INCOME 1997 
        Table A. Comparison of Summary Measures of Income by Selected Characteristics: 1989, 1996
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        | (Households and people as of March of the following
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        Characteristics | 
         
         
        1997 | 
        Median income  (in
        1997 dollars)  | 
         
         
        Percent change in real income 1997 | 
         
         
        Percent change in real income 1989 to 1997 | 
       
      
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        | Number (thous.) | 
        Median income (dollars) | 
        1996 | 
        1989r | 
       
      
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        | HOUSEHOLDS  | 
       
      
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        | All households | 
        102,528 | 
        37,005 | 
        36,306 | 
        37,303 | 
        1.9 * | 
        -0.8 | 
       
      
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        | Type of Household | 
       
      
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        | Family households | 
        70,880 | 
        45,347 | 
        44,071 | 
        44,647 | 
        2.9 * | 
        1.6 * | 
       
      
        | --Married couple families | 
        54,317 | 
        51,681 | 
        51,002 | 
        49,925 | 
        1.3 * | 
        3.5 * | 
       
      
        | --Female householder, no husband present | 
        12,652 | 
        23,040 | 
        22,059 | 
        22,315 | 
        4.4 * | 
        3.3 | 
       
      
        | --Male householder, no wife present | 
        3,911 | 
        36,634 | 
        36,476 | 
        39,108 | 
        0.4 | 
        -6.3 * | 
       
      
        | Nonfamily households | 
        31,648 | 
        21,705 | 
        21,454 | 
        22,221 | 
        1.2 | 
        -2.3 * | 
       
      
        | --Female householder | 
        17,516 | 
        17,613 | 
        16,774 | 
        17,865 | 
        5.0 * | 
        -1.4 | 
       
      
        | --Male householder | 
        14,133 | 
        27,592 | 
        27,892 | 
        29,036 | 
        -1.1 | 
        -5.0 * | 
       
      
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        | Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder | 
       
      
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        | White | 
        86,106 | 
        38,972 | 
        38,014 | 
        39,241 | 
        2.5 * | 
        -0.7 | 
       
      
        | --White, not Hispanic | 
        77,936 | 
        40,577 | 
        39,677 | 
        40,166 | 
        2.3 * | 
        1.0 | 
       
      
        | Black | 
        12,474 | 
        25,050 | 
        24,021 | 
        23,583 | 
        4.3 * | 
        6.2 * | 
       
      
        | Asian and Pacific Islander | 
        3,125 | 
        45,249 | 
        44,269 | 
        46,611 | 
        2.2 | 
        -2.9 | 
       
      
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        | Hispanic origin1/ | 
        8,590 | 
        26,628 | 
        25,477 | 
        28,192 | 
        4.5 * | 
        -5.5 * | 
       
      
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        | Age of Householder | 
       
      
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        | 15 to 24 years | 
        5,435 | 
        22,583 | 
        21,930 | 
        24,027 | 
        3.0 | 
        -6.0 * | 
       
      
        | 25 to 34 years | 
        19,033 | 
        38,174 | 
        36,711 | 
        38,442 | 
        4.0 * | 
        -0.7 | 
       
      
        | 35 to 44 years | 
        23,943 | 
        46,359 | 
        45,439 | 
        48,554 | 
        2.0 * | 
        -4.5 * | 
       
      
        | 45 to 54 years | 
        19,547 | 
        51,875 | 
        51,630 | 
        53,738 | 
        0.5 | 
        -3.5 * | 
       
      
        | 55 to 64 years | 
        13,072 | 
        41,356 | 
        40,729 | 
        39,946 | 
        1.5 | 
        3.5 * | 
       
      
        | 65 years and over | 
        21,497 | 
        20,761 | 
        19,894 | 
        20,402 | 
        4.4 * | 
        1.8 | 
       
      
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        | Nativity of the householder | 
       
      
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        | Native born | 
        91,713 | 
        37,643 | 
        36,920 | 
        NA | 
        2.0 * | 
        X | 
       
      
        | Foreign born | 
        10,818 | 
        31,318 | 
        30,697 | 
        NA | 
        2.0 | 
        X | 
       
      
        | --Not a citizen | 
        5,946 | 
        26,959 | 
        26,239 | 
        NA | 
        2.7 | 
        X | 
       
      
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        | Region | 
       
      
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        | Northeast | 
        19,810 | 
        38,929 | 
        38,264 | 
        42,123 | 
        1.7 | 
        -7.6 * | 
       
      
        | Midwest | 
        24,236 | 
        38,316 | 
        37,418 | 
        37,107 | 
        2.4 * | 
        3.3 * | 
       
      
        | South | 
        36,578 | 
        34,345 | 
        33,166 | 
        33,412 | 
        3.6 * | 
        2.8 * | 
       
      
        | West | 
        21,905 | 
        39,162 | 
        37,977 | 
        40,081 | 
        3.1 * | 
        -2.3 | 
       
      
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        | Residence | 
       
      
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        | Inside metropolitan areas | 
        82,122 | 
        39,381 | 
        38,504 | 
        40,151 | 
        2.3 * | 
        -1.9 * | 
       
      
        | --Inside central cities | 
        31,907 | 
        31,548 | 
        31,058 | 
        NA | 
        1.6 | 
        X | 
       
      
        | --Outside central cities | 
        50,215 | 
        44,668 | 
        43,429 | 
        NA | 
        2.9 * | 
        X | 
       
      
        | Outside metropolitan areas | 
        20,406 | 
        30,057 | 
        28,734 | 
        28,942 | 
        4.6 * | 
        3.9 * | 
       
      
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        | EARNINGS OF FULL-TIME, YEAR-ROUND WORKERS | 
       
      
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        | Male | 
        54,909 | 
        33,674 | 
        32,882 | 
        35,179 | 
        2.4 * | 
        -4.3 * | 
       
      
        | Female | 
        37,683 | 
        24,973 | 
        24,254 | 
        24,237 | 
        3.0 * | 
        3.0 * | 
       
      
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        | PER CAPITA INCOME | 
       
      
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        | All races 2/ | 
        269,094 | 
        19,241 | 
        18,552 | 
        17,999 | 
        3.7 * | 
        6.9 * | 
       
      
        | White | 
        221,650 | 
        20,425 | 
        19,621 | 
        19,088 | 
        4.1 * | 
        7.0 * | 
       
      
        | --White, not Hispanic | 
        192,178 | 
        21,905 | 
        20,991 | 
        NA | 
        4.4 * | 
        X | 
       
      
        | Black | 
        34,598 | 
        12,351 | 
        12,172 | 
        11,231 | 
        1.5 | 
        10.0 * | 
       
      
        | Asian and Pacific Islander | 
        10,492 | 
        18,226 | 
        18,332 | 
        NA | 
        -0.6 | 
        X | 
       
      
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        | Hispanic origin1/ | 
        30,773 | 
        10,773 | 
        10,279 | 
        10,605 | 
        4.8* | 
        1.6 | 
       
      
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        | *Statistically significant change at the 90-percent
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        | 1/People of Hispanic origin may be of any race. | 
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        | 2/Data for American Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts are not
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        | group are not tabulated from the CPS due to its small size. | 
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        | Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March Current Population
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