
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Households With One Or
More Full-Time Workers
Total 70994 70994 70994 70994 70994 70994 70994 70994
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 70993 70993 70993 70993 70993 70993 70993 70993
With addition or deduction (X) 14537 15282 54707 69443 66773 9699 53571
Mean addition or deduction (X) 9208 2541 5268 4940 10075 1782 3164
Standard error (X) 75 100 13 13 87 15 24
Agg addition or deduction (X) 133849468 38831744 288170781 343071930 672742131 17289296 169504900
Agg square for addition or
deduction (X) 2269293538745 2136689771891 1965626916949 2459553269418 3.64562396E13 49469856469 2009920262435
Mean total income (X) 64252 104884 86945 74499 67738 34350 65677
Standard error (X) 566 874 352 302 227 303 236
Tally total income (X) 934029805 1602858105 4756461664 5173424339 4523018564 333174208 3518395552
Agg square for total income (X) 1.194629229E14 3.24710273E14 7.379757635E14 7.72340334E14 5.07393227E14 1.90095013E13 3.71014689E14
Under $2,500 214 269 272 246 250 250 250 250
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 83 101 92 86 132 135 103 103
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 157 211 203 182 248 249 190 189
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 255 313 316 287 419 462 400 411
$10,000 to $12,499 648 821 820 760 821 853 691 701
$12,500 to $14,999 674 777 771 710 1089 1137 903 962
$15,000 to $17,499 1158 1432 1431 1163 1221 1450 1354 1413
$17,500 to $19,999 1197 1398 1410 1304 1676 1772 1664 1708
$20,000 to $22,499 1752 1996 1944 1687 1695 1861 1989 2065
$22,500 to $24,999 1493 1580 1610 1500 1844 2001 2058 2148
$25,000 to $27,499 1954 2205 2174 1851 1906 2098 2143 2240
$27,500 to $29,999 1667 1650 1660 1694 2075 2256 2276 2463
$30,000 to $32,499 2543 2707 2662 2095 2103 2260 2433 2407
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
$32,500 to $34,999 1673 1674 1700 1877 2012 2319 2373 2534
$35,000 to $37,499 2374 2437 2382 1988 2085 2360 2416 2482
$37,500 to $39,999 1737 1646 1662 1785 2118 2297 2340 2435
$40,000 to $42,499 2643 2714 2608 2165 2032 2242 2295 2369
$42,500 to $44,999 1689 1623 1689 1829 1940 2227 2251 2316
$45,000 to $47,499 2126 2098 2057 1881 1874 2154 2153 2173
$47,500 to $49,999 1630 1503 1535 1681 1972 2054 2067 2112
$50,000 to $52,499 2482 2465 2364 1774 1961 2017 2015 2060
$52,500 to $54,999 1533 1516 1560 1913 1777 1856 1870 1933
$55,000 to $57,499 1916 1829 1841 1753 1726 1985 1989 2049
$57,500 to $59,999 1493 1407 1400 1655 1657 1857 1869 1951
$60,000 to $62,499 2043 2030 2004 1602 1729 1851 1859 1817
$62,500 to $64,999 1374 1347 1374 1563 1606 1661 1680 1681
$65,000 to $67,499 1736 1689 1655 1596 1570 1565 1577 1628
$67,500 to $69,999 1276 1168 1236 1450 1468 1534 1512 1581
$70,000 to $72,499 1756 1762 1689 1483 1372 1590 1602 1582
$72,500 to $74,999 1190 1097 1162 1332 1322 1408 1417 1314
$75,000 to $77,499 1637 1547 1437 1327 1299 1291 1301 1460
$77,500 to $79,999 1096 1018 1095 1263 1314 1347 1346 1292
$80,000 to $82,499 1420 1455 1396 1257 1145 1219 1221 1241
$82,500 to $84,999 1045 977 951 1244 1139 1239 1237 1258
$85,000 to $87,499 1243 1238 1205 1150 1144 1105 1103 1114
$87,500 to $89,999 844 794 852 996 998 1165 1171 1044
$90,000 to $92,499 1241 1204 1143 1056 994 985 985 912
$92,500 to $94,999 787 738 718 1021 880 931 937 872
$95,000 to $97,499 990 981 1028 883 920 827 821 769
$97,500 to $99,999 717 661 763 935 911 738 742 741
$100,000 and over 15510 14914 15119 16971 14550 10388 10395 9216
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
$5,000 to $9,999 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8
$10,000 to $14,999 1.9 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.7 2.8 2.2 2.3
$15,000 to $19,999 3.3 4.0 4.0 3.5 4.1 4.5 4.3 4.4
$20,000 to $24,999 4.6 5.0 5.0 4.5 5.0 5.4 5.7 5.9
$25,000 to $29,999 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.0 5.6 6.1 6.2 6.6
$30,000 to $34,999 5.9 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.8 6.4 6.8 7.0
$35,000 to $39,999 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.3 5.9 6.6 6.7 6.9
$40,000 to $44,999 6.1 6.1 6.1 5.6 5.6 6.3 6.4 6.6
$45,000 to $49,999 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.4 5.9 5.9 6.0
$50,000 to $59,999 10.5 10.2 10.1 10.0 10.0 10.9 10.9 11.3
$60,000 to $74,999 13.2 12.8 12.8 12.7 12.8 13.5 13.6 13.5
$75,000 to $99,999 15.5 14.9 14.9 15.7 15.1 15.3 15.3 15.1
$100,000 and over 21.8 21.0 21.3 23.9 20.5 14.6 14.6 13.0
Median 60496 58443 58808 62546 58287 53907 54019 52448
Standard Error 174 253 254 225 215 192 190 177
Mean dollars 76223 74338 74885 78944 74112 64789 65033 62657
Standard Error 300 300 301 307 297 219 218 204
Agg total income 5411421015 5277571547 5316403291 5604574072 5261502142 4599657709 4616947005 4448255585
Agg Square for total income 8.10413E14 7.903561014E14 7.99250788E14 8.600653982E14 7.79923755E14 5.09467415E14 5.10510532E14 4.61960355E14
Gini ratio 0.366 0.376 0.374 0.365 0.372 0.354 0.350 0.345
Standard Error 0.0031 0.0031 0.0031 0.0031 0.0031 0.0031 0.0031 0.0031
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 17940 9849 10270 10486 9898 9790 10267 10235
Percent of households 4.7 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 269 116 149 888 209 582 346
Mean amount (X) 10663 -1591 2285 694 237 474 165
Standard error (X) 675 281 144 16 26 32 27
Agg first quintile (X) 2872472 -184604 339864 616249 49593 275769 57097
Agg square first quintile (X) 59606915498 1227520302 1176893012 607119823 37840963 426218786 84355499
Tot 1st Quintile 3301 884 1056 994 1036 1037 1004 998
Second quintile:
Upper limit 34087 29682 30122 31462 29478 28132 28639 28109
Percent of households 16.5 16.6 17.6 16.6 16.7 16.6 16.6 16.6
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 3181 1137 5334 11693 9008 4090 7291
Mean amount (X) 9188 12 2547 1713 1307 2373 607
Standard error (X) 145 111 21 6 10 22 5
Agg second quintile (X) 29223818 13563 13582643 20035269 11772007 9705175 4422763
Agg square second quintile (X) 455865587989 13925422332 46078245083 38794675328 22669267236 30228483776 3968015413
Tot 2nd Quintile 11744 11773 12499 11775 11851 11802 11766 11819
Third quintile:
Upper limit 54587 51168 51599 54856 51260 47519 47636 46375
Percent of households 23.2 25.4 24.0 24.8 24.8 24.7 24.8 24.8
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 3934 2428 13328 17118 17103 3429 13039
Mean amount (X) 8797 553 3709 3073 2879 1467 1235
Standard error (X) 130 92 16 7 17 22 7
Agg third quintile (X) 34603610 1342060 49428459 52601179 49246514 5030878 16104798
Agg square third quintile (X) 534842162710 44499778664 224027958427 176038356271 216077302341 12563443644 26983861572
Tot 3rd Quintile 16459 18030 17056 17597 17633 17555 17627 17585
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 86896 84483 85415 90372 84459 75905 75941 73342
Percent of households 26.9 27.6 28.0 28.1 27.9 28.0 28.0 27.9
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 3808 4085 17245 19428 19717 1104 15954
Mean amount (X) 9044 1460 5087 4941 5687 1554 2301
Standard error (X) 150 117 17 11 27 45 10
Agg fourth quintile (X) 34434271 5963308 87718909 95996169 112138615 1715732 36716497
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 599072950750 207878471799 519272626665 516270015042 887589604777 4840485896 107930088057
Tot 4th Quintile 19115 19623 19904 19921 19841 19849 19854 19818
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 28.7 29.1 28.8 29.2 29.1 29.2 29.2 29.3
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 3346 7516 18651 20316 20735 495 16942
Mean amount (X) 9778 4217 7351 8556 24091 1136 6623
Standard error (X) 175 187 23 26 249 60 67
Agg fifth quintile (X) 32715297 31697418 137100905 173823064 499535402 561741 112203746
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 619905921798 1869158578795 1175071193762 1727843102954 3.53298656E13 1411224367 1870953941893
Tot 5th Quintile 20375 20684 20478 20707 20634 20751 20743 20774
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 12156 4211 5208 5364 4987 4947 5225 5177
Standard error 92 189 175 183 170 169 180 179
Agg 40133670 3723092 5502035 5334402 5164661 5129158 5244115 5168609
Agg square 5.69436E11 40184798218 58738668866 57553772788 52997945194 52450584483 55873508211 54903107894
Second quintile:
Mean 26510 21179 22032 22704 21155 20425 21205 20907
Standard error 46 52 52 56 52 49 48 46
Agg 311323885 249353294 275373405 267343247 250696630 241057538 249490114 247091548
Agg square 8.50854E12 5606685169579 6434005653863 6446031560326 5633667152949 5213400505050 5564840830165 5429125125527
Third quintile:
Mean 44052 40065 40753 42966 40179 37737 37964 37109
Standard error 49 50 50 54 51 45 44 42
Agg 725034434 722371412 695098495 756072262 708462026 662484440 669213659 652555360
Agg square 3.24999E13 29668860153255 2.89625274E13 33283843555606 2.91647511E13 2.55406051E13 2.59282214E13 2.46949225E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 69365 66527 67090 71075 66449 60727 60815 58961
Standard error 71 72 73 77 72 61 61 58
Agg 1325931562 1305458928 1335381543 1415872044 1318431139 1205370122 1207429096 1168495740
Agg square 9.35976E13 88593899808667 9.14543892E13 1.026782062E14 8.9387929E13 7.45015536E13 7.47277662E13 7.00703449E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 147681 144881 146746 152604 144362 119782 119824 114321
Standard error 796 787 793 791 777 531 531 488
Agg 3008997464 2996664822 3005047813 3159952117 2978747686 2485616451 2485570021 2374944327
Agg square 6.75238E14 6.664464715E14 6.72341127E14 7.175997632E14 6.5568441E14 4.04159405E14 4.0423383E14 3.61711059E14
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Households With One Or
More Full-Time Workers
Total 70994 70994 70994 70994 70994 70994 70994
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 70993 70993 70993 70993 70993 70993 70994
With addition or deduction 13512 6441 12645 1614 7012 6151 51137
Mean addition or deduction 9275 7423 108 5280 4252 1321 2242
Standard error 78 45 1 119 49 20 23
Agg addition or deduction 125328654 47815643 1365701 8520814 29815707 8127798 114635831
Agg square for addition or
deduction 2135817025229 427037854909 183299413 77281008253 229088034313 23436567806 1450264038304
Mean total income 66029 74827 76582 52107 53681 37294 76018
Standard error 419 672 511 945 457 263 257
Tally total income 892218139 481974422 968385298 84089953 376399509 229400060 3887312491
Agg square for total income 8.70598505E13 5.25122404E13 1.107517765E14 6421573460200 2.92213703E13 10856622533121 446478365792838
Under $2,500 215 215 215 201 201 193 174
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 82 82 82 83 81 67 80
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 145 145 145 137 135 131 132
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 334 331 331 338 329 295 226
$10,000 to $12,499 589 582 581 555 527 508 489
$12,500 to $14,999 795 769 769 748 744 707 673
$15,000 to $17,499 1198 1149 1149 1119 1038 967 932
$17,500 to $19,999 1468 1414 1414 1401 1323 1326 1248
$20,000 to $22,499 1802 1710 1708 1698 1583 1548 1430
$22,500 to $24,999 1976 1935 1932 1910 1772 1772 1734
$25,000 to $27,499 2061 1966 1967 1954 1872 1870 1784
$27,500 to $29,999 2274 2216 2214 2210 2194 2206 2109
$30,000 to $32,499 2377 2274 2273 2303 2221 2238 2098
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
$32,500 to $34,999 2515 2424 2415 2404 2446 2428 2381
$35,000 to $37,499 2444 2445 2455 2449 2462 2502 2360
$37,500 to $39,999 2445 2453 2439 2422 2495 2502 2394
$40,000 to $42,499 2337 2304 2312 2331 2319 2335 2318
$42,500 to $44,999 2362 2331 2328 2346 2346 2366 2365
$45,000 to $47,499 2285 2262 2262 2279 2309 2334 2256
$47,500 to $49,999 2136 2172 2168 2155 2212 2224 2226
$50,000 to $52,499 2130 2089 2094 2086 2138 2168 2133
$52,500 to $54,999 1969 1995 1992 1999 1993 2019 1989
$55,000 to $57,499 2107 2150 2153 2167 2165 2140 2051
$57,500 to $59,999 2010 2010 2006 2008 2067 2087 2069
$60,000 to $62,499 1928 1953 1951 1974 1976 1984 1973
$62,500 to $64,999 1760 1819 1820 1823 1844 1852 1920
$65,000 to $67,499 1647 1707 1708 1709 1744 1743 1747
$67,500 to $69,999 1668 1682 1688 1697 1708 1709 1698
$70,000 to $72,499 1647 1678 1676 1674 1693 1694 1703
$72,500 to $74,999 1336 1382 1383 1390 1413 1419 1500
$75,000 to $77,499 1476 1477 1474 1482 1515 1520 1437
$77,500 to $79,999 1384 1369 1375 1377 1405 1405 1463
$80,000 to $82,499 1310 1323 1316 1320 1332 1330 1275
$82,500 to $84,999 1303 1333 1337 1348 1343 1346 1310
$85,000 to $87,499 1165 1189 1184 1189 1204 1207 1281
$87,500 to $89,999 1108 1147 1141 1138 1164 1166 1242
$90,000 to $92,499 968 989 1001 1000 1017 1018 1081
$92,500 to $94,999 929 938 946 951 927 925 967
$95,000 to $97,499 817 842 838 838 863 860 932
$97,500 to $99,999 769 779 779 793 809 808 859
$100,000 and over 9723 9967 9973 9988 10068 10076 10953
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
$5,000 to $9,999 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5
$10,000 to $14,999 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6
$15,000 to $19,999 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1
$20,000 to $24,999 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.5
$25,000 to $29,999 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.5
$30,000 to $34,999 6.9 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.3
$35,000 to $39,999 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 7.0 7.0 6.7
$40,000 to $44,999 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6
$45,000 to $49,999 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.3
$50,000 to $59,999 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.8 11.9 11.6
$60,000 to $74,999 14.1 14.4 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.6 14.8
$75,000 to $99,999 15.8 16.0 16.0 16.1 16.3 16.3 16.7
$100,000 and over 13.7 14.0 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.2 15.4
Median 54439 55275 55294 55428 55875 55925 57394
Standard Error 181 165 165 164 164 166 173
Mean dollars 64422 65095 65115 65235 65655 65769 67384
Standard Error 204 204 204 204 204 204 206
Agg total income 4573584239 4621399882 4622765583 4631286397 4661102104 4669229902 4783865733
Agg Square for total income 4.7842554E14 4.85562572E14 4.857750984E14 4.86668546E14 4.90014303E14 4.905788071E14 510626374192798
Gini ratio 0.336 0.334 0.334 0.333 0.330 0.329 0.328
Standard Error 0.0031 0.0031 0.0031 0.0031 0.0031 0.0031 0.0031
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 17740 19669 19670 20114 20593 21021 22044
Percent of households 4.9 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.7 6.8 7.2
With type of addition
or deduction 317 60 141 136 378 941 1870
Mean amount 4790 2808 103 3224 1731 1518 -355
Standard error 289 244 5 251 60 55 259
Agg first quintile 1518708 169819 14521 437310 654785 1428796 -663970
Agg square first quintile 14619003262 667458548 1957496 2427134079 1592362270 4478120255 205378039319
Tot 1st Quintile 3475 4517 4512 4645 4747 4803 5132
Second quintile:
Upper limit 32561 34756 34767 34975 35628 35828 37181
Percent of households 16.8 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.4 17.3 17.5
With type of addition
or deduction 1774 666 1071 445 1956 2410 6051
Mean amount 6214 5673 96 4062 3077 1346 1118
Standard error 120 80 1 145 50 31 48
Agg second quintile 11025100 3777029 102694 1809270 6016367 3244939 6765947
Agg square second quintile 108224380149 23904251222 12087688 11022159806 26810711021 9394926521 83062152414
Tot 2nd Quintile 11922 12450 12448 12391 12353 12317 12431
Third quintile:
Upper limit 49911 51856 51873 52049 52552 52627 54472
Percent of households 23.0 22.2 22.3 22.2 22.1 22.1 21.9
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
With type of addition
or deduction 3426 1491 2481 380 1971 1890 10405
Mean amount 8255 6716 104 5319 4359 1251 1622
Standard error 117 67 1 218 75 34 37
Agg third quintile 28281258 10010721 258072 2020065 8593421 2363983 16873066
Agg square third quintile 373250131366 76079073933 33121226 16779866318 56427609638 6580470993 154960818731
Tot 3rd Quintile 16336 15794 15799 15732 15686 15672 15530
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 76154 77355 77381 77506 77845 77867 80230
Percent of households 26.7 25.7 25.7 25.8 25.7 25.7 25.5
With type of addition
or deduction 3950 1918 4138 384 1554 722 14788
Mean amount 9481 7936 110 6454 5234 1190 2129
Standard error 139 88 1 301 122 53 33
Agg fourth quintile 37444502 15224599 454567 2480919 8135926 859830 31490773
Agg square fourth quintile 617892263563 145741150322 61905246 27738807499 74377245890 2297815050 273500000767
Tot 4th Quintile 18935 18242 18238 18285 18253 18250 18125
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 28.6 28.2 28.2 28.1 28.1 28.1 27.9
With type of addition
or deduction 4046 2306 4814 269 1152 187 18023
Mean amount 11632 8080 111 6602 5569 1230 3339
Standard error 182 80 1 347 171 114 43
Agg fifth quintile 47059086 18633476 535848 1773250 6415208 230250 60170015
Agg square fifth quintile 1021831246889 180645920884 74227757 19313040551 69880105493 685234987 733363027073
Tot 5th Quintile 20326 19990 19997 19941 19955 19953 19777
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 12445 13958 13954 14289 14608 15039 15791
Standard error 90 82 82 81 82 82 84
Agg 43247500 63051576 62965847 66376082 69347238 72232495 81038409
Agg square 624379710364 999422224127 997870348115 1071635756416 1144350553607 1220794158624 1443584432112
Second quintile:
Mean 25764 27740 27741 28028 28723 29031 30164
Standard error 41 41 41 41 41 41 41
Agg 307167074 345369637 345327388 347294052 354798742 357564495 374951555
Agg square 8125397588390 9808565989011 9807909548592 9956945524920 1.04168646E13 10599506876784 11539491278550
Third quintile:
Mean 40987 43070 43081 43266 43858 44010 45568
Standard error 42 42 42 42 41 41 42
Agg 669549274 680243018 680642090 680683921 687966412 689716044 707674542
Agg square 2.78486225E13 2.96825176E13 29708215543498 2.98295201E13 3.05437833E13 30719380833432 32625478962087
Fourth quintile:
Mean 61997 63691 63709 63874 64290 64339 66383
Standard error 58 57 57 57 57 57 58
Agg 1173915300 1161877081 1161926331 1167919362 1173478051 1174155125 1203190396
Agg square 7.38304444E13 7.49589043E13 74983168260318 7.55634049E13 7.63915064E13 76488413756931 80854767311982
Fifth quintile:
Mean 117077 118602 118615 118802 119041 119057 122214
Standard error 497 504 504 505 504 504 509
Agg 2379705090 2370858570 2371903927 2369012980 2375511661 2375561743 2417010831
Agg square 3.67996696E14 3.70113162E14 3.702779347E14 3.7024704E14 3.71517799E14 3.715507115E14 384163052208066
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Households With One Or
More Full-Time Workers
Total 70994 70994 70994
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 70993 70993 70993
With addition or deduction 12203 (X) (X)
Mean addition or deduction 6362 (X) (X)
Standard error 43 (X) (X)
Agg addition or deduction 77631350 (X) (X)
Agg square for addition or
deduction 737192619159 (X) (X)
Mean total income 42737 (X) (X)
Standard error 566 (X) (X)
Tally total income 521524237 (X) (X)
Agg square for total income 64073181525154 (X) (X)
Under $2,500 193 225 220
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 69 114 97
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 130 211 146
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 299 438 377
$10,000 to $12,499 537 753 600
$12,500 to $14,999 734 1214 910
$15,000 to $17,499 1065 1527 1458
$17,500 to $19,999 1436 1778 1658
$20,000 to $22,499 1736 1930 2066
$22,500 to $24,999 1971 2241 2328
$25,000 to $27,499 2082 2397 2452
$27,500 to $29,999 2280 2531 2553
$30,000 to $32,499 2434 2650 2819
$32,500 to $34,999 2521 2608 2710
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
$35,000 to $37,499 2506 2596 2617
$37,500 to $39,999 2439 2599 2618
$40,000 to $42,499 2350 2437 2460
$42,500 to $44,999 2371 2460 2490
$45,000 to $47,499 2326 2206 2226
$47,500 to $49,999 2170 2227 2232
$50,000 to $52,499 2145 2178 2194
$52,500 to $54,999 1984 2111 2145
$55,000 to $57,499 2136 2089 2072
$57,500 to $59,999 2015 1959 1949
$60,000 to $62,499 1939 1755 1792
$62,500 to $64,999 1785 1783 1791
$65,000 to $67,499 1634 1752 1750
$67,500 to $69,999 1693 1455 1465
$70,000 to $72,499 1645 1494 1512
$72,500 to $74,999 1354 1413 1408
$75,000 to $77,499 1487 1406 1405
$77,500 to $79,999 1394 1279 1280
$80,000 to $82,499 1295 1252 1251
$82,500 to $84,999 1308 1128 1129
$85,000 to $87,499 1162 1010 1012
$87,500 to $89,999 1102 879 882
$90,000 to $92,499 989 867 867
$92,500 to $94,999 949 671 678
$95,000 to $97,499 809 630 630
$97,500 to $99,999 772 649 645
$100,000 and over 9752 8094 8104
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 0.4 0.5 0.4
$5,000 to $9,999 0.6 0.9 0.7
$10,000 to $14,999 1.8 2.8 2.1
$15,000 to $19,999 3.5 4.7 4.4
$20,000 to $24,999 5.2 5.9 6.2
$25,000 to $29,999 6.1 6.9 7.0
$30,000 to $34,999 7.0 7.4 7.8
$35,000 to $39,999 7.0 7.3 7.4
$40,000 to $44,999 6.6 6.9 7.0
$45,000 to $49,999 6.3 6.2 6.3
$50,000 to $59,999 11.7 11.7 11.8
$60,000 to $74,999 14.2 13.6 13.7
$75,000 to $99,999 15.9 13.8 13.8
$100,000 and over 13.7 11.4 11.4
Median 54651 50409 50527
Standard Error 179 163 162
Mean dollars 64676 60239 60483
Standard Error 203 198 197
Agg total income 4591598552 4276644975 4293934271
Agg Square for total income 479999414042261 4.306798E14 4.317101E14
Gini ratio 0.334 0.344 0.340
Standard Error 0.0031 0.0031 0.0031
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 18643 17008 17665
Percent of households 5.1 5.8 5.5
With type of addition
or deduction 426 (X) (X)
Mean amount 2960 (X) (X)
Standard error 111 (X) (X)
Agg first quintile 1260588 (X) (X)
Agg square first quintile 5686033600 (X) (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 3647 4153 3916
Second quintile:
Upper limit 32979 30636 30986
Percent of households 16.7 16.7 17.0
With type of addition
or deduction 2913 (X) (X)
Mean amount 4817 (X) (X)
Standard error 66 (X) (X)
Agg second quintile 14032041 (X) (X)
Agg square second quintile 99712648073 (X) (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 11834 11880 12090
Third quintile:
Upper limit 50167 46701 46829
Percent of households 23.0 22.8 22.8
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
With type of addition
or deduction 3352 (X) (X)
Mean amount 6478 (X) (X)
Standard error 81 (X) (X)
Agg third quintile 21717936 (X) (X)
Agg square third quintile 206163181001 (X) (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 16344 16160 16176
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 76273 71171 71208
Percent of households 26.6 26.4 26.4
With type of addition
or deduction 2864 (X) (X)
Mean amount 7224 (X) (X)
Standard error 101 (X) (X)
Agg fourth quintile 20687001 (X) (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 222278138817 (X) (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 18860 18733 18755
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 28.6 28.3 28.3
With type of addition
or deduction 2648 (X) (X)
Mean amount 7527 (X) (X)
Standard error 93 (X) (X)
Agg fifth quintile 19933784 (X) (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 203352617668 (X) (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 20309 20067 20057
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 13267 12024 12613
Standard error 89 77 83
Agg 48389746 49932245 49392295
Agg square 734057995921 6.894443E11 716012974699
Second quintile:
Mean 26425 24373 24907
Standard error 40 38 37
Agg 312724564 289565601 301135689
Agg square 8460271955574 7.237421E12 7.6730052E12
Third quintile:
Mean 41374 38466 38646
Standard error 41 39 38
Agg 676202858 621616982 625115474
Agg square 28379424983623 2.425145E13 2.4490961E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 62241 58024 58111
Standard error 58 54 54
Agg 1173859973 1086986736 1089899423
Agg square 74096353173798 6.397868E13 6.4239683E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 117209 111053 111104
Standard error 497 496 497
Agg 2380421411 2228543412 2228391391
Agg square 368329305933345 3.345228E14 3.3459044E14
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