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Table HINC-05. Percent Distribution of Households, by Selected Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2006

[Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.  Numbers in thousands.
          Households as of March of the following year.  A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]

                                                           Lowest     Second     Middle     Fourth    Highest      Top 5
                                                 Total      fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth    percent

Number........................                 116,011     23,202     23,202     23,202     23,202     23,202      5,803

Lower limit...................                     (X)        (X)     20,032     37,771     60,000     97,030    174,000

Type of residence

Inside metropolitan statistical areas           96,739     18,247     18,612     19,133     19,659     21,087      5,451
  Inside principal cities........               38,488      9,150      8,087      7,541      6,964      6,746      1,790
  Outside principal cities....                  58,251      9,097     10,526     11,593     12,695     14,341      3,661
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 5/..     19,272      4,949      4,590      4,069      3,544      2,120        352

Region

Northeast.....................                  21,261      4,151      3,836      3,906      4,291      5,076      1,366
Midwest.......................                  26,508      5,144      5,366      5,655      5,546      4,798      1,075
South.........................                  42,587      9,381      9,163      8,621      8,045      7,377      1,781
West..........................                  25,656      4,520      4,838      5,020      5,321      5,956      1,581

Race and Hispanic Origin
  of householder

All Races.....................                 116,011     23,196     23,202     23,202     23,204     23,207      5,803
White A.O.I.C.................                  95,946     17,373     18,941     19,383     19,967     20,281      5,128
  White alone 1/..............                  94,705     17,114     18,683     19,111     19,730     20,067      5,085
    White alone, not Hispanic.                  82,675     14,120     15,713     16,444     17,682     18,716      4,858
Black A.O.I.C.................                  14,709      4,882      3,418      2,852      2,125      1,432        275
  Black alone 2/..............                  14,354      4,795      3,346      2,763      2,080      1,370        262
  Asian A.O.I.C...............                   4,664        685        669        837      1,016      1,458        391
    Asian alone 3/............                   4,454        658        644        784        966      1,402        387
Hispanic (of any race)........                  12,973      3,300      3,186      2,850      2,191      1,446        240

Type of household

Family households.............                  78,425      9,601     13,676     16,325     18,589     20,234      5,200
  Married-couple families.....                  58,945      4,221      8,693     12,163     15,419     18,449      4,867
  Male householder,
    no wife present...........                   5,063        788      1,178      1,280      1,096        721        147
  Female householder,
    no husband present........                  14,416      4,591      3,805      2,882      2,075      1,063        186
Nonfamily households..........                  37,587     13,596      9,526      6,877      4,615      2,973        603
  Male householder............                  17,338      4,810      4,392      3,729      2,619      1,788        390
   Living alone...............                  13,528      4,360      3,708      2,887      1,641        931        216
  Female householder..........                  20,249      8,786      5,135      3,148      1,995      1,185        213
   Living alone...............                  17,604      8,414      4,565      2,527      1,366        732        131

Age of householder

Under 65 years................                  92,282     14,881     16,304     19,269     20,682     21,147      5,299
  15 to 24 years..............                   6,662      2,242      1,774      1,453        795        399         75
  25 to 34 years..............                  19,435      3,139      4,146      4,624      4,557      2,970        517
  35 to 44 years..............                  22,779      2,938      3,720      4,772      5,507      5,841      1,467
  45 to 54 years..............                  24,140      3,184      3,408      4,545      5,835      7,169      1,883
  55 to 64 years..............                  19,266      3,378      3,257      3,875      3,988      4,768      1,357
65 years and over.............                  23,729      8,315      6,898      3,934      2,522      2,060        504
  65 to 74 years..............                  11,926      3,222      3,361      2,306      1,600      1,436        366
  75 years and over...........                  11,803      5,093      3,537      1,627        922        624        138
Mean age of householder.......                      49         54         51         47         46         48         49
Aggregate age.................               5,719,893  1,247,742  1,184,068  1,098,624  1,076,632  1,112,828    284,335

Number of earners

No earners....................                  24,305     13,442      6,290      2,751      1,069        753        149
Table HINC-05. Percent Distribution of Households, by Selected Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2006

[Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.  Numbers in thousands.
          Households as of March of the following year.  A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]

                                                           Lowest     Second     Middle     Fourth    Highest      Top 5
                                                 Total      fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth    percent
One earner....................                  42,906      8,507     12,219     10,441      6,890      4,849      1,289
Two earners or more...........                  48,800      1,247      4,693     10,010     15,245     17,605      4,365
  Two earners.................                  38,987      1,170      4,234      8,683     12,205     12,695      3,137
  Three earners...............                   7,349         73        408      1,137      2,391      3,340        799
  Four earners................                   2,464          3         51        190        649      1,570        429
Mean numbers of earners.......                       1          0          1          1          2          2          2
Aggregate earners.............                 157,527     11,264     22,641     32,865     42,411     48,347     12,148

Work experience of householder

Worked........................                  80,490      8,241     14,371     17,490     19,918     20,470      5,095
  Worked at full-time jobs....                  68,612      5,344     11,860     15,183     17,822     18,403      4,546
   50 weeks or more...........                  59,302      3,398      9,824     13,186     15,929     16,966      4,227
   27 to 49 weeks.............                   6,064        903      1,339      1,379      1,382      1,062        209
   26 weeks or less...........                   3,245      1,043        697        618        511        376        110
  Worked at part-time jobs....                  11,879      2,897      2,511      2,307      2,096      2,067        549
   50 weeks or more...........                   6,613      1,279      1,416      1,329      1,273      1,316        359
   27 to 49 weeks.............                   2,526        654        524        515        416        417        107
   26 weeks or less...........                   2,740        964        571        463        407        334         84
Did not work..................                  35,521     14,956      8,831      5,712      3,286      2,736        708

Tenure

Owner occupied................                  79,266     10,578     13,744     15,814     18,494     20,636      5,300
Renter occupied...............                  35,129     11,925      9,055      7,099      4,552      2,498        481
Occupier paid no cash rent....                   1,617        693        404        289        159         73         22
Table HINC-05. Percent Distribution of Households, by Selected Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2006

[Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.  Numbers in thousands.
          Households as of March of the following year.  A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]

                                                                        Horizontal Percents
                                                           Lowest     Second     Middle     Fourth    Highest      Top 5
                                                 Total      fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth    percent

Number........................                   100.0       20.0       20.0       20.0       20.0       20.0        5.0

Lower limit...................                     (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)

Type of residence

Inside metropolitan statistical areas            100.0       18.9       19.2       19.8       20.3       21.8        5.6
  Inside principal cities........                100.0       23.8       21.0       19.6       18.1       17.5        4.6
  Outside principal cities....                   100.0       15.6       18.1       19.9       21.8       24.6        6.3
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 5/..      100.0       25.7       23.8       21.1       18.4       11.0        1.8

Region

Northeast.....................                   100.0       19.5       18.0       18.4       20.2       23.9        6.4
Midwest.......................                   100.0       19.4       20.2       21.3       20.9       18.1        4.1
South.........................                   100.0       22.0       21.5       20.2       18.9       17.3        4.2
West..........................                   100.0       17.6       18.9       19.6       20.7       23.2        6.2

Race and Hispanic Origin
  of householder

All Races.....................                   100.0       20.0       20.0       20.0       20.0       20.0        5.0
White A.O.I.C.................                   100.0       18.1       19.7       20.2       20.8       21.1        5.3
  White alone 1/..............                   100.0       18.1       19.7       20.2       20.8       21.2        5.4
    White alone, not Hispanic.                   100.0       17.1       19.0       19.9       21.4       22.6        5.9
Black A.O.I.C.................                   100.0       33.2       23.2       19.4       14.4        9.7        1.9
  Black alone 2/..............                   100.0       33.4       23.3       19.2       14.5        9.5        1.8
  Asian A.O.I.C...............                   100.0       14.7       14.3       17.9       21.8       31.3        8.4
    Asian alone 3/............                   100.0       14.8       14.5       17.6       21.7       31.5        8.7
Hispanic (of any race)........                   100.0       25.4       24.6       22.0       16.9       11.1        1.8

Type of household

Family households.............                   100.0       12.2       17.4       20.8       23.7       25.8        6.6
  Married-couple families.....                   100.0        7.2       14.7       20.6       26.2       31.3        8.3
  Male householder,
    no wife present...........                   100.0       15.6       23.3       25.3       21.6       14.2        2.9
  Female householder,
    no husband present........                   100.0       31.8       26.4       20.0       14.4        7.4        1.3
Nonfamily households..........                   100.0       36.2       25.3       18.3       12.3        7.9        1.6
  Male householder............                   100.0       27.7       25.3       21.5       15.1       10.3        2.2
   Living alone...............                   100.0       32.2       27.4       21.3       12.1        6.9        1.6
  Female householder..........                   100.0       43.4       25.4       15.5        9.9        5.9        1.1
   Living alone...............                   100.0       47.8       25.9       14.4        7.8        4.2        0.7

Age of householder

Under 65 years................                   100.0       16.1       17.7       20.9       22.4       22.9        5.7
  15 to 24 years..............                   100.0       33.7       26.6       21.8       11.9        6.0        1.1
  25 to 34 years..............                   100.0       16.2       21.3       23.8       23.4       15.3        2.7
  35 to 44 years..............                   100.0       12.9       16.3       21.0       24.2       25.6        6.4
  45 to 54 years..............                   100.0       13.2       14.1       18.8       24.2       29.7        7.8
  55 to 64 years..............                   100.0       17.5       16.9       20.1       20.7       24.7        7.0
65 years and over.............                   100.0       35.0       29.1       16.6       10.6        8.7        2.1
  65 to 74 years..............                   100.0       27.0       28.2       19.3       13.4       12.0        3.1
  75 years and over...........                   100.0       43.2       30.0       13.8        7.8        5.3        1.2
Mean age of householder.......                     (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)
Aggregate age.................                     (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)
Table HINC-05. Percent Distribution of Households, by Selected Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2006

[Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.  Numbers in thousands.
          Households as of March of the following year.  A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]

                                                                        Horizontal Percents
                                                           Lowest     Second     Middle     Fourth    Highest      Top 5
                                                 Total      fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth    percent

Number of earners

No earners....................                   100.0       55.3       25.9       11.3        4.4        3.1        0.6
One earner....................                   100.0       19.8       28.5       24.3       16.1       11.3        3.0
Two earners or more...........                   100.0        2.6        9.6       20.5       31.2       36.1        8.9
  Two earners.................                   100.0        3.0       10.9       22.3       31.3       32.6        8.0
  Three earners...............                   100.0        1.0        5.6       15.5       32.5       45.4       10.9
  Four earners................                   100.0        0.1        2.1        7.7       26.3       63.7       17.4
Mean numbers of earners.......                     (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)
Aggregate earners.............                     (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)

Work experience of householder

Worked........................                   100.0       10.2       17.9       21.7       24.7       25.4        6.3
  Worked at full-time jobs....                   100.0        7.8       17.3       22.1       26.0       26.8        6.6
   50 weeks or more...........                   100.0        5.7       16.6       22.2       26.9       28.6        7.1
   27 to 49 weeks.............                   100.0       14.9       22.1       22.7       22.8       17.5        3.5
   26 weeks or less...........                   100.0       32.1       21.5       19.0       15.7       11.6        3.4
  Worked at part-time jobs....                   100.0       24.4       21.1       19.4       17.6       17.4        4.6
   50 weeks or more...........                   100.0       19.3       21.4       20.1       19.3       19.9        5.4
   27 to 49 weeks.............                   100.0       25.9       20.8       20.4       16.5       16.5        4.2
   26 weeks or less...........                   100.0       35.2       20.8       16.9       14.9       12.2        3.1
Did not work..................                   100.0       42.1       24.9       16.1        9.3        7.7        2.0

Tenure

Owner occupied................                   100.0       13.3       17.3       20.0       23.3       26.0        6.7
Renter occupied...............                   100.0       33.9       25.8       20.2       13.0        7.1        1.4
Occupier paid no cash rent....                   100.0       42.9       25.0       17.8        9.8        4.5        1.4
Table HINC-05. Percent Distribution of Households, by Selected Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2006

[Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.  Numbers in thousands.
          Households as of March of the following year.  A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]

                                                                             Vertical Percents
                                                           Lowest     Second     Middle     Fourth    Highest      Top 5
                                                 Total      fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth    percent

Number........................                   100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0

Lower limit...................                     (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)

Type of residence

Inside metropolitan statistical areas             83.4       78.6       80.2       82.5       84.7       90.9       93.9
  Inside principal cities........                 33.2       39.4       34.9       32.5       30.0       29.1       30.8
  Outside principal cities....                    50.2       39.2       45.4       50.0       54.7       61.8       63.1
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 5/..       16.6       21.3       19.8       17.5       15.3        9.1        6.1

Region

Northeast.....................                    18.3       17.9       16.5       16.8       18.5       21.9       23.5
Midwest.......................                    22.8       22.2       23.1       24.4       23.9       20.7       18.5
South.........................                    36.7       40.4       39.5       37.2       34.7       31.8       30.7
West..........................                    22.1       19.5       20.9       21.6       22.9       25.7       27.2

Race and Hispanic Origin
  of householder

All Races.....................                   100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0
White A.O.I.C.................                    82.7       74.9       81.6       83.5       86.1       87.4       88.4
  White alone 1/..............                    81.6       73.8       80.5       82.4       85.0       86.5       87.6
    White alone, not Hispanic.                    71.3       60.9       67.7       70.9       76.2       80.7       83.7
Black A.O.I.C.................                    12.7       21.0       14.7       12.3        9.2        6.2        4.7
  Black alone 2/..............                    12.4       20.7       14.4       11.9        9.0        5.9        4.5
  Asian A.O.I.C...............                     4.0        3.0        2.9        3.6        4.4        6.3        6.7
    Asian alone 3/............                     3.8        2.8        2.8        3.4        4.2        6.0        6.7
Hispanic (of any race)........                    11.2       14.2       13.7       12.3        9.4        6.2        4.1

Type of household

Family households.............                    67.6       41.4       58.9       70.4       80.1       87.2       89.6
  Married-couple families.....                    50.8       18.2       37.5       52.4       66.5       79.5       83.9
  Male householder,
    no wife present...........                     4.4        3.4        5.1        5.5        4.7        3.1        2.5
  Female householder,
    no husband present........                    12.4       19.8       16.4       12.4        8.9        4.6        3.2
Nonfamily households..........                    32.4       58.6       41.1       29.6       19.9       12.8       10.4
  Male householder............                    14.9       20.7       18.9       16.1       11.3        7.7        6.7
   Living alone...............                    11.7       18.8       16.0       12.4        7.1        4.0        3.7
  Female householder..........                    17.5       37.9       22.1       13.6        8.6        5.1        3.7
   Living alone...............                    15.2       36.3       19.7       10.9        5.9        3.2        2.3

Age of householder

Under 65 years................                    79.5       64.1       70.3       83.0       89.1       91.1       91.3
  15 to 24 years..............                     5.7        9.7        7.6        6.3        3.4        1.7        1.3
  25 to 34 years..............                    16.8       13.5       17.9       19.9       19.6       12.8        8.9
  35 to 44 years..............                    19.6       12.7       16.0       20.6       23.7       25.2       25.3
  45 to 54 years..............                    20.8       13.7       14.7       19.6       25.1       30.9       32.4
  55 to 64 years..............                    16.6       14.6       14.0       16.7       17.2       20.6       23.4
65 years and over.............                    20.5       35.8       29.7       17.0       10.9        8.9        8.7
  65 to 74 years..............                    10.3       13.9       14.5        9.9        6.9        6.2        6.3
  75 years and over...........                    10.2       22.0       15.2        7.0        4.0        2.7        2.4
Mean age of householder.......                     (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)
Aggregate age.................                     (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)
Table HINC-05. Percent Distribution of Households, by Selected Characteristics Within Income Quintile and Top 5 Percent in 2006

[Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.  Numbers in thousands.
          Households as of March of the following year.  A.O.I.C. stands for alone or in combination]

                                                                             Vertical Percents
                                                           Lowest     Second     Middle     Fourth    Highest      Top 5
                                                 Total      fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth      fifth    percent

Number of earners

No earners....................                    21.0       57.9       27.1       11.9        4.6        3.2        2.6
One earner....................                    37.0       36.7       52.7       45.0       29.7       20.9       22.2
Two earners or more...........                    42.1        5.4       20.2       43.1       65.7       75.9       75.2
  Two earners.................                    33.6        5.0       18.2       37.4       52.6       54.7       54.1
  Three earners...............                     6.3        0.3        1.8        4.9       10.3       14.4       13.8
  Four earners................                     2.1        0.0        0.2        0.8        2.8        6.8        7.4
Mean numbers of earners.......                     (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)
Aggregate earners.............                     (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)        (X)

Work experience of householder

Worked........................                    69.4       35.5       61.9       75.4       85.8       88.2       87.8
  Worked at full-time jobs....                    59.1       23.0       51.1       65.4       76.8       79.3       78.3
   50 weeks or more...........                    51.1       14.6       42.3       56.8       68.7       73.1       72.8
   27 to 49 weeks.............                     5.2        3.9        5.8        5.9        6.0        4.6        3.6
   26 weeks or less...........                     2.8        4.5        3.0        2.7        2.2        1.6        1.9
  Worked at part-time jobs....                    10.2       12.5       10.8        9.9        9.0        8.9        9.5
   50 weeks or more...........                     5.7        5.5        6.1        5.7        5.5        5.7        6.2
   27 to 49 weeks.............                     2.2        2.8        2.3        2.2        1.8        1.8        1.8
   26 weeks or less...........                     2.4        4.2        2.5        2.0        1.8        1.4        1.4
Did not work..................                    30.6       64.5       38.1       24.6       14.2       11.8       12.2

Tenure

Owner occupied................                    68.3       45.6       59.2       68.2       79.7       88.9       91.3
Renter occupied...............                    30.3       51.4       39.0       30.6       19.6       10.8        8.3
Occupier paid no cash rent....                     1.4        3.0        1.7        1.2        0.7        0.3        0.4

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