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TABLE H-3. Type of Households--Households, by Total Money Income in 1996, Region, Race, and Hispanic Origin of Householder (Numbersin thousands)
Family households Nonfamily households
Type of family Sex of person
Male Female Male Female
Married- hhldr, hhldr,
Total Total couple families wife absent husband absent Total Total Living alone Total Living alone
Northeast All races Total 19724 13404 10125 723 2555 6321 2644 2071 3677 3256
Under $2,500 338 162 70 12 80 176 56 50 120 117
$2,500 to $4,999 368 197 51 4 141 170 49 48 122 117
$5,000 to $7,499 918 309 94 12 203 608 158 147 450 448
$7,500 to $9,999 851 314 111 16 188 536 125 118 412 404
$10,000 to $12,499 844 324 134 30 160 519 145 134 375 369
$12,500 to $14,999 767 328 146 14 168 439 160 148 279 257
$15,000 to $17,499 673 385 238 12 135 288 104 90 184 174
$17,500 to $19,999 652 363 228 27 109 289 129 107 160 152
$20,000 to $22,499 768 458 312 32 114 310 144 123 167 138
$22,500 to $24,999 596 370 233 24 112 226 107 95 119 102
$25,000 to $27,499 752 448 322 27 98 304 149 116 155 136
$27,500 to $29,999 577 371 265 30 76 205 104 75 101 85
$30,000 to $32,499 627 412 298 28 87 215 106 89 109 101
$32,500 to $34,999 537 367 255 21 92 170 74 62 96 78
$35,000 to $37,499 619 427 340 33 55 192 95 84 97 85
$37,500 to $39,999 430 320 240 22 58 110 56 43 54 47
$40,000 to $42,499 575 417 312 25 79 158 80 59 78 65
$42,500 to $44,999 448 340 261 25 53 107 63 37 45 35
$45,000 to $47,499 585 443 335 27 82 142 99 72 43 30
$47,500 to $49,999 439 357 281 32 44 82 36 22 46 30
$50,000 to $52,499 492 378 303 40 35 114 63 42 51 36
$52,500 to $54,999 414 341 297 12 32 73 41 30 32 23
$55,000 to $57,499 434 327 269 19 40 106 52 31 54 48
$57,500 to $59,999 368 322 269 25 28 46 32 17 14 12
$60,000 to $62,499 409 346 289 14 43 63 36 27 27 19
$62,500 to $64,999 311 266 218 23 25 45 24 13 21 15
$65,000 to $67,499 350 303 279 5 19 47 21 12 26 14
$67,500 to $69,999 305 269 241 12 17 36 15 7 21 12
$70,000 to $72,499 335 293 248 22 22 43 29 13 14 6
$72,500 to $74,999 252 222 195 13 14 29 14 6 15 2
$75,000 to $77,499 288 217 195 6 16 71 44 20 27 19
$77,500 to $79,999 201 184 171 9 3 17 10 4 8 3
$80,000 to $82,499 237 202 184 5 13 35 24 18 10 3
$82,500 to $84,999 156 142 124 6 12 14 11 4 3 0
$85,000 to $87,499 136 114 109 5 1 21 10 10 11 5
$87,500 to $89,999 127 109 98 0 11 18 8 4 10 6
$90,000 to $92,499 185 146 136 8 2 39 25 14 14 7
$92,500 to $94,999 85 77 67 3 8 8 4 0 4 2
$95,000 to $97,499 161 139 124 2 13 22 11 5 11 4
$97,500 to $99,999 102 96 88 2 7 6 2 2 4 0
$100,000 and over 2015 1796 1696 39 61 219 128 74 90 49
Median income.....dollars 37406 47183 54464 41757 22063 21080 27438 24368 16109 14178
Standard error.dollars 497 509 639 2007 832 479 771 876 618 416
Mean income.....dollars 51555 60727 69379 48522 29896 32104 39213 34690 26993 23215
Standard error.dollars 718 927 1162 2572 879 980 1597 1840 1217 1204
Gini ratio......dollars .465 .422 .389 .376 .460 .499 .467 .477 .508 .492
Standard error.dollars .0089 .0105 .0120 .0459 .0237 .0177 .0264 .0321 .0241 .0273
Income Per Hhld Member 19745 18561 20960 15011 9550 26529 30083 34690 23616 23215
Standard Error 313 328 413 1004 349 974 1531 2304 1250 1413
Total Persons in
Households 51501 43852 33515 2338 7999 7649 3446 2071 4203 3256
B-Cell (Pers. Nonincome) 6332 6332 6332 6332 6332 6332 6332 6332 6332 6332
A-Cell (Hhld. Nonincome) -.000012 -.000012 -.000012 -.000012 -.000012 -.000012 -.000012 -.000012 -.000012 -.000012
A-Cell (Pers. Nonincome) -.000023 -.000023 -.000023 -.000023 -.000023 -.000023 -.000023 -.000023 -.000023 -.000023
B-Cell (Hhld. Nonincome) 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068
Northeast White Total 16848 11403 9109 569 1725 5446 2264 1773 3182 2794
Under $2,500 217 88 50 6 32 130 45 41 85 82
$2,500 to $4,999 244 122 39 4 79 121 36 35 86 81
$5,000 to $7,499 652 185 68 11 106 467 128 123 339 339
$7,500 to $9,999 672 219 91 8 120 453 83 79 370 363
$10,000 to $12,499 691 225 112 25 88 466 123 117 343 337
$12,500 to $14,999 636 242 127 6 109 395 131 121 263 244
$15,000 to $17,499 553 298 201 11 87 255 88 74 166 157
$17,500 to $19,999 548 294 197 20 77 255 116 100 139 133
$20,000 to $22,499 642 373 276 25 73 268 134 117 134 110
$22,500 to $24,999 490 306 202 22 82 183 87 78 97 80
$25,000 to $27,499 640 374 281 26 68 265 126 97 139 120
$27,500 to $29,999 494 314 232 28 54 179 82 57 97 83
$30,000 to $32,499 557 361 275 22 65 196 99 82 97 89
$32,500 to $34,999 453 312 226 15 71 142 62 51 79 61
$35,000 to $37,499 553 380 314 26 40 173 86 76 87 75
$37,500 to $39,999 359 265 199 20 46 94 49 35 45 40
$40,000 to $42,499 491 353 285 19 48 138 72 51 67 53
$42,500 to $44,999 413 312 245 24 43 101 60 35 41 31
$45,000 to $47,499 504 375 302 17 56 128 88 63 40 28
$47,500 to $49,999 382 312 253 26 34 70 29 18 41 27
$50,000 to $52,499 437 332 267 30 35 105 58 42 47 32
$52,500 to $54,999 373 308 278 8 23 65 38 27 26 19
$55,000 to $57,499 384 298 252 19 27 87 42 25 45 43
$57,500 to $59,999 328 286 248 17 21 42 28 13 14 12
$60,000 to $62,499 370 309 269 12 28 61 34 24 27 19
$62,500 to $64,999 266 227 193 15 20 39 20 13 19 13
$65,000 to $67,499 321 273 252 5 17 47 21 12 26 14
$67,500 to $69,999 280 244 215 12 17 36 15 7 21 12
$70,000 to $72,499 295 257 220 15 21 38 24 11 14 6
$72,500 to $74,999 239 212 190 8 14 26 11 6 15 2
$75,000 to $77,499 270 207 187 6 13 63 40 20 23 15
$77,500 to $79,999 180 162 156 6 0 17 10 4 8 3
$80,000 to $82,499 211 180 166 5 8 32 21 15 10 3
$82,500 to $84,999 148 134 121 4 9 14 11 4 3 0
$85,000 to $87,499 119 100 94 5 1 19 8 8 11 5
$87,500 to $89,999 115 101 90 0 11 14 6 2 8 6
$90,000 to $92,499 166 131 126 6 0 35 21 12 14 7
$92,500 to $94,999 75 68 62 0 6 8 4 0 4 2
$95,000 to $97,499 142 120 108 2 10 22 11 5 11 4
$97,500 to $99,999 86 80 73 0 7 6 2 2 4 0
$100,000 and over 1856 1662 1566 34 61 194 117 71 77 42
Median income.....dollars 40120 49921 55347 41389 25334 21696 28573 25022 16573 14489
Standard error.dollars 563 623 691 2166 1076 515 1084 908 635 405
Mean income.....dollars 53920 64283 71079 47895 33798 32221 40705 36336 26184 22459
Standard error.dollars 790 1057 1272 2377 1187 894 1817 2122 778 723
Gini ratio......dollars .455 .411 .386 .360 .448 .483 .462 .481 .474 .456
Standard error.dollars .0096 .0114 .0127 .0501 .0292 .0181 .0288 .0351 .0225 .0244
Income Per Hhld Member 21026 20036 21868 15352 11206 26496 31158 36336 22733 22459
Standard Error 355 384 460 1043 495 937 1729 2640 955 1058
Total Persons in
Households 43207 36585 29607 1776 5201 6622 2958 1773 3665 2794
B-Cell (Pers. Nonincome) 6332 6332 6332 6332 6332 6332 6332 6332 6332 6332
A-Cell (Hhld. Nonincome) -.000012 -.000012 -.000012 -.000012 -.000012 -.000012 -.000012 -.000012 -.000012 -.000012
A-Cell (Pers. Nonincome) -.000023 -.000023 -.000023 -.000023 -.000023 -.000023 -.000023 -.000023 -.000023 -.000023
B-Cell (Hhld. Nonincome) 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068
Northeast Black Total 2278 1558 674 120 763 720 285 226 436 408
Under $2,500 103 57 8 5 44 46 11 9 35 35
$2,500 to $4,999 105 71 10 0 61 34 8 8 25 25
$5,000 to $7,499 238 110 12 1 96 129 22 17 107 105
$7,500 to $9,999 151 77 12 5 60 74 33 33 40 40
$10,000 to $12,499 129 84 14 5 64 45 16 15 29 29
$12,500 to $14,999 125 84 17 8 59 41 25 24 16 12
$15,000 to $17,499 109 79 33 1 45 30 16 16 14 14
$17,500 to $19,999 86 56 27 5 25 30 9 3 21 20
$20,000 to $22,499 106 72 25 5 41 34 5 3 29 25
$22,500 to $24,999 97 59 29 3 28 37 15 11 23 21
$25,000 to $27,499 85 58 28 1 29 28 12 7 16 16
$27,500 to $29,999 65 48 27 2 20 17 13 11 4 2
$30,000 to $32,499 68 49 21 6 22 19 7 7 12 12
$32,500 to $34,999 59 44 20 6 18 16 9 9 7 7
$35,000 to $37,499 52 37 21 7 10 14 7 7 7 7
$37,500 to $39,999 56 44 32 2 10 11 7 7 4 2
$40,000 to $42,499 67 51 19 2 29 16 8 8 8 8
$42,500 to $44,999 25 21 11 0 10 5 2 2 2 2
$45,000 to $47,499 63 52 24 7 21 11 11 9 0 0
$47,500 to $49,999 34 23 11 4 8 11 5 2 6 3
$50,000 to $52,499 39 34 26 8 0 5 3 0 2 2
$52,500 to $54,999 32 24 12 2 9 9 3 3 5 4
$55,000 to $57,499 37 20 9 0 11 17 10 5 7 5
$57,500 to $59,999 24 23 13 5 5 1 1 0 0 0
$60,000 to $62,499 30 27 13 2 12 3 3 3 0 0
$62,500 to $64,999 28 23 12 5 5 5 3 0 2 2
$65,000 to $67,499 25 25 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
$67,500 to $69,999 15 15 15 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
$70,000 to $72,499 23 21 16 4 1 3 3 0 0 0
$72,500 to $74,999 8 5 2 3 0 3 3 0 0 0
$75,000 to $77,499 13 4 2 0 3 9 5 0 4 4
$77,500 to $79,999 16 16 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
$80,000 to $82,499 14 14 9 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
$82,500 to $84,999 8 8 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
$85,000 to $87,499 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$87,500 to $89,999 8 7 7 0 0 2 0 0 2 0
$90,000 to $92,499 11 9 4 2 2 2 2 2 0 0
$92,500 to $94,999 9 9 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
$95,000 to $97,499 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$97,500 to $99,999 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$100,000 and over 83 68 63 5 0 15 6 3 9 5
Median income.....dollars 22177 26263 40280 37546 14844 14485 20575 15963 10923 9901
Standard error.dollars 908 1342 2294 6102 1028 1418 3573 2446 1327 1143
Mean income.....dollars 33003 35614 49223 51544 21085 27357 28541 23325 26585 21768
Standard error.dollars 1637 1448 2069 10954 1044 4104 2705 2082 6549 5646
Gini ratio......dollars .503 .461 .373 .461 .455 .578 .460 .425 .640 .599
Standard error.dollars .0285 .0306 .0440 .1497 .0412 .0764 .0763 .0773 .1225 .1372
Income Per Hhld Member 11568 9798 12690 13430 6224 23551 22392 23325 24437 21768
Standard Error 651 491 784 3220 417 4074 3611 4472 6652 6277
Total Persons in
Households 6499 5662 2616 461 2586 837 363 226 474 408
B-Cell (Pers. Nonincome) 11039 11039 11039 11039 11039 11039 11039 11039 11039 11039
A-Cell (Hhld. Nonincome) -.000077 -.000077 -.000077 -.000077 -.000077 -.000077 -.000077 -.000077 -.000077 -.000077
A-Cell (Pers. Nonincome) -.000326 -.000326 -.000326 -.000326 -.000326 -.000326 -.000326 -.000326 -.000326 -.000326
B-Cell (Hhld. Nonincome) 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871
Northeast Hispanic origin Total 1424 1088 568 78 442 336 160 116 176 158
Under $2,500 54 34 9 3 23 20 7 7 13 13
$2,500 to $4,999 83 60 3 0 57 23 8 8 15 14
$5,000 to $7,499 152 80 18 2 60 72 29 26 43 43
$7,500 to $9,999 103 69 12 1 55 34 15 14 19 17
$10,000 to $12,499 84 61 17 2 41 23 9 9 14 11
$12,500 to $14,999 73 50 18 0 32 23 15 14 7 7
$15,000 to $17,499 79 59 24 3 32 19 6 2 13 13
$17,500 to $19,999 61 47 30 0 17 14 8 3 6 4
$20,000 to $22,499 66 55 26 3 25 11 5 1 7 5
$22,500 to $24,999 52 39 21 3 15 13 5 4 8 7
$25,000 to $27,499 58 49 30 7 12 9 6 4 4 4
$27,500 to $29,999 38 29 19 4 7 9 5 0 4 1
$30,000 to $32,499 44 32 17 6 9 11 8 5 3 2
$32,500 to $34,999 35 34 20 4 10 1 1 0 0 0
$35,000 to $37,499 42 32 25 4 3 11 4 3 7 6
$37,500 to $39,999 27 22 13 6 3 5 3 1 1 1
$40,000 to $42,499 41 34 24 3 7 7 5 2 2 1
$42,500 to $44,999 23 22 13 4 5 1 0 0 1 1
$45,000 to $47,499 26 22 16 3 3 4 3 3 1 1
$47,500 to $49,999 30 28 19 3 5 2 2 1 0 0
$50,000 to $52,499 26 22 16 3 4 3 2 2 1 1
$52,500 to $54,999 22 22 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
$55,000 to $57,499 17 13 10 2 1 4 2 1 2 2
$57,500 to $59,999 19 18 14 1 3 1 1 0 0 0
$60,000 to $62,499 19 17 14 1 1 2 2 2 0 0
$62,500 to $64,999 18 17 15 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
$65,000 to $67,499 14 10 9 1 0 4 3 0 1 1
$67,500 to $69,999 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
$70,000 to $72,499 14 13 8 4 1 1 0 0 1 1
$72,500 to $74,999 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$75,000 to $77,499 10 7 6 0 1 2 1 0 1 1
$77,500 to $79,999 5 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
$80,000 to $82,499 5 4 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
$82,500 to $84,999 6 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
$85,000 to $87,499 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$87,500 to $89,999 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$90,000 to $92,499 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$92,500 to $94,999 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
$95,000 to $97,499 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
$97,500 to $99,999 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$100,000 and over 48 46 44 0 2 2 1 1 1 0
Median income.....dollars 20859 24354 36938 35493 11567 12054 14498 10990 9640 8787
Standard error.dollars 1132 1561 2415 3822 1004 1568 2375 1947 1559 1488
Mean income.....dollars 29530 32952 44916 36486 16932 18458 21869 17844 15371 14280
Standard error.dollars 1206 1467 2273 3232 1319 1546 2489 2670 1822 1772
Gini ratio......dollars .478 .462 .388 .276 .470 .476 .462 .486 .473 .472
Standard error.dollars .0327 .0371 .0506 .1145 .0631 .0666 .0923 .1168 .0956 .1028
Income Per Hhld Member 8975 8455 10771 9452 4765 13923 14558 17844 13182 14280
Standard Error 465 475 750 1545 465 2004 2837 4998 2788 3399
Total Persons in
Households 4686 4240 2369 302 1569 446 240 116 206 158
B-Cell (Pers. Nonincome) 11039 11039 11039 11039 11039 11039 11039 11039 11039 11039
A-Cell (Hhld. Nonincome) -.000155 -.000155 -.000155 -.000155 -.000155 -.000155 -.000155 -.000155 -.000155 -.000155
A-Cell (Pers. Nonincome) -.000388 -.000388 -.000388 -.000388 -.000388 -.000388 -.000388 -.000388 -.000388 -.000388
B-Cell (Hhld. Nonincome) 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 20, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031997/hhinc/3_003.htm