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Historical Income Tables - Income Equality

                                                                                           



 Table IE-2  Measures of Individual Earnings Inequality for Full-Time,
 Year-Round Workers by Sex:  1967 to 2007
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                  Gini Coefficient              Income Ratios
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                  Both                       Men            Women
                 Sexes                 _______________ _______________
 Year         Combined     Men   Women   90/10   50/10   90/10   50/10
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 2007            0.394   0.404   0.356    5.26    2.37    4.84    2.32
 2006            0.411   0.419   0.373    5.56    2.33    4.67    2.16
 2005            0.409   0.424   0.357    5.88    2.35    4.83    2.17
 2004 35/        0.405   0.418   0.355    6.13    2.50    4.69    2.14
 2003            0.401   0.410   0.359    5.93    2.47    4.64    2.14
 2002            0.405   0.418   0.352    5.81    2.44    4.44    2.22
 2001            0.409   0.419   0.362    5.77    2.44    4.62    2.23
 2000 30/        0.405   0.418   0.345    5.67    2.47    4.67    2.25
 1999 29/        0.399   0.408   0.344    5.33    2.39    4.50    2.17
 1998            0.393   0.401   0.345    5.31    2.43    4.33    2.08
 1997            0.394   0.403   0.341    5.36    2.38    4.46    2.23
 1996            0.393   0.401   0.343    5.42    2.46    4.36    2.16
 1995 25/        0.388   0.398   0.332    5.31    2.38    4.46    2.23
 1994 24/        0.395   0.403   0.343    5.67    2.50    4.50    2.20
 1993 23/        0.389   0.397   0.336    5.42    2.50    4.20    2.15
 1992 22/        0.360   0.363   0.312    5.12    2.50    4.00    2.10
 1991            0.355   0.354   0.311    5.00    2.42    3.94    2.02
 1990            0.359   0.361   0.308    5.04    2.42    4.07    2.15
 1989            0.362   0.361   0.310    4.87    2.35    4.04    2.08
 1988            0.355   0.350   0.306    4.77    2.36    4.14    2.16
 1987 21/        0.353   0.347   0.300    4.81    2.40    4.00    2.11
 1986            0.355   0.349   0.299    5.00    2.50    3.90    2.08
 1985 20/        0.348   0.343   0.289    4.80    2.40    3.74    2.00
 1984            0.342   0.332   0.285    4.79    2.45    3.61    2.01
 1983 19/        0.340   0.332   0.280    4.67    2.39    3.57    1.97
 1982            0.340   0.330   0.278    4.44    2.28    3.34    1.87
 1981            0.334   0.321   0.266    4.29    2.29    3.23    1.85
 1980            0.331   0.315   0.265    4.38    2.28    3.27    1.83
 1979 18/        0.335   0.317   0.264    4.01    2.18    3.18    1.82
 1978            0.333   0.316   0.259    4.14    2.21    3.20    1.80
 1977            0.332   0.315   0.260    4.12    2.27    3.27    1.87
 1976 17/        0.328   0.311   0.259    4.17    2.21    3.11    1.81
 1975 16/        0.327   0.308   0.260    3.83    2.04    3.14    1.84
 1974 16/15/     0.326   0.309   0.250    3.84    2.15    3.01    1.78
 1973            0.330   0.309   0.261    3.85    2.09    3.38    1.94
 1972 14/        0.336   0.316   0.271    4.01    2.16    3.33    1.94
 1971 13/        0.328   0.309   0.268    3.93    2.13    3.39    1.94
 1970            0.326   0.305   0.272    3.85    2.14    3.41    1.95
 1969            0.326   0.305   0.264    3.75    2.06    3.30    1.98
 1968            0.333   0.308   0.279    4.01    2.20    3.99    2.30
 1967 12/        0.340   0.314   0.298    4.20    2.33    4.67    2.67
 
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NOTE: Change in data collection methodology suggests pre-1993
and post-1992 estimates are not strictly comparable.         
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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