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Income 1998

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Table G.    Median Income Using Different Definitions for  Households With Selected  Characteristics:   1998
(Dollars)
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                                                 Definition 4
                                                (Definition 1
                                              less government                   Definition 11    Definition 14
                                               cash transfers                   (Definition 8   (Definition 11 
Characteristics                                  plus capital   Definition 8             plus            plus   Definition 15
                                Definition 1        gains and  (Definition 4  nonmeans tested    means-tested  (Definition 14
                                    (Official employee health    less taxes,       government      government  plus return on
                                    measure)        benefits)  includes EIC)  cash transfers)  cash transfers)   home equity)
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     All households                   38,885         37,673         31,816         37,012         37,673         39,308
                                                                                                          
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN OF 
   HOUSEHOLDER

White                                 40,912         39,910         33,494         38,785         39,283         41,024
Black                                 25,351         23,587         21,344         24,869         26,714         27,560
Asian or Pacific Islander             46,637         48,029         39,163         41,533         42,341         44,140
Hispanic origin1                      28,330         28,155         25,440         27,754         29,013         29,786

TYPE OF HOUSEHOLD

Married-couple households
    With related children unde        57,090         59,809         49,925         51,177         51,565         52,967
Female householder, no husband present
    With related children unde        20,692         19,969         20,074         21,528         24,103         24,581

AGE OF HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
 
With members 65 years old and         23,369         10,337          9,890         29,781         30,314         33,261
With related children under 18        46,562         48,765         41,613         43,203         44,028         45,086
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1Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999.

Contact the Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division at 301-457-3242 or mail to hhes-info@census.gov for further information.
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Last Revised: Thursday, 30-Sep-99 10:35:51


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