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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
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
Married-Couple Households
Total 58945 58945 58945 58945 58945 58945 58945 58945
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 58677 56947 56947 56947 56947 56947 56947 56952
With addition or deduction (X) 19399 12141 38204 50838 51402 6406 39414
Mean addition or deduction (X) 16053 17715 7598 6189 13270 1899 3983
Standard error (X) 87 671 18 21 140 19 34
Agg addition or deduction (X) 311411442 215082319 290257024 314624050 682133693 12164911 156999425
Agg square for addition or
deduction (X) 7472578124033 6.19678464E13 2627764455509 2948077567190 5.43915901E13 36680271777 2199962099072
Mean total income (X) 231809 387940 130079 92153 78996 635324 99599
Standard error (X) (X) (X) 573 490 360 (X) 360
Tally total income (X) 4496965230 4709964239 4969517492 4684815293 4060593694 4069642259 3925535238
Agg square for total income (X) 9.032840831E14 9.98402618E14 1.067084715E15 9.75678075E14 6.21924828E14 6.22540795E14 5.67986455E14
Under $2,500 458 3274 3239 3215 3231 3234 3213 3213
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 134 681 652 654 728 728 670 671
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 261 710 697 687 678 678 666 662
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 298 695 674 653 714 710 640 644
$10,000 to $12,499 527 861 848 781 793 811 749 754
$12,500 to $14,999 543 807 801 785 1010 964 860 853
$15,000 to $17,499 859 982 958 859 772 782 746 776
$17,500 to $19,999 914 828 806 747 998 1030 953 943
$20,000 to $22,499 1167 1162 1116 989 912 905 894 924
$22,500 to $24,999 1041 834 832 797 1038 1033 1027 1078
$25,000 to $27,499 1309 1150 1094 947 838 994 1013 1066
$27,500 to $29,999 1101 825 839 795 992 1098 1160 1202
$30,000 to $32,499 1616 1418 1370 1041 1131 1155 1266 1297
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
$32,500 to $34,999 1145 897 888 932 1054 1186 1212 1283
$35,000 to $37,499 1438 1274 1240 1057 1130 1221 1269 1286
$37,500 to $39,999 1212 903 910 859 1042 1183 1258 1319
$40,000 to $42,499 1680 1556 1458 1177 1044 1262 1295 1354
$42,500 to $44,999 1202 896 872 911 1156 1306 1351 1400
$45,000 to $47,499 1432 1243 1241 1093 1168 1266 1262 1400
$47,500 to $49,999 1230 983 1026 984 1058 1310 1306 1321
$50,000 to $52,499 1713 1611 1510 1142 1185 1317 1309 1271
$52,500 to $54,999 1038 848 838 1011 1139 1219 1245 1329
$55,000 to $57,499 1391 1290 1242 1098 1199 1233 1235 1365
$57,500 to $59,999 1098 964 985 1032 1024 1344 1343 1371
$60,000 to $62,499 1541 1493 1400 1048 1170 1331 1335 1304
$62,500 to $64,999 995 919 933 997 1148 1270 1269 1386
$65,000 to $67,499 1317 1258 1216 1120 1109 1227 1232 1268
$67,500 to $69,999 917 794 823 1027 1084 1200 1211 1256
$70,000 to $72,499 1504 1377 1301 1058 1080 1278 1269 1274
$72,500 to $74,999 936 814 818 961 1029 1151 1156 1195
$75,000 to $77,499 1249 1201 1183 1043 978 1138 1136 1171
$77,500 to $79,999 863 758 775 912 1103 1087 1090 1107
$80,000 to $82,499 1194 1221 1160 1036 929 1094 1095 1112
$82,500 to $84,999 878 794 778 973 926 1026 1028 1053
$85,000 to $87,499 1019 984 980 856 913 1027 1026 1082
$87,500 to $89,999 734 661 699 865 868 1016 1010 907
$90,000 to $92,499 1066 1088 1012 901 848 926 933 936
$92,500 to $94,999 765 656 659 821 818 827 824 927
$95,000 to $97,499 834 778 837 788 787 912 904 845
$97,500 to $99,999 662 616 659 786 808 777 787 832
$100,000 and over 17665 16843 17574 19509 17315 13688 13695 12508
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
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 1.0 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.6
$5,000 to $9,999 0.9 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.2
$10,000 to $14,999 1.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.7
$15,000 to $19,999 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.7 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.9
$20,000 to $24,999 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4
$25,000 to $29,999 4.1 3.4 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.7 3.8
$30,000 to $34,999 4.7 3.9 3.8 3.3 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.4
$35,000 to $39,999 4.5 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.4
$40,000 to $44,999 4.9 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.7 4.4 4.5 4.7
$45,000 to $49,999 4.5 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.8 4.4 4.4 4.6
$50,000 to $59,999 8.9 8.0 7.8 7.3 7.7 8.7 8.7 9.1
$60,000 to $74,999 12.2 11.3 11.0 10.5 11.2 12.7 12.7 13.0
$75,000 to $99,999 15.7 14.9 14.8 15.2 15.2 16.7 16.7 16.9
$100,000 and over 30.0 28.6 29.8 33.1 29.4 23.2 23.2 21.2
Median 69716 65734 67062 72448 67528 62838 62883 61326
Standard Error 340 257 267 319 296 255 255 248
Mean dollars 88808 83524 87173 92097 86760 75417 75623 72959
Standard Error 422 429 451 459 443 329 329 310
Agg total income 5234759090 4923347648 5138429967 5428686991 5114062941 4445431941 4457596852 4300597427
Agg Square for total income 1.00688E15 9.714923762E14 1.06695376E15 1.141411026E15 1.04315626E15 6.65770606E14 6.6653836E14 6.07524296E14
Gini ratio 0.371 0.417 0.412 0.396 0.406 0.401 0.398 0.394
Standard Error 0.0033 0.0033 0.0033 0.0033 0.0033 0.0034 0.0034 0.0034
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
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 20506 11668 11905 12196 11679 11471 12050 11981
Percent of households 7.4 10.0 9.8 10.0 9.9 9.9 9.8 9.7
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 4988 118 97 1326 116 752 582
Mean amount (X) 20119 -735 3337 576 814 915 19
Standard error (X) 153 298 250 12 279 40 19
Agg first quintile (X) 100346678 -86940 322550 764232 94679 688039 11009
Agg square first quintile (X) 2526957481073 1155311199 1590218699 660287332 1000400490 1441318715 104003726
Tot 1st Quintile 4364 5872 5802 5917 5860 5806 5784 5743
Second quintile:
Upper limit 37757 32374 32942 35328 32853 31143 31674 31059
Percent of households 14.5 14.1 14.0 13.9 13.8 13.1 13.0 12.9
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 4654 466 2189 6174 5945 2784 3639
Mean amount (X) 17297 213 4194 1836 1142 2687 399
Standard error (X) 165 236 43 11 16 28 10
Agg second quintile (X) 80502520 99236 9179427 11331979 6790006 7479835 1450451
Agg square second quintile (X) 1912794390252 10628264047 46434130313 25142467407 15510015164 25572763309 1694111420
Tot 2nd Quintile 8544 8321 8254 8212 8112 7697 7650 7604
Third quintile:
Upper limit 60435 56632 57804 61933 57605 53006 53181 51837
Percent of households 21.2 18.9 19.0 18.6 18.8 18.5 18.7 18.7
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 3554 1377 6976 10344 10880 2105 7594
Mean amount (X) 14215 1111 5657 3450 2627 1372 1204
Standard error (X) 195 174 27 12 22 26 10
Agg third quintile (X) 50520463 1529451 39462811 35691362 28578849 2888442 9143874
Agg square third quintile (X) 1140175629172 51822324485 254302876968 137719969079 127464491729 6532055820 15681077291
Tot 3rd Quintile 12518 11162 11186 10964 11077 10925 11040 11024
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 97160 94227 97176 103692 96481 85700 85743 82893
Percent of households 25.6 25.8 26.1 26.2 26.2 26.5 26.5 26.5
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 3357 3116 12818 15033 15590 436 12341
Mean amount (X) 12198 3190 7057 5718 5965 1517 2466
Standard error (X) 197 206 24 15 32 77 12
Agg fourth quintile (X) 40947511 9941213 90458733 85963086 92996493 660724 30430229
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 882804282297 392999507050 723429353562 534212563216 771455080032 1985543734 95421872355
Tot 4th Quintile 15109 15211 15376 15466 15441 15624 15592 15646
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 31.2 31.2 31.1 31.2 31.3 32.1 32.0 32.1
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 2847 7064 16125 17961 18871 329 15258
Mean amount (X) 13733 28821 9354 10070 29341 1361 7600
Standard error (X) 258 1127 29 39 345 75 77
Agg fifth quintile (X) 39094270 203599359 150833503 180873391 553673666 447872 115963861
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 1009846341239 6.1511241E13 1602007875966 2250342280156 5.34761601E13 1148590198 2087061034279
Tot 5th Quintile 18411 18379 18327 18386 18454 18893 18880 18928
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
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 12931 3263 3291 3544 3337 3252 3384 3321
Standard error 101 54 56 58 55 55 58 57
Agg 56431333 19162291 19091856 20970085 19553575 18882565 19574938 19072850
Agg square 8.99426E11 152093578407 153911354171 178063733226 157319185754 150200242008 163317523740 157386893350
Second quintile:
Mean 29449 22428 22661 24221 22554 21769 22636 22294
Standard error 56 71 72 79 73 69 69 68
Agg 251598940 186615025 187046380 198895154 182955042 167556210 173152680 169517332
Agg square 7.60818E12 4489557887190 4549197520527 5190817744320 4436379760441 3898325835294 4167073458169 4014392483167
Third quintile:
Mean 48952 44611 45297 48877 45429 42317 42534 41536
Standard error 64 69 71 78 73 64 63 60
Agg 612767620 497968988 506713508 535890747 503219315 462305494 469580835 457903850
Agg square 3.05521E13 22742627763746 2.35107365E13 26830011877441 2.34274154E13 1.99939901E13 2.03945887E13 1.94067062E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 77541 74168 75953 81542 75836 68732 68831 66763
Standard error 90 93 97 102 95 79 79 75
Agg 1171570018 1128145432 1167851342 1261124293 1171026064 1073878361 1073179764 1044573898
Agg square 9.24706E13 85432385592533 9.06630948E13 1.050097019E14 9.06810617E13 7.51551552E13 7.52013653E13 7.09606868E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 170684 168205 177757 185564 175422 144118 144182 137865
Standard error 1068 1069 1119 1119 1092 746 746 698
Agg 3142391179 3091455913 3257726882 3411806712 3237308946 2722809311 2722108634 2609529497
Agg square 8.7535E14 8.586757113E14 9.48076818E14 1.00420243E15 9.24454085E14 5.66572934E14 5.66612015E14 5.12985123E14
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
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
Married-Couple Households
Total 58945 58945 58945 58945 58945 58945 58945
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 58493 58542 58564 58696 58696 58734 58888
With addition or deduction 18435 13022 11261 1722 6473 4311 49150
Mean addition or deduction 16144 11784 110 8004 6115 1715 3381
Standard error 88 46 1 172 72 31 41
Agg addition or deduction 297625362 153453282 1242181 13786080 39586701 7396103 166175349
Agg square for addition or
deduction 7127548401872 2124502915340 169571777 187250224255 434312113433 28731887099 4150423472274
Mean total income 228788 335667 388265 2546098 683591 1027641 93523
Standard error (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 333
Tally total income 4217728253 4371181535 4372299426 4385490526 4425077227 4430512673 4596688022
Agg square for total income 5.99256922E14 6.2057227E14 6.207810282E14 6.22169241E14 6.27601239E14 6.280430591E14 664396288113569
Under $2,500 637 602 602 434 434 398 340
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 138 153 150 123 123 118 149
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 258 261 264 258 257 210 138
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 276 266 266 259 252 252 247
$10,000 to $12,499 395 358 358 389 370 329 274
$12,500 to $14,999 559 386 386 405 386 382 353
$15,000 to $17,499 696 481 481 474 445 438 443
$17,500 to $19,999 879 598 597 601 563 565 522
$20,000 to $22,499 989 655 654 677 599 608 540
$22,500 to $24,999 1119 808 808 806 707 714 678
$25,000 to $27,499 1271 936 936 930 868 866 785
$27,500 to $29,999 1354 1002 1000 991 845 873 822
$30,000 to $32,499 1489 1223 1220 1218 1108 1048 954
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
$32,500 to $34,999 1442 1317 1322 1336 1261 1275 1107
$35,000 to $37,499 1474 1325 1316 1309 1331 1321 1308
$37,500 to $39,999 1579 1463 1467 1458 1429 1458 1406
$40,000 to $42,499 1577 1546 1538 1537 1558 1551 1423
$42,500 to $44,999 1629 1706 1703 1706 1677 1676 1532
$45,000 to $47,499 1579 1689 1692 1688 1751 1756 1614
$47,500 to $49,999 1473 1672 1676 1689 1700 1738 1626
$50,000 to $52,499 1494 1661 1667 1668 1705 1714 1658
$52,500 to $54,999 1532 1650 1645 1659 1700 1718 1628
$55,000 to $57,499 1489 1684 1679 1696 1745 1748 1672
$57,500 to $59,999 1410 1579 1582 1583 1597 1607 1684
$60,000 to $62,499 1439 1630 1622 1624 1605 1611 1629
$62,500 to $64,999 1460 1577 1576 1592 1634 1645 1672
$65,000 to $67,499 1414 1480 1488 1490 1536 1544 1474
$67,500 to $69,999 1358 1411 1406 1415 1462 1450 1493
$70,000 to $72,499 1371 1522 1526 1528 1560 1573 1479
$72,500 to $74,999 1276 1361 1360 1372 1389 1389 1414
$75,000 to $77,499 1240 1333 1327 1321 1359 1367 1337
$77,500 to $79,999 1202 1239 1240 1249 1266 1253 1337
$80,000 to $82,499 1169 1252 1263 1274 1290 1306 1262
$82,500 to $84,999 1060 1090 1077 1089 1095 1101 1176
$85,000 to $87,499 1177 1252 1263 1264 1290 1286 1209
$87,500 to $89,999 937 996 1002 1004 1007 1009 1128
$90,000 to $92,499 1006 1019 1010 1019 1031 1032 1004
$92,500 to $94,999 993 1055 1054 1062 1079 1074 1045
$95,000 to $97,499 922 936 940 935 954 954 1095
$97,500 to $99,999 885 899 904 899 911 920 919
$100,000 and over 13297 13871 13878 13915 14068 14069 15369
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
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 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8
$5,000 to $9,999 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7
$10,000 to $14,999 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1
$15,000 to $19,999 2.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6
$20,000 to $24,999 3.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.1
$25,000 to $29,999 4.5 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.7
$30,000 to $34,999 5.0 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.5
$35,000 to $39,999 5.2 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6
$40,000 to $44,999 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.0
$45,000 to $49,999 5.2 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.5
$50,000 to $59,999 10.1 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.4 11.5 11.3
$60,000 to $74,999 14.1 15.2 15.2 15.3 15.6 15.6 15.5
$75,000 to $99,999 18.0 18.8 18.8 18.9 19.1 19.2 19.5
$100,000 and over 22.6 23.5 23.5 23.6 23.9 23.9 26.1
Median 64717 67100 67123 67286 67992 68034 70509
Standard Error 222 219 218 218 222 224 219
Mean dollars 78009 80612 80633 80867 81539 81664 84483
Standard Error 303 302 302 301 301 300 305
Agg total income 4598222789 4751676072 4752918253 4766704333 4806291033 4813687137 4979862486
Agg Square for total income 6.39320201E14 6.60635549E14 6.608612031E14 6.62264111E14 6.67696109E14 6.68227758E14 704580987020698
Gini ratio 0.349 0.332 0.332 0.330 0.326 0.325 0.322
Standard Error 0.0034 0.0034 0.0034 0.0034 0.0034 0.0034 0.0034
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
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 19963 22458 22461 22838 23445 23869 25053
Percent of households 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.3
With type of addition
or deduction 1826 807 161 448 458 997 2213
Mean amount 11795 3042 106 6938 1493 2132 -993
Standard error 136 72 5 258 66 71 336
Agg first quintile 21535079 2455087 17114 3111253 683427 2125634 -2198495
Agg square first quintile 308063706489 10395514209 2437268 33300154203 1821407267 8875389574 487239701736
Tot 1st Quintile 3825 3751 3752 3716 3664 3671 3698
Second quintile:
Upper limit 35816 38851 38863 39124 40027 40253 41789
Percent of households 13.9 12.6 12.6 12.7 12.4 12.4 12.5
With type of addition
or deduction 4234 2070 739 346 1526 1434 4872
Mean amount 17386 8890 107 7209 3938 1573 1687
Standard error 134 61 2 333 71 50 70
Agg second quintile 73615553 18403281 79143 2495486 6010254 2255091 8220341
Agg square second quintile 1563341132267 177697125355 10740250 29640043912 33861779849 7994699966 115828441497
Tot 2nd Quintile 8167 7412 7409 7468 7325 7293 7366
Third quintile:
Upper limit 55322 57880 57896 58074 58798 58885 61173
Percent of households 20.4 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.4 21.4 21.3
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
With type of addition
or deduction 4460 3758 1979 346 1773 1268 9837
Mean amount 16752 13020 107 7775 6411 1598 2165
Standard error 166 70 1 342 110 58 49
Agg third quintile 74714084 48935310 212025 2692039 11365154 2025694 21293115
Agg square third quintile 1733276096851 697549759191 28536894 33222784504 106165723205 8051065312 249565559789
Tot 3rd Quintile 12011 12500 12495 12470 12587 12606 12575
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 85731 87338 87358 87479 88045 88071 91660
Percent of households 27.3 27.9 27.9 27.9 28.0 28.1 28.0
With type of addition
or deduction 4149 3341 3944 329 1485 489 14521
Mean amount 15390 13231 111 9722 7948 1641 2964
Standard error 203 84 1 501 181 90 48
Agg fourth quintile 63853505 44198072 438591 3197666 11804186 802763 43045864
Agg square fourth quintile 1607938159128 653061609545 59965961 54903078328 156862935859 3012440722 556033332652
Tot 4th Quintile 16092 16432 16433 16449 16531 16535 16533
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 32.0 32.0 32.0 32.0 32.0 32.0 31.8
With type of addition
or deduction 3766 3046 4438 253 1231 123 17707
Mean amount 16968 12954 112 9062 7896 1515 5411
Standard error 258 96 1 525 210 196 90
Agg fifth quintile 63907141 39461533 495308 2289636 9723680 186921 95814524
Agg square fifth quintile 1914929307138 585798907041 67891404 36184163308 135600267253 798291526 2741756436599
Tot 5th Quintile 18850 18850 18856 18842 18838 18840 18772
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
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 11565 12452 12460 13430 13573 14243 14670
Standard error 115 129 129 124 128 128 182
Agg 44231982 46704715 46753589 49901991 49731369 52286115 54253717
Agg square 681330190574 786737145289 787869466689 855598631351 867243002944 939346827268 1192164794896
Second quintile:
Mean 28482 31548 31558 31868 32732 33026 34472
Standard error 53 57 57 57 58 58 59
Agg 232610434 233844986 233809521 237999714 239768723 240855021 253905279
Agg square 6787638704647 7534971541232 7536215771438 7742638692157 8008696208635 8109746838910 8916723368986
Third quintile:
Mean 45480 48464 48474 48718 49444 49568 51612
Standard error 54 52 52 52 51 50 53
Agg 546267037 605797870 605702430 607489164 622348764 624874452 649043754
Agg square 2.52174576E13 2.97273785E13 29728878403279 2.99574291E13 3.11296752E13 31327562146023 33885280654768
Fourth quintile:
Mean 69721 71689 71704 71868 72429 72466 75243
Standard error 73 70 70 70 70 69 72
Agg 1121927685 1177972938 1178290627 1182142331 1197339823 1198225607 1244012157
Agg square 7.94337414E13 8.56218718E13 85662867850557 8.61305966E13 8.78826133E13 87986998249984 94859275054921
Fifth quintile:
Mean 140749 142565 142575 142719 143176 143179 148018
Standard error 702 703 702 703 703 702 707
Agg 2653185652 2687355562 2688362087 2689171133 2697102355 2697445942 2778647579
Agg square 5.27200033E14 5.3696459E14 5.371453717E14 5.37577848E14 5.39807881E14 5.39864104E14 565727543147121
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Married-Couple Households
Total 58945 58945 58945
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 58734 58677 58677
With addition or deduction 17756 (X) (X)
Mean addition or deduction 10872 (X) (X)
Standard error 48 (X) (X)
Agg addition or deduction 193039983 (X) (X)
Agg square for addition or
deduction 2748009836097 (X) (X)
Mean total income 38067 (X) (X)
Standard error 569 (X) (X)
Tally total income 675909089 (X) (X)
Agg square for total income 115198870250358 (X) (X)
Under $2,500 398 1355 1353
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 118 200 161
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 210 276 271
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 253 367 281
$10,000 to $12,499 387 538 469
$12,500 to $14,999 548 711 604
$15,000 to $17,499 691 833 769
$17,500 to $19,999 878 1143 1033
$20,000 to $22,499 995 1201 1191
$22,500 to $24,999 1153 1285 1307
$25,000 to $27,499 1273 1448 1458
$27,500 to $29,999 1352 1537 1581
$30,000 to $32,499 1434 1665 1785
$32,500 to $34,999 1465 1787 1869
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
$35,000 to $37,499 1468 1724 1816
$37,500 to $39,999 1631 1715 1754
$40,000 to $42,499 1579 1848 1852
$42,500 to $44,999 1680 1866 1860
$45,000 to $47,499 1587 1706 1729
$47,500 to $49,999 1513 1701 1725
$50,000 to $52,499 1508 1545 1539
$52,500 to $54,999 1542 1644 1649
$55,000 to $57,499 1502 1629 1640
$57,500 to $59,999 1429 1572 1568
$60,000 to $62,499 1447 1469 1472
$62,500 to $64,999 1487 1489 1492
$65,000 to $67,499 1437 1335 1333
$67,500 to $69,999 1348 1397 1411
$70,000 to $72,499 1379 1275 1276
$72,500 to $74,999 1263 1224 1220
$75,000 to $77,499 1248 1234 1232
$77,500 to $79,999 1193 1140 1148
$80,000 to $82,499 1214 1062 1065
$82,500 to $84,999 1049 1136 1140
$85,000 to $87,499 1201 973 967
$87,500 to $89,999 934 893 900
$90,000 to $92,499 1008 871 867
$92,500 to $94,999 989 772 775
$95,000 to $97,499 926 706 706
$97,500 to $99,999 889 686 687
$100,000 and over 13340 9987 9992
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
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 0.9 2.6 2.6
$5,000 to $9,999 0.8 1.1 0.9
$10,000 to $14,999 1.6 2.1 1.8
$15,000 to $19,999 2.7 3.4 3.1
$20,000 to $24,999 3.6 4.2 4.2
$25,000 to $29,999 4.5 5.1 5.2
$30,000 to $34,999 4.9 5.9 6.2
$35,000 to $39,999 5.3 5.8 6.1
$40,000 to $44,999 5.5 6.3 6.3
$45,000 to $49,999 5.3 5.8 5.9
$50,000 to $59,999 10.1 10.8 10.9
$60,000 to $74,999 14.2 13.9 13.9
$75,000 to $99,999 18.1 16.1 16.1
$100,000 and over 22.6 16.9 17.0
Median 64908 57114 57163
Standard Error 220 199 198
Mean dollars 78389 65814 66021
Standard Error 303 321 321
Agg total income 4620647154 3879422005 3891586916
Agg Square for total income 641289985769762 5.697652E14 5.7049338E14
Gini ratio 0.345 0.349 0.346
Standard Error 0.0034 0.0033 0.0033
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
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 20872 17994 18639
Percent of households 6.4 7.6 7.4
With type of addition
or deduction 1576 (X) (X)
Mean amount 4898 (X) (X)
Standard error 74 (X) (X)
Agg first quintile 7721107 (X) (X)
Agg square first quintile 49720526977 (X) (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 3798 4488 4364
Second quintile:
Upper limit 36369 32262 32616
Percent of households 13.9 13.4 13.5
With type of addition
or deduction 5002 (X) (X)
Mean amount 10833 (X) (X)
Standard error 79 (X) (X)
Agg second quintile 54187848 (X) (X)
Agg square second quintile 724348241802 (X) (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 8190 7922 7965
Third quintile:
Upper limit 55604 49254 49402
Percent of households 20.3 20.3 20.6
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
With type of addition
or deduction 4677 (X) (X)
Mean amount 11732 (X) (X)
Standard error 95 (X) (X)
Agg third quintile 54870797 (X) (X)
Agg square third quintile 816421787403 (X) (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 11989 11984 12122
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 85870 76085 76158
Percent of households 27.4 26.5 26.4
With type of addition
or deduction 3408 (X) (X)
Mean amount 11736 (X) (X)
Standard error 115 (X) (X)
Agg fourth quintile 39990912 (X) (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 604389516610 (X) (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 16141 15621 15571
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 31.9 32.1 32.1
With type of addition
or deduction 3093 (X) (X)
Mean amount 11727 (X) (X)
Standard error 123 (X) (X)
Agg fifth quintile 36269319 (X) (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 553129763304 (X) (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 18828 18929 18923
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households)
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 13202 -29114 -29865
Standard error 109 1833 1884
Agg 50135630 -130669724 -130326628
Agg square 811882995098 6.319459E13 6.3202251E13
Second quintile:
Mean 29108 25672 26270
Standard error 52 49 48
Agg 238393017 203388149 209254341
Agg square 7098478989098 5.355313E12 5.6237881E12
Third quintile:
Mean 45867 40749 40903
Standard error 53 47 47
Agg 549889471 488356317 495810978
Agg square 25581649414746 2.018255E13 2.0562601E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 69922 61917 62020
Standard error 73 65 65
Agg 1128582887 967200395 965691486
Agg square 80125375327405 6.080328E13 6.0798521E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 140942 124209 124247
Standard error 703 639 639
Agg 2653646149 2351146867 2351156739
Agg square 527672599043414 4.202294E14 4.2030622E14
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