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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6
HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD
Total 23924 23924 23924 23924 23924 23924
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 23773 19980 19980 19980 19980 19980
With addition or deduction (X) 22440 4096 4128 7694 10874
Mean addition or deduction (X) 12442 9519 2846 2414 7765
Standard error (X) 72 691 47 45 314
Agg addition or deduction (X) 279192393 38994072 11748073 18575793 84441892
Agg square for addition or deduction (X) 4624655471899 3950730750556 50164191814 98581298620 5857022542002
Mean total income (X) 21123 64736 65578 49246 41804
Standard error (X) 444 2514 1978 1393 735
Tally total income (X) 473995904 265191967 270714402 378903240 454594141
Agg square for total income (X) 54216851141829 6.44780212E13 47513516430996 6.99394915E13 4.75085643E13
Under $2,500 313 7859 7819 7798 7815 7817
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 382 1771 1729 1737 1797 1794
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 1580 1457 1498 1476 1454 1456
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 1891 1207 1189 1159 1210 1325
$10,000 to $12,499 1868 1165 1135 1132 1145 1182
$12,500 to $14,999 1790 947 944 958 977 1018
$15,000 to $17,499 1543 922 881 842 847 921
$17,500 to $19,999 1431 658 701 701 688 773
$20,000 to $22,499 1228 668 627 629 667 788
$22,500 to $24,999 1072 599 620 589 608 605
$25,000 to $27,499 1035 561 527 523 488 560
$27,500 to $29,999 859 397 438 440 519 533
$30,000 to $32,499 748 539 473 490 428 476
$32,500 to $34,999 714 353 410 414 421 425
$35,000 to $37,499 673 394 387 354 396 327
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6
$37,500 to $39,999 555 262 270 311 270 310
$40,000 to $42,499 552 353 334 327 318 248
$42,500 to $44,999 396 236 245 232 257 292
$45,000 to $47,499 443 252 224 216 188 237
$47,500 to $49,999 348 229 229 226 277 206
$50,000 to $52,499 308 216 231 239 191 167
$52,500 to $54,999 318 149 170 203 168 236
$55,000 to $57,499 302 168 168 158 163 143
$57,500 to $59,999 238 120 146 134 146 112
$60,000 to $62,499 214 164 153 163 141 156
$62,500 to $64,999 192 130 114 127 132 137
$65,000 to $67,499 230 174 152 141 130 140
$67,500 to $69,999 148 105 81 109 106 117
$70,000 to $72,499 137 120 128 108 122 81
$72,500 to $74,999 144 98 112 116 118 94
$75,000 to $77,499 136 102 102 94 91 91
$77,500 to $79,999 126 84 83 103 99 60
$80,000 to $82,499 122 99 102 107 97 69
$82,500 to $84,999 140 80 93 81 72 82
$85,000 to $87,499 123 83 78 84 88 58
$87,500 to $89,999 91 37 56 64 57 30
$90,000 to $92,499 62 53 58 66 47 50
$92,500 to $94,999 61 50 48 57 58 43
$95,000 to $97,499 77 52 64 52 60 38
$97,500 to $99,999 75 58 53 65 63 46
$100,000 and over 1257 952 1052 1097 1007 680
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 2.9 40.3 39.9 39.9 40.2 40.2
$5,000 to $9,999 14.5 11.1 11.2 11.0 11.1 11.6
$10,000 to $14,999 15.3 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.9 9.2
$15,000 to $19,999 12.4 6.6 6.6 6.4 6.4 7.1
$20,000 to $24,999 9.6 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.8
$25,000 to $29,999 7.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.6
$30,000 to $34,999 6.1 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.8
$35,000 to $39,999 5.1 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.7
$40,000 to $44,999 4.0 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.3
$45,000 to $49,999 3.3 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.9
$50,000 to $59,999 4.9 2.7 3.0 3.1 2.8 2.8
$60,000 to $74,999 4.5 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.0
$75,000 to $99,999 4.2 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.1 2.4
$100,000 and over 5.3 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.2 2.8
Median 22369 9311 9427 9552 9352 9188
Standard Error 243 240 243 250 239 219
Mean dollars 34683 23013 24643 25134 24358 20828
Standard Error 452 446 529 535 523 384
Agg total income 829754018 550561625 589555697 601303769 582727976 498286084
Agg Square for total income 8.09761E13 63521290193930 8.61280498E13 88339722005566 8.41437937E13 4.79573695E13
Gini ratio 0.482 0.666 0.677 0.678 0.677 0.652
Standard Error 0.0087 0.0088 0.0091 0.0090 0.0091 0.0089
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 15549 8608 8675 8886 8386 8275
Percent of households 34.5 48.7 48.6 48.9 48.0 47.9
With type of addition or deduction (X) 11330 612 123 1034 173
Mean amount (X) 11667 525 1341 316 151
Standard error (X) 89 93 107 13 20
Agg first quintile (X) 132182403 321461 165625 326292 26015
Agg square first quintile (X) 1999924549902 1625154525 300243232 181573079 9449123
Tot 1st Quintile 8257 11645 11636 11701 11493 11469
Second quintile:
Upper limit 29374 25435 25639 26783 25130 23440
Percent of households 27.3 24.0 23.8 24.0 24.0 24.3
With type of addition or deduction (X) 5461 940 910 2273 4126
Mean amount (X) 13221 1499 1608 1007 974
Standard error (X) 147 101 52 21 18
Agg second quintile (X) 72199051 1408722 1462652 2289337 4018991
Agg square second quintile (X) 1240593530635 6157551799 3347928361 3321268051 6325344658
Tot 2nd Quintile 6543 5748 5684 5731 5751 5806
Third quintile:
Upper limit 46137 43424 43892 46256 43279 39309
Percent of households 16.9 11.8 11.8 11.7 12.1 12.3
With type of addition or deduction (X) 2552 778 1039 1699 2892
Mean amount (X) 13158 2800 2189 2035 3348
Standard error (X) 241 190 55 45 43
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6
Agg third quintile (X) 33577752 2178758 2275001 3457788 9680171
Agg square third quintile (X) 610486553465 15858291983 6436697628 9636859021 39327763049
Tot 3rd Quintile 4047 2825 2814 2799 2886 2951
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 71699 69949 71071 74554 69962 61476
Percent of households 10.9 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.6
With type of addition or deduction (X) 1591 649 943 1224 1812
Mean amount (X) 13066 4752 3046 3219 7483
Standard error (X) 291 270 70 73 114
Agg fourth quintile (X) 20787356 3085706 2871828 3939252 13562546
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 367460544386 28406825842 10700037743 16213720126 120616956828
Tot 4th Quintile 2610 1836 1825 1802 1814 1826
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 10.3 7.8 8.2 7.9 8.3 7.8
With type of addition or deduction (X) 1506 1117 1113 1465 1871
Mean amount (X) 13573 28651 4468 5847 30545
Standard error (X) 356 2315 114 141 1589
Agg fifth quintile (X) 20445831 31999426 4972967 8563123 57154170
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 406190293509 3898682926408 29379284850 69227878343 5690743028344
Tot 5th Quintile 2468 1869 1966 1891 1980 1871
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 9757 2000 2033 2088 1942 1927
Standard error 59 36 36 37 35 35
Agg 80562295 23293465 23649944 24428815 22315771 22098540
Agg square 8.93052E11 124896868553 128484937567 135648653090 116512517461 114606282173
Second quintile:
Mean 21774 15853 16001 16547 15556 14901
Standard error 73 95 97 101 95 85
Agg 142467235 91132250 90947868 94834392 89461149 86521312
Agg square 3.2032E12 1578091364851 1589815845001 1717913414316 1523515915379 1397504941380
Third quintile:
Mean 36799 33453 33754 35255 33142 30332
Standard error 111 145 146 153 143 122
Agg 148907203 94512285 94989135 98665296 95652181 89519148
Agg square 5.57023E12 3236260058205 3281205365452 3560501033440 3246304238503 2773618704633
Fourth quintile:
Mean 56760 54976 55485 58339 54695 48900
Standard error 209 268 270 285 264 219
Agg 148129344 100942486 101236948 105148541 99227039 89273757
Agg square 8.54006E12 5657751957967 5725258058246 6251788959405 5529664525779 4436678359204
Fifth quintile:
Mean 125500 128776 141787 147141 139420 112696
Standard error 2966 3751 4562 4733 4488 3147
Agg 309687941 240681138 278731801 278226725 276071836 210873327
Agg square 6.27696E13 52924289944354 7.54032856E13 76673869945315 7.37277965E13 3.92349612E13
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 6 plus Definition 11
plus Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus
Earned less tested plus means-tested
Income state government Definition 9 regular-price government
Tax income cash plus school cash
Credit taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12
HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD
Total 23924 23924 23924 23924 23924 23924
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 19980 19980 23563 23661 23661 23773
With addition or deduction 1084 10939 22066 20866 472 1809
Mean addition or deduction 911 1907 12311 5913 82 4167
Standard error 45 72 72 32 3 132
Agg addition or deduction 987831 20865182 271654431 123385370 38547 7537962
Agg square for addition or deduction 1982696612 313604252072 4474257796925 931400269980 3993383 56780158833
Mean total income 23261 34113 30869 39300 68547 23435
Standard error 1443 612 369 402 3594 848
Tally total income 25216732 373171083 681152752 820052616 32322275 42397377
Agg square for total income 1677832157613 3.27283454E13 5.0613387E13 6.36015431E13 3497362740339 2044224288141
Under $2,500 7812 7820 583 550 550 305
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 1776 1781 617 550 550 390
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 1444 1452 1407 1247 1247 1371
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 1332 1368 1815 1147 1147 1207
$10,000 to $12,499 1174 1188 1795 1028 1028 1096
$12,500 to $14,999 1002 1007 1773 1082 1082 1089
$15,000 to $17,499 945 1003 1578 1138 1138 1148
$17,500 to $19,999 784 828 1470 1337 1337 1361
$20,000 to $22,499 780 745 1232 1323 1323 1303
$22,500 to $24,999 613 634 1193 1131 1131 1184
$25,000 to $27,499 565 598 1066 1067 1067 1048
$27,500 to $29,999 527 541 893 1042 1039 1047
$30,000 to $32,499 492 483 839 947 950 972
$32,500 to $34,999 423 376 776 1006 1006 987
$35,000 to $37,499 327 338 658 881 881 887
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 6 plus Definition 11
plus Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus
Earned less tested plus means-tested
Income state government Definition 9 regular-price government
Tax income cash plus school cash
Credit taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12
$37,500 to $39,999 306 308 611 901 901 922
$40,000 to $42,499 250 288 552 748 748 754
$42,500 to $44,999 297 269 458 620 620 628
$45,000 to $47,499 239 221 391 580 580 590
$47,500 to $49,999 199 212 398 550 550 543
$50,000 to $52,499 174 243 340 488 485 496
$52,500 to $54,999 236 146 289 416 418 420
$55,000 to $57,499 143 131 259 437 439 430
$57,500 to $59,999 109 171 261 307 307 324
$60,000 to $62,499 158 123 204 277 277 287
$62,500 to $64,999 138 145 180 253 253 248
$65,000 to $67,499 142 118 184 223 220 224
$67,500 to $69,999 117 102 176 187 189 176
$70,000 to $72,499 79 82 169 221 221 235
$72,500 to $74,999 96 91 108 172 172 177
$75,000 to $77,499 88 63 117 173 173 175
$77,500 to $79,999 63 86 137 160 160 156
$80,000 to $82,499 69 59 92 132 132 134
$82,500 to $84,999 82 57 98 93 93 99
$85,000 to $87,499 56 44 67 116 116 116
$87,500 to $89,999 33 36 78 81 81 79
$90,000 to $92,499 50 37 76 92 92 84
$92,500 to $94,999 43 59 72 101 101 107
$95,000 to $97,499 38 70 65 88 88 86
$97,500 to $99,999 46 27 50 76 76 81
$100,000 and over 680 574 796 955 955 957
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 6 plus Definition 11
plus Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus
Earned less tested plus means-tested
Income state government Definition 9 regular-price government
Tax income cash plus school cash
Credit taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 40.1 40.1 5.0 4.6 4.6 2.9
$5,000 to $9,999 11.6 11.8 13.5 10.0 10.0 10.8
$10,000 to $14,999 9.1 9.2 14.9 8.8 8.8 9.1
$15,000 to $19,999 7.2 7.7 12.7 10.3 10.3 10.5
$20,000 to $24,999 5.8 5.8 10.1 10.3 10.3 10.4
$25,000 to $29,999 4.6 4.8 8.2 8.8 8.8 8.8
$30,000 to $34,999 3.8 3.6 6.8 8.2 8.2 8.2
$35,000 to $39,999 2.6 2.7 5.3 7.4 7.4 7.6
$40,000 to $44,999 2.3 2.3 4.2 5.7 5.7 5.8
$45,000 to $49,999 1.8 1.8 3.3 4.7 4.7 4.7
$50,000 to $59,999 2.8 2.9 4.8 6.9 6.9 7.0
$60,000 to $74,999 3.0 2.8 4.3 5.6 5.6 5.6
$75,000 to $99,999 2.4 2.3 3.6 4.6 4.6 4.7
$100,000 and over 2.8 2.4 3.3 4.0 4.0 4.0
Median 9245 9161 21876 28368 28370 28598
Standard Error 217 212 235 278 278 276
Mean dollars 20869 19997 31352 36509 36511 36826
Standard Error 384 357 365 376 376 375
Agg total income 499273915 478408733 750063165 873448534 873487081 881025043
Agg Square for total income 4.80068818E13 4.21522065E13 5.76029901E13 6.80289558E13 68034211101577 6.83883314E13
Gini ratio 0.652 0.645 0.461 0.430 0.430 0.424
Standard Error 0.0089 0.0089 0.0086 0.0081 0.0081 0.0081
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 6 plus Definition 11
plus Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus
Earned less tested plus means-tested
Income state government Definition 9 regular-price government
Tax income cash plus school cash
Credit taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 8766 8694 14941 16639 16643 17100
Percent of households 49.1 49.0 33.2 26.6 26.6 26.8
With type of addition or deduction 333 1471 7225 3960 26 1022
Mean amount 452 90 8219 2256 74 3444
Standard error 48 4 53 31 11 135
Agg first quintile 150414 131691 59385726 8934655 1927 3520703
Agg square first quintile 179838709 23692950 552993731148 26825399633 177698 20675899823
Tot 1st Quintile 11741 11733 7950 6365 6365 6406
Second quintile:
Upper limit 23844 23296 26877 28776 28784 28986
Percent of households 23.5 23.7 26.3 24.1 24.1 23.8
With type of addition or deduction 404 4162 6022 5608 42 300
Mean amount 1191 405 13035 5265 82 4451
Standard error 84 9 93 29 12 308
Agg second quintile 481277 1685729 78502594 29527851 3434 1333827
Agg square second quintile 1091813474 1261178211 1162438712531 167175982457 397447 9737190519
Tot 2nd Quintile 5628 5665 6296 5756 5761 5700
Third quintile:
Upper limit 39408 38124 40759 42262 42273 42423
Percent of households 12.0 12.0 17.6 20.5 20.5 20.6
With type of addition or deduction 202 2280 3959 4775 87 199
Mean amount 1037 1249 14168 7354 83 6122
Standard error 101 26 147 59 6 536
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 6 plus Definition 11
plus Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus
Earned less tested plus means-tested
Income state government Definition 9 regular-price government
Tax income cash plus school cash
Credit taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12
Agg third quintile 209170 2848398 56099654 35116256 7211 1215980
Agg square third quintile 401978329 5161107869 945399885029 294046506497 706971 12500289474
Tot 3rd Quintile 2862 2865 4214 4916 4913 4922
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 61555 58881 60714 61707 61737 61820
Percent of households 7.6 7.6 11.9 15.3 15.3 15.3
With type of addition or deduction 88 1483 2605 3503 115 161
Mean amount 923 2637 15108 7674 78 5448
Standard error 160 54 252 76 6 642
Agg fourth quintile 81684 3909344 39358722 26883312 8933 878440
Agg square fourth quintile 164771685 13124209790 787630965441 238227209617 905174 9566835650
Tot 4th Quintile 1822 1815 2846 3660 3665 3671
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 7.8 7.7 10.9 13.5 13.5 13.5
With type of addition or deduction 57 1543 2253 3020 202 127
Mean amount 1148 7966 17002 7590 85 4620
Standard error 219 430 407 87 4 467
Agg fifth quintile 65286 12290020 38307736 22923295 17043 589011
Agg square fifth quintile 144294416 294034063252 1025794502776 205125171776 1806093 4299943368
Tot 5th Quintile 1871 1845 2617 3227 3220 3225
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 6 plus Definition 11
plus Definition 7 nonmeans- Definition 10 plus
Earned less tested plus means-tested
Income state government Definition 9 regular-price government
Tax income cash plus school cash
Credit taxes transfers Medicare lunches transfers
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 2094 2078 8996 9245 9245 9919
Standard error 37 37 65 85 85 79
Agg 24581762 24384534 71520668 58850989 58842596 63541912
Agg square 136352960361 134135699779 762301690992 673266096868 673136443390 744885585285
Second quintile:
Mean 15438 15181 20397 22440 22445 22695
Standard error 86 83 65 67 67 67
Agg 86889875 86002167 128418705 129162830 129308541 129364554
Agg square 1444828739205 1403529476801 2694157985965 2965541903227 2969650377316 3000957903072
Third quintile:
Mean 30634 29827 33120 35133 35142 35310
Standard error 122 117 91 82 82 82
Agg 87683327 85454547 139578161 172712379 172639862 173811395
Agg square 2740069426943 2598867263143 4688834015890 6139698986448 6138622964648 6209175577998
Fourth quintile:
Mean 48966 47172 49193 50522 50547 50697
Standard error 218 204 159 133 133 133
Agg 89198440 85637003 140013392 184906855 185261724 186085034
Agg square 4438236347591 4101111286217 6978948348502 9447912747023 9471226728053 9540965992914
Fifth quintile:
Mean 112739 106723 103363 101592 101677 101774
Standard error 3147 2914 2179 1826 1829 1827
Agg 210920511 196930482 270532238 327815482 327434358 328222149
Agg square 3.92473943E13 3.39145628E13 4.24787481E13 4.8802536E13 48781574588171 4.88923464E13
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
plus plus
other net Money
means-tested imputed Definition 14 Income
Definition 12 government return less after Taxes
plus noncash on equity medical not including
Medicaid transfers in own home programs eitc
Def 13 Def 14 Def 15 Def 16 Def 17
HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD
Total 23924 23924 23924 23924 23924
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 23773 23794 23896 23794 23773
With addition or deduction 2476 2293 18990 20910 (X)
Mean addition or deduction 1914 1586 4312 6128 (X)
Standard error 58 37 56 34 (X)
Agg addition or deduction 4740825 3636338 81882074 128126195 (X)
Agg square for addition or deduction 18259078893 8928840201 866743630866 1006554537742 (X)
Mean total income 33495 18572 44849 16338 (X)
Standard error 882 441 460 496 (X)
Tally total income 82948345 42584358 851690447 341634109 (X)
Agg square for total income 4909001072986 1248043228107 72296768772106 53577978358660 (X)
Under $2,500 305 285 171 289 312
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 390 344 253 344 395
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 1327 1194 690 1197 1577
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 1205 1105 1093 1954 1914
$10,000 to $12,499 1083 1140 1094 2091 1855
$12,500 to $14,999 1098 1184 1085 1910 1858
$15,000 to $17,499 1124 1201 1085 1578 1577
$17,500 to $19,999 1345 1364 1179 1521 1521
$20,000 to $22,499 1321 1324 1165 1265 1286
$22,500 to $24,999 1172 1207 1198 1206 1205
$25,000 to $27,499 1050 1058 1088 1047 1084
$27,500 to $29,999 1040 1033 1011 887 915
$30,000 to $32,499 945 942 1049 869 843
$32,500 to $34,999 1020 1019 861 802 807
$35,000 to $37,499 892 905 972 669 681
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
plus plus
other net Money
means-tested imputed Definition 14 Income
Definition 12 government return less after Taxes
plus noncash on equity medical not including
Medicaid transfers in own home programs eitc
Def 13 Def 14 Def 15 Def 16 Def 17
$37,500 to $39,999 913 899 873 633 647
$40,000 to $42,499 759 774 902 566 551
$42,500 to $44,999 649 646 772 452 425
$45,000 to $47,499 585 578 639 387 374
$47,500 to $49,999 544 558 606 387 412
$50,000 to $52,499 482 488 603 361 321
$52,500 to $54,999 452 444 467 292 304
$55,000 to $57,499 423 429 418 268 252
$57,500 to $59,999 353 345 439 262 255
$60,000 to $62,499 283 291 398 206 202
$62,500 to $64,999 259 260 316 180 196
$65,000 to $67,499 220 219 265 183 149
$67,500 to $69,999 168 169 294 183 186
$70,000 to $72,499 227 227 204 171 134
$72,500 to $74,999 196 194 233 112 126
$75,000 to $77,499 180 183 170 115 134
$77,500 to $79,999 162 162 208 136 105
$80,000 to $82,499 136 136 136 86 88
$82,500 to $84,999 94 94 163 105 73
$85,000 to $87,499 119 119 120 67 98
$87,500 to $89,999 79 79 96 79 70
$90,000 to $92,499 88 88 112 73 70
$92,500 to $94,999 98 98 95 78 67
$95,000 to $97,499 89 89 112 56 45
$97,500 to $99,999 85 85 94 50 60
$100,000 and over 965 965 1192 806 751
07/17/98 15
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
plus plus
other net Money
means-tested imputed Definition 14 Income
Definition 12 government return less after Taxes
plus noncash on equity medical not including
Medicaid transfers in own home programs eitc
Def 13 Def 14 Def 15 Def 16 Def 17
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 2.9 2.6 1.8 2.6 3.0
$5,000 to $9,999 10.6 9.6 7.5 13.2 14.6
$10,000 to $14,999 9.1 9.7 9.1 16.7 15.5
$15,000 to $19,999 10.3 10.7 9.5 13.0 12.9
$20,000 to $24,999 10.4 10.6 9.9 10.3 10.4
$25,000 to $29,999 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.1 8.4
$30,000 to $34,999 8.2 8.2 8.0 7.0 6.9
$35,000 to $39,999 7.5 7.5 7.7 5.4 5.6
$40,000 to $44,999 5.9 5.9 7.0 4.3 4.1
$45,000 to $49,999 4.7 4.7 5.2 3.2 3.3
$50,000 to $59,999 7.1 7.1 8.1 4.9 4.7
$60,000 to $74,999 5.7 5.7 7.2 4.3 4.2
$75,000 to $99,999 4.7 4.7 5.5 3.5 3.4
$100,000 and over 4.0 4.0 5.0 3.4 3.1
Median 28800 28845 32022 22130 21854
Standard Error 278 280 276 229 225
Mean dollars 37024 37176 40599 31821 31135
Standard Error 375 375 387 364 358
Agg total income 885765867 889402205 971284279 761276011 744865222
Agg Square for total income 6.87987916E13 68916590489953 77640395221454 57997257583068 5.59841307E13
Gini ratio 0.422 0.418 0.405 0.449 0.450
Standard Error 0.0081 0.0081 0.0079 0.0086 0.0086
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
plus plus
other net Money
means-tested imputed Definition 14 Income
Definition 12 government return less after Taxes
plus noncash on equity medical not including
Medicaid transfers in own home programs eitc
Def 13 Def 14 Def 15 Def 16 Def 17
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 17450 17912 18996 15896 14375
Percent of households 27.2 27.9 25.7 35.1 31.2
With type of addition or deduction 893 1534 3557 6040 (X)
Mean amount 580 1742 2262 3322 (X)
Standard error 23 42 83 33 (X)
Agg first quintile 517469 2672908 8045400 20067719 (X)
Agg square first quintile 485619941 6545809942 57278265588 84710245957 (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 6509 6675 6141 8405 7472
Second quintile:
Upper limit 29350 29535 31035 27292 25510
Percent of households 23.8 23.3 22.6 24.7 26.2
With type of addition or deduction 496 382 4250 5765 (X)
Mean amount 1910 1248 3244 6831 (X)
Standard error 71 70 67 52 (X)
Agg second quintile 948093 477298 13787142 39376033 (X)
Agg square second quintile 2363365107 917124512 80997607459 308735398302 (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 5698 5575 5397 5898 6269
Third quintile:
Upper limit 42666 42738 44795 40966 38490
Percent of households 20.2 20.0 20.7 17.4 18.1
With type of addition or deduction 411 209 4312 4025 (X)
Mean amount 2817 1377 3958 7569 (X)
Standard error 130 172 75 75 (X)
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
plus plus
other net Money
means-tested imputed Definition 14 Income
Definition 12 government return less after Taxes
plus noncash on equity medical not including
Medicaid transfers in own home programs eitc
Def 13 Def 14 Def 15 Def 16 Def 17
Agg third quintile 1157526 288298 17065126 30466909 (X)
Agg square third quintile 4533496364 976716386 113919178198 271274257557 (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 4826 4789 4942 4169 4323
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 61968 62003 64861 60830 57380
Percent of households 15.3 15.3 16.4 11.8 12.7
With type of addition or deduction 387 134 3553 2662 (X)
Mean amount 3226 1286 5082 7585 (X)
Standard error 191 172 135 94 (X)
Agg fourth quintile 1249130 172280 18058310 20190147 (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 6467918442 459561627 194315586391 181305768547 (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 3660 3654 3932 2826 3040
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 13.5 13.5 14.7 11.0 11.8
With type of addition or deduction 289 33 3318 2418 (X)
Mean amount 3004 781 7513 7454 (X)
Standard error 220 142 218 100 (X)
Agg fifth quintile 868607 25554 24926095 18025388 (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 4408679039 29627734 420232993230 160528867379 (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 3230 3232 3512 2626 2819
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
plus plus
other net Money
means-tested imputed Definition 14 Income
Definition 12 government return less after Taxes
plus noncash on equity medical not including
Medicaid transfers in own home programs eitc
Def 13 Def 14 Def 15 Def 16 Def 17
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 10124 10720 11764 10207 9176
Standard error 81 82 88 58 57
Agg 65899673 71555055 72242524 85783009 68563228
Agg square 790273653116 899960018668 979561489887 981569309679 711222644081
Second quintile:
Mean 23085 23376 24761 21143 19530
Standard error 68 67 70 63 61
Agg 131543917 130312362 133636446 124709266 122440633
Agg square 3102963373531 3108048586748 3373509874526 2698869765673 2455884329586
Third quintile:
Mean 35695 35812 37640 33518 31435
Standard error 81 81 84 90 84
Agg 172278936 171490687 186006453 139738131 135906970
Agg square 6217901315634 6208186015970 7078812730345 4746435237687 4331432248250
Fourth quintile:
Mean 51008 51057 53500 49392 46418
Standard error 133 133 135 159 147
Agg 186683210 186552078 210354271 139576213 141113280
Agg square 9628261409417 9630274595603 11379801190914 6983847027808 6639278552843
Fifth quintile:
Mean 101959 101945 105071 103378 98191
Standard error 1823 1822 1708 2172 2033
Agg 329360133 329492024 369044585 271469393 276841111
Agg square 4.90593919E13 49070121272963 54828709935782 42586536242222 4.18463129E13
07/17/98 19
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
Money
Income
after
Taxes
Def 18
HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD
Total 23924
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 23773
With addition or deduction (X)
Mean addition or deduction (X)
Standard error (X)
Agg addition or deduction (X)
Agg square for addition or deduction (X)
Mean total income (X)
Standard error (X)
Tally total income (X)
Agg square for total income (X)
Under $2,500 312
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 387
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 1581
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 1909
$10,000 to $12,499 1851
$12,500 to $14,999 1846
$15,000 to $17,499 1567
$17,500 to $19,999 1525
$20,000 to $22,499 1270
$22,500 to $24,999 1222
$25,000 to $27,499 1085
$27,500 to $29,999 914
$30,000 to $32,499 850
$32,500 to $34,999 805
$35,000 to $37,499 689
$37,500 to $39,999 636
$40,000 to $42,499 571
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
Money
Income
after
Taxes
Def 18
$42,500 to $44,999 425
$45,000 to $47,499 366
$47,500 to $49,999 425
$50,000 to $52,499 314
$52,500 to $54,999 309
$55,000 to $57,499 254
$57,500 to $59,999 256
$60,000 to $62,499 197
$62,500 to $64,999 197
$65,000 to $67,499 149
$67,500 to $69,999 187
$70,000 to $72,499 136
$72,500 to $74,999 127
$75,000 to $77,499 134
$77,500 to $79,999 105
$80,000 to $82,499 88
$82,500 to $84,999 73
$85,000 to $87,499 96
$87,500 to $89,999 69
$90,000 to $92,499 71
$92,500 to $94,999 68
$95,000 to $97,499 44
$97,500 to $99,999 63
$100,000 and over 751
07/17/98 21
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
Money
Income
after
Taxes
Def 18
Income Levels
Percent 100.0
Under $5,000 2.9
$5,000 to $9,999 14.6
$10,000 to $14,999 15.5
$15,000 to $19,999 12.9
$20,000 to $24,999 10.4
$25,000 to $29,999 8.4
$30,000 to $34,999 6.9
$35,000 to $39,999 5.5
$40,000 to $44,999 4.2
$45,000 to $49,999 3.3
$50,000 to $59,999 4.7
$60,000 to $74,999 4.2
$75,000 to $99,999 3.4
$100,000 and over 3.1
Median 21937
Standard Error 228
Mean dollars 31176
Standard Error 358
Agg total income 745853053
Agg Square for total income 5.60510749E13
Gini ratio 0.449
Standard Error 0.0086
07/17/98 22
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
Money
Income
after
Taxes
Def 18
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 14998
Percent of households 33.0
With type of addition or deduction (X)
Mean amount (X)
Standard error (X)
Agg first quintile (X)
Agg square first quintile (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 7886
Second quintile:
Upper limit 25744
Percent of households 24.8
With type of addition or deduction (X)
Mean amount (X)
Standard error (X)
Agg second quintile (X)
Agg square second quintile (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 5941
Third quintile:
Upper limit 38602
Percent of households 17.8
With type of addition or deduction (X)
Mean amount (X)
Standard error (X)
Agg third quintile (X)
Agg square third quintile (X)
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
Money
Income
after
Taxes
Def 18
Tot 3rd Quintile 4248
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 57437
Percent of households 12.7
With type of addition or deduction (X)
Mean amount (X)
Standard error (X)
Agg fourth quintile (X)
Agg square fourth quintile (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 3033
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 11.8
With type of addition or deduction (X)
Mean amount (X)
Standard error (X)
Agg fifth quintile (X)
Agg square fifth quintile (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 2816
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1997 (HHLDS W/MEMBERS GE 65 YEARS OLD)
Money
Income
after
Taxes
Def 18
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 9480
Standard error 58
Agg 74760180
Agg square 803044835501
Second quintile:
Mean 20009
Standard error 60
Agg 118877729
Agg square 2435848927844
Third quintile:
Mean 31645
Standard error 84
Agg 134425533
Agg square 4310513852164
Fourth quintile:
Mean 46506
Standard error 147
Agg 141044511
Agg square 6647775674622
Fifth quintile:
Mean 98271
Standard error 2035
Agg 276745100
Agg square 4.18538916E13