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Table 387  Total annual money income and median income of persons 25 years old and over, by educational attainment and sex: 1997

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                      |        |        |        |    High     |                           College
                      |        |        |  Some  |   school    |____________________________________________________________________
    Sex, earnings,    | Total  |  Less  |  high  |  graduate   |  Some  |        |          Bachelor's degree or higher
       and age        |        |  than  | school | (includes   |college,| Asso-  |__________________________________________________
                      |        |  9th   |  (no   |   equiva-   |   no   | ciate  |        |Bachelor's|Master's|Professional|Doctor's
                      |        | grade  |diploma)|   lency)    | degree | degree | Total  |  degree  | degree |   degree   | degree
______________________|________|________|________|_____________|________|________|________|__________|________|____________|________
          1           |   2    |   3    |   4    |      5      |   6    |   7    |   8    |    9     |   10   |     11     |   12
______________________|________|________|________|_____________|________|________|________|__________|________|____________|________
                      |                                                  Number, in thousands
                      |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Men, 25 years old   |        |        |        |             |        |        |        |          |        |            |
    and over          |        |        |        |             |        |        |        |          |        |            |
Total ................| 82,378 |  6,159 |  8,018 |      26,575 | 14,122 |  5,670 | 21,832 |   14,090 |  4,640 |      1,749 |  1,353
With income ..........| 64,293 |  2,993 |  5,103 |      20,615 | 11,540 |  5,003 | 19,039 |   12,338 |  3,996 |      1,547 |  1,158
                      |________|________|________|_____________|________|________|________|__________|________|____________|________
                      |                                Percentage distribution of men with income
                      |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total ..............|  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |       100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |    100.0 |  100.0 |      100.0 |  100.0
$1 to $4,999 or loss .|    5.4 |   11.4 |   10.4 |         5.8 |    5.3 |    3.6 |    3.4 |      3.5 |    3.7 |        2.5 |    2.0
$5,000 to $9,999......|    5.5 |   15.9 |    9.2 |         5.8 |    4.9 |    4.9 |    3.0 |      3.3 |    3.0 |        2.1 |    1.7
$10,000 to $14,999 ...|    8.2 |   23.4 |   15.6 |         9.4 |    7.8 |    5.7 |    3.5 |      3.9 |    2.9 |        2.3 |    2.3
$15,000 to $24,999 ...|   18.0 |   27.0 |   27.8 |        22.5 |   17.7 |   18.1 |    9.4 |     11.1 |    7.2 |        5.1 |    5.2
$25,000 to $34,999 ...|   18.7 |   11.6 |   18.3 |        22.7 |   21.2 |   20.0 |   13.6 |     16.5 |    9.1 |        7.8 |    5.6
$35,000 to $49,999 ...|   19.8 |    7.5 |   11.8 |        20.9 |   22.2 |   24.6 |   20.1 |     21.3 |   20.0 |       15.1 |   15.2
$50,000 to $74,999 ...|   15.0 |    1.7 |    5.1 |        10.1 |   14.9 |   17.4 |   24.6 |     23.8 |   29.2 |       16.5 |   27.0
$75,000 and over .....|    9.3 |    1.6 |    1.8 |         2.7 |    6.1 |    5.6 |   22.5 |     16.6 |   24.9 |       48.6 |   41.2
                      |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Median income ......|$31,262 |$14,825 |$20,314 |     $27,005 |$31,174 |$33,218 |$46,736 |  $41,579 |$51,813 |    $71,459 |$65,593
                      |________|________|________|_____________|________|________|________|__________|________|____________|________
                      |                                                  Number, in thousands
  Women, 25 years old |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
    and over          |        |        |        |             |        |        |        |          |        |            |
Total ................| 89,835 |  6,623 |  8,758 |      31,599 | 15,518 |  7,198 | 20,142 |   14,215 |  4,592 |        820 |    515
With income ..........| 56,134 |  1,624 |  3,574 |      18,794 | 10,702 |  5,502 | 15,938 |   11,108 |  3,726 |        663 |    441
                      |________|________|________|_____________|________|________|________|__________|________|____________|________
                      |                            Percentage distribution of women with income
                      |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total ..............|  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |       100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |    100.0 |  100.0 |      100.0 |  100.0
$1 to $4,999 or loss .|   12.6 |   25.6 |   22.8 |        14.2 |   13.1 |    9.3 |    7.9 |      8.7 |    6.6 |        3.3 |    5.7
$5,000 to $9,999......|   11.6 |   24.4 |   22.3 |        14.0 |   11.0 |    8.6 |    6.5 |      7.1 |    5.3 |        3.9 |    4.3
$10,000 to $14,999 ...|   13.6 |   26.0 |   22.6 |        17.1 |   13.7 |   11.3 |    6.7 |      7.3 |    5.9 |        4.5 |    2.0
$15,000 to $24,999 ...|   24.6 |   18.0 |   21.5 |        30.2 |   28.0 |   26.9 |   16.5 |     19.3 |   10.1 |       11.0 |    8.6
$25,000 to $34,999 ...|   17.3 |    4.2 |    7.6 |        15.1 |   18.3 |   22.2 |   20.9 |     22.5 |   18.7 |       13.3 |   11.8
$35,000 to $49,999 ...|   12.3 |    1.6 |    2.4 |         6.9 |   10.8 |   15.2 |   22.1 |     20.4 |   27.7 |       19.5 |   23.8
$50,000 to $74,999 ...|    5.8 |    0.1 |    0.6 |         1.8 |    4.1 |    5.3 |   13.7 |     10.9 |   19.8 |       17.5 |   27.2
$75,000 and over .....|    2.2 |    0.1 |    0.2 |         0.6 |    1.1 |    1.1 |    5.7 |      3.9 |    5.9 |       27.0 |   16.6
                      |________|________|________|_____________|________|________|________|__________|________|____________|________
  Median income ......|$19,891 |$10,007 |$10,775 |     $16,225 |$19,332 |$22,220 |$30,882 |  $26,328 |$36,428 |    $45,650 |$45,910
______________________|________|________|________|_____________|________|________|________|__________|________|____________|________

NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-60, No. 197, "Money Income in the United States: 1997." (This table was prepared in August 1999.)


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