[Economic Report of the President (2000)]
[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 1998 dollars) and poverty status of families and persons, by race, selected years, 1980-98
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Families\1\                        Persons      Median money income (in 1998 dollars)
----------------------------------------------------     below       of persons 15 years old and over with
Below poverty level        poverty level                 income\2\
Median  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
money       Total           Female                             Males              Females
Year                        Num-    income  ---------------    householder                  ---------------------------------------
ber       (in                  ------------------  Num-                      Year-               Year-
(mil-     1998     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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ALL RACES

1980\3\......................................     60.3   $41,637     6.2   10.3      3.0     32.7    29.3   13.0   $24,816   $37,973    $9,744   $22,957
1981.........................................     61.0    40,502     6.9   11.2      3.3     34.6    31.8   14.0    24,374    37,434     9,874    22,536
1982.........................................     61.4    39,954     7.5   12.2      3.4     36.3    34.4   15.0    23,785    36,922    10,037    23,296
1983\4\......................................     62.0    40,380     7.6   12.3      3.6     36.0    35.3   15.2    23,993    36,794    10,482    23,674
1984.........................................     62.7    41,469     7.3   11.6      3.5     34.5    33.7   14.4    24,474    37,658    10,775    24,194
1985.........................................     63.6    42,015     7.2   11.4      3.5     34.0    33.1   14.0    24,709    37,870    10,933    24,620
1986.........................................     64.5    43,811     7.0   10.9      3.6     34.6    32.4   13.6    25,452    38,510    11,318    25,049
1987\5\......................................     65.2    44,438     7.0   10.7      3.7     34.2    32.2   13.4    25,520    38,283    11,902    25,202
1988.........................................     65.8    44,354     6.9   10.4      3.6     33.4    31.7   13.0    26,052    37,673    12,241    25,552
1989.........................................     66.1    44,974     6.8   10.3      3.5     32.2    31.5   12.8    26,150    37,357    12,651    25,814
1990.........................................     66.3    44,090     7.1   10.7      3.8     33.4    33.6   13.5    25,308    36,141    12,559    25,680
1991.........................................     67.2    43,011     7.7   11.5      4.2     35.6    35.7   14.2    24,497    36,299    12,537    25,425
1992\6\......................................     68.2    42,490     8.1   11.9      4.3     35.4    38.0   14.8    23,765    35,820    12,447    25,668
1993.........................................     68.5    41,691     8.4   12.3      4.4     35.6    39.3   15.1    23,804    35,056    12,460    25,346
1994.........................................     69.3    42,655     8.1   11.6      4.2     34.6    38.1   14.5    23,889    34,769    12,611    25,588
1995.........................................     69.6    43,436     7.5   10.8      4.1     32.4    36.4   13.8    24,131    34,439    12,974    25,431
1996.........................................     70.2    43,945     7.7   11.0      4.2     32.6    36.5   13.7    24,761    34,842    13,313    25,904
1997.........................................     70.9    45,262     7.3   10.3      4.0     31.6    35.6   13.3    25,605    35,797    13,916    26,434
1998.........................................     71.6    46,737     7.2   10.0      3.8     29.9    34.5   12.7    26,492    36,252    14,430    26,855

WHITE

1980\3\......................................     52.7    43,382     4.2    8.0      1.6     25.7    19.7   10.2    26,397    39,057     9,798    23,178
1981.........................................     53.3    42,545     4.7    8.8      1.8     27.4    21.6   11.1    25,863    38,313     9,984    22,912
1982.........................................     53.4    41,949     5.1    9.6      1.8     27.9    23.5   12.0    25,146    37,906    10,174    23,609
1983\4\......................................     53.9    42,283     5.2    9.7      1.9     28.3    24.0   12.1    25,242    37,773    10,665    23,990
1984.........................................     54.4    43,434     4.9    9.1      1.9     27.1    23.0   11.5    25,834    38,947    10,902    24,434
1985.........................................     55.0    44,161     5.0    9.1      2.0     27.4    22.9   11.4    25,921    38,922    11,145    24,968
1986.........................................     55.7    45,820     4.8    8.6      2.0     28.2    22.2   11.0    26,859    39,585    11,541    25,433
1987\5\......................................     56.1    46,468     4.6    8.1      2.0     26.9    21.2   10.4    27,126    39,176    12,206    25,668
1988.........................................     56.5    46,730     4.5    7.9      1.9     26.5    20.7   10.1    27,501    38,941    12,543    25,935
1989.........................................     56.6    47,290     4.4    7.8      1.9     25.4    20.8   10.0    27,425    39,004    12,898    26,121
1990.........................................     56.8    46,038     4.6    8.1      2.0     26.8    22.3   10.7    26,402    37,515    12,867    25,989
1991.........................................     57.2    45,218     5.0    8.8      2.2     28.4    23.7   11.3    25,605    37,044    12,831    25,796
1992\6\......................................     57.7    44,927     5.3    9.1      2.2     28.5    25.3   11.9    24,869    36,672    12,737    25,965
1993.........................................     57.9    44,331     5.5    9.4      2.4     29.2    26.2   12.2    24,795    35,907    12,708    25,921
1994.........................................     58.4    44,967     5.3    9.1      2.3     29.0    25.4   11.7    24,933    35,680    12,791    26,280
1995.........................................     58.9    45,612     5.0    8.5      2.2     26.6    24.4   11.2    25,557    35,846    13,173    25,952
1996.........................................     58.9    46,496     5.1    8.6      2.3     27.3    24.7   11.2    25,919    36,092    13,465    26,344
1997.........................................     59.5    47,482     5.0    8.4      2.3     27.7    24.4   11.0    26,522    36,681    14,007    26,882
1998.........................................     60.1    49,023     4.8    8.0      2.1     24.9    23.5   10.5    27,646    37,196    14,617    27,304

BLACK

1980\3\......................................      6.3    25,102     1.8   28.9      1.3     49.4     8.6   32.5    15,862    27,480     9,071    21,618
1981.........................................      6.4    24,000     2.0   30.8      1.4     52.9     9.2   34.2    15,379    27,108     8,870    20,692
1982.........................................      6.5    23,185     2.2   33.0      1.5     56.2     9.7   35.6    15,069    26,922     8,974    21,101
1983\4\......................................      6.7    23,830     2.2   32.3      1.5     53.7     9.9   35.7    14,762    26,949     9,114    21,295
1984.........................................      6.8    24,208     2.1   30.9      1.5     51.7     9.5   33.8    14,822    26,580     9,670    22,020
1985.........................................      6.9    25,429     2.0   28.7      1.5     50.5     8.9   31.3    16,312    27,224     9,509    22,102
1986.........................................      7.1    26,181     2.0   28.0      1.5     50.1     9.0   31.1    16,095    27,909     9,765    22,255
1987\5\......................................      7.2    26,410     2.1   29.4      1.6     51.1     9.5   32.4    16,092    28,011     9,971    22,926
1988.........................................      7.4    26,633     2.1   28.2      1.6     49.0     9.4   31.3    16,595    28,544    10,126    23,240
1989.........................................      7.5    26,565     2.1   27.8      1.5     46.5     9.3   30.7    16,575    27,216    10,352    23,492
1990.........................................      7.5    26,717     2.2   29.3      1.6     48.1     9.8   31.9    16,048    26,790    10,386    23,127
1991.........................................      7.7    25,788     2.3   30.4      1.8     51.2    10.2   32.7    15,513    27,080    10,551    22,899
1992\6\......................................      8.0    24,517     2.5   31.1      1.9     50.2    10.8   33.4    15,178    26,711    10,325    23,536
1993.........................................      8.0    24,300     2.5   31.3      1.9     49.9    10.9   33.1    16,475    26,583    10,725    22,916
1994.........................................      8.1    27,164     2.2   27.3      1.7     46.2    10.2   30.6    16,478    26,842    11,597    22,688
1995.........................................      8.1    27,776     2.1   26.4      1.7     45.1     9.9   29.3    17,119    26,523    11,723    22,545
1996.........................................      8.5    27,553     2.2   26.1      1.7     43.7     9.7   28.4    17,132    28,191    12,230    22,845
1997.........................................      8.4    29,048     2.0   23.6      1.6     39.8     9.1   26.5    18,378    27,316    13,251    23,119
1998.........................................      8.5    29,404     2.0   23.4      1.6     40.8     9.1   26.1    19,321    27,472    13,137    23,864
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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\Based on 1980 census population controls (beginning 1979); comparable with succeeding years.
\4\Reflects implementation of Hispanic population controls; comparable with succeeding years.
\5\Based on revised methodology; comparable with succeeding years.
\6\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; 1978, 11.4; and 1979, 11.7.

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.