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Historical Income Tables - Experimental Measures


  Table RDI-1. Household Income Before and After Taxes:

  1980 to 2003



  (Households as of March of the following year.  After tax

  income includes the earned credit but excludes capital

  gains and capital losses.  The following taxes are used to

  determine after tax income:  Federal and state personal income

  taxes, federal retirement or FICA payroll taxes, and property

  taxes on own home.  Income in current and 2003 CPI-U-RS

  adjusted dollars28/)

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                    Number          Mean                 Median

                        of  ____________________  ____________________

                households     Before      After     Before      After

  Year            (thous.)      taxes      taxes      taxes      taxes

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  In Current Dollars

  2003             112,000    $59,067    $46,345    $43,318    $36,751

  2002             111,278     57,852     45,262     42,409     35,689

  2001             109,297     58,208     43,384     42,228     35,230

  2000 30/         108,209     57,135     42,238     41,990     34,566

  1999 29/         106,434     54,737     40,700     40,696     33,593

  1998             103,874     51,855     38,963     38,885     32,064

  1997             102,528     49,692     37,656     37,005     30,648

  1996             101,018     47,123     36,008     35,492     29,312

  1995 25/          99,627     44,938     34,592     34,076     28,249

  1994 24/          98,990     43,133     33,315     32,264     26,973

  1993 23/          97,107     41,428     32,092     31,241     26,112

  1992 22/          96,426     38,840     30,425     30,636     25,474

  1991              95,669     37,922     29,640     30,126     24,955

  1990 */           94,312     37,403     29,188     29,943     24,546

  1989 */           93,347     36,520     28,156     28,906     23,774

  1988              92,830     34,017     26,371     27,225     22,431

  1987 21/          91,124     32,410     25,110     26,061     21,540

  1986              89,479     30,759     23,683     24,897     20,354

  1985 20/          88,458     29,066     22,646     23,618     19,401

  1984 19/          86,789     27,464     21,564     22,415     18,530

  1983 */           85,290     25,609     20,147     21,018     17,427

  1982 */           83,918     24,309     18,926     20,171     16,532

  1981              83,527     22,787     17,495     19,074     15,522

  1980              82,368     21,063     16,272     17,710     14,551









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  In 2003 Dollars

  2003             112,000    $59,067    $46,345    $43,318    $36,751

  2002             111,278     59,177     46,299     43,381     36,507

  2001             109,297     60,488     45,084     43,882     36,610

  2000 30/         108,209     61,031     45,118     44,853     36,923

  1999 29/         106,434     60,420     44,926     44,922     37,081

  1998             103,874     58,443     43,913     43,825     36,138

  1997             102,528     56,794     43,038     42,294     35,028

  1996             101,018     55,008     42,033     41,431     34,216

  1995 25/          99,627     53,865     41,464     40,845     33,861

  1994 24/          98,990     52,958     40,903     39,613     33,117

  1993 23/          97,107     51,935     40,231     39,165     32,735

  1992 22/          96,426     49,905     39,093     39,364     32,731

  1991              95,669     49,947     39,039     39,679     32,868

  1990 */           94,312     51,046     39,834     40,865     33,499

  1989 */           93,347     52,319     40,337     41,411     34,059

  1988              92,830     50,826     39,402     40,678     33,515

  1987 21/          91,124     50,189     38,884     40,357     33,356

  1986              89,479     49,255     37,924     39,868     32,593

  1985 20/          88,458     47,394     36,926     38,510     31,634

  1984 19/          86,789     46,274     36,333     37,767     31,221

  1983 */           85,290     44,870     35,300     36,826     30,534

  1982 */           83,918     44,362     34,539     36,811     30,170

  1981              83,527     44,045     33,816     36,868     30,002

  1980              82,368     44,537     34,406     37,447     30,767

 

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*/  Revised based on new IRS tax data.  For further details, see

P-60, No. 176-RD; P-23, Nos. 143 and 147.                       

 

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Last Revised: August 26, 2008