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Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
Before taxes After taxes
Definition 3
Money income-- plus Definition 4
Excluding health less Definition 5 Definition 6
capital Definition 1 Definition 2 insurance Social less plus Definition 7
gains less plus supplements to Security Federal Earned less
(current government capital wage or salary payroll income Income state
measure) transfers gains income taxes taxes Tax income
Def 1 Def 2 Def 3 Def 4 Def 5 Def 6 Credit taxes
Def 7 Def 8
Households With One Or
More Full-Time Workers
Total 75161 75161 75161 75161 75161 75161 75161 75161
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 75161 75161 75161 75161 75161 75161 75161 75161
With addition or deduction (X) 13895 13316 56983 75094 73665 11075 56545
Mean addition or deduction (X) 10780 15935 6623 5608 11608 1918 3487
Standard error (X) 88 628 16 16 106 15 25
Agg addition or deduction (X) 149797158 212200875 377427191 421163866 855066727 21243044 197155484
Agg square for addition or
deduction (X) 2938569765196 6.47070915E13 3192598361990 3628463463940 6.31779394E13 64853859863 2484665301385
Mean total income (X) 374296 406141 100397 71540 63164 421473 79619
Standard error (X) (X) (X) 464 375 288 (X) 313
Tally total income (X) 5200959883 5408273179 5720933825 5372258462 4652912952 4667773366 4502031148
Agg square for total income (X) 1.001662465E15 1.10786869E15 1.186746438E15 1.08142097E15 6.90082581E14 6.91180594E14 6.32354314E14
Under $2,500 116 133 132 96 107 107 104 100
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 70 81 88 100 160 160 102 112
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 144 201 190 191 192 195 170 166
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 214 266 266 234 413 436 337 341
$10,000 to $12,499 571 760 759 679 689 732 606 621
$12,500 to $14,999 514 631 636 609 1012 978 807 840
$15,000 to $17,499 1039 1291 1285 1082 1015 1224 1140 1191
$17,500 to $19,999 942 1077 1081 961 1424 1541 1415 1484
$20,000 to $22,499 1749 2033 2005 1592 1601 1788 1750 1860
$22,500 to $24,999 1242 1380 1400 1349 1887 1994 2016 2015
$25,000 to $27,499 1990 2272 2230 1902 1637 2058 2050 2169
$27,500 to $29,999 1397 1444 1449 1430 2069 2083 2201 2386
$30,000 to $32,499 2642 2802 2761 2112 2032 2268 2364 2389
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
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 1534 1486 1493 1655 2056 2274 2314 2436
$35,000 to $37,499 2439 2518 2488 2162 2021 2234 2326 2338
$37,500 to $39,999 1518 1465 1478 1624 1944 2171 2298 2392
$40,000 to $42,499 2670 2807 2695 2089 1911 2172 2233 2358
$42,500 to $44,999 1497 1364 1324 1643 1908 2215 2231 2284
$45,000 to $47,499 2237 2208 2216 1868 1902 2131 2149 2218
$47,500 to $49,999 1662 1533 1563 1602 1828 2117 2114 2133
$50,000 to $52,499 2669 2705 2554 1909 1939 2002 1999 1973
$52,500 to $54,999 1417 1299 1291 1778 1761 1934 1988 2085
$55,000 to $57,499 1951 1955 1921 1760 1864 1854 1864 1928
$57,500 to $59,999 1397 1321 1352 1580 1611 1833 1854 1940
$60,000 to $62,499 2323 2370 2235 1664 1720 1819 1819 1735
$62,500 to $64,999 1386 1295 1313 1589 1594 1735 1739 1813
$65,000 to $67,499 1793 1795 1728 1620 1554 1605 1619 1626
$67,500 to $69,999 1155 1056 1071 1424 1484 1590 1601 1661
$70,000 to $72,499 1985 1927 1839 1444 1475 1588 1579 1542
$72,500 to $74,999 1175 1074 1063 1349 1429 1436 1455 1459
$75,000 to $77,499 1660 1617 1598 1426 1305 1394 1394 1446
$77,500 to $79,999 1079 978 1003 1239 1346 1323 1330 1341
$80,000 to $82,499 1580 1610 1533 1395 1207 1338 1334 1365
$82,500 to $84,999 1074 985 969 1207 1154 1276 1276 1238
$85,000 to $87,499 1254 1256 1243 1141 1118 1187 1204 1199
$87,500 to $89,999 890 826 875 1121 1055 1186 1170 1048
$90,000 to $92,499 1318 1313 1232 1094 1041 1056 1070 1097
$92,500 to $94,999 880 814 818 1026 1035 967 961 1080
$95,000 to $97,499 1048 986 1053 931 968 1084 1070 965
$97,500 to $99,999 765 734 802 945 1027 886 901 962
$100,000 and over 20173 19493 20128 22541 19664 15191 15209 13825
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
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 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
$5,000 to $9,999 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
$10,000 to $14,999 1.4 1.9 1.9 1.7 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.9
$15,000 to $19,999 2.6 3.2 3.1 2.7 3.2 3.7 3.4 3.6
$20,000 to $24,999 4.0 4.5 4.5 3.9 4.6 5.0 5.0 5.2
$25,000 to $29,999 4.5 4.9 4.9 4.4 4.9 5.5 5.7 6.1
$30,000 to $34,999 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.0 5.4 6.0 6.2 6.4
$35,000 to $39,999 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.9 6.2 6.3
$40,000 to $44,999 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.0 5.1 5.8 5.9 6.2
$45,000 to $49,999 5.2 5.0 5.0 4.6 5.0 5.7 5.7 5.8
$50,000 to $59,999 9.9 9.7 9.5 9.4 9.5 10.1 10.3 10.5
$60,000 to $74,999 13.1 12.7 12.3 12.1 12.3 13.0 13.1 13.1
$75,000 to $99,999 15.4 14.8 14.8 15.3 15.0 15.6 15.6 15.6
$100,000 and over 26.8 25.9 26.8 30.0 26.2 20.2 20.2 18.4
Median 65347 62843 63810 68730 63874 58745 58853 57191
Standard Error 204 283 279 257 230 200 197 190
Mean dollars 84722 82729 85552 90574 84970 73803 74086 71463
Standard Error 355 355 375 381 369 272 272 257
Agg total income 6367764465 6217967307 6430168181 6807595372 6386431506 5547138272 5568381316 5371225832
Agg Square for total income 1.16403E15 1.138451653E15 1.24728695E15 1.337258949E15 1.21777438E15 7.77321614E14 7.78791417E14 7.11439894E14
Gini ratio 0.367 0.376 0.377 0.364 0.371 0.365 0.361 0.357
Standard Error 0.0030 0.0030 0.0030 0.0030 0.0030 0.0030 0.0030 0.0031
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
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 5.8 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.5
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 311 28 165 1279 452 776 479
Mean amount (X) 10167 -1327 2046 752 294 816 120
Standard error (X) 487 384 158 11 43 41 19
Agg first quintile (X) 3158390 -37696 338504 961791 133172 633349 57502
Agg square first quintile (X) 52200042031 154238773 1291629026 898856790 368834418 1405438129 79517558
Tot 1st Quintile 4340 1117 1133 1260 1337 1322 1182 1163
Second quintile:
Upper limit 37757 32374 32942 35328 32853 31143 31674 31059
Percent of households 16.5 17.6 17.8 17.6 17.5 17.4 17.4 17.5
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 3271 543 6117 13156 12531 4651 8599
Mean amount (X) 10780 -594 3123 1921 1505 2513 608
Standard error (X) 161 118 25 6 10 22 6
Agg second quintile (X) 35262649 -322029 19102463 25276077 18864402 11688853 5229413
Agg square second quintile (X) 622318272025 3770433043 80027836742 54449414108 41041567651 38885607171 5800557952
Tot 2nd Quintile 12380 13199 13348 13231 13165 13069 13082 13137
Third quintile:
Upper limit 60435 56632 57804 61933 57605 53006 53181 51837
Percent of households 23.9 25.1 25.2 25.1 25.2 25.2 25.3 25.3
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
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) 3816 1660 13927 18942 18867 3876 13969
Mean amount (X) 10666 382 4773 3475 3410 1574 1385
Standard error (X) 163 108 20 8 19 23 8
Agg third quintile (X) 40700251 633649 66480464 65814224 64327674 6100309 19345445
Agg square third quintile (X) 772505200566 28206358155 385661625566 247856744644 327212771088 16488056270 37061202280
Tot 3rd Quintile 17941 18860 18971 18851 18942 18906 19036 19008
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 97160 94227 97176 103692 96481 85700 85743 82893
Percent of households 25.9 27.4 27.5 27.5 27.4 27.5 27.5 27.5
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 3596 3504 17747 20619 20614 1168 16349
Mean amount (X) 10135 2405 6593 5723 6896 1673 2598
Standard error (X) 172 156 21 11 32 46 12
Agg fourth quintile (X) 36442599 8427389 116999959 117996510 142159040 1954028 42472436
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 703200000152 283104955783 895230450946 723858155867 1355133340306 5783350075 141797201002
Tot 4th Quintile 19467 20624 20662 20691 20619 20640 20636 20632
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 28.0 28.4 28.0 28.1 28.1 28.2 28.2 28.2
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 2902 7582 19026 21098 21200 603 17148
Mean amount (X) 11796 26840 9172 10006 29697 1436 7584
Standard error (X) 228 1081 27 35 329 57 71
Agg fifth quintile (X) 34233269 203499562 174505801 211115263 629582438 866504 130050687
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 788346250421 6.43918556E13 1830386819710 2601400292531 6.14541829E13 2291408218 2299926822593
Tot 5th Quintile 21033 21361 21047 21129 21098 21223 21225 21221
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
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 14932 7253 7332 8203 7736 7632 7978 7870
Standard error 81 141 140 129 118 117 133 133
Agg 64800376 8104769 8307516 10334058 10339465 10090911 9429257 9155439
Agg square 1.0749E12 80543972458 83140135262 107918029706 101681204048 98077769700 96853068659 93104223300
Second quintile:
Mean 29737 23696 23868 25621 23796 22892 23601 23224
Standard error 45 53 53 58 54 50 49 48
Agg 368131646 312756672 318578814 338988453 313275675 299177828 308747846 305084013
Agg square 1.12254E13 7834604080702 8042248293133 9201015786056 7892401415960 7217091330083 7645548844716 7429170765214
Third quintile:
Mean 48917 44248 44847 48338 44955 41897 42128 41150
Standard error 53 53 55 60 56 49 48 46
Agg 877619897 834505531 850808588 911217880 851532654 792101086 801966901 782171241
Agg square 4.37208E13 37816458051880 3.91081164E13 45154427140739 3.92520941E13 3.39297091E13 3.45130594E13 3.28570185E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 77091 73494 75249 80703 75111 68077 68165 66139
Standard error 79 80 84 88 82 69 69 66
Agg 1500746058 1515763768 1554780538 1669784781 1548746968 1405142243 1406644392 1364581903
Agg square 1.17785E14 1.13767526E14 1.19623574E14 1.376788096E14 1.18843373E14 9.74609978E13 9.76751799E13 9.18852151E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 169088 166044 175685 183509 173596 143268 143303 137139
Standard error 1001 987 1053 1052 1032 717 717 675
Agg 3556466488 3546836565 3697692725 3877270199 3662536744 3040626204 3041592921 2910233237
Agg square 9.90221E14 9.789525213E14 1.08042987E15 1.145116779E15 1.05168483E15 6.38615738E14 6.38860776E14 5.79175386E14
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
After taxes
Definition 8 Definition 13 Definition 14
plus Definition 11 plus plus
nonmeans- Definition 10 plus other net
tested plus means-tested means-tested imputed
government Definition 9 regular-price government Definition 12 government return
cash plus school cash plus noncash on equity
transfers Medicare lunches transfers Medicaid transfers in own home
Def 9 Def 10 Def 11 Def 12 Def 13 Def 14 Def 15
Households With One Or
More Full-Time Workers
Total 75161 75161 75161 75161 75161 75161 75161
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 75161 75161 75161 75161 75161 75161 75161
With addition or deduction 12779 6989 13424 1662 8038 6178 53288
Mean addition or deduction 10834 9937 108 6826 5736 1636 2965
Standard error 92 53 0 155 63 26 42
Agg addition or deduction 138449779 69447577 1446688 11347380 46102033 10106659 157980690
Agg square for addition or
deduction 2725315363935 812654075337 193376546 135499824782 486531138883 38372956059 4839770176297
Mean total income 362560 672870 350402 2836010 592270 771730 92432
Standard error (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 319
Tally total income 4633015135 4702462712 4703725197 4714465887 4760567920 4767535757 4925516447
Agg square for total income 6.52570525E14 6.6443941E14 6.64667484E14 6.66025022E14 6.72245728E14 6.728290892E14 708862375991418
Under $2,500 86 86 86 82 82 75 143
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 94 94 93 90 90 86 57
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 127 126 126 118 116 94 79
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 272 271 271 254 253 213 224
$10,000 to $12,499 472 463 463 459 450 413 383
$12,500 to $14,999 701 688 688 663 629 596 556
$15,000 to $17,499 982 939 938 905 855 797 787
$17,500 to $19,999 1285 1240 1235 1214 1146 1124 1026
$20,000 to $22,499 1606 1529 1531 1540 1434 1448 1330
$22,500 to $24,999 1800 1728 1730 1709 1579 1560 1490
$25,000 to $27,499 2037 1928 1924 1907 1816 1815 1740
$27,500 to $29,999 2217 2111 2110 2076 1920 1918 1841
$30,000 to $32,499 2265 2149 2148 2142 2082 2040 1995
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
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 2320 2248 2249 2267 2177 2209 2046
$35,000 to $37,499 2317 2191 2184 2188 2220 2216 2221
$37,500 to $39,999 2408 2360 2358 2355 2307 2339 2237
$40,000 to $42,499 2334 2296 2293 2297 2337 2377 2248
$42,500 to $44,999 2329 2356 2359 2354 2317 2326 2309
$45,000 to $47,499 2264 2208 2209 2202 2289 2291 2250
$47,500 to $49,999 2205 2160 2164 2190 2205 2266 2207
$50,000 to $52,499 2005 2037 2041 2046 2108 2100 2022
$52,500 to $54,999 2120 2164 2160 2153 2172 2197 2080
$55,000 to $57,499 2030 2071 2068 2082 2126 2145 2027
$57,500 to $59,999 1980 2014 2012 2021 2031 2043 2053
$60,000 to $62,499 1814 1825 1824 1818 1840 1820 1934
$62,500 to $64,999 1866 1892 1889 1904 1975 2001 1965
$65,000 to $67,499 1741 1749 1752 1752 1765 1769 1643
$67,500 to $69,999 1720 1713 1714 1717 1758 1750 1671
$70,000 to $72,499 1614 1679 1684 1700 1713 1734 1686
$72,500 to $74,999 1503 1558 1554 1570 1601 1602 1660
$75,000 to $77,499 1486 1525 1521 1521 1569 1580 1599
$77,500 to $79,999 1432 1476 1478 1481 1501 1482 1461
$80,000 to $82,499 1357 1414 1423 1427 1474 1486 1457
$82,500 to $84,999 1241 1252 1242 1249 1256 1270 1320
$85,000 to $87,499 1295 1340 1349 1344 1362 1362 1300
$87,500 to $89,999 1070 1065 1070 1076 1095 1093 1235
$90,000 to $92,499 1123 1137 1128 1147 1157 1160 1130
$92,500 to $94,999 1147 1199 1198 1206 1234 1228 1186
$95,000 to $97,499 1018 1026 1028 1020 1033 1035 1191
$97,500 to $99,999 984 996 1002 1001 1014 1022 1032
$100,000 and over 14491 14858 14865 14911 15076 15081 16342
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
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 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
$5,000 to $9,999 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
$10,000 to $14,999 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2
$15,000 to $19,999 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.4
$20,000 to $24,999 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.0 4.0 3.8
$25,000 to $29,999 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.8
$30,000 to $34,999 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.4
$35,000 to $39,999 6.3 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.1 5.9
$40,000 to $44,999 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.1
$45,000 to $49,999 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.1 5.9
$50,000 to $59,999 10.8 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.2 11.3 10.9
$60,000 to $74,999 13.6 13.9 13.9 13.9 14.2 14.2 14.0
$75,000 to $99,999 16.2 16.5 16.6 16.6 16.9 16.9 17.2
$100,000 and over 19.3 19.8 19.8 19.8 20.1 20.1 21.7
Median 59145 60168 60195 60363 61144 61229 62878
Standard Error 185 199 200 201 199 201 186
Mean dollars 73305 74229 74248 74399 75013 75147 77249
Standard Error 258 258 258 258 258 258 262
Agg total income 5509675611 5579123187 5580569875 5591917255 5638019288 5648125947 5806106637
Agg Square for total income 7.32500416E14 7.44369301E14 7.446203092E14 7.46025911E14 7.52246617E14 7.530184788E14 789051765636359
Gini ratio 0.348 0.346 0.346 0.345 0.341 0.339 0.340
Standard Error 0.0030 0.0030 0.0030 0.0030 0.0030 0.0030 0.0030
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
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 5.3 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.5 7.6 8.1
With type of addition
or deduction 318 79 176 152 492 1047 2105
Mean amount 4184 3347 96 4257 1935 1949 -1843
Standard error 206 247 4 279 60 69 322
Agg first quintile 1331519 265308 16832 647117 951746 2040895 -3879096
Agg square first quintile 9335728666 1225036488 2017530 4332845842 2610857760 8592043928 411212195641
Tot 1st Quintile 3991 5409 5413 5522 5637 5686 6110
Second quintile:
Upper limit 35816 38851 38863 39124 40027 40253 41789
Percent of households 17.4 18.2 18.2 18.2 18.0 17.9 18.2
With type of addition
or deduction 1843 731 1250 419 2104 2524 6654
Mean amount 7574 7131 100 5153 3721 1589 1083
Standard error 132 83 1 180 55 38 52
Agg second quintile 13959339 5213287 124884 2159255 7830516 4010769 7204723
Agg square second quintile 157642668493 40422077885 15478759 16115664642 40933511642 14253151958 112960831019
Tot 2nd Quintile 13059 13673 13664 13644 13540 13446 13682
Third quintile:
Upper limit 55322 57880 57896 58074 58798 58885 61173
Percent of households 23.2 22.1 22.1 22.0 22.0 22.0 21.9
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
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 3342 1744 2771 415 2232 1791 10990
Mean amount 9635 8982 104 6736 5793 1493 1639
Standard error 127 77 1 267 95 44 44
Agg third quintile 32201837 15660948 286993 2796082 12930548 2674082 18010598
Agg square third quintile 467637635267 156281885751 37358448 29637824027 114740811771 9346623130 230499875436
Tot 3rd Quintile 17435 16624 16632 16559 16499 16539 16447
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 85731 87338 87358 87479 88045 88071 91660
Percent of households 26.5 25.4 25.4 25.4 25.4 25.4 25.0
With type of addition
or deduction 3799 2079 4483 373 1810 668 15180
Mean amount 11030 10360 110 8514 7516 1657 2696
Standard error 161 93 1 401 159 75 45
Agg fourth quintile 41899005 21538070 492182 3171677 13602411 1106284 40930444
Agg square fourth quintile 791445316895 256109220544 66823418 46610733498 174811315357 4049253912 522947517821
Tot 4th Quintile 19952 19105 19094 19064 19100 19102 18759
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 27.6 27.1 27.1 27.1 27.1 27.1 26.8
With type of addition
or deduction 3477 2356 4745 304 1400 148 18358
Mean amount 14111 11363 111 8473 7707 1851 5214
Standard error 239 106 1 458 202 290 102
Agg fifth quintile 49058078 26769963 525797 2573248 10786811 274630 95714020
Agg square fifth quintile 1299254014613 358615854669 71698391 38802756774 153434642353 2131883130 3562149756380
Tot 5th Quintile 20724 20349 20359 20372 20385 20388 20163
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
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 14515 16384 16391 16705 17073 17571 17900
Standard error 79 73 73 73 74 74 105
Agg 57925283 88630705 88725513 92248910 96231621 99915242 109362711
Agg square 928173713575 1589831247469 1592150788279 1682595078041 1796049358638 1910163657558 2318963454056
Second quintile:
Mean 28468 31071 31079 31383 32222 32516 33868
Standard error 42 43 43 42 43 43 44
Agg 371782308 424847436 424647977 428172975 436286687 437214738 463369062
Agg square 1.08450461E13 1.34970155E13 13493804832156 1.37309979E13 1.43590764E13 14506587525752 16007538247451
Third quintile:
Mean 45286 48105 48120 48353 49140 49259 51208
Standard error 45 45 45 45 45 45 47
Agg 789559571 799718648 800322462 800683761 810747487 814698668 842244303
Agg square 3.62983958E13 3.89706691E13 39012349487295 3.92100873E13 4.03209103E13 40608023108980 43645954606111
Fourth quintile:
Mean 69262 71479 71498 71646 72221 72271 75095
Standard error 66 65 65 65 65 64 68
Agg 1381927122 1365583369 1365183412 1365873862 1379451100 1380526616 1408741683
Agg square 9.72270283E13 9.89758073E13 98970481414273 9.92102949E13 1.00958119E14 1.010991828E14 107200863858018
Fifth quintile:
Mean 140346 142528 142529 142596 143011 143018 147917
Standard error 689 700 700 699 699 698 708
Agg 2908481327 2900343029 2901690512 2904937746 2915302393 2915770683 2982388879
Agg square 5.87201772E14 5.91335978E14 5.915515227E14 5.92191936E14 5.94812462E14 5.948945218E14 619878445470715
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
Money Money
Definition 14 Income Income
less after Taxes after
medical Without Taxes
programs EIC With EIC
Def 14a Def 1a Def 1b
Households With One Or
More Full-Time Workers
Total 75161 75161 75161
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 75161 75161 75161
With addition or deduction 13587 (X) (X)
Mean addition or deduction 8505 (X) (X)
Standard error 54 (X) (X)
Agg addition or deduction 115549609 (X) (X)
Agg square for addition or
deduction 1451044757263 (X) (X)
Mean total income 45784 (X) (X)
Standard error 690 (X) (X)
Tally total income 622051941 (X) (X)
Agg square for total income 105635237903404 (X) (X)
Under $2,500 75 966 961
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 86 135 96
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 94 148 133
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 215 451 328
$10,000 to $12,499 418 629 516
$12,500 to $14,999 624 993 795
$15,000 to $17,499 880 1376 1257
$17,500 to $19,999 1229 1729 1549
$20,000 to $22,499 1581 1935 1945
$22,500 to $24,999 1760 2240 2275
$25,000 to $27,499 2029 2329 2337
$27,500 to $29,999 2225 2353 2478
$30,000 to $32,499 2242 2654 2805
$32,500 to $34,999 2356 2706 2727
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
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 2319 2573 2732
$37,500 to $39,999 2431 2453 2474
$40,000 to $42,499 2392 2649 2711
$42,500 to $44,999 2346 2569 2564
$45,000 to $47,499 2302 2241 2293
$47,500 to $49,999 2257 2311 2318
$50,000 to $52,499 2035 2082 2075
$52,500 to $54,999 2124 2129 2154
$55,000 to $57,499 2048 2093 2139
$57,500 to $59,999 2001 1952 1969
$60,000 to $62,499 1843 1816 1803
$62,500 to $64,999 1910 1814 1838
$65,000 to $67,499 1733 1622 1612
$67,500 to $69,999 1714 1679 1700
$70,000 to $72,499 1634 1544 1543
$72,500 to $74,999 1500 1458 1458
$75,000 to $77,499 1501 1419 1415
$77,500 to $79,999 1407 1262 1284
$80,000 to $82,499 1392 1191 1194
$82,500 to $84,999 1249 1257 1264
$85,000 to $87,499 1309 1121 1113
$87,500 to $89,999 1066 1024 1031
$90,000 to $92,499 1131 988 983
$92,500 to $94,999 1150 849 853
$95,000 to $97,499 1019 727 729
$97,500 to $99,999 986 760 759
$100,000 and over 14546 10934 10947
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
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 0.2 1.5 1.4
$5,000 to $9,999 0.4 0.8 0.6
$10,000 to $14,999 1.4 2.2 1.7
$15,000 to $19,999 2.8 4.1 3.7
$20,000 to $24,999 4.4 5.6 5.6
$25,000 to $29,999 5.7 6.2 6.4
$30,000 to $34,999 6.1 7.1 7.4
$35,000 to $39,999 6.3 6.7 6.9
$40,000 to $44,999 6.3 6.9 7.0
$45,000 to $49,999 6.1 6.1 6.1
$50,000 to $59,999 10.9 11.0 11.1
$60,000 to $74,999 13.7 13.2 13.2
$75,000 to $99,999 16.2 14.1 14.1
$100,000 and over 19.4 14.5 14.6
Median 59388 52570 52743
Standard Error 183 173 170
Mean dollars 73610 62505 62788
Standard Error 257 264 263
Agg total income 5532576338 4697950648 4719193692
Agg Square for total income 734766884210064 6.389717E14 6.4033231E14
Gini ratio 0.345 0.349 0.345
Standard Error 0.0030 0.0030 0.0030
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
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 5.5 6.7 6.3
With type of addition
or deduction 478 (X) (X)
Mean amount 3587 (X) (X)
Standard error 128 (X) (X)
Agg first quintile 1715990 (X) (X)
Agg square first quintile 9457449547 (X) (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 4108 5057 4750
Second quintile:
Upper limit 36369 32262 32616
Percent of households 17.4 16.8 17.1
With type of addition
or deduction 3367 (X) (X)
Mean amount 6308 (X) (X)
Standard error 80 (X) (X)
Agg second quintile 21238953 (X) (X)
Agg square second quintile 197336763245 (X) (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 13051 12626 12847
Third quintile:
Upper limit 55604 49254 49402
Percent of households 23.0 22.6 22.8
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
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 3788 (X) (X)
Mean amount 8528 (X) (X)
Standard error 98 (X) (X)
Agg third quintile 32303442 (X) (X)
Agg square third quintile 396097438092 (X) (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 17313 17018 17112
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 85870 76085 76158
Percent of households 26.6 26.0 26.0
With type of addition
or deduction 3131 (X) (X)
Mean amount 9862 (X) (X)
Standard error 118 (X) (X)
Agg fourth quintile 30881153 (X) (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 423384891471 (X) (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 19971 19539 19523
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 27.6 27.8 27.8
With type of addition
or deduction 2822 (X) (X)
Mean amount 10421 (X) (X)
Standard error 130 (X) (X)
Agg fifth quintile 29410072 (X) (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 424768214907 (X) (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 20717 20921 20929
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With One Or More Full-Time Workers)
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 15406 -20859 -22551
Standard error 79 1646 1749
Agg 63294569 -105481601 -107113773
Agg square 1067789818150 6.296791E13 6.2944074E13
Second quintile:
Mean 29149 25656 26205
Standard error 41 38 37
Agg 380418578 323936929 336650636
Agg square 11340564433616 8.517286E12 9.0241282E12
Third quintile:
Mean 45701 40499 40723
Standard error 44 40 39
Agg 791212152 689200610 696868348
Agg square 36678626070360 2.831265E13 2.877227E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 69455 61586 61689
Standard error 66 59 58
Agg 1387108132 1203306731 1204348268
Agg square 97847524553303 7.526171E13 7.5437619E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 140488 123653 123678
Standard error 689 612 612
Agg 2910542907 2586987978 2588440212
Agg square 587832379334638 4.639122E14 4.6415422E14
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