Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
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
Householder With Related
Children Under 18
Total 39388 39388 39388 39388 39388 39388 39388 39388
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 39028 38179 38179 38179 38179 38180 38180 38181
With addition or deduction (X) 8891 5390 25777 36722 35242 12182 26736
Mean addition or deduction (X) 8619 7551 7320 4990 9210 2224 3105
Standard error (X) 100 656 21 21 144 14 37
Agg addition or deduction (X) 76633391 40704335 188695981 183241110 324586115 27086585 83014865
Agg square for addition or
deduction (X) 1355189262127 1.12676913E13 1643067452925 1431623159532 2.54935583E13 84931001642 1134893737198
Mean total income (X) 45095 151697 98502 77452 72069 31423 73302
Standard error (X) 661 2198 637 493 369 215 402
Tally total income (X) 400953349 817689227 2539051255 2844202439 2539871322 382783166 1959809251
Agg square for total income (X) 48349735829538 2.47193887E14 4.867666923E14 5.07313747E14 3.31616289E14 1.80614705E13 2.44967789E14
Under $2,500 731 1937 1937 1911 1949 1953 1877 1875
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 397 533 533 517 586 589 442 443
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 630 555 555 547 554 562 471 470
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 608 492 492 451 575 589 383 383
$10,000 to $12,499 709 747 747 699 703 682 511 509
$12,500 to $14,999 766 653 653 617 858 769 548 535
$15,000 to $17,499 962 926 926 812 711 692 671 687
$17,500 to $19,999 925 821 821 721 922 873 827 830
$20,000 to $22,499 1094 1057 1059 886 825 760 804 811
$22,500 to $24,999 789 718 716 700 884 842 974 998
$25,000 to $27,499 1037 1061 1057 914 824 983 995 1045
$27,500 to $29,999 750 717 719 704 989 948 1078 1106
$30,000 to $32,499 1292 1266 1264 1010 949 942 1082 1134
$32,500 to $34,999 783 773 770 736 829 952 1082 1123
$35,000 to $37,499 1122 1085 1092 914 953 1003 1083 1126
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
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
$37,500 to $39,999 784 707 710 797 919 1004 1079 1105
$40,000 to $42,499 1154 1172 1153 938 884 988 1038 1068
$42,500 to $44,999 785 729 725 772 903 1020 1057 1139
$45,000 to $47,499 1045 1030 1031 915 902 977 988 959
$47,500 to $49,999 827 761 766 766 862 976 984 1011
$50,000 to $52,499 1099 1126 1106 897 865 973 990 1044
$52,500 to $54,999 705 694 697 767 847 915 930 996
$55,000 to $57,499 960 916 882 798 804 949 957 953
$57,500 to $59,999 699 650 669 770 836 929 946 1001
$60,000 to $62,499 1118 1130 1073 821 842 901 921 924
$62,500 to $64,999 657 621 620 712 820 894 888 854
$65,000 to $67,499 863 837 833 814 697 776 784 824
$67,500 to $69,999 571 547 558 731 752 734 746 807
$70,000 to $72,499 855 827 804 732 649 775 783 817
$72,500 to $74,999 591 565 582 663 688 800 790 788
$75,000 to $77,499 750 748 716 594 676 714 728 706
$77,500 to $79,999 523 518 517 617 643 694 680 697
$80,000 to $82,499 751 749 732 674 616 650 668 709
$82,500 to $84,999 526 484 481 593 604 639 643 619
$85,000 to $87,499 562 572 533 586 509 623 626 567
$87,500 to $89,999 445 418 427 559 484 578 572 576
$90,000 to $92,499 629 616 577 493 522 510 513 549
$92,500 to $94,999 414 390 392 463 549 531 539 522
$95,000 to $97,499 498 472 490 494 479 476 474 450
$97,500 to $99,999 403 394 391 459 418 499 494 454
$100,000 and over 8579 8376 8581 9825 8509 6724 6741 6176
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
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 2.9 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.4 6.5 5.9 5.9
$5,000 to $9,999 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.2 2.2
$10,000 to $14,999 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.3 4.0 3.7 2.7 2.6
$15,000 to $19,999 4.8 4.4 4.4 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.8
$20,000 to $24,999 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.3 4.1 4.5 4.6
$25,000 to $29,999 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.1 4.6 4.9 5.3 5.5
$30,000 to $34,999 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.4 4.5 4.8 5.5 5.7
$35,000 to $39,999 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.8 5.1 5.5 5.7
$40,000 to $44,999 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.3 4.5 5.1 5.3 5.6
$45,000 to $49,999 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.0
$50,000 to $59,999 8.8 8.6 8.5 8.2 8.5 9.6 9.7 10.1
$60,000 to $74,999 11.8 11.5 11.4 11.4 11.3 12.4 12.5 12.7
$75,000 to $99,999 14.0 13.6 13.3 14.0 14.0 15.0 15.1 14.9
$100,000 and over 21.8 21.3 21.8 24.9 21.6 17.1 17.1 15.7
Median 56826 55369 55468 60411 56247 54191 54464 53239
Standard Error 276 289 300 323 329 289 285 266
Mean dollars 74016 72071 73104 77895 73243 65440 66127 64020
Standard Error 457 459 475 485 469 348 346 326
Agg total income 2915324988 2838691597 2879395932 3068091913 2884850803 2577514373 2604600958 2521586093
Agg Square for total income 4.99713E14 4.913580517E14 5.17750674E14 5.595722848E14 5.10642152E14 3.33938653E14 3.35440496E14 3.05638302E14
Gini ratio 0.415 0.431 0.434 0.423 0.431 0.407 0.398 0.395
Standard Error 0.0042 0.0042 0.0042 0.0041 0.0042 0.0042 0.0042 0.0042
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
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 19291 10732 10745 10990 10404 10237 10759 10700
Percent of households 14.1 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.6 9.6 8.5 8.5
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 2282 (X) 117 1827 497 1231 498
Mean amount (X) 10269 (X) 2862 458 312 1397 -122
Standard error (X) 202 (X) 163 8 16 29 12
Agg first quintile (X) 23435483 (X) 334239 836292 154780 1720067 -60798
Agg square first quintile (X) 426593947003 (X) 1272897280 555662258 101946024 3521779110 37399767
Tot 1st Quintile 5549 3798 3798 3729 3800 3772 3344 3329
Second quintile:
Upper limit 36321 31347 31511 33450 31294 29696 30277 29704
Percent of households 16.9 18.5 18.6 17.9 17.7 16.2 16.1 15.8
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 2111 22 2230 6740 5745 5618 3176
Mean amount (X) 7783 -667 4201 1663 853 2900 121
Standard error (X) 179 374 45 9 9 18 11
Agg second quintile (X) 16430945 -14978 9369285 11205029 4903094 16288721 384249
Agg square second quintile (X) 253138116563 71930733 48257990061 21780522762 6705038421 56530527536 1093673833
Tot 2nd Quintile 6653 7270 7313 7039 6991 6367 6343 6241
Third quintile:
Upper limit 57669 54218 54879 58728 54973 50640 50784 49501
Percent of households 19.8 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.6 20.8 21.7 21.8
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 1824 347 5743 8336 8105 3933 5957
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
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
Mean amount (X) 7798 -211 5599 3227 1496 1636 913
Standard error (X) 222 139 29 12 14 22 10
Agg third quintile (X) 14225154 -73164 32156609 26904762 12128197 6434635 5441121
Agg square third quintile (X) 254474179818 2057769925 203700476160 95409393156 29800090175 17016673946 8124920166
Tot 3rd Quintile 7798 8331 8395 8420 8496 8196 8559 8586
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 91811 89826 91413 97616 91317 81625 81681 78982
Percent of households 23.7 24.7 24.9 25.2 25.2 26.0 26.2 26.2
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 1491 1446 8465 9749 10167 1050 8200
Mean amount (X) 7777 1327 7156 5265 3922 1896 2060
Standard error (X) 239 158 28 17 28 48 13
Agg fourth quintile (X) 11597824 1918531 60577522 51327005 39880181 1989785 16893724
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 201750160084 48215097155 482809709918 293900285596 228536219561 5957277723 45144279451
Tot 4th Quintile 9335 9719 9819 9927 9906 10256 10328 10316
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 25.5 26.1 25.5 26.1 25.9 27.4 27.5 27.7
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 1183 3575 9221 10070 10729 350 8906
Mean amount (X) 9254 10875 9354 9233 24934 1865 6777
Standard error (X) 310 981 37 43 429 80 98
Agg fifth quintile (X) 10943985 38873947 86258326 92968021 267519864 653376 60356569
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 219232858659 1.12173465E13 907026379507 1019977295759 2.5228415E13 1904743327 1080493463982
Tot 5th Quintile 10053 10269 10062 10272 10195 10796 10814 10915
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
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 10535 3397 3397 3403 3331 3242 3022 3008
Standard error 85 65 65 66 63 62 68 68
Agg 58466383 12900726 12900726 12690177 12654890 12230405 10104084 10012623
Agg square 8.12524E11 97850194814 97850194814 96755150813 93098859125 88161996102 75317546029 74499129181
Second quintile:
Mean 27938 21654 21712 22628 21190 20616 21846 21612
Standard error 65 74 74 81 75 75 72 71
Agg 185867760 157413403 158771812 159284561 148138803 131270339 138563499 134887308
Agg square 5.35782E12 3661407353872 3704319516885 3892811769402 3382780433680 2905182336476 3211684196205 3087357038797
Third quintile:
Mean 46792 42653 42905 45883 42914 40231 40265 39401
Standard error 73 77 77 84 79 70 68 65
Agg 364879005 355347756 360204957 386346830 364599740 329744665 344629912 338296657
Agg square 1.73586E13 15513501227393 1.58249963E13 18167960864603 1.60416114E13 1.35575128E13 1.41710528E13 1.36045923E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 73057 70208 71255 76341 71512 65110 65133 63230
Standard error 108 109 113 118 111 94 93 89
Agg 681964638 682379483 699670021 757855580 708401522 667763650 672698352 652269729
Agg square 5.07209E13 48886949404925 5.09289997E13 59065005118748 5.17134486E13 4.42856049E13 4.46259325E13 4.19775063E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 161562 158787 163766 170553 161952 133064 133032 126991
Standard error 1356 1333 1413 1393 1374 895 894 823
Agg 1624147202 1630650228 1647848416 1751914765 1651055848 1436505314 1438605109 1386119776
Agg square 4.25464E14 4.231983435E14 4.47194508E14 4.783497519E14 4.39411213E14 2.73102191E14 2.73356509E14 2.46894347E14
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
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
Householder With Related
Children Under 18
Total 39388 39388 39388 39388 39388 39388 39388
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 38633 38639 38697 39069 39069 39300 39335
With addition or deduction 7205 2247 14490 2625 8016 9683 26595
Mean addition or deduction 8437 8249 114 6036 4851 2441 2785
Standard error 111 103 0 117 56 28 56
Agg addition or deduction 60791934 18537761 1655668 15841457 38886253 23637200 74072952
Agg square for addition or
deduction 1069766640505 199961542372 234674076 178311693175 365897767585 120990381393 2158749507878
Mean total income 55974 70751 80381 30395 50380 32580 83777
Standard error 621 1431 567 679 469 231 430
Tally total income 403292722 158998498 1164724092 79774622 403825428 315467433 2228024066
Agg square for total income 4.01326393E13 2.03258649E13 1.52804294E14 5207375547556 3.27623369E13 14651727917341 301574659773559
Under $2,500 1230 1224 1223 685 683 368 322
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 375 380 378 345 340 195 202
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 462 456 455 550 517 318 292
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 425 412 415 484 468 376 379
$10,000 to $12,499 503 505 502 544 539 530 484
$12,500 to $14,999 544 526 526 575 493 584 588
$15,000 to $17,499 683 669 667 724 634 677 644
$17,500 to $19,999 829 809 808 835 748 800 768
$20,000 to $22,499 818 797 796 818 704 784 792
$22,500 to $24,999 976 943 947 965 826 870 815
$25,000 to $27,499 1050 1004 997 1016 907 916 928
$27,500 to $29,999 1036 1018 1023 1043 994 1029 986
$30,000 to $32,499 1160 1144 1133 1128 1081 1145 1136
$32,500 to $34,999 1165 1131 1136 1152 1127 1140 1073
$35,000 to $37,499 1101 1129 1122 1122 1152 1191 1154
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
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
$37,500 to $39,999 1149 1110 1117 1110 1174 1188 1148
$40,000 to $42,499 1094 1088 1079 1120 1138 1191 1194
$42,500 to $44,999 1157 1159 1156 1167 1178 1186 1146
$45,000 to $47,499 972 971 976 968 1030 1052 1050
$47,500 to $49,999 1041 1056 1053 1063 1106 1176 1180
$50,000 to $52,499 1073 1086 1080 1078 1075 1070 1109
$52,500 to $54,999 1019 1014 1016 1036 1106 1135 1002
$55,000 to $57,499 984 984 987 985 1049 1075 1012
$57,500 to $59,999 1006 1011 1010 1013 1047 1046 1053
$60,000 to $62,499 936 959 970 989 988 1006 971
$62,500 to $64,999 875 876 860 866 909 915 944
$65,000 to $67,499 855 847 840 845 871 875 877
$67,500 to $69,999 817 846 863 858 895 908 910
$70,000 to $72,499 839 849 840 853 873 880 853
$72,500 to $74,999 826 838 836 835 867 869 851
$75,000 to $77,499 717 713 726 732 746 749 737
$77,500 to $79,999 710 715 705 705 728 738 698
$80,000 to $82,499 767 757 766 769 791 783 735
$82,500 to $84,999 630 645 643 646 657 664 706
$85,000 to $87,499 574 601 600 603 622 626 620
$87,500 to $89,999 601 606 616 621 646 646 660
$90,000 to $92,499 558 575 574 579 582 587 565
$92,500 to $94,999 547 542 534 532 549 552 572
$95,000 to $97,499 463 470 475 478 485 484 538
$97,500 to $99,999 444 458 464 459 474 467 511
$100,000 and over 6376 6465 6471 6491 6587 6597 7181
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
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 4.1 4.1 4.1 2.6 2.6 1.4 1.3
$5,000 to $9,999 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.5 1.8 1.7
$10,000 to $14,999 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.7
$15,000 to $19,999 3.8 3.8 3.7 4.0 3.5 3.7 3.6
$20,000 to $24,999 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.5 3.9 4.2 4.1
$25,000 to $29,999 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.2 4.8 4.9 4.9
$30,000 to $34,999 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.6
$35,000 to $39,999 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 6.0 5.8
$40,000 to $44,999 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.9 6.0 5.9
$45,000 to $49,999 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.7 5.7
$50,000 to $59,999 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.9 11.0 10.6
$60,000 to $74,999 13.1 13.2 13.2 13.3 13.7 13.8 13.7
$75,000 to $99,999 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.9 16.0 16.1
$100,000 and over 16.2 16.4 16.4 16.5 16.7 16.7 18.2
Median 54591 55161 55221 55423 56609 56799 58190
Standard Error 260 268 268 269 252 246 251
Mean dollars 65563 66034 66076 66478 67465 68065 69946
Standard Error 324 325 325 324 323 320 328
Agg total income 2582378027 2600915788 2602571456 2618412912 2657299166 2680936366 2755009318
Agg Square for total income 3.12543622E14 3.15412726E14 3.156835485E14 3.16660477E14 3.20992388E14 3.221572333E14 338710896531366
Gini ratio 0.383 0.381 0.381 0.376 0.369 0.360 0.359
Standard Error 0.0042 0.0042 0.0042 0.0042 0.0041 0.0042 0.0041
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
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 18687 20941 20946 21405 21993 22514 23832
Percent of households 11.7 13.4 13.4 13.2 12.6 11.8 12.4
With type of addition
or deduction 1134 194 500 1381 978 3282 1216
Mean amount 6432 1779 110 5255 1798 3554 -90
Standard error 142 149 3 115 45 56 355
Agg first quintile 7296124 345796 54803 7255429 1758441 11664864 -109210
Agg square first quintile 69623808473 1350446306 7759721 60237063506 4854990088 70656994477 163543215335
Tot 1st Quintile 4603 5276 5272 5184 4977 4635 4885
Second quintile:
Upper limit 34241 37070 37083 37335 38121 38356 40159
Percent of households 15.9 16.9 16.9 17.1 16.6 17.0 17.6
With type of addition
or deduction 1341 380 1371 526 2519 3249 3102
Mean amount 7674 5276 102 6076 3617 2144 1078
Standard error 210 134 1 261 48 44 95
Agg second quintile 10292101 2003221 140217 3197826 9111271 6966212 3342983
Agg square second quintile 148436712725 12850741353 17751315 36025719446 45880557610 32516187793 80204690736
Tot 2nd Quintile 6255 6663 6656 6720 6548 6701 6913
Third quintile:
Upper limit 52941 55277 55298 55517 56191 56286 58719
Percent of households 20.7 19.9 19.8 19.9 20.3 20.6 20.6
With type of addition
or deduction 1675 471 2909 339 2107 2210 5219
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
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
Mean amount 8126 8320 111 6378 5334 1606 1385
Standard error 223 114 1 362 90 40 65
Agg third quintile 13612469 3920665 321762 2160978 11239414 3549783 7226827
Agg square third quintile 232660842905 35148080457 43731466 26979029370 91817998130 12692376117 111796952792
Tot 3rd Quintile 8155 7819 7814 7837 7980 8123 8119
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 81399 83032 83058 83206 83741 83773 87582
Percent of households 25.0 23.9 23.9 24.0 24.4 24.5 24.0
With type of addition
or deduction 1612 571 4685 226 1513 774 7783
Mean amount 8551 9554 116 8253 6745 1558 2207
Standard error 221 169 1 522 167 67 62
Agg fourth quintile 13787799 5458990 544436 1864808 10207944 1205233 17174359
Agg square fourth quintile 228959653894 60300185207 78852005 27611537603 124800230583 4205113286 241218878422
Tot 4th Quintile 9858 9422 9431 9434 9624 9663 9467
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 26.7 25.9 25.9 25.9 26.0 26.1 25.4
With type of addition
or deduction 1442 631 5025 153 898 168 9274
Mean amount 10960 10797 118 8913 7315 1490 5007
Standard error 345 219 1 864 267 148 133
Agg fifth quintile 15803442 6809088 594451 1362417 6569183 251107 46437993
Agg square fifth quintile 390085622509 90312089049 86579570 27458343251 98543991174 919709721 1561985770593
Tot 5th Quintile 10517 10208 10214 10213 10259 10266 10003
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
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 8581 10088 10092 11533 11580 13570 14376
Standard error 102 105 105 99 104 100 119
Agg 39497888 53222670 53205719 59782139 57635646 62897152 70225880
Agg square 532348619911 808110671135 807735308189 919329466373 902073711569 1042626488773 1307292707011
Second quintile:
Mean 26940 29439 29445 29717 30663 30951 32400
Standard error 60 60 60 59 60 59 60
Agg 168501296 196153828 195997802 199713856 200780842 207413128 223990799
Agg square 4661082601783 5913646885545 5910118270059 6073868293567 6293377870328 6555082935944 7406621191705
Third quintile:
Mean 43366 46021 46032 46264 47007 47147 49198
Standard error 64 64 64 63 62 61 64
Agg 353651746 359843211 359683068 362575402 375095676 382957962 399440900
Agg square 1.55753956E13 1.67783078E13 16774966333543 1.69909859E13 1.78493036E13 18273761646318 19884989038460
Fourth quintile:
Mean 66284 68336 68362 68519 69052 69091 71998
Standard error 88 88 88 88 86 86 91
Agg 653394607 643867104 644712464 646390305 664554295 667595067 681639778
Agg square 4.39746442E13 4.46016969E13 44677786757355 4.48898557E13 4.6495601E13 46731744758986 49724312820441
Fifth quintile:
Mean 130007 132040 132066 132185 132494 132483 137934
Standard error 850 871 871 871 867 866 894
Agg 1367332490 1347828975 1348972402 1349951211 1359232707 1360073058 1379711960
Agg square 2.47800151E14 2.47310964E14 2.475129418E14 2.47786437E14 2.49452032E14 2.495540175E14 260387680773748
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Householder With Related
Children Under 18
Total 39388 39388 39388
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 39300 39028 39028
With addition or deduction 9121 (X) (X)
Mean addition or deduction 6295 (X) (X)
Standard error 64 (X) (X)
Agg addition or deduction 57424014 (X) (X)
Agg square for addition or
deduction 659950608001 (X) (X)
Mean total income 42147 (X) (X)
Standard error 572 (X) (X)
Tally total income 384442644 (X) (X)
Agg square for total income 40074049924526 (X) (X)
Under $2,500 368 738 702
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 195 448 353
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 320 671 547
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 383 701 507
$10,000 to $12,499 538 728 592
$12,500 to $14,999 634 896 607
$15,000 to $17,499 791 937 771
$17,500 to $19,999 919 1103 1008
$20,000 to $22,499 917 972 1061
$22,500 to $24,999 1053 1066 1170
$25,000 to $27,499 1082 1117 1235
$27,500 to $29,999 1142 1132 1307
$30,000 to $32,499 1242 1230 1392
$32,500 to $34,999 1174 1217 1362
$35,000 to $37,499 1188 1156 1209
$37,500 to $39,999 1198 1196 1254
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
$40,000 to $42,499 1166 1193 1249
$42,500 to $44,999 1183 1215 1221
$45,000 to $47,499 979 1070 1098
$47,500 to $49,999 1076 1094 1118
$50,000 to $52,499 1083 1167 1155
$52,500 to $54,999 1060 1072 1118
$55,000 to $57,499 1018 924 931
$57,500 to $59,999 1016 940 938
$60,000 to $62,499 970 909 947
$62,500 to $64,999 858 938 924
$65,000 to $67,499 844 832 850
$67,500 to $69,999 850 807 810
$70,000 to $72,499 842 786 788
$72,500 to $74,999 834 733 726
$75,000 to $77,499 739 661 675
$77,500 to $79,999 702 628 630
$80,000 to $82,499 781 689 695
$82,500 to $84,999 636 617 621
$85,000 to $87,499 564 532 521
$87,500 to $89,999 619 515 523
$90,000 to $92,499 563 455 462
$92,500 to $94,999 539 412 409
$95,000 to $97,499 475 360 366
$97,500 to $99,999 440 365 362
$100,000 and over 6406 5164 5173
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
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 1.4 3.0 2.7
$5,000 to $9,999 1.8 3.5 2.7
$10,000 to $14,999 3.0 4.1 3.0
$15,000 to $19,999 4.3 5.2 4.5
$20,000 to $24,999 5.0 5.2 5.7
$25,000 to $29,999 5.6 5.7 6.5
$30,000 to $34,999 6.1 6.2 7.0
$35,000 to $39,999 6.1 6.0 6.3
$40,000 to $44,999 6.0 6.1 6.3
$45,000 to $49,999 5.2 5.5 5.6
$50,000 to $59,999 10.6 10.4 10.5
$60,000 to $74,999 13.2 12.7 12.8
$75,000 to $99,999 15.4 13.3 13.4
$100,000 and over 16.3 13.1 13.1
Median 55011 49573 49845
Standard Error 255 242 236
Mean dollars 66608 60487 61175
Standard Error 321 314 312
Agg total income 2623512352 2382436755 2409523340
Agg Square for total income 314797503752297 2.785074E14 2.800034E14
Gini ratio 0.369 0.394 0.383
Standard Error 0.0042 0.0042 0.0042
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
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 19701 17877 18554
Percent of households 10.3 13.4 11.3
With type of addition
or deduction 718 (X) (X)
Mean amount 2147 (X) (X)
Standard error 63 (X) (X)
Agg first quintile 1542147 (X) (X)
Agg square first quintile 5078890484 (X) (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 4050 5291 4468
Second quintile:
Upper limit 34766 31988 32328
Percent of households 16.8 15.8 17.0
With type of addition
or deduction 3146 (X) (X)
Mean amount 4673 (X) (X)
Standard error 65 (X) (X)
Agg second quintile 14701470 (X) (X)
Agg square second quintile 105883955768 (X) (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 6603 6221 6686
Third quintile:
Upper limit 53240 49069 49193
Percent of households 21.0 20.2 20.9
With type of addition
or deduction 2540 (X) (X)
Mean amount 7263 (X) (X)
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Standard error 124 (X) (X)
Agg third quintile 18445432 (X) (X)
Agg square third quintile 220946772511 (X) (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 8287 7948 8250
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 81575 75358 75435
Percent of households 25.2 24.4 24.5
With type of addition
or deduction 1631 (X) (X)
Mean amount 8136 (X) (X)
Standard error 189 (X) (X)
Agg fourth quintile 13273100 (X) (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 191144624603 (X) (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 9920 9620 9665
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 26.7 26.2 26.2
With type of addition
or deduction 1086 (X) (X)
Mean amount 8712 (X) (X)
Standard error 229 (X) (X)
Agg fifth quintile 9461864 (X) (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 136896364635 (X) (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 10527 10308 10319
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2005
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year]
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
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 12149 9675 9835
Standard error 97 81 95
Agg 49206660 51187968 43947176
Agg square 732449290794 6.571349E11 589957316468
Second quintile:
Mean 27638 25161 25825
Standard error 56 56 52
Agg 182498481 156521857 172661873
Agg square 5164571836595 4.04358E12 4.5636855E12
Third quintile:
Mean 43751 40402 40495
Standard error 62 58 57
Agg 362566081 321132918 334062964
Agg square 16097701993201 1.316302E13 1.3721974E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 66462 61153 61256
Standard error 88 82 82
Agg 659315817 588287890 592035608
Agg square 44484881898109 3.652499E13 3.6812607E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 130133 122755 122767
Standard error 849 859 858
Agg 1369925313 1265306122 1266815719
Agg square 248317898733597 2.241187E14 2.2431518E14
Race Footnotes