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Table 383. Total annual money income and median income of persons 25 years old and over, by educational attainment and sex: 1999

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                      |        |        |        |    High     |                           College
                      |        |        |  Some  |   school    |____________________________________________________________________
    Sex, earnings,    | Total  |  Less  |  high  |  graduate   |  Some  |        |          Bachelor's or higher degree
       and age        |        |  than  | school | (includes   |college,| Asso-  |__________________________________________________
                      |        |  9th   |  (no   |   equiva-   |   no   | ciate  |        |Bachelor's|Master's|Professional|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 ................| 83,611 |  5,918 |  7,298 |      26,651 | 14,540 |  5,952 | 23,251 |   14,909 |  5,166 |      1,752 |  1,425
With income ..........| 65,412 |  2,833 |  4,608 |      20,656 | 11,908 |  5,175 | 20,232 |   13,057 |  4,462 |      1,480 |  1,233
                      |________|________|________|_____________|________|________|________|__________|________|____________|________
                      |                        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 .|    5.0 |    9.9 |    9.3 |         5.3 |    5.2 |    4.0 |    3.1 |      2.9 |    4.0 |        2.5 |    3.3
$5,000 to $9,999......|    4.4 |   13.0 |    8.6 |         5.1 |    4.1 |    3.2 |    2.1 |      2.4 |    2.0 |        1.0 |    1.1
$10,000 to $14,999 ...|    6.4 |   19.1 |   14.5 |         7.2 |    5.2 |    4.7 |    3.1 |      3.6 |    2.0 |        2.0 |    2.0
$15,000 to $24,999 ...|   16.8 |   32.9 |   28.4 |        21.7 |   17.0 |   14.7 |    7.5 |      8.6 |    5.9 |        4.6 |    4.6
$25,000 to $34,999 ...|   17.5 |   13.7 |   19.9 |        22.0 |   19.4 |   18.0 |   11.7 |     13.5 |    9.9 |        5.5 |    6.6
$35,000 to $49,999 ...|   20.4 |    7.5 |   13.0 |        22.2 |   24.0 |   25.6 |   18.5 |     21.4 |   14.7 |       10.2 |   11.7
$50,000 to $74,999 ...|   17.1 |    2.8 |    4.9 |        12.4 |   16.8 |   21.6 |   25.9 |     25.8 |   29.9 |       15.7 |   24.1
$75,000 and over .....|   12.3 |    1.1 |    1.5 |         4.1 |    8.3 |    8.2 |   28.2 |     21.9 |   31.5 |       58.4 |   46.6
                      |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Median income ......|$34,850 |$16,704 |$20,604 |     $29,917 |$34,270 |$36,885 |$51,815 |  $47,419 |$57,841 |    $86,523 |$71,531
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                      |                               Number, in thousands
  Women, 25 years old |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
    and over          |        |        |        |             |        |        |        |          |        |            |
Total ................| 91,620 |  6,261 |  8,377 |      31,435 | 16,213 |  7,740 | 21,595 |   14,931 |  5,230 |        834 |    599
With income ..........| 58,225 |  1,673 |  3,489 |      18,756 | 11,483 |  5,844 | 16,980 |   11,548 |  4,238 |        687 |    507
                      |________|________|________|_____________|________|________|________|__________|________|____________|________
                      |                        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 |  100.0
$1 to $4,999 or loss .|   11.2 |   22.7 |   20.9 |        12.9 |   11.0 |    9.3 |    7.1 |      7.9 |    5.7 |        5.4 |    5.3
$5,000 to $9,999......|   10.4 |   22.2 |   21.1 |        12.7 |    9.9 |    8.4 |    5.5 |      5.9 |    5.2 |        2.3 |    1.8
$10,000 to $14,999 ...|   12.3 |   26.6 |   22.1 |        16.0 |   11.9 |   10.4 |    5.6 |      6.7 |    3.3 |        3.6 |    3.6
$15,000 to $24,999 ...|   23.5 |   21.5 |   24.5 |        29.8 |   26.2 |   24.6 |   14.3 |     16.7 |    8.6 |        9.5 |   11.6
$25,000 to $34,999 ...|   18.1 |    4.1 |    8.1 |        17.2 |   20.2 |   22.4 |   19.5 |     21.8 |   16.0 |       11.1 |    8.3
$35,000 to $49,999 ...|   14.1 |    2.0 |    2.4 |         8.6 |   13.3 |   17.3 |   23.4 |     21.7 |   28.7 |       22.6 |   20.9
$50,000 to $74,999 ...|    7.5 |    0.7 |    0.7 |         2.3 |    5.5 |    5.9 |   17.3 |     14.1 |   24.6 |       18.6 |   26.2
$75,000 and over .....|    2.9 |    0.4 |    0.4 |         0.6 |    2.0 |    1.8 |    7.3 |      5.2 |    8.1 |       26.8 |   22.1
                      |________|________|________|_____________|________|________|________|__________|________|____________|________
  Median income ......|$21,417 |$10,754 |$11,432 |     $17,126 |$21,426 |$23,760 |$33,370 |  $30,730 |$40,553 |    $45,926 |$46,949
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NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, "Money Income in the United States: 1999." (This table was prepared in April 2001.)


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