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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 2006

  (Households as of March of the following year.  Income in current
  and 2006 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

  Black A.O.I.C.

  2006             $6,317    $18,440    $32,575    $52,788   $117,346   $200,678
  2005              6,007     17,151     30,921     50,571    108,986    181,857
  2004 35/          5,652     16,971     29,895     48,630    102,648    169,075
  2003              5,873     16,548     29,608     48,339    101,212    163,699
  2002              5,797     16,409     29,091     46,837    103,537    176,326



  Black Alone

  2006              6,277     18,309     32,348     52,489    116,213    198,135
  2005              5,958     17,078     30,794     50,306    108,134    179,829
  2004 35/          5,640     16,876     29,705     48,367    102,575    169,556
  2003              5,822     16,475     29,526     48,126    100,704    162,357
  2002              5,769     16,340     28,959     46,652    102,334    172,838



    Black

  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              5,253     13,984     24,935     40,420     80,226    125,902
  1996              5,048     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/          4,421     11,485     20,988     35,542     73,860    117,433
  1993 23/          4,118     10,414     19,481     32,270     69,863    114,622
  1992 22/          3,907      9,901     18,708     31,522     63,214     97,433
  1991              3,841      9,823     18,819     31,518     61,213     91,891
  1990              3,823      9,758     18,650     31,092     60,745     91,901
  1989              3,785      9,596     18,038     29,881     58,675     87,277
  1988              3,645      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              3,128      8,068     15,098     25,271     49,594     75,366
  1985 20/          3,379      8,061     14,662     24,122     46,451     68,090
  1984              3,205      7,548     13,440     22,196     43,442     63,110
  1983 19/          2,923      6,906     12,568     20,872     39,801     56,830
  1982              2,810      6,742     12,055     20,058     37,071     53,961
  1981              2,727      6,342     11,301     18,783     35,126     49,420
  1980              2,574      6,047     10,713     17,623     32,894     47,175
  1979 18/          2,457      5,723     10,069     16,479     30,284     42,982
  1978              2,352      5,245      9,391     15,206     27,944     39,748
  1977              2,235      4,940      8,355     13,419     25,006     36,215
  1976 17/          2,077      4,601      7,935     12,829     23,038     33,022
  1975 16/          1,908      4,182      7,386     11,776     20,985     29,582
  1974 16/15/       1,802      4,075      6,986     10,892     19,551     27,395
  1973              1,650      3,811      6,536     10,282     18,679     27,607
  1972 14/          1,471      3,438      5,921      9,345     17,332     25,277
  1971 13/          1,367      3,232      5,580      8,677     15,709     22,653
  1970              1,250      3,163      5,498      8,520     15,390     22,189
  1969              1,226      3,052      5,183      7,878     13,992     19,953
  1968              1,146      2,830      4,712      7,274     12,986     18,442
  1967 12/          1,018      2,506      4,296      6,567     12,610     19,626



  2006 Dollars

  Black A.O.I.C.

  2006             $6,317    $18,440    $32,575    $52,788   $117,346   $200,678
  2005              6,204     17,713     31,935     52,229    112,559    187,820
  2004 35/          6,033     18,115     31,910     51,908    109,568    180,473
  2003              6,438     18,141     32,458     52,992    110,955    179,457
  2002              6,497     18,390     32,604     52,492    116,038    197,616



  Black Alone

  2006              6,277     18,309     32,348     52,489    116,213    198,135
  2005              6,153     17,638     31,804     51,955    111,679    185,725
  2004 35/          6,020     18,014     31,707     51,628    109,490    180,986
  2003              6,382     18,061     32,368     52,759    110,398    177,986
  2002              6,466     18,313     32,456     52,285    114,690    193,707



    Black

  2001              6,777     19,155     33,570     54,009    109,977    176,640
  2000 30/          7,278     20,053     34,650     55,012    112,359    179,861
  1999 29/          7,136     19,196     34,084     55,835    116,456    185,998
  1998              6,416     17,339     31,206     51,475    104,423    161,061
  1997              6,580     17,515     31,232     50,628    100,486    157,697
  1996              6,459     16,632     30,009     49,224    105,352    180,392
  1995 25/          6,324     16,385     29,614     48,225     99,129    161,000
  1994 24/          5,948     15,451     28,235     47,815     99,364    157,982
  1993 23/          5,658     14,309     26,767     44,339     95,993    157,492
  1992 22/          5,501     13,940     26,341     44,383     89,005    137,185
  1991              5,545     14,181     27,169     45,502     88,372    132,662
  1990              5,717     14,593     27,890     46,497     90,841    137,434
  1989              5,942     15,066     28,319     46,913     92,119    137,024
  1988              5,969     14,253     26,836     45,452     91,547    137,878
  1987 21/          5,830     14,114     26,569     43,799     89,329    138,298
  1986              5,490     14,161     26,500     44,355     87,047    132,281
  1985 20/          6,038     14,405     26,200     43,105     83,006    121,674
  1984              5,924     13,951     24,841     41,025     80,294    116,647
  1983 19/          5,624     13,287     24,181     40,157     76,576    109,340
  1982              5,637     13,525     24,184     40,238     74,368    108,251
  1981              5,801     13,490     24,039     39,954     74,718    105,124
  1980              5,997     14,087     24,958     41,056     76,632    109,902
  1979 18/          6,359     14,813     26,061     42,652     78,384    111,250
  1978              6,671     14,876     26,635     43,127     79,255    112,734
  1977              6,618     14,627     24,739     39,734     74,043    107,233
  1976 17/          6,543     14,493     24,995     40,411     72,570    104,019
  1975 16/          6,355     13,929     24,601     39,222     69,895     98,529
  1974 16/15/       6,499     14,697     25,196     39,283     70,512     98,802
  1973              6,540     15,106     25,908     40,756     74,041    109,430
  1972 14/          6,196     14,481     24,939     39,361     73,001    106,465
  1971 13/          5,935     14,032     24,226     37,672     68,203     98,351
  1970              5,668     14,342     24,930     38,634     69,785    100,615
  1969              5,827     14,506     24,634     37,443     66,501     94,833
  1968              5,684     14,036     23,371     36,078     64,408     91,469
  1967 12/          5,251     12,927     22,161     33,876     65,049    101,241
 

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