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Historical Income Tables - Households

                                                                                          
                                                                                               



  Table H-12. Household by Number of Earners by Mean and Median Income
  All Races: 1980 to 2006

  (Households as of March of the following year.  Income in
  current and 2006 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars28/)
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                                Median income          Mean income
  Number of                  ____________________  ____________________
  earners          Number    Current       2006    Current       2006
  and year        (thous.)   dollars    dollars    dollars    dollars
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  All Households
  2006              116,011    $48,201    $48,201    $66,570    $66,570
  2005              114,384     46,326     47,845     63,344     65,421
  2004 35/          113,343     44,334     47,323     60,466     64,542
  2003              112,000     43,318     47,488     59,067     64,753
  2002              111,278     42,409     47,530     57,852     64,837
  2001              109,297     42,228     48,091     58,208     66,290
  2000 30/          108,209     41,990     49,163     57,135     66,895
  1999 29/          106,434     40,696     49,244     54,737     66,235
  1998              103,874     38,885     48,034     51,855     64,056
  1997              102,528     37,005     46,350     49,692     62,241
  1996              101,018     35,492     45,416     47,123     60,299
  1995 25/           99,627     34,076     44,764     44,938     59,033
  1994 24/           98,990     32,264     43,405     43,133     58,027
  1993 23/           97,107     31,241     42,926     41,428     56,923
  1992 22/           96,426     30,636     43,135     38,840     54,686
  1991               95,669     30,126     43,492     37,922     54,747
  1990               94,312     29,943     44,778     37,403     55,934
  1989               93,347     28,906     45,382     36,520     57,336
  1988               92,830     27,225     44,587     34,017     55,710
  1987 21/           91,124     26,061     44,247     32,410     55,026
  1986               89,479     24,897     43,699     30,759     53,988
  1985 20/           88,458     23,618     42,205     29,066     51,940
  1984 19/           86,789     22,415     41,430     27,464     50,762
  1983               85,407     20,885     40,182     25,401     48,871
  1982               83,918     20,171     40,465     24,309     48,766
  1981               83,527     19,074     40,573     22,787     48,471
  1980               82,368     17,710     41,258     21,063     49,070




  --No Earners
  2006               24,305    $17,865    $17,865    $25,617    $25,617
  2005               24,224     16,893     17,447     24,032     24,820
  2004 35/           23,952     16,128     17,215     22,786     24,322
  2003               23,932     15,661     17,169     22,291     24,437
  2002               23,347     15,401     17,261     21,672     24,289
  2001               22,661     15,452     17,597     21,944     24,991
  2000 30/           21,755     15,231     17,833     21,652     25,351
  1999 29/           21,154     15,458     18,705     22,284     26,965
  1998               21,263     14,442     17,840     20,946     25,874
  1997               21,280     14,142     17,713     20,491     25,666
  1996               21,228     13,320     17,044     19,028     24,348
  1995 25/           21,281     13,102     17,212     18,452     24,240
  1994 24/           21,404     12,175     16,379     17,194     23,131
  1993 23/           21,145     11,807     16,223     16,511     22,686
  1992 22/           20,861     11,461     16,137     16,167     22,763
  1991               20,741     11,510     16,617     16,389     23,661
  1990               19,878     11,159     16,688     16,243     24,291
  1989               19,542     10,706     16,808     15,434     24,231
  1988               19,331      9,930     16,263     14,226     23,298
  1987 21/           19,271      9,518     16,160     13,589     23,072
  1986               19,037       (NA)       (NA)     13,349     23,430
  1985 20/           18,588       (NA)       (NA)     12,898     23,048
  1984 19/           18,407       (NA)       (NA)     12,611     23,309
  1983               18,365       (NA)       (NA)     11,351     21,839
  1982               17,803       (NA)       (NA)     10,690     21,445
  1981               17,213       (NA)       (NA)      9,812     20,872
  1980               16,442       (NA)       (NA)      8,618     20,077




  --One Earner
  2006               42,906    $39,309    $39,309    $54,923    $54,923
  2005               42,066     37,541     38,772     52,562     54,285
  2004 35/           41,799     36,162     38,600     49,866     53,228
  2003               40,769     35,977     39,440     48,898     53,605
  2002               40,078     34,799     39,001     47,600     53,347
  2001               38,639     34,104     38,839     48,177     54,866
  2000 30/           37,857     33,619     39,362     46,506     54,450
  1999 29/           37,212     31,959     38,672     44,505     53,853
  1998               36,216     31,162     38,494     42,498     52,498
  1997               35,150     29,780     37,301     40,303     50,481
  1996               34,026     27,895     35,695     38,514     49,283
  1995 25/           33,538     27,567     36,214     36,855     48,415
  1994 24/           32,973     26,210     35,260     35,459     47,703
  1993 23/           32,369     25,560     35,120     33,875     46,545
  1992 22/           32,360     25,254     35,557     32,050     45,126
  1991               31,818     24,834     35,852     31,352     45,262
  1990               31,413     24,575     36,751     31,061     46,450
  1989               30,958     23,809     37,380     30,340     47,633
  1988               31,065     22,538     36,911     28,057     45,950
  1987 21/           30,251     21,584     36,646     26,854     45,593
  1986               29,791       (NA)       (NA)     25,502     44,761
  1985 20/           30,408       (NA)       (NA)     24,175     43,200
  1984 19/           29,808       (NA)       (NA)     22,980     42,474
  1983               29,886       (NA)       (NA)     21,499     41,364
  1982               29,717       (NA)       (NA)     20,942     42,012
  1981               29,657       (NA)       (NA)     19,473     41,422
  1980               29,539       (NA)       (NA)     17,992     41,915




  --Two Earners
  2006               38,987    $74,513    $74,513    $92,716    $92,716
  2005               38,327     70,952     73,278     88,205     91,097
  2004 35/           38,119     68,919     73,565     85,186     90,929
  2003               37,917     67,348     73,831     82,417     90,351
  2002               38,261     65,544     73,458     80,923     90,694
  2001               37,971     64,552     73,515     80,171     91,302
  2000 30/           38,066     62,222     72,851     77,961     91,278
  1999 29/           37,507     59,693     72,232     73,161     88,529
  1998               36,501     57,388     70,891     69,238     85,529
  1997               36,188     54,192     67,878     66,521     83,320
  1996               35,753     52,416     67,072     63,419     81,151
  1995 25/           35,320     50,000     65,683     60,045     78,879
  1994 24/           34,986     47,734     64,216     58,011     78,042
  1993 23/           34,027     46,461     63,838     56,176     77,187
  1992 22/           33,710     44,592     62,785     51,402     72,373
  1991               33,300     43,034     62,128     49,597     71,602
  1990               33,021     41,656     62,295     48,266     72,180
  1989               32,682     40,211     63,131     47,011     73,807
  1988               32,394     38,219     62,592     43,918     71,925
  1987 21/           31,663     36,481     61,938     41,445     70,366
  1986               30,707       (NA)       (NA)     39,291     68,963
  1985 20/           29,705       (NA)       (NA)     37,496     67,004
  1984 19/           29,188       (NA)       (NA)     35,223     65,103
  1983               28,358       (NA)       (NA)     32,713     62,939
  1982               27,504       (NA)       (NA)     31,037     62,263
  1981               27,640       (NA)       (NA)     28,997     61,681
  1980               27,373       (NA)       (NA)     26,626     62,030




  --Three Earners
  2006                7,349    $91,500    $91,500   $110,206   $110,206
  2005                7,337     87,905     90,787    104,940    108,381
  2004 35/            7,202     83,824     89,475     97,942    104,544
  2003                6,998     82,464     90,402     97,546    106,936
  2002                7,224     80,209     89,894     92,083    103,201
  2001                7,555     77,255     87,982     90,971    103,602
  2000 30/            7,758     75,854     88,811     89,295    104,548
  1999 29/            7,781     74,078     89,638     86,339    104,475
  1998                7,409     70,012     86,485     84,455    104,327
  1997                7,429     67,182     84,148     79,019     98,974
  1996                7,455     62,428     79,883     73,702     94,309
  1995 25/            6,982     63,191     83,012     73,656     96,759
  1994 24/            7,257     60,421     81,284     69,468     93,455
  1993 23/            7,146     57,272     78,693     66,006     90,693
  1992 22/            7,094     56,090     78,974     63,569     89,504
  1991                7,223     55,409     79,993     61,469     88,742
  1990                7,271     53,259     79,646     59,928     89,620
  1989                7,349     51,527     80,897     58,278     91,496
  1988                7,282     49,042     80,317     54,406     89,102
  1987 21/            6,984     47,374     80,433     53,190     90,307
  1986                7,036       (NA)       (NA)     49,920     87,619
  1985 20/            6,971       (NA)       (NA)     46,402     82,919
  1984 19/            6,619       (NA)       (NA)     43,595     80,577
  1983                6,081       (NA)       (NA)     41,209     79,285
  1982                6,011       (NA)       (NA)     39,136     78,511
  1981                6,055       (NA)       (NA)     36,968     78,637
  1980                6,108       (NA)       (NA)     34,465     80,292




  --4 Earners or More
  2006                2,464   $100,000   $100,000   $129,511   $129,511
  2005                2,430    100,000    103,279    124,164    128,235
  2004 35/            2,271    100,000    106,741    119,190    127,225
  2003                2,384    100,000    109,626    117,798    129,137
  2002                2,369     98,845    110,780    110,871    124,258
  2001                2,471     94,589    107,722    109,976    125,246
  2000 30/            2,773     92,316    108,085    104,729    122,619
  1999 29/            2,780     89,489    108,286    101,603    122,945
  1998                2,485     86,676    107,070    100,147    123,711
  1997                2,480     84,816    106,235     99,882    125,106
  1996                2,556     78,504    100,454     89,585    114,633
  1995 25/            2,507     74,243     97,530     85,086    111,774
  1994 24/            2,370     74,276     99,923     83,863    112,821
  1993 23/            2,420     72,242     99,262     80,218    110,221
  1992 22/            2,401     69,204     97,438     77,910    109,696
  1991                2,588     69,167     99,855     75,323    108,743
  1990                2,729     67,000    100,195     73,072    109,276
  1989                2,815     65,202    102,366     72,265    113,455
  1988                2,759     64,063    104,917     69,738    114,211
  1987 21/            2,954     60,346    102,457     66,118    112,257
  1986                2,909       (NA)       (NA)     62,122    109,036
  1985 20/            2,785       (NA)       (NA)     57,063    101,970
  1984 19/            2,767       (NA)       (NA)     54,132    100,053
  1983                2,718       (NA)       (NA)     51,603     99,283
  1982                2,883       (NA)       (NA)     48,007     96,307
  1981                2,962       (NA)       (NA)     44,428     94,505
  1980                2,906       (NA)       (NA)     42,115     98,114
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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