Changes in Median Household Income: 1969 to 1996 - Table A5

Table A5. All Households

Year	Number of households (thousands)	Percent of all households	Median income		Householder poverty rate	Percent with specified level of relative income
Year	Number of households (thousands)	Percent of all households	Value	SE	Householder poverty rate	Low	Middle	High
1969	63,406	100.0	$33,072	$122	13.9	20.7	67.2	12.1
1970	64,385	100.0	$33,025	$134	14.2	20.7	66.8	12.6
1971	66,679	100.0	$32,763	$122	14.0	20.7	66.3	12.9
1972	68,253	100.0	$34,094	$126	12.8	21.0	66.2	12.9
1973	69,805	100.0	$34,674	$140	11.9	20.9	66.1	13.0
1974	71,163	100.0	$33,557	$126	11.7	20.5	67.2	12.4
1975	72,867	100.0	$32,779	$115	12.7	20.9	66.3	12.9
1976	74,142	100.0	$33,440	$149	12.4	20.9	66.5	12.6
1977	76,030	100.0	$33,671	$133	12.0	21.2	66.0	12.9
1978	77,330	100.0	$34,867	$170	11.8	21.0	65.9	13.1
1979	80,776	100.0	$34,666	$195	12.1	21.2	65.7	13.1
1980	82,368	100.0	$33,754	$170	13.3	21.2	65.2	13.6
1981	83,527	100.0	$33,087	$163	14.0	21.6	64.1	14.3
1982	83,918	100.0	$32,847	$140	14.5	22.0	63.4	14.6
1983	85,290	100.0	$32,941	$162	14.5	22.1	63.1	14.8
1984	86,789	100.0	$33,781	$172	13.7	22.1	63.0	14.9
1985	88,458	100.0	$34,413	$184	13.6	22.2	62.6	15.2
1986	89,479	100.0	$35,574	$165	13.3	22.3	62.3	15.4
1987	91,124	100.0	$35,910	$165	13.0	22.5	62.4	15.1
1988	92,830	100.0	$35,982	$191	12.7	22.5	62.1	15.4
1989	93,347	100.0	$36,598	$175	12.2	22.4	62.3	15.3
1990	94,312	100.0	$35,894	$189	13.0	22.0	62.7	15.3
1991	95,676	100.0	$34,559	$164	13.5	22.2	62.2	15.7
1992	96,426	100.0	$33,897	$165	14.1	22.7	61.5	15.9
1993	97,262	100.0	$33,660	$157	14.2	22.7	60.5	16.8
1994	99,087	100.0	$34,027	$180	13.8	22.3	60.8	16.9
1995	99,683	100.0	$35,004	$213	13.0	22.1	61.3	16.6
1996	101,081	100.0	$35,172	$182	13.0	22.2	61.2	16.6

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