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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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
Female Householder, No Spouse
Present With Related
Children Under 18
Total 9636 9636 9636 9636 9636 9636 9636 9636
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 9374 8753 8753 8753 8753 8753 8753 8754
With addition or deduction (X) 3482 306 4232 7914 6963 5495 5324
Mean addition or deduction (X) 7904 11483 5551 2650 3437 2298 1202
Standard error (X) 134 5526 47 31 200 21 62
Agg addition or deduction (X) 27518830 3508961 23491206 20974081 23930923 12626064 6398284
Agg square for addition or
deduction (X) 409085834913 2541311922286 164870004271 108723765343 1791398539307 40429275143 104373675899
Mean total income (X) 22641 120190 58279 39867 41989 28603 42954
Standard error (X) 563 10655 1185 705 594 292 683
Tally total income (X) 78830216 36728403 246610798 315504727 292357733 157169977 228687986
Agg square for total income (X) 5153566899123 1.37141994E13 36444121661556 3.98844075E13 2.72877294E13 6751312354876 2.14080158E13
Under $2,500 517 1375 1375 1370 1395 1399 1348 1348
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 314 390 390 377 424 422 318 317
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 486 394 394 377 372 379 327 326
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 451 310 310 300 347 355 263 268
$10,000 to $12,499 415 421 421 405 417 411 332 324
$12,500 to $14,999 465 349 349 310 425 387 316 310
$15,000 to $17,499 513 468 468 424 335 353 360 366
$17,500 to $19,999 496 386 386 340 416 385 414 431
$20,000 to $22,499 539 477 477 400 402 387 373 381
$22,500 to $24,999 364 327 325 337 339 378 462 463
$25,000 to $27,499 386 372 374 353 341 412 432 457
$27,500 to $29,999 294 290 290 273 351 336 423 413
$30,000 to $32,499 480 444 442 345 346 322 366 392
$32,500 to $34,999 267 266 266 298 282 317 357 361
$35,000 to $37,499 367 306 309 300 258 291 325 334
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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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 $39,999 213 185 184 231 263 282 298 277
$40,000 to $42,499 296 280 269 245 231 252 257 266
$42,500 to $44,999 209 200 199 219 228 252 262 294
$45,000 to $47,499 241 234 235 229 214 207 217 205
$47,500 to $49,999 170 156 154 183 192 218 240 215
$50,000 to $52,499 209 194 187 194 189 160 170 183
$52,500 to $54,999 136 130 130 161 135 141 137 158
$55,000 to $57,499 168 164 163 171 116 161 168 158
$57,500 to $59,999 127 105 106 108 142 152 161 165
$60,000 to $62,499 153 159 152 141 152 140 148 137
$62,500 to $64,999 109 89 96 116 140 111 106 95
$65,000 to $67,499 117 103 105 136 79 86 91 96
$67,500 to $69,999 98 84 86 118 91 87 91 96
$70,000 to $72,499 81 83 86 92 74 93 98 88
$72,500 to $74,999 60 59 66 86 75 82 79 60
$75,000 to $77,499 77 73 69 69 77 44 56 44
$77,500 to $79,999 49 50 49 53 56 45 41 51
$80,000 to $82,499 53 48 48 64 56 39 44 59
$82,500 to $84,999 64 48 48 67 58 66 66 57
$85,000 to $87,499 50 59 60 58 30 47 47 32
$87,500 to $89,999 47 48 50 48 41 39 39 36
$90,000 to $92,499 40 36 31 45 44 26 26 25
$92,500 to $94,999 35 27 28 30 26 35 36 30
$95,000 to $97,499 30 27 36 34 47 23 25 24
$97,500 to $99,999 31 31 27 48 29 29 24 31
$100,000 and over 421 387 395 477 399 285 294 264
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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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 8.6 18.3 18.3 18.1 18.9 18.9 17.3 17.3
$5,000 to $9,999 9.7 7.3 7.3 7.0 7.5 7.6 6.1 6.2
$10,000 to $14,999 9.1 8.0 8.0 7.4 8.7 8.3 6.7 6.6
$15,000 to $19,999 10.5 8.9 8.9 7.9 7.8 7.7 8.0 8.3
$20,000 to $24,999 9.4 8.3 8.3 7.7 7.7 7.9 8.7 8.8
$25,000 to $29,999 7.1 6.9 6.9 6.5 7.2 7.8 8.9 9.0
$30,000 to $34,999 7.8 7.4 7.3 6.7 6.5 6.6 7.5 7.8
$35,000 to $39,999 6.0 5.1 5.1 5.5 5.4 5.9 6.5 6.3
$40,000 to $44,999 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.8 5.2 5.4 5.8
$45,000 to $49,999 4.3 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.7 4.4
$50,000 to $59,999 6.6 6.2 6.1 6.6 6.0 6.4 6.6 6.9
$60,000 to $74,999 6.4 6.0 6.1 7.2 6.3 6.2 6.4 5.9
$75,000 to $99,999 4.9 4.6 4.6 5.4 4.8 4.1 4.2 4.0
$100,000 and over 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.9 4.1 3.0 3.0 2.7
Median 26674 24379 24395 26248 24596 24745 26765 26553
Standard Error 339 400 404 371 386 343 303 287
Mean dollars 36305 33449 33813 36251 34074 31944 33255 32591
Standard Error 557 560 606 622 600 472 470 442
Agg total income 349842454 322323624 325832585 349323791 328349710 307826201 320452264 314053980
Agg Square for total income 3.79948E13 36302456668178 4.0976544E13 44165118353042 4.05096723E13 2.80126117E13 2.86786692E13 2.61730353E13
Gini ratio 0.468 0.511 0.515 0.515 0.519 0.498 0.476 0.471
Standard Error 0.0092 0.0092 0.0093 0.0091 0.0093 0.0089 0.0089 0.0088
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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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 37.0 27.1 27.1 26.8 27.3 27.1 24.7 24.6
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 1606 (X) 70 1195 320 846 365
Mean amount (X) 8742 (X) 2479 410 285 1354 -114
Standard error (X) 202 (X) 190 8 18 35 14
Agg first quintile (X) 14041599 (X) 173212 490190 91395 1145437 -41625
Agg square first quintile (X) 215101333804 (X) 584558625 289565792 56100529 2303604372 26471168
Tot 1st Quintile 3562 2607 2607 2586 2630 2615 2378 2369
Second quintile:
Upper limit 36321 31347 31511 33450 31294 29696 30277 29704
Percent of households 27.7 33.7 33.9 32.4 31.9 30.7 31.5 31.1
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 1008 9 1089 2929 2631 2642 1690
Mean amount (X) 6727 -433 3796 1483 747 2878 130
Standard error (X) 227 576 65 12 13 27 15
Agg second quintile (X) 6778614 -3992 4131742 4344279 1964087 7603447 219520
Agg square second quintile (X) 91683971008 26548533 20013736405 7446777084 2521879144 26390540962 587314351
Tot 2nd Quintile 2668 3245 3264 3126 3074 2957 3037 2994
Third quintile:
Upper limit 57669 54218 54879 58728 54973 50640 50784 49501
Percent of households 18.4 21.6 21.4 22.8 22.8 22.9 24.0 24.5
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 470 56 1627 2124 2187 1402 1760
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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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) 7039 629 5238 2922 1639 1900 813
Standard error (X) 324 359 54 20 29 41 22
Agg third quintile (X) 3309979 35167 8520728 6206301 3584620 2663966 1431356
Agg square third quintile (X) 43700314217 374995141 51331111261 19647444457 9453191560 7947071894 2438595564
Tot 3rd Quintile 1770 2081 2059 2196 2200 2211 2311 2357
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 91811 89826 91413 97616 91317 81625 81681 78982
Percent of households 11.5 12.3 12.5 12.5 12.6 13.3 13.8 13.9
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 275 111 1005 1164 1270 487 1039
Mean amount (X) 7308 3552 6681 4765 4478 1993 1831
Standard error (X) 490 1012 85 50 109 74 39
Agg fourth quintile (X) 2009865 393270 6714550 5545781 5687909 970988 1901937
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 30614622429 12398705103 51323591474 29410389244 42336397935 3088551179 4893055260
Tot 4th Quintile 1113 1190 1208 1205 1214 1285 1333 1338
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.9 6.0 6.0
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 123 130 441 502 555 118 470
Mean amount (X) 11253 23778 8953 8741 22715 2061 6145
Standard error (X) 973 12897 191 248 2318 129 637
Agg fifth quintile (X) 1378773 3084517 3950973 4387531 12602913 242226 2887097
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 27985593455 2528511673509 41617006506 51929588766 1737030970138 699506736 96428239557
Tot 5th Quintile 523 514 498 524 518 568 577 580
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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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 9833 3194 3194 3236 3181 3107 3010 2996
Standard error 105 74 74 76 73 72 78 78
Agg 35026490 8327563 8327563 8369646 8367572 8124814 7159416 7097195
Agg square 4.67161E11 59240072832 59240072832 60835002973 58963959476 56170306486 51764954895 51193005427
Second quintile:
Mean 27288 20744 20811 21670 20383 19936 21156 20894
Standard error 104 111 111 122 113 110 106 104
Agg 72815952 67306864 67934809 67730178 62655905 58946036 64252045 62548915
Agg square 2.05429E12 1509580447194 1529541262941 1594858836788 1383418273458 1267482846531 1450306999890 1391328541972
Third quintile:
Mean 45764 41351 41551 44448 41561 39182 39354 38520
Standard error 151 153 155 165 154 134 128 125
Agg 80996588 86070662 85566040 97590189 91413604 86643625 90927748 90782469
Agg square 3.76956E12 3647508653828 3644142655151 4452505216123 3899586872783 3471934376571 3655594986126 3572621122193
Fourth quintile:
Mean 70888 68118 68857 73558 69044 62535 62560 61033
Standard error 309 309 315 322 302 241 237 230
Agg 78872045 81035760 83145193 88629894 83842290 80373204 83376781 81639845
Agg square 5.69479E12 5638207426629 5851799082878 6651057949274 5906649312223 5110477559968 5303519075680 5065382431425
Fifth quintile:
Mean 157007 154932 162290 166108 158305 129826 129426 124184
Standard error 7391 7529 8775 8393 8307 5491 5405 4926
Agg 82131378 79582775 80858980 87003883 82070339 73738521 74736274 71985556
Agg square 2.6009E13 25447920067695 2.98918209E13 31405861347885 2.92610538E13 1.81065466E13 1.82174832E13 1.60925102E13
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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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
Female Householder, No Spouse
Present With Related
Children Under 18
Total 9636 9636 9636 9636 9636 9636 9636
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 9039 9044 9094 9407 9407 9585 9604
With addition or deduction 2379 653 2426 1626 2908 5012 3811
Mean addition or deduction 7622 6623 105 5776 4358 3089 2531
Standard error 153 161 1 138 88 43 139
Agg addition or deduction 18128430 4326066 253819 9390400 12672374 15483945 9645027
Agg square for addition or
deduction 254828801699 38378680300 33247871 98509079128 112480151096 88725714342 271742845486
Mean total income 35418 52433 52462 20200 38180 26716 54427
Standard error 676 1689 984 545 480 255 949
Tally total income 84243807 34248617 127275571 32840589 111030742 133902428 207435071
Agg square for total income 5254599536427 2863163070510 11673220743509 1351861546444 5950714990992 5015422928037 22771794146380
Under $2,500 950 945 945 498 496 221 192
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 282 287 284 269 269 147 149
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 337 335 338 431 399 232 219
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 312 298 297 368 360 276 272
$10,000 to $12,499 335 344 345 370 367 400 367
$12,500 to $14,999 344 329 328 368 305 388 399
$15,000 to $17,499 371 365 365 412 346 446 437
$17,500 to $19,999 460 449 444 470 442 482 483
$20,000 to $22,499 417 407 405 437 375 439 430
$22,500 to $24,999 460 454 458 474 424 477 464
$25,000 to $27,499 457 456 455 467 438 438 442
$27,500 to $29,999 391 393 393 406 450 482 469
$30,000 to $32,499 423 425 424 442 452 506 514
$32,500 to $34,999 407 387 385 392 415 429 415
$35,000 to $37,499 348 348 350 350 387 437 440
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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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 $39,999 294 293 291 287 320 311 309
$40,000 to $42,499 282 289 286 306 299 342 355
$42,500 to $44,999 287 301 306 314 335 348 331
$45,000 to $47,499 219 220 214 222 241 250 254
$47,500 to $49,999 225 225 233 232 251 280 270
$50,000 to $52,499 197 196 194 187 195 183 224
$52,500 to $54,999 162 168 169 180 192 215 184
$55,000 to $57,499 173 167 165 165 175 190 188
$57,500 to $59,999 190 183 180 179 187 182 190
$60,000 to $62,499 141 150 156 165 152 158 150
$62,500 to $64,999 111 106 106 114 131 121 134
$65,000 to $67,499 106 115 115 115 117 124 114
$67,500 to $69,999 94 111 106 107 120 129 147
$70,000 to $72,499 85 90 97 99 123 119 107
$72,500 to $74,999 68 65 64 61 68 76 96
$75,000 to $77,499 56 54 55 58 57 57 67
$77,500 to $79,999 51 53 52 49 57 59 61
$80,000 to $82,499 70 64 64 60 76 70 55
$82,500 to $84,999 47 48 48 51 55 59 75
$85,000 to $87,499 29 36 39 42 41 42 55
$87,500 to $89,999 49 50 50 51 56 56 54
$90,000 to $92,499 20 28 28 29 28 32 32
$92,500 to $94,999 40 35 34 34 42 41 44
$95,000 to $97,499 31 30 32 32 30 31 38
$97,500 to $99,999 30 36 36 36 37 36 37
$100,000 and over 285 301 301 305 326 328 369
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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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 12.8 12.8 12.8 8.0 7.9 3.8 3.5
$5,000 to $9,999 6.7 6.6 6.6 8.3 7.9 5.3 5.1
$10,000 to $14,999 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.7 7.0 8.2 8.0
$15,000 to $19,999 8.6 8.4 8.4 9.2 8.2 9.6 9.5
$20,000 to $24,999 9.1 8.9 9.0 9.5 8.3 9.5 9.3
$25,000 to $29,999 8.8 8.8 8.8 9.1 9.2 9.5 9.5
$30,000 to $34,999 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.7 9.0 9.7 9.6
$35,000 to $39,999 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.6 7.3 7.8 7.8
$40,000 to $44,999 5.9 6.1 6.1 6.4 6.6 7.2 7.1
$45,000 to $49,999 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 5.1 5.5 5.4
$50,000 to $59,999 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.8 8.0 8.2
$60,000 to $74,999 6.3 6.6 6.7 6.9 7.4 7.5 7.8
$75,000 to $99,999 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.6 5.0 5.0 5.4
$100,000 and over 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.8
Median 28092 28459 28469 29048 30812 31930 32402
Standard Error 335 333 334 323 290 259 274
Mean dollars 34472 34921 34947 35922 37237 38844 39844
Standard Error 443 446 446 443 445 438 447
Agg total income 332182409 336508475 336762294 346152695 358825068 374309013 383954041
Agg Square for total income 2.74429233E13 2.79800786E13 28007171977859 2.83863708E13 2.95252577E13 30148017068989 31564460553064
Gini ratio 0.448 0.448 0.448 0.428 0.421 0.388 0.389
Standard Error 0.0088 0.0088 0.0088 0.0088 0.0087 0.0087 0.0088
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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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 32.7 36.4 36.4 35.5 34.1 31.5 33.0
With type of addition
or deduction 783 124 301 1106 688 2354 585
Mean amount 6109 1812 103 5200 1887 3989 938
Standard error 164 158 3 124 57 67 343
Agg first quintile 4783686 225064 30834 5749151 1298328 9390399 548339
Agg square first quintile 43751741341 745225252 4015747 46449575345 3790871163 59526104249 35878427020
Tot 1st Quintile 3148 3507 3506 3425 3282 3034 3179
Second quintile:
Upper limit 34241 37070 37083 37335 38121 38356 40159
Percent of households 27.6 27.6 27.5 28.1 28.3 30.0 29.7
With type of addition
or deduction 649 145 545 307 1157 1676 1020
Mean amount 7034 5049 95 6241 3753 2482 1491
Standard error 272 213 2 350 72 66 160
Agg second quintile 4568215 731901 51996 1918378 4344190 4160926 1520448
Agg square second quintile 59496035605 4527755917 6030421 22144265594 22394108991 20955406652 25669610497
Tot 2nd Quintile 2655 2658 2654 2708 2727 2886 2859
Third quintile:
Upper limit 52941 55277 55298 55517 56191 56286 58719
Percent of households 21.0 18.2 18.3 18.3 19.1 19.9 19.4
With type of addition
or deduction 469 135 696 129 563 727 943
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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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 8261 8081 105 6953 5720 2043 1927
Standard error 411 202 2 618 190 84 167
Agg third quintile 3870879 1091075 73355 898120 3223162 1484620 1816694
Agg square third quintile 64507236408 9472427411 9596400 11839044096 28524128044 6298680504 25243116471
Tot 3rd Quintile 2022 1757 1762 1767 1839 1915 1866
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 81399 83032 83058 83206 83741 83773 87582
Percent of households 12.8 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.5 12.6 12.1
With type of addition
or deduction 305 146 594 55 364 211 777
Mean amount 9755 8645 112 7562 7036 1748 3399
Standard error 536 232 3 898 377 148 245
Agg fourth quintile 2976463 1260309 66209 418849 2563974 368769 2640326
Agg square fourth quintile 52537178444 11896002223 9454033 5339850724 34559488995 1494512989 40742840511
Tot 4th Quintile 1234 1161 1161 1170 1200 1210 1163
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.9 6.1 6.1 5.9
With type of addition
or deduction 172 103 291 28 135 44 487
Mean amount 11194 9861 108 14355 9215 1807 6400
Standard error 705 427 3 3139 859 427 772
Agg fifth quintile 1929186 1017717 31425 405902 1242720 79231 3119221
Agg square fifth quintile 34536609902 11737269498 4151270 12736343369 23211553903 451009948 144208850987
Tot 5th Quintile 577 553 553 566 588 591 569
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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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 7835 9131 9135 10766 10798 13220 14038
Standard error 121 127 127 120 126 120 127
Agg 24666927 32020878 32024121 36874732 35435742 40107738 44626232
Agg square 319704863111 467631080950 467626060633 544360458567 533043131799 647212320928 769371828838
Second quintile:
Mean 26280 28739 28739 28968 29917 30250 31544
Standard error 92 95 95 93 92 89 91
Agg 69778511 76387621 76285732 78441696 81593695 87305782 90184599
Agg square 1885850873765 2250673810141 2247655616155 2328223474302 2496326297442 2698654802678 2904513059683
Third quintile:
Mean 42365 45044 45063 45241 46104 46340 48231
Standard error 127 129 129 127 127 124 132
Agg 85677960 79150831 79405662 79951767 84763728 88737114 90012919
Agg square 3687341557736 3610349659816 3623756807654 3661484311225 3955490974612 4161137686781 4394699341380
Fourth quintile:
Mean 63839 66028 66086 65983 67110 67231 70276
Standard error 231 242 242 238 235 234 254
Agg 78746618 76674849 76741058 77194212 80551986 81348346 81723524
Agg square 5098015290376 5132231714677 5141020736995 5161383480834 5475696358347 5539564866282 5819552281267
Fifth quintile:
Mean 127110 130692 130748 130165 129984 129864 136003
Standard error 4944 5135 5135 5025 4843 4819 5016
Agg 73312394 72274295 72305721 73690287 76479917 76810033 77406766
Agg square 1.64520107E13 1.65191923E13 16527112756422 1.66909191E13 1.70647009E13 17101447392319 17676324041895
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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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
Female Householder, No Spouse
Present With Related
Children Under 18
Total 9636 9636 9636
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 9585 9374 9374
With addition or deduction 3151 (X) (X)
Mean addition or deduction 5395 (X) (X)
Standard error 97 (X) (X)
Agg addition or deduction 16998439 (X) (X)
Agg square for addition or
deduction 172969881025 (X) (X)
Mean total income 30065 (X) (X)
Standard error 627 (X) (X)
Tally total income 94728958 (X) (X)
Agg square for total income 6266928149080 (X) (X)
Under $2,500 221 523 502
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 147 348 274
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 232 507 433
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 280 479 391
$10,000 to $12,499 407 457 384
$12,500 to $14,999 437 502 388
$15,000 to $17,499 513 545 454
$17,500 to $19,999 567 552 573
$20,000 to $22,499 494 511 548
$22,500 to $24,999 549 447 546
$25,000 to $27,499 491 450 538
$27,500 to $29,999 474 401 450
$30,000 to $32,499 516 395 450
$32,500 to $34,999 391 392 431
$35,000 to $37,499 416 311 305
$37,500 to $39,999 314 288 320
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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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 $42,499 326 250 286
$42,500 to $44,999 311 247 244
$45,000 to $47,499 205 187 215
$47,500 to $49,999 253 186 190
$50,000 to $52,499 189 185 191
$52,500 to $54,999 183 166 176
$55,000 to $57,499 178 129 139
$57,500 to $59,999 193 138 127
$60,000 to $62,499 143 116 139
$62,500 to $64,999 114 96 91
$65,000 to $67,499 113 65 77
$67,500 to $69,999 96 77 76
$70,000 to $72,499 92 78 80
$72,500 to $74,999 63 54 49
$75,000 to $77,499 65 56 62
$77,500 to $79,999 48 44 46
$80,000 to $82,499 68 38 38
$82,500 to $84,999 50 30 38
$85,000 to $87,499 31 42 39
$87,500 to $89,999 52 24 28
$90,000 to $92,499 22 27 21
$92,500 to $94,999 39 18 22
$95,000 to $97,499 34 19 18
$97,500 to $99,999 29 17 17
$100,000 and over 289 239 242
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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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 3.8 9.0 8.1
$5,000 to $9,999 5.3 10.2 8.5
$10,000 to $14,999 8.8 9.9 8.0
$15,000 to $19,999 11.2 11.4 10.7
$20,000 to $24,999 10.8 9.9 11.3
$25,000 to $29,999 10.0 8.8 10.3
$30,000 to $34,999 9.4 8.2 9.1
$35,000 to $39,999 7.6 6.2 6.5
$40,000 to $44,999 6.6 5.2 5.5
$45,000 to $49,999 4.8 3.9 4.2
$50,000 to $59,999 7.7 6.4 6.6
$60,000 to $74,999 6.5 5.0 5.3
$75,000 to $99,999 4.5 3.3 3.4
$100,000 and over 3.0 2.5 2.5
Median 30030 24701 26518
Standard Error 264 293 244
Mean dollars 37080 31698 33009
Standard Error 431 425 422
Agg total income 357310574 305455523 318081587
Agg Square for total income 28401396427314 2.437483E13 2.5036793E13
Gini ratio 0.391 0.444 0.423
Standard Error 0.0089 0.0091 0.0091
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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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 28.4 35.9 31.6
With type of addition
or deduction 519 (X) (X)
Mean amount 2242 (X) (X)
Standard error 77 (X) (X)
Agg first quintile 1162857 (X) (X)
Agg square first quintile 4022470295 (X) (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 2740 3455 3041
Second quintile:
Upper limit 34766 31988 32328
Percent of households 30.6 27.0 29.8
With type of addition
or deduction 1410 (X) (X)
Mean amount 4416 (X) (X)
Standard error 93 (X) (X)
Agg second quintile 6226520 (X) (X)
Agg square second quintile 42523008330 (X) (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 2947 2598 2872
Third quintile:
Upper limit 53240 49069 49193
Percent of households 21.8 19.3 20.2
With type of addition
or deduction 687 (X) (X)
Mean amount 7156 (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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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 229 (X) (X)
Agg third quintile 4914365 (X) (X)
Agg square third quintile 56914370374 (X) (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 2096 1855 1947
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 81575 75358 75435
Percent of households 13.2 12.3 12.7
With type of addition
or deduction 383 (X) (X)
Mean amount 8240 (X) (X)
Standard error 378 (X) (X)
Agg fourth quintile 3158297 (X) (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 44457965801 (X) (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 1271 1188 1219
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 6.0 5.6 5.8
With type of addition
or deduction 152 (X) (X)
Mean amount 10085 (X) (X)
Standard error 685 (X) (X)
Agg fifth quintile 1536400 (X) (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 25052066226 (X) (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 583 540 557
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]
(Female Householder, No Spouse Present 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 12021 9146 9328
Standard error 114 99 112
Agg 32935357 31600308 28366457
Agg square 480968349888 3.917125E11 366061817039
Second quintile:
Mean 26964 24507 25063
Standard error 84 86 79
Agg 79463112 63660060 71975001
Agg square 2196909939200 1.60382E12 1.8485419E12
Third quintile:
Mean 42697 39406 39667
Standard error 121 120 116
Agg 89493556 73110564 77235712
Agg square 3877757535014 2.924212E12 3.1081902E12
Fourth quintile:
Mean 63939 59454 59503
Standard error 227 227 220
Agg 81241195 70648591 72562611
Agg square 5267544302611 4.263988E12 4.380868E12
Fifth quintile:
Mean 127235 123020 122000
Standard error 4894 5238 5089
Agg 74177354 66436001 67941805
Agg square 16578216300601 1.51911E13 1.5333131E13
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