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  Table F-12. Earners--White Families
  by Median and Mean Income: 1967 to 2007

  (Families as of March of the following year.  Income in current
  and 2007 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars 28/)
  NOTE: From 1974 to 1988, income is for families with civilian
  members.  Data are not available for 4 or more earners before 1966.
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                              Median income          Mean income
  Number of                ____________________  ____________________
  earners        Number    Current       2007    Current       2007
  and year      (thous.)   dollars    dollars    dollars    dollars
  ___________________________________________________________________
  Total

  White Alone
  2007             63,595    $64,427    $64,427    $82,043    $82,043
  2006             64,120     61,280     63,018     80,271     82,548
  2005             63,414     59,317     63,000     76,546     81,298
  2004 35/         63,084     56,723     62,264     73,409     80,581
  2003             62,620     55,768     62,871     71,770     80,911
  2002             62,313     54,633     62,966     69,803     80,450



  White
  2001             61,647     54,067     63,321     69,856     81,812
  2000 30/         61,330     53,029     63,849     68,475     82,446
  1999 29/         61,074     51,079     63,562     65,071     80,973
  1998             60,077     49,023     62,276     62,384     79,249
  1997             59,515     46,754     60,222     59,587     76,752
  1996             58,934     44,756     58,895     56,197     73,950
  1995 25/         58,872     42,646     57,612     53,596     72,405
  1994 24/         58,444     40,884     56,561     51,709     71,537
  1993 23/         57,881     39,300     55,531     49,567     70,038
  1992 22/         57,669     38,670     55,992     46,433     67,232
  1991             57,224     37,783     56,094     45,274     67,216
  1990             56,803     36,915     56,771     44,532     68,485
  1989             56,590     35,975     58,083     43,403     70,075
  1988             56,492     33,915     57,119     40,312     67,893
  1987 21/         56,086     32,385     56,544     38,529     67,271
  1986             55,676     30,809     55,610     36,416     65,730
  1985 20/         54,991     29,152     53,571     34,375     63,170
  1984 19/         54,400     27,686     52,624     32,422     61,626
  1983             53,934     25,757     50,962     29,875     59,109
  1982             53,407     24,603     50,756     28,603     59,008
  1981             53,269     23,517     51,443     26,934     58,918
  1980             52,710     21,904     52,477     24,939     59,748
  1979 18/         52,243     20,439     54,403     23,232     61,837
  1978             50,910     18,368     53,573     20,860     60,842
  1977             50,530     16,740     52,173     18,997     59,208
  1976 17/         50,083     15,537     51,480     17,525     58,067
  1975 16/         49,873     14,268     49,995     16,111     56,453
  1974 16/15/      49,440     13,408     50,844     15,252     57,836
  1973             48,919     12,595     52,537     14,163     59,077
  1972 14/         48,477     11,549     51,189     13,106     58,090
  1971 13/         47,641     10,672     48,720     11,997     54,769
  1970             46,535     10,236     48,777     11,495     54,777
  1969             46,022      9,794     48,970     10,953     54,765
  1968             45,437      8,937     46,678     10,002     52,240
  1967 12/         44,814      8,274     44,910      9,116     49,480



  No Earners

  White Alone
  2007              8,898    $27,093    $27,093    $35,984    $35,984
  2006              9,152     27,099     27,868     34,899     35,889
  2005              9,080     25,982     27,595     33,122     35,178
  2004 35/          9,035     24,627     27,033     31,735     34,835
  2003              9,005     24,183     27,263     30,899     34,834
  2002              8,671     23,955     27,609     29,902     34,463



  White
  2001              8,491     24,089     28,212     30,596     35,833
  2000 30/          8,224     23,867     28,737     29,868     35,962
  1999 29/          8,151     23,900     29,741     31,340     38,999
  1998              8,152     22,672     28,801     29,634     37,645
  1997              8,367     21,516     27,714     28,008     36,076
  1996              8,198     20,311     26,727     26,355     34,681
  1995 25/          8,438     19,663     26,563     25,531     34,491
  1994 24/          8,467     18,575     25,698     23,406     32,381
  1993 23/          8,622     17,656     24,948     22,376     31,617
  1992 22/          8,384     17,766     25,724     22,151     32,073
  1991              8,355     18,183     26,995     22,762     33,793
  1990              7,882     17,369     26,711     22,595     34,748
  1989              7,816     16,360     26,414     21,300     34,389
  1988              7,820     15,552     26,192     19,714     33,202
  1987 21/          7,821     14,932     26,071     18,664     32,587
  1986              7,820     14,252     25,725     18,356     33,132
  1985 20/          7,704     13,682     25,143     17,666     32,464
  1984 19/          7,674     12,941     24,598     17,208     32,708
  1983              7,646     11,883     23,511     15,286     30,244
  1982              7,370     11,384     23,485     14,641     30,205
  1981              7,062     10,684     23,371     13,589     29,726
  1980              6,733      9,584     22,961     12,063     28,900
  1979 18/          6,404      8,523     22,686     10,442     27,794
  1978              5,937      7,395     21,569      9,146     26,676
  1977              5,959      6,608     20,595      8,511     26,526
  1976 17/          5,803      6,184     20,490      7,857     26,033
  1975 16/          5,753      5,645     19,780      7,038     24,661
  1974 16/15/       5,205      5,329     20,208      6,568     24,906
  1973              4,886      4,571     19,067      5,820     24,277
  1972 14/          4,514      4,160     18,438      5,156     22,853
  1971 13/          4,337      3,809     17,389      4,691     21,415
  1970              4,061      3,489     16,626      4,374     20,843
  1969              3,799      3,183     15,915      4,118     20,590
  1968              3,639      2,941     15,361      3,676     19,200
  1967 12/          3,644      2,541     13,792      3,333     18,091



  One Earner

  White Alone
  2007             19,386    $44,961    $44,961    $63,951    $63,951
  2006             19,450     42,635     43,845     62,839     64,622
  2005             19,171     42,099     44,713     60,500     64,256
  2004 35/         19,270     40,329     44,269     57,093     62,671
  2003             18,861     39,127     44,110     56,665     63,882
  2002             18,457     37,583     43,316     54,223     62,494



  White
  2001             17,685     36,878     43,190     55,354     64,828
  2000 30/         17,321     37,175     44,760     54,002     65,020
  1999 29/         17,139     35,666     44,382     50,474     62,809
  1998             16,991     34,466     43,783     49,189     62,487
  1997             16,239     32,811     42,263     46,570     59,985
  1996             16,025     30,831     40,571     43,205     56,854
  1995 25/         16,091     30,600     41,339     41,913     56,622
  1994 24/         15,681     29,484     40,790     40,504     56,036
  1993 23/         15,556     28,574     40,375     39,199     55,388
  1992 22/         15,672     28,383     41,097     36,669     53,094
  1991             15,245     28,095     41,711     36,261     53,835
  1990             15,047     27,670     42,553     36,054     55,447
  1989             14,970     27,145     43,826     34,956     56,437
  1988             15,107     25,993     43,777     32,095     54,054
  1987 21/         15,136     25,313     44,196     31,235     54,536
  1986             15,175     24,026     43,366     29,552     53,341
  1985 20/         15,468     22,884     42,053     27,899     51,269
  1984 19/         15,219     22,050     41,912     26,558     50,480
  1983             15,765     20,710     40,976     24,508     48,490
  1982             16,097     20,244     41,764     24,119     49,758
  1981             16,007     19,132     41,851     22,562     49,354
  1980             15,999     17,869     42,810     20,987     50,280
  1979 18/         15,796     16,714     44,488     19,881     52,918
  1978             15,940     15,223     44,400     17,636     51,438
  1977             16,350     14,077     43,874     16,327     50,886
  1976 17/         16,569     13,123     43,482     15,103     50,042
  1975 16/         17,245     12,198     42,742     14,230     49,862
  1974 16/15/      16,823     11,579     43,908     13,268     50,313
  1973             17,436     10,813     45,104     12,478     52,049
  1972 14/         18,158      9,969     44,186     11,566     51,264
  1971 13/         18,138      9,173     41,877     10,541     48,122
  1970             17,426      8,713     41,520     10,042     47,853
  1969             17,568      8,450     42,250      9,711     48,555
  1968             17,648      7,724     40,342      8,860     46,276
  1967 12/         17,706      7,271     39,466      8,228     44,660



  Two Earners

  White Alone
  2007             28,354    $81,803    $81,803    $99,477    $99,477
  2006             28,423     78,330     80,552     97,122     99,877
  2005             28,061     73,903     78,491     92,085     97,802
  2004 35/         27,824     73,066     80,204     90,150     98,957
  2003             27,846     71,146     80,207     86,732     97,778
  2002             28,073     69,164     79,714     85,271     98,278



  White
  2001             28,008     67,400     78,936     83,388     97,660
  2000 30/         28,024     65,197     78,499     81,296     97,883
  1999 29/         27,926     61,844     76,957     76,342     94,999
  1998             27,410     59,480     75,560     72,653     92,294
  1997             27,467     56,624     72,936     69,600     89,650
  1996             27,068     54,292     71,443     66,197     87,109
  1995 25/         26,991     51,938     70,165     62,738     84,755
  1994 24/         26,845     50,112     69,328     60,812     84,131
  1993 23/         26,336     48,332     68,293     58,594     82,793
  1992 22/         26,321     46,693     67,608     53,884     78,020
  1991             25,946     44,711     66,380     51,536     76,512
  1990             26,003     43,036     66,184     50,009     76,908
  1989             25,737     41,429     66,888     48,684     78,602
  1988             25,513     39,413     66,379     45,286     76,270
  1987 21/         25,119     37,647     65,731     42,884     74,875
  1986             24,015     35,848     64,705     40,751     73,555
  1985 20/         23,304     34,084     62,635     38,865     71,421
  1984 19/         23,303     32,260     61,318     36,324     69,043
  1983             22,667     30,357     60,063     33,711     66,699
  1982             22,016     28,628     59,060     31,940     65,892
  1981             22,162     27,312     59,745     29,910     65,428
  1980             21,995     25,108     60,153     27,497     65,876
  1979 18/         21,736     23,080     61,432     25,356     67,490
  1978             20,913     20,745     60,506     22,979     67,022
  1977             20,086     19,019     59,276     20,964     65,338
  1976 17/         19,706     17,643     58,458     19,298     63,942
  1975 16/         19,146     16,360     57,326     17,803     62,382
  1974 16/15/      19,376     15,166     57,510     16,688     63,281
  1973             19,653     14,077     58,718     15,414     64,295
  1972 14/         19,093     12,998     57,611     14,241     63,121
  1971 13/         18,469     11,973     54,659     13,150     60,033
  1970             18,269     11,450     54,562     12,584     59,966
  1969             17,953     10,885     54,425     11,824     59,120
  1968             17,735     10,001     52,235     10,872     56,784
  1967 12/         17,211      9,257     50,245     10,236     55,559



  Three Earners

  White Alone
  2007              5,261    $98,817    $98,817   $114,803   $114,803
  2006              5,379     95,140     97,839    115,661    118,942
  2005              5,382     91,297     96,965    109,641    116,448
  2004 35/          5,325     86,109     94,521    100,394    110,202
  2003              5,137     85,416     96,295    101,367    114,277
  2002              5,390     82,408     94,978     93,402    107,649



  White
  2001              5,639     79,731     93,377     93,931    110,008
  2000 30/          5,701     77,944     93,847     92,230    111,048
  1999 29/          5,802     75,140     93,503     87,804    109,262
  1998              5,678     71,374     90,669     86,585    109,992
  1997              5,618     69,239     89,185     81,407    104,858
  1996              5,713     65,008     85,544     75,946     99,938
  1995 25/          5,438     64,742     87,462     74,778    101,020
  1994 24/          5,642     62,412     86,345     71,000     98,226
  1993 23/          5,486     58,651     82,873     67,498     95,374
  1992 22/          5,397     57,247     82,890     64,684     93,658
  1991              5,658     56,583     84,005     63,100     93,681
  1990              5,770     54,632     84,017     61,103     93,969
  1989              5,832     52,582     84,895     59,715     96,412
  1988              5,798     49,927     84,086     55,435     93,363
  1987 21/          5,626     48,520     84,715     54,259     94,735
  1986              5,631     45,251     81,677     50,779     91,655
  1985 20/          5,564     42,821     78,690     47,770     87,785
  1984 19/          5,317     40,374     76,741     44,681     84,927
  1983              4,914     38,025     75,235     42,175     83,446
  1982              4,870     36,824     75,968     40,009     82,539
  1981              4,965     35,156     76,904     38,027     83,184
  1980              5,012     32,522     77,915     35,527     85,114
  1979 18/          5,125     29,995     79,838     32,944     87,687
  1978              4,883     26,150     76,271     29,280     85,400
  1977              4,988     24,058     74,981     26,188     81,620
  1976 17/          4,703     22,265     73,772     24,698     81,834
  1975 16/          4,835     21,005     73,602     22,672     79,443
  1974 16/15/       4,755     19,612     74,369     21,216     80,452
  1973              4,633     18,586     77,527     19,493     81,310
  1972 14/          4,675     17,469     77,428     18,540     82,175
  1971 13/          4,706     15,610     71,263     16,638     75,956
  1970              4,716     14,795     70,502     15,928     75,901
  1969              4,664     13,978     69,890     15,202     76,010
  1968              4,539     12,658     66,113     13,851     72,344
  1967 12/          4,484     11,652     63,245     12,795     69,449



  Four Earners or More

  White Alone
  2007              1,697   $100,000   $100,000   $137,364   $137,364
  2006              1,715    100,000    102,837    129,810    133,493
  2005              1,721    100,000    106,209    127,542    135,461
  2004 35/          1,630    100,000    109,769    123,390    135,444
  2003              1,770    100,000    112,736    119,386    134,591
  2002              1,722     99,802    115,025    111,708    128,747



  White
  2001              1,824     95,354    111,674    110,993    129,990
  2000 30/          2,059     92,972    111,941    104,149    125,399
  1999 29/          2,057     91,685    114,091    103,218    128,443
  1998              1,846     91,307    115,991    101,529    128,976
  1997              1,824     87,747    113,024    102,328    131,806
  1996              1,931     80,110    105,417     92,098    121,192
  1995 25/          1,914     76,314    103,095     86,428    116,758
  1994 24/          1,809     76,272    105,519     86,042    119,036
  1993 23/          1,882     73,269    103,529     81,238    114,789
  1992 22/          1,895     69,986    101,335     79,145    114,597
  1991              2,019     70,354    104,450     76,048    112,904
  1990              2,100     67,753    104,196     74,269    114,217
  1989              2,236     66,890    107,996     73,886    119,291
  1988              2,255     65,853    110,908     71,620    120,621
  1987 21/          2,385     60,840    106,226     66,980    116,946
  1986              2,338     57,037    102,951     63,765    115,095
  1985 20/          2,227     52,382     96,260     58,487    107,479
  1984 19/          2,263     51,309     97,526     55,587    105,657
  1983              2,312     48,540     96,039     52,506    103,886
  1982              2,424     45,052     92,943     48,587    100,235
  1981              2,484     42,879     93,798     45,395     99,302
  1980              2,421     40,416     96,827     42,730    102,370
  1979 18/          2,554     36,881     98,167     39,616    105,446
  1978              2,640     29,430     85,838     35,374    103,174
  1977              2,514     27,689     86,298     32,136    100,158
  1976 17/          2,597     25,986     86,102     28,827     95,515
  1975 16/          2,183     24,203     84,808     26,391     92,475
  1974 16/15/       2,435     23,106     87,619     25,165     95,426
  1973              2,311     21,672     90,399     23,191     96,735
  1972 14/          2,038     20,081     89,005     21,339     94,581
  1971 13/          1,991     18,457     84,260     19,501     89,026
  1970              2,062     17,311     82,491     18,009     85,818
  1969              2,038     16,243     81,215     16,996     84,980
  1968              1,876     14,566     76,078     15,487     80,888
  1967 12/          1,769     13,778     74,784     15,220     82,611
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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