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______________________________________________________________________________________ | Men | Women |_______________________________________|_______________________________________ Year |All ages,| | | |All ages,| | | | 15 and |15 to 19 |20 to 24 |25 to 29 | 15 and |15 to 19 |20 to 24 |25 to 29 | over* |years old|years old|years old| over* |years old|years old|years old ______|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ Current dollars 1955 .. $4,246 --- $3,299 --- $2,734 --- $2,768 --- 1960 .. 5,435 $1,974 3,916 --- 3,296 $2,450 3,155 --- 1965 .. 6,479 3,074 4,706 --- 3,883 2,809 3,713 --- 1970 .. 9,184 3,950 6,655 --- 5,440 3,783 4,928 --- 1975 .. 13,144 5,657 8,521 $11,836 7,719 4,568 6,598 $8,264 1980 .. 19,173 7,753 12,109 13,986 11,591 6,779 9,407 11,958 1981 .. 20,692 8,252 12,408 17,244 12,457 7,598 10,173 12,772 1982 .. 21,655 8,475 12,530 18,359 13,663 7,879 10,943 13,904 1983 .. 22,508 8,204 12,822 18,865 14,479 7,857 11,062 14,239 1984 .. 24,004 8,886 13,043 20,112 15,422 8,509 11,435 15,129 1985 .. 24,999 9,050 13,827 20,499 16,252 8,372 11,757 15,986 1986 .. 25,894 9,730 14,152 20,720 16,843 8,333 12,192 16,400 1987 .. 26,722 9,859 14,665 21,850 17,504 9,417 12,905 16,779 1988 .. 27,342 10,768 15,373 22,029 18,545 9,329 13,652 17,475 1989 .. 28,419 11,257 15,962 22,471 19,638 9,503 14,272 19,060 1990 .. 28,983 10,513 16,164 22,637 20,597 10,360 14,451 19,475 1991 .. 30,332 10,856 15,800 23,725 21,245 9,584 14,748 20,324 Constant 1991 dollars 1955 .. 21,579 --- 16,766 --- 13,894 --- 14,067 --- 1960 .. 25,008 9,083 18,019 --- 15,166 11,273 14,517 --- 1965 .. 28,014 13,291 20,348 --- 16,789 12,146 16,054 --- 1970 .. 32,239 13,866 23,361 --- 19,096 13,280 17,299 --- 1975 .. 33,275 14,321 21,572 29,964 19,541 11,564 16,703 20,921 1980 .. 31,691 12,815 20,015 23,118 19,159 11,205 15,549 19,766 1981 .. 31,004 12,364 18,592 25,838 18,665 11,384 15,243 19,137 1982 .. 30,564 11,962 17,685 25,912 19,284 11,120 15,445 19,624 1983 .. 30,779 11,219 17,534 25,797 19,800 10,744 15,127 19,471 1984 .. 31,466 11,648 17,098 26,364 20,216 11,154 14,990 19,832 1985 .. 31,644 11,455 17,502 25,948 20,572 10,597 14,882 20,235 1986 .. 32,178 12,091 17,587 25,749 20,931 10,355 15,151 20,380 1987 .. 32,038 11,820 17,583 26,197 20,986 11,290 15,472 20,117 1988 .. 31,479 12,397 17,699 25,362 21,351 10,740 15,718 20,119 1989 .. 31,215 12,364 17,532 24,682 21,570 10,438 15,676 20,935 1990 .. 30,203 10,956 16,844 23,590 21,464 10,796 15,059 20,295 1991 .. 30,332 10,856 15,800 23,725 21,245 9,584 14,748 20,324 ______________________________________________________________________________________---Data not available.
*/Before 1980, a relatively small number of 14-year-olds were included in the 15 to 19 years old and all ages categories.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-60, Money Income of Households, Families, and Persons in the United States, various years; and Money Income and Poverty Status in the United States, 1989. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 1992.