[Economic Report of the President (2002)] [Administration of George W. Bush] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-33.--Median money income (in 2000 dollars) and poverty status of families and persons, by race, selected years, 1982-2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Families \1\ Persons Median money income (in 2000 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- 2000 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL RACES 1982......................................... 61.4 $40,273 7.5 12.2 3.4 36.3 34.4 15.0 $23,975 $37,218 $10,118 $23,482 1983 \3\..................................... 62.0 40,715 7.6 12.3 3.6 36.0 35.3 15.2 24,192 37,137 10,569 23,907 1984......................................... 62.7 41,944 7.3 11.6 3.5 34.5 33.7 14.4 24,754 38,089 10,898 24,472 1985......................................... 63.6 42,564 7.2 11.4 3.5 34.0 33.1 14.0 25,032 38,365 11,076 24,941 1986......................................... 64.5 44,425 7.0 10.9 3.6 34.6 32.4 13.6 25,809 39,050 11,476 25,400 1987 \4\..................................... 65.2 45,166 7.0 10.7 3.7 34.2 32.2 13.4 25,939 38,911 12,097 25,615 1988......................................... 65.8 45,297 6.9 10.4 3.6 33.4 31.7 13.0 26,606 38,474 12,501 26,095 1989......................................... 66.1 46,135 6.8 10.3 3.5 32.2 31.5 12.8 26,825 38,322 12,978 26,481 1990......................................... 66.3 45,392 7.1 10.7 3.8 33.4 33.6 13.5 26,056 37,208 12,930 26,438 1991......................................... 67.2 44,514 7.7 11.5 4.2 35.6 35.7 14.2 25,353 37,568 12,975 26,314 1992 \5\..................................... 68.2 44,129 8.1 11.9 4.3 35.4 38.0 14.8 24,681 37,202 12,928 26,657 1993......................................... 68.5 43,472 8.4 12.3 4.4 35.6 39.3 15.1 24,821 36,554 12,993 26,429 1994......................................... 69.3 44,638 8.1 11.6 4.2 34.6 38.1 14.5 25,000 36,386 13,197 26,778 1995......................................... 69.6 45,599 7.5 10.8 4.1 32.4 36.4 13.8 25,333 36,154 13,620 26,698 1996......................................... 70.2 46,240 7.7 11.0 4.2 32.6 36.5 13.7 26,054 36,662 14,009 27,258 1997......................................... 70.9 47,687 7.3 10.3 4.0 31.6 35.6 13.3 26,976 37,714 14,662 27,850 1998......................................... 71.6 49,317 7.2 10.0 3.8 29.9 34.5 12.7 27,955 38,253 15,227 28,338 1999......................................... 72.0 50,594 6.7 9.3 3.5 27.8 32.3 11.8 28,191 38,836 15,825 28,289 2000......................................... 72.4 50,890 6.2 8.6 3.1 24.7 31.1 11.3 28,269 39,020 16,188 28,820 WHITE 1982......................................... 53.4 42,284 5.1 9.6 1.8 27.9 23.5 12.0 25,347 38,209 10,255 23,798 1983 \3\..................................... 53.9 42,634 5.2 9.7 1.9 28.3 24.0 12.1 25,451 38,129 10,754 24,227 1984......................................... 54.4 43,932 4.9 9.1 1.9 27.1 23.0 11.5 26,130 39,394 11,027 24,714 1985......................................... 55.0 44,739 5.0 9.1 2.0 27.4 22.9 11.4 26,260 39,430 11,291 25,294 1986......................................... 55.7 46,462 4.8 8.6 2.0 28.2 22.2 11.0 27,236 40,140 11,703 25,789 1987 \4\..................................... 56.1 47,230 4.6 8.1 2.0 26.9 21.2 10.4 27,571 39,818 12,406 26,089 1988......................................... 56.5 47,723 4.5 7.9 1.9 26.5 20.7 10.1 28,085 39,769 12,809 26,487 1989......................................... 56.6 48,511 4.4 7.8 1.9 25.4 20.8 10.0 28,133 40,012 13,231 26,796 1990......................................... 56.8 47,398 4.6 8.1 2.0 26.8 22.3 10.7 27,182 38,623 13,247 26,757 1991......................................... 57.2 46,798 5.0 8.8 2.2 28.4 23.7 11.3 26,500 38,338 13,279 26,698 1992 \5\..................................... 57.7 46,659 5.3 9.1 2.2 28.5 25.3 11.9 25,828 38,086 13,228 26,966 1993......................................... 57.9 46,226 5.5 9.4 2.4 29.2 26.2 12.2 25,855 37,442 13,251 27,028 1994......................................... 58.4 47,058 5.3 9.1 2.3 29.0 25.4 11.7 26,092 37,339 13,386 27,502 1995......................................... 58.9 47,884 5.0 8.5 2.2 26.6 24.4 11.2 26,830 37,632 13,829 27,244 1996......................................... 58.9 48,925 5.1 8.6 2.3 27.3 24.7 11.2 27,273 37,977 14,168 27,720 1997......................................... 59.5 50,026 5.0 8.4 2.3 27.7 24.4 11.0 27,942 38,645 14,757 28,322 1998......................................... 60.1 51,729 4.8 8.0 2.1 24.9 23.5 10.5 29,172 39,249 15,424 28,811 1999......................................... 60.3 52,945 4.4 7.3 1.9 22.5 21.9 9.8 29,524 40,652 15,878 28,964 2000......................................... 60.2 53,256 4.2 6.9 1.7 20.0 21.2 9.4 29,696 40,350 16,216 29,661 BLACK 1982......................................... 6.5 23,370 2.2 33.0 1.5 56.2 9.7 35.6 15,190 27,138 9,045 21,270 1983 \3\..................................... 6.7 24,027 2.2 32.3 1.5 53.7 9.9 35.7 14,884 27,185 9,189 21,506 1984......................................... 6.8 24,486 2.1 30.9 1.5 51.7 9.5 33.8 14,992 26,885 9,781 22,272 1985......................................... 6.9 25,761 2.0 28.7 1.5 50.5 8.9 31.3 16,525 27,580 9,633 22,391 1986......................................... 7.1 26,548 2.0 28.0 1.5 50.1 9.0 31.1 16,320 28,300 9,902 22,567 1987 \4\..................................... 7.2 26,843 2.1 29.4 1.6 51.1 9.5 32.4 16,356 28,471 10,134 23,302 1988......................................... 7.4 27,199 2.1 28.2 1.6 49.0 9.4 31.3 16,948 29,150 10,341 23,734 1989......................................... 7.5 27,251 2.1 27.8 1.5 46.5 9.3 30.7 17,003 27,919 10,619 24,099 1990......................................... 7.5 27,506 2.2 29.3 1.6 48.1 9.8 31.9 16,522 27,581 10,693 23,810 1991......................................... 7.7 26,689 2.3 30.4 1.8 51.2 10.2 32.7 16,055 28,027 10,919 23,699 1992 \5\..................................... 8.0 25,463 2.5 31.1 1.9 50.2 10.8 33.4 15,763 27,741 10,723 24,443 1993......................................... 8.0 25,338 2.5 31.3 1.9 49.9 10.9 33.1 17,179 27,719 11,184 23,895 1994......................................... 8.1 28,427 2.2 27.3 1.7 46.2 10.2 30.6 17,244 28,090 12,136 23,743 1995......................................... 8.1 29,160 2.1 26.4 1.7 45.1 9.9 29.3 17,972 27,844 12,307 23,668 1996......................................... 8.5 28,993 2.2 26.1 1.7 43.7 9.7 28.4 18,027 29,664 12,869 24,038 1997......................................... 8.4 30,603 2.0 23.6 1.6 39.8 9.1 26.5 19,362 28,779 13,961 24,357 1998......................................... 8.5 31,027 2.0 23.4 1.6 40.8 9.1 26.1 20,388 28,989 13,862 25,181 1999......................................... 8.7 32,846 1.9 21.9 1.5 39.3 8.4 23.6 21,270 31,315 15,267 25,987 2000......................................... 8.8 34,192 1.7 19.1 1.3 34.6 7.9 22.0 21,659 30,886 16,084 25,736 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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-RS. \3\Reflects implementation of Hispanic population controls; comparable with succeeding years. \4\Based on revised methodology; comparable with succeeding years. \5\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; 1980, 13.0; and 1981, 14.0. Poverty thresholds are updated each year to reflect changes in the consumer price index (CPI-U). Data for 2000 reflect corrections released in December 2001. For details see ``Current Population Reports,'' Series P-60. Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.