Table 8.3. Median income (in constant 2003 dollars) of households, by race/ethnicity: 1989 to 2003
Year
Total
White, non-Hispanic
Black
Hispanic
Asian/Pacific Islander
American Indian/ Alaska Native
1989
$42,300
$45,800
$25,800
$31,700
$51,800
$26,300
1990
42,300
45,500
26,100
31,800
52,500
27,800
1991
41,800
44,800
26,100
31,400
52,100
30,100
1992
40,900
44,000
25,400
30,500
50,800
31,400
1993
40,100
43,500
24,900
29,700
49,100
30,900
1994
39,900
43,500
25,100
29,200
49,400
31,000
1995
40,200
43,900
25,900
28,500
49,200
29,800
1996
40,800
44,500
26,800
28,500
49,900
28,800
1997
41,600
45,500
27,700
29,000
50,400
28,700
1998
42,500
46,500
28,200
30,500
51,600
31,800
1999
43,700
47,700
29,300
32,000
53,500
33,900
2000
44,500
48,500
30,600
33,800
56,000
33,900
2001
44,400
48,400
30,900
34,600
57,000
33,300
2002
43,900
48,100
30,600
34,600
56,000
33,800
20031
43,500
48,000
30,100
33,900
54,800
34,700
1 The 2003 Current Population Survey (CPS) offered respondents the option of choosing more than one race. The 2002 and 2001 CPS recorded only one race for each respondent. The 3-year averages are based on combining the 2003 CPS race categories with the relevant single race categories of White, Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, or Asian and Pacific Islander recorded in the 2002 and 2001 CPS.
NOTE: Race categories include those of Hispanic origin, except as noted (White, non-Hispanic). Median income is the 3-year average median and calculated as the sum of 3 inflation-adjusted single-year medians divided by 3.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, March Current Population Survey (CPS), 1989 to 2000, and Annual Social and Economic Supplements, 2000 to 2004.
