United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

440 Income, Expenditures, and Wealth
No. 726. P e r C a p it a M o n e y In c o m e , b y S t a t e : 1 9 5 9 t o 1 9 7 9
[Persons as of April of following year. For 1979, provisional data baaed on tbs Early National Sample from the 1990 census; see
text, p. 2, and Appendix III]
STATE 1959 1969
1979
Rank
STATE 1959 1989
Income
Income
1979
Rank
U.S.................................... $1,860 $3,119 $7,313 M
Alabama.................................... 1,246 2,317 5,875 45
Alaska....................................... 2,259 3,725 10,171 1
1,764 2,937 7.030 28
Arkansas................................... 1,125 2,142 5.467 49
California................................... 2,308 3,614 6.296 4
Cnfnrarin 1,889 3,106 8,138 6
Connecticut............................... 2,352 3,885 8,458 3
Delaware................................... 2,086 3,265 7,392 19
District of Columbia.................. 2,404 3,842 9,016 (X)
Florida 1,728 3,058 7,593 13
Georgia...................................... 1,359 2,640 6,682 34
Hawaii........................................ 1,863 3,373 7,790 10
Idaho.......................................... 1,608 2,644 6,224 40
Illinois......................................... 2,182 3,495 7,789 11
Indiana 1,832 3,070 7,088 26
Iowa 1,648 2,684 7,224 23
Kansas...................................... 1,775 2,929 7,199 24
Kentucky................................... 1,322 2.425 5,935 46
Louisiana................................... 1,369 2.330 6,321 37
Maine......................................... 1,514 2.548 5,846 48
Maryland................................. 2,003 3,512 8,154 5
Massachusetts......................... 2,050 3,408 7,411 18
Michigan.................................... 1,940 3,357 7,708 12
Minnesota................................. 1,734 3,038 7,529 15
967 1,925 5,327 50
1,751 2,952 6,882 31
Mississippi.................................
Missouri....................................
Montana.................................... 1,079 2,696 6,698 33
Nebraska................................... 1.629 2,797 7,034 27
Nevada 2,356 3,554 8,561 2
New Hampshire........................ 1,794 2,985 6.931 SO
New Jersey............................... 2,260 3,674 8,113 7
New Mexico.............................. 1,599 2,437 6.137 44
New York 2,236 3,608 7,469 16
North Carolina.......................... 1,252 2,474 6,177 43
North Dakota............................ 1,357 2,469 6,470
Ohio. 1,957 3,199 7.262
35
22
Oklahoma................................. 1,613 2,694 6,933 29
Oregon..................................... 1,949 3,148 7,431 17
Pennsylvania............................. 1,855 3.066 7,172 25
Rhode Island............................ 1.818 3,121 6,800 32
South Carolina.......................... 1,142 2,303 6,191 41
South Dakota........................... 1,327 2,387 5,902 47
Tennessee................................ 1,318 2,464 6,180
Texas 1,626 2,792 7,266
42
21
Utah.......................................... 1,695 2,697 6,399 36
Vermont___ 1.516 2,772 6,245 38
Virginia......... 1,598 2,996 7.549 14
Washington............................... 2,033 3,357 7,922 9
We9t Virginia............................ 1,378 2,333 6,243 39
1,844 3.032 7,272 20
Wyoming.... 1,888 2,895 7,982 a
X Not applicable.
Source: U.S, Bureau of the Census, Census o f Population: 1970, vol. 1, and 1980 Census o f Population and Housing, Supplementary
Report, series PHC 80-S1-1.
No. 7 2 7 . P e r s o n s B e l o w P o v e r t y L e v e l a n d B e l o w 1 2 5 P e r c e n t o f P o v e r t y L e v e l:
1 9 5 9 t o 1 9 8 1
[For explanation of poverty level, see text, p. 417]
Number (mil.)
P E R S O N S B E L O W P O V E R T Y L E V E L
Percent of total population
P E R S O N S
B E L O W 1 2 5
P E R C E N T O P
P O V E R T Y
L E V E L
A V E R A G E
I N C O M E
C U T O F F S F O R
N O N - F A R M
F A M I L Y O F 4 3
Y E A R
Total1 White Black
Spanish
origin2 Total White Black Spanish
origin *
Number
(mil.)
Percent
of
total
population
At
poverty
level
At
1 2 5
percent
of
poverty
level
1 0 5 9 ....................... 39.5 2 8 . 5 9.9 (NA) 22.4 18.1 55.1 (NA) 54 . 9 31.1 $ 2 , 9 7 3 $ 3 , 7 1 6
1 9 6 0 39.9 2 8 . 3 (NA) (NA) 22.2 17.8 (NA) (NA) 5 4 . 6 3 0 . 4 3 , 0 2 2 3 , 7 7 8
1 9 6 5 33.2 2 2 . 5 (NA) (NA) 17.3 13.3 (NA) (NA) 4 6 . 2 24.1 3 , 2 2 3 4 , 0 2 9
1 9 6 6 28.5 20.B ad (NA) 14.7 12.2 4 1 . 8 NA) 4 1 . 3 2 1 . 3 3 , 3 1 7 4 , 1 4 6
1 9 6 8 25.4 1 7 . 4 7.6 (NA) 12.8 10.0 34 . 7 (NA) 3 5 . 9 18 . 2 3 , 5 5 3 4 , 4 4 1
1 9 6 9 „ 24.1 16 . 7 7.1 (NA) 12.1 9.5 32.2 (NA) 34 . 7 17 . 4 3 , 7 4 3 4 , 6 7 9
1 9 7 0 25.4 17 . 5 7.5 (NA) 12.6 9.9 33.6 (NA) 35 . 6 17 . 6 3 , 9 6 8 4 , 9 6 0
19 7 1 25.6 17 . 8 7.4 M 12.5 9.9 32.5 (NA) 36 . 5 17 . 8 4 , 1 3 7 5 , 1 7 1
1 9 7 2 24.5 16 . 2 7.7 2.4 11.9 9.0 33.3 22.8 34.7 16.8 4 , 2 7 5 5 , 3 4 4
1 9 7 3 ....................... 23.0 15.1 7.4 2.4 11.1 8.4 31.4 21 . 9 3 2 . 8 15.6 4 , 5 4 0 5 , 6 7 5
1 9 7 4 23.4 15 . 7 7.2 2.6 11.2 8.6 30.3 23 . 0 33 . 7 16.1 5 , 0 3 8 6 , 2 9 8
1 9 7 5 ....................... 25,9 17 . 8 7.5 3.0 12.3 9.7 31.3 26 . 9 37 . 2 17 . 6 5 , 5 0 0 6 , 8 7 5
1 9 7 6 ....................... 25.0 16.7 7.6 2.6 11.8 9.1 31.1 24 . 7 35 . 5 16 . 7 6 , 8 1 5 7 , 2 6 9
1977..................................... 24.7 16.4 7.7 2.7 11.6 8.9 31.3 22 . 4 3 5 . 7 16 . 7 6, 1 9 1 7 , 7 3 9
1 9 7 8 24.5 16.3 7.6 2.6 11.4 8.7 30.6 21.6 3 4 . 2 15 . 8 6 , 6 6 2 8 , 3 2 8
1 9 7 9 4...................... 25.3 16 . 8 7.0 2.9 11.6 8.9 30.9 21.6 3 5 . 6 16 . 3 7 , 4 1 2 9 , 2 6 5
1 9 7 9 5...................... 26.1 17 . 2 8.1 2.9 11.7 9.0 31.0 21.8 3 6 . 6 1 6 . 4 7 , 4 1 2 9 , 2 6 5
1 9 8 0 ....................... 29.3 19.7 8.8 3.5 13.0 10.2 32.5 25 . 7 4 0 . 7 18.1 8 , 4 1 4 1 0 , 5 1 8
1 9 8 1 6...................... 31.8 21.6 9.2 3.7 14.0 11.1 34.2 26 . 5 43 . 7 19 . 3 9 , 2 8 7 1 1 , 6 0 9
NA Not available. ‘ Includes other races not shown separately. ‘ Persons of Spanish origin may be of any race.
‘ Beginning 1981, income cutoffs for nonfarm families are applied to all families, both farm and nonfarm. * Population controls
based on 1970 census; see text, pp. 2 and 416. ‘ Population controls based on 1980 census; see text, pp. 2 and 416.
‘ Data based on revised poverty definition; see text, p. 417 for explanation.
S o u rc e : U .S . B u re a u o f th e C e n s u s , Current Population Reports, s e rie s P - 2 3 , N o . 2 8 , a n d P - 6 0 , N o . 1 3 4 , a n d e a r lie r re p o rts .