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]
(Households With a Black 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 Black
alone Householder
Total 14002 14002 14002 14002 14002 14002 14002 14002
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 13645 12006 12006 12006 12006 12011 12011 12014
With addition or deduction (X) 5717 1051 6851 10431 9971 3340 8026
Mean addition or deduction (X) 9942 6243 5286 3373 5693 1901 1869
Standard error (X) 121 632 44 31 148 29 41
Agg addition or deduction (X) 56836831 6561221 36218905 35183192 56762491 6349427 15000942
Agg square for addition or
deduction (X) 949998282698 394825359158 263813093750 204183593231 2064505467510 19671271001 113774896522
Mean total income (X) 22879 103656 64992 49471 47885 25745 46409
Standard error (X) 558 3664 689 575 454 487 469
Tally total income (X) 130789320 108948205 445285777 516041073 477436606 85995083 372494814
Agg square for total income (X) 11155442781292 2.3203051E13 46837722614815 5.44187539E13 3.9288446E13 4341141164691 2.8693161E13
Under $2,500 622 2650 2652 2636 2651 2653 2624 2618
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 334 426 422 408 480 479 402 410
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 720 475 475 475 466 475 443 439
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 729 370 368 343 386 413 397 400
$10,000 to $12,499 642 479 481 463 457 484 433 451
$12,500 to $14,999 599 398 400 384 476 470 443 453
$15,000 to $17,499 650 478 475 419 366 421 409 412
$17,500 to $19,999 545 387 388 339 479 478 495 532
$20,000 to $22,499 644 572 568 484 442 475 489 483
$22,500 to $24,999 414 366 356 365 435 443 496 500
$25,000 to $27,499 552 467 476 449 394 457 445 462
$27,500 to $29,999 361 323 328 347 396 389 454 479
$30,000 to $32,499 548 473 463 390 381 410 427 427
$32,500 to $34,999 297 268 273 299 321 383 396 445
$35,000 to $37,499 483 460 442 343 366 398 425 439
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]
(Households With a Black 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
$37,500 to $39,999 292 222 222 321 326 391 408 395
$40,000 to $42,499 467 442 438 313 347 353 354 325
$42,500 to $44,999 247 221 213 322 317 320 320 362
$45,000 to $47,499 360 329 331 296 283 295 301 307
$47,500 to $49,999 264 229 251 268 270 310 318 264
$50,000 to $52,499 387 374 355 274 274 218 233 242
$52,500 to $54,999 202 185 187 242 218 240 225 257
$55,000 to $57,499 262 232 239 256 216 234 245 229
$57,500 to $59,999 174 155 158 192 202 209 207 209
$60,000 to $62,499 254 270 256 221 212 177 178 176
$62,500 to $64,999 198 153 152 167 213 206 207 225
$65,000 to $67,499 192 199 191 194 140 200 198 151
$67,500 to $69,999 144 143 142 187 179 139 145 150
$70,000 to $72,499 205 192 185 156 151 121 122 121
$72,500 to $74,999 102 113 118 170 166 138 135 134
$75,000 to $77,499 142 111 125 125 108 99 103 111
$77,500 to $79,999 100 101 101 135 117 121 116 129
$80,000 to $82,499 152 143 133 111 128 120 125 94
$82,500 to $84,999 98 79 81 105 93 74 74 81
$85,000 to $87,499 123 113 121 112 92 91 92 72
$87,500 to $89,999 83 73 62 108 74 112 111 96
$90,000 to $92,499 111 106 91 76 86 59 61 81
$92,500 to $94,999 47 56 62 95 76 62 61 56
$95,000 to $97,499 84 74 81 66 89 64 66 58
$97,500 to $99,999 82 80 69 86 80 63 61 57
$100,000 and over 1088 1014 1070 1260 1047 756 758 672
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]
(Households With a Black 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 6.8 22.0 22.0 21.7 22.4 22.4 21.6 21.6
$5,000 to $9,999 10.3 6.0 6.0 5.8 6.1 6.3 6.0 6.0
$10,000 to $14,999 8.9 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.7 6.8 6.3 6.5
$15,000 to $19,999 8.5 6.2 6.2 5.4 6.0 6.4 6.5 6.7
$20,000 to $24,999 7.6 6.7 6.6 6.1 6.3 6.6 7.0 7.0
$25,000 to $29,999 6.5 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.6 6.0 6.4 6.7
$30,000 to $34,999 6.0 5.3 5.3 4.9 5.0 5.7 5.9 6.2
$35,000 to $39,999 5.5 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.9 5.6 5.9 6.0
$40,000 to $44,999 5.1 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.9
$45,000 to $49,999 4.5 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.1
$50,000 to $59,999 7.3 6.8 6.7 6.9 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.7
$60,000 to $74,999 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.8 7.6 7.0 7.0 6.8
$75,000 to $99,999 7.3 6.7 6.6 7.3 6.7 6.2 6.2 6.0
$100,000 and over 7.8 7.2 7.6 9.0 7.5 5.4 5.4 4.8
Median 30858 27146 27183 29201 27299 26139 27080 26645
Standard Error 301 354 353 475 418 361 371 357
Mean dollars 42454 38395 38863 41450 38937 35071 35525 34453
Standard Error 461 468 475 493 470 377 376 358
Agg total income 594440620 537603789 544165010 580383915 545200722 491068487 497417915 482416973
Agg Square for total income 5.87112E13 55142438666944 5.66880923E13 62390930590859 5.60851453E13 3.95850928E13 3.98954147E13 3.67715453E13
Gini ratio 0.473 0.534 0.538 0.538 0.539 0.522 0.514 0.509
Standard Error 0.0076 0.0075 0.0075 0.0074 0.0075 0.0073 0.0073 0.0073
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]
(Households With a Black 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 19291 10732 10745 10990 10404 10237 10759 10700
Percent of households 33.9 29.2 29.2 29.0 29.1 29.0 28.8 28.7
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 2985 8 118 1205 361 832 605
Mean amount (X) 10614 -250 1962 426 291 907 2
Standard error (X) 157 1025 144 8 21 37 9
Agg first quintile (X) 31684866 -1930 230656 513215 104887 754943 1134
Agg square first quintile (X) 512078402471 50701798 683506215 301914641 74907181 1428380855 24531091
Tot 1st Quintile 4742 4093 4093 4059 4077 4063 4037 4016
Second quintile:
Upper limit 36321 31347 31511 33450 31294 29696 30277 29704
Percent of households 23.1 25.8 25.9 25.4 25.1 25.3 25.3 25.6
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 1300 90 1541 3114 3249 1478 2340
Mean amount (X) 8823 197 2971 1558 1257 2690 439
Standard error (X) 221 414 54 12 22 41 14
Agg second quintile (X) 11471892 17757 4577300 4851741 4084566 3975676 1027132
Agg square second quintile (X) 167659670837 1119867018 19102494258 8597616320 9271276110 13700004628 1254766921
Tot 2nd Quintile 3237 3619 3626 3556 3515 3536 3544 3585
Third quintile:
Upper limit 57669 54218 54879 58728 54973 50640 50784 49501
Percent of households 19.0 20.3 20.2 20.9 21.0 21.1 21.1 21.1
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 687 168 2198 2783 2932 752 2261
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]
(Households With a Black 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
Mean amount (X) 9413 1464 4489 3071 3315 1554 1310
Standard error (X) 399 463 51 19 49 54 21
Agg third quintile (X) 6468422 246437 9868504 8546940 9718672 1168495 2961409
Agg square third quintile (X) 121303248018 5245405621 54388779100 28396957407 48756329381 3144714204 5737110112
Tot 3rd Quintile 2664 2839 2831 2928 2940 2948 2957 2952
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 91811 89826 91413 97616 91317 81625 81681 78982
Percent of households 14.5 15.2 15.3 15.1 15.3 15.2 15.3 15.1
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 471 345 1826 2040 2115 222 1712
Mean amount (X) 8811 2370 6233 5059 6440 1594 2432
Standard error (X) 488 438 70 36 102 113 36
Agg fourth quintile (X) 4154001 817824 11379866 10322067 13617247 354159 4164089
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 79113751712 20301634857 84108452713 56502571492 125096104885 1067139739 13173247203
Tot 4th Quintile 2035 2122 2138 2114 2139 2132 2138 2110
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 9.5 9.5 9.4 9.6 9.5 9.4 9.5 9.6
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 272 440 1169 1289 1315 57 1108
Mean amount (X) 11221 12459 8692 8496 22238 1699 6181
Standard error (X) 772 1389 125 114 942 255 228
Agg fifth quintile (X) 3057651 5481133 10162579 10949228 29237120 96154 6847178
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 69843209661 368107749865 105529861464 110384533370 1881306849954 331031576 93585241195
Tot 5th Quintile 1325 1329 1314 1345 1332 1323 1325 1339
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]
(Households With a Black 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 9788 2406 2406 2421 2335 2285 2464 2421
Standard error 91 60 60 61 59 58 63 62
Agg 46419088 9848119 9847680 9824283 9518220 9283981 9949429 9720652
Agg square 6.02772E11 72405402635 72465168808 73493364328 68368441732 65577692055 75825333957 73269512147
Second quintile:
Mean 27285 20858 20905 21877 20485 19764 20752 20467
Standard error 98 109 109 120 111 105 103 101
Agg 88312423 75477974 75796312 77803878 71995547 69895637 73552659 73377637
Agg square 2.49028E12 1699109754164 1710878467211 1847833590085 1597585516779 1491476330308 1632909472881 1606513043949
Third quintile:
Mean 46117 42038 42274 45216 42158 39408 39677 38791
Standard error 130 135 137 148 138 121 118 114
Agg 122846871 119336608 119687748 132392864 123923243 116171357 117334627 114515102
Agg square 5.76166E12 5134945001989 5180051197734 6136425340710 5355630271545 4679729612101 4753354085677 4532357912716
Fourth quintile:
Mean 72112 68927 69758 74715 69942 63846 63931 61944
Standard error 241 240 248 260 242 209 209 198
Agg 146723123 146295956 149140203 157973091 149638645 136109410 136700055 130682945
Agg square 1.0774E13 10291317907182 1.06289342E13 12045022162976 1.06817459E13 8849956030507 8899836676438 8235625066154
Fifth quintile:
Mean 143537 140414 144338 150522 142754 120670 120670 115061
Standard error 2892 2876 2906 2854 2809 1931 1928 1785
Agg 190139116 186645133 189693066 202389798 190125068 159608102 159881145 154120637
Agg square 3.90825E13 37944660600974 3.90957633E13 42288156132761 3.83818151E13 2.44983532E13 2.45334892E13 2.23237797E13
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]
(Households With a Black 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 Black
alone Householder
Total 14002 14002 14002 14002 14002 14002 14002
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 13257 13283 13294 13653 13657 13825 13907
With addition or deduction 4756 2531 1715 1688 2671 4171 6585
Mean addition or deduction 9975 6816 109 5569 4452 2865 2978
Standard error 132 101 2 124 106 46 104
Agg addition or deduction 47437588 17246792 186998 9399243 11890296 11951257 19606102
Agg square for addition or
deduction 791098291690 169889364343 25950087 87719536733 117727416462 64157239335 436523411042
Mean total income 33082 39369 63848 21979 39239 25514 56032
Standard error 541 756 995 610 787 312 596
Tally total income 157325107 99623634 109477382 37095247 104796021 106429798 368946993
Agg square for total income 1.05160824E13 6858406167720 9326079717078 1667457247743 7661247530529 4074788202515 33059424005899
Under $2,500 1059 1051 1051 602 595 347 296
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 317 315 314 311 312 219 221
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 590 545 544 670 625 481 399
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 669 600 603 663 656 626 554
$10,000 to $12,499 623 546 546 579 573 587 594
$12,500 to $14,999 564 522 520 550 514 602 620
$15,000 to $17,499 543 525 524 571 506 615 605
$17,500 to $19,999 617 581 582 578 572 648 668
$20,000 to $22,499 535 524 525 540 529 526 528
$22,500 to $24,999 546 516 513 538 495 544 516
$25,000 to $27,499 545 517 520 534 509 507 503
$27,500 to $29,999 501 519 519 533 548 578 565
$30,000 to $32,499 473 475 470 474 514 525 535
$32,500 to $34,999 473 513 516 537 531 551 540
$35,000 to $37,499 479 508 505 514 502 540 555
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]
(Households With a Black 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
$37,500 to $39,999 425 444 449 445 467 474 452
$40,000 to $42,499 383 399 399 406 406 403 438
$42,500 to $44,999 366 377 375 377 361 378 388
$45,000 to $47,499 312 320 316 325 348 359 339
$47,500 to $49,999 318 319 323 316 346 357 351
$50,000 to $52,499 289 291 290 293 300 278 305
$52,500 to $54,999 245 284 284 295 300 326 320
$55,000 to $57,499 242 263 267 269 286 304 300
$57,500 to $59,999 237 263 257 258 270 262 246
$60,000 to $62,499 193 213 218 221 233 238 269
$62,500 to $64,999 230 245 245 245 254 255 238
$65,000 to $67,499 184 183 181 192 183 185 171
$67,500 to $69,999 145 164 163 162 169 175 199
$70,000 to $72,499 123 132 134 141 159 158 170
$72,500 to $74,999 150 146 142 143 151 157 181
$75,000 to $77,499 110 114 117 119 124 121 132
$77,500 to $79,999 138 145 143 146 157 160 133
$80,000 to $82,499 103 112 113 111 127 125 133
$82,500 to $84,999 105 109 110 111 120 121 131
$85,000 to $87,499 75 85 84 85 83 88 97
$87,500 to $89,999 100 100 102 102 110 110 122
$90,000 to $92,499 82 97 97 97 97 98 78
$92,500 to $94,999 56 57 53 53 58 60 82
$95,000 to $97,499 65 56 60 65 67 67 91
$97,500 to $99,999 57 64 64 66 67 65 57
$100,000 and over 733 762 762 763 780 782 882
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]
(Households With a Black 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 9.8 9.8 9.7 6.5 6.5 4.0 3.7
$5,000 to $9,999 9.0 8.2 8.2 9.5 9.1 7.9 6.8
$10,000 to $14,999 8.5 7.6 7.6 8.1 7.8 8.5 8.7
$15,000 to $19,999 8.3 7.9 7.9 8.2 7.7 9.0 9.1
$20,000 to $24,999 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.7 7.3 7.6 7.5
$25,000 to $29,999 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.7 7.6
$30,000 to $34,999 6.8 7.1 7.0 7.2 7.5 7.7 7.7
$35,000 to $39,999 6.5 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.2 7.2
$40,000 to $44,999 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.9
$45,000 to $49,999 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 5.0 5.1 4.9
$50,000 to $59,999 7.2 7.9 7.8 8.0 8.3 8.4 8.4
$60,000 to $74,999 7.3 7.7 7.7 7.9 8.2 8.3 8.8
$75,000 to $99,999 6.4 6.7 6.7 6.8 7.2 7.2 7.5
$100,000 and over 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.6 6.3
Median 29459 31268 31282 31750 32758 33391 34343
Standard Error 329 347 351 348 312 299 306
Mean dollars 37841 39073 39086 39758 40607 41460 42860
Standard Error 354 356 356 353 355 350 361
Agg total income 529854561 547101352 547288350 556687593 568577889 580529146 600135249
Agg Square for total income 3.9732424E13 4.13663948E13 41390622299502 4.17760203E13 4.29280692E13 43403783207667 46219118181169
Gini ratio 0.458 0.450 0.450 0.438 0.433 0.416 0.414
Standard Error 0.0074 0.0073 0.0073 0.0073 0.0073 0.0073 0.0073
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]
(Households With a Black 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 18687 20941 20946 21405 21993 22514 23832
Percent of households 33.4 34.9 35.0 34.4 34.1 33.2 33.8
With type of addition
or deduction 2041 858 126 1114 826 2214 1290
Mean amount 8011 2420 113 4956 1567 3416 1232
Standard error 105 67 6 117 55 67 239
Agg first quintile 16348563 2076909 14311 5519508 1295015 7565262 1590334
Agg square first quintile 167508435183 7715579705 2031887 41088793827 3700205465 43514767557 78620882583
Tot 1st Quintile 4675 4892 4895 4821 4771 4655 4734
Second quintile:
Upper limit 34241 37070 37083 37335 38121 38356 40159
Percent of households 22.9 23.5 23.5 23.9 23.7 24.4 24.7
With type of addition
or deduction 1064 654 244 294 786 1156 1402
Mean amount 11143 7219 99 6612 3908 2428 2419
Standard error 256 88 3 328 105 82 121
Agg second quintile 11850931 4721495 24117 1946686 3071646 2805355 3391396
Agg square second quintile 191695579351 36769090693 2850684 20359916255 17439811180 14019168187 31304039896
Tot 2nd Quintile 3211 3286 3284 3340 3325 3411 3454
Third quintile:
Upper limit 52941 55277 55298 55517 56191 56286 58719
Percent of households 19.9 18.2 18.2 18.2 18.2 18.3 17.9
With type of addition
or deduction 789 466 421 151 532 556 1364
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]
(Households With a Black 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
Mean amount 11116 9626 103 6476 5914 1990 2426
Standard error 387 175 3 566 214 96 154
Agg third quintile 8775897 4488908 43562 979040 3147918 1106297 3309870
Agg square third quintile 172575267982 48575320792 5789773 12213478978 28992488586 4491732335 43668580613
Tot 3rd Quintile 2790 2544 2545 2552 2544 2559 2511
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 81399 83032 83058 83206 83741 83773 87582
Percent of households 14.3 14.1 14.1 14.2 14.6 14.7 14.3
With type of addition
or deduction 509 339 532 91 376 212 1425
Mean amount 10395 10695 114 7765 8212 1899 3236
Standard error 484 272 3 737 411 160 175
Agg fourth quintile 5289755 3621323 60804 708529 3091606 402987 4611730
Agg square fourth quintile 103688558162 45548808485 8858236 9132356421 44658368426 1695933177 64933227744
Tot 4th Quintile 2006 1980 1974 1985 2049 2059 2001
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.4 9.4 9.3
With type of addition
or deduction 353 213 392 37 149 33 1103
Mean amount 14659 10957 113 6585 8593 2138 6076
Standard error 893 393 3 1722 815 563 426
Agg fifth quintile 5172441 2338157 44205 245479 1284111 71356 6702774
Agg square fifth quintile 155630451011 31280564667 6419507 4924991251 22936542804 435638080 217996680206
Tot 5th Quintile 1319 1300 1303 1303 1314 1319 1303
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]
(Households With a Black 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 8593 9634 9645 10753 10976 12426 13158
Standard error 97 107 107 100 104 101 114
Agg 40176581 47129693 47213037 51843783 52365824 57837552 62294382
Agg square 512065079353 674142906745 675889259593 745691968928 773892519620 894479337439 1054693959777
Second quintile:
Mean 26136 28997 29016 29276 30042 30426 31838
Standard error 87 91 91 89 89 87 88
Agg 83932972 95284485 95300879 97776811 99879520 103793708 109954117
Agg square 2256403255080 2834191359759 2836486555406 2933691705266 3070640423347 3228209278933 3575505231947
Third quintile:
Mean 42537 45283 45315 45566 46361 46611 48674
Standard error 114 116 116 116 116 115 119
Agg 118691627 115218147 115334984 116277873 117934794 119256986 122200005
Agg square 5129829867553 5287462173908 5296647141438 5369102274733 5537119353879 5627820915544 6019163677132
Fourth quintile:
Mean 65095 66976 66997 67190 67918 67967 70838
Standard error 200 200 199 198 197 196 206
Agg 130571132 132593179 132271763 133400601 139130709 139949578 141721654
Agg square 8628926567533 9005931452850 8986241829205 9087773467795 9579925640473 9642619819071 10176205007696
Fifth quintile:
Mean 118622 120672 120620 120746 121182 121110 125853
Standard error 1823 1848 1844 1843 1834 1829 1868
Agg 156482248 156875847 157167686 157388525 159267042 159691323 163965090
Agg square 2.32051992E13 2.35646669E13 23595357513859 2.36397609E13 2.39664913E13 24010653856681 25393550304617
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]
(Households With a Black 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 Black
alone Householder
Total 14002 14002 14002
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 13825 13645 13645
With addition or deduction 4309 (X) (X)
Mean addition or deduction 6761 (X) (X)
Standard error 95 (X) (X)
Agg addition or deduction 29137087 (X) (X)
Agg square for addition or
deduction 331579556744 (X) (X)
Mean total income 25239 (X) (X)
Standard error 715 (X) (X)
Tally total income 108762505 (X) (X)
Agg square for total income 10360532189855 (X) (X)
Under $2,500 347 627 609
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 219 379 324
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 482 733 697
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 664 795 755
$10,000 to $12,499 766 674 677
$12,500 to $14,999 710 727 621
$15,000 to $17,499 672 701 667
$17,500 to $19,999 692 683 683
$20,000 to $22,499 619 611 674
$22,500 to $24,999 595 592 621
$25,000 to $27,499 551 576 601
$27,500 to $29,999 566 486 552
$30,000 to $32,499 515 568 582
$32,500 to $34,999 487 482 491
$35,000 to $37,499 508 420 437
$37,500 to $39,999 461 423 433
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]
(Households With a Black 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
$40,000 to $42,499 376 387 399
$42,500 to $44,999 377 348 354
$45,000 to $47,499 321 304 310
$47,500 to $49,999 331 257 275
$50,000 to $52,499 296 311 313
$52,500 to $54,999 275 253 253
$55,000 to $57,499 250 252 242
$57,500 to $59,999 233 166 176
$60,000 to $62,499 205 186 186
$62,500 to $64,999 226 198 196
$65,000 to $67,499 181 147 149
$67,500 to $69,999 157 132 138
$70,000 to $72,499 131 152 150
$72,500 to $74,999 146 110 107
$75,000 to $77,499 114 105 107
$77,500 to $79,999 132 110 111
$80,000 to $82,499 109 96 97
$82,500 to $84,999 112 77 79
$85,000 to $87,499 75 82 82
$87,500 to $89,999 103 63 66
$90,000 to $92,499 79 52 53
$92,500 to $94,999 54 56 55
$95,000 to $97,499 69 45 46
$97,500 to $99,999 59 58 57
$100,000 and over 735 577 578
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]
(Households With a Black 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 4.0 7.2 6.7
$5,000 to $9,999 8.2 10.9 10.4
$10,000 to $14,999 10.5 10.0 9.3
$15,000 to $19,999 9.7 9.9 9.6
$20,000 to $24,999 8.7 8.6 9.2
$25,000 to $29,999 8.0 7.6 8.2
$30,000 to $34,999 7.2 7.5 7.7
$35,000 to $39,999 6.9 6.0 6.2
$40,000 to $44,999 5.4 5.3 5.4
$45,000 to $49,999 4.7 4.0 4.2
$50,000 to $59,999 7.5 7.0 7.0
$60,000 to $74,999 7.5 6.6 6.6
$75,000 to $99,999 6.5 5.3 5.4
$100,000 and over 5.3 4.1 4.1
Median 30566 27079 27824
Standard Error 320 287 299
Mean dollars 39379 35472 35926
Standard Error 346 333 331
Agg total income 551392059 496685446 503034873
Agg Square for total income 40532558099705 3.504893E13 3.5360587E13
Gini ratio 0.426 0.448 0.440
Standard Error 0.0074 0.0075 0.0075
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]
(Households With a Black 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 19701 17877 18554
Percent of households 32.0 34.1 33.1
With type of addition
or deduction 1373 (X) (X)
Mean amount 3226 (X) (X)
Standard error 70 (X) (X)
Agg first quintile 4430801 (X) (X)
Agg square first quintile 21772383356 (X) (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 4478 4779 4632
Second quintile:
Upper limit 34766 31988 32328
Percent of households 23.9 23.2 24.2
With type of addition
or deduction 1399 (X) (X)
Mean amount 6927 (X) (X)
Standard error 127 (X) (X)
Agg second quintile 9693323 (X) (X)
Agg square second quintile 92457393477 (X) (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 3346 3248 3388
Third quintile:
Upper limit 53240 49069 49193
Percent of households 20.1 19.0 19.0
With type of addition
or deduction 863 (X) (X)
Mean amount 9707 (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]
(Households With a Black 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
Standard error 246 (X) (X)
Agg third quintile 8373239 (X) (X)
Agg square third quintile 117392028325 (X) (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 2821 2664 2667
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 81575 75358 75435
Percent of households 14.5 14.4 14.4
With type of addition
or deduction 425 (X) (X)
Mean amount 9855 (X) (X)
Standard error 398 (X) (X)
Agg fourth quintile 4187358 (X) (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 64261790177 (X) (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 2027 2015 2009
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 9.5 9.3 9.3
With type of addition
or deduction 249 (X) (X)
Mean amount 9848 (X) (X)
Standard error 481 (X) (X)
Agg fifth quintile 2452367 (X) (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 35695961409 (X) (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 1331 1296 1305
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]
(Households With a Black 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 11301 9387 9617
Standard error 89 85 89
Agg 50600445 44854666 44546306
Agg square 698963778744 5.523691E11 564081910253
Second quintile:
Mean 26854 24637 25153
Standard error 83 80 77
Agg 89851970 80020151 85223637
Agg square 2474340561283 2.026168E12 2.1984808E12
Third quintile:
Mean 42960 39631 39926
Standard error 112 105 104
Agg 121178380 105581690 106497721
Agg square 5286281535843 4.247041E12 4.3134174E12
Fourth quintile:
Mean 65167 60128 60182
Standard error 198 186 186
Agg 132065211 121160977 120927962
Agg square 8735447737835 7.398568E12 7.3894286E12
Fifth quintile:
Mean 118457 111910 111731
Standard error 1809 1844 1834
Agg 157696052 145067962 145839247
Agg square 23337524486000 2.082479E13 2.0895178E13
Race Footnotes