Changes in Median Household Income: 1969 to 1996 - Table A12

Table A12. One-Person Households, Male Under 65 Years Old

Year	Number of households (thousands)	Percent of all house- holds	Median income		House- holder poverty rate	Percent with specified level of relative income
Year	Number of households (thousands)	Percent of all house- holds	Value	SE	House- holder poverty rate	Low	Middle	High
1969	2,359	3.7	$23,893	$505	16.8	20.6	57.2	22.2
1970	2,634	4.1	$24,694	$454	14.5	17.8	59.8	22.4
1971	2,908	4.4	$24,755	$356	16.9	20.7	56.7	22.6
1972	3,149	4.6	$24,736	$432	14.9	19.4	59.6	21.0
1973	3,431	4.9	$25,928	$509	14.4	18.8	58.5	22.7
1974	3,654	5.1	$23,656	$478	15.2	20.8	61.4	17.8
1975	4,084	5.6	$23,730	$413	15.2	19.7	59.3	21.1
1976	4,296	5.8	$24,037	$433	14.3	18.6	60.4	21.0
1977	4,913	6.5	$25,322	$252	12.9	18.1	61.5	20.4
1978	4,992	6.5	$26,499	$436	12.4	17.2	60.9	21.9
1979	5,480	6.8	$26,514	$505	12.2	17.9	61.6	20.5
1980	5,803	7.0	$25,361	$480	13.9	18.1	60.9	21.0
1981	5,990	7.2	$25,874	$389	13.5	19.1	57.1	23.8
1982	5,827	6.9	$26,035	$436	14.7	19.1	58.0	22.9
1983	5,895	6.9	$24,732	$506	15.5	20.4	57.0	22.5
1984	6,308	7.3	$25,990	$405	13.2	19.5	57.7	22.8
1985	6,604	7.5	$26,820	$351	13.2	19.3	58.7	22.0
1986	6,445	7.2	$27,200	$547	13.6	19.5	59.1	21.4
1987	6,899	7.6	$27,623	$375	13.2	20.3	58.1	21.6
1988	7,277	7.8	$27,603	$417	14.0	20.7	57.7	21.6
1989	7,107	7.6	$27,854	$450	11.5	18.1	60.1	21.8
1990	7,440	7.9	$26,410	$467	13.2	19.0	61.5	19.5
1991	7,527	7.9	$25,920	$412	12.5	18.8	60.5	20.7
1992	7,475	7.8	$25,721	$499	13.3	20.3	58.9	20.8
1993	7,444	7.7	$25,908	$417	13.5	20.0	59.4	20.6
1994	7,911	8.0	$25,419	$419	14.6	20.9	59.7	19.4
1995	8,004	8.0	$25,880	$407	13.7	20.2	58.5	21.3
1996	8,145	8.1	$26,898	$459	12.3	18.7	60.6	20.7

Source: U. S. Bureau of the Census, March Current Population Surveys.