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Table 381. -  Total annual money income and median income of persons 25 years old and over, by educational attainment and sex: 1996
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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|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 ................| 81,620 |  6,477 |  8,212 |  26,226 | 14,033 |  5,299 | 21,374 |   13,672 |  4,776 |      1,708 |  1,218
With income ..........| 79,423 |  6,139 |  7,671 |  25,510 | 13,756 |  5,210 | 21,136 |   13,510 |  4,709 |      1,702 |  1,215
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                      |                                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 .|    4.3 |    8.9 |    8.3 |     4.5 |    3.5 |    3.1 |    2.2 |      2.5 |    2.1 |        1.3 |    1.4
$5,000 to $9,999......|    9.4 |   28.8 |   17.2 |     9.5 |    7.0 |    4.6 |    3.4 |      3.9 |    2.7 |        2.6 |    1.7
$10,000 to $14,999 ...|   11.2 |   24.8 |   20.8 |    11.9 |    9.0 |    7.1 |    5.2 |      6.2 |    3.6 |        2.5 |    3.5
$15,000 to $24,999 ...|   20.1 |   22.5 |   27.8 |    24.5 |   20.9 |   17.6 |   11.2 |     13.1 |    9.1 |        6.0 |    5.9
$25,000 to $34,999 ...|   17.3 |    8.9 |   14.6 |    20.1 |   20.6 |   20.8 |   14.2 |     16.3 |   12.4 |        8.0 |    7.0
$35,000 to $49,999 ...|   17.2 |    3.5 |    7.1 |    18.0 |   20.1 |   24.7 |   20.2 |     21.5 |   20.1 |       14.4 |   14.7
$50,000 to $74,999 ...|   12.4 |    1.7 |    3.0 |     8.7 |   13.2 |   16.4 |   21.8 |     21.3 |   23.7 |       17.2 |   26.3
$75,000 and over .....|    8.2 |    0.9 |    1.1 |     2.8 |    5.6 |    5.7 |   21.7 |     15.1 |   26.3 |       48.1 |   39.3
                      |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Median income ......|$27,248 |$12,174 |$16,058 | $24,814 |$29,160 |$33,065 |$44,161 |  $39,624 |$50,003 |    $71,869 |$62,255
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                      |                                                       Number, in thousands
  Women, 25 years old |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
    and over          |        |        |        |         |        |        |        |          |        |            |
Total ................| 88,961 |  6,836 |  9,000 |  31,360 | 15,335 |  7,107 | 19,323 |   13,685 |  4,356 |        739 |    543
With income ..........| 83,056 |  5,775 |  7,929 |  29,212 | 14,528 |  6,839 | 18,775 |   13,247 |  4,285 |        715 |    527
                      |________|________|________|_________|________|________|________|__________|________|____________|________
                      |                            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 .|   16.2 |   24.5 |   22.5 |    17.1 |   15.3 |   12.5 |   11.4 |     12.9 |    8.0 |        9.0 |    5.5
$5,000 to $9,999......|   20.1 |   45.8 |   36.1 |    21.8 |   16.5 |   12.1 |    8.5 |      9.5 |    6.1 |        4.6 |    5.7
$10,000 to $14,999 ...|   14.5 |   16.5 |   19.3 |    18.0 |   14.7 |   12.9 |    6.9 |      7.7 |    5.3 |        3.6 |    3.2
$15,000 to $24,999 ...|   21.2 |    9.5 |   15.7 |    24.9 |   24.8 |   23.8 |   17.4 |     19.3 |   13.3 |        9.4 |   13.5
$25,000 to $34,999 ...|   13.0 |    2.1 |    3.9 |    10.8 |   14.8 |   19.5 |   19.8 |     20.5 |   20.0 |       13.0 |   11.2
$35,000 to $49,999 ...|    8.9 |    0.8 |    1.6 |     5.0 |    9.2 |   13.1 |   18.7 |     16.5 |   25.6 |       16.6 |   20.3
$50,000 to $74,999 ...|    4.4 |    0.6 |    0.5 |     1.8 |    3.6 |    4.9 |   11.6 |      9.5 |   15.6 |       18.9 |   19.7
$75,000 and over .....|    1.9 |    0.2 |    0.3 |     0.6 |    1.0 |    1.2 |    5.8 |      4.0 |    6.2 |       24.9 |   20.9
                      |________|________|________|_________|________|________|________|__________|________|____________|________
  Median income ......|$14,682 | $7,276 | $8,544 | $12,702 |$16,255 |$20,460 |$27,556 |  $25,192 |$33,302 |    $42,059 |$42,431
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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. 197, "Money Income in the Unites States: 1996." (This table was prepared August 1998.)


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