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Historical Income Tables - Households

                                                                                          
                                                                                               



  Table H-12. Household by Number of Earners by Mean and Median Income
  White: 1980 to 2007

  (Households as of March of the following year.  Income in
  current and 2007 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars28/)
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                                Median income          Mean income
  Number of                  ____________________  ____________________
  earners          Number    Current       2007    Current       2007
  and year        (thous.)   dollars    dollars    dollars    dollars
  _____________________________________________________________________
  All Households

  White Alone
  2007               95,112    $52,115    $52,115    $70,331    $70,331
  2006               94,705     50,673     52,111     69,107     71,067
  2005               93,588     48,554     51,569     65,962     70,057
  2004 35/           92,880     46,658     51,216     62,909     69,055
  2003               91,962     45,631     51,443     61,587     69,431
  2002               91,645     45,086     51,963     60,166     69,343




  White
  2001               90,682     44,517     52,136     60,512     70,869
  2000 30/           90,030     43,916     52,876     59,254     71,344
  1999 29/           88,893     42,325     52,668     56,726     70,589
  1998               87,212     40,912     51,972     54,207     68,861
  1997               86,106     38,972     50,199     51,902     66,853
  1996               85,059     37,161     48,900     48,994     64,471
  1995 25/           84,511     35,766     48,317     46,729     63,128
  1994 24/           83,737     34,028     47,076     45,034     62,303
  1993 23/           82,387     32,960     46,572     43,285     61,161
  1992 22/           81,795     32,209     46,636     40,594     58,777
  1991               81,675     31,569     46,869     39,523     58,677
  1990               80,968     31,231     48,029     38,912     59,842
  1989               80,163     30,406     49,091     38,041     61,418
  1988               79,734     28,781     48,472     35,468     59,735
  1987 21/           78,519     27,458     47,941     33,795     59,006
  1986               77,284     26,175     47,245     32,040     57,832
  1985 20/           76,576     24,908     45,772     30,259     55,606
  1984 19/           75,328     23,647     44,947     28,597     54,356
  1983               74,376     21,902     43,334     26,455     52,343
  1982               73,182     21,117     43,565     25,311     52,217
  1981               72,845     20,153     44,085     23,742     51,936
  1980               71,872     18,684     44,762     21,913     52,498




  --No Earners

  White Alone
  2007               20,138    $19,314    $19,314    $27,742    $27,742
  2006               19,990     19,705     20,264     27,754     28,541
  2005               20,023     18,681     19,841     25,961     27,573
  2004 35/           19,846     17,683     19,411     24,501     26,895
  2003               19,842     17,231     19,426     24,029     27,089
  2002               19,416     16,699     19,246     23,151     26,682




  White
  2001               19,125     16,765     19,634     23,429     27,439
  2000 30/           18,521     16,519     19,889     22,977     27,665
  1999 29/           18,050     16,742     20,833     23,769     29,578
  1998               17,968     15,929     20,235     22,501     28,584
  1997               18,104     15,324     19,738     21,912     28,224
  1996               17,815     14,579     19,185     20,460     26,923
  1995 25/           17,964     14,267     19,274     19,826     26,784
  1994 24/           18,065     13,412     18,555     18,562     25,680
  1993 23/           17,745     13,072     18,471     17,921     25,322
  1992 22/           17,448     12,796     18,528     17,573     25,445
  1991               17,500     12,771     18,960     17,782     26,400
  1990               16,876     12,395     19,062     17,664     27,165
  1989               16,626     11,900     19,213     16,752     27,047
  1988               16,365     11,269     18,979     15,423     25,975
  1987 21/           16,346     10,672     18,633     14,774     25,795
  1986               16,212       (NA)       (NA)     14,469     26,116
  1985 20/           15,963       (NA)       (NA)     13,883     25,512
  1984 19/           15,771       (NA)       (NA)     13,626     25,900
  1983               15,634       (NA)       (NA)     12,268     24,273
  1982               15,227       (NA)       (NA)     11,553     23,834
  1981               14,624       (NA)       (NA)     10,607     23,203
  1980               14,034       (NA)       (NA)      9,239     22,134




  --One Earner

  White Alone
  2007               33,992    $42,245    $42,245    $58,809    $58,809
  2006               33,815     41,110     42,276     57,855     59,496
  2005               33,153     40,083     42,572     55,592     59,043
  2004 35/           32,931     37,908     41,611     52,342     57,455
  2003               32,171     37,388     42,150     51,535     58,099
  2002               31,728     36,566     42,144     50,384     58,069




  White
  2001               30,746     35,830     41,962     50,931     59,648
  2000 30/           30,293     35,669     42,947     49,214     59,255
  1999 29/           29,882     33,955     42,253     47,061     58,562
  1998               29,308     32,844     41,723     45,363     57,626
  1997               28,332     31,412     40,461     43,060     55,464
  1996               27,854     29,592     38,940     40,460     53,241
  1995 25/           27,639     29,175     39,413     38,897     52,547
  1994 24/           27,018     27,775     38,426     37,624     52,051
  1993 23/           26,711     26,980     38,123     35,901     50,728
  1992 22/           26,731     26,551     38,444     33,839     48,997
  1991               26,530     26,147     38,819     33,054     49,073
  1990               26,342     25,801     39,679     32,616     50,159
  1989               25,978     25,254     40,773     31,998     51,662
  1988               26,143     24,263     40,863     29,714     50,044
  1987 21/           25,536     22,980     40,123     28,368     49,530
  1986               25,310       (NA)       (NA)     26,846     48,456
  1985 20/           25,862       (NA)       (NA)     25,505     46,869
  1984 19/           25,343       (NA)       (NA)     24,207     46,011
  1983               25,636       (NA)       (NA)     22,514     44,545
  1982               25,579       (NA)       (NA)     21,978     45,341
  1981               25,583       (NA)       (NA)     20,440     44,713
  1980               25,432       (NA)       (NA)     18,880     45,232




  --Two Earners

  White Alone
  2007               32,768    $79,390    $79,390    $96,538    $96,538
  2006               32,671     75,830     77,981     94,052     96,720
  2005               32,203     71,946     76,413     89,761     95,334
  2004 35/           32,089     70,664     77,567     87,222     95,743
  2003               31,985     69,086     77,885     84,385     95,132
  2002               32,390     66,769     76,954     82,692     95,306




  White
  2001               32,319     65,988     77,282     81,901     95,919
  2000 30/           32,358     63,599     76,575     79,639     95,888
  1999 29/           32,027     60,856     75,728     74,765     93,036
  1998               31,477     58,524     74,345     70,987     90,177
  1997               31,256     55,474     71,454     68,215     87,866
  1996               30,828     53,362     70,219     64,718     85,163
  1995 25/           30,701     50,910     68,776     61,240     82,731
  1994 24/           30,389     48,934     67,698     59,385     82,157
  1993 23/           29,645     47,450     67,047     57,482     81,222
  1992 22/           29,500     45,766     66,266     52,772     76,410
  1991               29,118     44,056     65,407     50,741     75,332
  1990               29,028     42,498     65,357     49,341     75,880
  1989               28,711     41,032     66,247     48,021     77,531
  1988               28,455     38,998     65,680     44,790     75,434
  1987 21/           27,934     37,281     65,092     42,373     73,983
  1986               27,008       (NA)       (NA)     40,150     72,470
  1985 20/           26,213       (NA)       (NA)     38,299     70,380
  1984 19/           25,934       (NA)       (NA)     35,900     68,237
  1983               25,219       (NA)       (NA)     33,378     66,040
  1982               24,425       (NA)       (NA)     31,656     65,307
  1981               24,612       (NA)       (NA)     29,596     64,741
  1980               24,380       (NA)       (NA)     27,158     65,064




  --Three Earners

  White Alone
  2007                6,157    $96,272    $96,272   $112,128   $112,128
  2006                6,167     92,737     95,368    112,925    116,129
  2005                6,146     89,381     94,930    107,745    114,434
  2004 35/            6,059     84,953     93,252     99,185    108,875
  2003                5,898     83,697     94,357     99,606    112,292
  2002                6,092     81,465     93,891     92,906    107,078




  White
  2001                6,358     78,446     91,872     92,880    108,777
  2000 30/            6,492     77,630     93,469     91,546    110,224
  1999 29/            6,574     74,594     92,823     87,011    108,275
  1998                6,380     70,882     90,044     86,042    109,302
  1997                6,306     68,363     88,056     80,584    103,798
  1996                6,356     63,919     84,111     75,638     99,532
  1995 25/            6,058     64,311     86,880     74,682    100,890
  1994 24/            6,219     61,697     85,355     71,062     98,312
  1993 23/            6,164     58,248     82,304     67,298     95,092
  1992 22/            6,023     57,119     82,704     64,487     93,373
  1991                6,259     56,227     83,477     62,574     92,900
  1990                6,387     54,264     83,451     61,027     93,852
  1989                6,368     52,321     84,474     59,656     96,316
  1988                6,335     50,050     84,293     55,565     93,582
  1987 21/            6,139     48,349     84,417     54,121     94,495
  1986                6,195       (NA)       (NA)     50,925     91,919
  1985 20/            6,121       (NA)       (NA)     47,506     87,300
  1984 19/            5,838       (NA)       (NA)     44,395     84,384
  1983                5,435       (NA)       (NA)     41,915     82,931
  1982                5,353       (NA)       (NA)     40,086     82,698
  1981                5,406       (NA)       (NA)     37,849     82,795
  1980                5,466       (NA)       (NA)     35,306     84,584




  --4 Earners or More

  White Alone
  2007                2,057   $100,000   $100,000   $135,074   $135,074
  2006                2,063    100,000    102,837    128,200    131,837
  2005                2,064    100,000    106,209    124,860    132,612
  2004 35/            1,954    100,000    109,769    119,344    131,003
  2003                2,066    100,000    112,736    117,353    132,299
  2002                2,019     98,777    113,844    109,671    126,400




  White
  2001                2,134     95,170    111,459    110,546    129,466
  2000 30/            2,367     92,086    110,875    104,346    125,636
  1999 29/            2,359     89,330    111,161    102,010    126,939
  1998                2,080     90,049    114,393    101,127    128,465
  1997                2,108     86,319    111,185    100,637    129,628
  1996                2,207     78,899    103,823     90,664    119,305
  1995 25/            2,149     75,092    101,444     86,274    116,550
  1994 24/            2,046     74,832    103,527     84,341    116,683
  1993 23/            2,121     72,633    102,630     80,278    113,432
  1992 22/            2,093     69,373    100,447     78,382    113,492
  1991                2,268     69,305    102,893     75,280    111,764
  1990                2,336     66,876    102,847     73,357    112,814
  1989                2,481     66,113    106,741     73,017    117,888
  1988                2,436     65,192    109,795     70,731    119,124
  1987 21/            2,563     60,591    105,791     66,985    116,955
  1986                2,559       (NA)       (NA)     63,420    114,472
  1985 20/            2,418       (NA)       (NA)     58,380    107,282
  1984 19/            2,442       (NA)       (NA)     55,518    105,526
  1983                2,451       (NA)       (NA)     52,654    104,179
  1982                2,599       (NA)       (NA)     48,651    100,367
  1981                2,620       (NA)       (NA)     45,202     98,879
  1980                2,560       (NA)       (NA)     42,974    102,955
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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