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 Table P 36 Full-Time, Year-Round White 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
 ________________________________________________________________________
 White Alone
 2007            52,630   $47,235   $47,235    35,859   $36,728   $36,728
 2006            52,898    45,933    47,236    35,053    35,525    36,533
 2005            51,769    43,696    46,409    34,203    34,100    36,217
 2004 35/        50,332    42,596    46,757    33,558    32,731    35,929
 2003            49,583    42,142    47,509    33,192    32,192    36,292
 2002            49,731    41,375    47,686    33,296    31,400    36,190



 White
 2001            50,035    40,790    47,771    33,429    30,849    36,129
 2000 30/        50,687    40,253    48,466    33,274    29,951    36,062
 1999 29/        49,520    39,212    48,795    32,800    28,000    34,843
 1998            48,908    37,196    47,251    31,497    27,304    34,685
 1997            47,230    36,118    46,523    30,598    26,470    34,095
 1996            46,661    34,741    45,716    29,607    25,358    33,369
 1995 25/        45,663    33,515    45,276    29,125    24,264    32,779
 1994 24/        44,625    32,440    44,880    28,198    23,894    33,056
 1993 23/        43,357    31,832    44,978    27,767    22,979    32,469
 1992 22/        42,362    31,565    45,704    27,736    22,349    32,360
 1991            42,067    30,953    45,954    27,307    21,555    32,001
 1990            43,128    30,081    46,261    26,647    20,839    32,048
 1989            43,741    29,672    47,906    26,276    19,871    32,082
 1988            42,721    28,262    47,598    26,272    18,823    31,701
 1987 21/        41,742    27,303    47,671    25,352    17,889    31,234
 1986            40,809    26,617    48,043    24,002    17,101    30,867
 1985 20/        40,041    25,693    47,215    23,132    16,482    30,288
 1984 19/        39,214    24,826    47,188    22,425    15,575    29,604
 1983            37,282    23,114    45,732    21,538    14,677    29,039
 1982            36,201    22,232    45,865    20,275    13,847    28,566
 1981            37,559    21,178    46,327    20,059    12,665    27,705
 1980            37,805    19,720    47,244    19,676    11,703    28,037
 1979 18/        38,286    17,984    47,868    19,145    10,623    28,275
 1978            37,218    16,360    47,717    18,043     9,732    28,385
 1977            35,591    15,378    47,928    16,610     8,870    27,645
 1976 17/        34,681    14,272    47,289    15,669     8,376    27,753
 1975 16/        33,960    13,233    46,369    15,126     7,737    27,111
 1974 16/15/     34,559    12,399    47,017    14,751     7,235    27,435
 1973            35,903    11,800    49,221    14,930     6,598    27,522
 1972 14/        34,728    10,918    48,392    14,393     6,172    27,356
 1971 13/        33,591     9,902    45,205    14,022     5,767    26,328
 1970            32,910     9,447    45,017    13,551     5,536    26,380
 1969            33,693     8,953    44,765    13,541     5,182    25,910
 1968            33,737     8,047    42,029    13,165     4,685    24,470
 1967            33,389     7,505    40,736    13,035     4,307    23,378
 1966              (NA)     7,179    40,184      (NA)     4,142    23,185
 1965              (NA)     6,802    39,153      (NA)     3,935    22,650
 1964              (NA)     6,457    37,738      (NA)     3,835    22,414
 1963              (NA)     6,245    36,996      (NA)     3,687    21,842
 1962              (NA)     5,994    35,999      (NA)     3,582    21,513
 1961              (NA)     5,817    35,284      (NA)     3,429    20,799
 1960              (NA)     5,572    34,138      (NA)     3,377    20,690
 1959              (NA)     5,391    33,570      (NA)     3,300    20,549
 1958              (NA)     5,102    32,032      (NA)     3,194    20,053
 1957              (NA)     4,874    31,443      (NA)     3,096    19,973
 1956              (NA)     4,628    30,836      (NA)     2,937    19,569
 1955              (NA)     4,377    29,618      (NA)     2,858    19,339
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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