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Income Statistics

Current Population Survey (CPS) | American Community Survey (ACS) | Decennial Census
Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) | Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD)
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) | Income Inequality | Alternative Measures of Income and Poverty

Current Population Survey (CPS): (CPS Main Home Page)

Tables

Tables of Income by Detailed Socioeconomic Characteristics
Income of Households by State Using 2-Year-Average Medians [XLS]
Income of Households by State Using 3-Year-Average Medians [XLS]

American Community Survey (ACS) (ACS Home Page)

Income, Earnings, and Poverty from the 2007 American Community Survey (ACS-09) [PDF]
Profiles (Table 3 contains income statistics)
Detailed tables

Decennial Census:
2000 (Your Gateway to Census 2000)

Summary File 4 (SF4)
Summary File 3 (SF3)
Demographic Profiles
Earnings by Occupation and Education (state data)
Evidence From Census 2000 About Earnings by Detailed Occupation for Men and Women (CENSR-15) [PDF]

Census 2000 PHC-T-33. Earnings Distribution of U.S.Year-Round Full-Time Workers by Occupation: 1999

Census 2000 Auxiliary Evaluation: Comparing Employment, Income, and Poverty: Census 2000 and Current Population Survey [PDF]

1990 (1990 Census Home Page)

1990 Census of Population & Housing Paper Listings (CPH-L)
1990 Census Reports

Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) (SIPP Home Page)

Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD) (SPD Home Page)

Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) (SAIPE Home Page)

Income Inequality

The Changing Shape of the Nation's Income Distribution, 1947-98 (P60-204)
Previously issued Income Inequality Reports
Narrative on Income Inequality (Middle Class)
Historical Tables on Income Inequality

Alternative Measures of Income and Poverty

The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005
The Effects of Government Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty: 2004
Historical tables
Detailed tables

Low Income Household Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) State Four-Person Median Family Income by State

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Contact the Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free) or visit ask.census.gov for further information on Income Data.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division