Changes in Median Household Income: 1969 to 1996 - Table A16

Table A16. Two or More Person Households, Male Householder With No Spouse or Children

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	1,324	2.1	$34,060	$1,002	14.9	16.2	61.0	22.8
1970	1,373	2.1	$37,291	$853	14.1	14.9	61.0	24.1
1971	1,548	2.3	$32,250	$889	16.4	16.0	64.0	20.0
1972	1,681	2.5	$36,398	$759	12.8	15.8	64.0	20.2
1973	1,792	2.6	$39,115	$882	11.8	14.0	64.2	21.8
1974	1,845	2.6	$37,487	$638	10.4	12.7	65.5	21.7
1975	2,014	2.8	$37,773	$825	11.8	12.5	66.0	21.5
1976	2,209	3.0	$37,651	$730	14.3	14.0	66.6	19.4
1977	2,396	3.2	$38,458	$642	13.2	12.8	67.4	19.9
1978	2,535	3.3	$39,516	$710	11.4	13.1	66.4	20.6
1979	2,826	3.5	$39,916	$779	11.6	12.6	66.5	20.9
1980	3,156	3.8	$39,845	$645	10.6	11.9	66.9	21.2
1981	3,139	3.8	$38,542	$934	13.5	13.9	66.1	20.0
1982	3,187	3.8	$38,897	$855	13.5	13.4	64.0	22.6
1983	3,292	3.9	$38,614	$679	13.5	14.0	63.3	22.7
1984	3,348	3.9	$40,018	$861	14.3	16.0	62.5	21.5
1985	3,630	4.1	$41,351	$1,039	12.3	14.8	63.0	22.2
1986	3,779	4.2	$42,442	$822	11.5	14.2	63.2	22.6
1987	3,997	4.4	$41,509	$678	11.5	15.5	63.7	20.8
1988	4,236	4.6	$42,707	$864	11.6	14.3	65.6	20.1
1989	4,082	4.4	$43,770	$806	9.3	12.4	67.3	20.3
1990	4,221	4.5	$42,631	$795	10.4	13.7	65.4	20.9
1991	4,327	4.5	$41,057	$727	11.2	13.3	66.2	20.5
1992	4,348	4.5	$39,141	$658	13.9	15.3	65.0	19.7
1993	4,369	4.5	$40,175	$741	13.4	14.1	64.3	21.5
1994	4,533	4.6	$39,457	$708	13.6	14.4	65.8	19.7
1995	4,641	4.7	$39,329	$797	13.6	15.7	64.6	19.7
1996	5,057	5.0	$41,792	$724	12.2	15.4	64.9	19.7

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