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TABLE H-3. Type of Households--Households, by Total Money Income in 1997, 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 19810 13337 10053 729 2555 6472 2726 2195 3746 3334
Under $2,500 443 212 72 12 129 230 103 99 127 118
$2,500 to $4,999 298 145 30 7 108 152 63 58 90 82
$5,000 to $7,499 848 251 42 17 192 597 191 186 406 399
$7,500 to $9,999 805 236 72 16 148 569 114 113 455 449
$10,000 to $12,499 835 282 140 6 135 553 181 164 372 355
$12,500 to $14,999 712 303 151 24 128 409 126 120 283 274
$15,000 to $17,499 706 370 225 24 121 336 112 104 224 212
$17,500 to $19,999 663 373 257 15 101 290 120 108 170 158
$20,000 to $22,499 684 391 252 31 108 293 121 99 172 158
$22,500 to $24,999 594 384 249 25 111 210 122 108 88 76
$25,000 to $27,499 643 395 253 27 115 248 110 92 138 120
$27,500 to $29,999 523 359 252 31 76 163 74 60 89 83
$30,000 to $32,499 651 451 327 20 104 200 93 80 107 98
$32,500 to $34,999 557 384 271 23 91 173 66 45 107 92
$35,000 to $37,499 679 470 335 45 91 209 113 93 96 78
$37,500 to $39,999 462 344 263 14 67 118 66 58 53 49
$40,000 to $42,499 583 411 329 31 52 172 89 74 83 68
$42,500 to $44,999 451 347 254 27 66 104 74 54 30 21
$45,000 to $47,499 506 347 262 28 57 159 87 60 72 45
$47,500 to $49,999 353 261 205 23 33 91 40 28 52 42
$50,000 to $52,499 485 362 295 20 47 123 69 54 54 49
$52,500 to $54,999 357 292 236 20 36 66 35 24 31 25
$55,000 to $57,499 398 337 278 21 38 61 30 26 31 19
$57,500 to $59,999 335 268 217 18 32 67 36 21 30 23
$60,000 to $62,499 408 343 277 22 43 65 32 25 33 27
$62,500 to $64,999 309 253 224 6 23 56 27 6 29 20
$65,000 to $67,499 349 277 236 8 33 71 47 34 25 9
$67,500 to $69,999 275 221 196 6 19 53 23 13 30 27
$70,000 to $72,499 355 301 275 18 8 54 29 18 25 14
$72,500 to $74,999 262 229 205 6 19 33 17 11 17 13
$75,000 to $77,499 249 208 170 17 21 41 28 16 13 3
$77,500 to $79,999 189 155 123 11 21 34 20 16 14 8
$80,000 to $82,499 257 232 200 12 19 26 21 17 4 0
$82,500 to $84,999 221 197 170 15 12 24 17 8 7 5
$85,000 to $87,499 173 146 130 12 4 27 10 2 17 12
$87,500 to $89,999 184 163 142 5 16 22 17 2 5 4
$90,000 to $92,499 178 152 139 2 11 25 16 10 10 0
$92,500 to $94,999 154 143 127 6 10 11 5 4 6 4
$95,000 to $97,499 176 158 150 4 3 19 5 2 13 9
$97,500 to $99,999 122 113 102 6 5 9 7 5 2 2
$100,000 and over 2379 2069 1921 49 99 310 169 80 140 87
Median income.....dollars 38929 49526 57301 42374 24909 20848 27497 23591 16571 14917
Standard error.dollars 570 778 741 1750 839 514 1103 810 512 440
Mean income.....dollars 53815 63520 71996 51168 33701 33815 41299 33668 28368 24559
Standard error.dollars 718 938 1149 3039 1309 943 1745 1466 1000 783
Gini ratio......dollars .464 .415 .379 .382 .478 .516 .501 .486 .509 .492
Standard error.dollars .0086 .0103 .0117 .0444 .0248 .0172 .0262 .0293 .0227 .0243
Income Per Hhld Member 20788 19477 21968 15875 10501 28118 31992 33668 24920 24559
Standard Error 319 336 419 1142 466 968 1661 1964 1114 1100
Total Persons in
Households 51281 43498 32946 2351 8201 7784 3519 2195 4264 3334
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) -.000024 -.000024 -.000024 -.000024 -.000024 -.000024 -.000024 -.000024 -.000024 -.000024
B-Cell (Hhld. Nonincome) 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068
Northeast White Total 16926 11390 9069 585 1736 5536 2324 1850 3213 2855
Under $2,500 296 128 54 6 69 168 72 68 96 87
$2,500 to $4,999 183 80 17 5 59 103 39 37 64 61
$5,000 to $7,499 625 164 34 11 118 461 133 130 329 321
$7,500 to $9,999 638 162 58 11 92 477 93 92 383 380
$10,000 to $12,499 685 200 119 6 75 485 148 131 337 320
$12,500 to $14,999 588 220 125 17 79 367 118 111 250 246
$15,000 to $17,499 576 280 191 14 74 296 97 90 199 187
$17,500 to $19,999 553 313 223 13 77 240 100 91 140 129
$20,000 to $22,499 564 315 216 21 79 248 99 79 150 143
$22,500 to $24,999 495 326 231 20 75 169 89 76 80 68
$25,000 to $27,499 556 332 229 24 79 225 103 88 122 107
$27,500 to $29,999 445 304 227 26 51 142 65 53 77 70
$30,000 to $32,499 536 365 279 20 66 172 89 75 83 78
$32,500 to $34,999 479 332 249 18 65 147 55 41 92 81
$35,000 to $37,499 579 406 310 28 69 173 88 72 85 69
$37,500 to $39,999 411 302 239 12 50 109 62 54 47 43
$40,000 to $42,499 521 366 301 25 40 155 80 65 75 63
$42,500 to $44,999 395 293 223 22 49 102 72 54 30 21
$45,000 to $47,499 448 308 239 25 44 140 82 56 58 34
$47,500 to $49,999 298 229 180 21 28 69 28 18 41 34
$50,000 to $52,499 416 316 263 20 33 101 65 50 36 31
$52,500 to $54,999 313 249 207 16 26 64 33 24 31 25
$55,000 to $57,499 343 290 244 11 34 53 25 21 28 19
$57,500 to $59,999 309 247 207 16 24 61 36 21 25 21
$60,000 to $62,499 360 299 257 19 24 61 29 21 33 27
$62,500 to $64,999 282 235 209 4 21 47 25 6 22 15
$65,000 to $67,499 305 238 205 8 24 67 45 31 22 7
$67,500 to $69,999 233 190 172 3 14 44 20 10 24 20
$70,000 to $72,499 319 265 243 16 6 54 29 18 25 14
$72,500 to $74,999 246 212 192 6 14 33 17 11 17 13
$75,000 to $77,499 231 191 155 17 19 41 28 16 13 3
$77,500 to $79,999 182 148 120 9 19 34 20 16 14 8
$80,000 to $82,499 225 201 172 12 17 24 19 17 4 0
$82,500 to $84,999 204 181 164 8 9 23 17 8 6 4
$85,000 to $87,499 163 144 128 12 4 18 8 2 11 7
$87,500 to $89,999 162 144 134 2 8 17 13 2 5 4
$90,000 to $92,499 165 142 131 2 9 23 14 8 10 0
$92,500 to $94,999 138 127 116 6 4 11 5 4 6 4
$95,000 to $97,499 166 150 142 4 3 16 5 2 11 7
$97,500 to $99,999 108 99 92 6 0 9 7 5 2 2
$100,000 and over 2187 1899 1772 41 87 287 154 78 134 82
Median income.....dollars 41214 52143 58442 44247 27265 21717 30192 25602 16853 15149
Standard error.dollars 468 670 861 1966 1200 561 1167 943 533 487
Mean income.....dollars 56388 66830 73341 53488 37309 34906 42616 36201 29330 25142
Standard error.dollars 801 1062 1244 3638 1821 977 1690 1703 1135 876
Gini ratio......dollars .456 .404 .377 .374 .469 .508 .481 .479 .511 .491
Standard error.dollars .0093 .0111 .0124 .0501 .0307 .0182 .0275 .0319 .0246 .0266
Income Per Hhld Member 22083 20841 22708 16711 12083 28851 32660 36201 25700 25142
Standard Error 364 389 460 1367 671 1023 1675 2290 1254 1224
Total Persons in
Households 43221 36523 29290 1874 5359 6698 3032 1850 3666 2855
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) -.000024 -.000024 -.000024 -.000024 -.000024 -.000024 -.000024 -.000024 -.000024 -.000024
B-Cell (Hhld. Nonincome) 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068 2068
Northeast Black Total 2286 1501 649 112 740 785 318 282 467 425
Under $2,500 124 70 8 6 55 53 25 25 28 28
$2,500 to $4,999 102 60 14 2 44 42 21 18 21 19
$5,000 to $7,499 208 86 8 6 73 121 49 49 72 72
$7,500 to $9,999 142 61 10 4 47 81 18 18 63 60
$10,000 to $12,499 125 61 9 0 51 64 30 30 33 32
$12,500 to $14,999 102 67 17 7 43 35 9 9 26 21
$15,000 to $17,499 119 83 30 10 43 36 13 11 23 23
$17,500 to $19,999 100 55 30 2 24 45 18 15 27 27
$20,000 to $22,499 95 60 23 8 30 35 18 18 17 13
$22,500 to $24,999 82 45 9 3 34 37 28 28 8 8
$25,000 to $27,499 65 45 11 0 34 20 5 2 15 12
$27,500 to $29,999 63 41 17 4 21 22 9 7 13 13
$30,000 to $32,499 100 73 36 1 37 26 5 5 22 18
$32,500 to $34,999 67 47 19 5 24 19 7 2 12 8
$35,000 to $37,499 80 49 16 10 22 31 20 17 11 9
$37,500 to $39,999 46 37 20 1 16 9 4 4 6 6
$40,000 to $42,499 44 38 21 5 12 6 3 3 3 1
$42,500 to $44,999 40 38 21 3 13 2 2 0 0 0
$45,000 to $47,499 47 33 17 2 14 15 0 0 15 11
$47,500 to $49,999 34 19 11 3 6 15 5 5 10 8
$50,000 to $52,499 58 38 23 0 15 20 5 5 15 15
$52,500 to $54,999 40 38 25 3 11 1 1 0 0 0
$55,000 to $57,499 41 33 20 10 4 8 5 5 3 0
$57,500 to $59,999 19 14 6 2 6 6 0 0 6 2
$60,000 to $62,499 26 23 11 0 12 4 4 4 0 0
$62,500 to $64,999 15 12 9 2 2 2 0 0 2 2
$65,000 to $67,499 35 33 27 0 6 2 0 0 2 2
$67,500 to $69,999 34 27 22 0 5 7 3 2 4 4
$70,000 to $72,499 18 18 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
$72,500 to $74,999 12 12 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
$75,000 to $77,499 9 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
$77,500 to $79,999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$80,000 to $82,499 24 24 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
$82,500 to $84,999 13 12 6 3 3 1 0 0 1 1
$85,000 to $87,499 9 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 6 6
$87,500 to $89,999 15 14 3 2 8 1 1 0 0 0
$90,000 to $92,499 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
$92,500 to $94,999 10 10 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
$95,000 to $97,499 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$97,500 to $99,999 12 12 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
$100,000 and over 105 95 83 6 6 10 7 0 2 2
Median income.....dollars 23312 30522 46062 34530 18910 14706 16077 12490 14071 12625
Standard error.dollars 1116 1230 3201 5940 1934 1533 2867 2246 1643 1603
Mean income.....dollars 33770 38607 54290 37758 24978 24521 30106 17751 20725 19593
Standard error.dollars 1534 1408 2480 4548 1273 3506 8411 1383 1346 1400
Gini ratio......dollars .495 .455 .383 .420 .461 .540 .617 .445 .458 .466
Standard error.dollars .0271 .0308 .0463 .1108 .0420 .0713 .1325 .0663 .0526 .0570
Income Per Hhld Member 12403 10854 14722 11467 7173 21741 26156 17751 18635 19593
Standard Error 657 514 968 1974 489 3604 8074 3027 2384 2795
Total Persons in
Households 6225 5339 2393 370 2576 886 366 282 520 425
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) -.000320 -.000320 -.000320 -.000320 -.000320 -.000320 -.000320 -.000320 -.000320 -.000320
B-Cell (Hhld. Nonincome) 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871 1871
Northeast Hispanic origin Total 1468 1128 582 110 436 340 158 116 182 157
Under $2,500 51 30 7 4 19 21 11 11 10 7
$2,500 to $4,999 62 41 9 1 30 21 7 6 14 14
$5,000 to $7,499 159 94 11 2 81 65 22 22 43 43
$7,500 to $9,999 104 63 11 4 49 40 15 15 25 24
$10,000 to $12,499 83 60 24 2 35 23 8 5 16 15
$12,500 to $14,999 64 49 18 5 26 15 10 8 5 5
$15,000 to $17,499 74 57 18 4 35 17 10 10 8 7
$17,500 to $19,999 43 35 12 4 20 8 4 2 4 4
$20,000 to $22,499 67 53 33 5 15 14 6 4 8 5
$22,500 to $24,999 46 40 22 4 14 6 2 2 4 3
$25,000 to $27,499 60 45 28 5 13 15 12 7 3 3
$27,500 to $29,999 39 35 20 8 7 4 0 0 4 4
$30,000 to $32,499 58 45 20 7 19 13 9 6 4 4
$32,500 to $34,999 41 36 20 4 12 5 0 0 5 4
$35,000 to $37,499 50 40 26 4 10 9 6 3 4 2
$37,500 to $39,999 29 24 18 3 3 6 3 2 2 2
$40,000 to $42,499 34 27 14 7 6 7 2 0 5 2
$42,500 to $44,999 30 24 14 4 6 6 3 1 3 1
$45,000 to $47,499 32 25 22 1 1 7 5 1 3 2
$47,500 to $49,999 21 18 13 1 3 4 1 0 3 3
$50,000 to $52,499 22 20 14 4 2 2 0 0 2 2
$52,500 to $54,999 19 16 10 5 1 2 2 0 0 0
$55,000 to $57,499 25 23 14 4 5 2 0 0 2 1
$57,500 to $59,999 24 24 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
$60,000 to $62,499 22 18 10 1 6 4 2 2 1 1
$62,500 to $64,999 14 12 10 0 2 3 1 0 1 0
$65,000 to $67,499 11 9 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 0
$67,500 to $69,999 9 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
$70,000 to $72,499 15 11 11 0 0 4 2 0 1 0
$72,500 to $74,999 12 12 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
$75,000 to $77,499 18 14 7 4 3 4 2 1 2 0
$77,500 to $79,999 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
$80,000 to $82,499 15 10 10 0 0 5 5 5 0 0
$82,500 to $84,999 5 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
$85,000 to $87,499 10 10 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
$87,500 to $89,999 5 3 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
$90,000 to $92,499 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$92,500 to $94,999 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
$95,000 to $97,499 11 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
$97,500 to $99,999 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$100,000 and over 70 65 58 2 4 5 5 0 0 0
Median income.....dollars 24023 27340 39182 33451 12918 12515 16595 11716 9990 8979
Standard error.dollars 1532 1639 2737 4365 1442 1989 3393 2645 1377 1002
Mean income.....dollars 35082 39084 51977 47854 19645 21817 26040 18218 18154 14567
Standard error.dollars 1962 2460 3339 15222 1535 1883 3232 2736 2031 1625
Gini ratio......dollars .502 .487 .414 .468 .476 .502 .500 .491 .486 .451
Standard error.dollars .0347 .0396 .0523 .1958 .0625 .0653 .0944 .1179 .0876 .0956
Income Per Hhld Member 10569 9990 12729 12050 5355 16116 17056 18218 15081 14567
Standard Error 677 713 1019 4073 522 2317 3421 5112 3058 3386
Total Persons in
Households 4873 4412 2376 438 1598 461 241 116 219 157
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) -.000359 -.000359 -.000359 -.000359 -.000359 -.000359 -.000359 -.000359 -.000359 -.000359
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 14, 2004
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