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Indicator 14. Median Family Income

Median family income, by race/ethnicity of head of household: 1950 to 1991

_______________________________________________________            |          |          |          |    Year    |   All    | White1/  |  Black1/ |Hispanic2/            | families |          |          | ___________|__________|__________|__________|__________                          Current dollars  1950 ......    $3,319     $3,445 3/  $1,869        --- 1955 ......     4,418      4,613 3/   2,544        --- 1960 ......     5,620      5,835 3/   3,230        --- 1965 ......     6,957      7,251 3/   3,993        --- 1970 ......     9,867     10,236      6,279        --- 1975 ......    13,719     14,268      8,779     $9,551  1980 ......    21,023     21,904     12,674     14,716 1981 ......    22,388     23,517     13,266     16,401 1982 ......    23,433     24,603     13,598     16,227 1983 ......    24,674     25,837     14,561     16,930 1984 ......    26,433     27,686     15,431     18,832 1985 ......    27,735     29,152     16,786     19,027 1986 ......    29,458     30,809     17,604     19,995 1987 ......    30,970     32,385     18,406     20,300 1988 ......    32,191     33,915     19,329     21,769 1989 .......   34,213     35,975     20,209     23,446 1990 .......   35,353     36,915     21,423     23,431 1991 .......   35,939     37,783     21,548     23,895                         Constant 1991 dollars4/  1950 ......    18,757     19,469 3/  10,563        --- 1955 ......    22,453     23,444 3/  12,929        --- 1960 ......    25,860     26,849 3/  14,862        --- 1965 ......    30,081     31,352 3/  17,265        --- 1970 ......    34,636     35,932     22,041        --- 1975 ......    34,731     36,121     22,225     24,179  1980 ......    34,749     36,205     20,949     24,324 1981 ......    33,545     35,237     19,877     24,574 1982 ......    33,073     34,725     19,192     22,903 1983 ......    33,741     35,331     19,912     23,151 1984 ......    34,650     36,293     20,228     24,686 1985 ......    35,107     36,901     21,248     24,084 1986 ......    36,607     38,286     21,877     24,848 1987 ......    37,131     38,828     22,068     24,339 1988 ......    37,062     39,047     22,254     25,063 1989 .......   37,579     39,514     22,197     25,753 1990 .......   36,841     38,468     22,325     24,417 1991 .......   35,939     37,783     21,548     23,895 _______________________________________________________ 

1/Includes Hispanics.
2/Hispanics may be of any race.
3/Data include both blacks and other races. Figures are not precisely comparable to data for later years.
4/Figures adjusted by the Consumer Price Index.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-60, Money Income of Families and Persons in the United States, nos. 105 and 157; Money Income of Households, Families, and Persons in the United States, nos. 162, 174, and 180; and Money Income and Poverty Status in the United States, nos. 166 and 168. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index.