Table 11. Total Money Earnings in 1996 of Persons 15 Years Old and Over, by Sex, Region, and Race Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: July 30, 1998 (Persons as of March 1997) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | All persons | Year-round, full-time workers |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------- | Black | White, not Hispanic | Black | White, not Hispanic |----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|------------------------- Total money earnings and region | Both | Both | Both | Both | sexes Male Female | sexes Male Female | sexes Male Female| sexes Male Female --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES Total...............thousands... 24,627 11,113 13,514 153,581 74,349 79,232 9,897 4,799 5,098 68,147 41,317 26,830 Total with earnings...thousands... 15,684 7,347 8,337 107,632 57,528 50,104 9,897 4,799 5,098 68,127 41,312 26,816 Percent....................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 $1 to $2,499 or loss.............. 10.7 9.8 11.4 8.9 6.7 11.4 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 $2,500 to $4,999.................. 6.6 5.2 7.8 5.7 4.1 7.5 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.7 $5,000 to $7,499.................. 7.3 6.6 7.9 5.9 4.1 8.0 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.3 1.0 1.7 $7,500 to $9,999.................. 5.4 4.4 6.2 4.4 3.2 5.8 3.4 2.4 4.4 1.8 1.3 2.6 $10,000 to $12,499................ 7.8 7.2 8.3 6.4 4.9 8.1 7.0 5.4 8.5 4.8 3.3 7.1 $12,500 to $14,999................ 5.4 5.1 5.6 3.9 3.0 5.0 6.1 5.1 7.0 3.7 2.5 5.4 $15,000 to $17,499................ 7.9 7.5 8.4 5.5 4.5 6.7 10.1 9.1 11.0 5.9 4.3 8.5 $17,500 to $19,999................ 5.4 4.1 6.5 4.2 3.5 5.0 7.2 5.2 9.1 5.1 3.8 7.1 $20,000 to $22,499................ 7.1 6.4 7.8 6.2 5.6 6.9 10.2 8.9 11.4 7.8 6.4 10.0 $22,500 to $24,999................ 3.9 4.6 3.3 3.9 3.8 4.1 5.7 6.3 5.2 5.2 4.5 6.4 $25,000 to $29,999................ 8.6 8.4 8.9 8.5 8.7 8.3 12.7 11.7 13.6 11.3 10.5 12.6 $30,000 to $34,999................ 6.6 8.2 5.2 7.6 8.3 6.8 9.5 11.3 7.8 10.4 10.3 10.6 $35,000 to $39,999................ 5.1 5.9 4.4 6.0 7.3 4.4 7.5 8.4 6.6 8.2 9.2 6.8 $40,000 to $44,999................ 4.3 5.6 3.1 5.0 6.3 3.4 6.0 7.4 4.6 7.1 8.2 5.5 $45,000 to $49,999................ 2.1 2.9 1.3 3.4 4.4 2.3 3.0 4.1 2.0 4.9 5.6 3.8 $50,000 to $59,999................ 2.8 3.6 2.1 5.1 7.0 2.8 4.1 5.0 3.2 7.3 9.1 4.6 $60,000 to $74,999................ 1.7 2.3 1.1 4.2 6.3 1.8 2.5 3.4 1.7 6.2 8.3 3.0 $75,000 and over.................. 1.3 2.2 0.6 5.3 8.3 1.7 1.8 3.1 0.7 7.7 10.8 2.9 Median earnings.......(dollars)... 17,163 20,005 15,809 22,064 28,245 16,567 23,728 26,404 21,473 30,615 35,442 24,890 Standard error.......(dollars)... 211 485 274 96 284 131 367 380 256 100 151 177 SOUTH Total...............thousands... 13,495 6,019 7,476 51,080 24,775 26,305 5,637 2,686 2,951 23,142 13,834 9,309 Total with earnings...thousands... 8,867 4,039 4,827 35,057 18,867 16,191 5,637 2,686 2,951 23,140 13,834 9,306 Percent....................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 $1 to $2,499 or loss.............. 10.8 9.8 11.6 8.6 6.7 10.7 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.6 $2,500 to $4,999.................. 6.9 5.0 8.4 5.5 3.9 7.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.8 $5,000 to $7,499.................. 7.4 6.3 8.3 5.6 4.0 7.5 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.3 1.0 1.8 $7,500 to $9,999.................. 5.8 4.9 6.6 4.7 3.4 6.1 4.3 3.0 5.4 2.2 1.5 3.3 $10,000 to $12,499................ 8.9 8.2 9.5 6.9 5.5 8.5 8.7 6.4 10.8 5.4 3.9 7.8 $12,500 to $14,999................ 6.3 6.3 6.3 4.4 3.4 5.5 7.5 6.3 8.7 4.4 3.0 6.6 $15,000 to $17,499................ 8.4 7.5 9.2 5.9 4.9 7.1 10.9 9.5 12.1 6.6 4.7 9.3 $17,500 to $19,999................ 6.0 4.6 7.1 4.4 3.6 5.2 8.0 5.8 10.0 5.4 4.0 7.5 $20,000 to $22,499................ 6.9 7.1 6.8 6.7 6.4 7.1 9.9 9.6 10.2 8.7 7.6 10.2 $22,500 to $24,999................ 3.9 5.5 2.6 4.1 3.9 4.3 5.7 7.4 4.1 5.4 4.7 6.3 $25,000 TO $29,999................ 8.1 7.2 8.8 8.8 9.0 8.6 11.7 10.0 13.3 11.8 11.1 12.8 $30,000 to $34,999................ 6.1 8.0 4.5 7.6 8.3 6.8 8.6 10.5 6.9 9.9 10.0 9.7 $35,000 to $39,999................ 4.8 6.2 3.6 5.8 7.2 4.2 7.0 9.1 5.1 7.7 8.8 6.1 $40,000 to $44,999................ 4.0 5.4 2.9 4.8 6.1 3.2 5.6 7.0 4.3 6.7 7.8 5.1 $45,000 to $49,999................ 1.6 2.4 0.9 3.1 4.0 2.2 2.4 3.5 1.5 4.3 5.0 3.3 $50,000 to $59,999................ 2.1 2.7 1.6 4.6 6.3 2.6 3.1 3.7 2.4 6.5 8.1 4.1 $60,000 to $74,999................ 1.3 1.6 1.0 4.0 6.1 1.6 1.9 2.4 1.4 5.7 7.8 2.5 $75,000 and over.................. 0.8 1.5 0.3 4.6 7.3 1.4 1.3 2.3 0.4 6.5 9.4 2.2 Median earnings.......(dollars)... 16,174 18,612 14,710 21,538 26,735 16,495 21,809 24,443 19,928 28,340 32,448 23,352 Standard error.......(dollars)... 275 745 467 162 238 227 293 564 398 344 386 335 NORTH AND WEST Total...............thousands... 11,132 5,094 6,038 102,502 49,574 52,928 4,260 2,113 2,147 45,005 27,483 17,522 Total with earnings...thousands... 6,818 3,308 3,510 72,574 38,661 33,913 4,260 2,113 2,147 44,988 27,478 17,510 Percent....................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 $1 to $2,499 or loss.............. 10.5 9.8 11.2 9.0 6.6 11.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 $2,500 to $4,999.................. 6.3 5.5 7.0 5.8 4.2 7.5 1.2 0.9 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 $5,000 to $7,499.................. 7.1 6.9 7.3 6.0 4.1 8.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.6 $7,500 to $9,999.................. 4.8 3.9 5.7 4.3 3.1 5.6 2.2 1.6 2.9 1.6 1.2 2.3 $10,000 to $12,499................ 6.4 6.1 6.6 6.2 4.6 8.0 4.8 4.2 5.4 4.4 3.0 6.7 $12,500 to $14,999................ 4.2 3.6 4.8 3.7 2.8 4.8 4.1 3.5 4.6 3.3 2.3 4.9 $15,000 to $17,499................ 7.3 7.4 7.3 5.4 4.3 6.5 9.0 8.5 9.6 5.6 4.0 8.1 $17,500 to $19,999................ 4.7 3.5 5.8 4.1 3.4 4.8 6.1 4.3 7.9 4.9 3.7 6.9 $20,000 to $22,499................ 7.4 5.6 9.1 6.0 5.2 6.8 10.6 7.9 13.1 7.4 5.8 9.8 $22,500 to $24,999................ 3.9 3.5 4.3 3.9 3.7 4.0 5.8 4.9 6.6 5.2 4.3 6.5 $25,000 to $29,999................ 9.4 9.8 8.9 8.4 8.5 8.1 14.0 13.8 14.1 11.0 10.1 12.5 $30,000 to $34,999................ 7.3 8.5 6.2 7.6 8.3 6.8 10.7 12.4 9.1 10.7 10.4 11.1 $35,000 to $39,999................ 5.4 5.4 5.5 6.0 7.4 4.5 8.1 7.6 8.6 8.5 9.3 7.1 $40,000 to $44,999................ 4.6 5.8 3.4 5.1 6.4 3.5 6.4 7.9 5.0 7.3 8.3 5.6 $45,000 to $49,999................ 2.7 3.6 1.8 3.6 4.6 2.4 3.8 5.0 2.6 5.2 5.9 4.1 $50,000 to $59,999................ 3.8 4.7 2.9 5.3 7.4 2.9 5.4 6.7 4.2 7.8 9.6 4.9 $60,000 to $74,999................ 2.2 3.2 1.4 4.3 6.4 1.9 3.4 4.7 2.1 6.5 8.5 3.2 $75,000 and over.................. 2.0 3.1 0.9 5.6 8.8 1.9 2.5 4.1 1.0 8.3 11.6 3.2 Median earnings.......(dollars)... 19,279 21,406 17,576 22,351 29,396 16,605 26,209 29,230 23,736 31,353 36,208 25,538 Standard error.......(dollars)... 539 648 555 122 341 162 351 862 683 121 178 179 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------