[Economic Report of the President (1997)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Table B-31.--Median money income (in 1995 dollars) and poverty status of families and persons, by race, selected years, 1977-95
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Families\1\                        Persons      Median money income (in 1995 dollars)
----------------------------------------------------     below       of persons 15 years old and over with
Below poverty level        poverty level               income\2\\3\
Median  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
money       Total           Female                             Males              Females
Year                        Num-    income  ---------------    householder                  ---------------------------------------
ber       (in                  ------------------  Num-                      Year-               Year-
(mil-     1995     Num-            Num-              ber    Per-              round               round
lions)    dol-      ber    Per-    ber      Per-    (mil-   cent     All      full-      All      full-
lars)\2\   (mil-   cent   (mil-     cent   lions)          persons    time     persons    time
lions)          lions)                                     workers             workers
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RACES

1977.........................................     57.2   $38,604     5.3    9.3      2.6     31.7    24.7   11.6   $24,411   $36,340    $9,503   $21,254
1978.........................................     57.8    39,827     5.3    9.1      2.7     31.4    24.5   11.4    24,689    36,264     9,185    21,767
1979\4\......................................     59.6    40,339     5.5    9.2      2.6     30.4    26.1   11.7    24,258    35,997     8,963    21,688
1980.........................................     60.3    38,930     6.2   10.3      3.0     32.7    29.3   13.0    23,203    35,504     9,111    21,464
1981.........................................     61.0    37,868     6.9   11.2      3.3     34.6    31.8   14.0    22,789    35,000     9,232    21,070
1982.........................................     61.4    37,356     7.5   12.2      3.4     36.3    34.4   15.0    22,238    34,521     9,385    21,781
1983\5\......................................     62.0    37,754     7.6   12.3      3.6     36.0    35.3   15.2    22,433    34,402     9,800    22,135
1984.........................................     62.7    38,772     7.3   11.6      3.5     34.5    33.7   14.4    22,882    35,209    10,074    22,621
1985.........................................     63.6    39,283     7.2   11.4      3.5     34.0    33.1   14.0    23,102    35,408    10,222    23,019
1986.........................................     64.5    40,962     7.0   10.9      3.6     34.6    32.4   13.6    23,797    36,006    10,582    23,420
1987\6\......................................     65.2    41,548     7.0   10.7      3.7     34.2    32.2   13.4    23,861    35,794    11,128    23,563
1988.........................................     65.8    41,470     6.9   10.4      3.6     33.4    31.7   13.0    24,358    35,223    11,445    23,891
1989.........................................     66.1    42,049     6.8   10.3      3.5     32.2    31.5   12.8    24,449    34,928    11,828    24,136
1990.........................................     66.3    41,223     7.1   10.7      3.8     33.4    33.6   13.5    23,662    33,790    11,742    24,010
1991.........................................     67.2    40,214     7.7   11.5      4.2     35.6    35.7   14.2    22,904    33,939    11,722    23,772
1992\7\......................................     68.2    39,727     8.1   11.9      4.3     35.4    38.0   14.8    22,219    33,491    11,638    23,998
1993.........................................     68.5    38,980     8.4   12.3      4.4     35.6    39.3   15.1    22,256    32,776    11,650    23,697
1994.........................................     69.3    39,881     8.1   11.6      4.2     34.6    38.1   14.5    22,336    32,508    11,791    23,924
1995.........................................     69.6    40,611     7.5   10.8      4.1     32.4    36.4   13.8    22,562    32,199    12,130    23,777

WHITE

1977.........................................     50.5    40,367     3.5    7.0      1.4     24.0    16.4    8.9    25,568    37,082     9,648    21,389
1978.........................................     50.9    41,471     3.5    6.9      1.4     23.5    16.3    8.7    25,858    36,937     9,295    21,973
1979\4\......................................     52.2    42,093     3.6    6.9      1.4     22.3    17.2    9.0    25,342    37,037     9,047    21,878
1980.........................................     52.7    40,561     4.2    8.0      1.6     25.7    19.7   10.2    24,680    36,517     9,161    21,671
1981.........................................     53.3    39,778     4.7    8.8      1.8     27.4    21.6   11.1    24,181    35,822     9,335    21,422
1982.........................................     53.4    39,221     5.1    9.6      1.8     27.9    23.5   12.0    23,510    35,441     9,512    22,074
1983\5\......................................     53.9    39,534     5.2    9.7      1.9     28.3    24.0   12.1    23,601    35,317     9,972    22,430
1984.........................................     54.4    40,610     4.9    9.1      1.9     27.1    23.0   11.5    24,154    36,415    10,193    22,845
1985.........................................     55.0    41,290     5.0    9.1      2.0     27.4    22.9   11.4    24,235    36,390    10,420    23,344
1986.........................................     55.7    42,840     4.8    8.6      2.0     28.2    22.2   11.0    25,113    37,011    10,790    23,779
1987\6\......................................     56.1    43,446     4.6    8.1      2.0     26.9    21.2   10.4    25,362    36,628    11,413    23,999
1988.........................................     56.5    43,691     4.5    7.9      1.9     26.5    20.7   10.1    25,712    36,409    11,727    24,249
1989.........................................     56.6    44,214     4.4    7.8      1.9     25.4    20.8   10.0    25,641    36,468    12,059    24,422
1990.........................................     56.8    43,044     4.6    8.1      2.0     26.8    22.3   10.7    24,685    35,075    12,030    24,299
1991.........................................     57.2    42,277     5.0    8.8      2.2     28.4    23.7   11.3    23,940    34,635    11,996    24,119
1992\7\......................................     57.7    42,005     5.3    9.1      2.2     28.5    25.3   11.9    23,252    34,287    11,908    24,276
1993.........................................     57.9    41,449     5.5    9.4      2.4     29.2    26.2   12.2    23,183    33,572    11,882    24,235
1994.........................................     58.4    42,043     5.3    9.1      2.3     29.0    25.4   11.7    23,311    33,359    11,960    24,571
1995.........................................     58.9    42,646     5.0    8.5      2.2     26.6    24.4   11.2    23,895    33,515    12,316    24,264

BLACK

1977.........................................      5.8    23,060     1.6   28.2      1.2     51.0     7.7   31.3    15,172    25,566     8,331    19,990
1978.........................................      5.9    24,562     1.6   27.5      1.2     50.6     7.6   30.6    15,491    28,290     8,370    20,365
1979\4\......................................      6.2    23,836     1.7   27.8      1.2     49.4     8.1   31.0    15,687    26,693     8,234    20,047
1980.........................................      6.3    23,469     1.8   28.9      1.3     49.4     8.6   32.5    14,831    25,693     8,481    20,212
1981.........................................      6.4    22,439     2.0   30.8      1.4     52.9     9.2   34.2    14,379    25,345     8,293    19,347
1982.........................................      6.5    21,677     2.2   33.0      1.5     56.2     9.7   35.6    14,089    25,172     8,390    19,729
1983\5\......................................      6.7    22,280     2.2   32.3      1.5     53.7     9.9   35.7    13,802    25,196     8,521    19,910
1984.........................................      6.8    22,634     2.1   30.9      1.5     51.7     9.5   33.8    13,858    24,852     9,041    20,588
1985.........................................      6.9    23,775     2.0   28.7      1.5     50.5     8.9   31.3    15,251    25,453     8,890    20,665
1986.........................................      7.1    24,479     2.0   28.0      1.5     50.1     9.0   31.1    15,048    26,094     9,130    20,808
1987\6\......................................      7.2    24,693     2.1   29.4      1.6     51.1     9.5   32.4    15,045    26,190     9,322    21,435
1988.........................................      7.4    24,901     2.1   28.2      1.6     49.0     9.4   31.3    15,516    26,687     9,467    21,729
1989.........................................      7.5    24,838     2.1   27.8      1.5     46.5     9.3   30.7    15,497    25,446     9,679    21,964
1990.........................................      7.5    24,980     2.2   29.3      1.6     48.1     9.8   31.9    15,004    25,047     9,711    21,623
1991.........................................      7.7    24,111     2.3   30.4      1.8     51.2    10.2   32.7    14,504    25,319     9,865    21,410
1992\7\......................................      8.0    22,923     2.5   31.1      1.9     50.2    10.8   33.4    14,191    24,974     9,653    22,005
1993.........................................      8.0    22,720     2.5   31.3      1.9     49.9    10.9   33.1    15,403    24,854    10,028    21,426
1994.........................................      8.1    25,398     2.2   27.3      1.7     46.2    10.2   30.6    15,407    25,097    10,843    21,213
1995.........................................      8.1    25,970     2.1   26.4      1.7     45.1     9.9   29.3    16,006    24,798    10,961    21,079
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\1\The term ``family'' refers to a group of two or more persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together. Every family must include
a reference person. Beginning 1979, based on householder concept and restricted to primary families.
\2\Current dollar median money income deflated by CPI-U-X1.
\3\Prior to 1979, data are for persons 14 years and over.
\4\Based on 1980 census population controls; comparable with succeeding years.
\5\Reflects implementation of Hispanic population controls; comparable with succeeding years.
\6\Based on revised methodology; comparable with succeeding years.
\7\Based on 1990 census adjusted population controls; comparable with succeeding years.

Note.--Poverty rates (percent of persons below poverty level) for all races for years not shown above are: 1959, 22.4; 1960, 22.2; 1961, 21.9; 1962,
21.0; 1963, 19.5; 1964, 19.0; 1965, 17.3; 1966, 14.7; 1967, 14.2; 1968, 12.8; 1969, 12.1; 1970, 12.6; 1971, 12.5; 1972, 11.9; 1973, 11.1; 1974, 11.2;
1975, 12.3; and 1976, 11.8.

Poverty thresholds are updated each year to reflect changes in the consumer price index (CPI-U).

For details see ``Current Population Reports,'' Series P-60.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.