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 Table P 37 Full-Time, Year-Round All Workers
 by Mean Income and Sex: 1955 to 2006

 (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 2006 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars 28/)
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                          Male                         Female
              _____________________________ _____________________________
                 Number     Mean income        Number     Mean income
                   with ___________________      with ___________________
                 income   Current      2006    income   Current      2006
 Year          (thous.)   dollars   dollars  (thous.)   dollars   dollars
 ________________________________________________________________________
 2006            63,060   $60,661   $60,661    44,673   $43,875   $43,875
 2005            61,501    58,779    60,706    43,357    41,368    42,724
 2004 35/        60,090    56,461    60,267    42,405    39,941    42,633
 2003            58,778    55,334    60,660    41,915    39,170    42,941
 2002            58,761    54,531    61,115    41,881    37,603    42,143
 2001            58,715    54,061    61,567    41,649    37,361    42,548
 2000 30/        59,607    52,801    61,820    41,731    35,006    40,986
 1999 29/        58,307    50,315    60,884    40,890    33,307    40,303
 1998            56,951    47,459    58,626    38,810    32,714    40,411
 1997            54,914    46,120    57,767    37,696    31,362    39,282
 1996            53,792    44,172    56,523    36,445    30,107    38,525
 1995 25/        52,669    42,325    55,601    35,495    28,146    36,974
 1994 24/        51,592    41,099    55,290    34,175    27,816    37,421
 1993 23/        49,827    39,862    54,771    33,544    26,718    36,711
 1992 22/        48,552    37,198    52,374    33,271    25,241    35,539
 1991            47,892    36,058    52,056    32,476    24,307    35,092
 1990            49,172    35,076    52,455    31,734    23,392    34,982
 1989            49,683    34,746    54,551    31,386    22,329    35,056
 1988            48,290    32,637    53,450    31,306    21,072    34,510
 1987 21/        47,023    31,455    53,405    29,945    20,025    33,999
 1986            45,919    30,128    52,880    28,462    18,918    33,205
 1985 20/        44,948    28,747    51,370    27,443    18,088    32,323
 1984 19/        43,821    27,238    50,344    26,556    17,068    31,547
 1983            41,536    25,752    49,546    25,248    15,994    30,772
 1982            40,121    24,809    49,769    23,805    15,142    30,376
 1981            41,787    23,219    49,390    23,428    13,870    29,504
 1980            41,903    21,436    49,939    22,967    12,731    29,659
 1979 18/        42,452    19,935    51,597    22,196    11,448    29,631
 1978            41,044    18,305    51,917    20,992    10,403    29,505
 1977            39,287    16,929    50,127    19,278     9,535    28,233
 1976 17/        38,197    15,701    49,458    18,116     8,956    28,211
 1975 16/        37,278    14,714    49,008    17,479     8,262    27,518
 1974 16/15/     37,931    13,757    49,616    16,974     7,684    27,713
 1973            39,594    12,619    50,020    17,222     6,912    27,398
 1972 14/        38,198    11,797    49,688    16,706     6,526    27,487
 1971 13/        36,836    10,834    47,037    16,035     6,109    26,523
 1970            36,146    10,312    46,759    15,518     5,856    26,554
 1969            37,021     9,737    46,278    15,419     5,405    25,689
 1968            37,070     8,783    43,562    15,047     4,764    23,628
 1967            36,658     8,023    41,387    14,870     4,414    22,770
 1966            35,574     7,946    42,241    13,225     4,273    22,715
 1965              (NA)     7,512    41,039      (NA)     4,060    22,180
 1964              (NA)     7,056    39,199      (NA)     3,947    21,927
 1963              (NA)     6,811    38,341      (NA)     3,781    21,284
 1962              (NA)     6,577    37,523      (NA)     3,603    20,556
 1961              (NA)     6,486    37,364      (NA)     3,544    20,416
 1960              (NA)     6,136    35,695      (NA)     3,397    19,761
 1959              (NA)     5,824    34,490      (NA)     3,326    19,697
 1958              (NA)     5,506    32,803      (NA)     3,192    19,017
 1957              (NA)     5,245    32,154      (NA)     3,026    18,551
 1956              (NA)     5,032    31,837      (NA)     2,902    18,361
 1955              (NA)     4,651    29,873      (NA)     2,801    17,991
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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