[Economic Report of the President (2003)] [Administration of George W. Bush] [Online through the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-33.--Median money income (in 2001 dollars) and poverty status of families and persons, by race, selected years, 1984-2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Families \1\ Persons Median money income (in 2001 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- 2001 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 1984......................................... 62.7 $42,858 7.3 11.6 3.5 34.5 33.7 14.4 $25,294 $38,920 $11,136 $25,005 1985......................................... 63.6 43,518 7.2 11.4 3.5 34.0 33.1 14.0 25,593 39,225 11,324 25,501 1986......................................... 64.5 45,393 7.0 10.9 3.6 34.6 32.4 13.6 26,372 39,901 11,727 25,954 1987 \3\..................................... 65.2 46,151 7.0 10.7 3.7 34.2 32.2 13.4 26,504 39,759 12,361 26,173 1988......................................... 65.8 46,285 6.9 10.4 3.6 33.4 31.7 13.0 27,186 39,313 12,774 26,664 1989......................................... 66.1 47,166 6.8 10.3 3.5 32.2 31.5 12.8 27,425 39,179 13,268 27,073 1990......................................... 66.3 46,429 7.1 10.7 3.8 33.4 33.6 13.5 26,651 38,058 13,225 27,042 1991......................................... 67.2 45,551 7.7 11.5 4.2 35.6 35.7 14.2 25,944 38,443 13,278 26,927 1992 \4\..................................... 68.2 45,221 8.1 11.9 4.3 35.4 38.0 14.8 25,292 38,122 13,247 27,317 1993......................................... 68.5 44,586 8.4 12.3 4.4 35.6 39.3 15.1 25,457 37,490 13,325 27,106 1994......................................... 69.3 45,820 8.1 11.6 4.2 34.6 38.1 14.5 25,662 37,349 13,547 27,487 1995......................................... 69.6 46,843 7.5 10.8 4.1 32.4 36.4 13.8 26,025 37,141 13,992 27,426 1996......................................... 70.2 47,516 7.7 11.0 4.2 32.6 36.5 13.7 26,773 37,674 14,395 28,010 1997......................................... 70.9 49,017 7.3 10.3 4.0 31.6 35.6 13.3 27,729 38,767 15,071 28,627 1998......................................... 71.6 50,689 7.2 10.0 3.8 29.9 34.5 12.7 28,732 39,317 15,650 29,126 1999......................................... 72.0 51,996 6.7 9.3 3.5 27.8 32.3 11.8 28,972 39,912 16,264 29,073 2000 \5\..................................... 72.4 52,310 6.2 8.6 3.1 24.7 31.1 11.3 29,058 40,109 16,640 29,624 2000 \6\..................................... 73.8 52,148 6.4 8.7 3.3 25.4 31.6 11.3 29,134 39,976 16,511 29,936 2001......................................... 74.3 51,407 6.8 9.2 3.5 26.4 32.9 11.7 29,101 40,136 16,614 30,420 WHITE 1984......................................... 54.4 44,890 4.9 9.1 1.9 27.1 23.0 11.5 26,699 40,252 11,267 25,253 1985......................................... 55.0 45,742 5.0 9.1 2.0 27.4 22.9 11.4 26,849 40,314 11,544 25,862 1986......................................... 55.7 47,475 4.8 8.6 2.0 28.2 22.2 11.0 27,829 41,015 11,958 26,352 1987 \3\..................................... 56.1 48,259 4.6 8.1 2.0 26.9 21.2 10.4 28,172 40,686 12,677 26,658 1988......................................... 56.5 48,763 4.5 7.9 1.9 26.5 20.7 10.1 28,697 40,635 13,088 27,064 1989......................................... 56.6 49,595 4.4 7.8 1.9 25.4 20.8 10.0 28,762 40,906 13,527 27,394 1990......................................... 56.8 48,480 4.6 8.1 2.0 26.8 22.3 10.7 27,802 39,505 13,549 27,368 1991......................................... 57.2 47,888 5.0 8.8 2.2 28.4 23.7 11.3 27,117 39,231 13,588 27,320 1992 \4\..................................... 57.7 47,814 5.3 9.1 2.2 28.5 25.3 11.9 26,467 39,029 13,555 27,633 1993......................................... 57.9 47,410 5.5 9.4 2.4 29.2 26.2 12.2 26,517 38,401 13,591 27,721 1994......................................... 58.4 48,304 5.3 9.1 2.3 29.0 25.4 11.7 26,783 38,327 13,741 28,230 1995......................................... 58.9 49,191 5.0 8.5 2.2 26.6 24.4 11.2 27,562 38,658 14,206 27,988 1996......................................... 58.9 50,275 5.1 8.6 2.3 27.3 24.7 11.2 28,025 39,025 14,559 28,485 1997......................................... 59.5 51,421 5.0 8.4 2.3 27.7 24.4 11.0 28,722 39,724 15,169 29,112 1998......................................... 60.1 53,168 4.8 8.0 2.1 24.9 23.5 10.5 29,984 40,341 15,853 29,613 1999......................................... 60.3 54,411 4.4 7.3 1.9 22.5 21.9 9.8 30,341 41,778 16,318 29,766 2000 \5\..................................... 60.2 54,742 4.2 6.9 1.7 20.0 21.2 9.4 30,525 41,476 16,669 30,489 2000 \6\..................................... 61.3 54,509 4.3 7.1 1.8 21.2 21.6 9.5 30,629 41,376 16,528 30,787 2001......................................... 61.6 54,067 4.6 7.4 1.9 22.4 22.7 9.9 30,240 40,790 16,652 30,849 BLACK 1984......................................... 6.8 25,020 2.1 30.9 1.5 51.7 9.5 33.8 15,319 27,471 9,994 22,758 1985......................................... 6.9 26,339 2.0 28.7 1.5 50.5 8.9 31.3 16,896 28,198 9,849 22,893 1986......................................... 7.1 27,127 2.0 28.0 1.5 50.1 9.0 31.1 16,676 28,917 10,118 23,059 1987 \3\..................................... 7.2 27,428 2.1 29.4 1.6 51.1 9.5 32.4 16,712 29,091 10,355 23,810 1988......................................... 7.4 27,792 2.1 28.2 1.6 49.0 9.4 31.3 17,317 29,786 10,566 24,252 1989......................................... 7.5 27,860 2.1 27.8 1.5 46.5 9.3 30.7 17,383 28,543 10,857 24,637 1990......................................... 7.5 28,135 2.2 29.3 1.6 48.1 9.8 31.9 16,899 28,211 10,937 24,354 1991......................................... 7.7 27,311 2.3 30.4 1.8 51.2 10.2 32.7 16,429 28,680 11,174 24,251 1992 \4\..................................... 8.0 26,093 2.5 31.1 1.9 50.2 10.8 33.4 16,153 28,427 10,988 25,048 1993......................................... 8.0 25,987 2.5 31.3 1.9 49.9 10.9 33.1 17,619 28,429 11,470 24,507 1994......................................... 8.1 29,180 2.2 27.3 1.7 46.2 10.2 30.6 17,701 28,834 12,458 24,372 1995......................................... 8.1 29,956 2.1 26.4 1.7 45.1 9.9 29.3 18,462 28,604 12,643 24,314 1996......................................... 8.5 29,792 2.2 26.1 1.7 43.7 9.7 28.4 18,525 30,482 13,224 24,702 1997......................................... 8.4 31,457 2.0 23.6 1.6 39.8 9.1 26.5 19,903 29,582 14,351 25,037 1998......................................... 8.5 31,890 2.0 23.4 1.6 40.8 9.1 26.1 20,955 29,795 14,248 25,882 1999......................................... 8.7 33,755 1.9 21.9 1.5 39.3 8.4 23.6 21,859 32,182 15,690 26,706 2000 \5\..................................... 8.8 35,146 1.7 19.1 1.3 34.6 7.9 22.0 22,264 31,748 16,533 26,454 2000 \6\..................................... 8.7 34,616 1.7 19.3 1.3 34.3 8.0 22.5 21,939 31,340 16,324 26,469 2001......................................... 8.8 33,598 1.8 20.7 1.4 35.2 8.1 22.7 21,466 31,921 16,282 27,297 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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\Based on revised methodology; comparable with succeeding years. \4\Based on 1990 census adjusted population controls; comparable with succeeding years. \5\Reflects November 2001 weighting correction. \6\Reflects implementation of Census 2000-based population controls and household sample expansion; 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; 1981, 14.0; 1982, 15.0; and 1983, 15.2. 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.