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 Income



Historical Income Tables - Households

                                                                                          
                                                                                               



 Table H-10. Age of Head of Household: All Races
 by Median and Mean Income: 1967 to 2007

 (Householders 15 years old and over beginning with March 1980,
 and householders 14 years old and over as of March of the
 following year for previous years.  Income in current and
 2007 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars28/)
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                                 Median income        Mean income
 Age                          ___________________ ___________________
 and                 Number   Current      2007   Current      2007
 year               (thous.)  dollars   dollars   dollars   dollars
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 15 Years and Over

 All Races
 2007                 116,783   $50,233   $50,233   $67,609   $67,609
 2006                 116,011    48,201    49,568    66,570    68,459
 2005                 114,384    46,326    49,202    63,344    67,277
 2004 35/             113,343    44,334    48,665    60,466    66,373
 2003                 112,000    43,318    48,835    59,067    66,590
 2002                 111,278    42,409    48,878    57,852    66,677
 2001                 109,297    42,228    49,455    58,208    68,171
 2000 30/             108,209    41,990    50,557    57,135    68,792
 1999 29/             106,434    40,696    50,641    54,737    68,114
 1998                 103,874    38,885    49,397    51,855    65,873
 1997                 102,528    37,005    47,665    49,692    64,007
 1996                 101,018    35,492    46,704    47,123    62,009
 1995 25/              99,627    34,076    46,034    44,938    60,708
 1994 24/              98,990    32,264    44,636    43,133    59,673
 1993 23/              97,107    31,241    44,143    41,428    58,537
 1992 22/              96,426    30,636    44,359    38,840    56,238
 1991                  95,669    30,126    44,726    37,922    56,301
 1990                  94,312    29,943    46,049    37,403    57,521
 1989                  93,347    28,906    46,670    36,520    58,963
 1988                  92,830    27,225    45,852    34,017    57,291
 1987 21/              91,124    26,061    45,502    32,410    56,587
 1986                  89,479    24,897    44,939    30,759    55,519
 1985 20/              88,458    23,618    43,402    29,066    53,413
 1984 19/              86,789    22,415    42,605    27,464    52,202
 1983                  85,407    20,885    41,322    25,401    50,257
 1982                  83,918    20,171    41,613    24,309    50,150
 1981                  83,527    19,074    41,724    22,787    49,847
 1980                  82,368    17,710    42,429    21,063    50,462
 1979 18/              80,776    16,461    43,814    19,554    52,047
 1978                  77,330    15,064    43,937    17,730    51,713
 1977                  76,030    13,572    42,300    16,100    50,179
 1976 17/              74,142    12,686    42,034    14,922    49,442
 1975 16/              72,867    11,800    41,348    13,779    48,282
 1974 16/15/           71,163    11,197    42,459    13,094    49,653
 1973                  69,859    10,512    43,848    12,157    50,710
 1972 14/              68,251     9,697    42,980    11,286    50,023
 1971 13/              66,676     9,028    41,215    10,383    47,401
 1970                  64,778     8,734    41,620    10,001    47,657
 1969                  63,401     8,389    41,945     9,544    47,720
 1968                  62,214     7,743    40,442     8,760    45,753
 1967 12/              60,813     7,143    38,771     7,989    43,363




 15 to 24 Years

 All Races
 2007                   6,554   $31,790   $31,790   $40,334   $40,334
 2006                   6,662    30,937    31,815    38,991    40,097
 2005                   6,795    28,770    30,556    37,265    39,579
 2004 35/               6,733    27,575    30,269    35,725    39,215
 2003                   6,610    27,053    30,498    33,629    37,912
 2002                   6,611    27,828    32,073    35,520    40,938
 2001                   6,391    28,196    33,022    36,148    42,335
 2000 30/               6,409    27,847    33,529    36,083    43,445
 1999 29/               5,844    25,148    31,294    31,298    38,947
 1998                   5,770    23,564    29,934    30,947    39,313
 1997                   5,435    22,583    29,089    29,026    37,388
 1996                   5,160    21,438    28,210    26,789    35,252
 1995 25/               5,282    20,979    28,341    25,000    33,773
 1994 24/               5,444    19,340    26,756    23,214    32,116
 1993 23/               5,265    19,333    27,317    23,041    32,557
 1992 22/               5,257    17,663    25,575    21,484    31,107
 1991                   4,859    18,313    27,188    21,219    31,503
 1990                   4,882    18,002    27,685    21,484    33,040
 1989                   5,121    18,663    30,132    21,566    34,819
 1988                   5,415    17,040    28,698    20,912    35,220
 1987 21/               5,306    16,447    28,716    19,791    34,555
 1986                   5,197    15,310    27,634    18,155    32,769
 1985 20/               5,503    15,049    27,655    17,708    32,541
 1984 19/               5,438    14,028    26,664    16,644    31,636
 1983                   5,510    13,402    26,517    15,451    30,571
 1982                   5,695    13,816    28,503    15,940    32,884
 1981                   6,110    13,242    28,967    15,073    32,972
 1980                   6,443    12,711    30,452    14,227    34,084
 1979 18/               6,570    11,913    31,709    13,367    35,579
 1978                   6,342    11,014    32,124    12,161    35,470
 1977                   6,220     9,571    29,830    10,494    32,706
 1976 17/               5,991     8,862    29,363     9,805    32,488
 1975 16/               5,877     8,138    28,516     8,989    31,498
 1974 16/15/            5,866     8,112    30,761     8,701    32,994
 1973                   5,857     7,496    31,268     8,235    34,350
 1972 14/               5,476     7,061    31,297     7,716    34,200
 1971 13/               5,194     6,581    30,044     7,139    32,591
 1970                   4,707     6,669    31,780     7,115    33,905
 1969                   4,305     6,360    31,800     6,686    33,430
 1968                   4,068     6,028    31,484     6,355    33,192
 1967 12/               3,829     5,615    30,477     5,911    32,084




 25 to 34 Years

 All Races
 2007                  19,225   $51,016   $51,016   $64,141   $64,141
 2006                  19,435    49,164    50,559    62,128    63,890
 2005                  19,120    47,379    50,321    57,746    61,331
 2004 35/              19,314    45,465    49,907    55,531    60,956
 2003                  19,159    44,779    50,482    55,292    62,334
 2002                  19,055    45,330    52,244    54,633    62,966
 2001                  18,988    45,080    52,796    55,414    64,898
 2000 30/              19,031    44,414    53,476    55,027    66,254
 1999 29/              18,987    42,090    52,376    52,074    64,800
 1998                  18,819    40,069    50,901    47,960    60,925
 1997                  19,033    38,174    49,171    45,099    58,091
 1996                  19,314    35,888    47,225    42,897    56,448
 1995 25/              19,225    34,701    46,879    41,421    55,957
 1994 24/              19,453    33,151    45,863    39,338    54,423
 1993 23/              19,717    31,281    44,200    37,510    53,001
 1992 22/              20,057    31,239    45,232    36,111    52,286
 1991                  20,007    30,842    45,789    35,252    52,337
 1990                  20,323    30,359    46,688    34,484    53,032
 1989                  20,472    29,823    48,150    33,873    54,689
 1988                  20,924    28,408    47,844    32,114    54,086
 1987 21/              20,621    26,966    47,082    30,265    52,842
 1986                  20,502    25,898    46,745    29,304    52,893
 1985 20/              20,410    25,085    46,098    27,904    51,278
 1984 19/              20,013    23,735    45,114    26,178    49,758
 1983                  19,808    21,746    43,026    24,121    47,725
 1982                  19,104    21,281    43,903    23,433    48,342
 1981                  19,327    20,513    44,872    22,123    48,394
 1980                  19,153    19,337    46,327    20,713    49,623
 1979 18/              18,504    18,203    48,451    19,546    52,026
 1978                  16,996    16,502    48,131    17,704    51,637
 1977                  16,831    15,075    46,984    16,148    50,328
 1976 17/              16,167    13,995    46,371    15,012    49,741
 1975 16/              15,510    13,127    45,997    13,959    48,913
 1974 16/15/           14,949    12,422    47,105    13,300    50,434
 1973                  14,332    11,834    49,362    12,522    52,232
 1972 14/              13,562    10,877    48,210    11,483    50,896
 1971 13/              12,802    10,077    46,004    10,617    48,469
 1970                  11,847     9,690    46,175    10,313    49,144
 1969                  11,654     9,326    46,630     9,864    49,320
 1968                  11,282     8,592    44,876     9,017    47,096
 1967 12/              10,597     8,012    43,488     8,547    46,391




 35 to 44 Years

 All Races
 2007                  22,448   $62,124   $62,124   $78,999   $78,999
 2006                  22,779    60,405    62,119    78,829    81,065
 2005                  23,016    58,084    61,690    74,259    78,869
 2004 35/              23,248    56,682    62,219    72,336    79,403
 2003                  23,222    55,044    62,054    69,246    78,065
 2002                  24,069    53,521    61,685    68,310    78,730
 2001                  24,031    53,320    62,446    69,088    80,913
 2000 30/              24,054    53,762    64,731    67,044    80,723
 1999 29/              24,025    50,809    63,226    62,786    78,130
 1998                  23,968    48,451    61,549    60,103    76,351
 1997                  23,943    46,359    59,714    57,036    73,466
 1996                  23,823    44,420    58,452    55,384    72,880
 1995 25/              23,226    43,465    58,718    53,230    71,910
 1994 24/              22,914    41,667    57,645    51,812    71,680
 1993 23/              22,293    40,862    57,738    49,473    69,905
 1992 22/              21,862    39,853    57,704    46,365    67,133
 1991                  21,774    39,349    58,419    45,253    67,184
 1990                  21,304    38,561    59,302    45,076    69,321
 1989                  20,554    37,635    60,763    44,109    71,215
 1988                  19,952    36,554    61,564    42,091    70,889
 1987 21/              19,327    35,185    61,433    40,056    69,937
 1986                  18,703    32,787    59,180    37,662    67,979
 1985 20/              17,997    31,066    57,089    35,606    65,432
 1984 19/              17,481    29,784    56,612    33,389    63,464
 1983                  16,596    27,679    54,764    31,442    62,210
 1982                  16,020    26,370    54,402    29,353    60,555
 1981                  15,326    25,384    55,528    28,078    61,421
 1980                  14,462    23,627    56,604    26,052    62,414
 1979 18/              13,980    22,096    58,813    24,635    65,571
 1978                  13,328    19,928    58,123    22,021    64,228
 1977                  12,969    18,076    56,337    20,101    62,648
 1976 17/              12,482    16,721    55,403    18,533    61,407
 1975 16/              12,227    15,542    54,460    17,091    59,887
 1974 16/15/           11,886    14,886    56,448    16,244    61,598
 1973                  11,703    13,963    58,243    15,261    63,657
 1972 14/              11,721    12,688    56,237    14,046    62,256
 1971 13/              11,529    11,616    53,030    12,827    58,558
 1970                  11,739    11,131    53,042    12,193    58,103
 1969                  11,687    10,732    53,660    11,727    58,635
 1968                  11,739     9,826    51,321    10,627    55,505
 1967 12/              11,931     8,996    48,829     9,918    53,833




 45 to 54 Years

 All Races
 2007                  24,536   $65,476   $65,476   $83,106   $83,106
 2006                  24,140    64,874    66,714    84,342    86,735
 2005                  23,731    62,424    66,300    81,141    86,179
 2004 35/              23,393    61,027    66,989    77,431    84,995
 2003                  23,137    60,242    67,914    75,363    84,961
 2002                  22,623    59,021    68,024    74,934    86,364
 2001                  22,208    58,045    67,980    74,722    87,511
 2000 30/              21,969    57,642    69,403    74,613    89,837
 1999 29/              21,212    56,901    70,807    71,671    89,186
 1998                  20,158    54,148    68,786    67,293    85,485
 1997                  19,547    51,875    66,819    65,286    84,093
 1996                  18,843    50,472    66,416    63,580    83,665
 1995 25/              18,008    48,058    64,923    59,636    80,564
 1994 24/              17,590    47,261    65,384    58,996    81,619
 1993 23/              16,837    46,207    65,290    57,770    81,629
 1992 22/              16,413    44,436    64,340    52,374    75,834
 1991                  15,547    43,751    64,955    50,700    75,271
 1990                  14,751    41,922    64,471    50,003    76,899
 1989                  14,514    41,523    67,040    49,832    80,455
 1988                  14,018    38,213    64,358    45,506    76,640
 1987 21/              13,600    37,205    64,959    43,981    76,790
 1986                  13,211    35,660    64,366    41,068    74,127
 1985 20/              13,099    33,223    61,053    38,316    70,412
 1984 19/              12,628    31,516    59,904    36,003    68,433
 1983                  12,471    30,352    60,053    34,203    67,673
 1982                  12,354    27,985    57,733    31,941    65,895
 1981                  12,505    27,044    59,159    30,090    65,822
 1980                  12,694    25,121    60,184    28,169    67,486
 1979 18/              12,654    23,048    61,347    26,004    69,215
 1978                  12,585    21,181    61,778    23,698    69,119
 1977                  12,602    19,377    60,392    21,537    67,124
 1976 17/              12,905    17,664    58,528    19,738    65,400
 1975 16/              12,820    16,322    57,193    18,233    63,889
 1974 16/15/           12,901    15,373    58,295    17,244    65,390
 1973                  12,939    14,081    58,735    15,824    66,006
 1972 14/              12,805    13,125    58,174    14,719    65,239
 1971 13/              12,758    12,016    54,856    13,479    61,535
 1970                  12,509    11,413    54,386    12,858    61,272
 1969                  12,237    10,937    54,685    12,182    60,910
 1968                  12,149     9,772    51,039    11,043    57,677
 1967 12/              11,965     9,098    49,382    10,369    56,281




 55 to 64 Years
 All Races
 2007                  19,909   $57,386   $57,386   $76,440   $76,440
 2006                  19,266    54,592    56,141    74,177    76,281
 2005                  18,264    52,260    55,505    71,155    75,573
 2004 35/              17,503    50,392    55,315    66,750    73,271
 2003                  16,824    49,215    55,483    67,275    75,843
 2002                  16,260    47,203    54,403    64,118    73,898
 2001                  15,203    45,864    53,714    63,523    74,395
 2000 30/              14,277    44,853    54,005    61,231    73,724
 1999 29/              13,888    44,664    55,579    60,994    75,900
 1998                  13,571    43,167    54,837    57,952    73,619
 1997                  13,072    41,356    53,269    57,396    73,930
 1996                  12,469    39,815    52,393    52,065    68,513
 1995 25/              12,401    38,077    51,439    50,349    68,018
 1994 24/              12,224    35,232    48,742    47,762    66,077
 1993 23/              12,188    33,474    47,299    44,814    63,322
 1992 22/              12,154    33,993    49,220    42,943    62,179
 1991                  12,560    33,304    49,445    42,592    63,234
 1990                  12,524    32,365    49,773    41,459    63,759
 1989                  12,529    30,819    49,758    40,112    64,762
 1988                  12,805    28,903    48,678    36,858    62,076
 1987 21/              12,858    27,560    48,119    35,401    61,810
 1986                  12,868    26,776    48,330    33,708    60,842
 1985 20/              12,852    25,557    46,965    32,045    58,888
 1984 19/              13,073    24,094    45,797    30,516    58,003
 1983                  13,121    22,778    45,068    27,807    55,018
 1982                  13,074    22,075    45,541    27,249    56,215
 1981                  12,947    21,041    46,027    25,520    55,825
 1980                  12,704    19,547    46,830    23,504    56,310
 1979 18/              12,525    17,936    47,740    21,741    57,868
 1978                  12,284    16,028    46,748    19,434    56,683
 1977                  12,183    14,311    44,603    17,498    54,536
 1976 17/              11,780    13,412    44,439    16,115    53,395
 1975 16/              11,631    12,485    43,748    14,841    52,003
 1974 16/15/           11,299    11,470    43,495    13,941    52,865
 1973                  11,149    10,877    45,371    12,833    53,529
 1972 14/              11,212    10,034    44,474    11,940    52,922
 1971 13/              11,138     9,344    42,657    11,047    50,432
 1970                  10,952     8,906    42,439    10,573    50,383
 1969                  10,741     8,267    41,335     9,924    49,620
 1968                  10,552     7,629    39,846     9,163    47,858
 1967 12/              10,331     6,957    37,761     8,336    45,246




 65 Years and Over

 All Races
 2007                  24,113   $28,305   $28,305   $44,121   $44,121
 2006                  23,729    27,798    28,587    41,928    43,117
 2005                  23,459    26,036    27,652    40,668    43,193
 2004 35/              23,151    24,516    26,911    37,967    41,676
 2003                  23,048    23,787    26,817    36,893    41,592
 2002                  22,659    23,152    26,684    34,415    39,665
 2001                  22,476    23,118    27,075    35,298    41,339
 2000 30/              22,469    23,083    27,793    34,623    41,687
 1999 29/              22,478    22,797    28,368    34,629    43,092
 1998                  21,589    21,729    27,603    33,432    42,470
 1997                  21,497    20,761    26,742    31,940    41,141
 1996                  21,408    19,448    25,592    29,280    38,530
 1995 25/              21,486    19,096    25,797    28,579    38,608
 1994 24/              21,365    18,095    25,034    26,645    36,862
 1993 23/              20,806    17,751    25,082    25,965    36,688
 1992 22/              20,682    17,135    24,810    24,790    35,894
 1991                  20,921    16,975    25,202    24,424    36,261
 1990                  20,527    16,855    25,921    24,586    37,810
 1989                  20,156    15,771    25,463    23,452    37,864
 1988                  19,716    14,923    25,133    21,454    36,132
 1987 21/              19,412    14,443    25,217    20,438    35,684
 1986                  18,998    13,845    24,990    19,816    35,767
 1985 20/              18,596    13,254    24,356    18,800    34,548
 1984 19/              18,155    12,799    24,328    18,279    34,744
 1983                  17,901    11,718    23,185    16,386    32,421
 1982                  17,671    11,041    22,778    15,869    32,738
 1981                  17,312     9,903    21,663    14,246    31,163
 1980                  16,912     8,781    21,037    12,628    30,254
 1979 18/              16,544     7,879    20,972    11,138    29,646
 1978                  15,795     7,081    20,653    10,291    30,015
 1977                  15,225     6,347    19,782     9,309    29,013
 1976 17/              14,816     5,962    19,754     8,708    28,853
 1975 16/              14,802     5,585    19,570     8,063    28,253
 1974 16/15/           14,263     5,292    20,067     7,634    28,948
 1973                  13,879     4,583    19,117     6,857    28,602
 1972 14/              13,473     4,169    18,478     6,330    28,057
 1971 13/              13,255     3,813    17,407     5,762    26,305
 1970                  12,622     3,498    16,669     5,418    25,818
 1969                  12,252     3,329    16,645     5,196    25,980
 1968                  12,014     3,180    16,609     4,849    25,326
 1967 12/              11,792     2,760    14,981     4,534    24,610




 65 to 74 Years

 All Races
 2007                  12,284   $36,032   $36,032   $52,918   $52,918
 2006                  11,926    33,953    34,916    49,698    51,108
 2005                  11,687    31,670    33,636    49,477    52,549
 2004 35/              11,528    30,882    33,899    46,513    51,057
 2003                  11,499    29,640    33,415    44,166    49,791
 2002                  11,360    28,173    32,470    40,072    46,184
 2001                  11,472    28,172    32,994    41,973    49,157
 2000 30/              11,490    28,151    33,895    40,731    49,041
 1999 29/              11,641    27,351    34,035    40,660    50,597
 1998                  11,373    26,112    33,171    38,580    49,010
 1997                  11,272    25,292    32,578    37,239    47,966
 1996                  11,679    23,411    30,807    34,014    44,759
 1995 25/              11,908    23,031    31,113    33,587    45,374
 1994 24/              11,803    21,422    29,637    30,649    42,402
 1993 23/              11,639    21,310    30,111    29,999    42,388
 1992 22/              11,668    20,371    29,496    28,658    41,495
 1991                  12,043    20,063    29,786    27,636    41,030
 1990                  12,001    20,292    31,207    27,942    42,971
 1989                  11,733    18,959    30,610    27,024    43,631
 1988                  11,590    17,473    29,428    24,075    40,547
 1987 21/              11,435    17,122    29,895    23,135    40,393




 75 Years and Over

 All Races
 2007                  11,829   $23,230   $23,230   $34,985   $34,985
 2006                  11,803    22,815    23,462    34,078    35,045
 2005                  11,772    21,842    23,198    31,923    33,905
 2004 35/              11,623    20,464    22,463    29,492    32,373
 2003                  11,550    19,470    21,950    29,652    33,428
 2002                  11,299    19,300    22,244    28,727    33,109
 2001                  11,004    19,174    22,456    28,339    33,189
 2000 30/              10,979    18,814    22,653    28,232    33,992
 1999 29/              10,837    19,152    23,832    28,150    35,029
 1998                  10,216    17,885    22,720    27,700    35,188
 1997                  10,226    17,079    21,999    26,099    33,617
 1996                   9,729    15,995    21,048    23,598    31,053
 1995 25/               9,578    15,342    20,726    22,352    30,196
 1994 24/               9,562    14,731    20,380    21,704    30,027
 1993 23/               9,167    14,328    20,245    20,844    29,452
 1992 22/               9,014    13,620    19,721    19,784    28,646
 1991                   8,878    13,933    20,686    20,068    29,794
 1990                   8,526    13,150    20,223    19,862    30,545
 1989                   8,423    12,101    19,537    18,475    29,828
 1988                   8,126    11,806    19,883    17,716    29,837
 1987 21/               7,978    11,288    19,709    16,572    28,934
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements.                      
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