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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 an Asian alone 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 Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Households With an Asian
alone Householder
Total 4273 4273 4273 4273 4273 4273 4273 4273
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 4197 4048 4048 4048 4048 4048 4048 4048
With addition or deduction (X) 1119 744 2698 3662 3624 593 2810
Mean addition or deduction (X) 12995 10005 7627 5696 12541 1734 4000
Standard error (X) 359 2818 82 78 446 70 136
Agg addition or deduction (X) 14537909 7442594 20573382 20857101 45451331 1028668 11240126
Agg square for addition or
deduction (X) 318326017228 3604386734797 196553595931 184959409625 2667513497329 3178150115 162879000410
Mean total income (X) 51386 154504 108809 88640 78428 35332 79467
Standard error (X) 2090 6276 2106 1686 1282 1337 1372
Tally total income (X) 57485473 114935698 293518734 324560304 284244047 20958903 223292673
Agg square for total income (X) 7346902651947 3.52660367E13 57870647110790 5.93657844E13 3.96291336E13 1245865318089 2.96776895E13
Under $2,500 154 372 370 362 364 364 359 359
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 30 59 59 61 67 69 61 61
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 74 51 51 47 47 45 54 54
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 77 56 55 55 58 62 62 63
$10,000 to $12,499 100 90 90 78 87 88 66 66
$12,500 to $14,999 95 63 63 66 92 94 76 82
$15,000 to $17,499 87 84 85 86 87 89 91 85
$17,500 to $19,999 88 78 77 67 58 72 88 88
$20,000 to $22,499 104 100 100 69 94 89 89 88
$22,500 to $24,999 84 77 82 90 71 74 71 80
$25,000 to $27,499 101 97 93 65 65 84 85 87
$27,500 to $29,999 62 50 51 77 83 82 84 87
$30,000 to $32,499 91 90 86 62 82 91 102 114
$32,500 to $34,999 49 50 50 63 70 86 88 77
$35,000 to $37,499 110 99 96 78 68 67 73 79
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 an Asian alone 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 Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
$37,500 to $39,999 65 58 62 53 81 85 78 89
$40,000 to $42,499 91 101 100 87 74 98 107 109
$42,500 to $44,999 73 78 64 68 74 88 83 84
$45,000 to $47,499 82 78 86 67 90 97 96 115
$47,500 to $49,999 102 88 89 79 80 111 114 107
$50,000 to $52,499 139 138 131 95 95 106 106 101
$52,500 to $54,999 68 55 57 77 87 82 81 107
$55,000 to $57,499 84 74 67 77 91 92 99 96
$57,500 to $59,999 71 54 67 85 81 110 109 106
$60,000 to $62,499 128 134 123 72 73 89 90 86
$62,500 to $64,999 54 63 65 77 78 81 81 86
$65,000 to $67,499 80 78 78 72 72 75 75 77
$67,500 to $69,999 55 54 62 82 100 78 79 82
$70,000 to $72,499 83 92 88 78 62 67 68 60
$72,500 to $74,999 58 49 48 60 79 66 66 87
$75,000 to $77,499 55 63 70 79 55 72 72 73
$77,500 to $79,999 29 38 36 59 56 74 76 73
$80,000 to $82,499 91 84 80 71 59 68 68 57
$82,500 to $84,999 57 58 52 47 55 66 65 53
$85,000 to $87,499 65 77 76 46 55 60 61 85
$87,500 to $89,999 42 33 39 63 68 55 51 58
$90,000 to $92,499 79 70 60 51 64 42 46 69
$92,500 to $94,999 40 25 25 45 43 71 70 59
$95,000 to $97,499 64 56 55 64 32 63 65 50
$97,500 to $99,999 37 36 36 45 53 48 44 53
$100,000 and over 1174 1120 1147 1248 1122 870 874 780
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 an Asian alone 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 Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 4.3 10.1 10.0 9.9 10.1 10.1 9.8 9.8
$5,000 to $9,999 3.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.7
$10,000 to $14,999 4.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 4.2 4.3 3.3 3.5
$15,000 to $19,999 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.8 4.2 4.1
$20,000 to $24,999 4.4 4.2 4.3 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.9
$25,000 to $29,999 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.9 4.0 4.1
$30,000 to $34,999 3.3 3.3 3.2 2.9 3.6 4.1 4.5 4.5
$35,000 to $39,999 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.9
$40,000 to $44,999 3.8 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.5 4.4 4.4 4.5
$45,000 to $49,999 4.3 3.9 4.1 3.4 4.0 4.9 4.9 5.2
$50,000 to $59,999 8.5 7.5 7.5 7.8 8.3 9.1 9.2 9.6
$60,000 to $74,999 10.7 11.0 10.9 10.3 10.8 10.7 10.7 11.2
$75,000 to $99,999 13.1 12.6 12.4 13.3 12.6 14.5 14.4 14.8
$100,000 and over 27.5 26.2 26.8 29.2 26.2 20.4 20.5 18.3
Median 61094 59751 60092 64156 59659 55348 55536 53933
Standard Error 712 1260 1013 1200 1165 1028 965 854
Mean dollars 80096 76694 78436 83250 78369 67857 68097 65467
Standard Error 1413 1424 1543 1585 1527 1175 1173 1098
Agg total income 342250398 327712488 335155082 355728463 334871363 289950488 290979155 279739029
Agg Square for total income 5.66854E13 54861883921189 6.12036842E13 66463130591935 6.04549109E13 3.99186223E13 3.9980369E13 3.59822118E13
Gini ratio 0.429 0.454 0.454 0.438 0.443 0.439 0.438 0.430
Standard Error 0.0129 0.0129 0.0129 0.0127 0.0129 0.0131 0.0131 0.0131
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 an Asian alone 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 Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 19291 10732 10745 10990 10404 10237 10759 10700
Percent of households 16.4 13.3 13.2 12.9 13.1 13.0 13.2 13.1
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 324 3 22 150 66 103 66
Mean amount (X) 13200 -3000 2462 452 240 667 -30
Standard error (X) 558 (X) 359 30 44 87 29
Agg first quintile (X) 4282736 -8148 55177 67862 15828 68728 -1994
Agg square first quintile (X) 82903741414 24445350 187743601 46528072 10573370 110954999 2965927
Tot 1st Quintile 700 567 564 551 559 557 563 560
Second quintile:
Upper limit 36321 31347 31511 33450 31294 29696 30277 29704
Percent of households 13.2 15.8 15.8 15.5 15.4 15.1 14.7 14.8
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 201 17 234 556 537 202 296
Mean amount (X) 12376 3140 3844 1612 1205 2702 339
Standard error (X) 723 2700 154 36 66 119 42
Agg second quintile (X) 2481842 53033 900465 896757 646966 545838 100220
Agg square second quintile (X) 47579135968 1836991746 4504397270 1772441821 1784580825 1942825069 156248301
Tot 2nd Quintile 564 674 675 660 658 647 628 632
Third quintile:
Upper limit 57669 54218 54879 58728 54973 50640 50784 49501
Percent of households 17.5 18.0 17.8 17.8 17.7 17.7 18.0 17.6
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 190 66 509 714 733 184 531
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 an Asian alone 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 Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Mean amount (X) 12383 1167 5328 3263 3151 1550 1201
Standard error (X) 1077 755 103 46 98 116 45
Agg third quintile (X) 2352131 76861 2709399 2331144 2308235 284682 637914
Agg square third quintile (X) 62762778978 2077558261 16659092961 8491197086 11438381771 806783720 1222821274
Tot 3rd Quintile 746 767 759 761 758 755 768 753
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 91811 89826 91413 97616 91317 81625 81681 78982
Percent of households 21.7 22.3 23.3 23.6 24.1 23.8 23.9 24.1
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 216 170 801 997 1002 58 824
Mean amount (X) 13194 1778 6917 5312 6490 1539 2319
Standard error (X) 897 569 105 65 165 186 66
Agg fourth quintile (X) 2854251 302796 5539747 5297197 6503186 89765 1911951
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 67929042075 8080588446 44035072214 31491466802 64092368328 232641183 6831952023
Tot 4th Quintile 929 955 995 1007 1028 1016 1020 1031
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 31.2 30.7 30.0 30.3 29.7 30.4 30.3 30.4
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 187 488 1132 1243 1287 46 1092
Mean amount (X) 13695 14378 10047 9863 27951 859 7867
Standard error (X) 883 4271 128 134 1091 172 301
Agg fifth quintile (X) 2566948 7018052 11368593 12264141 35977116 39655 8592036
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 57151318792 3592367150994 131167289884 143157775844 2590187593035 84945144 154665012885
Tot 5th Quintile 1334 1310 1280 1294 1270 1298 1294 1297
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 an Asian alone 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 Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 9480 2449 2436 2390 2385 2335 2565 2519
Standard error 263 162 163 164 160 157 168 166
Agg 6632090 1388075 1373949 1317853 1332567 1300701 1444867 1410109
Agg square 9.00033E10 10169406659 10121679149 9696760700 9614917239 9212838631 10867174595 10471840289
Second quintile:
Mean 27538 20966 20952 21817 20691 19876 20685 20479
Standard error 233 251 251 280 263 246 241 238
Agg 15532488 14137636 14134002 14410340 13624550 12854241 12995058 12941731
Agg square 4.41592E11 319510182333 319196960665 341949730947 305915788230 275866479203 287257927826 283242170641
Third quintile:
Mean 47046 43550 43692 46561 43649 40629 40797 39812
Standard error 241 260 263 295 276 249 246 239
Agg 35110066 33416684 33166153 35424239 33086058 30666548 31313287 29989483
Agg square 1.67778E12 1487236827781 1481144808605 1689798932843 1479377138133 1274233891273 1306244604519 1219861917910
Fourth quintile:
Mean 73179 70691 71744 76532 71939 64943 65087 63014
Standard error 376 361 373 391 373 313 313 297
Agg 67952932 67495395 71368356 77034494 73930691 66012074 66367863 64942071
Agg square 5.07075E12 4866587901120 5230680792051 6020343651566 5436506465644 4368384075777 4401278345207 4167644908846
Fifth quintile:
Mean 162625 161313 167995 175882 167621 138002 138192 131389
Standard error 3141 3199 3700 3698 3679 2618 2623 2418
Agg 217022821 211274699 215112622 227541537 212897496 179116924 178858080 170455634
Agg square 4.94053E13 48178379603296 5.416254E13 58401341515879 5.32234966E13 3.3990925E13 3.3974721E13 3.0300991E13
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 an Asian alone Householder)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Households With an Asian
alone Householder
Total 4273 4273 4273 4273 4273 4273 4273
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 4150 4171 4175 4202 4202 4211 4231
With addition or deduction 995 728 645 209 532 385 2553
Mean addition or deduction 12712 9106 111 9032 4491 2147 5790
Standard error 379 222 2 578 218 125 233
Agg addition or deduction 12647348 6625215 71892 1890561 2386833 825835 14780735
Agg square for addition or
deduction 275082080183 81239702051 9813268 28830895177 21519042970 3630047557 370709755192
Mean total income 61749 72388 89457 50909 61678 31940 93480
Standard error 2380 3205 2828 3809 2348 1141 1639
Tally total income 61433779 52667234 57703674 10655857 32783724 12287030 238623637
Agg square for total income 8297495087383 8181012661891 7835232937090 1052940412480 3273161221419 547086627927 36371867012082
Under $2,500 195 180 180 144 144 132 103
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 40 47 47 30 30 34 40
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 65 72 72 70 65 60 43
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 71 57 57 72 73 57 54
$10,000 to $12,499 82 70 70 83 73 70 71
$12,500 to $14,999 97 68 67 65 76 78 93
$15,000 to $17,499 89 97 98 102 99 98 85
$17,500 to $19,999 87 106 106 104 90 108 106
$20,000 to $22,499 92 82 82 84 87 85 79
$22,500 to $24,999 88 77 77 86 73 75 63
$25,000 to $27,499 96 86 86 85 89 88 96
$27,500 to $29,999 83 78 78 83 79 81 79
$30,000 to $32,499 117 110 110 113 107 116 117
$32,500 to $34,999 68 70 70 71 69 66 60
$35,000 to $37,499 74 79 79 80 87 87 86
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 an Asian alone Householder)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
$37,500 to $39,999 94 89 89 88 97 97 108
$40,000 to $42,499 101 102 102 99 97 95 99
$42,500 to $44,999 100 97 95 97 90 95 85
$45,000 to $47,499 130 128 129 126 122 116 107
$47,500 to $49,999 114 115 112 112 111 114 107
$50,000 to $52,499 106 101 105 107 100 104 89
$52,500 to $54,999 122 123 123 124 119 115 104
$55,000 to $57,499 96 104 103 105 115 120 118
$57,500 to $59,999 100 110 110 114 118 118 104
$60,000 to $62,499 73 82 83 80 89 86 78
$62,500 to $64,999 69 71 71 71 72 78 92
$65,000 to $67,499 92 87 84 87 87 85 66
$67,500 to $69,999 73 76 79 76 78 80 82
$70,000 to $72,499 57 60 60 64 59 59 83
$72,500 to $74,999 94 99 98 88 97 96 88
$75,000 to $77,499 75 68 68 70 73 72 61
$77,500 to $79,999 87 77 76 81 79 79 86
$80,000 to $82,499 64 61 60 64 59 61 76
$82,500 to $84,999 68 71 73 69 74 72 82
$85,000 to $87,499 85 101 101 102 103 105 53
$87,500 to $89,999 64 66 66 68 70 69 76
$90,000 to $92,499 67 72 68 68 64 66 63
$92,500 to $94,999 60 59 63 64 73 73 67
$95,000 to $97,499 43 55 55 52 46 46 65
$97,500 to $99,999 56 57 57 57 60 60 62
$100,000 and over 837 863 863 870 878 878 999
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 an Asian alone Householder)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 5.5 5.3 5.3 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.3
$5,000 to $9,999 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.3
$10,000 to $14,999 4.2 3.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.8
$15,000 to $19,999 4.1 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.4 4.8 4.5
$20,000 to $24,999 4.2 3.7 3.7 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.3
$25,000 to $29,999 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.1
$30,000 to $34,999 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.1
$35,000 to $39,999 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.3 4.3 4.5
$40,000 to $44,999 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.3
$45,000 to $49,999 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.0
$50,000 to $59,999 9.9 10.3 10.3 10.5 10.6 10.7 9.7
$60,000 to $74,999 10.7 11.1 11.1 10.9 11.3 11.3 11.4
$75,000 to $99,999 15.7 16.1 16.1 16.2 16.4 16.4 16.1
$100,000 and over 19.6 20.2 20.2 20.4 20.5 20.5 23.4
Median 55630 57411 57433 57648 58430 58479 61288
Standard Error 918 854 856 826 771 770 1176
Mean dollars 68427 69977 69994 70436 70995 71188 74647
Standard Error 1094 1099 1099 1097 1097 1094 1131
Agg total income 292386378 299011592 299083484 300974045 303360878 304186713 318967449
Agg Square for total income 3.75660293E13 3.86501549E13 38662962717650 3.88418246E13 3.9170879E13 39213770255112 42578670646352
Gini ratio 0.408 0.401 0.401 0.397 0.393 0.391 0.388
Standard Error 0.0131 0.0130 0.0130 0.0130 0.0130 0.0130 0.0130
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 an Asian alone Householder)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 18687 20941 20946 21405 21993 22514 23832
Percent of households 16.0 17.2 17.2 17.0 17.0 16.9 16.5
With type of addition
or deduction 215 147 29 77 91 157 164
Mean amount 8222 2819 99 7123 1246 2645 2135
Standard error 334 168 12 509 138 201 981
Agg first quintile 1764698 414818 2842 545509 113136 414562 349619
Agg square first quintile 18648671800 1659939741 383961 5106539463 267818998 1897115103 21482368847
Tot 1st Quintile 685 737 737 727 726 722 705
Second quintile:
Upper limit 34241 37070 37083 37335 38121 38356 40159
Percent of households 13.1 12.4 12.4 12.6 12.5 12.7 13.6
With type of addition
or deduction 141 92 32 41 104 95 253
Mean amount 12749 7577 113 10878 3523 2120 2911
Standard error 777 338 12 1151 269 280 489
Agg second quintile 1794509 694079 3633 449597 366158 202088 735896
Agg square second quintile 32490246408 6028362816 532256 6708241387 1918390491 998566352 14425446508
Tot 2nd Quintile 561 529 529 538 535 543 581
Third quintile:
Upper limit 52941 55277 55298 55517 56191 56286 58719
Percent of households 17.8 18.1 18.1 18.2 18.0 17.9 17.7
With type of addition
or deduction 191 118 96 23 101 84 383
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 an Asian alone Householder)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Mean amount 12792 9735 104 9492 5080 1804 2838
Standard error 825 375 5 2192 418 246 415
Agg third quintile 2441891 1152414 9904 218095 514485 150660 1085964
Agg square third quintile 51166665637 12803485696 1218325 4107658929 4050173995 611490436 23329772638
Tot 3rd Quintile 761 775 775 778 767 765 758
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 81399 83032 83058 83206 83741 83773 87582
Percent of households 22.5 21.1 21.1 21.0 21.4 21.3 21.1
With type of addition
or deduction 208 137 194 28 122 43 635
Mean amount 11642 11570 113 7936 6539 1103 4461
Standard error 736 446 4 1480 600 178 344
Agg fourth quintile 2422952 1582017 21986 222249 795868 47674 2832940
Agg square fourth quintile 47032717759 21285136858 3099992 3144413571 9489925714 100130521 50928836735
Tot 4th Quintile 960 903 903 897 914 910 900
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 30.6 31.1 31.1 31.2 31.2 31.2 31.1
With type of addition
or deduction 240 234 294 40 114 6 1118
Mean amount 17562 11903 114 11261 5247 1844 8741
Standard error 1054 380 3 1880 506 314 417
Agg fifth quintile 4223298 2781887 33527 455112 597187 10852 9776317
Agg square fifth quintile 125743778579 39462776939 4578734 9764041828 5792733772 22745145 260543330464
Tot 5th Quintile 1306 1329 1329 1333 1331 1333 1329
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 an Asian alone Householder)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 8376 9831 9836 10768 10921 11481 12304
Standard error 271 292 292 286 292 297 317
Agg 5736481 7244361 7248257 7828109 7924558 8286152 8673840
Agg square 75703419173 108524869407 108604871894 119112701005 122613198406 132010484436 146914715494
Second quintile:
Mean 26468 29110 29117 29462 30225 30562 32081
Standard error 208 216 216 210 217 213 219
Agg 14837981 15398513 15401093 15852776 16160642 16602970 18642558
Agg square 403618423101 458781721294 458960757121 477338984685 499239713480 518136627535 611094970975
Third quintile:
Mean 44173 46523 46535 46855 47387 47662 49689
Standard error 211 206 206 206 211 209 219
Agg 33626432 36047463 36057367 36454975 36361614 36473874 37675378
Agg square 1506054326306 1697578861840 1698484030341 1728808890000 1744067541457 1758884935612 1894294511216
Fourth quintile:
Mean 66269 68036 68060 68269 68800 68856 72543
Standard error 307 302 303 303 301 300 308
Agg 63613082 61469295 61491281 61239642 62902917 62646633 65288632
Agg square 4285485389884 4242080381642 4245113192209 4239993632396 4388747593371 4373395325404 4798049424167
Fifth quintile:
Mean 133633 134597 134622 134747 135236 135172 142011
Standard error 2411 2385 2385 2379 2382 2379 2424
Agg 174572402 178851960 178885487 179598543 180011147 180177084 188687042
Agg square 3.12951677E13 3.2143189E13 32151799866084 3.22765704E13 3.2416211E13 32431342882124 35128317024499
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 an Asian alone Householder)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Households With an Asian
alone Householder
Total 4273 4273 4273
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 4211 4197 4197
With addition or deduction 1021 (X) (X)
Mean addition or deduction 8828 (X) (X)
Standard error 216 (X) (X)
Agg addition or deduction 9012048 (X) (X)
Agg square for addition or
deduction 118707342825 (X) (X)
Mean total income 48199 (X) (X)
Standard error 2729 (X) (X)
Tally total income 49204542 (X) (X)
Agg square for total income 8603715484490 (X) (X)
Under $2,500 132 152 149
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 34 38 29
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 60 76 77
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 57 87 80
$10,000 to $12,499 98 107 95
$12,500 to $14,999 115 107 105
$15,000 to $17,499 90 111 105
$17,500 to $19,999 101 103 107
$20,000 to $22,499 97 112 112
$22,500 to $24,999 85 89 105
$25,000 to $27,499 102 99 93
$27,500 to $29,999 90 92 92
$30,000 to $32,499 118 123 127
$32,500 to $34,999 71 102 107
$35,000 to $37,499 79 88 88
$37,500 to $39,999 92 87 97
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 an Asian alone Householder)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
$40,000 to $42,499 102 131 126
$42,500 to $44,999 103 119 119
$45,000 to $47,499 121 130 128
$47,500 to $49,999 117 129 138
$50,000 to $52,499 110 121 121
$52,500 to $54,999 124 101 102
$55,000 to $57,499 97 76 75
$57,500 to $59,999 107 80 83
$60,000 to $62,499 72 104 101
$62,500 to $64,999 70 63 63
$65,000 to $67,499 83 78 79
$67,500 to $69,999 76 65 66
$70,000 to $72,499 60 79 80
$72,500 to $74,999 94 92 87
$75,000 to $77,499 74 81 86
$77,500 to $79,999 87 91 88
$80,000 to $82,499 65 75 76
$82,500 to $84,999 68 71 72
$85,000 to $87,499 83 69 66
$87,500 to $89,999 60 51 54
$90,000 to $92,499 63 53 53
$92,500 to $94,999 77 40 40
$95,000 to $97,499 43 33 33
$97,500 to $99,999 54 48 48
$100,000 and over 841 719 719
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 an Asian alone Householder)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 3.9 4.4 4.2
$5,000 to $9,999 2.7 3.8 3.7
$10,000 to $14,999 5.0 5.0 4.7
$15,000 to $19,999 4.5 5.0 5.0
$20,000 to $24,999 4.3 4.7 5.1
$25,000 to $29,999 4.5 4.5 4.3
$30,000 to $34,999 4.4 5.3 5.5
$35,000 to $39,999 4.0 4.1 4.3
$40,000 to $44,999 4.8 5.9 5.7
$45,000 to $49,999 5.6 6.1 6.2
$50,000 to $59,999 10.2 8.8 8.9
$60,000 to $74,999 10.6 11.3 11.2
$75,000 to $99,999 15.8 14.3 14.4
$100,000 and over 19.7 16.8 16.8
Median 55980 51099 51176
Standard Error 937 756 756
Mean dollars 69079 63814 64054
Standard Error 1089 1050 1048
Agg total income 295174665 272674887 273703554
Agg Square for total income 37775050163847 3.356847E13 3.3628239E13
Gini ratio 0.402 0.414 0.411
Standard Error 0.0131 0.0132 0.0132
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 an Asian alone Householder)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 19701 17877 18554
Percent of households 16.0 16.4 16.1
With type of addition
or deduction 179 (X) (X)
Mean amount 3472 (X) (X)
Standard error 196 (X) (X)
Agg first quintile 621497 (X) (X)
Agg square first quintile 3147647138 (X) (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 682 702 688
Second quintile:
Upper limit 34766 31988 32328
Percent of households 13.1 13.4 13.7
With type of addition
or deduction 202 (X) (X)
Mean amount 7674 (X) (X)
Standard error 363 (X) (X)
Agg second quintile 1553184 (X) (X)
Agg square second quintile 16263979343 (X) (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 559 571 583
Third quintile:
Upper limit 53240 49069 49193
Percent of households 17.9 17.4 17.4
With type of addition
or deduction 222 (X) (X)
Mean amount 10435 (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 an Asian alone Householder)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Standard error 469 (X) (X)
Agg third quintile 2321612 (X) (X)
Agg square third quintile 32977389539 (X) (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 766 742 745
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 81575 75358 75435
Percent of households 22.3 21.9 21.8
With type of addition
or deduction 185 (X) (X)
Mean amount 10236 (X) (X)
Standard error 515 (X) (X)
Agg fourth quintile 1889528 (X) (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 26600372691 (X) (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 952 936 932
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 30.7 31.0 31.0
With type of addition
or deduction 232 (X) (X)
Mean amount 11301 (X) (X)
Standard error 481 (X) (X)
Agg fifth quintile 2626226 (X) (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 39717954114 (X) (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 1313 1323 1324
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 an Asian alone Householder)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 10224 9049 9320
Standard error 271 246 256
Agg 6977397 6350362 6413650
Agg square 98716149765 81349197963 84778686756
Second quintile:
Mean 27264 25008 25530
Standard error 201 198 192
Agg 15249357 14275042 14895762
Agg square 425926008030 3.672157E11 390401279637
Third quintile:
Mean 44576 40845 41129
Standard error 209 200 198
Agg 34147014 30296448 30624765
Agg square 1542634902292 1.255158E12 1.2769839E12
Fourth quintile:
Mean 66486 60959 61033
Standard error 307 293 292
Agg 63297614 57033993 56907675
Agg square 4276942212922 3.537144E12 3.532857E12
Fifth quintile:
Mean 133651 124498 124481
Standard error 2400 2358 2356
Agg 175503283 164719041 164861702
Agg square 31430830890836 2.832761E13 2.8343218E13
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_015.htm