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Table 389. Distribution of money income and median income of persons 25 years old and over, by highest level of educational attainment and sex: 2001

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                       |       |       |        |   High   |                         College
                       |       |       |  Some  |  school  |__________________________________________________________________
    Sex and income     | Total | Less  |  high  |completion|  Some  |       |          Bachelor's or higher degree
                       |       | than  | school |(includes |college,| Asso- |_________________________________________________
                       |       |  9th  |(no com-| equiva-  |   no   | ciate |       |Bachelor's|Master's|Professional|Doctor's
                       |       | grade |pletion)|  lency)  | degree |degree | Total |  degree  | degree |   degree   | degree
_______________________|_______|_______|________|__________|________|_______|_______|__________|________|____________|________
           1           |   2   |   3   |   4    |    5     |   6    |   7   |   8   |    9     |   10   |     11     |   12
_______________________|_______|_______|________|__________|________|_______|_______|__________|________|____________|________
                       |                               Number of men and women, in thousands
                       |______________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Men and women, 25    |       |       |        |          |        |       |       |          |        |            |
    years old and over |       |       |        |          |        |       |       |          |        |            |
Total .................|182,144| 12,570|  16,378|    58,456|  30,991| 15,051| 48,696|    32,282|  11,487|       2,737|   2,190
  With income .........|172,464| 11,005|  14,797|    54,899|  29,761| 14,529| 47,473|    31,383|  11,272|       2,678|   2,141
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                       |                        Percentage distribution of men and women with income
                       |______________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total annual income .|  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 ..|    8.2|   12.1|    11.4|       8.4|     8.2|    7.4|    6.5|       7.4|     5.0|         4.4|     2.9
$5,000 to $9,999.......|   11.5|   30.6|    22.8|      13.5|     9.1|    7.4|    4.2|       4.9|     3.0|         2.2|     2.1
$10,000 to $14,999 ....|   11.0|   21.7|    18.6|      13.3|     9.8|    8.8|    4.9|       5.5|     3.8|         3.4|     4.0
$15,000 to $19,999 ....|    9.6|   13.5|    13.8|      12.0|    10.1|    8.1|    4.9|       5.3|     3.9|         4.5|     3.2
$20,000 to $24,999 ....|    9.0|    8.2|    10.7|      11.3|    10.0|    9.0|    5.3|       5.9|     4.3|         3.1|     4.5
$25,000 to $29,999 ....|    7.8|    4.6|     6.8|       9.4|     9.2|    9.4|    5.7|       6.5|     4.6|         3.7|     2.7
$30,000 to $34,999 ....|    7.4|    3.0|     4.6|       8.0|     8.7|    8.9|    7.4|       8.4|     6.5|         3.8|     3.1
$35,000 to $39,999 ....|    6.0|    2.2|     3.5|       5.8|     7.1|    8.1|    6.6|       7.2|     6.0|         3.4|     4.5
$40,000 to $49,999 ....|    8.9|    1.8|     3.4|       7.6|    10.0|   11.8|   12.0|      12.0|    13.2|         8.2|     9.4
$50,000 to $74,999 ....|   11.5|    1.5|     3.1|       7.6|    11.5|   14.3|   20.2|      19.3|    24.1|        14.3|    19.8
$75,000 to $99,999 ....|    4.5|    0.4|     0.7|       1.8|     3.7|    4.3|   10.3|       8.7|    12.3|        15.2|    16.6
$100,000 or more ......|    4.5|    0.3|     0.6|       1.3|     2.6|    2.5|   12.2|       8.8|    13.4|        33.7|    27.3
  Median income .......|$25,309|$11,379| $14,125|   $21,056| $26,273|$29,916|$42,607|   $38,855| $49,627|     $71,806| $63,952
    Standard error ....|     70|    101|     144|        89|     149|    268|    238|       291|     501|       2,034|   1,798
                       |_______|_______|________|__________|________|_______|_______|__________|________|____________|________
                       |                               Number of men, in thousands
                       |______________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Men, 25 years old    |       |       |        |          |        |       |       |          |        |            |
    and over           |       |       |        |          |        |       |       |          |        |            |
Total .................| 86,996|  6,200|   7,894|    26,947|  14,661|  6,466| 24,828|    15,925|   5,595|       1,795|   1,514
  With income .........| 84,389|  5,809|   7,421|    25,954|  14,340|  6,352| 24,512|    15,723|   5,522|       1,779|   1,488
                       |_______|_______|________|__________|________|_______|_______|__________|________|____________|________
                       |                        Percentage distribution of men with income
                       |______________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total annual income .|  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 ..|    3.5|    6.1|     6.0|       3.4|     3.6|    2.8|    2.4|       2.6|     2.2|         2.2|     1.8
$5,000 to $9,999.......|    6.9|   23.4|    14.1|       7.3|     5.4|    3.2|    2.3|       2.7|     1.5|         1.3|     1.9
$10,000 to $14,999 ....|    8.7|   21.8|    16.1|      10.2|     7.0|    5.4|    3.5|       3.8|     2.7|         3.0|     3.7
$15,000 to $19,999 ....|    8.3|   16.6|    15.3|       9.9|     7.6|    4.9|    3.7|       4.1|     2.8|         4.1|     2.8
$20,000 to $24,999 ....|    8.8|   10.9|    14.0|      11.2|     8.8|    7.6|    4.4|       5.0|     3.5|         2.0|     4.4
$25,000 to $29,999 ....|    8.3|    7.2|     9.4|      10.7|     9.3|    9.2|    4.8|       5.6|     3.7|         2.8|     2.6
$30,000 to $34,999 ....|    8.1|    4.5|     7.1|      10.0|     9.8|    9.1|    6.0|       7.1|     4.5|         2.6|     3.1
$35,000 to $39,999 ....|    6.8|    3.3|     5.4|       7.8|     8.3|    9.1|    5.6|       6.4|     4.3|         3.5|     3.7
$40,000 to $49,999 ....|   10.9|    2.9|     5.8|      11.5|    13.2|   15.4|   11.3|      12.3|    10.8|         6.9|     7.9
$50,000 to $74,999 ....|   15.5|    2.2|     4.8|      12.6|    16.9|   21.7|   22.6|      23.2|    24.9|        14.2|    17.6
$75,000 to $99,999 ....|    6.8|    0.7|     1.2|       3.0|     5.9|    7.1|   14.5|      12.9|    17.5|        16.8|    17.0
$100,000 or more ......|    7.3|    0.4|     0.9|       2.2|     4.2|    4.5|   18.9|      14.2|    21.5|        40.5|    33.4
  Median income .......|$32,494|$14,594| $19,434|   $28,343| $33,777|$38,870|$54,069|   $49,985| $61,960|     $81,602| $72,642
    Standard error ....|    133|    219|     249|       203|     374|    574|    446|       380|     535|         998|   2,322
                       |_______|_______|________|__________|________|_______|_______|__________|________|____________|________
                       |                               Number of women, in thousands
                       |______________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Women, 25 years old  |       |       |        |          |        |       |       |          |        |            |
    and over           |       |       |        |          |        |       |       |          |        |            |
Total .................| 95,146|  6,370|   8,484|    31,509|  16,330|  8,585| 23,868|    16,357|   5,893|         942|     676
  With income .........| 88,075|  5,196|   7,376|    28,945|  15,420|  8,177| 22,961|    15,660|   5,749|         899|     653
                       |_______|_______|________|__________|________|_______|_______|__________|________|____________|________
                       |                        Percentage distribution of women with income
                       |______________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Total annual income .|  100.0|  100.2|   100.0|     100.0|   100.0|  100.0|  100.0|     100.0|   100.0|       100.0|   100.0
$1 to $4,999 or loss ..|   12.7|   18.9|    16.8|      12.9|    12.4|   11.0|   10.7|      12.2|     7.6|         8.6|     5.5
$5,000 to $9,999.......|   15.9|   38.6|    31.5|      18.9|    12.6|   10.6|    6.2|       7.1|     4.4|         4.1|     2.5
$10,000 to $14,999 ....|   13.3|   21.6|    21.2|      16.1|    12.4|   11.4|    6.4|       7.3|     4.8|         4.1|     4.6
$15,000 to $19,999 ....|   10.9|   10.0|    12.3|      13.8|    12.4|   10.6|    6.1|       6.6|     4.9|         5.4|     4.0
$20,000 to $24,999 ....|    9.2|    5.2|     7.3|      11.4|    11.2|   10.0|    6.2|       6.8|     5.0|         5.2|     4.6
$25,000 to $29,999 ....|    7.4|    1.7|     4.2|       8.2|     9.1|    9.6|    6.7|       7.4|     5.5|         5.5|     3.0
$30,000 to $34,999 ....|    6.8|    1.4|     2.2|       6.3|     7.7|    8.7|    9.0|       9.6|     8.4|         6.0|     3.2
$35,000 to $39,999 ....|    5.2|    0.9|     1.5|       4.0|     6.0|    7.3|    7.6|       7.9|     7.7|         3.3|     6.2
$40,000 to $49,999 ....|    6.8|    0.7|     1.0|       4.1|     7.0|    9.0|   12.7|      11.8|    15.5|        10.8|    12.7
$50,000 to $74,999 ....|    7.7|    0.8|     1.3|       3.1|     6.4|    8.5|   17.7|      15.5|    23.3|        14.6|    24.7
$75,000 to $99,999 ....|    2.3|    0.1|     0.3|       0.7|     1.6|    2.1|    5.8|       4.5|     7.3|        12.2|    15.5
$100,000 or more ......|    1.8|    0.2|     0.3|       0.5|     1.2|    1.0|    4.9|       3.4|     5.7|        20.2|    13.4
  Median income .......|$18,549| $8,846| $10,330|   $15,665| $20,101|$22,638|$33,842|   $30,973| $40,744|     $46,635| $52,181
    Standard error ....|     96|    121|     128|       105|     174|    342|    285|       178|     344|       1,892|   1,866
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NOTE: Includes money income from all sources, including earnings, pensions, social security, investments, and public assistance. Excludes noncash benefits. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, March 2002, previously unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared August 2003.)


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