[Economic Report of the President (1999)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]



NATIONAL INCOME OR EXPENDITURE


[[Page 366]]


Table B-33.--Median money income (in 1997 dollars) and poverty status of families and persons, by race, selected years, 1979-97
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Families\1\                        Persons      Median money income (in 1997 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-     1997     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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALL RACES

1979\4\......................................     59.6   $42,483     5.5    9.2      2.6     30.4    26.1   11.7   $25,548   $37,911    $9,439   $22,841
1980.........................................     60.3    40,999     6.2   10.3      3.0     32.7    29.3   13.0    24,436    37,391     9,595    22,605
1981.........................................     61.0    39,881     6.9   11.2      3.3     34.6    31.8   14.0    24,000    36,860     9,723    22,190
1982.........................................     61.4    39,341     7.5   12.2      3.4     36.3    34.4   15.0    23,420    36,356     9,884    22,938
1983\5\......................................     62.0    39,761     7.6   12.3      3.6     36.0    35.3   15.2    23,625    36,267    10,321    23,347
1984.........................................     62.7    40,832     7.3   11.6      3.5     34.5    33.7   14.4    24,098    37,080    10,609    23,823
1985.........................................     63.6    41,371     7.2   11.4      3.5     34.0    33.1   14.0    24,330    37,289    10,765    24,242
1986.........................................     64.5    43,139     7.0   10.9      3.6     34.6    32.4   13.6    25,062    37,920    11,144    24,665
1987\6\......................................     65.2    43,756     7.0   10.7      3.7     34.2    32.2   13.4    25,129    37,696    11,720    24,815
1988.........................................     65.8    43,674     6.9   10.4      3.6     33.4    31.7   13.0    25,653    37,095    12,053    25,160
1989.........................................     66.1    44,284     6.8   10.3      3.5     32.2    31.5   12.8    25,749    36,784    12,457    25,419
1990.........................................     66.3    43,414     7.1   10.7      3.8     33.4    33.6   13.5    24,920    35,586    12,366    25,286
1991.........................................     67.2    42,351     7.7   11.5      4.2     35.6    35.7   14.2    24,121    35,742    12,345    25,035
1992\7\......................................     68.2    41,839     8.1   11.9      4.3     35.4    38.0   14.8    23,400    35,271    12,257    25,274
1993.........................................     68.5    41,051     8.4   12.3      4.4     35.6    39.3   15.1    23,439    34,518    12,269    24,957
1994.........................................     69.3    42,001     8.1   11.6      4.2     34.6    38.1   14.5    23,523    34,236    12,418    25,196
1995.........................................     69.6    42,769     7.5   10.8      4.1     32.4    36.4   13.8    23,761    33,910    12,775    25,041
1996.........................................     70.2    43,271     7.7   11.0      4.2     32.6    36.5   13.7    24,381    34,308    13,109    25,507
1997.........................................     70.9    44,568     7.3   10.3      4.0     31.6    35.6   13.3    25,212    35,248    13,703    26,029

WHITE

1979\4\......................................     52.2    44,331     3.6    6.9      1.4     22.3    17.2    9.0    26,689    39,006     9,528    23,040
1980.........................................     52.7    42,717     4.2    8.0      1.6     25.7    19.7   10.2    25,992    38,458     9,648    22,823
1981.........................................     53.3    41,892     4.7    8.8      1.8     27.4    21.6   11.1    25,466    37,726     9,831    22,561
1982.........................................     53.4    41,305     5.1    9.6      1.8     27.9    23.5   12.0    24,760    37,325    10,018    23,247
1983\5\......................................     53.9    41,635     5.2    9.7      1.9     28.3    24.0   12.1    24,855    37,236    10,502    23,659
1984.........................................     54.4    42,768     4.9    9.1      1.9     27.1    23.0   11.5    25,437    38,350    10,734    24,060
1985.........................................     55.0    43,484     5.0    9.1      2.0     27.4    22.9   11.4    25,523    38,325    10,974    24,585
1986.........................................     55.7    45,117     4.8    8.6      2.0     28.2    22.2   11.0    26,447    38,978    11,364    25,043
1987\6\......................................     56.1    45,755     4.6    8.1      2.0     26.9    21.2   10.4    26,710    38,575    12,019    25,275
1988.........................................     56.5    46,013     4.5    7.9      1.9     26.5    20.7   10.1    27,079    38,344    12,350    25,538
1989.........................................     56.6    46,564     4.4    7.8      1.9     25.4    20.8   10.0    27,004    38,406    12,700    25,720
1990.........................................     56.8    45,332     4.6    8.1      2.0     26.8    22.3   10.7    25,997    36,940    12,669    25,590
1991.........................................     57.2    44,524     5.0    8.8      2.2     28.4    23.7   11.3    25,212    36,475    12,634    25,401
1992\7\......................................     57.7    44,238     5.3    9.1      2.2     28.5    25.3   11.9    24,488    36,110    12,541    25,567
1993.........................................     57.9    43,652     5.5    9.4      2.4     29.2    26.2   12.2    24,415    35,357    12,513    25,523
1994.........................................     58.4    44,277     5.3    9.1      2.3     29.0    25.4   11.7    24,550    35,132    12,595    25,877
1995.........................................     58.9    44,913     5.0    8.5      2.2     26.6    24.4   11.2    25,165    35,296    12,971    25,554
1996.........................................     58.9    45,783     5.1    8.6      2.3     27.3    24.7   11.2    25,521    35,538    13,258    25,940
1997.........................................     59.5    46,754     5.0    8.4      2.3     27.7    24.4   11.0    26,115    36,118    13,792    26,470

BLACK

1979\4\......................................      6.2    25,103     1.7   27.8      1.2     49.4     8.1   31.0    16,521    28,111     8,671    21,112
1980.........................................      6.3    24,717     1.8   28.9      1.3     49.4     8.6   32.5    15,619    27,059     8,932    21,286
1981.........................................      6.4    23,631     2.0   30.8      1.4     52.9     9.2   34.2    15,143    26,692     8,734    20,375
1982.........................................      6.5    22,829     2.2   33.0      1.5     56.2     9.7   35.6    14,838    26,509     8,836    20,778
1983\5\......................................      6.7    23,464     2.2   32.3      1.5     53.7     9.9   35.7    14,535    26,549     8,974    21,002
1984.........................................      6.8    23,837     2.1   30.9      1.5     51.7     9.5   33.8    14,595    26,173     9,522    21,682
1985.........................................      6.9    25,039     2.0   28.7      1.5     50.5     8.9   31.3    16,062    26,806     9,363    21,763
1986.........................................      7.1    25,780     2.0   28.0      1.5     50.1     9.0   31.1    15,848    27,481     9,615    21,914
1987\6\......................................      7.2    26,005     2.1   29.4      1.6     51.1     9.5   32.4    15,845    27,582     9,818    22,575
1988.........................................      7.4    26,224     2.1   28.2      1.6     49.0     9.4   31.3    16,340    28,106     9,971    22,884
1989.........................................      7.5    26,158     2.1   27.8      1.5     46.5     9.3   30.7    16,321    26,798    10,193    23,131
1990.........................................      7.5    26,308     2.2   29.3      1.6     48.1     9.8   31.9    15,802    26,379    10,227    22,772
1991.........................................      7.7    25,392     2.3   30.4      1.8     51.2    10.2   32.7    15,275    26,665    10,389    22,548
1992\7\......................................      8.0    24,141     2.5   31.1      1.9     50.2    10.8   33.4    14,945    26,301    10,167    23,175
1993.........................................      8.0    23,927     2.5   31.3      1.9     49.9    10.9   33.1    16,222    26,175    10,561    22,564
1994.........................................      8.1    26,748     2.2   27.3      1.7     46.2    10.2   30.6    16,225    26,431    11,419    22,340
1995.........................................      8.1    27,350     2.1   26.4      1.7     45.1     9.9   29.3    16,857    26,116    11,544    22,199
1996.........................................      8.5    27,131     2.2   26.1      1.7     43.7     9.7   28.4    16,869    27,759    12,042    22,495
1997.........................................      8.4    28,602     2.0   23.6      1.6     39.8     9.1   26.5    18,096    26,897    13,048    22,764
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\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; 1977, 11.6; and 1978, 11.4.

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.