Income

Table A9. Married-Couple, Householder Under 40 Years Old, No Related Children Under 18 Years Old

Year	Number ofhouseholds (thousands)	Percent of all house- holds	Median income		House- holder poverty rate	Percent with specified level of relative income
			Value	SE		Low	Middle	High
1969	3,185	5.0	$37,955	$452	3.4	6.5	73.2	20.3
1970	3,317	5.2	$37,990	$475	4.4	7.8	69.7	22.4
1971	3,575	5.4	$37,350	$420	4.1	7.7	69.2	23.1
1972	3,966	5.8	$39,451	$405	3.9	7.4	70.1	22.5
1973	4,259	6.1	$41,336	$423	2.7	6.4	72.1	21.5
1974	4,359	6.1	$40,812	$558	2.5	5.7	71.6	22.7
1975	4,475	6.1	$40,333	$392	3.2	6.8	71.1	22.1
1976	4,621	6.2	$41,063	$429	2.8	6.1	70.8	23.1
1977	4,460	5.9	$43,277	$412	2.0	4.7	71.5	23.8
1978	4,481	5.8	$44,885	$456	2.3	5.2	71.6	23.3
1979	4,789	5.9	$45,480	$458	2.5	5.5	70.2	24.3
1980	4,650	5.6	$45,564	$472	2.5	5.0	69.4	25.6
1981	4,688	5.6	$44,057	$524	3.3	6.3	68.0	25.7
1982	4,693	5.6	$43,691	$513	3.2	6.4	67.3	26.3
1983	4,670	5.5	$44,739	$624	3.4	6.9	65.6	27.5
1984	4,820	5.6	$46,572	$737	2.7	6.6	64.7	28.7
1985	4,772	5.4	$46,224	$717	3.3	6.3	65.0	28.7
1986	4,898	5.5	$48,888	$812	2.7	6.1	65.3	28.5
1987	4,722	5.2	$49,888	$542	2.9	6.0	65.6	28.3
1988	4,750	5.1	$51,453	$578	2.3	6.5	62.3	31.1
1989	4,766	5.1	$50,747	$840	2.4	6.6	64.2	29.2
1990	4,628	4.9	$49,605	$711	3.2	6.5	65.1	28.4
1991	4,538	4.7	$49,008	$849	2.6	6.0	65.1	28.9
1992	4,587	4.8	$48,170	$738	3.0	6.6	63.0	30.5
1993	4,343	4.5	$47,830	$888	3.3	6.8	62.5	30.8
1994	4,498	4.5	$48,547	$714	2.7	6.6	62.1	31.3
1995	4,390	4.4	$49,160	$611	2.9	6.4	64.3	29.3
1996	4,315	4.3	$50,830	$769	3.5	6.6	63.9	29.4

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