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Historical Income Tables: Income Inequality

This section is constructed as a convenience to our users who wish to study income inequality statistics over time. Most of the tables listed here are already embedded within other historical income sections and retain their original table number. New tables created for this section will be shown first.

TABLE TITLE
IE-1 Selected Measures of Household Income Dispersion [PDF]
IE-2 Measures of Individual Earnings Inequality for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex [XLS]
H-1 All Races Income Limits for Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Households (All Races) [XLS]
H-1 White Income Limits for Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of White Households [XLS]
H-1 White, Not Hispanic Income Limits for Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of White, Not Hispanic Households [XLS]
H-1 Black Income Limits for Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Black Households [XLS]
H-1 Asian Income Limits for Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Asian Households [XLS]
H-1 Hispanic Income Limits for Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Hispanic (of any race) Households [XLS]
H-2 All Races Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Households (All Races) [XLS]
H-2 White Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of White Households [XLS]
H-2 White, Not Hispanic Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of White, Not Hispanic Households [XLS]
H-2 Black Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Black Households [XLS]
H-2 Asian Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Asian Households [XLS]
H-2 Hispanic Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Hispanic (of any race) Households [XLS]
H-3 All Races Mean Household Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent (All Races) [XLS]
H-3 White Mean Household Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of White Households [XLS]
H-3 White, Not Hispanic Mean Household Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of White, Not Hispanic Households [XLS]
H-3 Black Mean Household Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Black Households [XLS]
H-3 Asian Mean Household Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Asian Households [XLS]
H-3 Hispanic Mean Household Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Asian Households [XLS]
H-4 Gini Ratios for Households, by Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder [XLS]
F-1 All Races Income Limits for Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Families (All Races) [XLS]
F-1 White Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of White Families [XLS]
F-1 White, Not Hispanic Income Limits for Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of White, Not Hispanic Families [XLS]
F-1 Black Income Limits for Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Black Families [XLS]
F-1 Asian Income Limits for Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Asian Families [XLS]
F-1 Hispanic Income Limits for Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Hispanic (of any race) Families [XLS]
F-2 All Races Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Families (All Races) [XLS]
F-2 White Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of White Families [XLS]
F-2 White, Not Hispanic Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of White, Not Hispanic Families [XLS]
F-2 Black Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Black Families [XLS]
F-2 Asian Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Asian Families [XLS]
F-2 Hispanic Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Hispanic (of any race) Families [XLS]
F-3 All Races Mean Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Families (All Races) [XLS]
F-3 White Mean Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of White Families [XLS]
F-3 White, Not Hispanic Mean Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of White, Not Hispanic Families [XLS]
F-3 Black Mean Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Black Families [XLS]
F-3 Asian Mean Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Asian Families [XLS]
F-3 Hispanic Mean Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Hispanic (of any race) Families [XLS]
F-4 Gini Ratios for Families, by Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder [XLS]

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Income |  Last Revised: September 12, 2012