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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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
Married-Couple Households
With Related
Children Under 18
Total 27306 27306 27306 27306 27306 27306 27306 27306
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 27223 27070 27070 27070 27070 27070 27070 27075
With addition or deduction (X) 4353 5193 20329 26852 26249 5327 19813
Mean addition or deduction (X) 9379 5083 7942 6292 12056 2199 3972
Standard error (X) 156 504 24 27 207 20 50
Agg addition or deduction (X) 40827597 26397050 161460492 168963473 316457523 11711136 78694068
Agg square for addition or
deduction (X) 788021825344 6152228565793 1486472127834 1524917506794 2.98210399E13 35907541096 1167842699691
Mean total income (X) 529121 448508 121600 86408 77658 384305 99709
Standard error (X) (X) (X) 819 683 507 (X) 509
Tally total income (X) 2303262214 2328968795 2472040605 2320263352 2038472401 2047138004 1975567153
Agg square for total income (X) 4.953322504E14 5.06467125E14 5.436514031E14 4.95714598E14 3.13830806E14 3.14423114E14 2.86083826E14
Under $2,500 155 366 364 356 366 366 350 350
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 56 112 107 104 125 125 87 87
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 84 111 112 110 113 113 87 87
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 106 134 134 132 163 162 93 89
$10,000 to $12,499 206 231 228 200 205 197 139 141
$12,500 to $14,999 194 197 201 178 314 256 142 141
$15,000 to $17,499 327 363 363 307 249 216 184 184
$17,500 to $19,999 315 291 291 265 380 368 287 293
$20,000 to $22,499 414 461 454 382 383 307 296 290
$22,500 to $24,999 329 327 333 322 439 413 409 424
$25,000 to $27,499 453 496 483 414 383 424 439 463
$27,500 to $29,999 381 374 375 350 463 482 546 549
$30,000 to $32,499 678 689 670 487 517 452 569 607
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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 $34,999 416 409 405 393 481 537 560 583
$35,000 to $37,499 684 689 692 546 598 619 663 678
$37,500 to $39,999 450 426 442 428 529 592 666 697
$40,000 to $42,499 796 796 754 608 520 616 649 666
$42,500 to $44,999 459 412 411 453 589 638 679 722
$45,000 to $47,499 670 659 651 552 584 641 637 680
$47,500 to $49,999 516 519 536 485 564 672 669 694
$50,000 to $52,499 872 869 843 620 600 689 684 676
$52,500 to $54,999 444 398 390 515 552 632 659 735
$55,000 to $57,499 666 667 677 571 603 678 676 727
$57,500 to $59,999 474 442 447 506 541 697 697 711
$60,000 to $62,499 835 823 783 554 668 720 725 759
$62,500 to $64,999 458 464 480 526 595 714 710 732
$65,000 to $67,499 671 685 681 609 596 698 704 745
$67,500 to $69,999 431 417 420 530 585 653 663 644
$70,000 to $72,499 778 766 719 561 589 684 675 706
$72,500 to $74,999 447 438 435 534 593 618 624 687
$75,000 to $77,499 673 673 679 572 520 642 641 600
$77,500 to $79,999 431 401 409 532 613 592 596 621
$80,000 to $82,499 624 633 623 553 451 590 593 586
$82,500 to $84,999 441 427 428 530 541 574 574 567
$85,000 to $87,499 544 545 572 458 523 497 496 558
$87,500 to $89,999 384 372 373 477 485 519 513 501
$90,000 to $92,499 566 560 537 500 431 502 510 485
$92,500 to $94,999 389 349 343 452 422 482 479 528
$95,000 to $97,499 395 377 407 435 401 478 470 451
$97,500 to $99,999 333 316 328 412 393 428 438 478
$100,000 and over 8761 8620 8730 9789 8640 7021 7029 6387
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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 0.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.6
$5,000 to $9,999 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.6
$10,000 to $14,999 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.9 1.7 1.0 1.0
$15,000 to $19,999 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.3 2.1 1.7 1.7
$20,000 to $24,999 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.6 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.6
$25,000 to $29,999 3.1 3.2 3.1 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.6 3.7
$30,000 to $34,999 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.2 3.7 3.6 4.1 4.4
$35,000 to $39,999 4.2 4.1 4.2 3.6 4.1 4.4 4.9 5.0
$40,000 to $44,999 4.6 4.4 4.3 3.9 4.1 4.6 4.9 5.1
$45,000 to $49,999 4.3 4.3 4.3 3.8 4.2 4.8 4.8 5.0
$50,000 to $59,999 9.0 8.7 8.6 8.1 8.4 9.9 9.9 10.4
$60,000 to $74,999 13.3 13.2 12.9 12.1 13.3 15.0 15.0 15.6
$75,000 to $99,999 17.5 17.0 17.2 18.0 17.5 19.4 19.4 19.7
$100,000 and over 32.1 31.6 32.0 35.8 31.6 25.7 25.7 23.4
Median 74371 72834 73706 79780 74013 69908 69938 68065
Standard Error 494 467 507 411 372 332 330 342
Mean dollars 94806 93311 94278 100191 94003 82907 83336 80454
Standard Error 674 676 683 693 672 483 482 452
Agg total income 2588816979 2547989382 2574386432 2735846924 2566883451 2263903102 2275614237 2196920170
Agg Square for total income 5.42372E14 5.366648099E14 5.47878894E14 5.883627224E14 5.36477755E14 3.40591616E14 3.41332341E14 3.10252718E14
Gini ratio 0.350 0.361 0.360 0.340 0.354 0.339 0.333 0.327
Standard Error 0.0049 0.0049 0.0049 0.0048 0.0049 0.0049 0.0049 0.0050
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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 5.9 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.6
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 452 27 35 527 71 317 96
Mean amount (X) 15217 -267 3146 648 138 1794 -150
Standard error (X) 542 774 285 18 16 62 29
Agg first quintile (X) 6877494 -7349 110767 341720 9780 569506 -14443
Agg square first quintile (X) 157388318604 399607223 436541627 299624142 2489726 1365835667 9029278
Tot 1st Quintile 1611 849 849 884 904 887 735 718
Second quintile:
Upper limit 37757 32374 32942 35328 32853 31143 31674 31059
Percent of households 11.8 12.0 12.1 11.9 11.9 10.0 9.8 9.6
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 894 145 975 3216 2560 2496 1143
Mean amount (X) 10258 -200 4648 1963 1075 2930 160
Standard error (X) 383 363 63 15 14 26 18
Agg second quintile (X) 9174568 -28918 4533593 6314630 2750487 7311619 182488
Agg square second quintile (X) 197068505477 2421485637 24403871222 14312684325 4083287344 25174515686 398388191
Tot 2nd Quintile 3219 3285 3317 3262 3257 2738 2682 2628
Third quintile:
Upper limit 60435 56632 57804 61933 57605 53006 53181 51837
Percent of households 20.8 20.9 21.2 20.4 20.4 19.7 20.5 20.4
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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) 1033 462 3746 5564 5357 1954 3699
Mean amount (X) 8070 1170 6040 3544 1418 1419 992
Standard error (X) 288 263 35 15 15 26 12
Agg third quintile (X) 8335497 540095 22627676 19719222 7593672 2772768 3669444
Agg square third quintile (X) 144999731093 13562891383 151428048120 75794549841 16534443929 6268346779 5378946225
Tot 3rd Quintile 5684 5711 5789 5579 5581 5385 5591 5563
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 97160 94227 97176 103692 96481 85700 85743 82893
Percent of households 28.1 29.6 30.2 30.7 30.6 31.2 31.2 31.3
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 1126 1310 7195 8363 8504 325 6766
Mean amount (X) 7598 2381 7386 5806 4213 1928 2272
Standard error (X) 245 263 31 17 29 90 15
Agg fourth quintile (X) 8552242 3119737 53142756 48550411 35828475 627620 15372425
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 131847767833 111706596187 435378796553 299758193319 205968573121 1955492266 44056257403
Tot 4th Quintile 7665 8076 8254 8384 8369 8525 8529 8537
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 33.4 34.4 33.3 33.7 33.7 35.8 35.8 36.1
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 848 3249 8378 9182 9758 234 8110
Mean amount (X) 9300 7010 9674 10242 27699 1836 7335
Standard error (X) 363 796 38 48 514 86 109
Agg fifth quintile (X) 7887795 22773485 81045700 94037491 270275107 429623 59484153
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 156717502337 6024137985363 874824870312 1134752455168 2.95944511E13 1143350699 1118000078593
Tot 5th Quintile 9128 9385 9096 9199 9195 9771 9769 9860
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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 13069 4249 4311 4789 4586 4458 4071 3902
Standard error 163 156 158 164 153 152 176 174
Agg 21049705 3609600 3661357 4232573 4146424 3953916 2991488 2800196
Agg square 3.3529E11 30735283111 31525433313 38645711475 35760682274 33624831393 26870291813 24628531051
Second quintile:
Mean 29960 23351 23526 25266 23473 22717 24167 23830
Standard error 90 110 110 121 112 111 106 105
Agg 96451567 76705518 78042550 82405640 76444143 62200195 64813494 62631247
Agg square 2.96301E12 1905110089557 1953601742790 2218771238018 1910600045484 1493806913540 1637141197163 1559736856944
Third quintile:
Mean 49253 44759 45340 48915 45470 42575 42612 41643
Standard error 94 97 99 109 101 90 88 84
Agg 279929667 255627458 262487058 272880254 253784563 229279038 238261509 231673522
Agg square 1.40394E13 11712646390055 1.2189238E13 13670682367607 1.18198657E13 9969305824001 1.03636366E13 9840203588279
Fourth quintile:
Mean 77672 74373 75981 81543 75799 68822 68890 66751
Standard error 126 126 131 137 128 107 107 102
Agg 595339903 600608836 627154898 683617670 634385053 586696674 587556482 569871779
Agg square 4.70561E13 45579669084262 4.86762239E13 56908000277466 4.90906344E13 4.11101095E13 4.12058438E13 3.8702813E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 174850 171702 176230 184015 173805 141409 141465 134886
Standard error 1650 1612 1670 1658 1625 1051 1052 973
Agg 1596046137 1611437969 1603040569 1692710787 1598123268 1381773279 1381991265 1329943426
Agg square 4.77979E14 4.774366491E14 4.85028305E14 5.155266228E14 4.73620894E14 2.87984769E14 2.88098849E14 2.60125336E14
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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
Married-Couple Households
With Related
Children Under 18
Total 27306 27306 27306 27306 27306 27306 27306
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 27172 27173 27193 27240 27240 27264 27290
With addition or deduction 3882 1307 10939 739 4639 3728 21494
Mean addition or deduction 9212 9610 111 6867 5899 1728 2493
Standard error 166 141 1 242 84 35 56
Agg addition or deduction 35755846 12556620 1219684 5071752 27368309 6442269 53593068
Agg square for addition or
deduction 692829682935 150582064930 167936774 62739141772 295821061816 26105808919 1417022861819
Mean total income 517550 1547033 184892 2744834 442900 552436 98307
Standard error (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 504
Tally total income 2008926721 2021483341 2022580548 2027326067 2054694376 2059454877 2113047945
Agg square for total income 2.90679515E14 2.92970078E14 2.931748505E14 2.93694919E14 2.97336523E14 2.977401958E14 310820882111759
Under $2,500 200 200 200 145 145 129 118
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 40 40 37 35 35 20 38
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 72 70 73 80 80 59 40
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 79 81 81 64 62 47 64
$10,000 to $12,499 130 125 125 132 130 99 81
$12,500 to $14,999 137 129 129 133 132 124 112
$15,000 to $17,499 172 171 171 159 140 139 147
$17,500 to $19,999 279 270 270 269 228 222 197
$20,000 to $22,499 279 261 260 277 234 234 232
$22,500 to $24,999 382 383 383 380 302 304 292
$25,000 to $27,499 420 412 411 403 351 359 361
$27,500 to $29,999 519 497 495 487 354 374 347
$30,000 to $32,499 599 588 584 577 474 415 423
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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 $34,999 589 569 574 583 522 540 477
$35,000 to $37,499 657 642 632 617 634 616 605
$37,500 to $39,999 692 681 684 689 659 680 629
$40,000 to $42,499 657 650 642 644 682 676 670
$42,500 to $44,999 752 751 748 766 743 747 722
$45,000 to $47,499 697 688 691 688 735 743 724
$47,500 to $49,999 711 709 713 723 742 770 747
$50,000 to $52,499 695 689 695 697 732 740 736
$52,500 to $54,999 711 705 701 707 741 766 731
$55,000 to $57,499 746 746 741 746 783 785 729
$57,500 to $59,999 710 732 736 738 757 763 796
$60,000 to $62,499 744 753 745 746 741 750 770
$62,500 to $64,999 749 759 760 762 791 801 753
$65,000 to $67,499 749 766 772 767 792 798 714
$67,500 to $69,999 667 660 654 667 705 694 695
$70,000 to $72,499 708 724 728 731 749 761 759
$72,500 to $74,999 707 705 704 701 709 709 692
$75,000 to $77,499 615 617 611 613 660 668 665
$77,500 to $79,999 658 653 654 655 663 652 615
$80,000 to $82,499 588 587 598 600 617 632 634
$82,500 to $84,999 578 568 554 559 569 575 572
$85,000 to $87,499 593 602 613 615 634 629 594
$87,500 to $89,999 502 506 512 513 508 510 556
$90,000 to $92,499 500 500 491 495 505 506 498
$92,500 to $94,999 539 559 558 558 573 568 535
$95,000 to $97,499 471 470 475 477 495 495 553
$97,500 to $99,999 472 477 482 478 488 498 464
$100,000 and over 6539 6612 6619 6628 6709 6710 7217
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6
$5,000 to $9,999 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
$10,000 to $14,999 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7
$15,000 to $19,999 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.3
$20,000 to $24,999 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.0 2.0 1.9
$25,000 to $29,999 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.6 2.7 2.6
$30,000 to $34,999 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.6 3.5 3.3
$35,000 to $39,999 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.5
$40,000 to $44,999 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1
$45,000 to $49,999 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.4
$50,000 to $59,999 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.6 11.0 11.2 11.0
$60,000 to $74,999 15.8 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.4 16.5 16.1
$75,000 to $99,999 20.2 20.3 20.3 20.4 20.9 21.0 20.8
$100,000 and over 23.9 24.2 24.2 24.3 24.6 24.6 26.4
Median 69314 69722 69787 69893 70753 70850 72307
Standard Error 331 332 331 321 294 290 295
Mean dollars 81764 82224 82268 82454 83456 83692 85655
Standard Error 450 451 451 450 449 448 454
Agg total income 2232676015 2245232636 2246452319 2251524071 2278892381 2285334649 2338927717
Agg Square for total income 3.15097246E14 3.17387809E14 3.176091993E14 3.18135086E14 3.2177669E14 3.222616158E14 335342302034860
Gini ratio 0.320 0.318 0.317 0.316 0.309 0.306 0.309
Standard Error 0.0050 0.0050 0.0050 0.0050 0.0050 0.0050 0.0049
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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 4.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.9
With type of addition
or deduction 223 64 157 187 219 698 559
Mean amount 8151 1622 107 5720 1383 2270 -2134
Standard error 410 187 5 368 77 94 761
Agg first quintile 1821685 103912 16879 1072309 302873 1584465 -1193155
Agg square first quintile 22203539724 293750258 2421232 10312336765 668287597 7364370854 161329234483
Tot 1st Quintile 1105 1344 1343 1344 1293 1236 1335
Second quintile:
Upper limit 35816 38851 38863 39124 40027 40253 41789
Percent of households 11.0 12.7 12.7 12.7 11.7 11.6 12.1
With type of addition
or deduction 541 151 714 152 1193 1283 1770
Mean amount 8241 5371 108 6378 3748 1565 396
Standard error 379 228 2 501 71 53 131
Agg second quintile 4455199 811696 77384 970278 4471596 2007603 700333
Agg square second quintile 73491383220 5397075291 10608260 11273936480 23130026929 7216161962 47795901094
Tot 2nd Quintile 3011 3466 3461 3458 3195 3172 3308
Third quintile:
Upper limit 55322 57880 57896 58074 58798 58885 61173
Percent of households 19.9 19.6 19.6 19.6 20.2 20.4 20.9
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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 900 258 1928 169 1402 1187 4019
Mean amount 8281 9283 108 7445 6097 1620 1082
Standard error 308 208 1 500 120 62 76
Agg third quintile 7454411 2397190 208121 1256702 8549846 1922498 4347997
Agg square third quintile 129217825994 24773348093 28189929 15614733870 77055336170 7838892320 87290661495
Tot 3rd Quintile 5435 5350 5348 5364 5521 5582 5718
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 85731 87338 87358 87479 88045 88071 91660
Percent of households 30.5 29.3 29.3 29.3 29.7 29.8 29.3
With type of addition
or deduction 1189 337 3867 125 1044 447 6785
Mean amount 9045 10443 112 7966 7887 1695 1931
Standard error 307 233 1 690 224 97 60
Agg fourth quintile 10755510 3522494 433358 993537 8232706 756946 13101709
Agg square fourth quintile 214062670205 42191608951 59610088 14412530778 112692005056 2922169025 172430888969
Tot 4th Quintile 8323 7996 7996 7989 8120 8136 7993
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 34.5 33.5 33.5 33.5 33.6 33.6 32.8
With type of addition
or deduction 1028 496 4272 105 781 114 8361
Mean amount 10961 11536 113 7385 7442 1499 4382
Standard error 375 235 1 742 270 211 113
Agg fifth quintile 11269040 5721329 483942 778927 5811289 170757 36636184
Agg square fifth quintile 253854263792 77926282337 67107265 11125603880 82275406065 764214757 948176175778
Tot 5th Quintile 9433 9150 9159 9151 9178 9181 8952
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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 11374 13244 13247 14260 14254 15301 15721
Standard error 218 212 212 203 213 216 320
Agg 12564074 17800703 17785649 19169516 18423847 18909606 20987228
Agg square 193703865370 306871845086 306569500015 338461916608 328968608858 351986039542 490102861031
Second quintile:
Mean 29026 31557 31561 31885 32942 33235 34595
Standard error 85 84 84 84 88 88 88
Agg 87383382 109375122 109219793 110259252 105253625 105414031 114438010
Agg square 2594353716510 3525650206743 3521141347054 3589052018035 3537158110820 3571275112745 4033299081604
Third quintile:
Mean 45632 48475 48486 48719 49514 49660 51597
Standard error 81 80 80 80 78 77 79
Agg 248010562 259362055 259320793 261348788 273371791 277196270 295042982
Agg square 1.14864143E13 1.27338828E13 12734913362852 1.28925808E13 1.36964498E13 13925618863020 15402205299873
Fourth quintile:
Mean 69827 71845 71867 72012 72556 72601 75354
Standard error 101 101 101 100 99 98 104
Agg 581190724 574464989 574624736 575286383 589129761 590669529 602329530
Agg square 4.1208678E13 4.18410739E13 41864320500834 4.19920189E13 4.33089974E13 43445590681621 45990484463088
Fifth quintile:
Mean 138189 140353 140354 140473 140850 140848 145906
Standard error 1009 1035 1035 1035 1033 1033 1059
Agg 1303527274 1284229766 1285501347 1285460132 1292713356 1293145213 1306129967
Agg square 2.59614096E14 2.5898033E14 2.591822545E14 2.59322972E14 2.60905116E14 2.609671451E14 269426210329265
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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
Married-Couple Households
With Related
Children Under 18
Total 27306 27306 27306
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 27264 27223 27223
With addition or deduction 5331 (X) (X)
Mean addition or deduction 7489 (X) (X)
Standard error 93 (X) (X)
Agg addition or deduction 39924930 (X) (X)
Agg square for addition or
deduction 515484330619 (X) (X)
Mean total income 51626 (X) (X)
Standard error 952 (X) (X)
Tally total income 275226236 (X) (X)
Agg square for total income 36814658890567 (X) (X)
Under $2,500 129 263 261
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 20 78 47
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 59 88 80
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 47 151 61
$10,000 to $12,499 99 212 150
$12,500 to $14,999 126 265 155
$15,000 to $17,499 162 263 204
$17,500 to $19,999 251 446 328
$20,000 to $22,499 271 354 357
$22,500 to $24,999 384 450 471
$25,000 to $27,499 413 509 513
$27,500 to $29,999 533 619 660
$30,000 to $32,499 544 630 756
$32,500 to $34,999 610 766 850
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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 $37,499 658 762 847
$37,500 to $39,999 727 746 778
$40,000 to $42,499 670 792 796
$42,500 to $44,999 791 884 892
$45,000 to $47,499 706 844 862
$47,500 to $49,999 740 806 824
$50,000 to $52,499 707 743 738
$52,500 to $54,999 723 788 790
$55,000 to $57,499 749 846 858
$57,500 to $59,999 728 779 776
$60,000 to $62,499 754 762 764
$62,500 to $64,999 762 796 799
$65,000 to $67,499 762 678 677
$67,500 to $69,999 660 700 718
$70,000 to $72,499 717 636 636
$72,500 to $74,999 697 642 637
$75,000 to $77,499 619 611 609
$77,500 to $79,999 645 569 576
$80,000 to $82,499 618 592 596
$82,500 to $84,999 568 597 601
$85,000 to $87,499 614 501 494
$87,500 to $89,999 505 471 478
$90,000 to $92,499 494 433 432
$92,500 to $94,999 539 422 423
$95,000 to $97,499 472 349 348
$97,500 to $99,999 480 333 334
$100,000 and over 6555 5128 5134
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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 0.5 1.2 1.1
$5,000 to $9,999 0.4 0.9 0.5
$10,000 to $14,999 0.8 1.7 1.1
$15,000 to $19,999 1.5 2.6 1.9
$20,000 to $24,999 2.4 2.9 3.0
$25,000 to $29,999 3.5 4.1 4.3
$30,000 to $34,999 4.2 5.1 5.9
$35,000 to $39,999 5.1 5.5 6.0
$40,000 to $44,999 5.4 6.1 6.2
$45,000 to $49,999 5.3 6.0 6.2
$50,000 to $59,999 10.6 11.6 11.6
$60,000 to $74,999 15.9 15.4 15.5
$75,000 to $99,999 20.3 17.9 17.9
$100,000 and over 24.0 18.8 18.8
Median 69503 61865 61968
Standard Error 334 289 289
Mean dollars 82230 73674 74103
Standard Error 449 448 446
Agg total income 2245409720 2011781957 2023493093
Agg Square for total income 316243725047597 2.792405E14 2.7993859E14
Gini ratio 0.314 0.339 0.333
Standard Error 0.0050 0.0050 0.0050
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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 3.6 5.2 4.0
With type of addition
or deduction 163 (X) (X)
Mean amount 1871 (X) (X)
Standard error 129 (X) (X)
Agg first quintile 305679 (X) (X)
Agg square first quintile 959778728 (X) (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 996 1408 1088
Second quintile:
Upper limit 36369 32262 32616
Percent of households 11.1 10.4 10.9
With type of addition
or deduction 1483 (X) (X)
Mean amount 5356 (X) (X)
Standard error 110 (X) (X)
Agg second quintile 7941698 (X) (X)
Agg square second quintile 66058269810 (X) (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 3021 2849 2976
Third quintile:
Upper limit 55604 49254 49402
Percent of households 20.2 19.8 20.5
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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 1639 (X) (X)
Mean amount 8102 (X) (X)
Standard error 168 (X) (X)
Agg third quintile 13275737 (X) (X)
Agg square third quintile 174146953657 (X) (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 5514 5400 5600
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 85870 76085 76158
Percent of households 30.6 28.9 28.9
With type of addition
or deduction 1110 (X) (X)
Mean amount 8697 (X) (X)
Standard error 225 (X) (X)
Agg fourth quintile 9653710 (X) (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 138522858810 (X) (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 8345 7898 7892
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 34.5 35.7 35.7
With type of addition
or deduction 937 (X) (X)
Mean amount 9341 (X) (X)
Standard error 265 (X) (X)
Agg fifth quintile 8748105 (X) (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 135796469613 (X) (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 9431 9750 9750
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Married-Couple Households 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 13282 -232 -3379
Standard error 223 1819 2340
Agg 13229599 -327026 -3676519
Agg square 218905351485 5.756146E12 5.69692E12
Second quintile:
Mean 29708 25866 26668
Standard error 84 82 77
Agg 89744667 73694391 79375835
Agg square 2721940610348 1.954105E12 2.1631759E12
Third quintile:
Mean 46011 40918 40980
Standard error 79 70 69
Agg 253688886 220965800 229479729
Agg square 11838680089372 9.168613E12 9.5357229E12
Fourth quintile:
Mean 70006 61994 62104
Standard error 101 92 91
Agg 584216493 489646662 490124114
Agg square 41522265325622 3.08134E13 3.0892814E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 138330 125922 125967
Standard error 1009 961 961
Agg 1304530075 1227802130 1228189935
Agg square 259941933670770 2.315483E14 2.3164996E14
Race Footnotes