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Table C. Selected Measures of Household Income Dispersion: 1967 to 1998 (Income in 1998 dollars) Measures of Income Dispersion 1998 1997 1996 1995 1990 1985 1980 2/ 1975 3/ 1970 1968 1967 Household Income at Selected Percentiles 20th percentile upper limit........ 16,116 15,640 15,342 15,402 15,589 15,149 14,965 14,574 14,552 14,367 13,471 50th (median)...................... 38,885 37,581 36,872 36,446 37,343 35,778 35,076 34,224 34,471 33,478 32,075 80th percentile upper limit........ 75,000 72,614 70,659 69,654 68,848 66,365 62,784 59,446 57,863 54,858 53,170 95th percentile lower limit........ 132,199 128,521 124,187 120,860 118,163 110,984 101,999 94,787 91,477 85,824 85,317 Household Income Ratios of Selected Percentiles 95th/20th.......................... 8.20 8.22 8.09 7.85 7.58 7.33 6.82 6.50 6.29 5.97 6.33 95th/50th.......................... 3.40 3.42 3.37 3.32 3.16 3.10 2.91 2.77 2.65 2.56 2.66 80th/50th.......................... 1.93 1.93 1.92 1.91 1.84 1.85 1.79 1.74 1.68 1.64 1.66 80th/20th.......................... 4.65 4.64 4.61 4.52 4.42 4.38 4.20 4.08 3.98 3.82 3.95 20th/50th.......................... 0.41 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.43 0.43 0.42 0.43 0.42 Mean Household Income of Quintiles Lowest quintile.................... 9,223 9,010 8,930 8,931 8,973 8,782 8,879 8,800 8,008 7,921 7,301 Second quintile.................... 23,288 22,442 21,917 21,816 22,486 21,708 21,428 20,894 21,293 20,935 19,906 Third quintile..................... 38,967 37,756 36,866 36,478 37,141 35,955 35,268 34,186 34,289 33,201 31,783 Fourth quintile.................... 60,266 58,479 57,057 56,076 55,997 54,072 51,928 49,645 48,336 46,319 44,468 Highest quintile................... 127,529 124,676 120,005 117,021 108,671 99,741 91,211 86,457 85,581 81,120 80,584 Shares of Household Income of Quintiles Lowest quintile.................... 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.1 4.2 4.0 Second quintile.................... 9.0 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.6 9.7 10.3 10.5 10.8 11.1 10.8 Third quintile..................... 15.0 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.9 16.3 16.9 17.1 17.4 17.5 17.3 Fourth quintile.................... 23.2 23.2 23.3 23.3 24.0 24.6 24.9 24.8 24.5 24.4 24.2 Highest quintile................... 49.2 49.4 49.0 48.7 46.6 45.3 43.7 43.2 43.3 42.8 43.8 Gini coefficient of income inequali 0.456 0.459 0.455 0.450 0.428 0.419 0.403 0.397 0.394 0.388 0.399 1/ Reflects the implementation of 1990 census adjusted population controls, 1990 census sample re-design, a change in data collection method from paper-pencil to computer-assisted interviewing (CAI), and changes in income reporting limits. For detailed information concerning the impact of these changes, see Current Population Reports, Series P60 -191, "A Brief Look at Postwar U.S. Income Inequality." 2/ Reflects implementation of 1980 census population controls. 3/ Reflects implementation of 1970 census population controls. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Surveys, selected March Supplements. Data not available prior to 1967.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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