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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6
HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18
Total 37254 37254 37254 37254 37254 37254
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 37078 36217 36217 36217 36217 36218
With addition or deduction (X) 9314 9589 25534 34401 27835
Mean addition or deduction (X) 6471 14245 4101 3843 10158
Standard error (X) 105 592 18 23 216
Agg addition or deduction (X) 60275973 136599163 104703600 132199007 282742150
Agg square for addition or deduction (X) 819496624991 1.63448589E13 523943989994 792663008348 1.90429151E13
Mean total income (X) 34914 106738 76854 62694 65098
Standard error (X) 717 1866 732 621 517
Tally total income (X) 325189091 1023521657 1962351782 2156752965 1811992832
Agg square for total income (X) 31266067632811 2.52179915E14 3.065038454E14 3.38600961E14 2.10215616E14
Under $2,500 564 1957 1920 1894 1930 1930
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 552 614 646 620 733 733
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 921 756 725 687 708 711
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 774 584 595 595 705 711
$10,000 to $12,499 1058 1074 1049 927 948 962
$12,500 to $14,999 1027 911 886 813 959 1001
$15,000 to $17,499 1068 990 1014 947 1011 1015
$17,500 to $19,999 1031 929 942 912 1029 1063
$20,000 to $22,499 1181 1218 1172 989 1037 1110
$22,500 to $24,999 985 917 912 938 1007 1080
$25,000 to $27,499 1262 1277 1217 995 1011 1112
$27,500 to $29,999 999 911 950 983 1177 1278
$30,000 to $32,499 1291 1245 1241 1048 1069 1143
$32,500 to $34,999 947 907 935 1019 988 1169
$35,000 to $37,499 1224 1253 1166 978 1102 1153
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6
$37,500 to $39,999 939 869 865 975 948 1252
$40,000 to $42,499 1183 1170 1138 992 1119 1062
$42,500 to $44,999 907 909 916 923 977 1198
$45,000 to $47,499 1141 1082 1035 895 983 1166
$47,500 to $49,999 937 882 927 982 1085 1204
$50,000 to $52,499 1134 1112 1095 991 974 1057
$52,500 to $54,999 891 831 882 1001 945 969
$55,000 to $57,499 894 889 845 855 922 869
$57,500 to $59,999 838 800 811 883 814 867
$60,000 to $62,499 1042 1039 884 802 764 876
$62,500 to $64,999 677 681 654 757 721 898
$65,000 to $67,499 782 770 773 753 725 862
$67,500 to $69,999 595 563 570 619 666 754
$70,000 to $72,499 751 734 725 669 738 724
$72,500 to $74,999 576 554 576 623 531 548
$75,000 to $77,499 630 613 616 691 631 525
$77,500 to $79,999 476 448 513 532 575 545
$80,000 to $82,499 602 614 592 607 490 465
$82,500 to $84,999 499 432 400 533 404 425
$85,000 to $87,499 439 439 423 508 403 365
$87,500 to $89,999 295 301 350 392 427 272
$90,000 to $92,499 457 425 441 351 411 247
$92,500 to $94,999 347 343 341 398 359 236
$95,000 to $97,499 369 355 345 430 346 288
$97,500 to $99,999 275 255 332 339 293 268
$100,000 and over 4693 4599 4836 5407 4591 3139
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 3.0 6.9 6.9 6.7 7.1 7.1
$5,000 to $9,999 4.6 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.8 3.8
$10,000 to $14,999 5.6 5.3 5.2 4.7 5.1 5.3
$15,000 to $19,999 5.6 5.2 5.3 5.0 5.5 5.6
$20,000 to $24,999 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.5 5.9
$25,000 to $29,999 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.3 5.9 6.4
$30,000 to $34,999 6.0 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.5 6.2
$35,000 to $39,999 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.2 5.5 6.5
$40,000 to $44,999 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.1 5.6 6.1
$45,000 to $49,999 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.6 6.4
$50,000 to $59,999 10.1 9.7 9.8 10.0 9.8 10.1
$60,000 to $74,999 11.9 11.7 11.2 11.3 11.1 12.5
$75,000 to $99,999 11.8 11.3 11.7 12.8 11.6 9.8
$100,000 and over 12.6 12.3 13.0 14.5 12.3 8.4
Median 46562 45313 45820 48765 45431 42795
Standard Error 317 336 349 368 367 302
Mean dollars 58171 56553 60220 63030 59482 51892
Standard Error 480 484 592 601 584 426
Agg total income 2167106587 2106830615 2243429778 2348133378 2215934371 1933192221
Agg Square for total income 2.68835E14 2.641835275E14 3.52185149E14 3.71747692E14 3.4332299E14 2.12795584E14
Gini ratio 0.416 0.434 0.448 0.441 0.449 0.423
Standard Error 0.0062 0.0062 0.0064 0.0063 0.0064 0.0063
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 16315 9713 9882 10043 9437 9260
Percent of households 15.0 10.4 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.4
With type of addition or deduction (X) 2672 169 223 2254 79
Mean amount (X) 7550 811 1884 408 285
Standard error (X) 190 228 102 10 59
Agg first quintile (X) 20171391 137139 421084 920665 22496
Agg square first quintile (X) 266802542911 774525211 1023227420 599681455 16059931
Tot 1st Quintile 5594 3877 3872 3914 3932 3892
Second quintile:
Upper limit 30728 26774 27050 28385 26637 24938
Percent of households 17.1 18.9 19.0 18.2 18.3 17.2
With type of addition or deduction (X) 2213 606 2806 6500 1974
Mean amount (X) 6511 1551 2469 1435 734
Standard error (X) 221 154 30 13 21
Agg second quintile (X) 14411573 940262 6925546 9328246 1448469
Agg square second quintile (X) 200640300395 5323805686 20268119054 16338806454 1857613515
Tot 2nd Quintile 6359 7046 7090 6773 6815 6407
Third quintile:
Upper limit 48468 45789 46550 48934 45818 41693
Percent of households 20.2 21.5 21.5 21.6 21.6 21.1
With type of addition or deduction (X) 1850 1353 5952 7672 6740
Mean amount (X) 5886 2253 3266 2726 1707
Standard error (X) 249 113 23 18 20
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6
Agg third quintile (X) 10890879 3048254 19439264 20914076 11503164
Agg square third quintile (X) 158854887269 17217544630 71761593454 65833451617 27759072265
Tot 3rd Quintile 7520 8010 8026 8036 8050 7844
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 75144 73006 75208 78478 73676 64649
Percent of households 23.6 24.4 24.6 24.8 24.8 25.0
With type of addition or deduction (X) 1517 2539 8115 8966 9252
Mean amount (X) 5693 3090 4009 4252 4344
Standard error (X) 249 95 24 24 29
Agg fourth quintile (X) 8637625 7846549 32528046 38120043 40188714
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 112927704909 50257039561 147218660668 182396438566 207431724419
Tot 4th Quintile 8790 9093 9168 9240 9245 9313
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 24.1 24.8 24.4 24.9 24.7 26.3
With type of addition or deduction (X) 1061 4922 8438 9009 9789
Mean amount (X) 5809 25322 5379 6984 23452
Standard error (X) 297 1102 35 49 560
Agg fifth quintile (X) 6164504 124626958 45389659 62915978 229579308
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 80271189506 1.6271286E13 283672389399 527494630256 1.88058507E13
Tot 5th Quintile 8991 9229 9098 9290 9212 9798
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 9208 3134 3193 3403 3205 3136
Standard error 95 79 80 84 79 79
Agg 51512368 12148842 12362337 13322534 12602041 12204700
Agg square 6.01679E11 80107220849 82594687891 93924500612 83740041074 80032433308
Second quintile:
Mean 23794 18493 18704 19519 18276 17463
Standard error 78 88 89 95 89 84
Agg 151320512 130295660 132616871 132209114 124551720 111889544
Agg square 3.70986E12 2582857904505 2659925745712 2765401674188 2439788049672 2081866621208
Third quintile:
Mean 39544 36187 36703 38484 36081 33316
Standard error 88 92 94 99 93 81
Agg 297383214 289844116 294572219 309263642 290458074 261332128
Agg square 1.19573E13 10729581837847 1.10629468E13 12184171478658 1.07283426E13 8887511449434
Fourth quintile:
Mean 60563 58309 59529 62333 58456 52357
Standard error 121 121 128 132 124 103
Agg 532317831 530187228 545733096 575962648 540396220 487607988
Agg square 3.27472E13 31457343490102 3.31031627E13 36567768178104 3.21786307E13 2.59389727E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 126197 123993 138282 141807 135469 108201
Standard error 1458 1427 1885 1861 1845 1194
Agg 1134572663 1144354768 1258145255 1317375440 1247926315 1060157860
Agg square 2.19819E14 2.193336371E14 3.05276519E14 3.201364262E14 2.97892489E14 1.75807201E14
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 6 plus Definition 11
plus Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus
Earned less tested plus means-tested
Income state government Definition 9 regular-price government
Tax income cash plus school cash
Credit taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12
HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18
Total 37254 37254 37254 37254 37254 37254
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 36218 36221 36589 36598 36642 37104
With addition or deduction 11285 26343 7043 1874 13594 3278
Mean addition or deduction 1822 3080 6363 5706 96 4717
Standard error 16 52 126 97 1 100
Agg addition or deduction 20565561 81141876 44812388 10694907 1298714 15463585
Agg square for addition or deduction 52116346666 1096699201772 635099870324 75810007607 153857084 121011861929
Mean total income 24942 57597 44888 55826 63859 21113
Standard error 324 477 726 1766 694 578
Tally total income 281467893 1517275580 316127600 104633293 868108104 69217677
Agg square for total income 1.29893629E13 1.57933403E14 2.58687185E13 1.07287883E13 95205301804840 3064697410411
Under $2,500 1829 1829 1254 1248 1248 517
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 551 551 475 477 475 490
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 544 546 589 585 587 705
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 559 566 594 587 587 696
$10,000 to $12,499 638 659 670 656 655 742
$12,500 to $14,999 911 912 854 830 829 854
$15,000 to $17,499 984 1039 1022 993 991 1063
$17,500 to $19,999 1239 1249 1285 1236 1240 1267
$20,000 to $22,499 1303 1373 1291 1262 1258 1313
$22,500 to $24,999 1272 1333 1319 1323 1317 1328
$25,000 to $27,499 1256 1280 1295 1265 1263 1291
$27,500 to $29,999 1423 1466 1461 1437 1439 1443
$30,000 to $32,499 1181 1248 1295 1285 1282 1297
$32,500 to $34,999 1183 1222 1235 1259 1262 1301
$35,000 to $37,499 1166 1281 1236 1292 1284 1297
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 6 plus Definition 11
plus Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus
Earned less tested plus means-tested
Income state government Definition 9 regular-price government
Tax income cash plus school cash
Credit taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12
$37,500 to $39,999 1263 1265 1289 1274 1270 1256
$40,000 to $42,499 1094 1251 1315 1280 1285 1310
$42,500 to $44,999 1213 1223 1270 1257 1258 1275
$45,000 to $47,499 1157 1340 1340 1361 1357 1397
$47,500 to $49,999 1241 1124 1227 1241 1246 1234
$50,000 to $52,499 1056 1084 1118 1126 1124 1124
$52,500 to $54,999 983 933 984 1002 1008 1036
$55,000 to $57,499 869 903 922 951 938 932
$57,500 to $59,999 871 968 931 941 941 949
$60,000 to $62,499 885 945 949 957 954 960
$62,500 to $64,999 891 860 877 883 890 883
$65,000 to $67,499 860 891 945 930 926 930
$67,500 to $69,999 759 662 677 698 710 722
$70,000 to $72,499 737 636 653 676 680 680
$72,500 to $74,999 550 555 615 605 605 606
$75,000 to $77,499 531 522 532 534 529 522
$77,500 to $79,999 542 502 514 532 539 540
$80,000 to $82,499 454 406 420 417 416 416
$82,500 to $84,999 434 320 327 336 341 350
$85,000 to $87,499 364 303 352 338 325 328
$87,500 to $89,999 282 279 294 292 301 302
$90,000 to $92,499 241 263 251 252 250 252
$92,500 to $94,999 240 304 319 337 338 340
$95,000 to $97,499 285 234 256 255 253 256
$97,500 to $99,999 269 200 208 206 211 206
$100,000 and over 3142 2723 2796 2834 2840 2845
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 6 plus Definition 11
plus Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus
Earned less tested plus means-tested
Income state government Definition 9 regular-price government
Tax income cash plus school cash
Credit taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 6.4 6.4 4.6 4.6 4.6 2.7
$5,000 to $9,999 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.8
$10,000 to $14,999 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.3
$15,000 to $19,999 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.3
$20,000 to $24,999 6.9 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.9 7.1
$25,000 to $29,999 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.3
$30,000 to $34,999 6.3 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.8 7.0
$35,000 to $39,999 6.5 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.9
$40,000 to $44,999 6.2 6.6 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.9
$45,000 to $49,999 6.4 6.6 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.1
$50,000 to $59,999 10.1 10.4 10.6 10.8 10.8 10.8
$60,000 to $74,999 12.6 12.2 12.7 12.7 12.8 12.8
$75,000 to $99,999 9.8 9.0 9.3 9.4 9.4 9.4
$100,000 and over 8.4 7.3 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.6
Median 42973 41613 42793 43169 43203 43398
Standard Error 298 289 284 287 287 283
Mean dollars 52444 50266 51469 51756 51791 52206
Standard Error 424 393 391 391 391 389
Agg total income 1953757782 1872615906 1917428294 1928123201 1929421915 1944885500
Agg Square for total income 2.13697317E14 1.89585258E14 1.93388634E14 1.94615823E14 1.947852787E14 1.95376017E14
Gini ratio 0.413 0.407 0.395 0.393 0.393 0.386
Standard Error 0.0063 0.0063 0.0063 0.0063 0.0063 0.0063
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 6 plus Definition 11
plus Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus
Earned less tested plus means-tested
Income state government Definition 9 regular-price government
Tax income cash plus school cash
Credit taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 9782 9671 15881 17667 17670 18027
Percent of households 9.2 9.2 12.8 14.7 14.7 14.4
With type of addition or deduction 1363 302 1111 157 488 1923
Mean amount 1408 94 4927 1643 85 4275
Standard error 31 9 168 172 3 108
Agg first quintile 1918973 28294 5471043 258099 41363 8218273
Agg square first quintile 3475521335 5778342 42422295113 750655187 4621783 54247823065
Tot 1st Quintile 3442 3419 4761 5468 5462 5349
Second quintile:
Upper limit 25313 24672 28292 30202 30211 30427
Percent of households 17.7 17.3 17.2 17.5 17.5 17.6
With type of addition or deduction 5936 3583 1313 310 1340 613
Mean amount 2244 367 5939 4570 90 5413
Standard error 20 7 249 166 2 273
Agg second quintile 13322487 1314590 7797203 1414844 120407 3315854
Agg square second quintile 36362514677 804476003 93949567914 7645603228 13626811 30426444520
Tot 2nd Quintile 6580 6457 6398 6527 6525 6552
Third quintile:
Upper limit 41793 40302 42976 44489 44504 44666
Percent of households 21.6 21.7 20.4 19.6 19.6 19.8
With type of addition or deduction 2841 6338 1614 430 2928 400
Mean amount 1245 976 6058 6089 92 5415
Standard error 31 12 237 149 1 307
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 6 plus Definition 11
plus Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus
Earned less tested plus means-tested
Income state government Definition 9 regular-price government
Tax income cash plus school cash
Credit taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12
Agg third quintile 3535731 6186740 9775210 2619027 268755 2166510
Agg square third quintile 7917971307 8468080176 124583503710 17770498289 30401938 18481348335
Tot 3rd Quintile 8059 8090 7586 7298 7309 7370
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 64696 61950 64001 65045 65072 65180
Percent of households 25.1 25.3 24.2 23.4 23.4 23.5
With type of addition or deduction 780 7917 1606 474 4253 223
Mean amount 1565 2188 6214 6648 97 5237
Standard error 64 18 253 176 1 467
Agg fourth quintile 1220659 17319273 9981072 3151143 411086 1170257
Agg square fourth quintile 3028492972 47069908191 135683110790 24037835948 48690958 10992625069
Tot 4th Quintile 9366 9417 9005 8736 8720 8752
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 26.3 26.5 25.5 24.8 24.8 24.8
With type of addition or deduction 365 8203 1399 503 4586 120
Mean amount 1554 6863 8424 6459 100 4950
Standard error 87 148 399 202 1 784
Agg fifth quintile 567711 56292980 11787859 3251794 457104 592691
Agg square fifth quintile 1331846375 1040350959060 238461392797 25605414955 56515594 6863620941
Tot 5th Quintile 9807 9870 9503 9225 9238 9231
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 6 plus Definition 11
plus Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus
Earned less tested plus means-tested
Income state government Definition 9 regular-price government
Tax income cash plus school cash
Credit taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 3014 2961 7423 8691 8689 10276
Standard error 87 87 119 122 122 110
Agg 10375026 10125636 35342580 47518635 47459817 54962369
Agg square 71617734104 69134904258 405313215982 612492532323 611509411617 720198056525
Second quintile:
Mean 18594 18219 22327 24081 24087 24320
Standard error 78 76 67 67 67 66
Agg 122343614 117648291 142841959 157177122 157166512 159350396
Agg square 2391976886380 2250361616223 3271323833276 3870575276824 3871430070865 3958633671627
Third quintile:
Mean 33383 32365 35623 37334 37366 37508
Standard error 79 75 74 72 72 72
Agg 269028313 261821794 270248326 272471159 273121449 276432130
Agg square 9161883446547 8639117291010 9768280801222 1.02965779E13 10330613086291 1.04941823E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 52394 50374 52683 53956 53990 54070
Standard error 102 96 96 96 96 95
Agg 490742502 474392913 474438380 471344153 470785401 473210144
Agg square 2.61212241E13 2.4260366E13 2.53264296E13 2.57438185E13 25728461394780 2.58980863E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 108216 102189 104657 106188 106181 106261
Standard error 1193 1086 1120 1148 1147 1147
Agg 1061268327 1008627272 994557048 979612132 980888736 980930460
Agg square 1.75950614E14 1.54366278E14 1.54617287E14 1.54092358E14 1.542432647E14 1.54304916E14
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
plus plus
other net Money
means-tested imputed Definition 14 Income
Definition 12 government return less after Taxes
plus noncash on equity medical not including
Medicaid transfers in own home programs eitc
Def 13 Def 14 Def 15 Def 16 Def 17
HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18
Total 37254 37254 37254 37254 37254
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 37104 37214 37231 37214 37078
With addition or deduction 5284 9548 24713 6360 (X)
Mean addition or deduction 2819 2000 2066 4024 (X)
Standard error 55 33 46 67 (X)
Agg addition or deduction 14897855 19099617 51065702 25592762 (X)
Agg square for addition or deduction 79195883040 82625811438 670118790391 183819999862 (X)
Mean total income 37212 25876 65680 19334 (X)
Standard error 768 269 533 929 (X)
Tally total income 196634773 247070493 1623126455 122958740 (X)
Agg square for total income 1.46701464E13 9341689053996 184100764706603 17963184284888 (X)
Under $2,500 514 316 297 316 569
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 487 222 201 222 622
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 656 375 366 378 936
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 651 584 542 585 944
$10,000 to $12,499 677 779 787 843 1096
$12,500 to $14,999 836 838 817 978 1267
$15,000 to $17,499 947 1048 1023 1181 1204
$17,500 to $19,999 1144 1213 1216 1306 1282
$20,000 to $22,499 1324 1377 1271 1470 1193
$22,500 to $24,999 1305 1429 1379 1475 1386
$25,000 to $27,499 1326 1355 1340 1396 1492
$27,500 to $29,999 1455 1519 1454 1531 1286
$30,000 to $32,499 1368 1380 1300 1349 1394
$32,500 to $34,999 1282 1362 1351 1297 1327
$35,000 to $37,499 1319 1319 1304 1306 1355
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
plus plus
other net Money
means-tested imputed Definition 14 Income
Definition 12 government return less after Taxes
plus noncash on equity medical not including
Medicaid transfers in own home programs eitc
Def 13 Def 14 Def 15 Def 16 Def 17
$37,500 to $39,999 1340 1361 1326 1309 1351
$40,000 to $42,499 1300 1358 1281 1352 1466
$42,500 to $44,999 1292 1296 1328 1264 1322
$45,000 to $47,499 1415 1414 1253 1385 1197
$47,500 to $49,999 1308 1321 1256 1279 1130
$50,000 to $52,499 1143 1153 1287 1114 1023
$52,500 to $54,999 1027 1051 1043 1012 964
$55,000 to $57,499 960 987 992 938 989
$57,500 to $59,999 955 950 965 909 994
$60,000 to $62,499 970 979 997 971 978
$62,500 to $64,999 886 894 871 881 748
$65,000 to $67,499 956 960 894 940 703
$67,500 to $69,999 704 706 750 705 639
$70,000 to $72,499 688 686 679 653 565
$72,500 to $74,999 621 619 635 614 493
$75,000 to $77,499 533 533 576 517 492
$77,500 to $79,999 545 546 589 526 324
$80,000 to $82,499 407 409 508 427 347
$82,500 to $84,999 352 350 411 340 293
$85,000 to $87,499 327 325 379 342 312
$87,500 to $89,999 322 322 344 302 314
$90,000 to $92,499 251 257 300 247 251
$92,500 to $94,999 336 336 249 322 207
$95,000 to $97,499 248 248 294 257 206
$97,500 to $99,999 214 214 216 212 200
$100,000 and over 2863 2863 3182 2803 2396
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
plus plus
other net Money
means-tested imputed Definition 14 Income
Definition 12 government return less after Taxes
plus noncash on equity medical not including
Medicaid transfers in own home programs eitc
Def 13 Def 14 Def 15 Def 16 Def 17
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 2.7 1.4 1.3 1.4 3.2
$5,000 to $9,999 3.5 2.6 2.4 2.6 5.0
$10,000 to $14,999 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.9 6.3
$15,000 to $19,999 5.6 6.1 6.0 6.7 6.7
$20,000 to $24,999 7.1 7.5 7.1 7.9 6.9
$25,000 to $29,999 7.5 7.7 7.5 7.9 7.5
$30,000 to $34,999 7.1 7.4 7.1 7.1 7.3
$35,000 to $39,999 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.3
$40,000 to $44,999 7.0 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.5
$45,000 to $49,999 7.3 7.3 6.7 7.2 6.2
$50,000 to $59,999 11.0 11.1 11.5 10.7 10.7
$60,000 to $74,999 13.0 13.0 13.0 12.8 11.1
$75,000 to $99,999 9.5 9.5 10.4 9.4 7.9
$100,000 and over 7.7 7.7 8.5 7.5 6.4
Median 43844 44028 45086 43157 39864
Standard Error 279 279 282 286 262
Mean dollars 52606 53119 54489 52432 48522
Standard Error 388 386 391 386 382
Agg total income 1959783355 1978882971 2029948673 1953290210 1807622717
Agg Square for total income 1.96557633E14 1.97322367E14 205462578971689 194827860190901 1.77929401E14
Gini ratio 0.381 0.371 0.372 0.377 0.402
Standard Error 0.0063 0.0063 0.0062 0.0063 0.0064
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
plus plus
other net Money
means-tested imputed Definition 14 Income
Definition 12 government return less after Taxes
plus noncash on equity medical not including
Medicaid transfers in own home programs eitc
Def 13 Def 14 Def 15 Def 16 Def 17
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 18379 18830 19805 16754 15156
Percent of households 13.9 12.8 13.8 11.1 14.8
With type of addition or deduction 1072 3364 1321 801 (X)
Mean amount 1399 2779 -89 1623 (X)
Standard error 47 64 392 66 (X)
Agg first quintile 1498654 9348324 -116985 1300212 (X)
Agg square first quintile 3214454848 46550270321 119456165971 3355753838 (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 5161 4786 5152 4143 5517
Second quintile:
Upper limit 30803 30986 32475 28687 26884
Percent of households 17.7 18.3 18.3 18.1 16.5
With type of addition or deduction 1780 3407 3011 2333 (X)
Mean amount 2525 1764 949 3329 (X)
Standard error 60 51 60 85 (X)
Agg second quintile 4494839 6010090 2857554 7765928 (X)
Agg square second quintile 16479000293 24058741747 17095977458 43292425497 (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 6576 6805 6828 6731 6137
Third quintile:
Upper limit 44986 45063 46840 43209 40670
Percent of households 20.1 20.3 20.0 20.9 19.9
With type of addition or deduction 1127 1818 4912 1473 (X)
Mean amount 3775 1359 1352 5097 (X)
Standard error 138 55 56 156 (X)
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
plus plus
other net Money
means-tested imputed Definition 14 Income
Definition 12 government return less after Taxes
plus noncash on equity medical not including
Medicaid transfers in own home programs eitc
Def 13 Def 14 Def 15 Def 16 Def 17
Agg third quintile 4252595 2469683 6638841 7505765 (X)
Agg square third quintile 26804771399 7845376583 42800087372 61900818119 (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 7480 7576 7469 7777 7411
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 65336 65349 67802 64138 60522
Percent of households 23.6 23.8 23.6 24.5 23.9
With type of addition or deduction 809 787 7152 997 (X)
Mean amount 3642 1384 1802 5135 (X)
Standard error 180 91 61 214 (X)
Agg fourth quintile 2945049 1089313 12888657 5117699 (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 20198145017 3774537036 108157759206 46637511463 (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 8805 8851 8781 9115 8917
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 24.8 24.8 24.2 25.5 24.9
With type of addition or deduction 497 173 8316 757 (X)
Mean amount 3434 1054 3463 5156 (X)
Standard error 245 124 96 182 (X)
Agg fifth quintile 1706718 182207 28797635 3903157 (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 12499511483 396885750 382608800383 28633490945 (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 9232 9236 9024 9489 9273
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
plus plus
other net Money
means-tested imputed Definition 14 Income
Definition 12 government return less after Taxes
plus noncash on equity medical not including
Medicaid transfers in own home programs eitc
Def 13 Def 14 Def 15 Def 16 Def 17
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 10347 11933 12669 10728 8646
Standard error 115 112 117 108 89
Agg 53400028 57113222 65273550 44446631 47697514
Agg square 709773690982 808706473659 988609854010 566860328652 520451287166
Second quintile:
Mean 24757 25023 26188 22881 21286
Standard error 65 63 65 62 66
Agg 162799834 170280958 178821456 154014626 130631965
Agg square 4113186443893 4343173937027 4770835738861 3601723882493 2853904238040
Third quintile:
Mean 37848 37966 39562 35836 33817
Standard error 71 70 72 72 69
Agg 283108109 287631099 295470292 278681497 250614143
Agg square 1.08404226E13 11045536092576 11817022119041 10127655458156 8592799121930
Fourth quintile:
Mean 54293 54343 56454 52824 49798
Standard error 95 94 98 95 92
Agg 478024529 480988037 495697387 481461609 444043539
Agg square 2.62638212E13 26447357231928 28312490618417 25766721316331 2.24128415E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 106414 106417 110222 104829 100796
Standard error 1148 1147 1172 1121 1134
Agg 982450855 982869655 994685989 994685846 934635556
Agg square 1.54630429E14 1.546775933E14 159573620641360 154764899205269 1.43549404E14
107/27/99 163
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Money
Income
after
Taxes
Def 18
HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18
Total 37254
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 37078
With addition or deduction (X)
Mean addition or deduction (X)
Standard error (X)
Agg addition or deduction (X)
Agg square for addition or deduction (X)
Mean total income (X)
Standard error (X)
Tally total income (X)
Agg square for total income (X)
Under $2,500 533
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 487
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 729
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 743
$10,000 to $12,499 746
$12,500 to $14,999 999
$15,000 to $17,499 1338
$17,500 to $19,999 1475
$20,000 to $22,499 1453
$22,500 to $24,999 1498
$25,000 to $27,499 1665
$27,500 to $29,999 1402
$30,000 to $32,499 1397
$32,500 to $34,999 1361
$35,000 to $37,499 1386
$37,500 to $39,999 1345
$40,000 to $42,499 1471
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Money
Income
after
Taxes
Def 18
$42,500 to $44,999 1371
$45,000 to $47,499 1196
$47,500 to $49,999 1170
$50,000 to $52,499 1047
$52,500 to $54,999 952
$55,000 to $57,499 988
$57,500 to $59,999 1009
$60,000 to $62,499 977
$62,500 to $64,999 756
$65,000 to $67,499 711
$67,500 to $69,999 628
$70,000 to $72,499 564
$72,500 to $74,999 503
$75,000 to $77,499 491
$77,500 to $79,999 321
$80,000 to $82,499 353
$82,500 to $84,999 294
$85,000 to $87,499 309
$87,500 to $89,999 311
$90,000 to $92,499 254
$92,500 to $94,999 205
$95,000 to $97,499 217
$97,500 to $99,999 197
$100,000 and over 2400
107/27/99 165
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Money
Income
after
Taxes
Def 18
Income Levels
Percent 100.0
Under $5,000 2.7
$5,000 to $9,999 4.0
$10,000 to $14,999 4.7
$15,000 to $19,999 7.5
$20,000 to $24,999 7.9
$25,000 to $29,999 8.2
$30,000 to $34,999 7.4
$35,000 to $39,999 7.3
$40,000 to $44,999 7.6
$45,000 to $49,999 6.3
$50,000 to $59,999 10.7
$60,000 to $74,999 11.1
$75,000 to $99,999 7.9
$100,000 and over 6.4
Median 40116
Standard Error 252
Mean dollars 49074
Standard Error 379
Agg total income 1828188279
Agg Square for total income 1.78846605E14
Gini ratio 0.391
Standard Error 0.0064
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Money
Income
after
Taxes
Def 18
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 15858
Percent of households 12.5
With type of addition or deduction (X)
Mean amount (X)
Standard error (X)
Agg first quintile (X)
Agg square first quintile (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 4645
Second quintile:
Upper limit 27101
Percent of households 18.2
With type of addition or deduction (X)
Mean amount (X)
Standard error (X)
Agg second quintile (X)
Agg square second quintile (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 6791
Third quintile:
Upper limit 40787
Percent of households 20.3
With type of addition or deduction (X)
Mean amount (X)
Standard error (X)
Agg third quintile (X)
Agg square third quintile (X)
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Money
Income
after
Taxes
Def 18
Tot 3rd Quintile 7574
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 60568
Percent of households 24.1
With type of addition or deduction (X)
Mean amount (X)
Standard error (X)
Agg fourth quintile (X)
Agg square fourth quintile (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 8984
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 24.9
With type of addition or deduction (X)
Mean amount (X)
Standard error (X)
Agg fifth quintile (X)
Agg square fifth quintile (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 9260
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (HHLDER WITH REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Money
Income
after
Taxes
Def 18
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 8935
Standard error 106
Agg 41506777
Agg square 478276777385
Second quintile:
Mean 21660
Standard error 60
Agg 147081066
Agg square 3259818561429
Third quintile:
Mean 33917
Standard error 69
Agg 256891149
Agg square 8833453895156
Fourth quintile:
Mean 49894
Standard error 92
Agg 448245440
Agg square 2.26663264E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 100912
Standard error 1135
Agg 934463847
Agg square 1.43608729E14
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031999/rdcall/1_007.htm