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Historical Income Tables - People

                                                                                              



 Table P-5.  Regions of  People
 by Median Income and Sex: 1953 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
              _____________________________ _____________________________
                 Number    Median income       Number    Median income
                   with ___________________      with ___________________
 Region          income   Current      2007    income   Current      2007
 and year      (thous.)   dollars   dollars  (thous.)   dollars   dollars
 ________________________________________________________________________
 UNITED STATES
 2007           104,789   $33,196   $33,196   105,230   $20,922   $20,922
 2006           103,909    32,265    33,180   104,582    20,014    20,582
 2005           102,986    31,275    33,217   104,245    18,576    19,729
 2004 35/       101,772    30,516    33,497   103,384    17,667    19,393
 2003           100,769    29,931    33,743   102,713    17,259    19,457
 2002            99,788    29,238    33,698   102,487    16,812    19,376
 2001            98,873    29,101    34,082   101,941    16,614    19,458
 2000 30/        98,504    28,343    34,126   101,704    16,063    19,340
 1999 29/        97,063    27,293    33,963   101,036    15,304    19,044
 1998            94,948    26,492    33,654    98,694    14,430    18,331
 1997            94,168    25,212    32,475    97,447    13,703    17,650
 1996            93,439    23,834    31,363    96,558    12,815    16,863
 1995 25/        92,066    22,562    30,480    96,007    12,130    16,387
 1994 24/        91,254    21,720    30,049    95,147    11,466    15,863
 1993 23/        90,194    21,102    29,817    94,417    11,046    15,608
 1992 22/        90,175    20,455    29,617    93,517    10,714    15,513
 1991            88,653    20,469    30,389    92,569    10,476    15,553
 1990            88,220    20,293    31,208    92,245    10,070    15,486
 1989            87,454    19,893    32,118    91,399     9,624    15,538
 1988            86,584    18,908    31,845    90,593     8,884    14,962
 1987 21/        85,713    17,786    31,054    89,661     8,295    14,483
 1986            84,471    17,114    30,890    87,822     7,610    13,736
 1985 20/        83,631    16,311    29,974    86,531     7,217    13,262
 1984 19/        82,183    15,600    29,652    85,555     6,868    13,054
 1983            80,909    14,631    28,948    83,830     6,319    12,503
 1982            79,722    13,950    28,779    82,505     5,887    12,145
 1981            79,688    13,473    29,472    82,139     5,458    11,939
 1980            78,661    12,530    30,019    80,826     4,920    11,787
 1979 18/        78,129    11,779    31,352    79,921     4,352    11,584
 1978            75,609    10,935    31,894    71,864     4,068    11,865
 1977            74,015    10,123    31,550    65,407     3,941    12,283
 1976 17/        72,775     9,426    31,232    63,170     3,576    11,849
 1975 16/        71,234     8,853    31,021    60,807     3,385    11,861
 1974 16/15/     70,863     8,452    32,050    59,642     3,082    11,687
 1973            69,387     8,056    33,603    57,029     2,796    11,663
 1972 14/        67,474     7,450    33,021    54,487     2,599    11,520
 1971 13/        66,486     6,903    31,514    52,603     2,408    10,993
 1970            65,008     6,670    31,784    51,647     2,237    10,660
 1969            63,882     6,429    32,145    50,224     2,132    10,660
 1968            62,501     5,980    31,233    48,544     2,019    10,545
 1967 12/        61,444     5,553    30,141    46,843     1,801     9,775
 1966 11/        60,085     5,306    29,700    44,065     1,638     9,169
 1965 10/        59,157     5,023    28,913    42,160     1,521     8,755
 1964            58,533     4,647    27,160    41,704     1,449     8,469
 1963            57,686     4,511    26,724    40,364     1,372     8,128
 1962 9/         56,624     4,372    26,258    38,988     1,342     8,060
 1961 8/         55,839     4,189    25,409    38,076     1,279     7,758
 1960            55,172     4,080    24,997    36,526     1,261     7,726
 1959            54,285     3,997    24,889    34,380     1,223     7,616
 1958            53,543     3,743    23,500    33,340     1,176     7,383
 1957            52,877     3,677    23,721    32,702     1,200     7,742
 1956            52,016     3,601    23,994    31,823     1,149     7,656
 1955            51,446     3,358    22,722    29,791     1,120     7,579
 1954            49,712     3,193    21,510    27,715     1,160     7,815
 1953            49,667     3,221    21,893    27,379     1,166     7,925




 NORTHEAST
 2007            19,099   $34,921   $34,921    20,014   $21,691   $21,691
 2006            19,123    35,220    36,219    19,956    20,284    20,859
 2005            19,237    32,623    34,648    20,025    19,467    20,676
 2004 35/        18,997    31,947    35,068    20,020    18,297    20,084
 2003            18,834    31,412    35,413    20,104    17,951    20,237
 2002            19,040    30,649    35,324    20,251    17,243    19,873
 2001            19,213    30,636    35,879    20,290    17,068    19,989
 2000 30/        18,872    30,338    36,528    20,332    16,301    19,627
 1999 29/        18,371    28,905    35,969    20,307    15,761    19,613
 1998            18,024    27,521    34,961    19,601    14,811    18,815
 1997            17,953    26,378    33,977    19,283    14,333    18,462
 1996            18,060    25,282    33,269    19,400    13,451    17,700
 1995 25/        17,943    24,610    33,246    19,248    12,482    16,862
 1994 24/        17,950    23,709    32,801    19,292    11,963    16,550
 1993 23/        17,928    22,283    31,486    19,547    11,375    16,073
 1992 22/        17,986    22,090    31,985    19,431    11,300    16,362
 1991            17,976    22,349    33,180    19,422    11,047    16,401
 1990            18,083    21,907    33,690    19,477    10,732    16,505
 1989            18,287    22,173    35,799    19,355    10,543    17,022
 1988            17,915    21,544    36,284    19,718     9,611    16,187
 1987 21/        17,888    19,817    34,600    19,473     8,743    15,265
 1986            17,707    18,929    34,166    19,072     8,020    14,476
 1985 20/        17,519    17,581    32,308    19,011     7,543    13,861
 1984 19/        17,285    16,666    31,678    18,967     7,003    13,311
 1983            17,236    15,474    30,616    18,568     6,390    12,643
 1982            17,016    14,544    30,004    18,314     5,975    12,326
 1981            17,314    13,963    30,544    18,182     5,501    12,033
 1980            16,977    13,162    31,533    17,941     4,940    11,835
 1979 18/        16,879    12,158    32,361    18,051     4,520    12,031
 1978            16,913    11,162    32,556    16,445     4,402    12,839
 1977            16,641    10,572    32,950    15,151     4,209    13,118
 1976 17/        16,407     9,920    32,869    14,588     3,804    12,604
 1975 16/        16,084     9,511    33,327    13,815     3,652    12,797
 1974 16/15/     16,141     9,188    34,841    13,934     3,362    12,749
 1973            16,058     8,591    35,835    13,517     3,040    12,681
 1972 14/          (NA)     7,994    35,432      (NA)     2,872    12,730
 1971 13/          (NA)     7,440    33,965      (NA)     2,835    12,942
 1970              (NA)     7,196    34,291      (NA)     2,624    12,504
 1969              (NA)     6,893    34,465      (NA)     2,471    12,355
 1968              (NA)     6,316    32,988      (NA)     2,287    11,945
 1967 12/          (NA)     6,005    32,594      (NA)     2,118    11,496
 1966 11/          (NA)     5,774    32,320      (NA)     1,998    11,184
 1965 10/          (NA)     5,286    30,427      (NA)     1,941    11,173
 1964              (NA)     5,138    30,029      (NA)     1,829    10,690
 1963              (NA)     5,052    29,929      (NA)     1,736    10,284
 1962 9/           (NA)     4,929    29,603      (NA)     1,681    10,096
 1961 8/           (NA)     4,559    27,654      (NA)     1,576     9,560
 1960              (NA)     4,474    27,411      (NA)     1,632     9,999
 1959              (NA)     4,363    27,168      (NA)     1,584     9,864
 1958              (NA)     4,174    26,206      (NA)     1,541     9,675
 1957              (NA)     4,160    26,837      (NA)     1,491     9,619
 1956              (NA)     4,004    26,679      (NA)     1,450     9,661
 1955              (NA)     3,597    24,340      (NA)     1,413     9,561
 1954              (NA)     3,439    23,168      (NA)     1,532    10,321
 1953              (NA)     3,470    23,585      (NA)     1,529    10,392




 MIDWEST
 2007            23,303   $34,324   $34,324    24,054   $20,557   $20,557
 2006            23,408    32,863    33,795    23,872    20,145    20,716
 2005            23,379    31,988    33,974    24,022    18,857    20,028
 2004 35/        23,129    31,142    34,184    23,886    17,893    19,641
 2003            23,231    30,289    34,147    23,897    17,498    19,727
 2002            22,931    30,238    34,850    23,933    16,921    19,502
 2001            23,051    30,282    35,465    24,354    16,886    19,776
 2000 30/        23,339    30,109    36,252    23,921    16,483    19,846
 1999 29/        22,787    29,508    36,719    23,785    15,508    19,298
 1998            22,551    27,668    35,148    23,391    14,523    18,449
 1997            22,086    26,285    33,857    23,417    13,899    17,903
 1996            21,908    25,406    33,432    23,219    13,051    17,174
 1995 25/        21,839    24,298    32,825    23,336    12,380    16,725
 1994 24/        21,545    22,275    30,817    22,964    11,572    16,009
 1993 23/        21,362    21,696    30,656    22,887    11,031    15,587
 1992 22/        21,490    20,971    30,365    22,724    10,537    15,257
 1991            21,483    20,571    30,541    22,862    10,199    15,142
 1990            21,415    20,673    31,793    22,856    10,119    15,562
 1989            21,328    19,964    32,232    22,590     9,143    14,762
 1988            21,344    19,156    32,262    22,551     8,299    13,977
 1987 21/        21,087    17,915    31,279    22,220     7,826    13,664
 1986            20,640    17,438    31,475    21,957     7,265    13,113
 1985 20/        20,775    16,377    30,095    21,654     6,853    12,593
 1984 19/        20,729    15,689    29,821    21,609     6,527    12,406
 1983            20,445    14,870    29,421    21,337     5,964    11,800
 1982            20,522    14,590    30,099    21,202     5,612    11,578
 1981            20,500    14,192    31,045    21,241     5,262    11,511
 1980            20,263    13,340    31,959    21,298     4,788    11,471
 1979 18/        20,491    12,646    33,660    20,960     4,244    11,296
 1978            20,318    11,759    34,297    19,238     4,003    11,675
 1977            19,850    10,818    33,716    17,397     3,903    12,164
 1976 17/        19,703    10,225    33,879    16,861     3,596    11,915
 1975 16/        19,220     9,504    33,302    16,281     3,386    11,865
 1974 16/15/     19,393     9,144    34,674    16,034     3,057    11,592
 1973            19,279     8,764    36,557    15,201     2,785    11,617
 1972 14/          (NA)     8,002    35,467      (NA)     2,616    11,595
 1971 13/          (NA)     7,350    33,554      (NA)     2,392    10,920
 1970              (NA)     7,126    33,957      (NA)     2,166    10,322
 1969              (NA)     7,033    35,165      (NA)     1,992     9,960
 1968              (NA)     6,484    33,866      (NA)     1,923    10,044
 1967 12/          (NA)     5,988    32,502      (NA)     1,717     9,320
 1966 11/          (NA)     5,718    32,006      (NA)     1,583     8,861
 1965 10/          (NA)     5,291    30,456      (NA)     1,514     8,715
 1964              (NA)     5,070    29,632      (NA)     1,439     8,410
 1963              (NA)     4,979    29,496      (NA)     1,383     8,193
 1962 9/           (NA)     4,765    28,618      (NA)     1,368     8,216
 1961 8/           (NA)     4,407    26,732      (NA)     1,248     7,570
 1960              (NA)     4,331    26,535      (NA)     1,227     7,518
 1959              (NA)     4,267    26,571      (NA)     1,181     7,354
 1958              (NA)     3,932    24,686      (NA)     1,190     7,471
 1957              (NA)     3,951    25,489      (NA)     1,260     8,129
 1956              (NA)     3,923    26,139      (NA)     1,250     8,329
 1955              (NA)     3,701    25,043      (NA)     1,120     7,579
 1954              (NA)     3,415    23,006      (NA)     1,187     7,996
 1953              (NA)     3,522    23,939      (NA)     1,184     8,048




 SOUTH
 2007            37,742   $31,887   $31,887    37,814   $20,337   $20,337
 2006            37,141    31,150    32,034    37,636    19,284    19,831
 2005            36,520    29,984    31,846    37,378    18,011    19,129
 2004 35/        36,158    28,781    31,593    36,908    17,168    18,845
 2003            35,654    27,613    31,130    36,262    16,663    18,785
 2002            35,035    27,524    31,722    36,278    16,223    18,698
 2001            34,368    27,345    32,025    35,751    15,927    18,653
 2000 30/        34,188    26,606    32,035    35,895    15,528    18,696
 1999 29/        34,270    25,918    32,252    35,389    14,724    18,322
 1998            33,002    25,297    32,136    34,618    13,977    17,756
 1997            32,950    23,896    30,780    34,154    13,036    16,791
 1996            32,464    22,234    29,258    33,772    12,357    16,261
 1995 25/        31,785    21,162    28,588    33,621    11,589    15,656
 1994 24/        31,633    20,343    28,144    33,212    10,939    15,134
 1993 23/        31,012    19,714    27,856    32,423    10,557    14,917
 1992 22/        30,889    18,590    26,917    32,067    10,146    14,691
 1991            30,010    18,474    27,427    31,473    10,053    14,925
 1990            29,854    18,429    28,342    31,316     9,417    14,482
 1989            29,360    17,852    28,823    31,109     9,049    14,610
 1988            29,397    16,773    28,249    30,552     8,424    14,188
 1987 21/        28,835    16,344    28,536    30,264     7,983    13,938
 1986            28,818    15,466    27,916    29,523     7,286    13,151
 1985 20/        28,213    14,935    27,445    29,090     6,795    12,487
 1984 19/        27,645    14,209    27,008    28,516     6,694    12,724
 1983            27,205    13,378    26,469    27,819     6,167    12,202
 1982            26,422    12,820    26,448    27,165     5,678    11,714
 1981            26,235    12,206    26,701    27,071     5,217    11,412
 1980            26,036    11,420    27,359    26,086     4,753    11,387
 1979 18/        25,644    10,687    28,446    25,667     4,018    10,695
 1978            24,241     9,863    28,767    22,722     3,723    10,859
 1977            23,643     8,948    27,888    20,998     3,608    11,245
 1976 17/        23,005     8,348    27,660    20,291     3,338    11,060
 1975 16/        22,722     7,762    27,198    19,595     3,118    10,926
 1974 16/15/     22,346     7,323    27,769    18,912     2,799    10,614
 1973            21,741     6,792    28,331    18,091     2,521    10,516
 1972 14/          (NA)     6,354    28,163      (NA)     2,362    10,469
 1971 13/          (NA)     5,820    26,570      (NA)     2,112     9,642
 1970              (NA)     5,601    26,690      (NA)     1,982     9,445
 1969              (NA)     5,198    25,990      (NA)     1,914     9,570
 1968              (NA)     4,816    25,154      (NA)     1,790     9,349
 1967 12/          (NA)     4,379    23,768      (NA)     1,557     8,451
 1966 11/          (NA)     4,025    22,530      (NA)     1,387     7,764
 1965 10/          (NA)     3,565    20,521      (NA)     1,277     7,351
 1964              (NA)     3,510    20,514      (NA)     1,180     6,897
 1963              (NA)     3,339    19,781      (NA)     1,062     6,291
 1962 9/           (NA)     3,150    18,919      (NA)     1,020     6,126
 1961 8/           (NA)     3,000    18,197      (NA)       967     5,866
 1960              (NA)     2,905    17,798      (NA)       961     5,888
 1959              (NA)     2,897    18,040      (NA)       929     5,785
 1958              (NA)     2,748    17,253      (NA)       883     5,544
 1957              (NA)     2,640    17,031      (NA)       903     5,825
 1956              (NA)     2,602    17,337      (NA)       872     5,810
 1955              (NA)     2,470    16,714      (NA)       840     5,684
 1954              (NA)     2,417    16,283      (NA)       888     5,982
 1953              (NA)     2,317    15,748      (NA)       900     6,117




 WEST
 2007            24,645   $34,609   $34,609    23,348   $21,673   $21,673
 2006            24,236    32,786    33,716    23,118    20,575    21,159
 2005            23,850    31,586    33,547    22,820    18,569    19,722
 2004 35/        23,489    30,659    33,654    22,571    17,957    19,711
 2003            23,050    30,426    34,301    22,449    17,499    19,728
 2002            22,782    29,094    33,532    22,024    17,283    19,919
 2001            22,241    28,683    33,592    21,546    16,980    19,886
 2000 30/        22,105    28,250    34,014    21,555    16,383    19,726
 1999 29/        21,635    27,053    33,664    21,554    15,548    19,348
 1998            21,370    26,358    33,484    21,085    14,672    18,638
 1997            21,179    24,832    31,985    20,592    14,002    18,036
 1996            21,006    23,395    30,786    20,167    12,831    16,884
 1995 25/        20,498    22,314    30,145    19,801    12,457    16,829
 1994 24/        20,126    22,029    30,476    19,679    11,797    16,321
 1993 23/        19,892    21,536    30,430    19,560    11,568    16,346
 1992 22/        19,810    20,999    30,405    19,294    11,345    16,427
 1991            19,184    21,572    32,027    18,812    10,976    16,295
 1990            18,867    20,989    32,279    18,596    10,467    16,097
 1989            18,478    20,442    33,004    18,345    10,307    16,641
 1988            17,928    19,431    32,725    17,771     9,699    16,335
 1987 21/        17,903    18,453    32,219    17,705     8,940    15,609
 1986            17,306    18,302    33,035    17,270     8,180    14,765
 1985 20/        17,124    17,390    31,957    16,776     8,115    14,913
 1984 19/        16,525    16,915    32,151    16,462     7,569    14,387
 1983            16,022    15,564    30,794    16,106     6,954    13,759
 1982            15,761    14,619    30,159    15,825     6,605    13,626
 1981            15,640    14,600    31,938    15,644     5,974    13,068
 1980            15,384    13,717    32,863    15,501     5,390    12,913
 1979 18/        15,115    12,352    32,877    15,243     4,717    12,555
 1978            14,137    11,696    34,113    13,459     4,302    12,548
 1977            13,881    10,540    32,850    11,862     4,176    13,015
 1976 17/        13,660     9,826    32,557    11,430     3,690    12,226
 1975 16/        13,208     9,321    32,661    11,116     3,497    12,254
 1974 16/15/     12,983     8,742    33,150    10,762     3,211    12,176
 1973            12,308     8,591    35,835    10,220     2,947    12,293
 1972 14/          (NA)     7,977    35,357      (NA)     2,649    11,741
 1971 13/          (NA)     7,349    33,550      (NA)     2,443    11,153
 1970              (NA)     7,124    33,948      (NA)     2,279    10,860
 1969              (NA)     7,070    35,350      (NA)     2,219    11,095
 1968              (NA)     6,688    34,931      (NA)     2,192    11,449
 1967 12/          (NA)     6,274    34,054      (NA)     1,996    10,834
 1966 11/          (NA)     5,980    33,473      (NA)     1,757     9,835
 1965 10/          (NA)     5,573    32,079      (NA)     1,822    10,488
 1964              (NA)     5,278    30,847      (NA)     1,534     8,966
 1963              (NA)     5,077    30,077      (NA)     1,500     8,886
 1962 9/           (NA)     5,106    30,666      (NA)     1,452     8,721
 1961 8/           (NA)     5,205    31,572      (NA)     1,512     9,171
 1960              (NA)     4,930    30,205      (NA)     1,442     8,835
 1959              (NA)     4,560    28,395      (NA)     1,344     8,369
 1958              (NA)     4,330    27,185      (NA)     1,292     8,112
 1957              (NA)     4,142    26,721      (NA)     1,317     8,496
 1956              (NA)     4,142    27,598      (NA)     1,265     8,429
 1955              (NA)     3,712    25,118      (NA)     1,385     9,372
 1954              (NA)     3,463    23,329      (NA)     1,097     7,390
 1953              (NA)     3,485    23,687      (NA)     1,079     7,334
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements.                      
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www.census.gov/apsd/techdoc/cps/cpsmar08.pdf[PDF].
                                                                                                                    
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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                                                                                        
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division