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Historical Income Tables - Households

                                                                                          
                                                                                               



  Table H-1. Income Limits for Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Black
  Households:  1967 to 2007

  (Households as of March of the following year.  Income in current and
  2007 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars28/)
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                                                                           Lower
                                                                        limit of
                              Upper limit of each fifth (dollars)          top 5
                  Number   __________________________________________    percent
  Year          (thous.)     Lowest     Second      Third     Fourth   (dollars)
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  Current Dollars

  Black A.O.I.C.

  2007             14,976    $12,524    $26,000    $43,005    $71,000   $126,400
  2006             14,709     12,138     25,000     40,500     67,600    123,460
  2005             14,399     11,654     23,090     39,944     64,297    117,957
  2004 35/         14,151     11,000     23,000     37,514     62,814    111,920
  2003             13,969     11,000     22,690     38,000     61,824    109,148
  2002             13,778     11,000     22,276     36,000     60,441    110,000



  Black Alone

  2007             14,551     12,522     25,860     43,000     70,600    125,288
  2006             14,354     12,000     25,000     40,150     67,200    122,489
  2005             14,002     11,604     23,042     39,610     64,010    117,200
  2004 35/         13,809     11,000     22,999     37,087     62,579    111,724
  2003             13,629     10,936     22,580     37,880     61,500    108,247
  2002             13,465     11,000     22,052     36,000     60,162    108,656



  Black

  2001             13,315     11,100     22,800     37,000     60,115    102,642
  2000 30/         13,174     11,726     22,991     37,294     59,000    105,373
  1999 29/         12,838     10,668     21,747     36,000     59,020    107,000
  1998             12,579      9,160     19,125     32,016     53,208     94,390
  1997             12,474      9,260     19,000     31,300     51,117     87,200
  1996             12,109      8,790     17,720     30,000     49,502     85,000
  1995 25/         11,577      8,400     16,900     28,689     46,296     79,831
  1994 24/         11,655      7,553     15,796     26,821     45,744     80,766
  1993 23/         11,281      7,160     14,570     25,000     42,000     75,557
  1992 22/         11,269      6,550     13,768     24,290     40,290     70,392
  1991             11,083      6,550     13,964     24,459     40,087     68,646
  1990             10,671      6,456     13,732     24,000     39,100     69,265
  1989             10,486      6,306     13,280     23,015     38,000     65,600
  1988             10,561      5,941     12,000     21,196     36,069     61,650
  1987 21/         10,192      5,614     11,600     20,000     33,469     58,501
  1986              9,922      5,258     11,249     19,500     32,301     55,202
  1985 20/          9,797      5,484     11,000     18,576     30,727     52,000
  1984              9,480      5,208     10,180     17,125     28,193     49,080
  1983 19/          9,243      4,800      9,360     16,000     26,790     45,410
  1982              8,916      4,640      9,215     15,565     25,080     40,520
  1981              8,961      4,500      8,560     14,372     24,060     39,550
  1980              8,847      4,190      8,170     13,500     22,084     37,000
  1979 18/          8,586      4,000      7,708     12,634     20,900     33,800
  1978              8,066      3,704      7,088     12,000     18,969     31,500
  1977              7,977      3,488      6,400     10,484     16,964     28,104
  1976 17/          7,776      3,312      6,000     10,000     16,000     25,780
  1975 16/          7,489      3,013      5,600      9,421     14,740     23,360
  1974 16/15/       7,263      2,920      5,460      8,700     13,500     21,756
  1973              7,040      2,767      5,012      8,060     12,755     20,573
  1972 14/          6,809      2,456      4,612      7,375     11,800     18,800
  1971 13/          6,578      2,292      4,329      7,000     10,840     17,400
  1970              6,180      2,132      4,283      6,792     10,504     17,048
  1969              6,053      2,059      4,034      6,359      9,684     15,612
  1968              5,870      1,980      3,719      5,815      9,000     14,400
  1967 12/          5,728      1,777      3,300      5,250      8,080     13,470



  2007 Dollars

  Black A.O.I.C.

  2007             14,976    $12,524    $26,000    $43,005    $71,000   $126,400
  2006             14,709     12,482     25,709     41,649     69,518    126,962
  2005             14,399     12,378     24,524     42,424     68,289    125,280
  2004 35/         14,151     12,075     25,247     41,179     68,950    122,854
  2003             13,969     12,401     25,580     42,840     69,698    123,049
  2002             13,778     12,678     25,674     41,491     69,660    126,779



  Black Alone

  2007             14,551     12,522     25,860     43,000     70,600    125,288
  2006             14,354     12,340     25,709     41,289     69,106    125,964
  2005             14,002     12,324     24,473     42,069     67,984    124,476
  2004 35/         13,809     12,075     25,246     40,710     68,693    122,639
  2003             13,629     12,329     25,456     42,704     69,333    122,033
  2002             13,465     12,678     25,416     41,491     69,339    125,230



    Black

  2001             13,315     13,000     26,702     43,333     70,404    120,210
  2000 30/         13,174     14,118     27,682     44,903     71,038    126,873
  1999 29/         12,838     13,275     27,062     44,798     73,443    133,149
  1998             12,579     11,636     24,295     40,671     67,592    119,907
  1997             12,474     11,928     24,473     40,317     65,842    112,320
  1996             12,109     11,567     23,318     39,477     65,140    111,852
  1995 25/         11,577     11,348     22,831     38,757     62,543    107,846
  1994 24/         11,655     10,449     21,853     37,106     63,285    111,737
  1993 23/         11,281     10,117     20,587     35,325     59,346    106,762
  1992 22/         11,269      9,484     19,935     35,170     58,337    101,923
  1991             11,083      9,724     20,732     36,313     59,515    101,915
  1990             10,671      9,929     21,118     36,909     60,131    106,521
  1989             10,486     10,181     21,441     37,158     61,352    105,913
  1988             10,561     10,006     20,210     35,698     60,747    103,830
  1987 21/         10,192      9,802     20,253     34,920     58,436    102,142
  1986              9,922      9,491     20,304     35,197     58,303     99,638
  1985 20/          9,797     10,078     20,214     34,136     56,466     95,558
  1984              9,480      9,899     19,350     32,550     53,588     93,289
  1983 19/          9,243      9,497     18,519     31,657     53,006     89,846
  1982              8,916      9,572     19,011     32,111     51,740     83,593
  1981              8,961      9,844     18,725     31,439     52,631     86,516
  1980              8,847     10,038     19,573     32,343     52,908     88,643
  1979 18/          8,586     10,647     20,516     33,628     55,630     89,966
  1978              8,066     10,803     20,673     35,000     55,326     91,875
  1977              7,977     10,871     19,947     32,675     52,871     87,591
  1976 17/          7,776     10,974     19,880     33,134     53,014     85,419
  1975 16/          7,489     10,558     19,623     33,011     51,649     81,854
  1974 16/15/       7,263     11,073     20,704     32,991     51,192     82,499
  1973              7,040     11,542     20,906     33,620     53,204     85,815
  1972 14/          6,809     10,886     20,442     32,688     52,301     83,328
  1971 13/          6,578     10,463     19,763     31,957     49,487     79,435
  1970              6,180     10,160     20,410     32,366     50,054     81,238
  1969              6,053     10,295     20,170     31,795     48,420     78,060
  1968              5,870     10,342     19,424     30,372     47,007     75,211
  1967 12/          5,728      9,645     17,912     28,496     43,857     73,113
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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