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Table C. Selected Measures of Household Income Dispersion: 1967 to 1999
(Income in 1999 dollars)
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Measures of Income Dispersion 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1/ 1993 2/ 1990 1985 1980 3/ 1975 4/ 1970 1968 1967
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HOUSEHOLD INCOME AT
SELECTED
PERCENTILES
20th percentile upper limit 17,196 16,472 15,985 15,681 15,742 14,950 15,933 15,483 15,296 14,896 14,873 14,685 13,769
50th (median) 40,816 39,744 38,411 37,686 37,251 36,019 38,168 36,568 35,850 34,980 35,232 34,217 32,783
80th percentile upper limit 79,375 76,656 74,217 72,220 71,192 69,522 70,368 67,831 64,170 60,759 59,141 56,070 54,345
95th percentile lower limit 142,021 135,119 131,360 126,930 123,529 120,643 120,773 113,435 104,252 96,880 93,498 87,719 87,201
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
RATIOS OF SELECTED
PERCENTILES
95th/20th 8.26 8.20 8.22 8.09 7.85 8.07 7.58 7.33 6.82 6.50 6.29 5.97 6.33
95th/50th 3.48 3.40 3.42 3.37 3.32 3.35 3.16 3.10 2.91 2.77 2.65 2.56 2.66
80th/50th 1.94 1.93 1.93 1.92 1.91 1.93 1.84 1.85 1.79 1.74 1.68 1.64 1.66
80th/20th 4.62 4.65 4.64 4.61 4.52 4.65 4.42 4.38 4.20 4.08 3.98 3.82 3.95
20th/50th 0.42 0.41 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.43 0.43 0.42 0.43 0.42
MEAN HOUSEHOLD
INCOME OF QUINTILES
Lowest quintile 9,940 9,427 9,209 9,127 9,128 8,546 9,171 8,976 9,075 8,994 8,185 8,096 7,463
Second quintile 24,436 23,802 22,938 22,401 22,298 21,509 22,982 22,188 21,901 21,356 21,763 21,397 20,345
Third quintile 40,879 39,828 38,590 37,680 37,284 36,055 37,961 36,750 36,047 34,942 35,047 33,934 32,485
Fourth quintile 63,555 61,597 59,770 58,317 57,314 56,032 57,234 55,266 53,075 50,742 49,403 47,342 45,450
Highest quintile 135,401 130,346 127,430 122,655 119,605 116,739 111,071 101,943 93,225 88,366 87,471 82,911 82,364
SHARES OF HOUSEHOLD
INCOME OF QUINTILES
Lowest quintile 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.1 4.2 4.0
Second quintile 8.9 9.0 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.0 9.6 9.7 10.3 10.5 10.8 11.1 10.8
Third quintile 14.9 15.0 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.1 15.9 16.3 16.9 17.1 17.4 17.5 17.3
Fourth quintile 23.2 23.2 23.2 23.3 23.3 23.5 24.0 24.6 24.9 24.8 24.5 24.4 24.2
Highest quintile 49.4 49.2 49.4 49.0 48.7 48.9 46.6 45.3 43.7 43.2 43.3 42.8 43.8
Gini coefficent of income
inequality 0.457 0.456 0.459 0.455 0.450 0.454 0.428 0.419 0.403 0.397 0.394 0.388 0.399
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1/Reflects the 1990 census sample redesign.
2/Reflects the implementation of 1990 census adjusted population controls, a change in data collection method from paper-pencil to computer-
assisted interviewing (CAI), and changes in income reporting limits. For detailed information concerning the impact of these changes, see Current
Population Reports, Series P60-204, The Changing Shape of the Nation's Income Distribution, 1947 to 1998.
3/Reflects implementation of 1980 census population contols.
4/Reflects implementation of 1970 census population controls.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Surveys, selected March Supplements. See
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/incomestats.html#incineq for the
complete table. Data not available before 1967.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: August 13, 2008
