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 Table F-3 &type.. Mean Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent
 of White Families:  1966 to 2007

 (Families as of March of the following year.  Income in current
 and 2007 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars 28/)
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 Year           Lowest    Second     Third    Fourth   Highest     Top 5
                 fifth     fifth     fifth     fifth     fifth   percent
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 Current Dollars

 White Alone
 2007           $18,091   $40,988   $64,503   $95,037  $191,599  $324,730
 2006            17,478    39,270    61,331    91,357   191,917   339,222
 2005            16,816    37,808    59,125    86,970   182,010   320,478
 2004 35/        15,911    36,162    56,977    84,005   173,989   304,276
 2003            15,710    35,187    55,776    82,676   169,501   294,619
 2002            15,663    34,863    54,630    79,900   163,963   287,479



 White
 2001            15,780    34,779    54,214    79,388   165,118   290,882
 2000 30/        15,697    34,369    53,159    77,230   161,919   288,578
 1999 29/        15,099    33,091    51,137    74,217   151,811   263,471
 1998            14,217    31,702    48,933    70,769   146,296   258,617
 1997            13,598    30,316    46,755    67,787   139,504   246,176
 1996            13,097    29,059    44,784    64,272   129,773   225,126
 1995 25/        12,861    27,956    42,749    61,662   122,754   209,373
 1994 24/        11,945    26,586    40,884    59,491   119,685   206,390
 1993 23/        11,457    25,543    39,280    57,005   114,603   198,323
 1992 22/        11,318    25,275    38,663    55,122   101,813   160,422
 1991            11,407    24,997    37,773    53,913    98,313   152,297
 1990            11,356    24,737    37,011    52,513    97,076   152,658
 1989            10,902    23,873    35,943    50,881    95,453   153,206
 1988            10,261    22,455    33,856    47,814    87,204   136,694
 1987 21/         9,837    21,572    32,494    45,760    83,018   130,278
 1986             9,389    20,512    30,895    43,488    77,848   118,114
 1985 20/         8,906    19,444    29,235    41,336    73,032   108,960
 1984             8,602    18,651    27,909    39,247    67,781    97,856
 1983 19/         7,993    17,363    25,945    36,419    62,695    89,991
 1982             7,773    16,678    24,720    34,653    59,310    84,244
 1981             7,668    15,942    23,686    32,802    54,691    76,137
 1980             7,203    14,995    22,016    30,137    50,429    71,581
 1979 18/         6,764    13,943    20,428    27,715    47,365    69,970
 1978             6,048    12,574    18,415    25,025    42,304    61,965
 1977             5,587    11,511    16,814    22,864    38,321    55,765
 1976 17/         5,235    10,683    15,552    20,996    35,220    51,622
 1975 16/         4,790     9,816    14,260    19,330    32,428    47,568
 1974 16/15/      4,647     9,439    13,453    18,218    30,582    44,474
 1973             4,159     8,703    12,463    16,817    28,705    43,431
 1972 14/         3,808     8,019    11,464    15,484    26,791    41,126
 1971 13/         3,499     7,420    10,577    14,173    24,353    37,224
 1970             3,355     7,193    10,151    13,558    23,265    35,530
 1969             3,249     6,961     9,728    12,898    22,028    33,981
 1968             3,016     6,360     8,878    11,746    20,041    31,049
 1967 12/         2,697     5,848     8,183    10,865    19,110    30,277
 1966 11/         2,585     5,568     7,750    10,261    17,482    26,936



 2007 Dollars

 White Alone
 2007           $18,091   $40,988   $64,503   $95,037  $191,599   324,730
 2006            17,974    40,384    63,071    93,949   197,361   348,845
 2005            17,860    40,155    62,796    92,370   193,310   340,375
 2004 35/        17,465    39,695    62,543    92,212   190,986   334,002
 2003            17,711    39,668    62,880    93,206   191,089   332,142
 2002            18,052    40,181    62,963    92,088   188,973   331,330



 White
 2001            18,481    40,732    63,493    92,976   193,379   340,668
 2000 30/        18,900    41,381    64,005    92,987   194,956   347,457
 1999 29/        18,789    41,178    63,634    92,354   188,911   327,858
 1998            18,060    40,272    62,161    89,901   185,845   328,531
 1997            17,515    39,049    60,224    87,314   179,691   317,092
 1996            17,234    38,239    58,931    84,576   170,769   296,244
 1995 25/        17,374    37,767    57,751    83,301   165,832   282,849
 1994 24/        16,525    36,781    56,561    82,304   165,580   285,533
 1993 23/        16,189    36,092    55,502    80,548   161,933   280,229
 1992 22/        16,388    36,596    55,981    79,813   147,418   232,280
 1991            16,935    37,112    56,079    80,041   145,960   226,106
 1990            17,464    38,043    56,918    80,759   149,291   234,770
 1989            17,602    38,544    58,031    82,149   154,112   247,355
 1988            17,281    37,818    57,020    80,527   146,867   230,217
 1987 21/        17,175    37,664    56,734    79,896   144,948   227,464
 1986            16,947    37,024    55,765    78,495   140,514   213,193
 1985 20/        16,366    35,731    53,724    75,961   134,208   200,231
 1984            16,350    35,451    53,048    74,599   128,835   186,000
 1983 19/        15,815    34,354    51,334    72,057   124,046   178,052
 1982            16,036    34,407    50,998    71,489   122,357   173,796
 1981            16,774    34,873    51,813    71,754   119,637   166,550
 1980            17,257    35,924    52,745    72,201   120,815   171,490
 1979 18/        18,004    37,112    54,373    73,769   126,072   186,240
 1978            17,640    36,674    53,710    72,990   123,387   180,731
 1977            17,413    35,876    52,404    71,260   119,434   173,802
 1976 17/        17,346    35,397    51,530    69,568   116,697   171,044
 1975 16/        16,784    34,396    49,967    67,733   113,629   166,680
 1974 16/15/     17,622    35,793    51,014    69,083   115,968   168,647
 1973            17,348    36,302    51,986    70,148   119,735   181,161
 1972 14/        16,878    35,543    50,812    68,630   118,746   182,283
 1971 13/        15,974    33,874    48,286    64,703   111,177   169,936
 1970            15,987    34,277    48,372    64,607   110,864   169,310
 1969            16,245    34,805    48,640    64,490   110,140   169,905
 1968            15,753    33,218    46,370    61,349   104,674   162,168
 1967 12/        14,639    31,742    44,416    58,973   103,725   164,338
 1966 11/        14,469    31,166    43,380    57,435    97,854   150,772
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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