Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 20
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| Men | Women
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
Year |All ages,| | | |All ages,| | |
| 15 and |15 to 19 |20 to 24 |25 to 29 | 15 and |15 to 19 |20 to 24 |25 to 29
| over* |years old|years old|years old| over* |years old|years old|years old
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Current dollars
1955 ... $4,246 --- $3,299 --- $2,734 --- $2,768 ---
1960 ... 5,435 $1,974 3,916 --- 3,296 $2,450 3,155 ---
1965 ... 6,479 3,074 4,706 --- 3,883 2,809 3,713 ---
1970 ... 9,184 3,950 6,655 --- 5,440 3,783 4,928 ---
1975 ... 13,144 5,657 8,521 $11,836 7,719 4,568 6,598 $8,264
1980 ... 19,173 7,753 12,109 13,986 11,591 6,779 9,407 11,958
1981 ... 20,692 8,252 12,408 17,244 12,457 7,598 10,173 12,772
1982 ... 21,655 8,475 12,530 18,359 13,663 7,879 10,943 13,904
1983 ... 22,508 8,204 12,822 18,865 14,479 7,857 11,062 14,239
1984 ... 24,004 8,886 13,043 20,112 15,422 8,509 11,435 15,129
1985 ... 24,999 9,050 13,827 20,499 16,252 8,372 11,757 15,986
1986 ... 25,894 9,730 14,152 20,720 16,843 8,333 12,192 16,400
1987 ... 26,722 9,859 14,665 21,850 17,504 9,417 12,905 16,779
1988 ... 27,342 10,768 15,373 22,029 18,545 9,329 13,652 17,475
1989 ... 28,419 11,257 15,962 22,471 19,638 9,503 14,272 19,060
1990 ... 28,983 10,513 16,164 22,637 20,597 10,360 14,451 19,475
1991 ... 30,332 10,856 15,800 23,725 21,245 9,584 14,748 20,324
1992 ... 31,011 10,963 16,247 23,545 22,157 9,915 15,260 21,221
1993 ... 31,074 11,061 16,453 23,513 22,466 10,962 15,704 20,860
1994 ... 31,609 12,260 16,276 24,508 23,261 11,083 15,434 21,353
Constant 1994 dollars
1955 ... 23,480 --- 18,243 --- 15,119 --- 15,307 ---
1960 ... 27,212 9,883 19,606 --- 16,502 12,267 15,796 ---
1965 ... 30,482 14,462 22,141 --- 18,269 13,216 17,469 ---
1970 ... 35,079 15,087 25,419 --- 20,779 14,450 18,823 ---
1975 ... 36,207 15,583 23,472 32,604 21,263 12,583 18,175 22,764
1980 ... 34,483 13,944 21,779 25,154 20,847 12,192 16,919 21,507
1981 ... 33,735 13,454 20,230 28,114 20,309 12,387 16,586 20,823
1982 ... 33,257 13,015 19,243 28,195 20,983 12,100 16,806 21,353
1983 ... 33,491 12,207 19,079 28,070 21,544 11,691 16,460 21,187
1984 ... 34,239 12,675 18,604 28,687 21,998 12,137 16,311 21,580
1985 ... 34,432 12,465 19,044 28,234 22,384 11,531 16,193 22,018
1986 ... 35,014 13,157 19,136 28,017 22,775 11,268 16,486 22,176
1987 ... 34,861 12,862 19,132 28,505 22,835 12,285 16,836 21,890
1988 .... 34,253 13,489 19,258 27,597 23,232 11,687 17,103 21,892
1989 .... 33,965 13,454 19,077 26,856 23,471 11,358 17,058 22,780
1990 .... 32,864 11,921 18,329 25,668 23,355 11,748 16,385 22,083
1991 .... 33,004 11,812 17,192 25,815 23,117 10,428 16,047 22,115
1992 .... 32,757 11,580 17,162 24,871 23,405 10,473 16,119 22,416
1993 .... 31,870 11,344 16,874 24,115 23,041 11,243 16,106 21,394
1994 .... 31,609 12,260 16,276 24,508 23,261 11,083 15,434 21,353
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---Data not available.
* Before 1980, a relatively small number of 14-year-olds were included in the 15 to 19 years old and all ages categories.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-60, Money Income of Households, Families, and Persons in the United States, various years and unpublished data; and Money Income and Poverty Status in the United States, 1989.
[Indicator 19. Mothers' Employment]
[Indicator 21. Poverty]
