Average Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Households
(Current dollars)
Lowest Second Third Fourth Highest Top 5
Year fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth percent
---- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
1967 1,600 4,433 7,077 9,902 17,820 28,110
1968 1,806 4,842 7,680 10,713 18,616 28,461
1969 1,932 5,216 8,335 11,675 20,520 31,585
1970 1,992 5,396 8,689 12,248 21,683 33,281
1971 2,092 5,529 8,965 12,745 22,583 34,638
1972 2,283 5,897 9,624 13,817 24,805 38,447
1973 2,539 6,384 10,471 15,064 26,953 41,516
1974 2,783 6,917 11,147 16,099 28,523 43,355
1975 2,909 7,146 11,724 17,036 30,078 45,644
1976 3,152 7,717 12,691 18,430 32,619 49,700
1977 3,335 8,209 13,579 19,896 35,480 54,277
1978 3,685 9,050 14,943 21,890 39,081 59,486
1979 4,006 9,964 16,428 24,108 43,265 65,984
1980 4,310 10,727 17,701 26,078 46,497 69,484
1981 4,602 11,464 18,991 28,309 50,568 75,144
1982 4,790 12,121 20,064 29,840 54,729 82,697
1983 5,053 12,693 20,986 31,492 57,819 87,359
1984 5,436 13,540 22,438 33,784 62,121 93,774
1985 5,614 14,227 23,615 35,522 66,353 102,354
1986 5,774 14,853 24,855 37,443 70,871 111,024
1987 6,132 15,584 26,055 39,383 74,897 118,000
1988 6,465 16,317 27,291 41,254 78,759 124,215
1989 6,994 17,401 28,925 43,753 85,529 138,185
1990 7,166 18,030 29,781 44,901 87,137 138,756
1991 7,226 18,150 30,148 45,957 88,127 137,530
1992 7,256 18,181 30,631 47,021 91,110 144,608
1993 7,359 18,656 31,272 48,599 101,253 173,784
1994 7,714 19,224 32,385 50,395 105,945 183,044
1995 8,345 20,397 34,106 52,429 109,411 188,828
1996 8,595 21,097 35,486 54,922 115,514 201,220
1997 8,839 22,098 37,177 57,582 122,764 215,436
1998 9,223 23,288 38,967 60,266 127,529 222,283
1999 9,915 24,345 40,750 63,423 135,250 235,077
2000 10,157 25,361 42,233 65,653 142,269 252,400
2001 10,136 25,468 42,629 66,839 145,970 260,464
2002 9,990 25,400 42,802 67,326 143,743 251,010
2003 9,996 25,678 43,588 68,994 147,078 253,239
2004 10,244 26,212 44,411 70,026 151,438 263,896
2005 10,655 27,357 46,301 72,825 159,583 281,155
2006 11,352 28,777 48,223 76,329 168,170 297,405
2007 11,551 29,442 49,968 79,111 167,971 287,191
2008 11,656 29,517 50,132 79,760 171,057 294,709
2009 11,552 29,257 49,534 78,694 170,844 295,388
2010 11,034 28,636 49,309 79,040 169,633 287,686
Average Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Households
(2010 dollars)
Lowest Second Third Fourth Highest Top 5
Year fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth percent
---- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
1967 9,132 25,302 40,393 56,517 101,711 160,442
1968 9,919 26,594 42,181 58,839 102,244 156,316
1969 10,158 27,425 43,824 61,385 107,890 166,068
1970 9,982 27,039 43,540 61,374 108,653 166,770
1971 10,043 26,543 43,037 61,184 108,412 166,283
1972 10,641 27,485 44,856 64,399 115,612 179,195
1973 11,137 28,002 45,929 66,075 118,224 182,102
1974 11,097 27,582 44,449 64,196 113,737 172,880
1975 10,719 26,331 43,199 62,772 110,828 168,184
1976 10,982 26,888 44,218 64,214 113,652 173,166
1977 10,930 26,904 44,504 65,207 116,281 177,886
1978 11,302 27,757 45,831 67,138 119,863 182,447
1979 11,213 27,889 45,981 67,477 121,097 184,686
1980 10,858 27,024 44,594 65,698 117,139 175,049
1981 10,586 26,370 43,685 65,119 116,321 172,853
1982 10,391 26,295 43,526 64,734 118,728 179,401
1983 10,513 26,409 43,663 65,521 120,297 181,757
1984 10,865 27,063 44,848 67,526 124,164 187,431
1985 10,849 27,492 45,634 68,643 128,221 197,790
1986 10,959 28,192 47,176 71,068 134,516 210,728
1987 11,258 28,612 47,837 72,308 137,512 216,649
1988 11,450 28,898 48,333 73,062 139,484 219,987
1989 11,874 29,543 49,108 74,283 145,209 234,607
1990 11,589 29,158 48,161 72,613 140,915 224,392
1991 11,281 28,336 47,067 71,748 137,583 214,710
1992 11,048 27,682 46,638 71,594 138,723 220,178
1993 10,934 27,720 46,465 72,211 150,446 258,216
1994 11,222 27,967 47,113 73,314 154,128 266,291
1995 11,855 28,976 48,450 74,480 155,428 268,246
1996 11,893 29,193 49,104 75,998 159,843 278,438
1997 11,972 29,931 50,356 77,994 166,282 291,805
1998 12,320 31,109 52,054 80,506 170,358 296,934
1999 12,974 31,856 53,323 82,992 176,980 307,608
2000 12,860 32,110 53,472 83,124 180,129 319,567
2001 12,483 31,365 52,499 82,315 179,768 320,771
2002 12,107 30,784 51,874 81,596 174,211 304,214
2003 11,850 30,441 51,673 81,791 174,359 300,212
2004 11,825 30,256 51,263 80,830 174,803 304,612
2005 11,900 30,554 51,711 81,334 178,230 314,007
2006 12,276 31,119 52,148 82,542 181,858 321,611
2007 12,147 30,960 52,544 83,190 176,632 301,999
2008 11,803 29,890 50,766 80,769 173,221 298,437
2009 11,743 29,740 50,352 79,993 173,664 300,264
2010 11,034 28,636 49,309 79,040 169,633 287,686
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Cumulative Growth in Average Income Received by Each Fifth of Households
(percent growth in current dollars)
Lowest Second Third Fourth Highest Top 5
Year fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth percent
---- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
1967 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1968 12.9 9.2 8.5 8.2 4.5 1.2
1969 20.8 17.7 17.8 17.9 15.2 12.4
1970 24.5 21.7 22.8 23.7 21.7 18.4
1971 30.8 24.7 26.7 28.7 26.7 23.2
1972 42.7 33.0 36.0 39.5 39.2 36.8
1973 58.7 44.0 48.0 52.1 51.3 47.7
1974 73.9 56.0 57.5 62.6 60.1 54.2
1975 81.8 61.2 65.7 72.0 68.8 62.4
1976 97.0 74.1 79.3 86.1 83.0 76.8
1977 108.4 85.2 91.9 100.9 99.1 93.1
1978 130.3 104.2 111.1 121.1 119.3 111.6
1979 150.4 124.8 132.1 143.5 142.8 134.7
1980 169.4 142.0 150.1 163.4 160.9 147.2
1981 187.6 158.6 168.3 185.9 183.8 167.3
1982 199.4 173.4 183.5 201.4 207.1 194.2
1983 215.8 186.3 196.5 218.0 224.5 210.8
1984 239.8 205.4 217.1 241.2 248.6 233.6
1985 250.9 220.9 233.7 258.7 272.4 264.1
1986 260.9 235.1 251.2 278.1 297.7 295.0
1987 283.3 251.5 268.2 297.7 320.3 319.8
1988 304.1 268.1 285.6 316.6 342.0 341.9
1989 337.1 292.5 308.7 341.9 380.0 391.6
1990 347.9 306.7 320.8 353.5 389.0 393.6
1991 351.6 309.4 326.0 364.1 394.5 389.3
1992 353.5 310.1 332.8 374.9 411.3 414.4
1993 359.9 320.8 341.9 390.8 468.2 518.2
1994 382.1 333.7 357.6 408.9 494.5 551.2
1995 421.6 360.1 381.9 429.5 514.0 571.7
1996 437.2 375.9 401.4 454.7 548.2 615.8
1997 452.4 398.5 425.3 481.5 588.9 666.4
1998 476.4 425.3 450.6 508.6 615.7 690.8
1999 519.7 449.2 475.8 540.5 659.0 736.3
2000 534.8 472.1 496.8 563.0 698.4 797.9
2001 533.5 474.5 502.4 575.0 719.1 826.6
2002 524.4 473.0 504.8 579.9 706.6 793.0
2003 524.8 479.2 515.9 596.8 725.4 800.9
2004 540.3 491.3 527.5 607.2 749.8 838.8
2005 565.9 517.1 554.2 635.5 795.5 900.2
2006 609.5 549.2 581.4 670.8 843.7 958.0
2007 621.9 564.2 606.1 698.9 842.6 921.7
2008 628.5 565.8 608.4 705.5 859.9 948.4
2009 622.0 560.0 599.9 694.7 858.7 950.8
2010 589.6 546.0 596.8 698.2 851.9 923.4
Cumulative Growth in Average Income Received by Each Fifth of Households
(percent growth in 2010 dollars)
Lowest Second Third Fourth Highest Top 5
Year fifth fifth fifth fifth fifth percent
---- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
1967 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1968 8.6 5.1 4.4 4.1 0.5 -2.6
1969 11.2 8.4 8.5 8.6 6.1 3.5
1970 9.3 6.9 7.8 8.6 6.8 3.9
1971 10.0 4.9 6.5 8.3 6.6 3.6
1972 16.5 8.6 11.0 13.9 13.7 11.7
1973 22.0 10.7 13.7 16.9 16.2 13.5
1974 21.5 9.0 10.0 13.6 11.8 7.8
1975 17.4 4.1 6.9 11.1 9.0 4.8
1976 20.3 6.3 9.5 13.6 11.7 7.9
1977 19.7 6.3 10.2 15.4 14.3 10.9
1978 23.8 9.7 13.5 18.8 17.8 13.7
1979 22.8 10.2 13.8 19.4 19.1 15.1
1980 18.9 6.8 10.4 16.2 15.2 9.1
1981 15.9 4.2 8.1 15.2 14.4 7.7
1982 13.8 3.9 7.8 14.5 16.7 11.8
1983 15.1 4.4 8.1 15.9 18.3 13.3
1984 19.0 7.0 11.0 19.5 22.1 16.8
1985 18.8 8.7 13.0 21.5 26.1 23.3
1986 20.0 11.4 16.8 25.7 32.3 31.3
1987 23.3 13.1 18.4 27.9 35.2 35.0
1988 25.4 14.2 19.7 29.3 37.1 37.1
1989 30.0 16.8 21.6 31.4 42.8 46.2
1990 26.9 15.2 19.2 28.5 38.5 39.9
1991 23.5 12.0 16.5 26.9 35.3 33.8
1992 21.0 9.4 15.5 26.7 36.4 37.2
1993 19.7 9.6 15.0 27.8 47.9 60.9
1994 22.9 10.5 16.6 29.7 51.5 66.0
1995 29.8 14.5 19.9 31.8 52.8 67.2
1996 30.2 15.4 21.6 34.5 57.2 73.5
1997 31.1 18.3 24.7 38.0 63.5 81.9
1998 34.9 23.0 28.9 42.4 67.5 85.1
1999 42.1 25.9 32.0 46.8 74.0 91.7
2000 40.8 26.9 32.4 47.1 77.1 99.2
2001 36.7 24.0 30.0 45.6 76.7 99.9
2002 32.6 21.7 28.4 44.4 71.3 89.6
2003 29.8 20.3 27.9 44.7 71.4 87.1
2004 29.5 19.6 26.9 43.0 71.9 89.9
2005 30.3 20.8 28.0 43.9 75.2 95.7
2006 34.4 23.0 29.1 46.0 78.8 100.5
2007 33.0 22.4 30.1 47.2 73.7 88.2
2008 29.2 18.1 25.7 42.9 70.3 86.0
2009 28.6 17.5 24.7 41.5 70.7 87.1
2010 20.8 13.2 22.1 39.9 66.8 79.3
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Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Table H-3 at URL
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/data/historical/household/2010/H03AR_2010.xls
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