| 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
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 a
White alone or in
combination Householder
Total 95946 95946 95946 95946 95946 95946 95946 95946
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 95081 89571 89574 89574 89574 89581 89581 89589
With addition or deduction (X) 36120 14861 52605 75551 76833 12453 58660
Mean addition or deduction (X) 13915 21899 6491 5154 11088 1770 3275
Standard error (X) 56 706 16 16 98 14 25
Agg addition or deduction (X) 502623662 325445144 341460431 389422226 851956203 22048332 192126168
Agg square for addition or
deduction (X) 10565505678562 1.03589052E14 2839621640459 3299126233691 5.96112566E13 66820616338 2493676720966
Mean total income (X) 144748 373222 110918 72904 62120 384495 78802
Standard error (X) 419 (X) 467 368 277 (X) 299
Tally total income (X) 5228279214 5546505224 5834895564 5508001029 4772875947 4788235300 4622571973
Agg square for total income (X) 9.572243316E14 1.10374164E15 1.175932058E15 1.07877042E15 6.92389704E14 6.93419611E14 6.33898233E14
Under $2,500 1712 10469 10352 10293 10346 10349 10289 10287
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 688 2117 2080 2067 2251 2258 2124 2152
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 1423 2140 2083 2060 2107 2109 2063 2043
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 2153 1840 1813 1784 1963 2075 1967 1984
$10,000 to $12,499 2850 2510 2473 2311 2272 2368 2223 2269
$12,500 to $14,999 2527 1883 1928 1901 2376 2327 2234 2254
$15,000 to $17,499 2901 2265 2204 2058 1864 2176 2099 2181
$17,500 to $19,999 2561 1833 1794 1729 2156 2328 2273 2298
$20,000 to $22,499 3104 2594 2528 2172 2119 2347 2336 2493
$22,500 to $24,999 2446 1881 1904 1823 2357 2493 2515 2506
$25,000 to $27,499 3042 2587 2492 2230 1998 2411 2453 2592
$27,500 to $29,999 2369 1732 1749 1739 2244 2379 2481 2611
$30,000 to $32,499 3241 2943 2905 2361 2344 2359 2485 2496
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 2232 1715 1717 1893 2135 2393 2407 2516
$35,000 to $37,499 2848 2514 2468 2195 2059 2306 2412 2481
$37,500 to $39,999 2073 1599 1601 1645 2022 2224 2315 2371
$40,000 to $42,499 2961 2759 2613 2149 1924 2191 2257 2344
$42,500 to $44,999 1889 1430 1397 1673 1919 2222 2222 2250
$45,000 to $47,499 2411 2202 2206 1879 1989 2112 2136 2198
$47,500 to $49,999 1845 1526 1585 1687 1749 2027 2026 2076
$50,000 to $52,499 2830 2647 2496 1857 1978 1958 1947 1917
$52,500 to $54,999 1631 1358 1356 1759 1740 1828 1889 1961
$55,000 to $57,499 2012 1900 1860 1769 1793 1790 1806 1888
$57,500 to $59,999 1580 1364 1374 1534 1586 1873 1874 1948
$60,000 to $62,499 2249 2167 2041 1559 1646 1720 1722 1650
$62,500 to $64,999 1446 1286 1321 1550 1515 1686 1698 1773
$65,000 to $67,499 1762 1702 1649 1575 1519 1572 1586 1537
$67,500 to $69,999 1264 1093 1114 1359 1462 1507 1507 1551
$70,000 to $72,499 2006 1854 1769 1397 1450 1485 1484 1542
$72,500 to $74,999 1233 1061 1037 1327 1349 1387 1407 1389
$75,000 to $77,499 1629 1517 1495 1394 1247 1350 1339 1377
$77,500 to $79,999 1091 958 982 1176 1291 1263 1275 1288
$80,000 to $82,499 1519 1557 1500 1339 1179 1286 1281 1295
$82,500 to $84,999 1081 952 943 1141 1115 1239 1237 1218
$85,000 to $87,499 1215 1184 1170 1116 1079 1146 1161 1126
$87,500 to $89,999 865 785 835 1073 1009 1123 1108 1015
$90,000 to $92,499 1216 1211 1139 1052 975 1014 1030 1021
$92,500 to $94,999 875 784 801 990 1007 901 899 1016
$95,000 to $97,499 1029 948 1013 876 929 1008 997 884
$97,500 to $99,999 813 750 821 920 995 829 838 882
$100,000 and over 19324 18326 19339 21535 18888 14528 14543 13270
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 2.5 13.1 13.0 12.9 13.1 13.1 12.9 13.0
$5,000 to $9,999 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.2
$10,000 to $14,999 5.6 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.8 4.9 4.6 4.7
$15,000 to $19,999 5.7 4.3 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.7 4.6 4.7
$20,000 to $24,999 5.8 4.7 4.6 4.2 4.7 5.0 5.1 5.2
$25,000 to $29,999 5.6 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.4 5.0 5.1 5.4
$30,000 to $34,999 5.7 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.7 5.0 5.1 5.2
$35,000 to $39,999 5.1 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.3 4.7 4.9 5.1
$40,000 to $44,999 5.1 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.6 4.7 4.8
$45,000 to $49,999 4.4 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.9 4.3 4.3 4.5
$50,000 to $59,999 8.4 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.4 7.8 7.8 8.0
$60,000 to $74,999 10.4 9.6 9.3 9.1 9.3 9.8 9.8 9.8
$75,000 to $99,999 11.8 11.1 11.2 11.5 11.3 11.6 11.6 11.6
$100,000 and over 20.1 19.1 20.2 22.4 19.7 15.1 15.2 13.8
Median 50617 46317 47123 50436 46907 43491 43667 42608
Standard Error 146 188 187 223 208 186 186 182
Mean dollars 68989 63750 67142 70701 66642 57916 58145 56143
Standard Error 285 290 312 318 307 234 234 222
Agg total income 6619195405 6116571743 6442016887 6783477319 6394055093 5556772395 5578820727 5386694559
Agg Square for total income 1.11311E15 1.067792779E15 1.21725418E15 1.298394261E15 1.18939656E15 7.64896839E14 7.6627018E14 6.99892518E14
Gini ratio 0.437 0.492 0.493 0.487 0.491 0.484 0.481 0.478
Standard Error 0.0027 0.0027 0.0027 0.0026 0.0027 0.0027 0.0027 0.0027
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 18.6 18.9 18.7 19.1 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.0
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 14666 379 390 4285 1500 2420 2359
Mean amount (X) 14679 -272 2200 544 347 685 72
Standard error (X) 78 168 94 6 22 19 5
Agg first quintile (X) 215285786 -103008 858262 2332389 520565 1657473 169786
Agg square first quintile (X) 4300586810896 3574763096 3062114382 1853102974 1171451917 3021132655 132243694
Tot 1st Quintile 17810 18105 17938 18316 18193 18185 18263 18199
Second quintile:
Upper limit 37757 32374 32942 35328 32853 31143 31674 31059
Percent of households 19.3 19.4 19.4 19.4 19.3 19.4 19.2 19.3
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 8585 1024 6155 14747 16314 5067 10793
Mean amount (X) 14305 566 3149 1787 1553 2481 573
Standard error (X) 113 161 25 7 12 22 6
Agg second quintile (X) 122804870 579509 19385486 26349457 25332027 12569793 6183952
Agg square second quintile (X) 2589115082327 24225308099 81809640202 56165801785 74414626175 41997214236 7120917694
Tot 2nd Quintile 18491 18626 18614 18595 18508 18575 18454 18535
Third quintile:
Upper limit 60435 56632 57804 61933 57605 53006 53181 51837
Percent of households 20.8 20.0 20.0 19.7 19.9 19.9 19.9 19.9
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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) 5331 2016 12601 17841 18963 3456 13755
Mean amount (X) 12978 1081 4731 3402 3661 1568 1389
Standard error (X) 153 143 21 9 22 25 8
Agg third quintile (X) 69177112 2179716 59618339 60699242 69427172 5420208 19109492
Agg square third quintile (X) 1480112682571 75165495815 343956591673 229272082276 406158175168 14811702757 37577617851
Tot 3rd Quintile 19947 19186 19196 18913 19072 19056 19115 19077
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 97160 94227 97176 103692 96481 85700 85743 82893
Percent of households 20.3 20.7 20.8 20.8 20.7 20.7 20.7 20.7
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 4303 3752 16226 19266 19851 1014 15624
Mean amount (X) 11879 3381 6517 5639 7213 1654 2618
Standard error (X) 174 192 22 13 35 50 12
Agg fourth quintile (X) 51119796 12683852 105740206 108631888 143194140 1676494 40907227
Agg square fourth quintile (X) 1098531057817 500097469148 800225497970 667148720929 1464090599632 5011933464 139198037522
Tot 4th Quintile 19464 19853 19934 19952 19897 19894 19873 19907
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 21.1 21.0 21.1 21.0 21.1 21.1 21.1 21.1
With type of addition
or deduction (X) 3235 7691 17233 19412 20205 497 16130
Mean amount (X) 13675 40319 9044 9860 30362 1457 7797
Standard error (X) 232 1320 28 37 330 65 76
Agg fifth quintile (X) 44236098 310105075 155858138 191409250 613482298 724364 125755710
Agg square fifth quintile (X) 1097160044951 1.02985989E14 1610567796231 2344686525728 5.76654218E13 1978633227 2309647904204
Tot 5th Quintile 20234 20176 20265 20170 20275 20236 20241 20228
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 11911 3095 3122 3372 3190 3163 3322 3283
Standard error 46 30 31 32 31 30 32 31
Agg 212138670 56031550 55994373 61769845 58036215 57524491 60665692 59738612
Agg square 3.12426E12 433658803959 439984806928 512924188135 456447322849 448204925353 495693068928 483458922524
Second quintile:
Mean 28991 22129 22352 23934 22322 21452 22150 21801
Standard error 38 48 48 53 48 45 44 43
Agg 536067177 412176956 416042520 445049733 413140147 398478774 408745115 404086293
Agg square 1.59805E13 9809167949280 1.00064324E13 11490714620597 9928291054504 9149846852443 9642618522255 9374314805036
Third quintile:
Mean 48582 44084 44731 48188 44839 41729 41981 40990
Standard error 50 53 55 59 55 48 48 46
Agg 969091133 845809031 858643492 911396648 855191550 795182903 802462562 781977579
Agg square 4.79581E13 38204235678993 3.93773107E13 45018268612727 3.93180278E13 3.39309015E13 3.44171138E13 3.27249329E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 76866 73412 75217 80674 75056 68044 68129 66096
Standard error 79 81 85 90 84 71 70 67
Agg 1496139004 1457429638 1499363114 1609610762 1493427520 1353640265 1353932918 1315747475
Agg square 1.17082E14 1.092585971E14 1.15306378E14 1.326744329E14 1.1451732E14 9.38405776E13 9.39621855E13 8.85387814E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 168317 165796 178233 186203 176286 145874 145894 139665
Standard error 995 998 1065 1071 1047 740 740 697
Agg 3405759420 3345124567 3611973388 3755650330 3574259661 2951945962 2953014440 2825144601
Agg square 9.28963E14 9.100871196E14 1.05212407E15 1.108697921E15 1.02517648E15 6.27527308E14 6.27752569E14 5.6877103E14
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 a
White alone or in
combination Householder
Total 95946 95946 95946 95946 95946 95946 95946
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 94373 94523 94558 95111 95111 95302 95640
With addition or deduction 33789 23870 12392 4128 10686 9835 68881
Mean addition or deduction 14034 9268 107 6882 5025 2075 3318
Standard error 57 34 1 100 52 23 38
Agg addition or deduction 474211806 221215117 1329184 28411856 53700558 20409687 228543919
Agg square for addition or
deduction 9955736502120 2639053189598 176266650 345016690575 542738718640 88035351604 6665079620981
Mean total income 150350 222100 427902 1290424 503546 548493 81632
Standard error (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 267
Tally total income 5080252915 5301468032 5302640773 5327386621 5381087179 5394366152 5622910071
Agg square for total income 6.74470539E14 7.01420316E14 7.016275928E14 7.03512955E14 7.10068371E14 7.108855337E14 755204576990119
Under $2,500 2537 2445 2443 1649 1646 1386 1183
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 767 798 799 698 700 616 576
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 1324 1278 1277 1335 1263 1073 888
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 2002 1820 1819 1969 1911 1806 1589
$10,000 to $12,499 2522 1956 1956 2094 2004 1853 1697
$12,500 to $14,999 2788 1953 1954 2053 2037 2127 2042
$15,000 to $17,499 2728 2196 2195 2244 2145 2286 2271
$17,500 to $19,999 2765 2238 2237 2254 2192 2297 2151
$20,000 to $22,499 2994 2497 2496 2525 2417 2522 2373
$22,500 to $24,999 2898 2618 2619 2652 2509 2541 2444
$25,000 to $27,499 3103 2980 2976 2931 2888 2862 2720
$27,500 to $29,999 3064 2967 2967 3000 2822 2884 2600
$30,000 to $32,499 2984 2885 2884 2916 2876 2833 2860
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 2870 2997 2995 3018 2915 2989 2852
$35,000 to $37,499 2815 2838 2832 2831 2901 2883 2979
$37,500 to $39,999 2760 2886 2886 2906 2900 2962 2888
$40,000 to $42,499 2721 2734 2737 2755 2790 2807 2753
$42,500 to $44,999 2586 2780 2771 2765 2788 2804 2799
$45,000 to $47,499 2462 2652 2654 2660 2744 2762 2701
$47,500 to $49,999 2322 2600 2603 2648 2669 2715 2658
$50,000 to $52,499 2202 2427 2432 2433 2495 2499 2441
$52,500 to $54,999 2203 2429 2427 2452 2492 2507 2474
$55,000 to $57,499 2081 2289 2285 2312 2380 2399 2299
$57,500 to $59,999 2037 2281 2278 2288 2301 2307 2328
$60,000 to $62,499 1849 2056 2062 2065 2080 2077 2218
$62,500 to $64,999 1857 2029 2023 2038 2131 2150 2243
$65,000 to $67,499 1772 1818 1819 1819 1855 1858 1840
$67,500 to $69,999 1699 1744 1748 1749 1791 1791 1838
$70,000 to $72,499 1659 1802 1805 1821 1835 1852 1839
$72,500 to $74,999 1505 1624 1619 1642 1667 1670 1748
$75,000 to $77,499 1483 1603 1601 1601 1632 1636 1640
$77,500 to $79,999 1376 1435 1435 1439 1475 1458 1544
$80,000 to $82,499 1336 1466 1475 1479 1519 1536 1514
$82,500 to $84,999 1222 1269 1261 1274 1272 1283 1357
$85,000 to $87,499 1250 1325 1333 1333 1378 1377 1320
$87,500 to $89,999 1057 1111 1117 1121 1145 1147 1247
$90,000 to $92,499 1112 1114 1106 1118 1123 1125 1129
$92,500 to $94,999 1107 1179 1183 1192 1206 1202 1174
$95,000 to $97,499 996 1009 1006 1002 1009 1010 1221
$97,500 to $99,999 953 974 981 974 996 1005 1014
$100,000 and over 14182 14844 14849 14892 15049 15051 16492
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 3.4 3.4 3.4 2.4 2.4 2.1 1.8
$5,000 to $9,999 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.6
$10,000 to $14,999 5.5 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.9
$15,000 to $19,999 5.7 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.8 4.6
$20,000 to $24,999 6.1 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.3 5.0
$25,000 to $29,999 6.4 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.0 6.0 5.5
$30,000 to $34,999 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.0 6.1 6.0
$35,000 to $39,999 5.8 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.1
$40,000 to $44,999 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8
$45,000 to $49,999 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.6
$50,000 to $59,999 8.9 9.8 9.8 9.9 10.1 10.1 9.9
$60,000 to $74,999 10.8 11.5 11.5 11.6 11.8 11.9 12.2
$75,000 to $99,999 12.4 13.0 13.0 13.1 13.3 13.3 13.7
$100,000 and over 14.8 15.5 15.5 15.5 15.7 15.7 17.2
Median 46773 49862 49876 50074 50860 50968 53013
Standard Error 168 160 160 166 166 165 167
Mean dollars 61085 63391 63405 63701 64261 64473 66855
Standard Error 218 218 218 217 217 217 221
Agg total income 5860906365 6082121482 6083450667 6111862523 6165563081 6185972769 6414516687
Agg Square for total income 7.41503793E14 7.6845357E14 7.686796213E14 7.70644488E14 7.77199903E14 7.78246936E14 822565979308168
Gini ratio 0.422 0.407 0.406 0.403 0.399 0.396 0.392
Standard Error 0.0027 0.0027 0.0027 0.0027 0.0027 0.0027 0.0027
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 18.1 17.9 17.9 17.9 17.9 18.1 18.0
With type of addition
or deduction 9254 4541 384 2083 2231 4429 7814
Mean amount 10144 3112 98 5677 1537 2515 529
Standard error 51 30 3 96 33 37 123
Agg first quintile 93872729 14130749 37717 11824903 3427685 11136927 4136376
Agg square first quintile 1147693262517 60657652057 4686895 102568428044 9899666406 51126624847 816202152022
Tot 1st Quintile 17384 17129 17134 17137 17205 17380 17250
Second quintile:
Upper limit 35816 38851 38863 39124 40027 40253 41789
Percent of households 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.8 19.7 19.6 19.7
With type of addition
or deduction 8341 6047 1201 803 2846 2886 11169
Mean amount 14967 8084 99 7079 3887 1772 2264
Standard error 91 27 1 240 50 41 45
Agg second quintile 124842193 48885215 118456 5685077 11061836 5112427 25287845
Agg square second quintile 2374459248472 419431521126 14445525 72832622252 60885771427 21050908481 277881311848
Tot 2nd Quintile 18908 18936 18931 18974 18948 18767 18868
Third quintile:
Upper limit 55322 57880 57896 58074 58798 58885 61173
Percent of households 20.2 20.3 20.3 20.3 20.3 20.3 20.3
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 6520 5480 2531 568 2471 1725 14258
Mean amount 15539 11465 104 8117 6044 1627 2545
Standard error 135 59 1 315 94 48 44
Agg third quintile 101323249 62826429 262595 4606600 14936935 2806481 36291833
Agg square third quintile 2256795463996 812636580356 34060339 65480325708 137389631182 10529512107 434160531778
Tot 3rd Quintile 19386 19512 19514 19482 19437 19438 19478
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 85731 87338 87358 87479 88045 88071 91660
Percent of households 20.9 20.9 20.9 20.9 20.9 20.9 20.9
With type of addition
or deduction 5246 4163 4028 393 1834 635 16942
Mean amount 15078 12199 109 9403 7635 1705 3260
Standard error 179 76 1 453 161 77 46
Agg fourth quintile 79094675 50786812 439320 3698518 14003491 1082465 55226949
Agg square fourth quintile 1964170215654 706370872290 58997871 62629562140 183282015685 3935957072 720627317501
Tot 4th Quintile 20007 20049 20042 20044 20072 20080 20075
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 21.1 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.1 21.1 21.1
With type of addition
or deduction 4428 3639 4248 282 1305 161 18699
Mean amount 16954 12253 111 9223 7872 1684 5754
Standard error 234 90 1 502 217 203 111
Agg fifth quintile 75078961 44585912 471096 2596757 10270612 271388 107600917
Agg square fifth quintile 2212618311481 639956563769 64076021 41505752430 151281633939 1392349097 4416208307832
Tot 5th Quintile 20261 20319 20325 20309 20283 20282 20274
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 11005 12047 12053 12871 13168 13957 14595
Standard error 49 57 57 54 55 54 66
Agg 191310540 206365807 206512259 220572167 226564443 242576343 251759222
Agg square 2748103272784 3309408458353 3312813944478 3576939152233 3765053293732 4163378884206 4807552607082
Second quintile:
Mean 27849 30755 30763 31057 31829 32157 33536
Standard error 35 36 36 36 37 36 37
Agg 526565663 582388475 582372553 589276952 603117410 603473103 632767060
Agg square 1.50544339E13 1.8325579E13 18329825526777 1.87127331E13 1.96262883E13 19815048475092 21656902118333
Third quintile:
Mean 45053 47985 47998 48239 49026 49149 51089
Standard error 43 42 42 42 41 41 43
Agg 873397459 936282677 936636979 939760642 952931588 955357596 995126090
Agg square 3.99555355E13 4.55071821E13 45537614469028 4.59065079E13 4.72785029E13 47508100857393 51446901757944
Fourth quintile:
Mean 69141 71166 71184 71352 71967 72013 74763
Standard error 65 64 64 64 63 63 65
Agg 1383294404 1426800839 1426659545 1430214579 1444507165 1446016760 1500891540
Agg square 9.71482687E13 1.0297003E14 1.029841697E14 1.03474033E14 1.05367981E14 1.055389983E14 113726605208293
Fifth quintile:
Mean 142456 144211 144218 144370 144871 144888 149645
Standard error 698 697 696 697 697 697 700
Agg 2886338299 2930283685 2931269330 2932038183 2938442475 2938548967 3033972775
Agg square 5.86597452E14 5.98341371E14 5.985151976E14 5.98974274E14 6.01162078E14 6.012214094E14 630928017616504
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 a
White alone or in
combination Householder
Total 95946 95946 95946
Recipiency Status
With Income as defined 95302 95081 95081
With addition or deduction 31029 (X) (X)
Mean addition or deduction 8860 (X) (X)
Standard error 34 (X) (X)
Agg addition or deduction 274915675 (X) (X)
Agg square for addition or
deduction 3411827997041 (X) (X)
Mean total income 29378 (X) (X)
Standard error 385 (X) (X)
Tally total income 911574136 (X) (X)
Agg square for total income 152201483002493 (X) (X)
Under $2,500 1386 3024 2996
$ 2,500 to $ 4,999 616 805 732
$ 5,000 to $ 7,499 1073 1491 1422
$ 7,500 to $ 9,999 1871 2423 2292
$10,000 to $12,499 2787 2844 2717
$12,500 to $14,999 3013 3045 2917
$15,000 to $17,499 2885 3178 3064
$17,500 to $19,999 2908 3257 3108
$20,000 to $22,499 3110 3330 3343
$22,500 to $24,999 2970 3398 3423
$25,000 to $27,499 3146 3262 3346
$27,500 to $29,999 3135 3215 3327
$30,000 to $32,499 2984 3326 3464
$32,500 to $34,999 2898 3312 3347
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 2828 3010 3173
$37,500 to $39,999 2853 2819 2838
$40,000 to $42,499 2767 2949 2996
$42,500 to $44,999 2661 2875 2872
$45,000 to $47,499 2471 2404 2452
$47,500 to $49,999 2380 2457 2474
$50,000 to $52,499 2228 2193 2183
$52,500 to $54,999 2214 2232 2257
$55,000 to $57,499 2111 2222 2255
$57,500 to $59,999 2053 2067 2086
$60,000 to $62,499 1883 1856 1843
$62,500 to $64,999 1889 1774 1791
$65,000 to $67,499 1781 1666 1662
$67,500 to $69,999 1685 1659 1678
$70,000 to $72,499 1671 1515 1514
$72,500 to $74,999 1502 1449 1448
$75,000 to $77,499 1501 1403 1396
$77,500 to $79,999 1357 1241 1266
$80,000 to $82,499 1376 1158 1164
$82,500 to $84,999 1225 1210 1212
$85,000 to $87,499 1265 1089 1087
$87,500 to $89,999 1056 971 971
$90,000 to $92,499 1116 954 950
$92,500 to $94,999 1113 861 869
$95,000 to $97,499 994 724 724
$97,500 to $99,999 955 747 745
$100,000 and over 14229 10530 10544
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 2.1 4.0 3.9
$5,000 to $9,999 3.1 4.1 3.9
$10,000 to $14,999 6.0 6.1 5.9
$15,000 to $19,999 6.0 6.7 6.4
$20,000 to $24,999 6.3 7.0 7.1
$25,000 to $29,999 6.5 6.8 7.0
$30,000 to $34,999 6.1 6.9 7.1
$35,000 to $39,999 5.9 6.1 6.3
$40,000 to $44,999 5.7 6.1 6.1
$45,000 to $49,999 5.1 5.1 5.1
$50,000 to $59,999 9.0 9.1 9.2
$60,000 to $74,999 10.9 10.3 10.4
$75,000 to $99,999 12.5 10.8 10.8
$100,000 and over 14.8 11.0 11.0
Median 47107 41893 42055
Standard Error 167 140 138
Mean dollars 61608 50809 51039
Standard Error 217 230 229
Agg total income 5911057093 4874918681 4896967012
Agg Square for total income 744436318714423 6.73151E14 6.74465E14
Gini ratio 0.415 0.400 0.397
Standard Error 0.0027 0.0026 0.0026
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 18.3 18.2 18.3
With type of addition
or deduction 7593 (X) (X)
Mean amount 4492 (X) (X)
Standard error 33 (X) (X)
Agg first quintile 34107790 (X) (X)
Agg square first quintile 206994195598 (X) (X)
Tot 1st Quintile 17522 17474 17525
Second quintile:
Upper limit 36369 32262 32616
Percent of households 19.7 19.6 19.6
With type of addition
or deduction 9096 (X) (X)
Mean amount 9306 (X) (X)
Standard error 52 (X) (X)
Agg second quintile 84643485 (X) (X)
Agg square second quintile 984315701782 (X) (X)
Tot 2nd Quintile 18885 18816 18774
Third quintile:
Upper limit 55604 49254 49402
Percent of households 20.0 20.2 20.2
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 6411 (X) (X)
Mean amount 10617 (X) (X)
Standard error 77 (X) (X)
Agg third quintile 68067639 (X) (X)
Agg square third quintile 936786095234 (X) (X)
Tot 3rd Quintile 19237 19386 19415
Fourth quintile:
Upper limit 85870 76085 76158
Percent of households 20.9 20.8 20.8
With type of addition
or deduction 4293 (X) (X)
Mean amount 10956 (X) (X)
Standard error 99 (X) (X)
Agg fourth quintile 47030334 (X) (X)
Agg square fourth quintile 672695027222 (X) (X)
Tot 4th Quintile 20045 19988 19947
Fifth quintile:
Upper limit
Percent of households 21.1 21.1 21.1
With type of addition
or deduction 3636 (X) (X)
Mean amount 11295 (X) (X)
Standard error 113 (X) (X)
Agg fifth quintile 41066428 (X) (X)
Agg square fifth quintile 611036977206 (X) (X)
Tot 5th Quintile 20257 20283 20284
Table 1. Income Distribution Measures, by Definition of Income: 2006
(Households With a White alone or in combination Householder)
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 12584 -6081 -5701
Standard error 45 646 645
Agg 220488500 -106253306 -99916382
Agg square 3327719418748 1.125449E14 1.1267555E14
Second quintile:
Mean 28508 25122 25674
Standard error 35 32 31
Agg 538396071 472692903 482010859
Agg square 15725799992588 1.21928E13 1.2679597E13
Third quintile:
Mean 45445 40298 40535
Standard error 42 37 37
Agg 874212624 781215684 787008912
Agg square 40308197606384 3.193915E13 3.2350124E13
Fourth quintile:
Mean 69312 61406 61518
Standard error 65 58 58
Agg 1389387952 1227363698 1227071386
Agg square 97805059266798 7.654102E13 7.6646974E13
Fifth quintile:
Mean 142600 123254 123287
Standard error 698 604 604
Agg 2888571947 2499899701 2500792237
Agg square 587269542429910 4.399331E14 4.4011276E14
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