AVERAGE INCOME RECEIVED BY EACH FIFTH OF HOUSEHOLDS: 1967-2005
(in 2005 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars)
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Lowest Second Third Fourth Highest Top 5
Year fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth percent
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1967 7,925 21,956 35,052 49,044 88,262 139,228
1968 8,600 23,058 36,573 51,017 88,652 135,535
1969 8,816 23,803 38,036 53,278 93,641 144,135
1970 8,673 23,493 37,830 53,325 94,402 144,897
1971 8,721 23,048 37,372 53,129 94,140 144,393
1972 9,233 23,848 38,920 55,877 100,314 155,483
1973 9,663 24,297 39,851 57,332 102,580 158,005
1974 9,637 23,953 38,600 55,748 98,771 150,132
1975 9,303 22,853 37,493 54,481 96,189 145,968
1976 9,533 23,340 38,384 55,741 98,655 150,316
1977 9,481 23,338 38,605 56,564 100,870 154,310
1978 10,045 24,668 40,731 59,668 106,527 162,146
1979 9,982 24,827 40,933 60,069 107,802 164,411
1980 9,671 24,070 39,719 58,516 104,334 155,914
1981 9,440 23,515 38,955 58,068 103,726 154,137
1982 9,277 23,474 38,857 57,790 105,991 160,155
1983 9,395 23,601 39,021 58,556 107,508 162,434
1984 9,720 24,210 40,120 60,407 111,075 167,673
1985 9,714 24,618 40,863 61,466 114,815 177,110
1986 9,812 25,240 42,237 63,628 120,434 188,668
1987 10,077 25,610 42,818 64,720 123,082 193,916
1988 10,251 25,872 43,273 65,413 124,881 196,957
1989 10,633 26,455 43,975 66,519 130,032 210,086
1990 10,378 26,113 43,132 65,030 126,200 200,959
1991 10,100 25,369 42,139 64,236 123,178 192,231
1992 9,894 24,791 41,767 64,115 124,233 197,180
1993 9,790 24,819 41,603 64,655 134,704 231,197
1994 10,051 25,048 42,195 65,661 138,039 238,494
1995 10,615 25,946 43,384 66,692 139,175 240,196
1996 10,647 26,135 43,959 68,036 143,096 249,267
1997 10,721 26,802 45,091 69,840 148,898 261,299
1998 11,031 27,854 46,606 72,081 152,530 265,861
1999 11,614 28,518 47,735 74,294 158,433 275,370
2000 11,514 28,749 47,874 74,422 161,272 286,114
2001 11,178 28,086 47,011 73,710 160,975 287,238
2002 10,844 27,572 46,463 73,084 156,037 272,479
2003 10,608 27,250 46,256 73,218 156,082 268,741
2004 10,587 27,089 45,896 72,368 156,502 272,721
2005 10,655 27,357 46,301 72,825 159,583 281,155
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AVERAGE INCOME RECEIVED BY EACH FIFTH OF HOUSEHOLDS: 1967-2002
(percent change in CPI-U adjusted income from 1967 level)
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Lowest Second Third Fourth Highest Top 5
Year fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth percent
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1967 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1968 8.5 5.0 4.3 4.0 0.4 -2.7
1969 11.2 8.4 8.5 8.6 6.1 3.5
1970 9.4 7.0 7.9 8.7 7.0 4.1
1971 10.0 5.0 6.6 8.3 6.7 3.7
1972 16.5 8.6 11.0 13.9 13.7 11.7
1973 21.9 10.7 13.7 16.9 16.2 13.5
1974 21.6 9.1 10.1 13.7 11.9 7.8
1975 17.4 4.1 7.0 11.1 9.0 4.8
1976 20.3 6.3 9.5 13.7 11.8 8.0
1977 19.6 6.3 10.1 15.3 14.3 10.8
1978 26.8 12.4 16.2 21.7 20.7 16.5
1979 26.0 13.1 16.8 22.5 22.1 18.1
1980 22.0 9.6 13.3 19.3 18.2 12.0
1981 19.1 7.1 11.1 18.4 17.5 10.7
1982 17.1 6.9 10.9 17.8 20.1 15.0
1983 18.5 7.5 11.3 19.4 21.8 16.7
1984 22.6 10.3 14.5 23.2 25.8 20.4
1985 22.6 12.1 16.6 25.3 30.1 27.2
1986 23.8 15.0 20.5 29.7 36.5 35.5
1987 27.2 16.6 22.2 32.0 39.5 39.3
1988 29.4 17.8 23.5 33.4 41.5 41.5
1989 34.2 20.5 25.5 35.6 47.3 50.9
1990 31.0 18.9 23.1 32.6 43.0 44.3
1991 27.4 15.5 20.2 31.0 39.6 38.1
1992 24.8 12.9 19.2 30.7 40.8 41.6
1993 23.5 13.0 18.7 31.8 52.6 66.1
1994 26.8 14.1 20.4 33.9 56.4 71.3
1995 33.9 18.2 23.8 36.0 57.7 72.5
1996 34.3 19.0 25.4 38.7 62.1 79.0
1997 35.3 22.1 28.6 42.4 68.7 87.7
1998 39.2 26.9 33.0 47.0 72.8 91.0
1999 46.5 29.9 36.2 51.5 79.5 97.8
2000 45.3 30.9 36.6 51.7 82.7 105.5
2001 41.0 27.9 34.1 50.3 82.4 106.3
2002 36.8 25.6 32.6 49.0 76.8 95.7
2003 33.9 24.1 32.0 49.3 76.8 93.0
2004 33.6 23.4 30.9 47.6 77.3 95.9
2005 34.4 24.6 32.1 48.5 80.8 101.9
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Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Table H-3 at URL
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/histinc/h03ar.html
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