973     26,210     36,261     35,459     49,056
  1993 23/           32,369     25,560     36,116     33,875     47,865
  1992 22/           32,360     25,254     36,566     32,050     46,406
  1991               31,818     24,834     36,870     31,352     46,546
  1990               31,413     24,575     37,793     31,061     47,768
  1989               30,958     23,809     38,440     30,340     48,985
  1988               31,065     22,538     37,958     28,057     47,253
  1987 21/           30,251     21,584     37,685     26,854     46,887
  1986               29,791       (NA)       (NA)     25,502     46,031
  1985 20/           30,408       (NA)       (NA)     24,175     44,425
  1984 19/           29,808       (NA)       (NA)     22,980     43,679
  1983               29,886       (NA)       (NA)     21,499     42,537
  1982               29,717       (NA)       (NA)     20,942     43,204
  1981               29,657       (NA)       (NA)     19,473     42,597
  1980               29,539       (NA)       (NA)     17,992     43,104




  --Two Earners
  2007               39,093    $77,758    $77,758    $94,964    $94,964
  2006               38,987     74,513     76,627     92,716     95,346
  2005               38,327     70,952     75,357     88,205     93,681
  2004 35/           38,119     68,919     75,652     85,186     93,508
  2003               37,917     67,348     75,925     82,417     92,914
  2002               38,261     65,544     75,542     80,923     93,267
  2001               37,971     64,552     75,600     80,171     93,893
  2000 30/           38,066     62,222     74,917     77,961     93,868
  1999 29/           37,507     59,693     74,281     73,161     91,040
  1998               36,501     57,388     72,902     69,238     87,956
  1997               36,188     54,192     69,803     66,521     85,684
  1996               35,753     52,416     68,974     63,419     83,453
  1995 25/           35,320     50,000     67,547     60,045     81,117
  1994 24/           34,986     47,734     66,038     58,011     80,256
  1993 23/           34,027     46,461     65,649     56,176     79,376
  1992 22/           33,710     44,592     64,566     51,402     74,427
  1991               33,300     43,034     63,890     49,597     73,634
  1990               33,021     41,656     64,062     48,266     74,227
  1989               32,682     40,211     64,922     47,011     75,901
  1988               32,394     38,219     64,368     43,918     73,966
  1987 21/           31,663     36,481     63,695     41,445     72,362
  1986               30,707       (NA)       (NA)     39,291     70,919
  1985 20/           29,705       (NA)       (NA)     37,496     68,905
  1984 19/           29,188       (NA)       (NA)     35,223     66,950
  1983               28,358       (NA)       (NA)     32,713     64,725
  1982               27,504       (NA)       (NA)     31,037     64,030
  1981               27,640       (NA)       (NA)     28,997     63,431
  1980               27,373       (NA)       (NA)     26,626     63,789




  --Three Earners
  2007                7,352    $95,026    $95,026   $110,065   $110,065
  2006                7,349     91,500     94,096    110,206    113,332
  2005                7,337     87,905     93,363    104,940    111,455
  2004 35/            7,202     83,824     92,013     97,942    107,510
  2003                6,998     82,464     92,967     97,546    109,969
  2002                7,224     80,209     92,444     92,083    106,129
  2001                7,555     77,255     90,477     90,971    106,541
  2000 30/            7,758     75,854     91,331     89,295    107,514
  1999 29/            7,781     74,078     92,181     86,339    107,439
  1998                7,409     70,012     88,939     84,455    107,286
  1997                7,429     67,182     86,535     79,019    101,782
  1996                7,455     62,428     82,149     73,702     96,985
  1995 25/            6,982     63,191     85,367     73,656     99,504
  1994 24/            7,257     60,421     83,590     69,468     96,106
  1993 23/            7,146     57,272     80,925     66,006     93,266
  1992 22/            7,094     56,090     81,214     63,569     92,044
  1991                7,223     55,409     82,263     61,469     91,259
  1990                7,271     53,259     81,906     59,928     92,162
  1989                7,349     51,527     83,192     58,278     94,091
  1988                7,282     49,042     82,596     54,406     91,630
  1987 21/            6,984     47,374     82,714     53,190     92,869
  1986                7,036       (NA)       (NA)     49,920     90,105
  1985 20/            6,971       (NA)       (NA)     46,402     85,271
  1984 19/            6,619       (NA)       (NA)     43,595     82,863
  1983                6,081       (NA)       (NA)     41,209     81,534
  1982                6,011       (NA)       (NA)     39,136     80,738
  1981                6,055       (NA)       (NA)     36,968     80,868
  1980                6,108       (NA)       (NA)     34,465     82,570




  --4 Earners or More
  2007                2,480   $100,000   $100,000   $132,352   $132,352
  2006                2,464    100,000    102,837    129,511    133,185
  2005                2,430    100,000    106,209    124,164    131,873
  2004 35/            2,271    100,000    109,769    119,190    130,834
  2003                2,384    100,000    112,736    117,798    132,801
  2002                2,369     98,845    113,922    110,871    127,783
  2001                2,471     94,589    110,778    109,976    128,799
  2000 30/            2,773     92,316    111,152    104,729    126,097
  1999 29/            2,780     89,489    111,358    101,603    126,433
  1998                2,485     86,676    110,108    100,147    127,221
  1997                2,480     84,816    109,249     99,882    128,655
  1996                2,556     78,504    103,304     89,585    117,885
  1995 25/            2,507     74,243    100,297     85,086    114,945
  1994 24/            2,370     74,276    102,758     83,863    116,021
  1993 23/            2,420     72,242    102,077     80,218    113,347
  1992 22/            2,401     69,204    100,203     77,910    112,808
  1991                2,588     69,167    102,688     75,323    111,828
  1990                2,729     67,000    103,038     73,072    112,376
  1989                2,815     65,202    105,270     72,265    116,674
  1988                2,759     64,063    107,894     69,738    117,451
  1987 21/            2,954     60,346    105,363     66,118    115,441
  1986                2,909       (NA)       (NA)     62,122    112,129
  1985 20/            2,785       (NA)       (NA)     57,063    104,862
  1984 19/            2,767       (NA)       (NA)     54,132    102,891
  1983                2,718       (NA)       (NA)     51,603    102,100
  1982                2,883       (NA)       (NA)     48,007     99,039
  1981                2,962       (NA)       (NA)     44,428     97,186
  1980                2,906       (NA)       (NA)     42,115    100,897
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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