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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 Black alone or in combination 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 Black
alone or in combination Householder
Total 14399 14399 14399 14399 14399 14399 14399
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 14040 12362 12362 12362 12362 12368 12368
With addition or deduction (X) 5879 1083 7033 10744 10281 3426
Mean addition or deduction (X) 9936 6198 5311 3392 5737 1902
Standard error (X) 119 624 43 31 152 29
Agg addition or deduction (X) 58407398 6712006 37353205 36440349 58978353 6516592
Agg square for addition or
deduction (X) 975788375866 408805791547 273361092560 213226620115 2301768138045 20200906071
Mean total income (X) 23080 104703 65476 49731 48073 25924
Standard error (X) 550 3801 711 581 455 485
Tally total income (X) 135675849 113394401 460521113 534318719 494233987 88807926
Agg square for total income (X) 11542992632195 2.54868494E13 50245091196980 5.78233936E13 4.13544612E13 4515716329524
Under $2,500 632 2709 2711 2695 2711 2713 2683
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 343 432 429 414 487 486 409
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 734 482 482 480 475 485 451
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 748 383 381 357 399 428 411
$10,000 to $12,499 663 492 494 476 469 499 444
$12,500 to $14,999 613 414 416 395 491 479 452
$15,000 to $17,499 665 490 487 432 376 443 430
$17,500 to $19,999 564 399 401 355 499 499 510
$20,000 to $22,499 665 591 587 500 457 480 501
$22,500 to $24,999 425 374 362 374 442 456 509
$25,000 to $27,499 562 476 485 457 405 466 456
$27,500 to $29,999 369 330 337 356 408 400 464
$30,000 to $32,499 567 488 475 401 390 418 434
$32,500 to $34,999 305 277 281 310 324 391 410
$35,000 to $37,499 488 466 449 344 371 410 437
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 Black alone or in combination 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 $39,999 301 234 234 329 335 397 414
$40,000 to $42,499 481 456 451 321 357 364 362
$42,500 to $44,999 251 226 219 330 331 331 334
$45,000 to $47,499 364 334 335 307 288 308 312
$47,500 to $49,999 274 237 260 271 281 318 326
$50,000 to $52,499 400 385 365 285 286 224 239
$52,500 to $54,999 208 191 193 254 223 251 237
$55,000 to $57,499 273 240 246 262 227 238 250
$57,500 to $59,999 177 159 164 198 206 216 214
$60,000 to $62,499 269 285 271 231 219 187 187
$62,500 to $64,999 205 156 155 172 221 208 211
$65,000 to $67,499 195 201 195 201 142 204 203
$67,500 to $69,999 151 151 149 192 184 145 151
$70,000 to $72,499 206 196 189 157 156 126 126
$72,500 to $74,999 105 114 119 176 169 141 138
$75,000 to $77,499 148 118 132 130 113 101 105
$77,500 to $79,999 101 103 103 135 121 126 121
$80,000 to $82,499 156 148 137 117 133 129 134
$82,500 to $84,999 103 81 82 106 93 76 76
$85,000 to $87,499 132 119 129 119 95 93 95
$87,500 to $89,999 89 78 65 109 79 116 116
$90,000 to $92,499 115 109 94 78 88 61 64
$92,500 to $94,999 49 57 65 96 80 67 67
$95,000 to $97,499 87 76 83 72 95 66 68
$97,500 to $99,999 82 81 70 90 82 64 61
$100,000 and over 1136 1060 1119 1312 1092 789 791
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 Black alone or in combination 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 6.8 21.8 21.8 21.6 22.2 22.2 21.5
$5,000 to $9,999 10.3 6.0 6.0 5.8 6.1 6.3 6.0
$10,000 to $14,999 8.9 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.7 6.8 6.2
$15,000 to $19,999 8.5 6.2 6.2 5.5 6.1 6.5 6.5
$20,000 to $24,999 7.6 6.7 6.6 6.1 6.2 6.5 7.0
$25,000 to $29,999 6.5 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6 6.0 6.4
$30,000 to $34,999 6.1 5.3 5.3 4.9 5.0 5.6 5.9
$35,000 to $39,999 5.5 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.9 5.6 5.9
$40,000 to $44,999 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.8
$45,000 to $49,999 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.4
$50,000 to $59,999 7.3 6.8 6.7 6.9 6.5 6.5 6.5
$60,000 to $74,999 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.9 7.6 7.0 7.1
$75,000 to $99,999 7.4 6.7 6.7 7.3 6.8 6.2 6.3
$100,000 and over 7.9 7.4 7.8 9.1 7.6 5.5 5.5
Median 30954 27277 27311 29349 27421 26247 27192
Standard Error 295 380 379 470 412 359 366
Mean dollars 42727 38671 39137 41731 39201 35292 35745
Standard Error 465 472 479 497 474 377 376
Agg total income 615250100 556842702 563554708 600907912 564467563 508186565 514703156
Agg Square for total income 6.2329E13 58642365114255 6.02114563E13 66146942767323 5.95420887E13 4.16580963E13 4.19773407E13
Gini ratio 0.474 0.534 0.538 0.537 0.539 0.522 0.514
Standard Error 0.0075 0.0074 0.0074 0.0073 0.0074 0.0072 0.0072
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 Black alone or in combination 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 33.7 29.0 29.0 28.8 29.0 28.9 28.7
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 3051 8 120 1239 374 847
Mean amount (X) 10621 -250 1957 429 286 901
Standard error (X) 155 1025 142 8 20 36
Agg first quintile (X) 32402494 -1930 234534 531201 106816 763468
Agg square first quintile (X) 523541168142 50701798 691718729 314141404 75431187 1444242519
Tot 1st Quintile 4858 4183 4183 4148 4171 4157 4126
Second quintile:
Upper limit 36321 31347 31511 33450 31294 29696 30277
Percent of households 23.1 25.8 25.9 25.4 25.1 25.2 25.3
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 1340 94 1568 3204 3342 1514
Mean amount (X) 8742 47 2972 1560 1255 2697
Standard error (X) 218 402 53 11 22 41
Agg second quintile (X) 11712414 4393 4659999 4998700 4195178 4084150
Agg square second quintile (X) 170790807952 1159956168 19464998650 8871639804 9487443831 14087834925
Tot 2nd Quintile 3322 3720 3729 3663 3615 3634 3646
Third quintile:
Upper limit 57669 54218 54879 58728 54973 50640 50784
Percent of households 19.0 20.3 20.2 20.9 21.0 21.0 21.1
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 713 172 2251 2853 3010 772
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 Black alone or in combination 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) 9589 1458 4499 3075 3304 1561
Standard error (X) 396 454 50 19 48 53
Agg third quintile (X) 6837891 250382 10126603 8772361 9947739 1204841
Agg square third quintile (X) 129463222615 5251515402 55909631080 29253580064 49718861311 3245242717
Tot 3rd Quintile 2736 2921 2910 3004 3018 3027 3037
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 91811 89826 91413 97616 91317 81625 81681
Percent of households 14.6 15.2 15.3 15.2 15.3 15.3 15.3
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 489 353 1877 2106 2185 230
Mean amount (X) 8760 2313 6240 5069 6411 1581
Standard error (X) 475 430 69 35 100 110
Agg fourth quintile (X) 4279317 816296 11710228 10673609 14005234 363963
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 80757140437 20395739696 86707671018 58566402203 128088930924 1086159497
Tot 4th Quintile 2106 2194 2208 2183 2207 2203 2210
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.7 9.6 9.6 9.6
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 286 456 1218 1342 1371 62
Mean amount (X) 11091 12370 8723 8540 22415 1614
Standard error (X) 740 1367 123 112 972 238
Agg fifth quintile (X) 3175283 5642864 10621841 11464479 30723386 100169
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 71236036720 381947878483 110587073083 116220856640 2114397470792 337426413
Tot 5th Quintile 1378 1383 1370 1401 1388 1379 1381
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 Black alone or in combination 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 9811 2411 2411 2426 2347 2297 2466
Standard error 89 60 60 61 58 57 62
Agg 47666020 10083761 10083322 10063804 9788498 9549559 10174480
Agg square 6.19359E11 74291372217 74351138390 75428877048 70540483820 67688251238 77577261883
Second quintile:
Mean 27271 20838 20887 21868 20483 19753 20728
Standard error 97 107 108 118 109 103 101
Agg 90579315 77511444 77886713 80105489 74054617 71778067 75578759
Agg square 2.55294E12 1743479289870 1756799242392 1901823806300 1642652649718 1530467572945 1676109043244
Third quintile:
Mean 46153 42046 42283 45249 42200 39424 39694
Standard error 128 134 135 146 136 119 116
Agg 126262651 122802893 123037197 135910999 127375283 119320656 120534127
Agg square 5.92651E12 5285657305085 5326376330117 6303525209127 5510042130802 4808517160234 4884883989176
Fourth quintile:
Mean 72167 68957 69755 74708 69937 63843 63929
Standard error 238 236 244 256 239 206 206
Agg 151948254 151262357 154017216 163121844 154337194 140667179 141267628
Agg square 1.11677E13 10646047883799 1.09761314E13 12437738059724 1.10174081E13 9146529783088 9197751476017
Fifth quintile:
Mean 144225 141137 144904 151133 143309 121042 121044
Standard error 2962 2947 2971 2919 2876 1967 1964
Agg 198793861 195182247 198530259 211705777 198911971 166871104 167148162
Agg square 4.20625E13 40892889263283 4.20777981E13 45428426815125 4.13014454E13 2.61048935E13 2.61410189E13
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 Black alone or in combination 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 Black
alone or in combination Householder
Total 14399 14399 14399 14399 14399 14399 14399
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 12371 13638 13666 13679 14048 14052 14222
With addition or deduction 8264 4885 2589 1763 1739 2759 4282
Mean addition or deduction 1887 9945 6836 109 5649 4484 2872
Standard error 43 130 100 2 125 105 46
Agg addition or deduction 15590910 48583036 17701413 192950 9824363 12369560 12298267
Agg square for addition or
deduction 131736111427 807164620404 175099143306 26892354 93272278429 122654730207 66058910846
Mean total income 46696 33233 39501 64237 22460 39571 25553
Standard error 473 534 747 987 631 782 309
Tally total income 385905278 162354703 102284973 113219527 39061355 109158065 109425735
Agg square for total income 3.0302815E13 1.08636062E13 7045701360891 9703907175982 1844713550767 8053579974709 4205900412393
Under $2,500 2677 1085 1075 1075 611 605 348
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 417 325 324 322 319 320 224
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 448 599 552 551 685 638 493
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 413 685 615 618 680 671 641
$10,000 to $12,499 463 639 562 562 596 591 604
$12,500 to $14,999 465 575 534 533 565 526 619
$15,000 to $17,499 432 569 544 543 589 524 632
$17,500 to $19,999 545 638 599 600 592 584 666
$20,000 to $22,499 495 553 538 540 557 542 541
$22,500 to $24,999 512 554 526 523 551 508 556
$25,000 to $27,499 473 554 534 537 552 526 518
$27,500 to $29,999 489 517 533 533 547 561 594
$30,000 to $32,499 434 484 488 483 487 526 534
$32,500 to $34,999 462 487 524 527 549 539 564
$35,000 to $37,499 447 485 515 512 522 515 551
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 Black alone or in combination 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 $39,999 405 434 455 460 456 478 486
$40,000 to $42,499 334 391 410 410 415 418 416
$42,500 to $44,999 372 379 389 387 390 375 395
$45,000 to $47,499 321 321 327 323 334 357 368
$47,500 to $49,999 271 326 325 327 321 350 364
$50,000 to $52,499 253 298 302 302 306 313 290
$52,500 to $54,999 262 254 293 293 304 309 335
$55,000 to $57,499 235 252 273 276 279 297 315
$57,500 to $59,999 217 247 274 268 266 278 271
$60,000 to $62,499 184 200 220 225 227 239 246
$62,500 to $64,999 229 236 249 248 249 258 259
$65,000 to $67,499 159 192 191 190 202 191 193
$67,500 to $69,999 156 147 167 165 163 171 176
$70,000 to $72,499 123 125 135 138 144 162 161
$72,500 to $74,999 135 154 150 145 146 156 162
$75,000 to $77,499 115 115 119 122 129 129 126
$77,500 to $79,999 134 143 148 146 149 159 161
$80,000 to $82,499 101 114 123 124 121 138 135
$82,500 to $84,999 84 107 113 115 115 125 125
$85,000 to $87,499 75 78 89 89 90 95 96
$87,500 to $89,999 99 104 104 106 106 113 117
$90,000 to $92,499 86 88 102 102 102 100 102
$92,500 to $94,999 57 58 58 54 54 60 61
$95,000 to $97,499 60 67 59 63 68 71 71
$97,500 to $99,999 59 60 69 69 70 70 68
$100,000 and over 702 763 793 793 795 812 813
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 Black alone or in combination 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 21.5 9.8 9.7 9.7 6.5 6.4 4.0
$5,000 to $9,999 6.0 8.9 8.1 8.1 9.5 9.1 7.9
$10,000 to $14,999 6.4 8.4 7.6 7.6 8.1 7.8 8.5
$15,000 to $19,999 6.8 8.4 7.9 7.9 8.2 7.7 9.0
$20,000 to $24,999 7.0 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.7 7.3 7.6
$25,000 to $29,999 6.7 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.7
$30,000 to $34,999 6.2 6.7 7.0 7.0 7.2 7.4 7.6
$35,000 to $39,999 5.9 6.4 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.2
$40,000 to $44,999 4.9 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.6
$45,000 to $49,999 4.1 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.9 5.1
$50,000 to $59,999 6.7 7.3 7.9 7.9 8.0 8.3 8.4
$60,000 to $74,999 6.8 7.3 7.7 7.7 7.9 8.2 8.3
$75,000 to $99,999 6.1 6.5 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.4 7.4
$100,000 and over 4.9 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.6
Median 26763 29550 31347 31362 31834 32861 33513
Standard Error 354 324 343 347 344 311 297
Mean dollars 34662 38036 39265 39278 39961 40820 41674
Standard Error 357 353 356 356 353 355 350
Agg total income 499112246 547695282 565396695 565589645 575414008 587783568 600081835
Agg Square for total income 3.85570088E13 4.15987179E13 4.32796749E13 43304898258424 4.37234078E13 4.49412675E13 45433219094267
Gini ratio 0.509 0.459 0.451 0.451 0.438 0.434 0.416
Standard Error 0.0072 0.0073 0.0072 0.0072 0.0072 0.0072 0.0072
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 Black alone or in combination 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 28.5 33.3 34.8 34.9 34.3 33.9 33.1
With type of addition
or deduction 622 2092 873 127 1139 848 2272
Mean amount 3 8000 2418 114 4990 1561 3416
Standard error 9 104 67 6 117 54 66
Agg first quintile 1772 16738562 2110063 14490 5684383 1323852 7762747
Agg square first quintile 25118225 172080596589 7816141022 2057018 42596036975 3765003039 44609462378
Tot 1st Quintile 4104 4800 5017 5020 4942 4888 4773
Second quintile:
Upper limit 29704 34241 37070 37083 37335 38121 38356
Percent of households 25.6 22.9 23.4 23.4 23.8 23.6 24.2
With type of addition
or deduction 2393 1091 670 246 304 814 1183
Mean amount 432 11088 7236 99 6626 3940 2427
Standard error 13 253 87 3 325 104 81
Agg second quintile 1033992 12091865 4849408 24296 2014557 3209001 2870580
Agg square second quintile 1283986517 195099678494 37837011984 2865318 21195030683 18405942153 14310518042
Tot 2nd Quintile 3687 3291 3368 3366 3423 3405 3487
Third quintile:
Upper limit 49501 52941 55277 55298 55517 56191 56286
Percent of households 21.1 19.8 18.1 18.1 18.2 18.2 18.3
With type of addition
or deduction 2320 801 477 434 155 548 575
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 Black alone or in combination 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 1307 11090 9595 104 6531 5972 2035
Standard error 21 383 172 3 554 212 98
Agg third quintile 3032893 8886814 4580917 44914 1015610 3270165 1171067
Agg square third quintile 5862538978 174216123023 49346448853 5974963 12601556940 30396550667 4932714076
Tot 3rd Quintile 3032 2856 2612 2613 2620 2621 2637
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 78982 81399 83032 83058 83206 83741 83773
Percent of households 15.1 14.4 14.2 14.2 14.3 14.7 14.7
With type of addition
or deduction 1775 534 343 547 98 381 214
Mean amount 2415 10419 10680 114 8493 8204 1913
Standard error 35 470 269 3 771 408 160
Agg fourth quintile 4287058 5562832 3668042 62653 832481 3122919 408948
Agg square fourth quintile 13481819255 108436426819 46038276364 9127481 11660075983 44952361477 1725156155
Tot 4th Quintile 2181 2075 2047 2041 2054 2111 2122
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 9.7 9.6 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.5 9.6
With type of addition
or deduction 1155 367 226 408 42 168 38
Mean amount 6266 14438 11049 114 6551 8611 2227
Standard error 248 863 399 3 1538 750 500
Agg fifth quintile 7235195 5302962 2492982 46597 277332 1443623 84924
Agg square fifth quintile 111082648452 157331795479 34061265083 6867574 5219577849 25134872871 481060195
Tot 5th Quintile 1395 1378 1356 1359 1359 1375 1379
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 Black alone or in combination 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 2423 8628 9653 9664 10775 10994 12453
Standard error 61 96 106 106 99 103 99
Agg 9945065 41417379 48427007 48510530 53252244 53736951 59439052
Agg square 75006123739 529434851117 693052860453 694799238432 766146996804 793958380971 919344041930
Second quintile:
Mean 20449 26141 28978 28997 29255 30027 30424
Standard error 99 86 89 89 88 88 86
Agg 75396877 86016786 97596672 97613246 100153622 102237649 106100544
Agg square 1649433464430 2312896132906 2901020569736 2903326928635 3002825889422 3141477098860 3299652203035
Third quintile:
Mean 38808 42559 45290 45322 45570 46361 46606
Standard error 112 112 115 115 115 114 113
Agg 117651605 121538880 118312376 118430565 119397462 121506507 122923742
Agg square 4658421763915 5255249517196 5430371461688 5439685157673 5513626292028 5704923454880 5800353508182
Fourth quintile:
Mean 61957 65069 66991 67012 67237 67946 67992
Standard error 195 197 197 197 196 195 194
Agg 135153895 135026150 137123779 136804213 138126897 143419770 144297957
Agg square 8519774191633 8920332935377 9317052199269 9297601161529 9417471422559 9880531385833 9946931098597
Fifth quintile:
Mean 115388 118798 120915 120866 121010 121377 121317
Standard error 1803 1835 1861 1858 1857 1844 1839
Agg 160964805 163696086 163936860 164231091 164483782 166882690 167320539
Agg square 2.36543733E13 2.45808045E13 2.49381778E13 24969485772155 2.50233372E13 2.54203772E13 25466938242523
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 Black alone or in combination 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 Black
alone or in combination Householder
Total 14399 14399 14399 14399
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 14304 14222 14040 14040
With addition or deduction 6741 4435 (X) (X)
Mean addition or deduction 3006 6781 (X) (X)
Standard error 103 94 (X) (X)
Agg addition or deduction 20266902 30070973 (X) (X)
Agg square for addition or
deduction 451225378205 342714410942 (X) (X)
Mean total income 56421 25593 (X) (X)
Standard error 589 707 (X) (X)
Tally total income 380356879 113498845 (X) (X)
Agg square for total income 34145348814317 10795254972856 (X) (X)
Under $2,500 296 348 636 618
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 225 224 387 332
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 410 494 749 713
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 569 683 815 775
$10,000 to $12,499 613 788 699 696
$12,500 to $14,999 637 727 741 637
$15,000 to $17,499 622 693 723 689
$17,500 to $19,999 682 715 703 702
$20,000 to $22,499 544 637 628 691
$22,500 to $24,999 529 607 605 639
$25,000 to $27,499 513 562 589 609
$27,500 to $29,999 585 579 494 564
$30,000 to $32,499 545 526 584 598
$32,500 to $34,999 551 498 496 505
$35,000 to $37,499 563 517 429 447
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 Black alone or in combination 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 $39,999 464 471 433 444
$40,000 to $42,499 449 389 394 406
$42,500 to $44,999 406 391 361 366
$45,000 to $47,499 347 331 315 322
$47,500 to $49,999 359 337 267 284
$50,000 to $52,499 312 307 320 323
$52,500 to $54,999 328 283 261 262
$55,000 to $57,499 310 260 260 249
$57,500 to $59,999 254 241 173 183
$60,000 to $62,499 277 212 190 189
$62,500 to $64,999 242 231 202 201
$65,000 to $67,499 177 189 154 156
$67,500 to $69,999 207 159 138 144
$70,000 to $72,499 171 133 157 155
$72,500 to $74,999 186 150 112 109
$75,000 to $77,499 138 120 115 117
$77,500 to $79,999 135 137 114 115
$80,000 to $82,499 137 123 105 106
$82,500 to $84,999 137 114 81 82
$85,000 to $87,499 105 78 84 84
$87,500 to $89,999 133 108 67 68
$90,000 to $92,499 82 84 54 56
$92,500 to $94,999 85 56 57 56
$95,000 to $97,499 95 72 45 46
$97,500 to $99,999 61 62 61 60
$100,000 and over 918 765 601 602
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 Black alone or in combination 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 3.6 4.0 7.1 6.6
$5,000 to $9,999 6.8 8.2 10.9 10.3
$10,000 to $14,999 8.7 10.5 10.0 9.3
$15,000 to $19,999 9.1 9.8 9.9 9.7
$20,000 to $24,999 7.5 8.6 8.6 9.2
$25,000 to $29,999 7.6 7.9 7.5 8.1
$30,000 to $34,999 7.6 7.1 7.5 7.7
$35,000 to $39,999 7.1 6.9 6.0 6.2
$40,000 to $44,999 5.9 5.4 5.2 5.4
$45,000 to $49,999 4.9 4.6 4.0 4.2
$50,000 to $59,999 8.4 7.6 7.0 7.1
$60,000 to $74,999 8.8 7.5 6.6 6.6
$75,000 to $99,999 7.7 6.6 5.4 5.5
$100,000 and over 6.4 5.3 4.2 4.2
Median 34446 30675 27179 27941
Standard Error 304 318 284 297
Mean dollars 43081 39586 35671 36124
Standard Error 360 346 333 331
Agg total income 620348737 570010862 513649819 520166411
Agg Square for total income 48361641227490 42445717236512 3.675107E13 3.7072061E13
Gini ratio 0.415 0.427 0.448 0.441
Standard Error 0.0072 0.0073 0.0074 0.0074
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 Black alone or in combination 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 33.7 31.9 34.0 33.0
With type of addition
or deduction 1302 1409 (X) (X)
Mean amount 1244 3247 (X) (X)
Standard error 237 70 (X) (X)
Agg first quintile 1620326 4574248 (X) (X)
Agg square first quintile 78729066742 22663190146 (X) (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 4853 4595 4897 4754
Second quintile:
Upper limit 40159 34766 31988 32328
Percent of households 24.5 23.8 23.1 24.1
With type of addition
or deduction 1422 1435 (X) (X)
Mean amount 2415 6931 (X) (X)
Standard error 120 125 (X) (X)
Agg second quintile 3433795 9948910 (X) (X)
Agg square second quintile 31552978544 94794889626 (X) (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 3534 3421 3327 3463
Third quintile:
Upper limit 58719 53240 49069 49193
Percent of households 18.0 20.1 19.0 19.0
With type of addition
or deduction 1397 882 (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 Black alone or in combination 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 2404 9661 (X) (X)
Standard error 152 242 (X) (X)
Agg third quintile 3357428 8525153 (X) (X)
Agg square third quintile 44227431205 119022689353 (X) (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 2585 2896 2738 2743
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 87582 81575 75358 75435
Percent of households 14.3 14.6 14.4 14.4
With type of addition
or deduction 1469 443 (X) (X)
Mean amount 3253 9959 (X) (X)
Standard error 173 390 (X) (X)
Agg fourth quintile 4779288 4416149 (X) (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 67156110980 68040318367 (X) (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 2063 2099 2080 2073
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 9.5 9.6 9.4 9.5
With type of addition
or deduction 1151 265 (X) (X)
Mean amount 6146 9849 (X) (X)
Standard error 418 472 (X) (X)
Agg fifth quintile 7076065 2606512 (X) (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 229559790733 38193323450 (X) (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 1364 1389 1357 1366
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 Black alone or in combination 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 13174 11334 9407 9650
Standard error 112 87 83 88
Agg 63930809 52075751 46068302 45875159
Agg square 1080655185782 719911391397 5.675549E11 581829807174
Second quintile:
Mean 31825 26846 24625 25156
Standard error 87 82 79 76
Agg 112483657 91839522 81933366 87126125
Agg square 3656400036033 2528427709213 2.073797E12 2.2477482E12
Third quintile:
Mean 48660 42964 39644 39945
Standard error 117 111 104 102
Agg 125781704 124434758 108527195 109565155
Agg square 6194151806133 5428467914845 4.367339E12 4.4400529E12
Fourth quintile:
Mean 70881 65190 60134 60200
Standard error 204 196 184 183
Agg 146253275 136829296 125094496 124794495
Agg square 10508695768465 9055136438589 7.639593E12 7.627785E12
Fifth quintile:
Mean 126034 118701 111997 111831
Standard error 1876 1823 1852 1842
Agg 171899291 164831535 152026459 152805477
Agg square 26921738431076 24713773782469 2.210279E13 2.2174645E13
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_012.htm