Household Income in the United States in 2007
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"Real median household income increased 1.3 percent between 2006 and 2007, from $49,568 to $50,233 the third annual increase in real median household income."
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[edit] Sex
"Real median earnings of both men and women who worked full-time, year-round rose between 2006 and 2007, following 3 years of annual declines. Men’s earnings increased by 3.8 percent to $45,113, women’s by 5.0 percent to $35,102. The 2007 female-to-male earnings ratio, 0.78, is an all-time high."
[edit] Per Capita Income
"Real per capita income declined by 1.1 percent between 2006 and 2007. Per capita income also declined in 2007 for Whites (-1.0 percent) and Asians (-4.6 percent) (Table 1).8 The apparent changes for non-Hispanic Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics were not statistically significant."
[edit] Race and Hispanic Origin
"Among the race groups and Hispanics, Black households had the lowest median income in 2007, $33,916, which was 62 percent of the median for non-Hispanic White households, $54,920.10 Asian households had the highest median income, $66,103, about 120 percent of the median for non-Hispanic White households. The median income for Hispanic households was $38,679 in 2007, which was 70 percent of the median for non-Hispanic White households."
[edit] Nativity
"Between 2006 and 2007, the real median income of native-born households rose by 1.0 percent to $50,946. This was the second annual increase in real median household income for native-born households. The income of foreign-born households whose householder was not a U.S. citizen dropped by 7.3 percent to $37,637 after increasing 4.1 percent in 2006 (Table 1). The apparent declines for all foreign-born households and those maintained by a naturalized citizen were not statistically significant. The median income of foreign-born households in 2007 was $44,230. For households maintained by a naturalized citizen, the median income was $52,092, higher than the income of native-born households."
[edit] Region
"Real median household incomes rose in the Midwest (by 2.2 percent) and the South (by 2.3 percent), declined in the Northeast (by 2.4 percent), and remained statistically unchanged in the West between 2006 and 2007.11,12 Before 2007, the Midwest and South regions had not experienced annual increases in income since 1999; the Northeast and West regions last experienced annual increases in 2005. In 2007, households in the West had the highest median household income ($54,138), followed by households in the Northeast ($52,274), the Midwest ($50,277), and the South ($46,186)."
[edit] Metropolitan Status
"The real median income for households outside metropolitan statistical areas rose by 3.1 percent to $40,615 between 2006 and 2007 and continued to have a lower income than households inside metropolitan statistical areas ($51,831, not statistically different from their 2006 level). Within metropolitan statistical areas, households outside principal cities had the highest 2007 median income, $57,444, compared with $44,205 for households inside principal cities—neither was statistically different from its 2006 level."
[edit] Source
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007 - Issued by the US Census Bureau in August 2008
