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 Table P 36 Full-Time, Year-Round Black 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
 ________________________________________________________________________
 Black A.O.I.C.
 2007             6,160   $36,780   $36,780     6,624   $31,672   $31,672
 2006             6,046    35,510    36,517     6,584    30,984    31,863
 2005             5,809    34,144    36,264     6,306    30,366    32,251
 2004 35/         5,824    31,711    34,809     6,105    29,193    32,045
 2003             5,530    33,464    37,726     6,083    27,675    31,200
 2002             5,503    31,966    36,842     6,060    27,703    31,929



 Black Alone
 2007             5,958    36,736    36,736     6,466    31,591    31,591
 2006             5,899    35,477    36,483     6,456    30,936    31,814
 2005             5,620    34,233    36,358     6,148    30,363    32,248
 2004 35/         5,675    31,720    34,819     5,954    29,145    31,992
 2003             5,391    33,429    37,687     5,938    27,622    31,140
 2002             5,354    31,932    36,803     5,939    27,625    31,839



 Black
 2001             5,490    31,921    37,384     5,856    27,297    31,969
 2000 30/         5,552    30,489    36,710     6,128    25,750    31,004
 1999 29/         5,770    30,154    37,523     5,875    25,141    31,285
 1998             5,400    27,472    34,899     5,459    23,864    30,315
 1997             5,172    26,897    34,645     5,313    22,764    29,322
 1996             4,799    27,136    35,708     5,098    21,990    28,937
 1995 25/         4,828    24,798    33,500     4,812    21,079    28,476
 1994 24/         4,761    24,405    33,763     4,556    20,628    28,538
 1993 23/         4,419    23,566    33,299     4,305    20,315    28,705
 1992 22/         4,240    22,991    33,289     4,143    20,258    29,332
 1991             4,159    22,628    33,594     4,008    19,134    28,407
 1990             4,363    21,481    33,035     3,918    18,544    28,518
 1989             4,353    20,704    33,427     3,979    17,871    28,853
 1988             4,108    20,716    34,890     3,985    16,867    28,407
 1987 21/         3,948    19,522    34,085     3,640    15,978    27,897
 1986             3,842    18,766    33,872     3,467    14,964    27,010
 1985 20/         3,769    17,971    33,025     3,430    14,590    26,811
 1984 19/         3,453    16,943    32,204     3,316    14,036    26,679
 1983             3,284    16,410    32,468     3,020    13,000    25,721
 1982             2,987    15,790    32,575     2,853    12,376    25,532
 1981             3,322    14,984    32,778     2,737    11,438    25,021
 1980             3,188    13,875    33,241     2,696    10,915    26,150
 1979 18/         3,321    12,961    34,498     2,563     9,734    25,909
 1978             3,098    12,530    36,546     2,499     9,020    26,308
 1977             3,082    10,602    33,043     2,296     8,290    25,837
 1976 17/         2,953    10,222    33,869     2,138     7,831    25,947
 1975 16/         2,770     9,848    34,508     2,036     7,392    25,902
 1974 16/15/      2,852     8,883    33,685     1,913     6,677    25,319
 1973             3,171     7,953    33,174     2,038     5,595    23,338
 1972 14/         3,033     7,373    32,679     2,060     5,280    23,403
 1971 13/         2,882     6,771    30,911     1,823     5,092    23,246
 1970             2,878     6,435    30,664     1,786     4,536    21,615
 1969             2,994     5,917    29,585     1,718     4,126    20,630
 1968             3,000     5,370    28,047     1,759     3,561    18,599
 1967             2,925     4,837    26,254     1,716     3,268    17,738
 1966              (NA)     4,508    25,233      (NA)     2,934    16,423
 1965              (NA)     4,272    24,590      (NA)     2,672    15,380
 1964              (NA)     4,234    24,746      (NA)     2,663    15,564
 1963              (NA)     4,019    23,809      (NA)     2,280    13,507
 1962              (NA)     3,577    21,483      (NA)     2,186    13,129
 1961              (NA)     3,692    22,395      (NA)     2,264    13,733
 1960              (NA)     3,683    22,565      (NA)     2,289    14,024
 1959              (NA)     3,150    19,615      (NA)     2,125    13,232
 1958              (NA)     3,209    20,147      (NA)     1,877    11,784
 1957              (NA)     2,983    19,244      (NA)     1,810    11,677
 1956              (NA)     2,767    18,437      (NA)     1,634    10,887
 1955              (NA)     2,665    18,033      (NA)     1,468     9,933
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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