[Economic Report of the President (1998)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]



Table B-33.--Median money income (in 1996 dollars) and poverty status of families and persons, by race, selected years, 1978-96
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Families \1\                        Persons      Median money income (in 1996 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-     1996     Num-            Num-              ber    Per-              round               round
lions)    dol-      ber    Per-    ber      Per-    (mil-   cent     All      full-      All      full-
lars)    (mil-   cent   (mil-     cent   lions)          persons    time     persons    time
\2\    lions)          lions)                                     workers             workers
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ALL RACES

1978.........................................     57.8   $41,003     5.3    9.1      2.7     31.4    24.5   11.4   $25,418   $37,335    $9,456   $22,410
1979 \4\.....................................     59.6    41,530     5.5    9.2      2.6     30.4    26.1   11.7    24,975    37,060     9,227    22,329
1980.........................................     60.3    40,079     6.2   10.3      3.0     32.7    29.3   13.0    23,888    36,552     9,380    22,098
1981.........................................     61.0    38,986     6.9   11.2      3.3     34.6    31.8   14.0    23,462    36,033     9,505    21,693
1982.........................................     61.4    38,459     7.5   12.2      3.4     36.3    34.4   15.0    22,895    35,540     9,662    22,424
1983 \5\.....................................     62.0    38,869     7.6   12.3      3.6     36.0    35.3   15.2    23,095    35,454    10,090    22,823
1984.........................................     62.7    39,917     7.3   11.6      3.5     34.5    33.7   14.4    23,558    36,249    10,371    23,289
1985.........................................     63.6    40,443     7.2   11.4      3.5     34.0    33.1   14.0    23,784    36,453    10,524    23,698
1986.........................................     64.5    42,171     7.0   10.9      3.6     34.6    32.4   13.6    24,500    37,069    10,894    24,112
1987 \6\.....................................     65.2    42,775     7.0   10.7      3.7     34.2    32.2   13.4    24,565    36,851    11,457    24,259
1988.........................................     65.8    42,695     6.9   10.4      3.6     33.4    31.7   13.0    25,077    36,263    11,783    24,596
1989.........................................     66.1    43,290     6.8   10.3      3.5     32.2    31.5   12.8    25,171    35,959    12,177    24,848
1990.........................................     66.3    42,440     7.1   10.7      3.8     33.4    33.6   13.5    24,361    34,788    12,089    24,719
1991.........................................     67.2    41,401     7.7   11.5      4.2     35.6    35.7   14.2    23,580    34,941    12,068    24,474
1992 \7\.....................................     68.2    40,900     8.1   11.9      4.3     35.4    38.0   14.8    22,875    34,480    11,982    24,707
1993.........................................     68.5    40,131     8.4   12.3      4.4     35.6    39.3   15.1    22,913    33,744    11,994    24,397
1994.........................................     69.3    41,059     8.1   11.6      4.2     34.6    38.1   14.5    22,995    33,468    12,139    24,631
1995.........................................     69.6    41,810     7.5   10.8      4.1     32.4    36.4   13.8    23,228    33,150    12,488    24,479
1996.........................................     70.2    42,300     7.7   11.0      4.2     32.6    36.5   13.7    23,834    33,538    12,815    24,935

WHITE

1978.........................................     50.9    42,695     3.5    6.9      1.4     23.5    16.3    8.7    26,622    38,028     9,570    22,621
1979 \4\.....................................     52.2    43,336     3.6    6.9      1.4     22.3    17.2    9.0    26,090    38,131     9,314    22,524
1980.........................................     52.7    41,759     4.2    8.0      1.6     25.7    19.7   10.2    25,409    37,595     9,431    22,311
1981.........................................     53.3    40,952     4.7    8.8      1.8     27.4    21.6   11.1    24,895    36,879     9,611    22,055
1982.........................................     53.4    40,379     5.1    9.6      1.8     27.9    23.5   12.0    24,205    36,487     9,793    22,726
1983 \5\.....................................     53.9    40,701     5.2    9.7      1.9     28.3    24.0   12.1    24,297    36,400    10,266    23,129
1984.........................................     54.4    41,809     4.9    9.1      1.9     27.1    23.0   11.5    24,867    37,490    10,494    23,520
1985.........................................     55.0    42,509     5.0    9.1      2.0     27.4    22.9   11.4    24,951    37,465    10,728    24,034
1986.........................................     55.7    44,105     4.8    8.6      2.0     28.2    22.2   11.0    25,854    38,104    11,109    24,481
1987 \6\.....................................     56.1    44,729     4.6    8.1      2.0     26.9    21.2   10.4    26,111    37,710    11,750    24,708
1988.........................................     56.5    44,981     4.5    7.9      1.9     26.5    20.7   10.1    26,471    37,484    12,073    24,965
1989.........................................     56.6    45,520     4.4    7.8      1.9     25.4    20.8   10.0    26,398    37,545    12,415    25,143
1990.........................................     56.8    44,315     4.6    8.1      2.0     26.8    22.3   10.7    25,414    36,111    12,385    25,016
1991.........................................     57.2    43,525     5.0    8.8      2.2     28.4    23.7   11.3    24,647    35,657    12,350    24,831
1992 \7\.....................................     57.7    43,245     5.3    9.1      2.2     28.5    25.3   11.9    23,939    35,300    12,260    24,993
1993.........................................     57.9    42,672     5.5    9.4      2.4     29.2    26.2   12.2    23,867    34,564    12,233    24,951
1994.........................................     58.4    43,284     5.3    9.1      2.3     29.0    25.4   11.7    24,000    34,344    12,313    25,297
1995.........................................     58.9    43,905     5.0    8.5      2.2     26.6    24.4   11.2    24,601    34,505    12,680    24,980
1996.........................................     58.9    44,756     5.1    8.6      2.3     27.3    24.7   11.2    24,949    34,741    12,961    25,358

BLACK

1978.........................................      5.9    25,288     1.6   27.5      1.2     50.6     7.6   30.6    15,948    29,125     8,617    20,966
1979 \4\.....................................      6.2    24,540     1.7   27.8      1.2     49.4     8.1   31.0    16,150    27,481     8,477    20,639
1980.........................................      6.3    24,162     1.8   28.9      1.3     49.4     8.6   32.5    15,269    26,452     8,731    20,809
1981.........................................      6.4    23,101     2.0   30.8      1.4     52.9     9.2   34.2    14,804    26,093     8,538    19,918
1982.........................................      6.5    22,317     2.2   33.0      1.5     56.2     9.7   35.6    14,505    25,915     8,638    20,312
1983 \5\.....................................      6.7    22,938     2.2   32.3      1.5     53.7     9.9   35.7    14,209    25,953     8,773    20,531
1984.........................................      6.8    23,302     2.1   30.9      1.5     51.7     9.5   33.8    14,267    25,586     9,308    21,196
1985.........................................      6.9    24,477     2.0   28.7      1.5     50.5     8.9   31.3    15,702    26,205     9,153    21,275
1986.........................................      7.1    25,201     2.0   28.0      1.5     50.1     9.0   31.1    15,492    26,865     9,400    21,422
1987 \6\.....................................      7.2    25,422     2.1   29.4      1.6     51.1     9.5   32.4    15,490    26,963     9,598    22,068
1988.........................................      7.4    25,636     2.1   28.2      1.6     49.0     9.4   31.3    15,974    27,475     9,747    22,371
1989.........................................      7.5    25,571     2.1   27.8      1.5     46.5     9.3   30.7    15,954    26,197     9,964    22,613
1990.........................................      7.5    25,717     2.2   29.3      1.6     48.1     9.8   31.9    15,448    25,787     9,997    22,261
1991.........................................      7.7    24,823     2.3   30.4      1.8     51.2    10.2   32.7    14,932    26,067    10,156    22,042
1992 \7\.....................................      8.0    23,600     2.5   31.1      1.9     50.2    10.8   33.4    14,610    25,711     9,938    22,655
1993.........................................      8.0    23,391     2.5   31.3      1.9     49.9    10.9   33.1    15,858    25,588    10,324    22,058
1994.........................................      8.1    26,148     2.2   27.3      1.7     46.2    10.2   30.6    15,862    25,838    11,163    21,839
1995.........................................      8.1    26,737     2.1   26.4      1.7     45.1     9.9   29.3    16,479    25,530    11,285    21,701
1996.........................................      8.5    26,522     2.2   26.1      1.7     43.7     9.7   28.4    16,491    27,136    11,772    21,990
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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 adjusted 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; 1976, 11.8; and 1977, 11.6.

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.