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Table S1. Median Household Income by State: 1969, 1979, 1989, and 1999


(Income in current and 1999 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars)
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		1989		1979		1969
		----------	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------
State		Current	1999	Current	1999	Current	1999
	1999	dollars	dollars	dollars	dollars	dollars	dollars
-----------------------	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------	----------
United States	$41,994	$30,056	$39,213	$16,841	$36,029	$8,486	$33,249
Alabama	34,135	23,597	30,786	13,669	29,243	6,419	25,151
Alaska	51,571	41,408	54,023	25,414	54,369	11,817	46,301
Arizona	40,558	27,540	35,930	16,448	35,188	8,199	32,125
Arkansas	32,182	21,147	27,589	12,214	26,130	5,356	20,986
California	47,493	35,798	46,704	18,243	39,028	9,302	36,447
Colorado	47,203	30,140	39,322	18,056	38,628	8,423	33,002
Connecticut	53,935	41,721	54,431	20,077	42,952	10,877	42,618
Delaware	47,381	34,875	45,500	17,846	38,179	9,309	36,474
D.C	40,127	30,727	40,088	16,211	34,681	8,283	32,454
Florida	38,819	27,483	35,856	14,675	31,395	7,168	28,085
Georgia	42,433	29,021	37,862	15,033	32,161	7,346	28,783
Hawaii	49,820	38,829	50,658	20,473	43,799	10,675	41,826
Idaho	37,572	25,257	32,952	15,285	32,700	7,482	29,316
Illinois	46,590	32,252	42,078	19,321	41,334	9,706	38,029
Indiana	41,567	28,797	37,570	17,582	37,614	8,921	34,954
Iowa	39,469	26,229	34,220	16,799	35,939	7,880	30,875
Kansas	40,624	27,291	35,605	16,362	35,004	7,578	29,692
Kentucky	33,672	22,534	29,399	13,965	29,876	6,537	25,613
Louisiana	32,566	21,949	28,636	15,227	32,576	6,538	25,617
Maine	37,240	27,854	36,340	13,816	29,557	7,315	28,661
Maryland	52,868	39,386	51,385	20,281	43,388	10,101	39,577
Massachusetts	50,502	36,952	48,209	17,575	37,599	9,563	37,469
Michigan	44,667	31,020	40,470	19,223	41,125	9,997	39,170
Minnesota	47,111	30,909	40,325	17,761	37,997	8,753	34,295
Mississippi	31,330	20,136	26,270	12,096	25,878	5,221	20,457
Missouri	37,934	26,362	34,393	15,581	33,333	7,672	30,060
Montana	33,024	22,988	29,991	15,420	32,989	7,436	29,135
Nebraska	39,250	26,016	33,942	15,925	34,069	7,426	29,096
Nevada	44,581	31,011	40,458	18,211	38,960	9,505	37,242
New Hampshire	49,467	36,329	47,397	17,013	36,397	8,652	33,900
New Jersey	55,146	40,927	53,395	19,800	42,359	10,371	40,635
New Mexico	34,133	24,087	31,425	14,654	31,350	7,096	27,803
New York	43,393	32,965	43,008	16,647	35,614	9,268	36,313
North Carolina	39,184	26,647	34,765	14,481	30,980	7,025	27,525
North Dakota	34,604	23,213	30,285	15,293	32,717	6,909	27,070
Ohio	40,956	28,706	37,451	17,754	37,982	9,279	36,356
Oklahoma	33,400	23,577	30,760	14,750	31,555	6,596	25,844
Oregon	40,916	27,250	35,552	16,780	35,898	8,296	32,505
Pennsylvania	40,106	29,069	37,925	16,880	36,112	8,548	33,492
Rhode Island	42,090	32,181	41,985	16,097	34,437	8,617	33,763
South Carolina	37,082	26,256	34,255	14,711	31,472	6,835	26,780
South Dakota	35,282	22,503	29,359	13,156	28,145	6,450	25,272
Tennessee	36,360	24,807	32,364	14,142	30,255	6,631	25,981
Texas	39,927	27,016	35,246	16,708	35,744	7,538	29,535
Utah	45,726	29,470	38,448	17,671	37,804	8,482	33,234
Vermont	40,856	29,792	38,868	14,790	31,641	7,961	31,192
Virginia	46,677	33,328	43,481	17,475	37,385	8,293	32,493
Washington	45,776	31,183	40,683	18,367	39,293	9,125	35,753
West Virginia	29,696	20,795	27,130	14,564	31,158	6,487	25,417
Wisconsin	43,791	29,442	38,412	17,680	37,824	8,997	35,251
Wyoming	37,892	27,096	35,351	19,994	42,774	8,035	31,482
SOURCE: 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 Censuses of Population
Income Surveys Branch/HHES Division
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington, D.C. 20233-8500
(301)763-3242

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

Last Revised: August 26, 2008