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Historical Income Tables - Households

                                                                                          
                                                                                               



  Table H-3.  Mean Household Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent
  All Races: 1967 to 2006

  (Households as of March of the following year.  Income in current
  and 2006 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars28/)
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                  Lowest     Second      Third     Fourth    Highest      Top 5
  Year             fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth    percent
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  Current Dollars

  2006            $11,352    $28,777    $48,223    $76,329   $168,170   $297,405
  2005             10,655     27,357     46,301     72,825    159,583    281,155
  2004 35/         10,244     26,212     44,411     70,026    151,438    263,896
  2003              9,996     25,678     43,588     68,994    147,078    253,239
  2002              9,990     25,400     42,802     67,326    143,743    251,010
  2001             10,136     25,468     42,629     66,839    145,970    260,464
  2000 30/         10,157     25,361     42,233     65,653    142,269    252,400
  1999 29/          9,915     24,345     40,750     63,423    135,250    235,077
  1998              9,223     23,288     38,967     60,266    127,529    222,283
  1997              8,839     22,098     37,177     57,582    122,764    215,436
  1996              8,595     21,097     35,486     54,922    115,514    201,220
  1995 25/          8,345     20,397     34,106     52,429    109,411    188,828
  1994 24/          7,714     19,224     32,385     50,395    105,945    183,044
  1993 23/          7,359     18,656     31,272     48,599    101,253    173,784
  1992 22/          7,256     18,181     30,631     47,021     91,110    144,608
  1991              7,226     18,150     30,148     45,957     88,127    137,530
  1990              7,166     18,030     29,781     44,901     87,137    138,756
  1989              6,994     17,401     28,925     43,753     85,529    138,185
  1988              6,465     16,317     27,291     41,254     78,759    124,215
  1987 21/          6,132     15,584     26,055     39,383     74,897    118,000
  1986              5,774     14,853     24,855     37,443     70,871    111,024
  1985 20/          5,614     14,227     23,615     35,522     66,353    102,354
  1984              5,436     13,540     22,438     33,784     62,121     93,774
  1983 19/          5,053     12,693     20,986     31,492     57,819     87,359
  1982              4,790     12,121     20,064     29,840     54,729     82,697
  1981              4,602     11,464     18,991     28,309     50,568     75,144
  1980              4,310     10,727     17,701     26,078     46,497     69,484
  1979 18/          4,006      9,964     16,428     24,108     43,265     65,984
  1978              3,685      9,050     14,943     21,890     39,081     59,486
  1977              3,335      8,209     13,579     19,896     35,480     54,277
  1976 17/          3,152      7,717     12,691     18,430     32,619     49,700
  1975 16/          2,909      7,146     11,724     17,036     30,078     45,644
  1974 16/15/       2,783      6,917     11,147     16,099     28,523     43,355
  1973              2,539      6,384     10,471     15,064     26,953     41,516
  1972 14/          2,283      5,897      9,624     13,817     24,805     38,447
  1971 13/          2,092      5,529      8,965     12,745     22,583     34,638
  1970              1,992      5,396      8,689     12,248     21,683     33,281
  1969              1,932      5,216      8,335     11,675     20,520     31,585
  1968              1,806      4,842      7,680     10,713     18,616     28,461
  1967 12/          1,600      4,433      7,077      9,902     17,820     28,110



  2006 Dollars

  2006            $11,352    $28,777    $48,223    $76,329   $168,170   $297,405
  2005             11,004     28,254     47,819     75,213    164,815    290,373
  2004 35/         10,935     27,979     47,405     74,747    161,647    281,686
  2003             10,958     28,150     47,784     75,635    161,236    277,616
  2002             11,196     28,467     47,970     75,455    161,099    281,317
  2001             11,543     29,004     48,548     76,119    166,237    296,628
  2000 30/         11,892     29,693     49,447     76,868    166,571    295,515
  1999 29/         11,998     29,459     49,310     76,745    163,660    284,456
  1998             11,393     28,768     48,136     74,446    157,536    274,585
  1997             11,071     27,679     46,566     72,124    153,767    269,842
  1996             10,998     26,996     45,408     70,278    147,812    257,482
  1995 25/         10,963     26,795     44,804     68,874    143,729    248,057
  1994 24/         10,378     25,862     43,567     67,796    142,528    246,249
  1993 23/         10,111     25,634     42,968     66,776    139,123    238,782
  1992 22/         10,216     25,599     43,128     66,205    128,282    203,606
  1991             10,432     26,203     43,524     66,347    127,228    198,550
  1990             10,716     26,963     44,536     67,147    130,309    207,503
  1989             10,981     27,319     45,412     68,692    134,280    216,949
  1988             10,588     26,723     44,695     67,563    128,985    203,430
  1987 21/         10,411     26,459     44,237     66,865    127,162    200,343
  1986             10,134     26,070     43,625     65,719    124,392    194,868
  1985 20/         10,032     25,423     42,199     63,477    118,570    182,903
  1984             10,047     25,026     41,472     62,443    114,819    173,324
  1983 19/          9,722     24,421     40,377     60,590    111,242    168,077
  1982              9,609     24,316     40,250     59,862    109,792    165,898
  1981              9,789     24,386     40,397     60,218    107,566    159,843
  1980             10,041     24,990     41,237     60,753    108,322    161,874
  1979 18/         10,369     25,790     42,520     62,398    111,982    170,786
  1978             10,451     25,668     42,381     62,085    110,842    168,715
  1977              9,875     24,307     40,207     58,912    105,056    160,714
  1976 17/          9,929     24,309     39,977     58,055    102,750    156,555
  1975 16/          9,689     23,801     39,049     56,742    100,181    152,027
  1974 16/15/      10,037     24,947     40,203     58,062    102,870    156,363
  1973             10,064     25,305     41,506     59,712    106,838    164,563
  1972 14/          9,616     24,838     40,536     58,196    104,477    161,937
  1971 13/          9,083     24,005     38,923     55,334     98,047    150,386
  1970              9,033     24,468     39,400     55,538     98,321    150,911
  1969              9,182     24,791     39,615     55,489     97,528    150,117
  1968              8,957     24,015     38,091     53,134     92,332    141,161
  1967 12/          8,254     22,868     36,507     51,080     91,925    145,006
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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