[Economic Report of the President (2003)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing 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
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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
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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
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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\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.