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Table 379.Total annual money income and median income of persons 25 years old and over, by educational attainment and sex: 1995

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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|Professonal|Doctor's
                         |        | grade  |diploma)| lency)  | degree | degree | Total  |  degree  | degree |  degree   | degree
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            1            |   2    |   3    |   4    |    5    |   6    |   7    |   8    |    9     |   10   |    11     |   12
_________________________|________|________|________|_________|________|________|________|__________|________|___________|________
                         |                                              Number, in thousands
                         |________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Men, 25 years old      |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |          |        |           |
    and over             |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |          |        |           |
Total ...................| 80,339 |  6,604 |  7,931 |  25,649 | 13,998 |  5,303 | 20,855 |   13,219 |  4,812 |     1,671 |  1,152
With income .............| 78,264 |  6,277 |  7,490 |  24,909 | 13,715 |  5,230 | 20,644 |   13,065 |  4,774 |     1,657 |  1,149
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                         |Percentage distribution of men with income
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  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 ....|    5.0 |   10.1 |    9.1 |     5.0 |    4.3 |    3.5 |    2.8 |      3.4 |    1.8 |       1.6 |    2.3
$5,000 to $9,999.........|    9.5 |   30.5 |   18.9 |     8.8 |    6.6 |    5.2 |    3.4 |      3.8 |    3.0 |       1.8 |    1.6
$10,000 to $14,999 ......|   11.2 |   22.4 |   19.1 |    12.4 |   10.4 |    6.2 |    5.2 |      6.1 |    3.9 |       3.7 |    3.2
$15,000 to $24,999 ......|   21.4 |   24.2 |   28.0 |    27.0 |   21.4 |   22.4 |   11.1 |     13.3 |    7.6 |       6.6 |    7.0
$25,000 to $34,999 ......|   17.2 |    7.1 |   13.9 |    20.2 |   20.4 |   20.6 |   14.9 |     17.0 |   12.2 |       9.6 |    9.1
$35,000 to $49,999 ......|   16.5 |    3.8 |    7.2 |    15.9 |   20.3 |   23.1 |   20.2 |     20.8 |   22.5 |      11.6 |   15.3
$50,000 to $74,999 ......|   11.9 |    1.5 |    2.6 |     8.3 |   11.6 |   14.5 |   22.3 |     21.0 |   25.5 |      20.0 |   26.9
$75,000 and over ........|    7.4 |    0.4 |    1.2 |     2.4 |    4.9 |    4.6 |   20.1 |     14.5 |   23.6 |      45.0 |   34.6
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  Median income .........|$26,346 |$11,723 |$15,791 | $23,365 |$28,004 |$31,027 |$43,322 |  $39,040 |$49,076 |   $66,257 |$57,356
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                         |                                                       Number, in thousands
  Women, 25 years old    |________________________________________________________________________________________________________
    and over             |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |          |        |           |
Total ...................| 87,984 |  7,019 |  9,171 |  30,911 | 15,203 |  6,868 | 18,813 |   13,321 |  4,288 |       745 |    459
With income .............| 82,457 |  6,020 |  8,122 |  28,785 | 14,619 |  6,642 | 18,269 |   12,875 |  4,205 |       732 |    457
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                         |Percentage distribution of women with income
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  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 ....|   17.7 |   26.0 |   25.2 |    18.9 |   16.2 |   13.5 |   12.5 |     14.1 |    9.4 |       6.1 |    4.8
$5,000 to $9,999.........|   20.5 |   44.6 |   35.4 |    23.0 |   16.7 |   12.8 |    7.9 |      8.9 |    5.0 |       9.3 |    5.9
$10,000 to $14,999 ......|   14.7 |   17.7 |   19.1 |    17.4 |   15.5 |   12.3 |    7.9 |      9.0 |    5.2 |       6.1 |    5.9
$15,000 to $24,999 ......|   20.9 |    9.2 |   14.6 |    24.1 |   25.1 |   24.9 |   17.5 |     19.8 |   13.1 |      10.2 |    6.6
$25,000 to $34,999 ......|   12.4 |    1.4 |    3.4 |     9.9 |   14.8 |   18.4 |   19.8 |     20.4 |   19.8 |      12.2 |   16.2
$35,000 to $49,999 ......|    8.5 |    0.6 |    1.6 |     4.7 |    8.0 |   12.4 |   19.3 |     16.7 |   26.6 |      19.9 |   28.0
$50,000 to $74,999 ......|    3.8 |    0.4 |    0.4 |     1.5 |    2.7 |    4.6 |   10.5 |      8.2 |   15.4 |      16.4 |   19.5
$75,000 and over ........|    1.5 |    0.2 |    0.2 |     0.5 |    1.0 |    1.2 |    4.6 |      3.0 |    5.5 |      19.9 |   13.3
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  Median income .........|$13,821 | $7,096 | $8,057 | $12,046 |$15,552 |$19,450 |$26,843 |  $24,065 |$33,509 |   $38,588 |$39,821
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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 and "Money Income in the United States: 1995, P60 -193. (This table was prepared April 1997.)



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