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Historical Income Tables - People

                                                                                              



 Table P-3.  Race and Hispanic Origin of People by Mean Income and
 Sex:  1947 to 2007

 (People 15 years old and over begining with March 1980, and people
 14 years old and over as of March of the following year for previous
 years.  Income in current and 2007 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars 28/)
 ________________________________________________________________________
                          Male                         Female
              _____________________________ _____________________________
 Race,           Number     Mean income        Number     Mean income
 Hispanic          with ___________________      with ___________________
 origin, and     income   Current      2007    income   Current      2007
 year          (thous.)   dollars   dollars  (thous.)   dollars   dollars
 ________________________________________________________________________
 ALL RACES

 2007           104,789   $47,137   $47,137   105,230   $29,249   $29,249
 2006           103,909    46,677    48,001   104,582    28,416    29,222
 2005           102,986    44,850    47,635   104,245    26,261    27,891
 2004 35/       101,772    42,831    47,015   103,384    25,027    27,472
 2003           100,769    41,483    46,766   102,713    24,630    27,767
 2002            99,788    41,057    47,320   102,487    23,619    27,222
 2001            98,873    40,859    47,852   101,941    23,602    27,642
 2000 30/        98,504    40,254    48,467   101,704    22,428    27,004
 1999 29/        97,063    38,384    47,764   101,036    21,312    26,520
 1998            94,948    36,315    46,132    98,694    20,462    25,994
 1997            94,168    34,794    44,817    97,447    19,511    25,132
 1996            93,439    32,800    43,162    96,558    18,369    24,172
 1995 25/        92,066    31,454    42,492    96,007    17,265    23,324
 1994 24/        91,254    30,367    42,012    95,147    16,478    22,797
 1993 23/        90,194    28,939    40,891    94,417    15,761    22,270
 1992 22/        90,175    26,810    38,819    93,517    14,922    21,606
 1991            88,653    26,369    39,149    92,569    14,449    21,452
 1990            88,220    26,041    40,048    92,245    13,913    21,397
 1989            87,454    25,746    41,568    91,399    13,226    21,354
 1988            86,584    24,054    40,511    90,593    12,311    20,734
 1987 21/        85,713    22,798    39,805    89,661    11,538    20,145
 1986            84,471    21,822    39,388    87,822    10,741    19,387
 1985 20/        83,631    20,652    37,951    86,531    10,173    18,694
 1984 19/        82,183    19,438    36,947    85,555     9,584    18,217
 1983            80,909    18,109    35,830    83,830     8,780    17,372
 1982            79,722    17,381    35,857    82,505     8,195    16,906
 1981            79,688    16,515    36,127    82,139     7,440    16,275
 1980            78,661    15,340    36,751    80,826     6,772    16,224
 1979 18/        78,129    14,311    38,092    79,921     6,026    16,039
 1978            75,609    13,113    38,246    71,864     5,599    16,330
 1977            74,015    12,063    37,597    65,407     5,291    16,490
 1976 17/        72,775    11,165    36,994    63,170     4,875    16,153
 1975 16/        71,234    10,429    36,544    60,807     4,513    15,814
 1974 16/15/     70,863     9,861    37,393    59,642     4,161    15,779
 1973            69,387     9,289    38,747    57,029     3,799    15,847
 1972 14/        67,474     8,635    38,273    54,487     3,577    15,854
 1971 13/        66,486     7,892    36,029    52,603     3,333    15,216
 1970            65,008     7,537    35,916    51,647     3,138    14,953
 1969            63,882     7,202    36,010    50,224     2,945    14,725
 1968            62,501     6,626    34,607    48,544     2,732    14,269
 1967 12/        61,444     6,054    32,860    46,843     2,483    13,477
 1966 11/        60,085     5,956    33,338    44,065     2,389    13,372
 1965 10/        59,157     5,636    32,442    42,160     2,265    13,038
 1964            58,533     5,291    30,923    41,704     2,177    12,724
 1963            57,686     5,085    30,124    40,364     2,046    12,121
 1962 9/         56,624     4,932    29,621    38,988     1,993    11,970
 1961 8/         55,839     4,847    29,401    38,076     1,968    11,937
 1960            55,172     4,617    28,287    36,526     1,861    11,402
 1959            54,285     4,448    27,698    34,380     1,814    11,296
 1958            53,543     4,134    25,955    33,340     1,730    10,862
 1957            52,877     4,025    25,966    32,702     1,701    10,974
 1956            52,016     3,967    26,432    31,823     1,659    11,054
 1955            51,446     3,703    25,057    29,791     1,618    10,948
 1954            49,712     3,533    23,801    27,715     1,575    10,610
 1953            49,667     3,518    23,911    27,379     1,568    10,658
 1952 7/         49,242     3,373    23,080    27,150     1,506    10,305
 1951            47,497     3,238    22,562    25,179     1,397     9,734
 1950            47,585     2,961    22,262    24,651     1,296     9,744
 1949 6/         48,258     2,658    20,234    23,510     1,250     9,516
 1948            47,370     2,731    20,533    22,725     1,268     9,533
 1947 5/         46,813     2,611    21,201    21,479     1,262    10,247






 WHITE ALONE 31/

 2007            87,223   $48,975   $48,975    85,230   $29,441   $29,441
 2006            86,674    48,315    49,686    84,955    28,612    29,424
 2005            85,996    46,565    49,456    84,768    26,495    28,140
 2004 35/        85,140    44,311    48,640    84,374    25,273    27,742
 2003            84,405    43,030    48,510    83,852    24,897    28,068
 2002            83,899    42,581    49,076    84,014    23,802    27,433






 WHITE 32/

 2001            83,750    42,311    49,553    84,207    23,837    27,917
 2000 30/        83,372    41,716    50,227    84,123    22,630    27,247
 1999 29/        81,911    39,932    49,691    83,690    21,491    26,743
 1998            80,896    37,920    48,171    82,063    20,831    26,462
 1997            80,400    36,282    46,734    81,352    19,792    25,494
 1996            80,041    34,051    44,808    80,741    18,524    24,376
 1995 25/        79,022    32,667    44,131    80,608    17,579    23,748
 1994 24/        78,220    31,683    43,832    80,045    16,728    23,143
 1993 23/        77,650    30,171    42,631    79,484    16,015    22,629
 1992 22/        77,467    27,971    40,500    78,885    15,194    22,000
 1991            76,578    27,499    40,826    78,721    14,672    21,783
 1990            76,480    27,142    41,741    78,566    14,138    21,743
 1989            75,858    26,899    43,429    77,933    13,379    21,601
 1988            75,247    25,034    42,162    77,493    12,511    21,071
 1987 21/        74,647    23,773    41,507    76,940    11,738    20,494
 1986            73,827    22,746    41,056    75,587    10,867    19,615
 1985 20/        73,222    21,523    39,552    74,640    10,317    18,959
 1984 19/        72,162    20,259    38,507    73,977     9,682    18,403
 1983            71,444    18,823    37,242    72,796     8,885    17,579
 1982            70,477    18,071    37,281    71,624     8,295    17,113
 1981            70,351    17,195    37,614    71,566     7,519    16,448
 1980            69,420    15,967    38,253    70,573     6,817    16,332
 1979 18/        69,247    14,874    39,590    69,839     6,063    16,138
 1978            67,273    13,609    39,693    62,695     5,631    16,424
 1977            65,974    12,537    39,074    56,813     5,349    16,671
 1976 17/        64,946    11,604    38,449    55,026     4,919    16,299
 1975 16/        63,629    10,832    37,956    52,936     4,550    15,943
 1974 16/15/     63,388    10,223    38,766    52,038     4,203    15,938
 1973            62,082     9,652    40,261    49,741     3,853    16,072
 1972 14/        60,565     8,980    39,802    47,519     3,609    15,996
 1971 13/        59,729     8,203    37,448    45,941     3,384    15,449
 1970            58,447     7,840    37,360    45,288     3,185    15,177
 1969            57,343     7,508    37,540    44,025     3,009    15,045
 1968            56,219     6,895    36,012    42,482     2,801    14,630
 1967 12/        55,270     6,307    34,233    41,045     2,546    13,819
 1966 11/        54,056     6,220    34,816    38,682     2,456    13,747
 1965 10/        53,276     5,890    33,904    36,996     2,341    13,475
 1964            52,749     5,513    32,221    36,614     2,248    13,139
 1963            51,972     5,311    31,463    35,483     2,126    12,595
 1962 9/         51,071     5,171    31,057    34,233     2,077    12,474
 1961 8/         50,423     5,072    30,765    33,312     2,046    12,410
 1960            49,788     4,830    29,592    32,001     1,948    11,935
 1959            48,991     4,665    29,049    30,137     1,892    11,781
 1958            48,423     4,320    27,122    29,205     1,813    11,383
 1957            47,833     4,219    27,218    28,673     1,789    11,541
 1956            47,038     4,159    27,711    27,668     1,747    11,640
 1955            46,586     3,882    26,268    25,985     1,696    11,476
 1954            45,019     3,699    24,919    24,240     1,660    11,183
 1953            44,991     3,685    25,046    23,738     1,653    11,235
 1952 7/           (NA)     3,553    24,312      (NA)     1,622    11,099
 1951              (NA)     3,388    23,607      (NA)     1,493    10,403
 1950              (NA)     3,092    23,247      (NA)     1,374    10,330
 1949 6/           (NA)     2,771    21,094      (NA)     1,325    10,087
 1948              (NA)     2,851    21,435      (NA)     1,345    10,112






 WHITE ALONE, NOT HISPANIC 31/

 2007            73,617   $52,114   $52,114    74,902   $30,351   $30,351
 2006            73,246    51,367    52,824    74,761    29,558    30,397
 2005            73,219    49,469    52,540    75,014    27,306    29,001
 2004 35/        72,797    46,883    51,463    74,813    26,027    28,570
 2003            72,535    45,568    51,372    74,486    25,673    28,943
 2002            72,146    44,998    51,862    74,814    24,506    28,244






 WHITE, NOT HISPANIC 32/

 2001            72,649    44,671    52,317    75,117    24,577    28,783
 2000 30/        72,530    44,100    53,098    75,206    23,301    28,055
 1999 29/        71,553    42,304    52,642    75,158    22,111    27,515
 1998            71,707    39,645    50,363    74,106    21,437    27,232
 1997            71,150    38,080    49,050    73,709    20,354    26,217
 1996            71,084    35,708    46,988    73,445    19,025    25,035
 1995 25/        70,754    34,201    46,203    73,506    18,026    24,352
 1994 24/        70,919    32,851    45,448    73,665    17,089    23,642
 1993 23/        70,179    31,393    44,358    73,128    16,396    23,167
 1992 22/        69,907    29,079    42,104    72,559    15,503    22,447
 1991            69,976    28,394    42,155    72,949    14,972    22,228
 1990            69,987    28,048    43,134    72,939    14,417    22,172
 1989            69,558    27,757    44,814    72,509    13,593    21,946
 1988            69,143    25,774    43,408    72,216    12,716    21,416
 1987 21/        68,762    24,418    42,633    71,817    11,913    20,800
 1986            68,131    23,403    42,242    70,671    11,021    19,893
 1985 20/        67,859    22,079    40,574    69,972    10,464    19,229
 1984 19/        67,126    20,728    39,399    69,497     9,804    18,635
 1983              (NA)      (NA)      (NA)    68,380      (NA)      (NA)
 1982            66,476    18,390    37,939    67,894     8,377    17,282
 1981            66,327    17,494    38,268    67,889     7,582    16,586
 1980            65,564    16,227    38,876    67,084     6,882    16,488
 1979 18/        65,506    15,114    40,229    66,447     6,104    16,247
 1978            63,916    13,812    40,285    59,833     5,672    16,543
 1977            62,678    12,726    39,663    54,110     5,393    16,808
 1976 17/        61,921    11,772    39,005    52,538     4,959    16,431
 1975 16/        60,755    10,983    38,485    50,628     4,585    16,066
 1974 16/15/     60,397    10,371    39,327    49,757     4,233    16,052
 1973            59,151     9,801    40,882    47,526     3,876    16,168
 1972 14/        57,870     9,102    40,343    45,594     3,632    16,098






 BLACK ALONE OR IN COMBINATION

 2007            10,981   $32,481   $32,481    13,427   $26,950   $26,950
 2006            10,738    32,232    33,146    13,172    25,839    26,572
 2005            10,651    30,791    32,703    13,237    23,877    25,359
 2004 35/        10,335    29,822    32,735    12,994    22,552    24,755
 2003            10,291    28,880    32,558    12,924    22,400    25,253
 2002            10,096    28,819    33,215    12,665    22,055    25,419






 BLACK ALONE 33/

 2007            10,596   $32,402   $32,402    13,058   $27,017   $27,017
 2006            10,434    32,230    33,144    12,840    25,910    26,645
 2005            10,300    30,682    32,587    12,872    23,908    25,392
 2004 35/        10,070    29,873    32,791    12,623    22,568    24,773
 2003            10,003    28,869    32,546    12,564    22,369    25,218
 2002             9,781    28,694    33,071    12,332    22,074    25,441






 BLACK 3/32/

 2001             9,944    27,685    32,423    12,414    21,215    24,846
 2000 30/         9,905    27,494    33,104    12,461    20,415    24,580
 1999 29/        10,317    26,301    32,728    12,383    19,718    24,537
 1998             9,776    23,971    30,451    12,272    17,931    22,778
 1997             9,671    22,781    29,344    11,961    17,310    22,297
 1996             9,410    22,509    29,620    11,817    16,531    21,753
 1995 25/         9,339    21,322    28,805    11,607    14,907    20,138
 1994 24/         9,199    20,213    27,964    11,450    14,948    20,680
 1993 23/         8,947    19,090    26,974    11,267    13,764    19,448
 1992 22/         9,104    17,480    25,310    11,076    12,769    18,489
 1991             8,943    17,061    25,329    10,727    12,650    18,781
 1990             8,820    16,985    26,121    10,687    12,049    18,530
 1989             8,806    16,147    26,070    10,577    11,690    18,874
 1988             8,610    15,826    26,654    10,380    10,701    18,022
 1987 21/         8,488    14,573    25,444    10,164     9,956    17,383
 1986             8,285    13,861    25,019     9,819     9,538    17,216
 1985 20/         8,127    13,376    24,581     9,611     9,001    16,541
 1984 19/         7,851    12,119    23,035     9,460     8,622    16,388
 1983             7,580    11,501    22,755     9,109     7,872    15,575
 1982             7,290    11,050    22,796     8,921     7,349    15,161
 1981             7,459    10,531    23,037     8,829     6,728    14,718
 1980             7,387     9,843    23,581     8,596     6,327    15,158
 1979 18/         7,288     9,265    24,661     8,533     5,645    15,025
 1978             6,971     8,541    24,911     7,959     5,212    15,202
 1977             6,777     7,743    24,132     7,562     4,803    14,969
 1976 17/         6,651     7,180    23,790     7,188     4,545    15,059
 1975 16/         6,485     6,633    23,242     6,969     4,134    14,486
 1974 16/15/      6,409     6,318    23,958     6,779     3,759    14,254
 1973             6,394     5,864    24,460     6,513     3,356    13,999
 1972 14/         6,043     5,447    24,143     6,274     3,254    14,423
 1971 13/         6,024     4,888    22,315     6,151     2,896    13,221
 1970             5,844     4,683    22,316     5,844     2,743    13,071
 1969             5,870     4,361    21,805     5,728     2,448    12,240
 1968             5,715     4,018    20,986     5,629     2,208    11,532
 1967 12/         5,572     3,696    20,061     5,397     2,072    11,246
 1966 11/         6,029     3,583    20,056     5,383     1,904    10,658
 1965 10/         5,881     3,318    19,099     5,165     1,718     9,889
 1964             5,784     3,292    19,240     5,090     1,649     9,638
 1963             5,714     3,006    17,808     4,881     1,464     8,673
 1962 9/          5,553     2,747    16,498     4,755     1,402     8,420
 1961 8/          5,416     2,752    16,693     4,764     1,408     8,541
 1960             5,384     2,663    16,316     4,525     1,300     7,965
 1959             5,294     2,425    15,100     4,243     1,238     7,709
 1958             5,120     2,323    14,585     4,135     1,124     7,057
 1957             5,044     2,271    14,651     4,029     1,082     6,980
 1956             4,978     2,183    14,545     4,155     1,054     7,023
 1955             4,860     2,058    13,926     3,806       939     6,354
 1954             4,693     1,969    13,265     3,475       981     6,609
 1953             4,676     1,963    13,342     3,641     1,011     6,872
 1952 7/           (NA)     1,919    13,131      (NA)       861     5,892
 1951              (NA)     1,781    12,410      (NA)       769     5,358
 1950              (NA)     1,608    12,090      (NA)       730     5,489
 1949 6/           (NA)     1,407    10,711      (NA)       719     5,473
 1948              (NA)     1,511    11,360      (NA)       724     5,443






 ASIAN ALONE OR IN COMBINATION

 2007             4,709   $52,538   $52,538     4,786   $34,980   $34,980
 2006             4,692    55,208    56,774     4,687    34,315    35,288
 2005             4,518    49,654    52,737     4,520    30,790    32,702
 2004 35/         4,352    48,311    53,031     4,294    29,385    32,256
 2003             4,266    43,842    49,426     4,252    27,807    31,349
 2002             4,139    44,124    50,854     4,137    26,132    30,118






 ASIAN ALONE 34/

 2007             4,446   $53,398   $53,398     4,497   $35,424   $35,424
 2006             4,432    56,171    57,765     4,419    34,654    35,637
 2005             4,245    50,047    53,154     4,255    30,995    32,919
 2004 35/         4,122    48,812    53,581     4,040    29,481    32,361
 2003             4,034    44,565    50,241     4,039    27,795    31,335
 2002             3,902    44,901    51,750     3,951    26,253    30,258






 ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER 32/

 2001             4,165    45,425    53,200     4,164    27,445    32,142
 2000 30/         4,303    44,054    53,042     4,192    25,484    30,684
 1999 29/         3,934    40,894    50,888     4,003    23,932    29,781
 1998             3,500    36,386    46,223     3,591    21,303    27,062
 1997             3,330    35,622    45,884     3,415    21,269    27,396
 1996             3,277    33,538    44,133     3,226    21,876    28,787
 1995 25/         3,095    33,191    44,839     3,025    18,916    25,554
 1994 24/         2,218    32,641    45,158     2,258    17,761    24,572
 1993 23/         2,330    30,557    43,177     2,509    18,178    25,685
 1992 22/         2,558    27,778    40,221     2,605    17,105    24,767
 1991             2,358    26,756    39,723     2,393    15,987    23,735
 1990             2,235    25,816    39,702     2,333    15,664    24,089
 1989             2,112    26,962    43,531     2,235    15,738    25,409
 1988             2,123    24,273    40,880     2,093    13,697    23,068






 HISPANIC ORIGIN 4/35/

 2007            14,609   $31,693   $31,693    11,265   $22,649   $22,649
 2006            14,358    31,432    32,324    11,090    21,676    22,291
 2005            13,714    29,799    31,649    10,638    20,356    21,620
 2004 35/        13,256    29,232    32,088    10,396    19,494    21,398
 2003            12,753    27,725    31,256    10,175    18,852    21,253
 2002            12,624    27,647    31,864    10,018    18,180    20,953
 2001            11,766    26,674    31,239     9,691    17,846    20,900
 2000 30/        11,343    26,068    31,387     9,431    17,065    20,547
 1999 29/        10,943    23,492    29,233     9,039    16,054    19,977
 1998             9,617    24,355    30,939     8,405    15,244    19,365
 1997             9,585    22,392    28,842     8,055    14,509    18,689
 1996             9,305    20,806    27,379     7,744    13,540    17,817
 1995 25/         8,577    19,501    26,345     7,478    12,999    17,561
 1994 24/         8,375    20,104    27,813     7,298    12,510    17,307
 1993 23/         8,208    18,665    26,374     7,053    11,636    16,442
 1992 22/         8,056    17,607    25,494     6,749    11,676    16,906
 1991             6,939    17,936    26,629     6,084    11,004    16,337
 1990             6,767    17,452    26,839     5,903    10,587    16,282
 1989             6,592    17,369    28,043     5,677    10,539    17,016
 1988             6,342    16,645    28,033     5,532     9,789    16,486
 1987 21/         6,102    16,203    28,290     5,357     9,298    16,234
 1986             5,870    14,884    26,865     5,096     8,667    15,644
 1985 20/         5,523    14,490    26,628     4,843     8,178    15,028
 1984 19/         5,174    14,000    26,610     4,617     7,796    14,818
 1983             4,236    13,450    26,612     4,098     7,199    14,244
 1982             4,092    12,786    26,378     3,832     6,820    14,070
 1981             4,131    12,324    26,959     3,787     6,389    13,976
 1980             3,996    11,498    27,546     3,617     5,613    13,447
 1979 18/         3,852    10,615    28,254     3,495     5,256    13,990
 1978             3,447     9,777    28,516     2,949     4,798    13,994
 1977             3,376     8,927    27,823     2,780     4,488    13,988
 1976 17/         3,099     8,170    27,070     2,568     4,089    13,548
 1975 16/         2,945     7,680    26,911     2,380     3,798    13,308
 1974 16/15/      3,052     7,251    27,496     2,353     3,577    13,564
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements.                      
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