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1996 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Issue of the Digest

Table 376.Total annual money income and median income of persons 25 years old and over, by educational attainment and sex: 1994

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                              |        |        |         |  High   |                           College
                              |        |        |         | school  |-------------------------------------------------------------------
    Sex, earnings, and age    | Total  |  Less  |Some high|graduate |  Some  |        |             Bachelor's degree or more
                              |        |  than  | school  |(includes|college,| Asso-  |-------------------------------------------------
                              |        |  9th   |   (no   | equiva- |   no   | ciate  |        |Bachelor's|Master's|Professonal|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 ........................| 79,463 |  6,829 |   7,691 |  25,378 | 13,795 |  5,138 | 20,631 |   13,132 |  4,591 |     1,713    1,195
With income ..................| 77,546 |  6,507 |   7,286 |  24,704 | 13,573 |  5,046 | 20,429 |   12,997 |  4,558 |     1,691 |  1,183
                              |--------|--------|---------|---------|--------|--------|--------|----------|--------|-----------|--------
                              |                                   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 .........|    5.8 |   12.1 |    11.2 |     5.8 |    4.8 |    3.9 |    3.1 |      3.4 |    2.6 |       2.7 |    1.7
$5,000 to $9,999..............|   10.2 |   30.7 |    19.8 |    10.1 |    7.5 |    5.8 |    3.1 |      3.7 |    2.2 |       1.9 |    2.5
$10,000 to $14,999 ...........|   11.8 |   24.0 |    20.3 |    13.0 |   10.2 |    8.4 |    5.3 |      5.9 |    4.1 |       4.0 |    4.5
$15,000 to $24,999 ...........|   21.2 |   21.4 |    25.9 |    26.6 |   22.7 |   20.5 |   12.1 |     14.1 |   10.2 |       7.2 |    5.0
$25,000 to $34,999 ...........|   16.8 |    6.7 |    12.8 |    19.9 |   20.6 |   19.7 |   14.5 |     16.3 |   13.3 |       9.5 |    7.5
$35,000 to $49,999 ...........|   16.1 |    2.9 |     6.4 |    15.3 |   19.4 |   23.7 |   20.7 |     21.9 |   20.8 |      13.0 |   17.5
$50,000 to $74,999 ...........|   11.1 |    1.6 |     2.3 |     7.0 |   10.7 |   13.3 |   21.9 |     20.1 |   26.1 |      19.2 |   28.7
$75,000 and over .............|    7.0 |    0.6 |     1.2 |     2.3 |    4.1 |    4.7 |   19.4 |     14.7 |   20.7 |      42.6 |   32.6
                              |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Median income ..............|$25,465 |$11,324 | $14,584 | $22,387 |$26,768 |$30,643 |$42,027 |  $38,701 |$46,635 |   $61,739 |$57,478
                              |--------|--------|---------|---------|--------|--------|--------|----------|--------|-----------|--------
                                                                  Number, in thousands
  Women, 25 years old and over----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total ........................| 86,975 |  7,118 |   8,874 |  31,072 | 15,561 |  6,756 | 17,594 |   12,181 |  4,226 |       715 |    472
With income ..................| 81,829 |  6,183 |   7,943 |  29,110 | 14,911 |  6,573 | 17,109 |   11,773 |  4,166 |       709 |    462
                              |--------|--------|---------|---------|--------|--------|--------|----------|--------|-----------|--------
                              |                                   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 |   99.6
$1 to $4,999 or loss .........|   19.7 |   27.3 |    26.9 |    21.8 |   18.4 |   14.9 |   13.1 |     14.9 |    9.5 |       9.3 |    5.4
$5,000 to $9,999..............|   21.0 |   47.1 |    37.4 |    22.3 |   17.1 |   13.4 |    8.0 |      9.2 |    5.5 |       3.8 |    5.4
$10,000 to $14,999 ...........|   14.9 |   14.9 |    17.6 |    18.1 |   15.7 |   13.6 |    8.0 |      9.3 |    4.9 |       6.8 |    6.1
$15,000 to $24,999 ...........|   20.2 |    8.3 |    12.5 |    22.6 |   24.7 |   25.3 |   17.9 |     19.9 |   13.8 |      14.7 |   11.0
$25,000 to $34,999 ...........|   11.8 |    1.6 |     3.5 |     9.5 |   13.7 |   17.6 |   19.3 |     18.9 |   21.7 |      14.2 |   14.1
$35,000 to $49,999 ...........|    7.8 |    0.4 |     1.3 |     4.1 |    7.1 |   11.1 |   19.0 |     17.2 |   25.2 |      15.4 |   17.3
$50,000 to $74,999 ...........|    3.4 |    0.3 |     0.5 |     1.0 |    2.5 |    3.2 |   10.6 |      8.3 |   14.7 |      14.4 |   26.4
$75,000 and over .............|    1.3 |    0.1 |     0.2 |     0.6 |    0.9 |    0.9 |    4.1 |      2.4 |    4.8 |      21.4 |   13.9
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  Median income ..............|$12,766 | $6,865 |  $7,618 | $11,390 |$14,585 |$17,954 |$26,237 |  $23,405 |$32,069 |   $35,806 |$40,793
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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. 189, "Income, Poverty, and Valuation of Noncash Benefits: 1994." (This table was prepared May 1996.)


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