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Historical Income Tables - People

                                                                                              



 Table P-2.  Race and Hispanic Origin of People by Median Income and
 Sex:  1947 to 2007

 (People 15 years old and over begining with March 1980, and people
 14 years old and over as of March of the following year for previous
 years.  Income in current and 2007 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars 28/)
 ________________________________________________________________________
                          Male                         Female
              _____________________________ _____________________________
 Race,           Number    Median income       Number    Median income
 Hispanic          with ___________________      with ___________________
 origin, and     income   Current      2007    income   Current      2007
 year          (thous.)   dollars   dollars  (thous.)   dollars   dollars
 ________________________________________________________________________
 ALL RACES

 2007           104,789   $33,196   $33,196   105,230   $20,922   $20,922
 2006           103,909    32,265    33,180   104,582    20,014    20,582
 2005           102,986    31,275    33,217   104,245    18,576    19,729
 2004 35/       101,772    30,516    33,497   103,384    17,667    19,393
 2003           100,769    29,931    33,743   102,713    17,259    19,457
 2002            99,788    29,238    33,698   102,487    16,812    19,376
 2001            98,873    29,101    34,082   101,941    16,614    19,458
 2000 30/        98,504    28,343    34,126   101,704    16,063    19,340
 1999 29/        97,063    27,293    33,963   101,036    15,304    19,044
 1998            94,948    26,492    33,654    98,694    14,430    18,331
 1997            94,168    25,212    32,475    97,447    13,703    17,650
 1996            93,439    23,834    31,363    96,558    12,815    16,863
 1995 25/        92,066    22,562    30,480    96,007    12,130    16,387
 1994 24/        91,254    21,720    30,049    95,147    11,466    15,863
 1993 23/        90,194    21,102    29,817    94,417    11,046    15,608
 1992 22/        90,175    20,455    29,617    93,517    10,714    15,513
 1991            88,653    20,469    30,389    92,569    10,476    15,553
 1990            88,220    20,293    31,208    92,245    10,070    15,486
 1989            87,454    19,893    32,118    91,399     9,624    15,538
 1988            86,584    18,908    31,845    90,593     8,884    14,962
 1987 21/        85,713    17,786    31,054    89,661     8,295    14,483
 1986            84,471    17,114    30,890    87,822     7,610    13,736
 1985 20/        83,631    16,311    29,974    86,531     7,217    13,262
 1984 19/        82,183    15,600    29,652    85,555     6,868    13,054
 1983            80,909    14,631    28,948    83,830     6,319    12,503
 1982            79,722    13,950    28,779    82,505     5,887    12,145
 1981            79,688    13,473    29,472    82,139     5,458    11,939
 1980            78,661    12,530    30,019    80,826     4,920    11,787
 1979 18/        78,129    11,779    31,352    79,921     4,352    11,584
 1978            75,609    10,935    31,894    71,864     4,068    11,865
 1977            74,015    10,123    31,550    65,407     3,941    12,283
 1976 17/        72,775     9,426    31,232    63,170     3,576    11,849
 1975 16/        71,234     8,853    31,021    60,807     3,385    11,861
 1974 16/15/     70,863     8,452    32,050    59,642     3,082    11,687
 1973            69,387     8,056    33,603    57,029     2,796    11,663
 1972 14/        67,474     7,450    33,021    54,487     2,599    11,520
 1971 13/        66,486     6,903    31,514    52,603     2,408    10,993
 1970            65,008     6,670    31,784    51,647     2,237    10,660
 1969            63,882     6,429    32,145    50,224     2,132    10,660
 1968            62,501     5,980    31,233    48,544     2,019    10,545
 1967 12/        61,444     5,553    30,141    46,843     1,801     9,775
 1966 11/        60,085     5,306    29,700    44,065     1,638     9,169
 1965 10/        59,157     5,023    28,913    42,160     1,521     8,755
 1964            58,533     4,647    27,160    41,704     1,449     8,469
 1963            57,686     4,511    26,724    40,364     1,372     8,128
 1962 9/         56,624     4,372    26,258    38,988     1,342     8,060
 1961 8/         55,839     4,189    25,409    38,076     1,279     7,758
 1960            55,172     4,080    24,997    36,526     1,261     7,726
 1959            54,285     3,997    24,889    34,380     1,223     7,616
 1958            53,543     3,743    23,500    33,340     1,176     7,383
 1957            52,877     3,677    23,721    32,702     1,200     7,742
 1956            52,016     3,601    23,994    31,823     1,149     7,656
 1955            51,446     3,358    22,722    29,791     1,120     7,579
 1954            49,712     3,193    21,510    27,715     1,160     7,815
 1953            49,667     3,221    21,893    27,379     1,166     7,925
 1952 7/         49,242     3,105    21,247    27,150     1,147     7,849
 1951            47,497     2,952    20,569    25,179     1,045     7,282
 1950            47,585     2,570    19,323    24,651       953     7,165
 1949 6/         48,258     2,346    17,859    23,510       960     7,308
 1948            47,370     2,396    18,014    22,725     1,009     7,586
 1947 5/         46,813     2,230    18,108    21,479     1,017     8,258






 WHITE ALONE 31/

 2007            87,223   $35,141   $35,141    85,230   $21,069   $21,069
 2006            86,674    33,843    34,803    84,955    20,082    20,652
 2005            85,996    32,179    34,177    84,768    18,669    19,828
 2004 35/        85,140    31,345    34,407    84,374    17,699    19,428
 2003            84,405    30,732    34,646    83,852    17,422    19,641
 2002            83,899    30,383    35,018    84,014    16,838    19,406






 WHITE 32/

 2001            83,750    30,240    35,416    84,207    16,652    19,502
 2000 30/        83,372    29,797    35,877    84,123    16,079    19,360
 1999 29/        81,911    28,664    35,669    83,690    15,352    19,104
 1998            80,896    27,646    35,120    82,063    14,617    18,569
 1997            80,400    26,115    33,638    81,352    13,792    17,765
 1996            80,041    24,949    32,830    80,741    12,961    17,055
 1995 25/        79,022    23,895    32,281    80,608    12,316    16,638
 1994 24/        78,220    22,669    31,362    80,045    11,630    16,090
 1993 23/        77,650    21,981    31,059    79,484    11,266    15,919
 1992 22/        77,467    21,406    30,994    78,885    10,963    15,874
 1991            76,578    21,395    31,764    78,721    10,721    15,917
 1990            76,480    21,170    32,557    78,566    10,317    15,866
 1989            75,858    20,863    33,684    77,933     9,812    15,842
 1988            75,247    19,959    33,615    77,493     9,103    15,331
 1987 21/        74,647    18,905    33,008    76,940     8,507    14,853
 1986            73,827    18,060    32,598    75,587     7,760    14,007
 1985 20/        73,222    17,111    31,444    74,640     7,357    13,520
 1984 19/        72,162    16,467    31,300    73,977     6,949    13,208
 1983            71,444    15,401    30,472    72,796     6,421    12,704
 1982            70,477    14,748    30,425    71,624     5,967    12,310
 1981            70,351    14,296    31,273    71,566     5,519    12,073
 1980            69,420    13,328    31,931    70,573     4,947    11,852
 1979 18/        69,247    12,305    32,752    69,839     4,393    11,693
 1978            67,273    11,453    33,405    62,695     4,117    12,008
 1977            65,974    10,603    33,046    56,813     4,001    12,470
 1976 17/        64,946     9,937    32,925    55,026     3,606    11,948
 1975 16/        63,629     9,300    32,587    52,936     3,420    11,984
 1974 16/15/     63,388     8,854    33,575    52,038     3,117    11,820
 1973            62,082     8,453    35,259    49,741     2,823    11,775
 1972 14/        60,565     7,814    34,634    47,519     2,616    11,595
 1971 13/        59,729     7,237    33,038    45,941     2,448    11,176
 1970            58,447     7,011    33,409    45,288     2,266    10,798
 1969            57,343     6,765    33,825    44,025     2,182    10,910
 1968            56,219     6,267    32,732    42,482     2,079    10,859
 1967 12/        55,270     5,846    31,731    41,045     1,855    10,069
 1966 11/        54,056     5,592    31,301    38,682     1,715     9,600
 1965 10/        53,276     5,290    30,450    36,996     1,613     9,285
 1964            52,749     4,936    28,849    36,614     1,518     8,872
 1963            51,972     4,806    28,471    35,483     1,438     8,519
 1962 9/         51,071     4,657    27,970    34,233     1,413     8,486
 1961 8/         50,423     4,429    26,865    33,312     1,356     8,225
 1960            49,788     4,296    26,321    32,001     1,352     8,283
 1959            48,991     4,209    26,209    30,137     1,312     8,170
 1958            48,423     3,976    24,963    29,205     1,279     8,030
 1957            47,833     3,908    25,212    28,673     1,313     8,471
 1956            47,038     3,817    25,433    27,668     1,265     8,429
 1955            46,586     3,544    23,981    25,985     1,252     8,472
 1954            45,019     3,364    22,662    24,240     1,289     8,684
 1953            44,991     3,390    23,041    23,738     1,293     8,788
 1952 7/           (NA)     3,255    22,273      (NA)     1,339     9,162
 1951              (NA)     3,101    21,608      (NA)     1,221     8,508
 1950              (NA)     2,709    20,368      (NA)     1,060     7,970
 1949 6/           (NA)     2,471    18,810      (NA)     1,070     8,145
 1948              (NA)     2,510    18,871      (NA)     1,133     8,518






 WHITE ALONE, NOT HISPANIC 31/

 2007            73,617   $37,373   $37,373    74,902   $21,687   $21,687
 2006            73,246    36,564    37,601    74,761    20,727    21,315
 2005            73,219    35,345    37,539    75,014    19,451    20,659
 2004 35/        72,797    33,678    36,968    74,813    18,435    20,236
 2003            72,535    32,331    36,449    74,486    18,301    20,632
 2002            72,146    32,034    36,920    74,814    17,389    20,041






 WHITE, NOT HISPANIC 32/

 2001            72,649    31,791    37,232    75,117    17,229    20,178
 2000 30/        72,530    31,508    37,937    75,206    16,665    20,065
 1999 29/        71,553    30,869    38,413    75,158    15,911    19,799
 1998            71,707    29,862    37,935    74,106    15,217    19,331
 1997            71,150    27,559    35,498    73,709    14,389    18,534
 1996            71,084    26,290    34,595    73,445    13,514    17,783
 1995 25/        70,754    25,481    34,423    73,506    12,807    17,301
 1994 24/        70,919    24,122    33,372    73,665    11,945    16,525
 1993 23/        70,179    23,171    32,740    73,128    11,599    16,389
 1992 22/        69,907    22,399    32,432    72,559    11,252    16,292
 1991            69,976    22,174    32,920    72,949    11,000    16,331
 1990            69,987    21,958    33,769    72,939    10,581    16,272
 1989            69,558    21,660    34,971    72,509    10,013    16,166
 1988            69,143    20,703    34,868    72,216     9,316    15,690
 1987 21/        68,762    19,694    34,385    71,817     8,698    15,187
 1986            68,131    18,872    34,064    70,671     7,891    14,243
 1985 20/        67,859    17,692    32,512    69,972     7,438    13,669
 1984 19/        67,126    16,957    32,231    69,497     7,060    13,419
 1983              (NA)      (NA)      (NA)      (NA)      (NA)      (NA)
 1982            66,476    15,125    31,203    67,894     6,145    12,677
 1981            66,327    14,672    32,095    67,889     5,618    12,289
 1980            65,564    13,681    32,776    67,084     4,980    11,931
 1979 18/        65,506    12,564    33,442    66,447     4,507    11,996
 1978            63,916    11,575    33,760    59,833     4,299    12,539
 1977            62,678    10,818    33,716    54,110     4,184    13,040
 1976 17/        61,921    10,119    33,528    52,538     3,853    12,766
 1975 16/        60,755     9,514    33,337    50,628     3,616    12,671
 1974 16/15/     60,397     9,041    34,284    49,757     3,273    12,411
 1973            59,151     8,574    35,764    47,526     2,883    12,026
 1972 14/        57,870     7,903    35,029    45,594     2,640    11,701






 BLACK ALONE OR IN COMBINATION

 2007            10,981   $25,792   $25,792    13,427   $19,712   $19,712
 2006            10,738    25,075    25,786    13,172    19,065    19,606
 2005            10,651    22,609    24,013    13,237    17,595    18,687
 2004 35/        10,335    22,713    24,932    12,994    17,347    19,042
 2003            10,291    21,935    24,729    12,924    16,540    18,647
 2002            10,096    21,509    24,790    12,665    16,671    19,214






 BLACK ALONE 33/

 2007            10,596   $25,822   $25,822    13,058   $19,752   $19,752
 2006            10,434    25,064    25,775    12,840    19,103    19,645
 2005            10,300    22,653    24,059    12,872    17,631    18,726
 2004 35/        10,070    22,690    24,907    12,623    17,359    19,055
 2003            10,003    21,986    24,786    12,564    16,581    18,693
 2002             9,781    21,561    24,850    12,332    16,729    19,281






 BLACK 3/32/

 2001             9,944    21,466    25,140    12,414    16,282    19,069
 2000 30/         9,905    21,343    25,698    12,461    15,881    19,121
 1999 29/        10,317    20,441    25,436    12,383    14,776    18,387
 1998             9,776    19,321    24,544    12,272    13,137    16,688
 1997             9,671    18,096    23,309    11,961    13,048    16,807
 1996             9,410    16,491    21,701    11,817    11,772    15,491
 1995 25/         9,339    16,006    21,623    11,607    10,961    14,808
 1994 24/         9,199    14,982    20,727    11,450    10,544    14,587
 1993 23/         8,947    14,605    20,637    11,267     9,508    13,435
 1992 22/         9,104    13,064    18,916    11,076     8,887    12,868
 1991             8,943    12,962    19,244    10,727     8,816    13,089
 1990             8,820    12,868    19,789    10,687     8,328    12,807
 1989             8,806    12,609    20,358    10,577     7,875    12,714
 1988             8,610    12,044    20,284    10,380     7,349    12,377
 1987 21/         8,488    11,215    19,581    10,164     6,949    12,133
 1986             8,285    10,822    19,533     9,819     6,566    11,851
 1985 20/         8,127    10,768    19,788     9,611     6,277    11,535
 1984 19/         7,851     9,448    17,958     9,460     6,164    11,716
 1983             7,580     8,967    17,742     9,109     5,543    10,967
 1982             7,290     8,838    18,233     8,921     5,263    10,858
 1981             7,459     8,501    18,596     8,829     4,903    10,725
 1980             7,387     8,009    19,188     8,596     4,580    10,973
 1979 18/         7,288     7,617    20,274     8,533     3,998    10,642
 1978             6,971     6,861    20,011     7,959     3,707    10,812
 1977             6,777     6,292    19,610     7,562     3,455    10,768
 1976 17/         6,651     5,983    19,824     7,188     3,398    11,259
 1975 16/         6,485     5,560    19,482     6,969     3,107    10,887
 1974 16/15/      6,409     5,486    20,803     6,779     2,814    10,671
 1973             6,394     5,113    21,328     6,513     2,548    10,628
 1972 14/         6,043     4,733    20,978     6,274     2,444    10,833
 1971 13/         6,024     4,316    19,703     6,151     2,145     9,792
 1970             5,844     4,157    19,809     5,844     2,063     9,831
 1969             5,870     3,937    19,685     5,728     1,840     9,200
 1968             5,715     3,718    19,419     5,629     1,649     8,613
 1967 12/         5,572     3,346    18,161     5,397     1,460     7,925
 1966 11/         6,029     3,097    17,335     5,383     1,305     7,305
 1965 10/         5,881     2,847    16,388     5,165     1,174     6,758
 1964             5,784     2,798    16,353     5,090     1,065     6,224
 1963             5,714     2,498    14,798     4,881       963     5,705
 1962 9/          5,553     2,293    13,772     4,755       949     5,700
 1961 8/          5,416     2,289    13,884     4,764       909     5,514
 1960             5,384     2,260    13,846     4,525       837     5,128
 1959             5,294     1,981    12,336     4,243       808     5,031
 1958             5,120     1,981    12,437     4,135       750     4,709
 1957             5,044     2,069    13,348     4,029       760     4,903
 1956             4,978     2,003    13,346     4,155       727     4,844
 1955             4,860     1,865    12,620     3,806       653     4,419
 1954             4,693     1,674    11,277     3,475       699     4,709
 1953             4,676     1,873    12,731     3,641       757     5,145
 1952 7/           (NA)     1,784    12,207      (NA)       517     3,538
 1951              (NA)     1,708    11,901      (NA)       518     3,609
 1950              (NA)     1,471    11,060      (NA)       474     3,564
 1949 6/           (NA)     1,196     9,105      (NA)       495     3,768
 1948              (NA)     1,363    10,248      (NA)       492     3,699






 ASIAN ALONE OR IN COMBINATION

 2007             4,709   $36,729   $36,729     4,786   $24,095   $24,095
 2006             4,692    37,105    38,158     4,687    22,082    22,708
 2005             4,518    33,036    35,087     4,520    21,623    22,965
 2004 35/         4,352    32,466    35,638     4,294    20,616    22,630
 2003             4,266    31,737    35,779     4,252    17,879    20,156
 2002             4,139    30,839    35,543     4,137    17,898    20,628






 ASIAN ALONE 34/

 2007             4,446   $37,193   $37,193     4,497   $24,355   $24,355
 2006             4,432    37,417    38,478     4,419    22,201    22,831
 2005             4,245    34,215    36,339     4,255    21,641    22,985
 2004 35/         4,122    33,019    36,245     4,040    20,522    22,527
 2003             4,034    32,291    36,404     4,039    17,679    19,931
 2002             3,902    31,085    35,827     3,951    18,087    20,846






 ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER 32/

 2001             4,165    31,096    36,418     4,164    18,525    21,696
 2000 30/         4,303    30,833    37,124     4,192    17,356    20,897
 1999 29/         3,934    27,878    34,691     4,003    16,797    20,902
 1998             3,500    25,124    31,916     3,591    15,228    19,345
 1997             3,330    25,046    32,261     3,415    14,312    18,435
 1996             3,277    23,374    30,758     3,226    14,634    19,257
 1995 25/         3,095    22,162    29,939     3,025    12,862    17,376
 1994 24/         2,218    22,890    31,667     2,258    12,362    17,102
 1993 23/         2,330    21,641    30,579     2,509    12,365    17,472
 1992 22/         2,558    19,890    28,799     2,605    11,871    17,188
 1991             2,358    19,628    29,141     2,393    11,026    16,370
 1990             2,235    19,394    29,826     2,333    11,086    17,049
 1989             2,112    20,610    33,275     2,235    11,209    18,097
 1988             2,123    18,422    31,026     2,093     9,244    15,569






 HISPANIC ORIGIN 4/

 2007            14,609   $24,451   $24,451    11,265   $16,748   $16,748
 2006            14,358    23,452    24,117    11,090    15,758    16,205
 2005            13,714    22,089    23,460    10,638    15,036    15,970
 2004 35/        13,256    21,556    23,662    10,396    14,452    15,864
 2003            12,753    21,053    23,734    10,175    13,642    15,379
 2002            12,624    20,702    23,860    10,018    13,364    15,402
 2001            11,766    20,189    23,644     9,691    12,583    14,737
 2000 30/        11,343    19,498    23,476     9,431    12,248    14,747
 1999 29/        10,943    17,867    22,233     9,039    11,376    14,156
 1998             9,617    17,257    21,922     8,405    10,862    13,798
 1997             9,585    16,216    20,887     8,055    10,260    13,216
 1996             9,305    15,437    20,314     7,744     9,484    12,480
 1995 25/         8,577    14,840    20,048     7,478     8,928    12,061
 1994 24/         8,375    14,500    20,060     7,298     8,613    11,916
 1993 23/         8,208    13,689    19,342     7,053     8,100    11,445
 1992 22/         8,056    13,408    19,414     6,749     8,308    12,029
 1991             6,939    13,818    20,515     6,084     8,013    11,896
 1990             6,767    13,470    20,715     5,903     7,532    11,583
 1989             6,592    13,400    21,635     5,677     7,647    12,346
 1988             6,342    13,030    21,945     5,532     6,990    11,772
 1987 21/         6,102    12,230    21,353     5,357     6,630    11,576
 1986             5,870    11,532    20,815     5,096     6,338    11,440
 1985 20/         5,523    11,434    21,012     4,843     6,020    11,063
 1984 19/         5,174    11,101    21,100     4,617     5,830    11,081
 1983             4,236    11,278    22,314     4,098     5,402    10,688
 1982             4,092    10,471    21,602     3,832     5,140    10,604
 1981             4,131    10,203    22,319     3,787     5,060    11,069
 1980             3,996     9,659    23,141     3,617     4,405    10,553
 1979 18/         3,852     8,871    23,612     3,495     4,150    11,046
 1978             3,447     8,380    24,442     2,949     3,788    11,048
 1977             3,376     7,797    24,301     2,780     3,669    11,435
 1976 17/         3,099     7,050    23,359     2,568     3,359    11,130
 1975 16/         2,945     6,777    23,747     2,380     3,202    11,220
 1974 16/15/      3,052     6,443    24,432     2,353     3,008    11,406
 1973             2,867     6,200    25,862     2,154     2,652    11,062
 1972 14/         2,709     5,786    25,645     1,928     2,647    11,732
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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