[Economic Report of the President (2004)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-33.--Median money income (in 2002 dollars) and poverty status of families and persons, by race, selected years, 1988-2002
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Families \1\                        Persons      Median money income (in 2002 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-     2002     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

1988.........................................     65.8   $47,021     6.9   10.4      3.6     33.4    31.7   13.0   $27,619   $39,938   $12,977   $27,088
1989.........................................     66.1    47,916     6.8   10.3      3.5     32.2    31.5   12.8    27,861    39,802    13,479    27,504
1990.........................................     66.3    47,167     7.1   10.7      3.8     33.4    33.6   13.5    27,075    38,663    13,435    27,472
1991.........................................     67.2    46,275     7.7   11.5      4.2     35.6    35.7   14.2    26,356    39,055    13,489    27,355
1992 \3\.....................................     68.2    45,940     8.1   11.9      4.3     35.4    38.0   14.8    25,694    38,729    13,458    27,751
1993.........................................     68.5    45,295     8.4   12.3      4.4     35.6    39.3   15.1    25,862    38,086    13,537    27,537
1994.........................................     69.3    46,549     8.1   11.6      4.2     34.6    38.1   14.5    26,070    37,943    13,762    27,924
1995.........................................     69.6    47,588     7.5   10.8      4.1     32.4    36.4   13.8    26,438    37,731    14,214    27,862
1996.........................................     70.2    48,272     7.7   11.0      4.2     32.6    36.5   13.7    27,199    38,273    14,624    28,455
1997.........................................     70.9    49,797     7.3   10.3      4.0     31.6    35.6   13.3    28,170    39,383    15,311    29,083
1998.........................................     71.6    51,495     7.2   10.0      3.8     29.9    34.5   12.7    29,189    39,943    15,899    29,589
1999 \4\.....................................     73.2    52,694     6.8    9.3      3.6     27.8    32.8   11.9    29,452    40,413    16,515    29,531
2000 \5\.....................................     73.8    52,977     6.4    8.7      3.3     25.4    31.6   11.3    29,597    40,612    16,774    30,412
2001.........................................     74.3    52,225     6.8    9.2      3.5     26.4    32.9   11.7    29,564    40,774    16,878    30,904
2002.........................................     75.6    51,680     7.2    9.6      3.6     26.5    34.6   12.1    29,238    40,507    16,812    30,970

WHITE

1988.........................................     56.5    49,539     4.5    7.9      1.9     26.5    20.7   10.1    29,154    41,282    13,297    27,494
1989.........................................     56.6    50,384     4.4    7.8      1.9     25.4    20.8   10.0    29,219    41,557    13,742    27,830
1990.........................................     56.8    49,251     4.6    8.1      2.0     26.8    22.3   10.7    28,245    40,134    13,765    27,803
1991.........................................     57.2    48,650     5.0    8.8      2.2     28.4    23.7   11.3    27,548    39,855    13,804    27,754
1992 \3\.....................................     57.7    48,574     5.3    9.1      2.2     28.5    25.3   11.9    26,888    39,649    13,771    28,073
1993.........................................     57.9    48,164     5.5    9.4      2.4     29.2    26.2   12.2    26,939    39,012    13,807    28,162
1994.........................................     58.4    49,072     5.3    9.1      2.3     29.0    25.4   11.7    27,209    38,937    13,959    28,679
1995.........................................     58.9    49,973     5.0    8.5      2.2     26.6    24.4   11.2    28,000    39,273    14,432    28,433
1996.........................................     58.9    51,074     5.1    8.6      2.3     27.3    24.7   11.2    28,471    39,646    14,791    28,938
1997.........................................     59.5    52,239     5.0    8.4      2.3     27.7    24.4   11.0    29,179    40,355    15,410    29,575
1998.........................................     60.1    54,014     4.8    8.0      2.1     24.9    23.5   10.5    30,461    40,983    16,105    30,084
1999 \4\.....................................     61.1    55,120     4.4    7.3      1.9     22.5    22.2    9.8    30,932    42,314    16,566    30,215
2000 \5\.....................................     61.3    55,376     4.3    7.1      1.8     21.2    21.6    9.5    31,116    42,035    16,791    31,277
2001.........................................     61.6    54,927     4.6    7.4      1.9     22.4    22.7    9.9    30,721    41,439    16,917    31,340
2002 Alone \6\...............................     62.3    54,633     4.9    7.8      2.0     22.6    23.5   10.2    30,383    41,375    16,838    31,400
2002 Alone or in combination \6\.............     63.0    54,449     5.0    7.9      2.1     22.6    24.1   10.3    30,316    41,316    16,805    31,388

BLACK

1988.........................................      7.4    28,233     2.1   28.2      1.6     49.0     9.4   31.3    17,592    30,259    10,735    24,637
1989.........................................      7.5    28,303     2.1   27.8      1.5     46.5     9.3   30.7    17,659    28,997    11,029    25,029
1990.........................................      7.5    28,582     2.2   29.3      1.6     48.1     9.8   31.9    17,168    28,660    11,111    24,741
1991.........................................      7.7    27,745     2.3   30.4      1.8     51.2    10.2   32.7    16,690    29,136    11,352    24,637
1992 \3\.....................................      8.0    26,508     2.5   31.1      1.9     50.2    10.8   33.4    16,410    28,879    11,163    25,446
1993.........................................      8.0    26,401     2.5   31.3      1.9     49.9    10.9   33.1    17,899    28,881    11,653    24,897
1994.........................................      8.1    29,644     2.2   27.3      1.7     46.2    10.2   30.6    17,983    29,293    12,656    24,759
1995.........................................      8.1    30,432     2.1   26.4      1.7     45.1     9.9   29.3    18,756    29,059    12,844    24,701
1996.........................................      8.5    30,266     2.2   26.1      1.7     43.7     9.7   28.4    18,819    30,967    13,434    25,094
1997.........................................      8.4    31,958     2.0   23.6      1.6     39.8     9.1   26.5    20,219    30,053    14,579    25,435
1998.........................................      8.5    32,398     2.0   23.4      1.6     40.8     9.1   26.1    21,288    30,269    14,474    26,294
1999 \4\.....................................      8.7    34,370     1.9   21.8      1.5     39.2     8.4   23.6    22,058    32,539    15,945    27,130
2000 \5\.....................................      8.7    35,166     1.7   19.3      1.3     34.3     8.0   22.5    22,288    31,838    16,584    26,890
2001.........................................      8.8    34,132     1.8   20.7      1.4     35.2     8.1   22.7    21,807    32,429    16,541    27,731
2002 Alone \6\...............................      8.9    33,525     1.9   21.5      1.4     35.8     8.6   24.1    21,561    31,932    16,729    27,625
2002 Alone or in combination \6\.............      9.1    33,634     2.0   21.4      1.5     35.7     8.9   23.9    21,509    31,966    16,671    27,703
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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.
\2\Current dollar median money income adjusted by CPI-U-RS.
\3\Based on 1990 census adjusted population controls; comparable with succeeding years.
\4\Reflects implementation of Census 2000-based population controls comparable with succeeding years.
\5\Reflects household sample expansion.
\6\Data are for white alone; for white alone or in combination; for black alone; and, for black alone or in combination. Beginning with data for 2002
the Current Population Survey allowed respondents to choose more than one race; for earlier years respondents could report only one race group.

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; 1983, 15.2; 1984, 14.4; 1985, 14.0; 1986, 13.6; and
1987, 13.4.

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.