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TABLE B–33.—Median money income (in 1997 dollars) and poverty status of families and persons,by race, selected years, 1979–97YearNumber(millions)Medianmoneyincome(in1997dollars)2Families 1TotalBelow poverty levelFemalehouseholder366Number(millions)PercentNumber(millions)PercentPersonsbelowpoverty levelMedian money income (in 1997 dollars)of persons 15 years old and over withincome 23AllpersonsMalesNumber(millions)PercentYearroundfull-timeworkersAllpersonsFemalesYearroundfull-timeworkersALL RACES1979 4 .......................... 59.6 $42,483 5.5 9.2 2.6 30.4 26.1 11.7 $25,548 $37,911 $9,439 $22,8411980 ............................ 60.3 40,999 6.2 10.3 3.0 32.7 29.3 13.0 24,436 37,391 9,595 22,6051981 ............................ 61.0 39,881 6.9 11.2 3.3 34.6 31.8 14.0 24,000 36,860 9,723 22,1901982 ............................ 61.4 39,341 7.5 12.2 3.4 36.3 34.4 15.0 23,420 36,356 9,884 22,9381983 5 .......................... 62.0 39,761 7.6 12.3 3.6 36.0 35.3 15.2 23,625 36,267 10,321 23,3471984 ............................ 62.7 40,832 7.3 11.6 3.5 34.5 33.7 14.4 24,098 37,080 10,609 23,8231985 ............................ 63.6 41,371 7.2 11.4 3.5 34.0 33.1 14.0 24,330 37,289 10,765 24,2421986 ............................ 64.5 43,139 7.0 10.9 3.6 34.6 32.4 13.6 25,062 37,920 11,144 24,6651987 6 .......................... 65.2 43,756 7.0 10.7 3.7 34.2 32.2 13.4 25,129 37,696 11,720 24,8151988 ............................ 65.8 43,674 6.9 10.4 3.6 33.4 31.7 13.0 25,653 37,095 12,053 25,1601989 ............................ 66.1 44,284 6.8 10.3 3.5 32.2 31.5 12.8 25,749 36,784 12,457 25,4191990 ............................ 66.3 43,414 7.1 10.7 3.8 33.4 33.6 13.5 24,920 35,586 12,366 25,2861991 ............................ 67.2 42,351 7.7 11.5 4.2 35.6 35.7 14.2 24,121 35,742 12,345 25,0351992 7 .......................... 68.2 41,839 8.1 11.9 4.3 35.4 38.0 14.8 23,400 35,271 12,257 25,2741993 ............................ 68.5 41,051 8.4 12.3 4.4 35.6 39.3 15.1 23,439 34,518 12,269 24,9571994 ............................ 69.3 42,001 8.1 11.6 4.2 34.6 38.1 14.5 23,523 34,236 12,418 25,1961995 ............................ 69.6 42,769 7.5 10.8 4.1 32.4 36.4 13.8 23,761 33,910 12,775 25,0411996 ............................ 70.2 43,271 7.7 11.0 4.2 32.6 36.5 13.7 24,381 34,308 13,109 25,5071997 ............................ 70.9 44,568 7.3 10.3 4.0 31.6 35.6 13.3 25,212 35,248 13,703 26,029WHITE1979 4 .......................... 52.2 44,331 3.6 6.9 1.4 22.3 17.2 9.0 26,689 39,006 9,528 23,0401980 ............................ 52.7 42,717 4.2 8.0 1.6 25.7 19.7 10.2 25,992 38,458 9,648 22,8231981 ............................ 53.3 41,892 4.7 8.8 1.8 27.4 21.6 11.1 25,466 37,726 9,831 22,5611982 ............................ 53.4 41,305 5.1 9.6 1.8 27.9 23.5 12.0 24,760 37,325 10,018 23,2471983 5 .......................... 53.9 41,635 5.2 9.7 1.9 28.3 24.0 12.1 24,855 37,236 10,502 23,6591984 ............................ 54.4 42,768 4.9 9.1 1.9 27.1 23.0 11.5 25,437 38,350 10,734 24,0601985 ............................ 55.0 43,484 5.0 9.1 2.0 27.4 22.9 11.4 25,523 38,325 10,974 24,5851986 ............................ 55.7 45,117 4.8 8.6 2.0 28.2 22.2 11.0 26,447 38,978 11,364 25,0431987 6 .......................... 56.1 45,755 4.6 8.1 2.0 26.9 21.2 10.4 26,710 38,575 12,019 25,2751988 ............................ 56.5 46,013 4.5 7.9 1.9 26.5 20.7 10.1 27,079 38,344 12,350 25,5381989 ............................ 56.6 46,564 4.4 7.8 1.9 25.4 20.8 10.0 27,004 38,406 12,700 25,7201990 ............................ 56.8 45,332 4.6 8.1 2.0 26.8 22.3 10.7 25,997 36,940 12,669 25,5901991 ............................ 57.2 44,524 5.0 8.8 2.2 28.4 23.7 11.3 25,212 36,475 12,634 25,4011992 7 .......................... 57.7 44,238 5.3 9.1 2.2 28.5 25.3 11.9 24,488 36,110 12,541 25,5671993 ............................ 57.9 43,652 5.5 9.4 2.4 29.2 26.2 12.2 24,415 35,357 12,513 25,5231994 ............................ 58.4 44,277 5.3 9.1 2.3 29.0 25.4 11.7 24,550 35,132 12,595 25,8771995 ............................ 58.9 44,913 5.0 8.5 2.2 26.6 24.4 11.2 25,165 35,296 12,971 25,5541996 ............................ 58.9 45,783 5.1 8.6 2.3 27.3 24.7 11.2 25,521 35,538 13,258 25,9401997 ............................ 59.5 46,754 5.0 8.4 2.3 27.7 24.4 11.0 26,115 36,118 13,792 26,470BLACK1979 4 .......................... 6.2 25,103 1.7 27.8 1.2 49.4 8.1 31.0 16,521 28,111 8,671 21,1121980 ............................ 6.3 24,717 1.8 28.9 1.3 49.4 8.6 32.5 15,619 27,059 8,932 21,2861981 ............................ 6.4 23,631 2.0 30.8 1.4 52.9 9.2 34.2 15,143 26,692 8,734 20,3751982 ............................ 6.5 22,829 2.2 33.0 1.5 56.2 9.7 35.6 14,838 26,509 8,836 20,7781983 5 .......................... 6.7 23,464 2.2 32.3 1.5 53.7 9.9 35.7 14,535 26,549 8,974 21,0021984 ............................ 6.8 23,837 2.1 30.9 1.5 51.7 9.5 33.8 14,595 26,173 9,522 21,6821985 ............................ 6.9 25,039 2.0 28.7 1.5 50.5 8.9 31.3 16,062 26,806 9,363 21,7631986 ............................ 7.1 25,780 2.0 28.0 1.5 50.1 9.0 31.1 15,848 27,481 9,615 21,9141987 6 .......................... 7.2 26,005 2.1 29.4 1.6 51.1 9.5 32.4 15,845 27,582 9,818 22,5751988 ............................ 7.4 26,224 2.1 28.2 1.6 49.0 9.4 31.3 16,340 28,106 9,971 22,8841989 ............................ 7.5 26,158 2.1 27.8 1.5 46.5 9.3 30.7 16,321 26,798 10,193 23,1311990 ............................ 7.5 26,308 2.2 29.3 1.6 48.1 9.8 31.9 15,802 26,379 10,227 22,7721991 ............................ 7.7 25,392 2.3 30.4 1.8 51.2 10.2 32.7 15,275 26,665 10,389 22,5481992 7 .......................... 8.0 24,141 2.5 31.1 1.9 50.2 10.8 33.4 14,945 26,301 10,167 23,1751993 ............................ 8.0 23,927 2.5 31.3 1.9 49.9 10.9 33.1 16,222 26,175 10,561 22,5641994 ............................ 8.1 26,748 2.2 27.3 1.7 46.2 10.2 30.6 16,225 26,431 11,419 22,3401995 ............................ 8.1 27,350 2.1 26.4 1.7 45.1 9.9 29.3 16,857 26,116 11,544 22,1991996 ............................ 8.5 27,131 2.2 26.1 1.7 43.7 9.7 28.4 16,869 27,759 12,042 22,4951997 ............................ 8.4 28,602 2.0 23.6 1.6 39.8 9.1 26.5 18,096 26,897 13,048 22,7641The term ‘‘family’’ refers to a group of two or more persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together. Every familymust include a reference person. Beginning 1979, based on householder concept and restricted to primary families.2Current dollar median money income adjusted by CPI–U–X1.3Prior to 1979, data are for persons 14 years and over.4Based on 1980 census population controls; comparable with succeeding years.5Reflects implementation of Hispanic population controls; comparable with succeeding years.6Based on revised methodology; comparable with succeeding years.7Based on 1990 census adjusted population controls; comparable with succeeding years.Note.—Poverty rates (percent of persons below poverty level) for all races for years not shown above are: 1959, 22.4; 1960, 22.2; 1961,21.9; 1962, 21.0; 1963, 19.5; 1964, 19.0; 1965, 17.3; 1966, 14.7; 1967, 14.2; 1968, 12.8; 1969, 12.1; 1970, 12.6; 1971, 12.5; 1972, 11.9;1973, 11.1; 1974, 11.2; 1975, 12.3; 1976, 11.8; 1977, 11.6; and 1978, 11.4.Poverty thresholds are updated each year to reflect changes in the consumer price index (CPI–U).For details see ‘‘Current Population Reports,’’ Series P–60.Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.