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Historical Income Tables - Households

  Table H-3.  Mean Household Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent
  Black: 1967 to 2001

  (Households as of March of the following year.  Income in current
  and 2002 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars28/)                                       
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                  Lowest     Second      Third     Fourth    Highest      Top 5
  Year             fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth    percent
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  Current Dollars

  2001             $5,951    $16,820    $29,477    $47,424    $96,569   $155,104
  2000 30/          6,216     17,127     29,595     46,986     95,966    153,620
  1999 29/          5,897     15,864     28,167     46,143     96,240    153,711
  1998              5,194     14,036     25,262     41,670     84,533    130,383
  1997              5,262     13,984     24,935     40,420     80,226    125,902
  1996              5,049     12,998     23,452     38,468     82,332    140,975
  1995 25/          4,814     12,473     22,543     36,710     75,460    122,558
  1994 24/          4,447     11,485     20,988     35,542     73,860    117,433
  1993 23/          4,127     10,414     19,481     32,270     69,863    114,622
  1992 22/          3,921      9,901     18,708     31,522     63,214     97,433
  1991              3,866      9,823     18,819     31,518     61,213     91,891
  1990              3,842      9,758     18,650     31,092     60,745     91,901
  1989              3,793      9,596     18,038     29,881     58,675     87,277
  1988              3,708      8,703     16,386     27,753     55,899     84,189
  1987 21/          3,434      8,313     15,649     25,797     52,614     81,456
  1986              3,186      8,111     15,157     25,364     49,361     73,770
  1985 20/          3,399      8,068     14,671     24,137     46,412     67,829
  1984              3,237      7,563     13,461     22,229     43,359     62,528
  1983 19/          2,951      6,925     12,595     20,917     39,688     56,065
  1982              2,833      6,761     12,081     20,097     36,969     53,305
  1981              2,806      6,384     11,361     18,883     34,878     47,786
  1980              2,608      6,068     10,740     17,667     32,780     46,407
  1979 18/          2,502      5,751     10,106     16,542     30,125     41,956
  1978              2,375      5,257      9,408     15,230     27,877     39,305
  1977              2,250      4,946      8,364     13,434     24,965     35,948
  1976 17/          2,151      4,634      7,984     12,901     22,844     31,763
  1975 16/          1,920      4,189      7,396     11,790     20,945     29,328
  1974 16/15/       1,813      4,083      6,997     10,908     19,506     27,104
  1973              1,646      3,783      6,429     10,095     18,313     26,733
  1972 14/          1,473      3,438      5,921      9,345     17,332     25,277
  1971 13/          1,379      3,231      5,579      8,676     15,708     22,652
  1970              1,254      3,159      5,495      8,516     15,385     22,190
  1969              1,229      3,052      5,183      7,878     13,992     19,953
  1968              1,152      2,830      4,712      7,274     12,986     18,442
  1967 12/          1,017      2,505      4,294      6,563     12,608     19,626



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                  Lowest     Second      Third     Fourth    Highest      Top 5
  Year             fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth    percent
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  2002 Dollars

  2001             $6,046    $17,088    $29,946    $48,178    $98,105   $157,571
  2000 30/          6,491     17,885     30,905     49,066    100,213    160,419
  1999 29/          6,364     17,119     30,395     49,793    103,854    165,871
  1998              5,723     15,465     27,834     45,912     93,139    143,657
  1997              5,879     15,625     27,860     45,162     89,638    140,673
  1996              5,762     14,833     26,763     43,899     93,955    160,877
  1995 25/          5,641     14,616     26,416     43,017     88,425    143,615
  1994 24/          5,338     13,785     25,191     42,660     88,652    140,952
  1993 23/          5,058     12,763     23,875     39,548     85,621    140,475
  1992 22/          4,925     12,437     23,499     39,595     79,404    122,387
  1991              4,978     12,648     24,232     40,583     78,819    118,320
  1990              5,126     13,019     24,883     41,482     81,045    122,613
  1989              5,312     13,440     25,263     41,849     82,176    122,234
  1988              5,416     12,712     23,935     40,538     81,651    122,973
  1987 21/          5,199     12,585     23,691     39,053     79,651    123,314
  1986              4,988     12,697     23,728     39,706     77,272    115,483
  1985 20/          5,418     12,861     23,386     38,475     73,982    108,122
  1984              5,332     12,458     22,173     36,615     71,420    102,994
  1983 19/          5,055     11,862     21,574     35,828     67,981     96,033
  1982              5,054     12,062     21,553     35,854     65,955     95,099
  1981              5,302     12,063     21,468     35,682     65,906     90,297
  1980              5,391     12,543     22,201     36,519     67,759     95,927
  1979 18/          5,743     13,201     23,197     37,970     69,148     96,304
  1978              5,964     13,200     23,624     38,243     70,000     98,696
  1977              5,893     12,954     21,905     35,184     65,383     94,148
  1976 17/          5,993     12,911     22,245     35,944     63,647     88,497
  1975 16/          5,656     12,341     21,789     34,733     61,704     86,400
  1974 16/15/       5,783     13,025     22,321     34,797     62,224     86,462
  1973              5,771     13,263     22,540     35,393     64,206     93,727
  1972 14/          5,488     12,808     22,058     34,814     64,570     94,169
  1971 13/          5,296     12,408     21,424     33,317     60,321     86,988
  1970              5,029     12,670     22,039     34,155     61,705     88,998
  1969              5,167     12,830     21,789     33,118     58,820     83,879
  1968              5,054     12,415     20,671     31,911     56,969     80,904
  1967 12/          4,640     11,430     19,592     29,945     57,527     89,548
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
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Last Revised: August 15, 2008