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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit
Def 7
Households With a
White alone, not Hispanic Householder
Total 82003 82003 82003 82003 82003 82003 82003
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 81370 76493 76493 76493 76493 76501 76501
With addition or deduction (X) 32754 12498 46011 61910 65212 8064
Mean addition or deduction (X) 13648 12407 6247 5027 10987 1588
Standard error (X) 56 765 17 16 108 17
Agg addition or deduction (X) 447048185 155064595 287432271 311194778 716482812 12808234
Agg square for addition or
deduction (X) 9061819789188 8.20917968E13 2304372086470 2473069921194 5.17664846E13 37271154004
Mean total income (X) 34678 140288 96957 79992 69334 29802
Standard error (X) 335 1621 488 411 300 314
Tally total income (X) 1135843715 1753361472 4461097477 4952306602 4521456635 240328530
Agg square for total income (X) 1.449334367E14 6.06033957E14 8.74317069E14 9.62850257E14 6.48228268E14 1.2783271E13
Under $2,500 1458 9799 9788 9742 9789 9791 9756
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 571 1946 1954 1923 2031 2039 1926
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 1319 1890 1884 1851 1847 1861 1855
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 1876 1513 1517 1497 1740 1833 1745
$10,000 to $12,499 2484 2002 1988 1890 1848 1956 1912
$12,500 to $14,999 2376 1624 1629 1602 1834 1914 1815
$15,000 to $17,499 2404 1831 1810 1622 1591 1714 1724
$17,500 to $19,999 2240 1554 1532 1418 1711 1920 1900
$20,000 to $22,499 2523 1988 1945 1742 1747 1997 1977
$22,500 to $24,999 2139 1552 1534 1532 1857 1861 1908
$25,000 to $27,499 2601 2014 1977 1778 1585 1963 1966
$27,500 to $29,999 1954 1461 1435 1385 1798 1959 1976
$30,000 to $32,499 2543 2233 2201 1866 1844 1957 2048
$32,500 to $34,999 1821 1428 1426 1441 1640 1958 2003
$35,000 to $37,499 2439 2166 2155 1754 1876 2058 2083
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit
Def 7
$37,500 to $39,999 1744 1451 1454 1624 1698 1871 1933
$40,000 to $42,499 2428 2280 2220 1721 1721 1914 1942
$42,500 to $44,999 1667 1335 1337 1519 1726 1921 1947
$45,000 to $47,499 2038 1740 1726 1628 1674 1707 1726
$47,500 to $49,999 1681 1444 1453 1512 1569 1694 1683
$50,000 to $52,499 2221 2079 1986 1553 1592 1659 1665
$52,500 to $54,999 1463 1241 1265 1462 1492 1629 1637
$55,000 to $57,499 1830 1715 1627 1508 1481 1632 1621
$57,500 to $59,999 1301 1167 1190 1331 1462 1554 1586
$60,000 to $62,499 1989 1909 1797 1412 1463 1513 1519
$62,500 to $64,999 1256 1108 1108 1338 1385 1505 1503
$65,000 to $67,499 1554 1454 1454 1325 1278 1326 1329
$67,500 to $69,999 1318 1042 1038 1245 1288 1283 1286
$70,000 to $72,499 1583 1506 1473 1213 1206 1253 1253
$72,500 to $74,999 1151 974 1004 1172 1237 1281 1285
$75,000 to $77,499 1499 1346 1293 1122 1142 1137 1139
$77,500 to $79,999 1021 938 940 1163 1076 1063 1054
$80,000 to $82,499 1315 1225 1152 1118 1008 1085 1096
$82,500 to $84,999 958 832 844 1020 982 1053 1053
$85,000 to $87,499 986 952 891 984 857 1009 1017
$87,500 to $89,999 841 733 753 891 861 977 975
$90,000 to $92,499 1132 1099 1047 868 862 898 893
$92,500 to $94,999 706 674 695 778 947 849 858
$95,000 to $97,499 781 724 759 822 763 844 834
$97,500 to $99,999 658 648 670 772 760 768 774
$100,000 and over 16134 15386 16054 17857 15736 11796 11804
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit
Def 7
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 2.5 14.3 14.3 14.2 14.4 14.4 14.2
$5,000 to $9,999 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.4
$10,000 to $14,999 5.9 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.7 4.5
$15,000 to $19,999 5.7 4.1 4.1 3.7 4.0 4.4 4.4
$20,000 to $24,999 5.7 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.4 4.7 4.7
$25,000 to $29,999 5.6 4.2 4.2 3.9 4.1 4.8 4.8
$30,000 to $34,999 5.3 4.5 4.4 4.0 4.2 4.8 4.9
$35,000 to $39,999 5.1 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.4 4.8 4.9
$40,000 to $44,999 5.0 4.4 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.7 4.7
$45,000 to $49,999 4.5 3.9 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.2
$50,000 to $59,999 8.3 7.6 7.4 7.1 7.3 7.9 7.9
$60,000 to $74,999 10.8 9.7 9.6 9.4 9.6 10.0 10.0
$75,000 to $99,999 12.1 11.2 11.0 11.6 11.3 11.8 11.8
$100,000 and over 19.7 18.8 19.6 21.8 19.2 14.4 14.4
Median 50784 46343 46761 49921 46668 43067 43186
Standard Error 172 220 221 250 228 199 196
Mean dollars 68603 63152 65043 68548 64753 56118 56274
Standard Error 303 309 343 350 339 258 258
Agg total income 5625685478 5178637293 5333701888 5621134158 5309939381 4601820707 4614628942
Agg Square for total income 9.28183E14 8.893781869E14 1.04066153E15 1.10774334E15 1.02199375E15 6.5088635E14 6.5163464E14
Gini ratio 0.438 0.497 0.498 0.491 0.495 0.485 0.482
Standard Error 0.0029 0.0029 0.0029 0.0029 0.0029 0.0029 0.0029
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit
Def 7
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 19291 10732 10745 10990 10404 10237 10759
Percent of households 17.3 19.3 19.2 19.3 19.2 19.2 19.4
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 13303 110 324 2953 1193 1640
Mean amount (X) 14495 -1314 2229 472 266 545
Standard error (X) 80 190 81 7 12 18
Agg first quintile (X) 192829046 -144620 721013 1394603 317276 894779
Agg square first quintile (X) 3785876413123 574259645 2207287664 1010194298 266251635 1263786975
Tot 1st Quintile 14179 15796 15784 15789 15740 15717 15874
Second quintile:
Upper limit 36321 31347 31511 33450 31294 29696 30277
Percent of households 19.1 18.1 18.0 17.8 17.7 18.1 18.1
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 7502 496 4658 10609 12868 3046
Mean amount (X) 14313 527 2960 1654 1445 2321
Standard error (X) 114 179 29 8 13 30
Agg second quintile (X) 107375030 261150 13786729 17550147 18591482 7068895
Agg square second quintile (X) 2175730214503 7019225151 56370658754 35526174827 52149693421 23638437336
Tot 2nd Quintile 15702 14856 14730 14587 14505 14858 14835
Third quintile:
Upper limit 57669 54218 54879 58728 54973 50640 50784
Percent of households 19.5 19.1 19.1 19.3 19.5 19.2 19.1
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 4926 1526 10677 14310 15649 2397
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit
Def 7
Mean amount (X) 12757 1593 4380 3167 3615 1406
Standard error (X) 152 166 21 10 22 27
Agg third quintile (X) 62845860 2430287 46766820 45320032 56569548 3369974
Agg square third quintile (X) 1292522300482 59890599021 251054641803 161160361881 311415976523 8338570958
Tot 3rd Quintile 16030 15637 15666 15862 15963 15764 15628
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 91811 89826 91413 97616 91317 81625 81681
Percent of households 21.4 20.9 21.1 20.9 21.0 20.8 20.8
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 3765 3170 14219 16229 17003 691
Mean amount (X) 11351 2872 6120 5193 6707 1519
Standard error (X) 174 167 22 14 34 55
Agg fourth quintile (X) 42732471 9104110 87018661 84268815 114044463 1050030
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 860432982456 272806311058 619744238937 481454903998 1066720081999 2874937980
Tot 4th Quintile 17543 17148 17280 17165 17195 17092 17092
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 22.6 22.6 22.6 22.7 22.7 22.6 22.7
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 3258 7197 16134 17810 18499 289
Mean amount (X) 12667 19928 8624 9133 28486 1468
Standard error (X) 214 1318 28 33 343 85
Agg fifth quintile (X) 41265777 143413667 139139047 162661181 526960044 424557
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 947257878624 8.17515064E13 1374995259312 1793918286189 5.03359326E13 1155420756
Tot 5th Quintile 18550 18567 18543 18600 18600 18572 18574
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit
Def 7
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 11113 2604 2601 2664 2556 2528 2682
Standard error 49 29 29 30 29 29 30
Agg 157567434 41128352 41048580 42063527 40231649 39731508 42576917
Agg square 2.17304E12 296244040131 295293334002 308308851595 283260829298 276573846672 311069602698
Second quintile:
Mean 27693 21130 21148 22096 20772 20035 20707
Standard error 42 53 54 58 54 49 50
Agg 434824626 313904987 311509419 322322732 301296923 297673262 307190351
Agg square 1.24271E13 7176557577804 7133628263230 7747431862678 6787999003363 6438187410010 6836133504268
Third quintile:
Mean 46596 42519 42753 45694 42740 39882 40162
Standard error 51 56 56 61 57 51 50
Agg 746909414 664869616 669769155 724805184 682258954 628708340 627633720
Agg square 3.53923E13 28931479950995 2.93196125E13 33953818392746 2.98957916E13 2.563626E13 2.57379879E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 73028 70051 71177 76210 71292 64879 64933
Standard error 78 81 85 90 84 72 72
Agg 1281107970 1201214318 1229963635 1308174271 1225871060 1108910753 1109835081
Agg square 9.52013E13 85858534970645 8.94345778E13 1.017710613E14 8.92120214E13 7.32750012E13 7.33886392E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 162011 159293 166179 173324 164532 136057 136070
Standard error 990 989 1155 1156 1137 816 816
Agg 3005276035 2957520019 3081411100 3223768444 3060280795 2526796844 2527392873
Agg square 7.82989E14 7.671153704E14 9.14478414E14 9.639627199E14 8.95814678E14 5.45260328E14 5.45360809E14
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13
plus Definition 11 plus
Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other
less tested plus means-tested means-tested
state government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government
income cash plus school cash plus noncash
taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers
Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14
Households With a
White alone, not Hispanic Householder
Total 82003 82003 82003 82003 82003 82003 82003
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 76506 80825 80938 80961 81389 81389 81493
With addition or deduction 52092 31115 21611 10615 3352 7561 6690
Mean addition or deduction 3221 13651 8793 112 6648 4658 2053
Standard error 30 57 34 1 119 58 26
Agg addition or deduction 167808042 424762238 190023877 1188702 22285947 35216979 13732702
Agg square for addition or
deduction 2657791564575 8527324754885 2151242616896 164113772 286800044396 334599446092 55237686311
Mean total income 67144 45726 53259 85050 34042 49331 28056
Standard error 311 359 472 721 728 549 279
Tally total income 3497681494 1422762018 1150970783 902820953 114122647 372993915 187695901
Agg square for total income 4.64818075E14 1.74599012E14 1.52712807E14 1.281405269E14 9108241880306 3.34938179E13 8313621502961
Under $2,500 9736 2075 2002 2000 1428 1426 1224
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 1963 674 684 683 566 557 538
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 1848 1170 1145 1148 1269 1206 968
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 1785 1896 1681 1680 1745 1705 1624
$10,000 to $12,499 1936 2337 1650 1649 1735 1700 1668
$12,500 to $14,999 1843 2535 1914 1915 1966 1886 1958
$15,000 to $17,499 1802 2414 1843 1842 1865 1826 1986
$17,500 to $19,999 1971 2446 2031 2027 2050 1996 2011
$20,000 to $22,499 2010 2429 2050 2048 2060 1986 2076
$22,500 to $24,999 2020 2598 2331 2338 2365 2276 2278
$25,000 to $27,499 2021 2544 2319 2316 2332 2243 2238
$27,500 to $29,999 2063 2455 2456 2457 2482 2492 2519
$30,000 to $32,499 2072 2452 2473 2465 2479 2441 2466
$32,500 to $34,999 2182 2554 2655 2661 2676 2696 2700
$35,000 to $37,499 2083 2303 2364 2361 2346 2347 2399
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13
plus Definition 11 plus
Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other
less tested plus means-tested means-tested
state government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government
income cash plus school cash plus noncash
taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers
Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14
$37,500 to $39,999 1962 2284 2445 2447 2449 2482 2481
$40,000 to $42,499 2114 2341 2507 2501 2521 2525 2552
$42,500 to $44,999 1957 2299 2364 2360 2390 2397 2391
$45,000 to $47,499 1643 1949 2135 2145 2159 2178 2185
$47,500 to $49,999 1757 1965 2200 2195 2195 2227 2275
$50,000 to $52,499 1750 1946 2171 2160 2165 2166 2157
$52,500 to $54,999 1800 1992 2185 2193 2193 2291 2301
$55,000 to $57,499 1546 1771 1954 1950 1958 1965 1981
$57,500 to $59,999 1587 1766 1956 1962 1965 1983 1973
$60,000 to $62,499 1552 1700 1777 1780 1792 1795 1818
$62,500 to $64,999 1483 1697 1776 1765 1765 1770 1769
$65,000 to $67,499 1332 1501 1563 1561 1586 1610 1605
$67,500 to $69,999 1333 1535 1623 1632 1660 1704 1707
$70,000 to $72,499 1293 1415 1587 1579 1590 1603 1612
$72,500 to $74,999 1264 1361 1475 1477 1475 1524 1519
$75,000 to $77,499 1129 1226 1356 1367 1369 1376 1376
$77,500 to $79,999 1088 1140 1222 1213 1207 1227 1239
$80,000 to $82,499 1117 1216 1306 1313 1322 1320 1321
$82,500 to $84,999 1042 1104 1171 1169 1176 1187 1189
$85,000 to $87,499 988 985 1036 1034 1050 1063 1063
$87,500 to $89,999 931 989 1013 1019 1032 1051 1051
$90,000 to $92,499 879 992 1027 1029 1028 1052 1055
$92,500 to $94,999 867 892 951 944 945 946 946
$95,000 to $97,499 703 765 771 773 766 779 778
$97,500 to $99,999 757 790 873 879 870 893 886
$100,000 and over 10797 11501 11962 11967 12009 12109 12118
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13
plus Definition 11 plus
Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other
less tested plus means-tested means-tested
state government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government
income cash plus school cash plus noncash
taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers
Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 14.3 3.4 3.3 3.3 2.4 2.4 2.1
$5,000 to $9,999 4.4 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.2
$10,000 to $14,999 4.6 5.9 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.4
$15,000 to $19,999 4.6 5.9 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.9
$20,000 to $24,999 4.9 6.1 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.3
$25,000 to $29,999 5.0 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.8
$30,000 to $34,999 5.2 6.1 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3
$35,000 to $39,999 4.9 5.6 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.9 6.0
$40,000 to $44,999 5.0 5.7 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.0
$45,000 to $49,999 4.1 4.8 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.4
$50,000 to $59,999 8.1 9.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.3 10.3
$60,000 to $74,999 10.1 11.2 12.0 11.9 12.0 12.2 12.2
$75,000 to $99,999 11.6 12.3 13.1 13.1 13.1 13.3 13.3
$100,000 and over 13.2 14.0 14.6 14.6 14.6 14.8 14.8
Median 42018 46532 49720 49730 49913 50474 50539
Standard Error 181 196 174 174 175 176 177
Mean dollars 54227 59407 61725 61739 62011 62440 62608
Standard Error 242 238 237 237 237 237 236
Agg total income 4446820900 4871583138 5061607015 5062795717 5085081664 5120298644 5134031345
Agg Square for total income 5.87381126E14 6.22433479E14 6.44556581E14 6.447634325E14 6.46354417E14 6.50490654E14 6.511216304E14
Gini ratio 0.479 0.418 0.401 0.401 0.398 0.395 0.392
Standard Error 0.0029 0.0029 0.0029 0.0029 0.0029 0.0029 0.0029
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13
plus Definition 11 plus
Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other
less tested plus means-tested means-tested
state government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government
income cash plus school cash plus noncash
taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers
Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 10700 18687 20941 20946 21405 21993 22514
Percent of households 19.3 17.4 16.7 16.7 16.9 17.0 17.2
With type of addition
or deduction 1917 8306 4014 278 1638 1647 3201
Mean amount 61 9831 2817 103 5085 1478 2432
Standard error 5 50 30 3 105 36 40
Agg first quintile 117821 81661636 11306762 28535 8328833 2434085 7785250
Agg square first quintile 95606217 952145447043 44216384789 3734707 68079256450 6606932914 33274449186
Tot 1st Quintile 15866 14243 13728 13731 13834 13917 14069
Second quintile:
Upper limit 29704 34241 37070 37083 37335 38121 38356
Percent of households 18.1 18.9 18.9 18.9 18.8 19.0 18.9
With type of addition
or deduction 9211 7833 5565 851 650 1911 1842
Mean amount 556 14988 7583 98 6859 3792 1901
Standard error 6 89 27 2 244 63 50
Agg second quintile 5121195 117406329 42200538 83730 4460794 7246552 3501629
Agg square second quintile 5770588571 2189674876555 340142634802 10112623 52656715509 40132159565 14091060398
Tot 2nd Quintile 14856 15516 15486 15485 15384 15540 15509
Third quintile:
Upper limit 49501 52941 55277 55298 55517 56191 56286
Percent of households 19.2 19.8 20.3 20.2 20.3 20.1 20.0
With type of addition
or deduction 12120 6074 5001 2025 443 1672 1153
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13
plus Definition 11 plus
Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other
less tested plus means-tested means-tested
state government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government
income cash plus school cash plus noncash
taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers
Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14
Mean amount 1353 15047 10893 107 7532 5476 1460
Standard error 8 138 58 1 334 106 50
Agg third quintile 16401920 91402633 54479980 215717 3333205 9154754 1683266
Agg square third quintile 30904901575 1995381317130 666254038716 27861343 44303400986 77789423783 5379426111
Tot 3rd Quintile 15728 16249 16606 16600 16614 16485 16393
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 78982 81399 83032 83058 83206 83741 83773
Percent of households 20.8 21.3 21.5 21.5 21.5 21.5 21.4
With type of addition
or deduction 13922 4814 3929 3430 363 1373 411
Mean amount 2497 14823 11717 114 10334 6488 1590
Standard error 12 173 75 1 605 163 87
Agg fourth quintile 34760703 71349903 46041493 390471 3755052 8908428 653551
Agg square fourth quintile 110114791275 1662980956335 616640398521 55103729 81222182466 101533370721 2172435412
Tot 4th Quintile 17028 17491 17636 17644 17624 17597 17574
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 22.6 22.6 22.6 22.6 22.6 22.5 22.5
With type of addition
or deduction 14923 4087 3101 4032 258 958 83
Mean amount 7466 15399 11609 117 9320 7803 1315
Standard error 93 227 89 1 556 250 171
Agg fifth quintile 111406401 62941738 35995104 470249 2408063 7473161 109006
Agg square fifth quintile 2510905676937 1727142157822 483989160068 67301370 40538488986 108537559109 320315205
Tot 5th Quintile 18525 18504 18547 18543 18548 18464 18458
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13
plus Definition 11 plus
Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other
less tested plus means-tested means-tested
state government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government
income cash plus school cash plus noncash
taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers
Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 2672 10390 11215 11219 12030 12305 13002
Standard error 30 51 59 59 56 57 57
Agg 42388047 147984111 153963150 154039231 166425953 171255386 182930861
Agg square 308029819870 1998861090814 2296632483149 2298255830558 2533138792271 2668934321515 2942717284434
Second quintile:
Mean 20379 26444 29235 29242 29564 30288 30636
Standard error 48 38 39 39 39 39 39
Agg 302741106 410312443 452737930 452792490 454795541 470667687 475135695
Agg square 6618355763145 1.11609263E13 1.35614528E13 13566301307056 1.37581401E13 1.4580951E13 14872775958034
Third quintile:
Mean 39217 43147 45915 45926 46134 46878 47053
Standard error 48 45 44 44 44 43 43
Agg 616807037 701093400 762461684 762380568 766461932 772788176 771343435
Agg square 2.4691769E13 3.07198173E13 3.54702659E13 35474367089141 3.58191405E13 3.6674396E13 36730877936992
Fourth quintile:
Mean 63052 65916 67977 67998 68162 68776 68835
Standard error 69 66 64 64 64 63 63
Agg 1073660474 1152959693 1198813323 1199775078 1201275919 1210226687 1209698350
Agg square 6.89003268E13 7.71582503E13 8.26032314E13 82696651512192 8.29844298E13 8.43296038E13 84358976690527
Fifth quintile:
Mean 130161 132901 134450 134485 134576 135145 135169
Standard error 758 762 762 762 762 765 765
Agg 2411224235 2459233491 2493630928 2493808350 2496122320 2495360707 2494923003
Agg square 4.86862644E14 5.01395624E14 5.10624998E14 5.107278568E14 5.11259568E14 5.12236769E14 5.122162825E14
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
After taxes
Definition 14
plus
net Money Money
imputed Definition 14 Income Income
return less after Taxes after
on equity medical Without Taxes
in own home programs EIC With EIC
Def 15 Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Households With a
White alone, not Hispanic Householder
Total 82003 82003 82003 82003
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 81765 81493 81370 81370
With addition or deduction 61804 26347 (X) (X)
Mean addition or deduction 3907 8549 (X) (X)
Standard error 47 35 (X) (X)
Agg addition or deduction 241460280 225240857 (X) (X)
Agg square for addition or
deduction 8267695836409 2653634297318 (X) (X)
Mean total income 74080 26761 (X) (X)
Standard error 301 466 (X) (X)
Tally total income 4578446040 705056517 (X) (X)
Agg square for total income 641973425021175 151200630089670 (X) (X)
Under $2,500 939 1227 1478 1457
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 549 541 623 577
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 761 967 1354 1316
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 1349 1741 2091 2020
$10,000 to $12,499 1523 2630 2539 2468
$12,500 to $14,999 1831 2744 2769 2679
$15,000 to $17,499 1848 2470 2729 2642
$17,500 to $19,999 1889 2528 2656 2633
$20,000 to $22,499 2055 2535 2708 2670
$22,500 to $24,999 2125 2665 2900 2917
$25,000 to $27,499 2232 2572 2739 2815
$27,500 to $29,999 2261 2526 2810 2861
$30,000 to $32,499 2343 2453 2734 2790
$32,500 to $34,999 2440 2597 2622 2727
$35,000 to $37,499 2506 2353 2526 2533
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
After taxes
Definition 14
plus
net Money Money
imputed Definition 14 Income Income
return less after Taxes after
on equity medical Without Taxes
in own home programs EIC With EIC
Def 15 Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
$37,500 to $39,999 2412 2315 2458 2498
$40,000 to $42,499 2500 2404 2298 2335
$42,500 to $44,999 2373 2304 2429 2439
$45,000 to $47,499 2133 1961 2116 2129
$47,500 to $49,999 2378 1975 2166 2154
$50,000 to $52,499 2212 1968 2110 2116
$52,500 to $54,999 2241 2010 1867 1889
$55,000 to $57,499 2014 1774 1800 1814
$57,500 to $59,999 1962 1802 1724 1728
$60,000 to $62,499 1812 1718 1735 1751
$62,500 to $64,999 1854 1687 1720 1714
$65,000 to $67,499 1673 1523 1527 1540
$67,500 to $69,999 1608 1550 1443 1439
$70,000 to $72,499 1555 1428 1301 1298
$72,500 to $74,999 1601 1363 1305 1303
$75,000 to $77,499 1454 1247 1138 1143
$77,500 to $79,999 1345 1129 1097 1093
$80,000 to $82,499 1318 1214 1100 1117
$82,500 to $84,999 1236 1105 1056 1049
$85,000 to $87,499 1121 983 909 905
$87,500 to $89,999 1127 1019 883 885
$90,000 to $92,499 1030 994 827 829
$92,500 to $94,999 986 882 773 776
$95,000 to $97,499 944 759 668 667
$97,500 to $99,999 917 793 635 634
$100,000 and over 13544 11547 9644 9652
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
After taxes
Definition 14
plus
net Money Money
imputed Definition 14 Income Income
return less after Taxes after
on equity medical Without Taxes
in own home programs EIC With EIC
Def 15 Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 1.8 2.2 2.6 2.5
$5,000 to $9,999 2.6 3.3 4.2 4.1
$10,000 to $14,999 4.1 6.6 6.5 6.3
$15,000 to $19,999 4.6 6.1 6.6 6.4
$20,000 to $24,999 5.1 6.3 6.8 6.8
$25,000 to $29,999 5.5 6.2 6.8 6.9
$30,000 to $34,999 5.8 6.2 6.5 6.7
$35,000 to $39,999 6.0 5.7 6.1 6.1
$40,000 to $44,999 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.8
$45,000 to $49,999 5.5 4.8 5.2 5.2
$50,000 to $59,999 10.3 9.2 9.1 9.2
$60,000 to $74,999 12.3 11.3 11.0 11.0
$75,000 to $99,999 14.0 12.3 11.1 11.1
$100,000 and over 16.5 14.1 11.8 11.8
Median 52881 46824 43498 43590
Standard Error 171 195 157 157
Mean dollars 65552 59861 56018 56174
Standard Error 242 237 231 230
Agg total income 5375491625 4908790489 4593628287 4606436521
Agg Square for total income 699235163964607 624623407612977 5.707483E14 5.7150055E14
Gini ratio 0.386 0.412 0.419 0.417
Standard Error 0.0029 0.0029 0.0030 0.0030
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
After taxes
Definition 14
plus
net Money Money
imputed Definition 14 Income Income
return less after Taxes after
on equity medical Without Taxes
in own home programs EIC With EIC
Def 15 Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 23832 19701 17877 18554
Percent of households 16.9 17.7 17.0 17.3
With type of addition
or deduction 6818 6603 (X) (X)
Mean amount 961 4143 (X) (X)
Standard error 122 32 (X) (X)
Agg first quintile 6549145 27358008 (X) (X)
Agg square first quintile 612486916698 152724297494 (X) (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 13847 14523 13961 14164
Second quintile:
Upper limit 40159 34766 31988 32328
Percent of households 18.7 18.8 19.0 18.9
With type of addition
or deduction 9857 7641 (X) (X)
Mean amount 2598 9163 (X) (X)
Standard error 52 51 (X) (X)
Agg second quintile 25604913 70015659 (X) (X)
Agg square second quintile 299513692622 773617926843 (X) (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 15360 15425 15569 15472
Third quintile:
Upper limit 58719 53240 49069 49193
Percent of households 20.3 19.7 20.0 19.9
With type of addition
or deduction 12713 5394 (X) (X)
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
After taxes
Definition 14
plus
net Money Money
imputed Definition 14 Income Income
return less after Taxes after
on equity medical Without Taxes
in own home programs EIC With EIC
Def 15 Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Mean amount 2962 10439 (X) (X)
Standard error 49 79 (X) (X)
Agg third quintile 37654624 56305828 (X) (X)
Agg square third quintile 455257117005 747947141341 (X) (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 16680 16126 16425 16351
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 87582 81575 75358 75435
Percent of households 21.5 21.3 21.3 21.3
With type of addition
or deduction 15144 3745 (X) (X)
Mean amount 3532 10686 (X) (X)
Standard error 52 101 (X) (X)
Agg fourth quintile 53487059 40019833 (X) (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 742009377687 552676545940 (X) (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 17610 17434 17467 17465
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 22.6 22.6 22.7 22.6
With type of addition
or deduction 17273 2964 (X) (X)
Mean amount 6841 10642 (X) (X)
Standard error 143 109 (X) (X)
Agg fifth quintile 118164539 31541529 (X) (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 6158428732397 426668385700 (X) (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 18505 18495 18582 18551
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Households With a White alone, not Hispanic Householder)
After taxes
Definition 14
plus
net Money Money
imputed Definition 14 Income Income
return less after Taxes after
on equity medical Without Taxes
in own home programs EIC With EIC
Def 15 Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 13898 11871 10554 10891
Standard error 71 48 46 47
Agg 192447115 172400880 147339658 154257112
Agg square 3532301958758 2464096415275 1.919159E12 2.0708697E12
Second quintile:
Mean 32168 27184 24946 25464
Standard error 40 38 35 34
Agg 494097109 419320571 388376631 393998220
Agg square 16228632046318 11692924991403 9.942567E12 1.0275975E13
Third quintile:
Mean 49121 43595 40186 40394
Standard error 44 45 41 41
Agg 819360344 703019305 660078333 660468709
Agg square 40725594236477 31102271958360 2.692547E13 2.7065873E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 71878 66148 61030 61137
Standard error 66 65 60 60
Agg 1265766007 1153247392 1065989197 1067777359
Agg square 92171081318638 77425696535910 6.603621E13 6.6255295E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 140707 133055 125493 125599
Standard error 775 763 756 757
Agg 2603821051 2460802340 2331844468 2329935122
Agg square 546577554404410 501938417712024 4.659249E14 4.6583253E14
Race Footnotes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: March 15, 2007
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/rdcall/1_011.htm