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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Before taxes After ta
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social
gains less plus supplements to Security
(current government capital wage or salary payroll
measure) transfers gains income taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5
FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18
Total 8928 8928 8928 8928 8928
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 8812 8131 8131 8131 8131
With addition or deduction (X) 3690 1147 3947 7321
Mean addition or deduction (X) 6248 4173 3103 1904
Standard error (X) 146 502 38 30
Agg addition or deduction (X) 23055872 4787578 12244936 13938422
Agg square for addition or deduction (X) 272959478933 168156423527 48247411402 48762698803
Mean total income (X) 15708 57956 42818 29174
Standard error (X) 552 3011 758 605
Tally total income (X) 57968698 66492664 168987863 213586027
Agg square for total income (X) 2762140226672 9180237509576 11230336163166 1.49897781E13
Under $2,500 365 1422 1417 1408 1431
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 468 478 488 461 544
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 703 492 491 473 464
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 551 343 327 343 386
$10,000 to $12,499 630 572 566 498 501
$12,500 to $14,999 588 492 493 454 510
$15,000 to $17,499 544 450 464 469 448
$17,500 to $19,999 492 421 415 363 421
$20,000 to $22,499 451 457 458 440 401
$22,500 to $24,999 364 315 289 322 348
$25,000 to $27,499 407 416 395 333 341
$27,500 to $29,999 314 274 273 322 359
$30,000 to $32,499 362 334 343 322 242
$32,500 to $34,999 240 204 220 243 270
$35,000 to $37,499 313 301 262 247 264
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Before taxes After ta
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social
gains less plus supplements to Security
(current government capital wage or salary payroll
measure) transfers gains income taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5
$37,500 to $39,999 201 197 216 245 186
$40,000 to $42,499 232 203 201 196 234
$42,500 to $44,999 129 111 127 181 129
$45,000 to $47,499 176 156 155 132 139
$47,500 to $49,999 159 156 163 133 146
$50,000 to $52,499 153 143 112 145 132
$52,500 to $54,999 120 98 105 149 120
$55,000 to $57,499 94 87 109 83 108
$57,500 to $59,999 81 78 83 118 67
$60,000 to $62,499 112 95 85 84 91
$62,500 to $64,999 60 65 73 64 65
$65,000 to $67,499 60 43 43 88 55
$67,500 to $69,999 61 63 54 57 47
$70,000 to $72,499 52 41 39 36 36
$72,500 to $74,999 40 42 41 33 20
$75,000 to $77,499 42 37 43 47 42
$77,500 to $79,999 26 27 37 31 64
$80,000 to $82,499 32 31 38 40 27
$82,500 to $84,999 26 22 20 44 18
$85,000 to $87,499 32 35 28 39 28
$87,500 to $89,999 6 3 10 11 13
$90,000 to $92,499 22 18 19 22 13
$92,500 to $94,999 14 9 9 15 20
$95,000 to $97,499 13 18 15 15 13
$97,500 to $99,999 12 5 13 20 11
$100,000 and over 181 175 187 201 175
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Before taxes After ta
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social
gains less plus supplements to Security
(current government capital wage or salary payroll
measure) transfers gains income taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 9.3 21.3 21.3 20.9 22.1
$5,000 to $9,999 14.0 9.4 9.2 9.1 9.5
$10,000 to $14,999 13.6 11.9 11.9 10.7 11.3
$15,000 to $19,999 11.6 9.8 9.8 9.3 9.7
$20,000 to $24,999 9.1 8.6 8.4 8.5 8.4
$25,000 to $29,999 8.1 7.7 7.5 7.3 7.8
$30,000 to $34,999 6.7 6.0 6.3 6.3 5.7
$35,000 to $39,999 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.5 5.0
$40,000 to $44,999 4.0 3.5 3.7 4.2 4.1
$45,000 to $49,999 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.0 3.2
$50,000 to $59,999 5.0 4.6 4.6 5.5 4.8
$60,000 to $74,999 4.3 3.9 3.7 4.1 3.5
$75,000 to $99,999 2.5 2.3 2.6 3.2 2.8
$100,000 and over 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.0
Median 20692 18775 18810 19969 18574
Standard Error 392 420 426 447 420
Mean dollars 27689 25106 25642 27014 25453
Standard Error 481 488 531 547 525
Agg total income 247198966 224143093 228930672 241175608 227237186
Agg Square for total income 1.50769E13 14084617936256 1.59170288E13 17149814610679 1.55876666E13
Gini ratio 0.450 0.503 0.509 0.509 0.512
Standard Error 0.0128 0.0126 0.0129 0.0128 0.0130
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Before taxes After ta
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social
gains less plus supplements to Security
(current government capital wage or salary payroll
measure) transfers gains income taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 16315 9713 9882 10043 9437
Percent of households 40.9 30.3 30.4 30.8 30.7
With type of addition or deduction (X) 1990 45 143 1517
Mean amount (X) 6510 -552 1878 353
Standard error (X) 190 386 114 9
Agg first quintile (X) 12951732 -24891 269043 535030
Agg square first quintile (X) 147879136019 148908525 624640121 268648232
Tot 1st Quintile 3653 2708 2711 2748 2742
Second quintile:
Upper limit 30728 26774 27050 28385 26637
Percent of households 26.4 34.1 34.3 33.1 32.9
With type of addition or deduction (X) 963 175 1268 2766
Mean amount (X) 5721 1237 2310 1262
Standard error (X) 270 258 43 14
Agg second quintile (X) 5506870 216714 2928510 3492203
Agg square second quintile (X) 61736022346 1176369576 8085480530 5121838498
Tot 2nd Quintile 2358 3044 3058 2956 2934
Third quintile:
Upper limit 48468 45789 46550 48934 45818
Percent of households 17.8 20.2 20.0 20.5 20.7
With type of addition or deduction (X) 457 385 1344 1706
Mean amount (X) 6359 2530 2961 2358
Standard error (X) 528 180 48 29
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Before taxes After ta
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social
gains less plus supplements to Security
(current government capital wage or salary payroll
measure) transfers gains income taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5
Agg third quintile (X) 2904334 973799 3979975 4022266
Agg square third quintile (X) 44390844831 4611028001 13612643243 10582968257
Tot 3rd Quintile 1586 1802 1788 1832 1845
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 75144 73006 75208 78478 73676
Percent of households 10.4 10.8 10.7 10.8 10.9
With type of addition or deduction (X) 185 309 814 923
Mean amount (X) 5870 3279 3825 3659
Standard error (X) 654 277 87 71
Agg fourth quintile (X) 1086269 1012136 3112331 3378133
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 12920269638 6574822536 14136887962 14266009134
Tot 4th Quintile 927 967 955 964 977
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.8
With type of addition or deduction (X) 96 234 377 409
Mean amount (X) 6292 11175 5180 6134
Standard error (X) 731 2280 162 204
Agg fifth quintile (X) 606666 2609821 1955078 2510791
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 6033206098 155645294890 11787759545 18523234682
Tot 5th Quintile 404 407 416 428 429
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Before taxes After ta
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social
gains less plus supplements to Security
(current government capital wage or salary payroll
measure) transfers gains income taxes
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 8716 2976 2983 3190 2982
Standard error 113 88 88 93 87
Agg 31835127 8061630 8087060 8763597 8178743
Agg square 3.53329E11 49155184482 49474759436 57224635630 49895913864
Second quintile:
Mean 23047 17588 17743 18676 17390
Standard error 128 133 135 144 134
Agg 54340365 53531792 54256361 55199302 51025907
Agg square 1.2929E12 1014589566427 1038380402721 1111436241367 955926642797
Third quintile:
Mean 38364 34850 35489 37189 34800
Standard error 188 186 191 198 186
Agg 60842361 62796600 63445974 68141170 64214604
Agg square 2.37402E12 2238570411820 2303727249723 2592906346241 2287383485024
Fourth quintile:
Mean 58613 56393 57323 60009 56337
Standard error 365 363 374 381 353
Agg 54339088 54532730 54729458 57873767 55049441
Agg square 3.23599E12 3130150397625 3194108562042 3533275200276 3154324920383
Fifth quintile:
Mean 113367 111139 116269 119678 113692
Standard error 5997 5963 6918 6756 6617
Agg 45842025 45220341 48411819 51197771 48768491
Agg square 7.82069E12 7652152375903 9331337801406 9854972187164 9140135682358
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 5 Definition 6 plus
less plus Definition 7 nonmeans-
Federal Earned less tested
income Income state government Definition 9
taxes Tax income cash plus
Def 6 Credit taxes transfers Medicare
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10
FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18
Total 8928 8928 8928 8928 8928
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 8133 8133 8135 8380 8382
With addition or deduction 4208 5210 4661 2113 538
Mean addition or deduction 3568 1989 1132 6229 4880
Standard error 238 24 58 209 166
Agg addition or deduction 15011382 10363594 5274498 13164478 2627869
Agg square for addition or deduction 500441652155 27344197128 38361082715 169301085460 16408323061
Mean total income 40259 22735 34044 27733 39996
Standard error 707 476 599 783 1899
Tally total income 169398385 118449127 158667248 58612925 21535647
Agg square for total income 1.0771104E13 5440918130842 8873909913896 2847623905919 1327869606427
Under $2,500 1431 1354 1354 983 983
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 544 406 406 389 387
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 467 395 396 457 455
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 390 343 349 396 396
$10,000 to $12,499 517 386 397 425 411
$12,500 to $14,999 528 473 466 467 460
$15,000 to $17,499 461 497 528 516 510
$17,500 to $19,999 436 564 553 580 553
$20,000 to $22,499 427 494 527 515 507
$22,500 to $24,999 379 483 477 465 476
$25,000 to $27,499 358 396 408 423 403
$27,500 to $29,999 334 382 397 415 405
$30,000 to $32,499 294 309 309 362 375
$32,500 to $34,999 317 302 288 300 321
$35,000 to $37,499 225 249 261 247 262
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 5 Definition 6 plus
less plus Definition 7 nonmeans-
Federal Earned less tested
income Income state government Definition 9
taxes Tax income cash plus
Def 6 Credit taxes transfers Medicare
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10
$37,500 to $39,999 233 237 239 257 250
$40,000 to $42,499 145 166 142 167 166
$42,500 to $44,999 159 163 179 197 195
$45,000 to $47,499 158 157 172 197 198
$47,500 to $49,999 149 167 169 159 167
$50,000 to $52,499 148 154 126 152 157
$52,500 to $54,999 92 94 91 110 115
$55,000 to $57,499 83 76 75 87 93
$57,500 to $59,999 86 100 92 87 85
$60,000 to $62,499 62 66 50 57 70
$62,500 to $64,999 48 42 43 37 40
$65,000 to $67,499 52 52 65 67 68
$67,500 to $69,999 36 39 42 47 44
$70,000 to $72,499 38 47 23 31 33
$72,500 to $74,999 32 33 41 40 39
$75,000 to $77,499 30 31 25 31 25
$77,500 to $79,999 35 32 25 30 37
$80,000 to $82,499 21 17 12 19 20
$82,500 to $84,999 15 17 19 17 18
$85,000 to $87,499 18 21 29 34 37
$87,500 to $89,999 11 15 19 18 16
$90,000 to $92,499 20 20 18 14 13
$92,500 to $94,999 22 21 4 6 12
$95,000 to $97,499 10 11 6 13 11
$97,500 to $99,999 5 5 5 11 5
$100,000 and over 110 110 102 102 110
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 5 Definition 6 plus
less plus Definition 7 nonmeans-
Federal Earned less tested
income Income state government Definition 9
taxes Tax income cash plus
Def 6 Credit taxes transfers Medicare
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 22.1 19.7 19.7 15.4 15.3
$5,000 to $9,999 9.6 8.3 8.3 9.5 9.5
$10,000 to $14,999 11.7 9.6 9.7 10.0 9.8
$15,000 to $19,999 10.0 11.9 12.1 12.3 11.9
$20,000 to $24,999 9.0 11.0 11.2 11.0 11.0
$25,000 to $29,999 7.8 8.7 9.0 9.4 9.0
$30,000 to $34,999 6.8 6.8 6.7 7.4 7.8
$35,000 to $39,999 5.1 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.7
$40,000 to $44,999 3.4 3.7 3.6 4.1 4.1
$45,000 to $49,999 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.1
$50,000 to $59,999 4.6 4.8 4.3 4.9 5.0
$60,000 to $74,999 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.3
$75,000 to $99,999 2.1 2.1 1.8 2.2 2.2
$100,000 and over 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2
Median 18223 20231 20074 21220 21527
Standard Error 405 350 330 343 349
Mean dollars 23771 24932 24341 25816 26110
Standard Error 427 425 400 402 406
Agg total income 212225803 222589398 217314899 230479377 233107247
Agg Square for total income 1.15340513E13 1.19623591E13 1.09807078E13 1.17098406E13 1.19390102E13
Gini ratio 0.494 0.470 0.464 0.444 0.445
Standard Error 0.0124 0.0124 0.0122 0.0123 0.0122
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 5 Definition 6 plus
less plus Definition 7 nonmeans-
Federal Earned less tested
income Income state government Definition 9
taxes Tax income cash plus
Def 6 Credit taxes transfers Medicare
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 9260 9782 9671 15881 17667
Percent of households 30.5 27.7 27.6 36.7 40.9
With type of addition or deduction 42 965 208 766 90
Mean amount 332 1394 89 4459 1395
Standard error 103 35 11 177 189
Agg first quintile 13826 1344802 18528 3413227 125122
Agg square first quintile 12810825 2374815838 3824227 23424155804 302948092
Tot 1st Quintile 2725 2471 2463 3279 3652
Second quintile:
Upper limit 24938 25313 24672 28292 30202
Percent of households 31.9 33.5 33.0 27.9 26.0
With type of addition or deduction 1038 2650 1687 526 121
Mean amount 830 2414 337 5985 4684
Standard error 32 30 10 394 264
Agg second quintile 860751 6396326 568610 3151088 565385
Agg square second quintile 1198533814 18215188221 309133959 38097052906 3100257591
Tot 2nd Quintile 2846 2994 2949 2490 2321
Third quintile:
Upper limit 41693 41793 40302 42976 44489
Percent of households 20.9 21.6 22.0 18.4 16.8
With type of addition or deduction 1661 1093 1513 421 163
Mean amount 1777 1590 869 7151 5411
Standard error 43 55 23 501 208
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 5 Definition 6 plus
less plus Definition 7 nonmeans-
Federal Earned less tested
income Income state government Definition 9
taxes Tax income cash plus
Def 6 Credit taxes transfers Medicare
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10
Agg third quintile 2950459 1737404 1314661 3011337 882988
Agg square third quintile 7561610714 4358097944 1702765018 41386280535 5290048257
Tot 3rd Quintile 1864 1931 1964 1642 1504
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 64649 64696 61950 64001 65045
Percent of households 11.5 11.8 11.9 11.5 10.8
With type of addition or deduction 1007 381 856 257 101
Mean amount 4068 1811 1673 8420 6629
Standard error 101 101 44 720 422
Agg fourth quintile 4098250 690444 1431490 2160267 666575
Agg square fourth quintile 21277657406 1910858143 3013301975 33399326741 5221050551
Tot 4th Quintile 1028 1055 1059 1026 964
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.5
With type of addition or deduction 460 121 397 144 64
Mean amount 15396 1607 4891 9930 6033
Standard error 1954 162 582 1427 289
Agg fifth quintile 7088096 194618 1941209 1428558 387801
Agg square fifth quintile 470391039396 485236982 33332057537 32994269474 2494018569
Tot 5th Quintile 465 477 494 491 487
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 8
Definition 5 Definition 6 plus
less plus Definition 7 nonmeans-
Federal Earned less tested
income Income state government Definition 9
taxes Tax income cash plus
Def 6 Credit taxes transfers Medicare
Def 7 Def 8 Def 9 Def 10
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 2937 2929 2898 6714 7787
Standard error 87 96 96 137 146
Agg 8001431 7237473 7136158 22012079 28440396
Agg square 48293269305 46413167664 45377663554 238433212501 347757088436
Second quintile:
Mean 16733 17914 17569 21721 23481
Standard error 124 117 114 107 111
Agg 47620090 53625426 51806677 54089194 54487449
Agg square 852080307784 1015648972473 960245611640 1206823284319 1309156890909
Third quintile:
Mean 32243 32529 31573 34623 36287
Standard error 161 156 149 154 156
Agg 60086456 62812388 62001229 56863276 54574944
Agg square 1977717152634 2083824229657 1995930146645 1997226645916 2005006561698
Fourth quintile:
Mean 50813 50914 49160 51043 52209
Standard error 284 276 258 258 259
Agg 52252388 53735625 52039453 52372456 50326982
Agg square 2693072226756 2773640683692 2591557682465 2704436030840 2655413615451
Fifth quintile:
Mean 95122 94768 89726 92001 92926
Standard error 4258 4167 3598 3622 3654
Agg 44265439 45178485 44331382 45142373 45277475
Agg square 5962888325595 6042832091025 5387596651303 5562921435197 5621676075149
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
Definition 11 plus plus
Definition 10 plus other net
plus means-tested means-tested imputed
regular-price government Definition 12 government return
school cash plus noncash on equity
lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18
Total 8928 8928 8928 8928 8928
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 8418 8830 8830 8904 8909
With addition or deduction 2110 2196 2215 4852 3337
Mean addition or deduction 88 4504 2667 2617 1851
Standard error 1 113 78 53 100
Agg addition or deduction 185329 9891394 5908509 12697024 6176696
Agg square for addition or deduction 20405565 71857002896 29173143203 62764506866 61365532263
Mean total income 41034 14610 26722 20793 40735
Standard error 865 386 576 274 813
Tally total income 86584367 32088443 59190575 100875077 135927639
Agg square for total income 5038874342028 790016609902 2308330233122 2883155992229 8824089091686
Under $2,500 983 337 337 159 146
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 385 420 415 161 143
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 457 574 538 303 282
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 396 526 470 439 426
$10,000 to $12,499 409 484 450 568 581
$12,500 to $14,999 459 479 472 538 542
$15,000 to $17,499 512 569 515 631 616
$17,500 to $19,999 553 614 571 650 657
$20,000 to $22,499 507 548 595 647 605
$22,500 to $24,999 477 488 485 573 562
$25,000 to $27,499 400 409 448 475 484
$27,500 to $29,999 406 420 432 464 455
$30,000 to $32,499 370 381 405 415 404
$32,500 to $34,999 326 337 325 372 365
$35,000 to $37,499 264 280 303 300 326
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
Definition 11 plus plus
Definition 10 plus other net
plus means-tested means-tested imputed
regular-price government Definition 12 government return
school cash plus noncash on equity
lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
$37,500 to $39,999 242 235 271 275 258
$40,000 to $42,499 172 182 191 217 253
$42,500 to $44,999 198 196 204 204 215
$45,000 to $47,499 198 216 217 218 190
$47,500 to $49,999 167 167 184 173 151
$50,000 to $52,499 157 158 155 167 186
$52,500 to $54,999 113 123 127 139 142
$55,000 to $57,499 93 90 105 114 146
$57,500 to $59,999 86 95 95 95 100
$60,000 to $62,499 70 68 73 79 89
$62,500 to $64,999 40 40 50 55 66
$65,000 to $67,499 65 65 64 62 79
$67,500 to $69,999 44 49 47 49 48
$70,000 to $72,499 34 34 39 37 38
$72,500 to $74,999 37 34 31 32 29
$75,000 to $77,499 27 30 29 29 20
$77,500 to $79,999 37 37 44 45 42
$80,000 to $82,499 20 19 17 17 28
$82,500 to $84,999 18 19 20 20 32
$85,000 to $87,499 31 31 28 28 27
$87,500 to $89,999 22 22 20 20 18
$90,000 to $92,499 9 9 13 13 10
$92,500 to $94,999 15 15 18 18 17
$95,000 to $97,499 12 12 11 11 15
$97,500 to $99,999 5 5 5 5 4
$100,000 and over 110 110 111 111 131
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
Definition 11 plus plus
Definition 10 plus other net
plus means-tested means-tested imputed
regular-price government Definition 12 government return
school cash plus noncash on equity
lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 15.3 8.5 8.4 3.6 3.2
$5,000 to $9,999 9.5 12.3 11.3 8.3 7.9
$10,000 to $14,999 9.7 10.8 10.3 12.4 12.6
$15,000 to $19,999 11.9 13.2 12.2 14.3 14.3
$20,000 to $24,999 11.0 11.6 12.1 13.7 13.1
$25,000 to $29,999 9.0 9.3 9.9 10.5 10.5
$30,000 to $34,999 7.8 8.0 8.2 8.8 8.6
$35,000 to $39,999 5.7 5.8 6.4 6.4 6.5
$40,000 to $44,999 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.7 5.2
$45,000 to $49,999 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.8
$50,000 to $59,999 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.8 6.4
$60,000 to $74,999 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.9
$75,000 to $99,999 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4
$100,000 and over 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.5
Median 21528 22100 23019 24103 24581
Standard Error 349 322 364 308 315
Mean dollars 26131 27239 27901 29323 30015
Standard Error 406 396 397 386 393
Agg total income 233292575 243183970 249092478 261789502 267966197
Agg Square for total income 11954896252928 1.22044132E13 1.25503869E13 12968458248742 13542392510545
Gini ratio 0.445 0.413 0.406 0.369 0.369
Standard Error 0.0122 0.0124 0.0123 0.0123 0.0123
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
Definition 11 plus plus
Definition 10 plus other net
plus means-tested means-tested imputed
regular-price government Definition 12 government return
school cash plus noncash on equity
lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 17670 18027 18379 18830 19805
Percent of households 40.8 39.8 38.4 35.1 37.3
With type of addition or deduction 266 1603 802 2464 608
Mean amount 80 4191 1515 3144 987
Standard error 4 115 56 78 199
Agg first quintile 21218 6719956 1214597 7747324 600237
Agg square first quintile 2235103 43371673545 2726254195 40861543532 7119608160
Tot 1st Quintile 3644 3554 3431 3137 3334
Second quintile:
Upper limit 30211 30427 30803 30986 32475
Percent of households 26.0 26.6 27.0 29.4 28.8
With type of addition or deduction 482 363 787 1609 855
Mean amount 86 5415 2700 2128 1289
Standard error 3 356 96 84 101
Agg second quintile 41504 1963078 2124512 3423129 1102131
Agg square second quintile 4484347 18044937724 8288745162 15349405553 4765477733
Tot 2nd Quintile 2323 2378 2412 2629 2567
Third quintile:
Upper limit 44504 44666 44986 45063 46840
Percent of households 17.0 17.1 17.7 18.2 17.3
With type of addition or deduction 596 153 368 523 831
Mean amount 84 5168 4238 1914 1626
Standard error 2 490 269 134 160
107/27/99 209
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
Definition 11 plus plus
Definition 10 plus other net
plus means-tested means-tested imputed
regular-price government Definition 12 government return
school cash plus noncash on equity
lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Agg third quintile 50223 790037 1560556 1001934 1351160
Agg square third quintile 5049319 6590972604 10986102284 4108786195 10128032045
Tot 3rd Quintile 1514 1524 1581 1628 1545
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 65072 65180 65336 65349 67802
Percent of households 10.8 11.0 11.3 11.6 11.5
With type of addition or deduction 492 67 199 224 682
Mean amount 92 5598 4063 2157 2616
Standard error 3 847 379 242 244
Agg fourth quintile 45011 376953 808267 482773 1784938
Agg square fourth quintile 5156354 3561458015 5814695337 2350199240 17032080813
Tot 4th Quintile 960 980 1009 1039 1025
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.1
With type of addition or deduction 274 10 60 32 361
Mean amount 100 3992 3367 1324 3711
Standard error 5 1601 656 296 547
Agg fifth quintile 27372 41370 200577 41864 1338230
Agg square fifth quintile 3480442 287961008 1357346225 94572347 22320333510
Tot 5th Quintile 487 491 495 495 456
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
After taxes
Definition 13 Definition 14
Definition 11 plus plus
Definition 10 plus other net
plus means-tested means-tested imputed
regular-price government Definition 12 government return
school cash plus noncash on equity
lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 7772 9646 9756 11702 12388
Standard error 146 130 136 128 132
Agg 28324139 34286270 33478103 36712401 41302060
Agg square 345704878971 425587830017 423938336597 501449935048 598142550319
Second quintile:
Mean 23462 23739 24156 24345 25577
Standard error 111 109 107 101 106
Agg 54492130 56456551 58276792 64001150 65655679
Agg square 1308368196705 1370248014612 1437504265129 1589681409070 1712579990206
Third quintile:
Mean 36319 36491 36859 36968 38714
Standard error 157 155 152 149 156
Agg 54985917 55598951 58261340 60167690 59827365
Agg square 2022222581730 2053856987388 2173329305998 2250634578104 2342021063128
Fourth quintile:
Mean 52289 52285 52646 52797 55253
Standard error 260 255 252 248 268
Agg 50185541 51257358 53095388 54849472 56648622
Agg square 2651867728982 2707924175109 2824068113052 2925515121690 3163691720630
Fifth quintile:
Mean 92982 92806 92941 92993 97600
Standard error 3654 3627 3603 3599 3854
Agg 45304848 45584840 45980856 46058788 44532471
Agg square 5626732866541 5646796181990 5691546923476 5701177204830 5725957186263
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Money
Definition 14 Income Money
less after Taxes Income
medical not including after
programs eitc Taxes
Def 16 Def 17 Def 18
FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18
Total 8928 8928 8928
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 8904 8812 8812
With addition or deduction 2473 (X) (X)
Mean addition or deduction 3451 (X) (X)
Standard error 94 (X) (X)
Agg addition or deduction 8536378 (X) (X)
Agg square for addition or deduction 53685456387 (X) (X)
Mean total income 13760 (X) (X)
Standard error 909 (X) (X)
Tally total income 34033589 (X) (X)
Agg square for total income 2722162976581 (X) (X)
Under $2,500 159 369 342
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 161 517 426
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 303 723 590
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 443 612 554
$10,000 to $12,499 617 656 484
$12,500 to $14,999 652 692 545
$15,000 to $17,499 704 580 704
$17,500 to $19,999 645 568 684
$20,000 to $22,499 648 424 550
$22,500 to $24,999 598 414 491
$25,000 to $27,499 478 469 485
$27,500 to $29,999 456 317 395
$30,000 to $32,499 387 350 323
$32,500 to $34,999 319 299 336
$35,000 to $37,499 287 216 221
$37,500 to $39,999 254 197 185
$40,000 to $42,499 192 216 234
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Money
Definition 14 Income Money
less after Taxes Income
medical not including after
programs eitc Taxes
Def 16 Def 17 Def 18
$42,500 to $44,999 189 200 228
$45,000 to $47,499 220 147 141
$47,500 to $49,999 177 139 156
$50,000 to $52,499 157 103 122
$52,500 to $54,999 112 114 109
$55,000 to $57,499 98 60 59
$57,500 to $59,999 83 59 62
$60,000 to $62,499 65 60 61
$62,500 to $64,999 37 52 60
$65,000 to $67,499 61 36 37
$67,500 to $69,999 54 33 32
$70,000 to $72,499 31 32 28
$72,500 to $74,999 37 30 35
$75,000 to $77,499 34 28 28
$77,500 to $79,999 32 24 22
$80,000 to $82,499 19 15 18
$82,500 to $84,999 17 22 26
$85,000 to $87,499 27 12 10
$87,500 to $89,999 24 23 25
$90,000 to $92,499 11 5 5
$92,500 to $94,999 10 15 13
$95,000 to $97,499 13 5 7
$97,500 to $99,999 11 8 8
$100,000 and over 102 87 87
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Money
Definition 14 Income Money
less after Taxes Income
medical not including after
programs eitc Taxes
Def 16 Def 17 Def 18
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 3.6 9.9 8.6
$5,000 to $9,999 8.4 15.0 12.8
$10,000 to $14,999 14.2 15.1 11.5
$15,000 to $19,999 15.1 12.9 15.5
$20,000 to $24,999 14.0 9.4 11.7
$25,000 to $29,999 10.5 8.8 9.9
$30,000 to $34,999 7.9 7.3 7.4
$35,000 to $39,999 6.1 4.6 4.5
$40,000 to $44,999 4.3 4.7 5.2
$45,000 to $49,999 4.4 3.2 3.3
$50,000 to $59,999 5.0 3.8 4.0
$60,000 to $74,999 3.2 2.7 2.8
$75,000 to $99,999 2.2 1.8 1.8
$100,000 and over 1.1 1.0 1.0
Median 23046 18884 20619
Standard Error 296 311 321
Mean dollars 28367 24391 25552
Standard Error 381 379 376
Agg total income 253253124 217762241 228125836
Agg Square for total income 12350979738619 1.04314429E13 1.08667896E13
Gini ratio 0.371 0.430 0.408
Standard Error 0.0125 0.0126 0.0126
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Money
Definition 14 Income Money
less after Taxes Income
medical not including after
programs eitc Taxes
Def 16 Def 17 Def 18
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 16754 15156 15858
Percent of households 31.7 40.5 35.3
With type of addition or deduction 593 (X) (X)
Mean amount 1651 (X) (X)
Standard error 76 (X) (X)
Agg first quintile 979767 (X) (X)
Agg square first quintile 2531962711 (X) (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 2830 3615 3152
Second quintile:
Upper limit 28687 26884 27101
Percent of households 31.3 26.1 29.6
With type of addition or deduction 1111 (X) (X)
Mean amount 3196 (X) (X)
Standard error 116 (X) (X)
Agg second quintile 3549838 (X) (X)
Agg square second quintile 18809587515 (X) (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 2793 2328 2639
Third quintile:
Upper limit 43209 40670 40787
Percent of households 19.5 16.9 18.0
With type of addition or deduction 451 (X) (X)
Mean amount 5088 (X) (X)
Standard error 274 (X) (X)
Agg third quintile 2293235 (X) (X)
Agg square third quintile 18484874375 (X) (X)
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Money
Definition 14 Income Money
less after Taxes Income
medical not including after
programs eitc Taxes
Def 16 Def 17 Def 18
Tot 3rd Quintile 1740 1506 1603
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 64138 60522 60568
Percent of households 12.0 11.2 11.7
With type of addition or deduction 225 (X) (X)
Mean amount 5494 (X) (X)
Standard error 413 (X) (X)
Agg fourth quintile 1238304 (X) (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 10678298955 (X) (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 1075 1003 1049
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 5.5 5.3 5.4
With type of addition or deduction 93 (X) (X)
Mean amount 5092 (X) (X)
Standard error 442 (X) (X)
Agg fifth quintile 475235 (X) (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 3180732832 (X) (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 490 475 486
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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 1998 (FEMALE HHLDER, NO HUS W/REL CHILD UNDER 18)
Money
Definition 14 Income Money
less after Taxes Income
medical not including after
programs eitc Taxes
Def 16 Def 17 Def 18
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 10719 8217 8452
Standard error 119 105 120
Agg 30335288 29704490 26638659
Agg square 375934120436 308725511186 288693324761
Second quintile:
Mean 22259 20686 20948
Standard error 95 108 96
Agg 62157464 48160455 55279530
Agg square 1414996574502 1024437197350 1186679884695
Third quintile:
Mean 34788 33004 33019
Standard error 148 148 146
Agg 60525675 49711548 52921543
Agg square 2135071034589 1662732065176 1771779243264
Fourth quintile:
Mean 51194 48156 48245
Standard error 249 253 246
Agg 55041993 48305317 50602438
Agg square 2849809903073 2354883841437 2470907730426
Fifth quintile:
Mean 92208 88103 87889
Standard error 3624 3714 3644
Agg 45192704 41880430 42683666
Agg square 5575168106020 5080664318170 5148729455806