Table 11. Total Money Earnings in 1997 of People 15 Years Old and Over, by Sex, Region, and Race Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: February 24, 1999 (People as of March 1998) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | All people | 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... 24,998 11,283 13,715 154,205 74,703 79,502 10,484 5,172 5,313 69,113 41,464 27,650 Total with earnings....thousands... 16,266 7,565 8,702 107,779 57,394 50,385 10,484 5,172 5,313 69,084 41,450 27,634 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............... 9.5 9.3 9.6 8.9 6.7 11.3 0.7 0.8 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.9 $2,500 to $4,999................... 6.4 4.6 7.9 5.3 4.0 6.7 0.8 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.7 $5,000 to $7,499................... 6.7 5.3 7.9 5.6 3.9 7.5 1.8 1.6 1.9 1.1 0.8 1.6 $7,500 to $9,999................... 5.1 4.1 6.1 4.1 2.8 5.6 2.9 2.2 3.5 1.5 0.9 2.4 $10,000 to $12,499................. 7.8 6.3 9.2 6.0 4.4 7.8 7.3 5.6 9.0 4.1 2.7 6.3 $12,500 to $14,999................. 4.8 5.1 4.6 3.8 2.9 4.9 5.3 5.3 5.3 3.4 2.3 5.1 $15,000 to $17,499................. 8.1 7.2 8.8 5.4 4.4 6.5 10.2 8.5 11.8 5.6 4.2 7.8 $17,500 to $19,999................. 5.4 4.8 6.0 3.8 3.0 4.7 6.6 5.2 7.9 4.3 3.0 6.4 $20,000 to $22,499................. 7.5 7.4 7.5 6.2 5.3 7.3 10.2 9.3 11.0 7.6 5.8 10.2 $22,500 to $24,999................. 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.5 3.3 3.7 5.7 5.3 6.2 4.6 3.9 5.6 $25,000 to $29,999................. 8.9 10.0 8.0 8.3 8.3 8.3 12.5 13.2 11.9 11.1 9.9 12.8 $30,000 to $34,999................. 7.2 7.5 7.0 8.1 8.8 7.3 10.2 9.9 10.4 11.0 10.9 11.2 $35,000 to $39,999................. 5.3 6.5 4.1 6.1 7.3 4.8 7.6 9.0 6.3 8.6 9.2 7.6 $40,000 to $44,999................. 3.6 4.9 2.4 5.2 6.5 3.6 5.1 6.7 3.6 7.3 8.3 5.7 $45,000 to $49,999................. 2.5 2.8 2.1 3.7 4.7 2.6 3.5 3.9 3.0 5.2 5.9 4.1 $50,000 to $59,999................. 3.1 3.8 2.5 5.5 7.6 3.2 4.2 4.7 3.6 7.9 9.8 5.1 $60,000 to $74,999................. 2.6 4.0 1.4 4.6 6.8 2.1 3.7 5.4 2.1 6.6 8.8 3.4 $75,000 and over................... 1.4 2.2 0.7 5.9 9.3 2.0 1.9 2.8 1.0 8.5 12.0 3.2 Median earnings........(dollars)... 18,233 21,141 16,338 23,191 30,384 17,362 24,396 26,432 22,035 31,596 36,597 25,915 Standard error......(dollars)... 303 325 254 171 126 133 357 296 262 92 148 138 SOUTH Total..............thousands... 13,882 6,306 7,576 51,311 24,987 26,324 6,156 3,115 3,040 23,561 14,052 9,509 Total with earnings....thousands... 9,353 4,406 4,947 34,916 18,827 16,089 6,156 3,115 3,040 23,548 14,043 9,505 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............... 9.1 8.1 10.0 8.2 5.9 10.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 $2,500 to $4,999................... 6.4 4.4 8.2 5.0 3.8 6.4 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.7 $5,000 to $7,499................... 7.3 5.6 8.7 5.1 3.4 7.1 1.9 1.5 2.2 1.2 0.7 1.9 $7,500 to $9,999................... 5.0 3.9 6.1 4.5 2.8 6.4 3.3 2.4 4.3 2.0 1.1 3.2 $10,000 to $12,499................. 8.7 7.0 10.2 6.5 4.9 8.4 8.7 6.1 11.4 4.9 3.1 7.5 $12,500 to $14,999................. 5.6 5.5 5.6 4.1 3.1 5.3 6.2 5.9 6.6 3.9 2.5 6.0 $15,000 to $17,499................. 8.8 8.5 9.1 6.1 5.1 7.2 11.3 10.3 12.3 6.5 4.8 8.9 $17,500 to $19,999................. 5.7 5.5 5.9 4.3 3.5 5.2 6.8 6.1 7.5 5.0 3.6 7.1 $20,000 to $22,499................. 7.6 7.5 7.7 6.6 6.1 7.2 10.3 9.0 11.7 7.9 6.6 9.8 $22,500 to $24,999................. 4.2 3.5 4.8 3.8 3.7 4.0 5.7 4.5 6.9 4.9 4.3 5.8 $25,000 to $29,999................. 8.9 11.0 7.0 8.9 9.2 8.5 12.4 14.3 10.5 11.6 10.9 12.7 $30,000 to $34,999................. 6.7 7.6 6.0 8.2 9.1 7.2 9.4 10.0 8.8 10.9 11.0 10.6 $35,000 to $39,999................. 4.6 5.8 3.6 5.9 7.1 4.5 6.6 7.6 5.7 8.2 8.9 7.0 $40,000 to $44,999................. 3.5 5.0 2.1 4.8 6.3 3.1 5.1 7.1 3.0 6.8 8.2 4.8 $45,000 to $49,999................. 2.1 2.8 1.5 3.3 4.1 2.3 3.1 3.7 2.4 4.4 5.2 3.2 $50,000 to $59,999................. 2.6 3.0 2.2 4.9 6.8 2.6 3.2 3.3 3.1 6.9 8.7 4.1 $60,000 to $74,999................. 2.3 3.8 0.9 4.1 6.2 1.7 3.1 4.9 1.3 5.6 7.6 2.6 $75,000 and over................... 0.9 1.5 0.4 5.7 8.8 2.1 1.1 1.8 0.5 7.9 11.2 3.0 Median earnings........(dollars)... 17,243 20,509 15,321 22,364 28,597 16,936 22,440 25,597 20,812 30,200 34,855 24,241 Standard error......(dollars)... 255 440 345 175 539 222 353 351 339 164 483 362 NORTH AND WEST Total..............thousands... 11,116 4,977 6,138 102,894 49,716 53,178 4,329 2,057 2,272 45,552 27,411 18,141 Total with earnings....thousands... 6,913 3,159 3,754 72,863 38,567 34,295 4,329 2,057 2,272 45,536 27,407 18,129 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............... 10.0 11.0 9.1 9.2 7.1 11.5 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.9 0.9 1.0 $2,500 to $4,999................... 6.4 5.0 7.5 5.4 4.1 6.9 0.7 0.4 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.7 $5,000 to $7,499................... 5.9 4.9 6.7 5.8 4.1 7.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.1 0.9 1.4 $7,500 to $9,999................... 5.3 4.3 6.1 3.9 2.7 5.2 2.2 1.8 2.5 1.3 0.8 2.0 $10,000 to $12,499................. 6.7 5.3 7.8 5.8 4.2 7.6 5.3 4.9 5.7 3.8 2.6 5.6 $12,500 to $14,999................. 3.8 4.4 3.3 3.7 2.8 4.7 4.0 4.3 3.6 3.2 2.2 4.6 $15,000 to $17,499................. 7.0 5.2 8.5 5.1 4.0 6.2 8.6 5.8 11.0 5.2 3.8 7.3 $17,500 to $19,999................. 5.0 3.8 6.1 3.5 2.7 4.4 6.3 3.8 8.5 4.0 2.7 6.0 $20,000 to $22,499................. 7.3 7.4 7.3 6.1 5.0 7.4 9.9 9.8 10.1 7.4 5.4 10.3 $22,500 to $24,999................. 4.2 5.2 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.5 5.8 6.4 5.2 4.4 3.7 5.5 $25,000 to $29,999................. 9.0 8.7 9.3 8.1 7.9 8.2 12.6 11.4 13.7 10.8 9.4 12.9 $30,000 to $34,999................. 7.8 7.2 8.4 8.0 8.6 7.4 11.2 9.7 12.6 11.1 10.8 11.5 $35,000 to $39,999................. 6.1 7.5 4.9 6.2 7.4 4.9 9.0 11.2 7.0 8.8 9.4 7.9 $40,000 to $44,999................. 3.7 4.8 2.8 5.3 6.6 3.9 5.2 6.2 4.3 7.5 8.4 6.2 $45,000 to $49,999................. 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.9 4.9 2.7 4.0 4.2 3.8 5.6 6.3 4.5 $50,000 to $59,999................. 3.8 4.8 2.9 5.9 8.0 3.5 5.6 6.9 4.4 8.5 10.4 5.6 $60,000 to $74,999................. 3.0 4.3 2.0 4.9 7.1 2.3 4.5 6.2 3.0 7.2 9.4 3.8 $75,000 and over................... 2.1 3.2 1.1 6.0 9.6 2.0 2.9 4.4 1.6 8.8 12.4 3.4 Median earnings........(dollars)... 19,972 22,032 17,885 23,699 30,873 17,633 26,510 29,097 25,154 32,318 37,403 26,678 Standard error......(dollars)... 424 511 534 217 154 222 373 1,204 608 113 233 171 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------