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 Table P 36 Full-Time, Year-Round All Workers
 by Median Income and Sex: 1955 to 2007

 (People 15 years old and over beginning 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/)
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                          Male                         Female
              _____________________________ _____________________________
                 Number    Median income       Number    Median income
                   with ___________________      with ___________________
                 income   Current      2007    income   Current      2007
 Year          (thous.)   dollars   dollars  (thous.)   dollars   dollars
 ________________________________________________________________________
 2007            62,986   $46,224   $46,224    45,621   $36,167   $36,167
 2006            63,060    44,958    46,233    44,673    34,989    35,982
 2005            61,501    42,188    44,807    43,357    33,256    35,321
 2004 35/        60,090    41,667    45,738    42,405    32,116    35,254
 2003            58,778    41,503    46,789    41,915    31,653    35,684
 2002            58,761    40,507    46,686    41,881    30,970    35,694
 2001            58,715    40,136    47,005    41,649    30,420    35,627
 2000 30/        59,607    38,891    46,826    41,731    29,123    35,065
 1999 29/        58,307    37,450    46,602    40,890    27,366    34,054
 1998            56,951    36,252    46,052    38,810    26,855    34,115
 1997            54,914    35,248    45,402    37,696    26,029    33,527
 1996            53,792    33,538    44,133    36,445    24,935    32,812
 1995 25/        52,669    32,199    43,499    35,495    23,777    32,121
 1994 24/        51,592    31,612    43,734    34,175    23,265    32,186
 1993 23/        49,827    31,077    43,912    33,544    22,469    31,749
 1992 22/        48,552    30,832    44,643    33,271    22,093    31,989
 1991            47,892    30,331    45,031    32,476    21,245    31,541
 1990            49,172    28,979    44,566    31,734    20,591    31,666
 1989            49,683    28,419    45,883    31,386    19,638    31,706
 1988            48,290    27,342    46,049    31,306    18,545    31,233
 1987 21/        47,023    26,681    46,585    29,945    17,564    30,667
 1986            45,919    25,894    46,738    28,462    16,843    30,401
 1985 20/        44,948    24,999    45,940    27,443    16,252    29,866
 1984 19/        43,821    24,004    45,626    26,556    15,422    29,313
 1983            41,536    22,508    44,533    25,248    14,479    28,648
 1982            40,121    21,655    44,674    23,805    13,663    28,187
 1981            41,787    20,692    45,264    23,428    12,457    27,250
 1980            41,903    19,173    45,934    22,967    11,591    27,769
 1979 18/        42,452    17,479    46,524    22,196    10,531    28,031
 1978            41,044    16,062    46,848    20,992     9,641    28,120
 1977            39,287    15,070    46,968    19,278     8,814    27,470
 1976 17/        38,197    13,859    45,920    18,116     8,312    27,541
 1975 16/        37,278    12,934    45,321    17,479     7,719    27,048
 1974 16/15/     37,931    12,162    46,119    16,974     7,174    27,204
 1973            39,594    11,468    47,836    17,222     6,488    27,063
 1972 14/        38,198    10,538    46,708    16,706     6,053    26,829
 1971 13/        36,836     9,631    43,968    16,035     5,701    26,026
 1970            36,146     9,184    43,764    15,518     5,440    25,923
 1969            37,021     8,668    43,340    15,419     5,077    25,385
 1968            37,070     7,814    40,812    15,047     4,568    23,859
 1967            36,658     7,289    39,563    14,870     4,198    22,786
 1966            35,574     6,955    38,930    13,225     4,026    22,535
 1965              (NA)     6,598    37,979      (NA)     3,816    21,965
 1964              (NA)     6,284    36,727      (NA)     3,710    21,683
 1963              (NA)     6,070    35,959      (NA)     3,556    21,066
 1962              (NA)     5,826    34,990      (NA)     3,457    20,762
 1961              (NA)     5,663    34,350      (NA)     3,341    20,266
 1960              (NA)     5,434    33,293      (NA)     3,296    20,194
 1959              (NA)     5,241    32,636      (NA)     3,206    19,964
 1958              (NA)     4,949    31,072      (NA)     3,101    19,469
 1957              (NA)     4,722    30,463      (NA)     3,007    19,399
 1956              (NA)     4,467    29,764      (NA)     2,829    18,850
 1955              (NA)     4,241    28,697      (NA)     2,735    18,507
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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