[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
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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
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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
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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-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.