U.S. Census Bureau

USA Statistics in Brief--Income and Poverty

INCOME AND POVERTY 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006
Gross domestic product (GDP) (billion dollars) 9,817 10,961 11,686 12,434 13,195
GDP, constant (2000) dollars (billion dollars) 9,817 10,301 10,676 11,003 11,319
Personal consumption expenditures (billion dollars) 6,739 7,704 8,212 8,742 9,269
Fixed investment (billion dollars) 1,679 1,650 1,831 2,036 2,163
GDP per person, constant (2000) dollars $34,755 $35,361 $36,300 $37,052 $37,752
Personal income (billion dollars) 8,430 9,164 9,731 10,239 10,883
Disposable personal income (billion dollars) 7,194 8,163 8,682 9,036 9,523
Disposable personal income per person (dollars) $25,479 $28,031 $29,531 $30,440 $31,773
Median household money income $41,990 $43,318 $44,334 $46,326 $48,201
In constant (2006) dollars $49,163 $47,488 $47,323 $47,845 $48,201
Median family money income $50,732 $52,680 $54,061 $56,194 (NA)
In constant (2005) dollars $57,508 $55,905 $55,869 $56,194 (NA)
Persons below poverty level (million) 31.6 35.9 37.0 37.0 36.5
Persons below poverty, percent of total 11.3 12.5 12.7 12.6 12.3

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Administration and Customer Services Division