[Economic Report of the President (1997)] [Administration of William J. Clinton] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] [DOCID: f:erp_b31._] Economic Report of the President - - - - - - - - - - - - H. Doc. 105-002 [From the online service of the U.S. Government Printing Office] [wais.access.gpo.gov] Table B-31.--Median money income (in 1995 dollars) and poverty status of families and persons, by race, selected years, 1977-95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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.