Changes in Median Household Income: 1969 to 1996 - Table A6

Table A6. Married-Couple Households with Related Children Under 18 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	26,150	41.2	$41,543	$146	6.2	10.3	81.4	8.3
1970	25,715	39.9	$41,789	$155	6.7	10.5	80.8	8.7
1971	26,133	39.2	$41,646	$145	6.8	10.7	80.4	8.9
1972	25,976	38.1	$44,172	$173	6.2	10.8	79.9	9.3
1973	25,861	37.0	$45,873	$202	5.5	10.4	80.1	9.5
1974	25,853	36.3	$44,778	$156	6.0	10.8	80.2	9.0
1975	25,699	35.3	$43,725	$195	7.2	12.1	78.5	9.4
1976	25,508	34.4	$45,076	$166	6.4	11.5	79.4	9.1
1977	25,280	33.2	$45,928	$180	6.3	11.9	78.4	9.6
1978	25,189	32.6	$47,056	$209	5.9	11.6	78.7	9.6
1979	25,615	31.7	$47,793	$244	6.1	11.8	78.2	10.0
1980	25,671	31.2	$46,123	$233	7.7	12.9	76.9	10.2
1981	25,278	30.3	$45,346	$262	8.7	14.0	75.8	10.2
1982	25,276	30.1	$44,336	$257	9.8	15.1	73.9	11.0
1983	25,216	29.6	$44,264	$249	10.1	16.3	72.7	11.0
1984	25,038	28.8	$46,081	$295	9.4	15.4	73.3	11.2
1985	25,496	28.8	$47,099	$294	8.9	15.3	72.7	12.0
1986	25,571	28.6	$48,817	$375	8.0	14.7	72.7	12.6
1987	25,464	27.9	$50,140	$294	7.7	14.8	73.0	12.3
1988	25,599	27.6	$50,266	$340	7.2	14.5	73.5	12.0
1989	25,476	27.3	$50,613	$302	7.3	14.9	73.2	11.9
1990	25,410	26.9	$49,378	$281	7.8	14.8	73.0	12.2
1991	25,357	26.5	$48,982	$316	8.3	15.1	72.1	12.8
1992	25,907	26.9	$49,368	$322	8.6	15.3	70.9	13.8
1993	26,121	26.9	$49,274	$331	9.0	15.1	69.1	15.8
1994	26,367	26.6	$50,053	$381	8.3	14.6	69.6	15.8
1995	26,034	26.1	$51,476	$306	7.5	14.2	70.3	15.5
1996	26,184	25.9	$51,950	$344	7.5	14.2	70.8	15.1

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