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 Table H-1.  Income Limits for Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Households 
 (All Races):  1967 to 2001                                               
                                                                          
 (Households as of March of the following year.  Income in current and    
 2001 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars28/)                                       
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                                                                    Lower 
                                                                 limit of 
                         Upper limit of each fifth (dollars)        top 5 
               Number   ---------------------------------------   percent 
 Year         (thous.)   Lowest    Second     Third    Fourth   (dollars) 
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 Current Dollars                                                          
                                                                          
 2001           109,297   $17,970   $33,314   $53,000   $83,500  $150,499 
 2000 30/       108,209    17,920    33,000    52,174    81,766   145,220 
 2000 29/       106,418    17,955    33,006    52,272    81,960   145,526 
 1999           104,705    17,196    32,000    50,520    79,375   142,021 
 1998           103,874    16,116    30,408    48,337    75,000   132,199 
 1997           102,528    15,400    29,200    46,000    71,500   126,550 
 1996           101,018    14,768    27,760    44,006    68,015   119,540 
 1995 25/        99,627    14,400    26,914    42,002    65,124   113,000 
 1994 24/        98,990    13,426    25,200    40,100    62,841   109,821 
 1993 23/        97,107    12,967    24,679    38,793    60,300   104,639 
 1992 22/        96,426    12,600    24,140    37,900    58,007    99,020 
 1991            95,669    12,588    24,000    37,070    56,760    96,400 
 1990            94,312    12,500    23,662    36,200    55,205    94,748 
 1989            93,347    12,096    23,000    35,350    53,710    91,750 
 1988            92,830    11,382    21,500    33,506    50,593    85,640 
 1987 21/        91,124    10,800    20,500    32,000    48,363    80,928 
 1986            89,479    10,358    19,783    30,555    46,120    78,226 
 1985 20/        88,458    10,000    18,852    29,022    43,809    73,263 
 1984            86,789     9,600    17,904    27,506    41,600    69,590 
 1983 19/        85,290     9,000    16,773    25,718    38,898    64,600 
 1982            83,918     8,520    16,010    24,560    36,670    61,107 
 1981            83,527     8,160    15,034    23,396    34,600    56,300 
 1980            82,368     7,556    14,100    21,610    31,700    51,500 
 1979 18/        80,776     7,009    13,035    20,025    29,097    47,465 
 1978            77,330     6,384    12,000    18,146    26,425    42,572 
 1977            76,030     5,813    10,900    16,531    24,100    38,961 
 1976 17/        74,142     5,479    10,133    15,423    22,192    35,382 
 1975 16/        72,867     5,025     9,450    14,246    20,496    32,681 
 1974 16/15/     71,163     4,923     9,094    13,400    19,453    31,085 
 1973            69,859     4,418     8,393    12,450    17,985    28,509 
 1972 14/        68,251     4,050     7,800    11,530    16,500    26,560 
 1971 13/        66,676     3,800     7,244    10,660    15,200    24,138 
 1970            64,778     3,687     7,064    10,276    14,661    23,178 
 1969            63,401     3,574     6,860     9,920    13,900    21,800 
 1968            62,214     3,323     6,300     9,030    12,688    19,850 
 1967 12/        60,813     3,000     5,850     8,306    11,841    19,000 
 Table H-1.  Income Limits for Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Households 
 (All Races):  1967 to 2001                                               
                                                                          
 (Households as of March of the following year.  Income in current and    
 2001 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars28/)                                       
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                                                                    Lower 
                                                                 limit of 
                         Upper limit of each fifth (dollars)        top 5 
               Number   ---------------------------------------   percent 
 Year         (thous.)   Lowest    Second     Third    Fourth   (dollars) 
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 2001 Dollars                                                             
                                                                          
 2001           109,297   $17,970   $33,314   $53,000   $83,500  $150,499 
 2000 30/       108,209    18,420    33,921    53,630    84,048   149,273 
 2000 29/       106,418    18,456    33,927    53,731    84,248   149,588 
 1999           104,705    18,266    33,991    53,663    84,313   150,857 
 1998           103,874    17,479    32,979    52,424    81,342   143,378 
 1997           102,528    16,937    32,115    50,592    78,638   139,183 
 1996           101,018    16,589    31,183    49,432    76,402   134,281 
 1995 25/        99,627    16,610    31,044    48,448    75,118   130,342 
 1994 24/        98,990    15,863    29,773    47,378    74,246   129,752 
 1993 23/        97,107    15,643    29,772    46,798    72,744   126,233 
 1992 22/        96,426    15,579    29,848    46,861    71,723   122,433 
 1991            95,669    15,955    30,419    46,984    71,941   122,182 
 1990            94,312    16,416    31,075    47,541    72,501   124,432 
 1989            93,347    16,676    31,708    48,734    74,045   126,487 
 1988            92,830    16,365    30,913    48,175    72,743   123,134 
 1987 21/        91,124    16,094    30,549    47,686    72,069   120,597 
 1986            89,479    15,961    30,485    47,084    71,068   120,542 
 1985 20/        88,458    15,691    29,580    45,538    68,740   114,956 
 1984            86,789    15,565    29,029    44,598    67,450   112,832 
 1983 19/        85,290    15,175    28,280    43,362    65,585   108,920 
 1982            83,918    14,962    28,116    43,131    64,397   107,312 
 1981            83,527    15,178    27,964    43,517    64,357   104,720 
 1980            82,368    15,374    28,690    43,970    64,501   104,788 
 1979 18/        80,776    15,836    29,452    45,245    65,742   107,243 
 1978            77,330    15,779    29,661    44,852    65,315   105,226 
 1977            76,030    14,986    28,100    42,617    62,130   100,441 
 1976 17/        74,142    15,026    27,790    42,298    60,863    97,037 
 1975 16/        72,867    14,572    27,404    41,312    59,436    94,771 
 1974 16/15/     71,163    15,459    28,556    42,077    61,084    97,609 
 1973            69,859    15,247    28,965    42,967    62,069    98,388 
 1972 14/        68,251    14,852    28,604    42,282    60,508    97,399 
 1971 13/        66,676    14,364    27,383    40,295    57,457    91,243 
 1970            64,778    14,556    27,888    40,569    57,881    91,505 
 1969            63,401    14,789    28,387    41,049    57,519    90,209 
 1968            62,214    14,350    27,205    38,994    54,790    85,717 
 1967 12/        60,813    13,474    26,274    37,305    53,181    85,334 
 

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Last Revised: August 15, 2008