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Historical Income Tables - Income Equality
. Table IE-6. Measures of Household Income Inequality: 1967 to 2001*
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Variance Mean
of the logarithmic Atkinson
log of deviation -----------------------
Year Gini income of income Theil e=0.25 e=0.50 e=0.75
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2001 0.466 1.007 0.515 0.413 0.098 0.189 0.282
2000 30/ 0.462 0.983 0.490 0.404 0.096 0.185 0.275
2000 /29 0.460 0.981 0.485 0.402 0.095 0.184 0.273
1999 0.457 1.002 0.475 0.385 0.092 0.180 0.268
1998 0.456 0.973 0.488 0.389 0.093 0.181 0.271
1997 0.459 0.966 0.484 0.396 0.094 0.183 0.272
1996 0.455 0.954 0.464 0.389 0.093 0.179 0.266
1995 25/ 0.450 0.945 0.452 0.378 0.090 0.175 0.261
1994 24/ 0.456 0.976 0.471 0.387 0.092 0.180 0.268
1993 23/ 0.454 0.942 0.467 0.385 0.092 0.178 0.266
1992 22/ 0.434 0.925 0.416 0.323 0.080 0.160 0.242
1991 0.428 0.878 0.411 0.313 0.078 0.156 0.237
1990 0.428 0.888 0.402 0.317 0.078 0.156 0.236
1989 0.431 0.887 0.406 0.324 0.080 0.158 0.239
1988 0.427 0.899 0.401 0.314 0.078 0.155 0.236
1987 21/ 0.426 0.936 0.414 0.311 0.077 0.155 0.238
1986 0.425 0.888 0.416 0.310 0.077 0.155 0.237
1985 20/ 0.419 0.863 0.403 0.300 0.075 0.151 0.231
1984 0.415 0.859 0.391 0.290 0.073 0.147 0.225
1983 19/ 0.414 0.865 0.397 0.288 0.072 0.147 0.226
1982 0.412 0.864 0.401 0.287 0.072 0.146 0.226
1981 0.406 0.826 0.387 0.277 0.070 0.141 0.220
1980 0.403 0.792 0.375 0.274 0.069 0.140 0.216
1979 18/ 0.404 0.816 0.369 0.279 0.070 0.141 0.216
1978 0.402 0.784 0.363 0.275 0.069 0.139 0.213
1977 0.402 0.768 0.364 0.276 0.069 0.139 0.213
1976 17/ 0.398 0.756 0.361 0.271 0.068 0.137 0.211
1975 16/ 0.397 0.746 0.361 0.270 0.067 0.136 0.210
1974 16/15/ 0.395 0.740 0.352 0.267 0.067 0.134 0.207
1973 0.397 0.776 0.355 0.270 0.068 0.136 0.210
1972 14/ 0.401 0.790 0.370 0.279 0.070 0.140 0.216
1971 13/ 0.396 0.782 0.370 0.273 0.068 0.138 0.214
1970 0.394 0.805 0.370 0.271 0.068 0.138 0.214
1969 0.391 0.774 0.357 0.268 0.067 0.135 0.209
1968 0.388 0.779 0.356 0.273 0.067 0.135 0.208
1967 12/ 0.399 0.813 0.380 0.287 0.071 0.143 0.220
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* See Current Population Reports, Series P60-204, "Technical
Appendix" for explanations of the various summary measures
and Atkinson inequality aversion parameter (e).
NOTE: Change in data collection methodology suggests pre-1993
and post-1992 estimates are not strictly comparable.
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SOURCE: Current Population Survey, Annual Demographic Supplements
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Income Surveys Branch
Housing & Household Economic Statistics Division
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington, D.C. 20233-8500
Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division Information Staff at (301)763-3242
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: September 21, 2009
