[Economic Report of the President (2001)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-33.--Median money income (in 1999 dollars) and poverty status of families and persons, by race, selected years, 1981-99
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Families \1\                        Persons      Median money income (in 1999 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-     1999     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

1981 \3\.....................................     61.0   $41,397     6.9   11.2      3.3     34.6    31.8   14.0   $24,912   $38,261   $10,092   $23,034
1982.........................................     61.4    40,836     7.5   12.2      3.4     36.3    34.4   15.0    24,310    37,738    10,259    23,810
1983 \4\.....................................     62.0    41,272     7.6   12.3      3.6     36.0    35.3   15.2    24,523    37,646    10,714    24,234
1984.........................................     62.7    42,385     7.3   11.6      3.5     34.5    33.7   14.4    25,015    38,490    11,013    24,729
1985.........................................     63.6    42,943     7.2   11.4      3.5     34.0    33.1   14.0    25,255    38,707    11,174    25,163
1986.........................................     64.5    44,779     7.0   10.9      3.6     34.6    32.4   13.6    26,014    39,361    11,568    25,603
1987 \5\.....................................     65.2    45,419     7.0   10.7      3.7     34.2    32.2   13.4    26,084    39,129    12,165    25,758
1988.........................................     65.8    45,334     6.9   10.4      3.6     33.4    31.7   13.0    26,627    38,505    12,511    26,117
1989.........................................     66.1    45,967     6.8   10.3      3.5     32.2    31.5   12.8    26,728    38,182    12,930    26,385
1990.........................................     66.3    45,064     7.1   10.7      3.8     33.4    33.6   13.5    25,867    36,939    12,836    26,247
1991.........................................     67.2    43,961     7.7   11.5      4.2     35.6    35.7   14.2    25,038    37,101    12,814    25,987
1992 \6\.....................................     68.2    43,428     8.1   11.9      4.3     35.4    38.0   14.8    24,290    36,612    12,722    26,234
1993.........................................     68.5    42,612     8.4   12.3      4.4     35.6    39.3   15.1    24,330    35,830    12,735    25,905
1994.........................................     69.3    43,597     8.1   11.6      4.2     34.6    38.1   14.5    24,417    35,537    12,890    26,154
1995.........................................     69.6    44,395     7.5   10.8      4.1     32.4    36.4   13.8    24,664    35,199    13,261    25,992
1996.........................................     70.2    44,916     7.7   11.0      4.2     32.6    36.5   13.7    25,308    35,611    13,607    26,477
1997.........................................     70.9    46,262     7.3   10.3      4.0     31.6    35.6   13.3    26,171    36,588    14,223    27,018
1998.........................................     71.6    47,769     7.2   10.0      3.8     29.9    34.5   12.7    27,077    37,053    14,749    27,448
1999.........................................     72.0    48,950     6.7    9.3      3.5     27.8    32.3   11.8    27,275    37,574    15,311    27,370

WHITE

1981 \3\.....................................     53.3    43,485     4.7    8.8      1.8     27.4    21.6   11.1    26,434    39,159    10,205    23,418
1982.........................................     53.4    42,875     5.1    9.6      1.8     27.9    23.5   12.0    25,701    38,743    10,399    24,131
1983 \4\.....................................     53.9    43,217     5.2    9.7      1.9     28.3    24.0   12.1    25,799    38,651    10,901    24,558
1984.........................................     54.4    44,393     4.9    9.1      1.9     27.1    23.0   11.5    26,405    39,808    11,143    24,974
1985.........................................     55.0    45,136     5.0    9.1      2.0     27.4    22.9   11.4    26,493    39,781    11,391    25,520
1986.........................................     55.7    46,832     4.8    8.6      2.0     28.2    22.2   11.0    27,452    40,460    11,796    25,995
1987 \5\.....................................     56.1    47,494     4.6    8.1      2.0     26.9    21.2   10.4    27,725    40,041    12,476    26,235
1988.........................................     56.5    47,762     4.5    7.9      1.9     26.5    20.7   10.1    28,108    39,801    12,820    26,508
1989.........................................     56.6    48,334     4.4    7.8      1.9     25.4    20.8   10.0    28,031    39,866    13,183    26,698
1990.........................................     56.8    47,055     4.6    8.1      2.0     26.8    22.3   10.7    26,985    38,343    13,151    26,563
1991.........................................     57.2    46,217     5.0    8.8      2.2     28.4    23.7   11.3    26,171    37,862    13,114    26,366
1992 \6\.....................................     57.7    45,919     5.3    9.1      2.2     28.5    25.3   11.9    25,418    37,482    13,018    26,538
1993.........................................     57.9    45,310     5.5    9.4      2.4     29.2    26.2   12.2    25,343    36,700    12,989    26,493
1994.........................................     58.4    45,960     5.3    9.1      2.3     29.0    25.4   11.7    25,484    36,468    13,074    26,861
1995.........................................     58.9    46,619     5.0    8.5      2.2     26.6    24.4   11.2    26,121    36,638    13,464    26,525
1996.........................................     58.9    47,523     5.1    8.6      2.3     27.3    24.7   11.2    26,491    36,889    13,762    26,926
1997.........................................     59.5    48,531     5.0    8.4      2.3     27.7    24.4   11.0    27,108    37,491    14,316    27,476
1998.........................................     60.1    50,106     4.8    8.0      2.1     24.9    23.5   10.5    28,257    38,018    14,940    27,907
1999.........................................     60.3    51,224     4.4    7.3      1.9     22.5    21.9    9.8    28,564    39,331    15,362    28,023

BLACK

1981 \3\.....................................      6.4    24,530     2.0   30.8      1.4     52.9     9.2   34.2    15,719    27,706     9,066    21,150
1982.........................................      6.5    23,697     2.2   33.0      1.5     56.2     9.7   35.6    15,402    27,517     9,172    21,567
1983 \4\.....................................      6.7    24,356     2.2   32.3      1.5     53.7     9.9   35.7    15,088    27,558     9,315    21,800
1984.........................................      6.8    24,743     2.1   30.9      1.5     51.7     9.5   33.8    15,149    27,168     9,884    22,506
1985.........................................      6.9    25,991     2.0   28.7      1.5     50.5     8.9   31.3    16,672    27,825     9,719    22,590
1986.........................................      7.1    26,759     2.0   28.0      1.5     50.1     9.0   31.1    16,450    28,526     9,981    22,746
1987 \5\.....................................      7.2    26,993     2.1   29.4      1.6     51.1     9.5   32.4    16,447    28,630    10,191    23,433
1988.........................................      7.4    27,221     2.1   28.2      1.6     49.0     9.4   31.3    16,962    29,174    10,350    23,754
1989.........................................      7.5    27,152     2.1   27.8      1.5     46.5     9.3   30.7    16,941    27,817    10,581    24,011
1990.........................................      7.5    27,307     2.2   29.3      1.6     48.1     9.8   31.9    16,402    27,381    10,615    23,638
1991.........................................      7.7    26,358     2.3   30.4      1.8     51.2    10.2   32.7    15,856    27,679    10,784    23,405
1992 \6\.....................................      8.0    25,058     2.5   31.1      1.9     50.2    10.8   33.4    15,513    27,301    10,553    24,055
1993.........................................      8.0    24,837     2.5   31.3      1.9     49.9    10.9   33.1    16,839    27,170    10,962    23,422
1994.........................................      8.1    27,764     2.2   27.3      1.7     46.2    10.2   30.6    16,842    27,435    11,853    23,189
1995.........................................      8.1    28,389     2.1   26.4      1.7     45.1     9.9   29.3    17,497    27,109    11,982    23,043
1996.........................................      8.5    28,162     2.2   26.1      1.7     43.7     9.7   28.4    17,510    28,814    12,500    23,349
1997.........................................      8.4    29,690     2.0   23.6      1.6     39.8     9.1   26.5    18,784    27,919    13,544    23,629
1998.........................................      8.5    30,053     2.0   23.4      1.6     40.8     9.1   26.1    19,748    28,079    13,427    24,391
1999.........................................      8.7    31,778     1.9   21.9      1.5     39.3     8.4   23.6    20,579    30,297    14,771    25,142
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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; 1979, 11.7; and 1980, 13.0.

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.