
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 a
White alone Householder
Total 91962 91962 91962 91962 91962 91962 91962 91962
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 91200 85715 86013 86013 86018 86043 86043 86047
With addition or deduction (X) 36970 18155 50843 70377 69561 11115 55239
Mean addition or deduction (X) 12161 3443 5170 4541 9560 1707 2950
Standard error (X) 48 103 13 14 84 14 23
Agg addition or deduction (X) 449592662 62513545 262867808 319548735 665011386 18971304 162973875
Agg square for addition or
deduction (X) 8185023881683 3272246064807 1770128149391 2279108430185 3.62682322E13 54930699121 1939507100416
Mean total income (X) 32643 89247 85994 69517 63508 28313 61556
Standard error (X) 291 781 373 302 222 269 233
Tally total income (X) 1206838946 1620235712 4372164316 4892400286 4417730693 314681205 3400320140
Agg square for total income (X) 1.412035638E14 3.21148351E14 6.906558384E14 7.37161276E14 4.89061641E14 1.67565729E13 3.54922595E14
Under $2,500 1732 11273 10899 10835 10881 10893 10861 10861
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 820 2196 2156 2136 2330 2350 2187 2199
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 1784 2168 2117 2079 2121 2108 2030 2030
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 2676 1957 2005 1958 2155 2238 2151 2166
$10,000 to $12,499 3135 2455 2383 2303 2299 2389 2226 2247
$12,500 to $14,999 2900 1958 1932 1894 2290 2370 2186 2261
$15,000 to $17,499 3108 2382 2375 2132 2120 2353 2322 2348
$17,500 to $19,999 2818 2062 2149 2065 2376 2540 2540 2629
$20,000 to $22,499 3116 2606 2577 2303 2272 2453 2572 2622
$22,500 to $24,999 2711 2004 2052 1991 2350 2487 2556 2628
$25,000 to $27,499 3012 2499 2491 2211 2232 2441 2476 2645
$27,500 to $29,999 2467 1892 1929 1987 2260 2561 2588 2726
$30,000 to $32,499 3131 2847 2804 2288 2346 2461 2613 2609
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 2281 1789 1818 1973 2093 2458 2522 2628
$35,000 to $37,499 2839 2568 2535 2183 2274 2469 2541 2621
$37,500 to $39,999 2115 1696 1754 1906 2159 2425 2454 2510
$40,000 to $42,499 2781 2711 2632 2258 2136 2239 2305 2379
$42,500 to $44,999 1984 1713 1795 1881 1979 2230 2238 2272
$45,000 to $47,499 2258 2083 2047 1887 1889 2067 2065 2068
$47,500 to $49,999 1838 1500 1552 1733 1957 1991 2019 2089
$50,000 to $52,499 2512 2365 2287 1797 1909 1974 1965 2017
$52,500 to $54,999 1666 1526 1573 1841 1738 1738 1760 1824
$55,000 to $57,499 1951 1753 1755 1667 1668 1931 1920 1960
$57,500 to $59,999 1547 1344 1341 1532 1582 1783 1795 1833
$60,000 to $62,499 2069 1962 1943 1608 1644 1739 1751 1751
$62,500 to $64,999 1379 1233 1271 1468 1536 1576 1593 1595
$65,000 to $67,499 1712 1560 1549 1528 1476 1493 1500 1551
$67,500 to $69,999 1334 1171 1188 1340 1378 1437 1417 1475
$70,000 to $72,499 1672 1594 1581 1432 1303 1464 1476 1483
$72,500 to $74,999 1180 1042 1110 1257 1299 1354 1359 1269
$75,000 to $77,499 1578 1488 1414 1286 1231 1203 1211 1338
$77,500 to $79,999 1052 946 1031 1217 1242 1258 1262 1199
$80,000 to $82,499 1355 1342 1295 1157 1060 1181 1174 1138
$82,500 to $84,999 1008 903 892 1127 1049 1128 1131 1161
$85,000 to $87,499 1173 1144 1110 1089 1054 1051 1051 1105
$87,500 to $89,999 834 749 808 919 948 1084 1090 968
$90,000 to $92,499 1179 1108 1060 993 936 925 926 833
$92,500 to $94,999 766 706 706 983 862 885 887 809
$95,000 to $97,499 976 936 969 828 869 759 753 719
$97,500 to $99,999 691 643 744 888 836 689 693 703
$100,000 and over 14821 14086 14336 16004 13824 9788 9794 8691
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 2.8 14.6 14.2 14.1 14.4 14.4 14.2 14.2
$5,000 to $9,999 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.6
$10,000 to $14,999 6.6 4.8 4.7 4.6 5.0 5.2 4.8 4.9
$15,000 to $19,999 6.4 4.8 4.9 4.6 4.9 5.3 5.3 5.4
$20,000 to $24,999 6.3 5.0 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.7
$25,000 to $29,999 6.0 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.9 5.4 5.5 5.8
$30,000 to $34,999 5.9 5.0 5.0 4.6 4.8 5.3 5.6 5.7
$35,000 to $39,999 5.4 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.8 5.3 5.4 5.6
$40,000 to $44,999 5.2 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.9 4.9 5.1
$45,000 to $49,999 4.5 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.5
$50,000 to $59,999 8.3 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.5 8.1 8.1 8.3
$60,000 to $74,999 10.2 9.3 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.9 9.9 9.9
$75,000 to $99,999 11.5 10.8 10.9 11.4 11.0 11.1 11.1 10.8
$100,000 and over 16.1 15.3 15.6 17.4 15.0 10.6 10.7 9.5
Median 45631 41502 41905 44464 41665 38954 39137 38256
Standard Error 179 149 154 215 189 167 165 161
Mean dollars 61587 56698 57378 60237 56762 49634 49841 48080
Standard Error 247 252 253 260 250 189 189 178
Agg total income 5663659887 5214067224 5276580769 5539448577 5219899842 4564445068 4583416372 4421508518
Agg Square for total income 8.02858E14 7.674460603E14 7.78095653E14 8.334674015E14 7.58441202E14 4.92085766E14 4.93093323E14 4.46400961E14
Gini ratio 0.442 0.500 0.496 0.491 0.495 0.478 0.475 0.469
Standard Error 0.0028 0.0028 0.0028 0.0027 0.0028 0.0027 0.0027 0.0027
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 18.1 19.1 19.2 19.1 18.9 18.9 19.0 19.0
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 14616 1271 412 3715 880 2012 1625
Mean amount (X) 13156 -110 2001 461 315 619 160
Standard error (X) 67 116 75 6 20 18 10
Agg first quintile (X) 192277671 -139877 824396 1712710 277339 1244765 260257
Agg square first quintile (X) 3368775784271 18951738275 2482637667 1213971301 366635248 1976775883 259958733
Tot 1st Quintile 16620 17530 17625 17553 17411 17404 17476 17472
Second quintile:
Upper limit 34087 29682 30122 31462 29478 28132 28639 28109
Percent of households 20.0 19.3 19.8 19.3 19.3 19.4 19.4 19.4
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 8714 2435 5552 13518 12732 4665 9520
Mean amount (X) 12495 1961 2576 1580 1189 2375 555
Standard error (X) 97 118 21 7 9 22 5
Agg second quintile (X) 108882861 4776417 14299705 21361414 15138038 11080798 5287014
Agg square second quintile (X) 1986895737873 81976734156 48998915504 40575913719 29525261776 35506044902 4778469413
Tot 2nd Quintile 18422 17787 18248 17788 17766 17882 17824 17866
Third quintile:
Upper limit 54587 51168 51599 54856 51260 47519 47636 46375
Percent of households 20.1 20.2 19.3 19.8 19.9 19.9 19.8 19.8
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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) 5690 2991 12230 16440 17704 3129 13169
Mean amount (X) 11237 2470 3699 2999 3052 1521 1212
Standard error (X) 131 163 17 9 17 24 7
Agg third quintile (X) 63934930 7385142 45243257 49305477 54036060 4758103 15960257
Agg square third quintile (X) 1206395251789 227179517508 205418400053 165281482426 248520129359 12110635192 26595148730
Tot 3rd Quintile 18453 18544 17729 18211 18337 18259 18244 18201
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 86896 84483 85415 90372 84459 75905 75941 73342
Percent of households 20.6 20.2 20.6 20.5 20.6 20.6 20.6 20.6
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 4321 4236 15635 17900 18760 903 15102
Mean amount (X) 10445 3606 5035 4881 5950 1590 2321
Standard error (X) 152 209 17 13 29 53 11
Agg fourth quintile (X) 45136432 15273715 78724454 87364713 111631166 1435041 35045302
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 848153385456 740071574373 461437144788 471578086909 923844277119 4284815448 104644635821
Tot 4th Quintile 18943 18591 18947 18857 18903 18912 18923 18925
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 21.2 21.2 21.1 21.3 21.3 21.2 21.2 21.2
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 3630 7222 17015 18805 19485 406 15823
Mean amount (X) 10844 4876 7275 8498 24836 1114 6726
Standard error (X) 174 211 24 28 263 62 70
Agg fifth quintile (X) 39360769 35218149 123775994 159804420 483928783 452597 106421045
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 774803722294 2204066500496 1051791051380 1600458975830 3.50659758E13 1052427696 1803228887718
Tot 5th Quintile 19523 19509 19413 19552 19544 19505 19496 19498
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 10299 2310 2525 2556 2399 2381 2506 2499
Standard error 42 26 28 29 27 27 28 28
Agg 171164633 40500139 44507207 44866702 41766082 41440782 43786131 43655587
Agg square 2.19145E12 277310865629 332364351578 338347957349 300567021609 296723555656 326265001748 324468540524
Second quintile:
Mean 25799 19598 20483 21032 19669 19068 19741 19505
Standard error 37 45 46 49 45 42 42 41
Agg 475281125 348577871 373781251 374099801 349440759 340959264 351851842 348467821
Agg square 1.26641E13 7404110322416 8269504580013 8523693585524 7435118068400 7000582302896 7435411568924 7263502206580
Third quintile:
Mean 43765 39915 40586 42764 39965 37487 37733 36899
Standard error 46 50 49 53 50 44 43 41
Agg 807589250 740207236 719530434 778780672 732845435 684468945 688393768 671625088
Agg square 3.5981E13 30293149436860 2.98667954E13 34122496218902 3.00141829E13 2.62187349E13 2.65111689E13 2.5275738E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 69159 66422 67015 70988 66352 60640 60718 58882
Standard error 71 74 75 78 73 63 63 60
Agg 1310077406 1234829040 1269718731 1338647089 1254231536 1146854823 1148948404 1114352541
Agg square 9.22064E13 83674296927227 8.68598997E13 96947694766180 8.49120996E13 7.07861177E13 7.09981851E13 6.67367359E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 148517 146081 147788 153590 145396 120519 120562 115061
Standard error 828 829 832 832 815 560 560 516
Agg 2899547472 2849952938 2869043145 3003054313 2841616031 2350721254 2350436226 2243407482
Agg square 6.59815E14 6.457971928E14 6.52767089E14 6.93535169E14 6.35779234E14 3.87783608E14 3.87822292E14 3.46800516E14
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 a
White alone Householder
Total 91962 91962 91962 91962 91962 91962 91962
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 90443 90553 90577 91212 91212 91362 91710
With addition or deduction 34751 22607 11691 4252 9458 9873 66681
Mean addition or deduction 12235 6905 107 5741 3810 1811 2536
Standard error 49 27 1 79 40 20 20
Agg addition or deduction 425184296 156088651 1254933 24408366 36032427 17878699 169091371
Agg square for addition or
deduction 7737303768471 1410778093838 166839622 239891386741 262571700573 67817241142 2064638373528
Mean total income 41837 46816 75288 28585 44075 27553 65005
Standard error 225 285 552 482 370 214 216
Tally total income 1453866014 1058356698 880157585 121540492 416864537 272016661 4334542063
Agg square for total income 1.14289027E14 8.59518813E13 1.02802811E14 7158867381965 2.91100935E13 11424838769208 464449019089500
Under $2,500 2612 2560 2559 1693 1690 1427 1098
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 891 895 896 804 798 681 731
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 1590 1506 1506 1639 1567 1264 1053
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 2514 2194 2194 2428 2376 2306 1904
$10,000 to $12,499 2938 2255 2253 2398 2302 2310 2236
$12,500 to $14,999 2864 2281 2281 2300 2265 2393 2291
$15,000 to $17,499 2896 2447 2447 2462 2408 2548 2486
$17,500 to $19,999 3090 2616 2616 2641 2522 2627 2603
$20,000 to $22,499 3125 2770 2767 2801 2696 2713 2629
$22,500 to $24,999 3189 3070 3068 3083 2966 3010 2938
$25,000 to $27,499 3036 3073 3077 3087 2986 3008 2755
$27,500 to $29,999 3072 3131 3128 3157 3166 3208 3147
$30,000 to $32,499 3009 3077 3076 3122 3059 3075 3018
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 2954 3045 3041 3051 3152 3163 3125
$35,000 to $37,499 2832 3048 3052 3070 3062 3100 3018
$37,500 to $39,999 2821 2958 2948 2952 3039 3061 3013
$40,000 to $42,499 2692 2817 2826 2858 2906 2905 2884
$42,500 to $44,999 2628 2784 2781 2818 2810 2847 2910
$45,000 to $47,499 2457 2619 2619 2646 2709 2720 2680
$47,500 to $49,999 2286 2450 2448 2437 2504 2523 2604
$50,000 to $52,499 2245 2325 2325 2318 2391 2428 2471
$52,500 to $54,999 2036 2190 2191 2200 2213 2228 2224
$55,000 to $57,499 2170 2355 2357 2372 2385 2373 2293
$57,500 to $59,999 2003 2111 2112 2120 2179 2181 2208
$60,000 to $62,499 1936 2071 2060 2086 2081 2088 2167
$62,500 to $64,999 1741 1873 1876 1884 1899 1908 1998
$65,000 to $67,499 1650 1790 1791 1796 1830 1839 1893
$67,500 to $69,999 1633 1713 1717 1704 1738 1740 1769
$70,000 to $72,499 1615 1692 1693 1694 1691 1696 1739
$72,500 to $74,999 1280 1370 1375 1377 1399 1402 1529
$75,000 to $77,499 1442 1466 1457 1477 1516 1511 1445
$77,500 to $79,999 1333 1359 1365 1384 1399 1405 1477
$80,000 to $82,499 1250 1278 1276 1278 1306 1302 1301
$82,500 to $84,999 1238 1267 1266 1283 1266 1273 1319
$85,000 to $87,499 1178 1232 1228 1220 1232 1233 1258
$87,500 to $89,999 1037 1092 1086 1085 1120 1117 1213
$90,000 to $92,499 924 960 971 973 989 994 1045
$92,500 to $94,999 877 933 942 939 930 929 979
$95,000 to $97,499 785 803 801 802 814 815 944
$97,500 to $99,999 732 789 788 798 808 808 858
$100,000 and over 9362 9696 9703 9724 9798 9802 10711
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 3.8 3.8 3.8 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.0
$5,000 to $9,999 4.5 4.0 4.0 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.2
$10,000 to $14,999 6.3 4.9 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.1 4.9
$15,000 to $19,999 6.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.5
$20,000 to $24,999 6.9 6.4 6.3 6.4 6.2 6.2 6.1
$25,000 to $29,999 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.4
$30,000 to $34,999 6.5 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.7
$35,000 to $39,999 6.1 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.6
$40,000 to $44,999 5.8 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.3
$45,000 to $49,999 5.2 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.7
$50,000 to $59,999 9.2 9.8 9.8 9.8 10.0 10.0 10.0
$60,000 to $74,999 10.7 11.4 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.6 12.1
$75,000 to $99,999 11.7 12.2 12.2 12.2 12.4 12.4 12.9
$100,000 and over 10.2 10.5 10.6 10.6 10.7 10.7 11.6
Median 42367 44509 44519 44659 45198 45308 47000
Standard Error 151 145 146 144 149 149 151
Mean dollars 52703 54401 54414 54680 55072 55266 57105
Standard Error 173 173 173 172 172 171 174
Agg total income 4846692815 5002781466 5004036398 5028444764 5064477191 5082355890 5251447261
Agg Square for total income 4.77221082E14 4.93083711E14 4.932767881E14 4.94618564E14 4.98195104E14 4.989877044E14 523374666406338
Gini ratio 0.411 0.398 0.398 0.394 0.391 0.388 0.382
Standard Error 0.0027 0.0027 0.0027 0.0027 0.0027 0.0027 0.0027
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 18.1 17.9 17.9 17.9 18.0 18.2 18.0
With type of addition
or deduction 9225 4420 337 2189 1894 4355 7853
Mean amount 9266 2464 98 4941 1386 2271 1275
Standard error 45 24 3 84 31 33 87
Agg first quintile 85481178 10892130 32907 10815787 2625517 9890658 10015508
Agg square first quintile 945658953832 36689652513 4188485 83403927573 6754179626 40527277808 425287762529
Tot 1st Quintile 16619 16441 16437 16479 16579 16700 16573
Second quintile:
Upper limit 32561 34756 34767 34975 35628 35828 37181
Percent of households 19.9 19.8 19.8 19.7 19.7 19.6 19.6
With type of addition
or deduction 8564 5984 1087 864 2718 2847 10917
Mean amount 13265 6269 95 6173 3266 1586 1980
Standard error 81 27 1 187 45 36 36
Agg second quintile 113609768 37513045 102755 5333887 8877449 4513691 21617571
Agg square second quintile 1931524142698 257754276247 11796525 55802477177 41857500635 16129076712 177767663527
Tot 2nd Quintile 18285 18193 18197 18158 18136 18061 18041
Third quintile:
Upper limit 49911 51856 51873 52049 52552 52627 54472
Percent of households 20.1 20.4 20.4 20.4 20.3 20.3 20.3
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 6795 5046 2273 520 2263 1852 13750
Mean amount 13175 8518 103 6762 4680 1307 2246
Standard error 116 51 1 283 77 38 34
Agg third quintile 89520942 42987179 234074 3516113 10589565 2421501 30876979
Agg square third quintile 1727988984361 423577639943 29638999 42763081604 75884757588 7415953081 266176784920
Tot 3rd Quintile 18484 18725 18732 18724 18709 18692 18712
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 76154 77355 77381 77506 77845 77867 80230
Percent of households 20.7 20.7 20.7 20.8 20.7 20.7 20.8
With type of addition
or deduction 5465 3944 3647 423 1533 652 16212
Mean amount 13125 9212 110 6686 5268 1243 2586
Standard error 152 66 1 302 125 68 33
Agg fourth quintile 71729920 36333308 399764 2825305 8073142 809999 41920175
Agg square fourth quintile 1547966642480 394851792223 54033383 33132869123 74641133585 2747887300 364981107165
Tot 4th Quintile 19022 19078 19061 19118 19065 19041 19136
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 21.3 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.2
With type of addition
or deduction 4702 3212 4346 256 1051 167 17949
Mean amount 13792 8830 112 7478 5585 1457 3602
Standard error 189 72 1 426 178 162 46
Agg fifth quintile 64842488 28362989 485433 1917274 5866754 242849 64661138
Agg square fifth quintile 1584165045100 297904732912 67182229 24789031264 63434129139 997046241 830425055386
Tot 5th Quintile 19552 19525 19534 19483 19473 19468 19500
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 9666 10465 10465 11267 11524 12221 13086
Standard error 46 51 51 48 50 49 53
Agg 160647470 172052788 172019516 185668397 191054772 204097110 216868864
Agg square 2058187396614 2424095299996 2423585297358 2650281173076 2793612499087 3082301592818 3519404613957
Second quintile:
Mean 25108 27351 27355 27632 28276 28576 29737
Standard error 34 34 34 34 34 34 34
Agg 459083465 497592452 497779384 501748159 512807849 516093391 536490156
Agg square 1.18603366E13 1.39455171E13 13953321805338 1.4192088E13 1.48355795E13 15071841440478 16292414855043
Third quintile:
Mean 40828 42897 42913 43071 43671 43822 45367
Standard error 39 38 38 38 38 38 38
Agg 754658903 803246822 803868703 806463434 817039556 819105596 848889282
Agg square 3.12662222E13 3.49076085E13 34948483637320 3.51826189E13 3.61207668E13 36329254073721 38965128530191
Fourth quintile:
Mean 61808 63447 63466 63627 64057 64117 66151
Standard error 58 56 56 56 56 56 57
Agg 1175678853 1210430623 1209736426 1216415387 1221252907 1220876569 1265873392
Agg square 7.37205388E13 7.77957325E13 77772674107547 7.84020676E13 7.92215594E13 79263927198821 84773279270174
Fifth quintile:
Mean 117460 118794 118800 118984 119261 119281 122222
Standard error 514 514 514 515 515 515 515
Agg 2296624124 2319458781 2320632369 2318149386 2322322107 2322183224 2383325566
Agg square 3.58315797E14 3.64010758E14 3.641787233E14 3.64191509E14 3.65223585E14 3.652403801E14 379824439136971
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 a
White alone Householder
Total 91962 91962 91962
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 91362 91200 91200
With addition or deduction 28906 (X) (X)
Mean addition or deduction 6646 (X) (X)
Standard error 27 (X) (X)
Agg addition or deduction 192121078 (X) (X)
Agg square for addition or
deduction 1801776766613 (X) (X)
Mean total income 25857 (X) (X)
Standard error 306 (X) (X)
Tally total income 747428795 (X) (X)
Agg square for total income 87820690892615 (X) (X)
Under $2,500 1429 1735 1719
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 684 922 841
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 1265 1802 1710
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 2536 2981 2854
$10,000 to $12,499 3375 3228 3080
$12,500 to $14,999 3124 3261 3046
$15,000 to $17,499 2989 3249 3155
$17,500 to $19,999 3179 3363 3317
$20,000 to $22,499 3195 3332 3463
$22,500 to $24,999 3241 3462 3524
$25,000 to $27,499 3132 3380 3490
$27,500 to $29,999 3162 3236 3252
$30,000 to $32,499 3058 3255 3435
$32,500 to $34,999 3007 3056 3159
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 2927 3041 3048
$37,500 to $39,999 2835 2966 2986
$40,000 to $42,499 2721 2732 2775
$42,500 to $44,999 2651 2687 2714
$45,000 to $47,499 2464 2427 2453
$47,500 to $49,999 2309 2355 2354
$50,000 to $52,499 2278 2290 2307
$52,500 to $54,999 2056 2136 2178
$55,000 to $57,499 2176 2177 2146
$57,500 to $59,999 2013 1974 1966
$60,000 to $62,499 1939 1801 1835
$62,500 to $64,999 1776 1757 1764
$65,000 to $67,499 1652 1707 1709
$67,500 to $69,999 1656 1444 1450
$70,000 to $72,499 1614 1440 1459
$72,500 to $74,999 1305 1313 1305
$75,000 to $77,499 1440 1393 1391
$77,500 to $79,999 1345 1258 1268
$80,000 to $82,499 1246 1255 1253
$82,500 to $84,999 1239 1083 1082
$85,000 to $87,499 1166 979 987
$87,500 to $89,999 1031 841 836
$90,000 to $92,499 942 859 860
$92,500 to $94,999 898 662 667
$95,000 to $97,499 781 594 594
$97,500 to $99,999 735 609 606
$100,000 and over 9389 7917 7924
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 2.3 2.9 2.8
$5,000 to $9,999 4.1 5.2 5.0
$10,000 to $14,999 7.1 7.1 6.7
$15,000 to $19,999 6.7 7.2 7.0
$20,000 to $24,999 7.0 7.4 7.6
$25,000 to $29,999 6.8 7.2 7.3
$30,000 to $34,999 6.6 6.9 7.2
$35,000 to $39,999 6.3 6.5 6.6
$40,000 to $44,999 5.8 5.9 6.0
$45,000 to $49,999 5.2 5.2 5.2
$50,000 to $59,999 9.3 9.3 9.3
$60,000 to $74,999 10.8 10.3 10.4
$75,000 to $99,999 11.8 10.4 10.4
$100,000 and over 10.2 8.6 8.6
Median 42614 39756 39918
Standard Error 152 136 138
Mean dollars 53177 49904 50110
Standard Error 172 166 166
Agg total income 4890234812 4589262069 4608233373
Agg Square for total income 479347573361274 4.34055E14 4.3508864E14
Gini ratio 0.404 0.410 0.407
Standard Error 0.0027 0.0028 0.0028
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 18.3 18.0 18.1
With type of addition
or deduction 7041 (X) (X)
Mean amount 3466 (X) (X)
Standard error 26 (X) (X)
Agg first quintile 24402763 (X) (X)
Agg square first quintile 115067589331 (X) (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 16867 16548 16677
Second quintile:
Upper limit 32979 30636 30986
Percent of households 19.7 19.9 19.7
With type of addition
or deduction 8620 (X) (X)
Mean amount 7067 (X) (X)
Standard error 42 (X) (X)
Agg second quintile 60911461 (X) (X)
Agg square second quintile 545464392546 (X) (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 18105 18277 18143
Third quintile:
Upper limit 50167 46701 46829
Percent of households 20.1 20.1 20.1
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 6001 (X) (X)
Mean amount 7970 (X) (X)
Standard error 62 (X) (X)
Agg third quintile 47825714 (X) (X)
Agg square third quintile 503233846869 (X) (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 18497 18502 18510
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 76273 71171 71208
Percent of households 20.6 20.8 20.8
With type of addition
or deduction 4037 (X) (X)
Mean amount 8154 (X) (X)
Standard error 80 (X) (X)
Agg fourth quintile 32917483 (X) (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 360909895400 (X) (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 18959 19108 19113
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 21.2 21.2 21.2
With type of addition
or deduction 3208 (X) (X)
Mean amount 8124 (X) (X)
Standard error 85 (X) (X)
Agg fifth quintile 26063656 (X) (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 277101042466 (X) (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 19534 19526 19518
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2003
(Households With a White alone Householder)
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 11195 9940 10307
Standard error 42 40 42
Agg 188825933 164496329 171889515
Agg square 2555408258683 2.028925E12 2.1989106E12
Second quintile:
Mean 25759 23814 24336
Standard error 33 31 30
Agg 466362487 435230979 441519961
Agg square 12322409235465 1.064556E13 1.1008741E13
Third quintile:
Mean 41172 38319 38490
Standard error 39 36 36
Agg 761551284 708985351 712453615
Agg square 31805205256391 2.755696E13 2.7804124E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 62044 57822 57907
Standard error 57 54 54
Agg 1176311823 1104855825 1106792068
Agg square 74021674019438 6.480767E13 6.5010248E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 117602 111423 111464
Standard error 514 509 509
Agg 2297183286 2175693586 2175578215
Agg square 358642876591301 3.290159E14 3.2906662E14
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