| Current Population Survey (CPS) A joint effort between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau |
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Householder With Related
Children Under 18
Total 39763 39763 39763 39763 39763 39763 39763 39763
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 39410 38576 38576 38576 38576 38576 38576 38587
With addition or deduction (X) 8528 5883 26102 37684 35372 12207 26814
Mean addition or deduction (X) 8933 6447 7510 5367 10090 2269 3305
Standard error (X) 102 553 21 23 162 13 39
Agg addition or deduction (X) 76182413 37926087 196028438 202262946 356891410 27694036 88629312
Agg square for addition or
deduction (X) 1339870060727 9526363043016 1746443536125 1726476031742 3.25429675E13 86468762789 1271036298071
Mean total income (X) 311931 458371 109728 71324 67224 196357 86433
Standard error (X) (X) (X) 688 532 413 (X) 431
Tally total income (X) 2660176901 2696571169 2864090607 2687752503 2377867092 2396856391 2317565354
Agg square for total income (X) 5.394918264E14 5.56131409E14 5.97265707E14 5.44315239E14 3.46882288E14 3.48120491E14 3.17408777E14
Under $2,500 682 1796 1793 1780 1807 1809 1735 1732
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 394 494 487 467 543 544 440 444
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 524 522 508 493 527 525 389 383
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 586 482 490 496 587 594 433 426
$10,000 to $12,499 809 808 806 722 707 688 493 495
$12,500 to $14,999 735 601 609 554 782 662 504 521
$15,000 to $17,499 911 924 922 787 708 715 677 665
$17,500 to $19,999 815 725 729 677 857 818 740 754
$20,000 to $22,499 974 994 979 846 837 756 770 768
$22,500 to $24,999 767 712 723 700 941 901 947 950
$25,000 to $27,499 1023 1104 1093 913 785 946 981 1040
$27,500 to $29,999 776 715 712 691 964 928 1083 1111
$30,000 to $32,499 1253 1281 1257 998 937 926 1069 1125
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
$32,500 to $34,999 771 697 697 735 893 1019 1069 1112
$35,000 to $37,499 1175 1176 1179 981 985 1001 1121 1148
$37,500 to $39,999 783 707 718 753 900 978 1099 1118
$40,000 to $42,499 1250 1272 1232 1004 843 961 1034 1061
$42,500 to $44,999 750 630 628 709 907 990 1007 1048
$45,000 to $47,499 999 979 965 880 850 948 968 1001
$47,500 to $49,999 752 749 765 739 834 954 964 1030
$50,000 to $52,499 1192 1173 1141 877 864 1006 1001 943
$52,500 to $54,999 661 595 590 761 807 874 931 1031
$55,000 to $57,499 899 883 898 817 847 890 894 932
$57,500 to $59,999 653 593 592 730 722 871 884 920
$60,000 to $62,499 1079 1055 1017 791 834 899 912 907
$62,500 to $64,999 620 609 613 679 745 855 862 894
$65,000 to $67,499 839 849 842 770 736 838 844 890
$67,500 to $69,999 527 500 498 658 730 802 811 784
$70,000 to $72,499 934 909 867 672 695 813 809 817
$72,500 to $74,999 552 524 519 680 719 711 726 799
$75,000 to $77,499 811 786 794 671 629 740 739 684
$77,500 to $79,999 525 489 501 630 694 663 669 691
$80,000 to $82,499 740 757 744 694 544 664 662 664
$82,500 to $84,999 503 481 478 600 626 661 663 652
$85,000 to $87,499 621 608 637 539 572 553 565 619
$87,500 to $89,999 434 422 423 557 537 591 578 554
$90,000 to $92,499 636 632 604 573 495 549 563 538
$92,500 to $94,999 433 392 388 494 462 519 513 577
$95,000 to $97,499 465 438 467 495 470 538 524 491
$97,500 to $99,999 368 348 369 457 444 463 477 521
$100,000 and over 9543 9353 9489 10694 9398 7600 7615 6922
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 2.7 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.5 5.5
$5,000 to $9,999 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.0
$10,000 to $14,999 3.9 3.5 3.6 3.2 3.7 3.4 2.5 2.6
$15,000 to $19,999 4.3 4.1 4.2 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.6
$20,000 to $24,999 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.9 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.3
$25,000 to $29,999 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.0 4.4 4.7 5.2 5.4
$30,000 to $34,999 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.4 4.6 4.9 5.4 5.6
$35,000 to $39,999 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.4 4.7 5.0 5.6 5.7
$40,000 to $44,999 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.3 4.4 4.9 5.1 5.3
$45,000 to $49,999 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.1 4.2 4.8 4.9 5.1
$50,000 to $59,999 8.6 8.2 8.1 8.0 8.1 9.2 9.3 9.6
$60,000 to $74,999 11.4 11.2 11.0 10.7 11.2 12.4 12.5 12.8
$75,000 to $99,999 13.9 13.5 13.6 14.4 13.8 14.9 15.0 15.1
$100,000 and over 24.0 23.5 23.9 26.9 23.6 19.1 19.2 17.4
Median 59035 57116 57390 62441 58086 55947 56195 54939
Standard Error 408 302 345 359 369 299 298 269
Mean dollars 78062 76146 77099 82029 76943 68436 69133 66904
Standard Error 507 510 518 528 510 375 373 351
Agg total income 3103933296 3027750883 3065676970 3261705408 3059442462 2721207620 2748901656 2660272344
Agg Square for total income 5.98916E14 5.908815485E14 6.08081491E14 6.536947649E14 5.9562368E14 3.81251472E14 3.82915651E14 3.49026843E14
Gini ratio 0.416 0.433 0.433 0.419 0.428 0.409 0.399 0.393
Standard Error 0.0041 0.0041 0.0041 0.0041 0.0041 0.0041 0.0041 0.0041
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 20506 11668 11905 12196 11679 11471 12050 11981
Percent of households 14.6 9.6 9.6 9.8 10.0 9.8 8.6 8.4
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 2212 56 97 2086 269 1320 466
Mean amount (X) 10146 802 3041 547 267 1555 -83
Standard error (X) 196 499 198 8 93 30 13
Agg first quintile (X) 22446235 45132 295331 1140179 71696 2051457 -38730
Agg square first quintile (X) 392593553012 727494054 1223761687 872439613 568818917 4605688151 33667450
Tot 1st Quintile 5823 3798 3815 3906 3960 3912 3417 3355
Second quintile:
Upper limit 37757 32374 32942 35328 32853 31143 31674 31059
Percent of households 16.2 18.4 18.6 18.1 17.9 16.1 16.2 16.1
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 2083 237 2456 7000 5750 5750 3262
Mean amount (X) 9036 -43 4287 1793 958 2868 176
Standard error (X) 220 244 42 9 11 18 11
Agg second quintile (X) 18818678 -10284 10528322 12554076 5509583 16487687 575789
Agg square second quintile (X) 353496456311 2931593365 54569308681 26264986461 8881314389 56190454185 1211057809
Tot 2nd Quintile 6433 7329 7379 7179 7130 6384 6461 6391
Third quintile:
Upper limit 60435 56632 57804 61933 57605 53006 53181 51837
Percent of households 21.0 21.8 22.1 21.7 21.8 21.5 22.4 22.3
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 1749 604 5956 8614 8494 3815 6059
Mean amount (X) 8155 1034 5836 3428 1572 1708 964
Standard error (X) 213 219 29 12 14 23 10
Agg third quintile (X) 14260429 624317 34757459 29527137 13351011 6517138 5841695
Agg square third quintile (X) 237982437901 15940508894 228298841125 110205393125 33399683557 17850224145 8685149762
Tot 3rd Quintile 8347 8676 8786 8642 8657 8551 8908 8887
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 97160 94227 97176 103692 96481 85700 85743 82893
Percent of households 23.2 24.5 24.9 25.2 25.1 25.8 26.0 26.1
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 1474 1473 8531 9974 10247 902 8204
Mean amount (X) 7769 2295 7356 5726 4332 2038 2207
Standard error (X) 220 242 29 16 29 51 14
Agg fourth quintile (X) 11454632 3381351 62748844 57105781 44394688 1839574 18108478
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 181504021224 119135810221 513959681862 349045014049 267294740684 5631213032 51131677383
Tot 4th Quintile 9214 9735 9882 10004 9987 10278 10329 10366
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 25.0 25.7 24.9 25.2 25.2 26.8 26.8 27.1
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 1010 3513 9062 10009 10613 420 8821
Mean amount (X) 9109 9647 9677 10184 27662 1901 7271
Standard error (X) 318 915 37 48 494 66 104
Agg fifth quintile (X) 9202439 33885572 87698483 101935774 293564433 798180 64142080
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 174293592279 9387627636481 948391942769 1240088198495 3.22328229E13 2191183277 1209974745667
Tot 5th Quintile 9946 10225 9901 10032 10029 10637 10646 10764
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 11389 3962 4032 4335 4160 4065 3777 3638
Standard error 86 70 71 74 70 69 76 75
Agg 66322134 15046957 15382995 16934776 16472612 15901220 12906933 12206856
Agg square 9.75058E11 122334139598 126875568291 147081864300 135668173790 129137031459 108425689706 100218453648
Second quintile:
Mean 29416 22550 22727 24384 22731 22021 23169 22806
Standard error 64 75 75 83 76 74 72 71
Agg 189226626 165259744 167706781 175041653 162068012 140584908 149702546 145750040
Agg square 5.71669E12 3990687177031 4081689338933 4577885643399 3944459520319 3293191176085 3658604519516 3505958594982
Third quintile:
Mean 48785 44190 44769 48292 44927 42004 42106 41113
Standard error 78 79 81 88 82 73 70 68
Agg 407209490 383375337 393322221 417319086 388940621 359164702 375097609 365360688
Agg square 2.02375E13 17352951247517 1.80489515E13 20663881497786 1.79179521E13 1.54267427E13 1.61390365E13 1.5337516E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 77222 73810 75472 80970 75296 68338 68398 66247
Standard error 115 115 120 126 117 98 98 93
Agg 711494083 718572701 745812710 810024543 751948909 702397121 706500306 686719388
Agg square 5.59266E13 54139149863403 5.75192219E13 66978204884241 5.78197165E13 4.88909328E13 4.92129066E13 4.63040472E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 173906 170707 176094 183655 173492 141308 141333 134731
Standard error 1575 1539 1604 1589 1557 1009 1009 933
Agg 1729680963 1745496143 1743452263 1842385350 1740012308 1503159669 1504694262 1450235372
Agg square 5.1606E14 5.15276426E14 5.28304753E14 5.61327711E14 5.15805883E14 3.13511468E14 3.13796678E14 2.83779102E14
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Householder With Related
Children Under 18
Total 39763 39763 39763 39763 39763 39763 39763
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 39024 39032 39078 39445 39445 39665 39709
With addition or deduction 6872 2226 14322 2428 8367 9557 26903
Mean addition or deduction 8935 8774 108 6086 5318 2462 2451
Standard error 116 107 0 116 58 29 48
Agg addition or deduction 61404923 19528790 1553676 14777490 44494448 23533180 65935341
Agg square for addition or
deduction 1106078934908 221310779264 208924951 160118539082 444231938240 125522156843 1652677899812
Mean total income 345209 1074725 167111 990406 292740 257665 93987
Standard error (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 419
Tally total income 2372433653 2391962443 2393303386 2404866446 2449360894 2462627916 2528563257
Agg square for total income 3.23771921E14 3.26949726E14 3.271851171E14 3.2809565E14 3.33383376E14 3.342939329E14 349270168499202
Under $2,500 1136 1130 1129 645 639 353 319
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 341 341 340 355 357 187 188
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 355 353 355 428 406 280 275
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 487 478 479 499 479 377 365
$10,000 to $12,499 545 543 542 593 577 473 459
$12,500 to $14,999 531 513 514 591 535 594 567
$15,000 to $17,499 643 633 633 641 556 642 635
$17,500 to $19,999 728 714 708 747 648 746 737
$20,000 to $22,499 772 728 730 752 642 763 758
$22,500 to $24,999 909 899 900 898 749 784 754
$25,000 to $27,499 996 994 991 977 896 901 888
$27,500 to $29,999 1059 1046 1045 1063 917 962 931
$30,000 to $32,499 1124 1089 1087 1089 1016 1004 1011
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
$32,500 to $34,999 1131 1103 1104 1106 1059 1107 1044
$35,000 to $37,499 1133 1112 1104 1108 1161 1138 1080
$37,500 to $39,999 1166 1135 1134 1151 1118 1182 1143
$40,000 to $42,499 1064 1051 1048 1067 1139 1165 1137
$42,500 to $44,999 1111 1103 1100 1125 1099 1119 1110
$45,000 to $47,499 1037 1037 1040 1040 1129 1132 1135
$47,500 to $49,999 1041 1031 1036 1064 1082 1160 1134
$50,000 to $52,499 990 994 999 1008 1084 1081 1059
$52,500 to $54,999 1007 1017 1013 1014 1061 1092 1058
$55,000 to $57,499 983 989 986 991 1057 1074 1015
$57,500 to $59,999 955 984 982 983 1025 1041 1084
$60,000 to $62,499 921 939 939 943 972 974 999
$62,500 to $64,999 916 935 935 939 989 1007 938
$65,000 to $67,499 914 918 915 909 943 948 881
$67,500 to $69,999 809 820 825 837 862 865 883
$70,000 to $72,499 830 861 864 877 902 917 927
$72,500 to $74,999 824 826 822 821 828 828 819
$75,000 to $77,499 710 713 709 720 783 788 801
$77,500 to $79,999 738 735 738 739 770 752 709
$80,000 to $82,499 671 674 683 683 715 734 726
$82,500 to $84,999 660 655 642 649 654 668 669
$85,000 to $87,499 667 679 690 692 715 716 688
$87,500 to $89,999 560 564 569 572 580 581 617
$90,000 to $92,499 556 554 544 546 564 568 579
$92,500 to $94,999 597 628 628 627 644 637 611
$95,000 to $97,499 521 521 523 521 536 538 613
$97,500 to $99,999 525 529 536 532 545 555 521
$100,000 and over 7095 7193 7200 7223 7326 7327 7898
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 3.7 3.7 3.7 2.5 2.5 1.4 1.3
$5,000 to $9,999 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.6
$10,000 to $14,999 2.7 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.6
$15,000 to $19,999 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.0 3.5 3.4
$20,000 to $24,999 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.5 3.9 3.8
$25,000 to $29,999 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.7 4.6
$30,000 to $34,999 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.3 5.2
$35,000 to $39,999 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.6
$40,000 to $44,999 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.7
$45,000 to $49,999 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.6 5.8 5.7
$50,000 to $59,999 9.9 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.6 10.8 10.6
$60,000 to $74,999 13.1 13.3 13.3 13.4 13.8 13.9 13.7
$75,000 to $99,999 15.6 15.7 15.8 15.8 16.4 16.4 16.4
$100,000 and over 17.8 18.1 18.1 18.2 18.4 18.4 19.9
Median 56457 57115 57157 57326 58654 58855 59992
Standard Error 271 269 270 269 260 256 256
Mean dollars 68448 68939 68978 69350 70469 71061 72719
Standard Error 350 350 350 349 348 346 352
Agg total income 2721677268 2741206058 2742759734 2757537224 2802031672 2825564852 2891500193
Agg Square for total income 3.55847563E14 3.59025369E14 3.592856567E14 3.60244415E14 3.65532141E14 3.667613456E14 381737581151327
Gini ratio 0.381 0.379 0.379 0.375 0.366 0.358 0.360
Standard Error 0.0041 0.0041 0.0041 0.0041 0.0041 0.0041 0.0041
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 19963 22458 22461 22838 23445 23869 25053
Percent of households 11.9 13.6 13.6 13.5 12.9 12.1 12.8
With type of addition
or deduction 1119 196 511 1282 1078 3380 1370
Mean amount 6683 1972 98 5223 1869 3565 -524
Standard error 151 145 2 120 45 57 345
Agg first quintile 7480997 386214 50092 6693855 2015799 12050601 -718286
Agg square first quintile 74907493855 1464350567 6335911 55788020657 5836614177 75097972651 195921111937
Tot 1st Quintile 4750 5421 5419 5373 5133 4824 5072
Second quintile:
Upper limit 35816 38851 38863 39124 40027 40253 41789
Percent of households 16.1 17.3 17.3 17.3 16.7 17.0 17.3
With type of addition
or deduction 1271 339 1483 474 2547 3238 3066
Mean amount 8153 5287 101 6281 3903 1957 754
Standard error 230 151 1 297 50 42 88
Agg second quintile 10360475 1793074 149135 2978181 9940615 6337305 2310743
Agg square second quintile 159641930029 11785167693 18680361 36050613837 53217008390 28915256190 65983998237
Tot 2nd Quintile 6413 6877 6866 6878 6634 6755 6898
Third quintile:
Upper limit 55322 57880 57896 58074 58798 58885 61173
Percent of households 20.8 19.8 19.8 19.9 20.5 20.8 21.1
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
With type of addition
or deduction 1604 502 2944 325 2264 2050 5512
Mean amount 8682 9026 104 7301 5973 1732 1304
Standard error 222 145 1 363 96 48 64
Agg third quintile 13923272 4530527 307414 2369371 13524438 3549735 7184618
Agg square third quintile 232074609732 45549622718 40298562 29490038716 121803255983 14736981567 118696345954
Tot 3rd Quintile 8261 7864 7865 7916 8146 8283 8375
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 85731 87338 87358 87479 88045 88071 91660
Percent of households 25.2 24.1 24.1 24.1 24.6 24.7 24.0
With type of addition
or deduction 1636 559 4652 196 1494 728 7849
Mean amount 9680 10150 111 8063 7809 1839 2117
Standard error 268 177 1 529 185 83 58
Agg fourth quintile 15834280 5674679 515500 1583072 11663372 1338325 16618886
Agg square fourth quintile 321973173581 66209749396 70445794 22240879112 158342969769 5643200474 220111710083
Tot 4th Quintile 10030 9583 9583 9573 9778 9825 9558
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 25.9 25.2 25.2 25.2 25.3 25.3 24.8
With type of addition
or deduction 1243 630 4732 152 984 162 9107
Mean amount 11107 11346 112 7606 7468 1589 4452
Standard error 348 209 1 621 243 177 109
Agg fifth quintile 13805900 7144296 531535 1153012 7350224 257215 40539380
Agg square fifth quintile 317481727711 96301888889 73164323 16548986760 105032089921 1128745960 1051964733602
Tot 5th Quintile 10310 10018 10031 10023 10072 10075 9859
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 9537 11077 11080 12412 12435 14441 15047
Standard error 105 108 108 101 106 102 123
Agg 45298479 60051491 60038893 66688566 63826090 69667694 76327189
Agg square 648742517273 966762551738 966586910485 1085720493738 1055471257861 1216709926454 1488823630555
Second quintile:
Mean 28472 30987 30990 31315 32286 32527 33845
Standard error 60 60 60 60 62 60 62
Agg 182582758 213096356 212770502 215382221 214183840 219719501 233477337
Agg square 5328237669506 6753038120505 6743172553343 6892758832907 7061409699359 7292778567192 8060283408890
Third quintile:
Mean 45302 48147 48153 48378 49214 49334 51291
Standard error 66 66 66 65 64 63 65
Agg 374236593 378621735 378717280 382952390 400885009 408610663 429551646
Agg square 1.721291E13 1.84655059E13 18472963902902 1.87623293E13 1.99674538E13 20397593435306 22294351566984
Fourth quintile:
Mean 69411 71468 71482 71657 72222 72270 75045
Standard error 93 92 92 92 90 90 95
Agg 696171807 684850862 684990940 685974994 706206341 710079974 717291278
Agg square 4.90798557E13 4.9630331E13 49649152646029 4.983338E13 5.16879371E13 52003344993464 54545666514221
Fifth quintile:
Mean 138063 140209 140194 140331 140686 140690 145541
Standard error 966 990 989 990 985 985 1007
Agg 1423387631 1404585613 1406242118 1406539053 1416930390 1417487020 1434852743
Agg square 2.83577817E14 2.83209731E14 2.834537807E14 2.83670226E14 2.85759869E14 2.858509187E14 295348456030679
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Householder With Related
Children Under 18
Total 39763 39763 39763
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 39665 39410 39410
With addition or deduction 9488 (X) (X)
Mean addition or deduction 6748 (X) (X)
Standard error 65 (X) (X)
Agg addition or deduction 64023238 (X) (X)
Agg square for addition or
deduction 767576732020 (X) (X)
Mean total income 43759 (X) (X)
Standard error 623 (X) (X)
Tally total income 415165936 (X) (X)
Agg square for total income 48792350586197 (X) (X)
Under $2,500 353 836 798
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 187 449 379
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 280 537 441
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 379 711 505
$10,000 to $12,499 478 826 620
$12,500 to $14,999 642 853 644
$15,000 to $17,499 768 863 760
$17,500 to $19,999 858 1035 877
$20,000 to $22,499 838 888 957
$22,500 to $24,999 962 1061 1134
$25,000 to $27,499 1060 1112 1164
$27,500 to $29,999 1151 1161 1322
$30,000 to $32,499 1088 1145 1334
$32,500 to $34,999 1193 1316 1382
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
$35,000 to $37,499 1175 1206 1373
$37,500 to $39,999 1221 1179 1215
$40,000 to $42,499 1142 1193 1243
$42,500 to $44,999 1170 1245 1258
$45,000 to $47,499 1063 1104 1159
$47,500 to $49,999 1088 1115 1126
$50,000 to $52,499 1035 1016 1010
$52,500 to $54,999 1024 1005 1043
$55,000 to $57,499 993 1033 1068
$57,500 to $59,999 966 965 969
$60,000 to $62,499 951 932 927
$62,500 to $64,999 943 923 946
$65,000 to $67,499 908 811 811
$67,500 to $69,999 816 848 870
$70,000 to $72,499 848 735 734
$72,500 to $74,999 808 726 724
$75,000 to $77,499 723 700 690
$77,500 to $79,999 717 637 661
$80,000 to $82,499 700 667 674
$82,500 to $84,999 662 644 648
$85,000 to $87,499 684 552 547
$87,500 to $89,999 567 517 523
$90,000 to $92,499 548 469 467
$92,500 to $94,999 603 467 469
$95,000 to $97,499 518 382 387
$97,500 to $99,999 532 375 369
$100,000 and over 7123 5522 5536
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Income Levels
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under $5,000 1.4 3.2 3.0
$5,000 to $9,999 1.7 3.1 2.4
$10,000 to $14,999 2.8 4.2 3.2
$15,000 to $19,999 4.1 4.8 4.1
$20,000 to $24,999 4.5 4.9 5.3
$25,000 to $29,999 5.6 5.7 6.3
$30,000 to $34,999 5.7 6.2 6.8
$35,000 to $39,999 6.0 6.0 6.5
$40,000 to $44,999 5.8 6.1 6.3
$45,000 to $49,999 5.4 5.6 5.7
$50,000 to $59,999 10.1 10.1 10.3
$60,000 to $74,999 13.3 12.5 12.6
$75,000 to $99,999 15.7 13.6 13.7
$100,000 and over 17.9 13.9 13.9
Median 56829 50115 50471
Standard Error 268 255 264
Mean dollars 69451 61286 61982
Standard Error 346 344 342
Agg total income 2761541614 2436879985 2464574021
Agg Square for total income 358116998536387 3.134335E14 3.1502534E14
Gini ratio 0.367 0.393 0.383
Standard Error 0.0042 0.0042 0.0042
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Quintile Measures
Lowest quintile:
Upper limit 20872 17994 18639
Percent of households 10.7 13.3 11.4
With type of addition
or deduction 831 (X) (X)
Mean amount 2264 (X) (X)
Standard error 64 (X) (X)
Agg first quintile 1880975 (X) (X)
Agg square first quintile 6720577402 (X) (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 4246 5296 4519
Second quintile:
Upper limit 36369 32262 32616
Percent of households 16.8 15.3 16.3
With type of addition
or deduction 3220 (X) (X)
Mean amount 5091 (X) (X)
Standard error 71 (X) (X)
Agg second quintile 16396942 (X) (X)
Agg square second quintile 129080750484 (X) (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 6677 6073 6468
Third quintile:
Upper limit 55604 49254 49402
Percent of households 21.2 20.4 21.2
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
With type of addition
or deduction 2682 (X) (X)
Mean amount 7879 (X) (X)
Standard error 128 (X) (X)
Agg third quintile 21135066 (X) (X)
Agg square third quintile 269870990966 (X) (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 8447 8099 8417
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 85870 76085 76158
Percent of households 25.3 24.3 24.4
With type of addition
or deduction 1585 (X) (X)
Mean amount 8663 (X) (X)
Standard error 185 (X) (X)
Agg fourth quintile 13730636 (X) (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 194328492724 (X) (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 10074 9664 9702
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 26.0 26.7 26.8
With type of addition
or deduction 1169 (X) (X)
Mean amount 9307 (X) (X)
Standard error 235 (X) (X)
Agg fifth quintile 10879619 (X) (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 167575920443 (X) (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 10319 10632 10656
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Householder With Related Children Under 18)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Household Income
Lowest quintile:
Mean 12952 5183 4573
Standard error 97 617 721
Agg 54993827 27446343 20665194
Agg square 859789220792 9.51279E12 9.4190006E12
Second quintile:
Mean 29077 25439 26117
Standard error 57 56 53
Agg 194160429 154483173 168933770
Agg square 5774364157134 4.031291E12 4.5144253E12
Third quintile:
Mean 45662 40521 40667
Standard error 64 58 56
Agg 385692243 328168632 342299010
Agg square 17867385527912 1.34902E13 1.4117491E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 69579 61635 61727
Standard error 92 83 82
Agg 700915174 595643654 598900359
Agg square 49525537784746 3.727799E13 3.7528722E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 138171 125205 125170
Standard error 966 912 910
Agg 1425779941 1331138182 1333775688
Agg square 284089921845803 2.491212E14 2.4944571E14
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