United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

434 Income, Expenditures, and Wealth
No. 7 1 6 . M o n e y In c o m e o f F a m ilie s — C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s , b y In c o m e L e v e l a n d R a c e : i 9 6 0
[See headnote, table 713. For definition of mean and median, see Guide to Tabular Presentation]
F A M I L Y I N C O M E L E V E L O F —
R A C E A N D C H A R A C T E R I S T I C
Total
Under
$ 5 , 0 0 0
$5, 0 0 0 -
$9, 9 9 9
$ 1 0 , 0 0 0 -
$ 1 4 , 9 9 9
$ 1 5 , 0 0 0 -
$ 1 9 , 9 9 9
$ 2 0 , 0 0 0 -
$ 2 4 , 9 9 9
$ 2 5 , 0 0 0 -
$ 3 4 , 9 9 9
$ 3 5 , 0 0 0 -
$ 4 9 , 9 9 9
$ 5 0 , 0 0 0
and
over
All families 1 ( 1,000).... 6 0 , 3 0 9 3 , 7 3 6 7,646 8 , 5 3 7 8, 4 1 4 8 , 2 6 3 11, 9 6 1 7 , 7 2 3 4 , 0 2 7
Mean income (dol.)................. 2 3 , 9 7 4 2 , 6 6 2 7,524 1 2 , 4 1 6 1 7 , 4 0 2 2 2 , 3 2 3 2 9 , 3 8 3 4 0 , 8 9 8 6 8 , 0 6 4
Per capita income (dol.).......... 7,341 6 9 5 2,559 4 , 1 2 5 5, 4 5 0 6 , 7 4 5 8 , 5 9 7 1 1 , 4 7 4 1 8 , 2 0 0
Average number of—
Persons per family.............. 3.27 2 . 9 7 2.94 3.01 3.19 3.31 3. 4 2 3 . 5 6 3. 7 4
Children per family2........... 1.03 1. 3 0 .99 .96 1.03 1.09 1.07 .95 .92
Earners per family3............ 1.63 .63 .86 1.20 1.53 1.73 2.00 2 . 3 6 2 . 4 8
Ratio of noneamers to
earners 4.............................. 1.00 3 . 6 9 2.43 1.52 1.08 .91 .71 .51 .51
Median school yrs. complel*
ed by householder #............ 12.6 10 . 9 10.9 12.1 12.4 12.6 12.8 13 . 6 1 6 . 2
White (1 , 00 0)............. 52 , 7 10 2 , 5 8 3 5,964 7 , 3 1 4 7, 4 4 6 7 , 4 5 9 1 0 , 9 8 0 7 , 1 4 9 3 , 8 1 6
Mean income (dol.)................. 2 4 , 9 3 9 2 , 5 6 3 7,582 12 , 4 4 0 17 , 4 0 5 2 2 , 3 2 6 29 , 3 9 1 4 0 , 9 1 3 6 8 , 2 4 3
Per capita income (dof.).......... 7,787 8 9 6 2,710 4 , 2 8 2 5,572 6 . 8 6 6 8 , 7 6 8 11 , 6 7 1 1 8 , 4 7 0
Average number of—
Persons per family........... . 3.20 2 . 8 6 2.80 2.91 3.12 3 . 2 5 3. 3 5 3.51 3 . 6 9
Children per family2............ .97 1.14 .84 .87 1.00 1.0 6 1.03 .92 .90
Earners per family3............ 1.65 .71 .82 1.17 1.52 1.71 1.97 2. 3 4 2 . 4 8
Ratio of nonearners to
earners *........................... .94 3 . 0 4 2.41 1.49 1.06 .91 .70 .50 .49
Median school yrs, compleled
by householderfi............ 12.6 11 . 2 11.0 12.2 12.4 12. 6 12.8 13 . 6 16 . 2
Black (1,000).............. 6, 3 1 7 1, 0 5 0 1,501 1,059 8 0 8 6 4 5 7 4 5 4 0 0 1 0 9
Mean income (dol.)................. 15 , 6 06 2 , 9 4 7 7,287 1 2 , 2 4 9 1 7 , 3 3 6 2 2 , 2 5 5 2 9 , 2 5 7 4 0 , 3 8 1 6 0 , 0 2 4
Per capita income (dol.)......... 4,321 9 2 5 2,127 3, 3 7 6 4,663 5 , 7 3 9 7 , 0 7 0 9, 5 4 1 1 3 , 2 1 7
Average number of—
Persons per family,............. 3.66 3, 1 8 3.43 3.63 3.72 3 . 8 8 4. 1 4 4 . 2 3 4 . 5 4
Children per family *............ 1.46 1. 6 6 1.48 1.49 1.30 1.40 1.48 1.28 1. 2 5
Earners per family 3............ 1.43 .44 .99 1.37 1.65 1.99 2. 2 4 2 . 5 7 2 . 7 5
Ratio of noneamers to
earners 4............................ 1.56 6.21 2.4B 1.65 1.26 .95 .85 .65 .65
Median school yrs. completed
by householder *........ . 12.1 10.5 10.5 12.1 12.2 12.4 12.6 12.8 1 4 . 6
* Includes other races not shown separately. ’ Related children. ’ Civilian family members only. 4All persons without
earnings in families, divided by total persons 1 5 years old and over with earnings in families. * Householder 2 5 years
old and over.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, series P>60, No. 132.
No. 7 1 7 . Median Money In c o m e o f F a m ilie s a n d U n r e l a t e d I n d i v id u a ls , in C u r r e n t a n d
C o n s t a n t (1 9 8 0 ) D o l l a r s : 1 9 5 5 t o 1 9 8 0
[See headnote, table 713. Unrelated individuals are persons not living with any relatives. See text, pp. 4 and 416. Ror definition of
median, see Guide to Tabular Presentation. See also H istorical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1970, series G 179-188]
ITEM 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1 9 8 0 1
CURRENT DOLLARS
Families:
Married-couple families........................................................... 4,599 5,873 7,330 1 0,516 1 4 ,8 67 23,141
Wife in paid labor force...................................................... 5,622 6,900 8,633 12,276 1 7 ,2 37 2 6 ,8 79
Wife not in paid labor force............................................... 4,326 5,520 6,706 9,304 1 2 ,7 52 1 8 ,9 7 2
Mate householder, no wife present..................................... 4,190 4,860 6,515 9,012 1 2 ,9 95 1 7 ,5 1 9
Female householder, no husband present.......................... 2,471 2,968 3,535 5,093 6 ,8 4 4 1 0 ,4 0 8
Unrelated Individuals:
Male.............................................................................................
Female.........................................................................................
CONSTANT (1 980) DOLLARS
1,831
1,054
2,480
1,377
3 ,1 9 4
2,267
4,540
2,483
6 ,6 1 2
3 ,9 7 8
1 0 ,9 3 9
6 ,6 6 8
Families:
Manied-couple families........... ............................................... 14,153 16,341 19,143 2 2,316 2 2 ,7 6 2 23.141
2 6 ,8 7 9
Wife in paid labor force....................................................... 17,301 19,199 2 2,546 26,051 2 6 ,3 9 0
Wife not in paid labor force............................................... 13,312 15,359 17,514 19,744 1 9,524
Male householder, no wife present...................................... 12,894 13,523 17,015 19,124 1 9,696
1 8 ,9 7 2
Unrelated individuals:
Female householder, no husband present......................... 7,604 8,258 9 ,232 10,808 1 0 ,4 78 1 0 |4 0 8
Male...................................... .....................................................
Female......................................................................................
5,635
3,243
1Based on household concept. Restricted to primary families, see source.
6,900
3,831
8 ,3 4 2
5,921
9,634
5,269
S o u rc e : U .S . B u re a u o f th e C e n s u s , C urrent Population Reports, s e rie s P -6 0 , N o . 1 3 2 , a n d e a rlie r issu es.
1 0 ,1 23
6 ,0 9 0
1 0,9 39
6 ,6 6 8