A Changing Nation—Wealth and Income Distribution - Median Household Incomes

Table 4.2 shows the distribution of median income for households from 1967 to 2002. ("Median" means that half the measured values are above the specified value and half are below.) In 2002 median income was $42,409, 10.2 percent above the level ten years earlier and 30.1 percent

TABLE 4.1
Selected characteristics of households, by income, 2001
(Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year)

	Total	Under $2,500	$2,500 to $4,999	$5,000 to $7,499	$7,500 to $9,999	$10,000 to $12,499	$12,500 to $14,999	$15,000 to $17,499	$17,500 to $19,999	$20,000 to $22,499	$22,500 to $24,999	$25,000 to $27,499
All races
All households	109,297	2,143	1,222	2,944	3,486	3,908	3,606	4,005	3,403	3,892	3,278	3,799
Type of residence
Inside metro areas	88,112	1,672	927	2,133	2,605	2,920	2,677	3,063	2,570	2,970	2,471	2,919
Inside central cities	32,540	856	507	1,169	1,322	1,384	1,170	1,397	1,094	1,268	1,049	1,263
One million or more	20,440	572	311	674	871	866	718	871	605	764	629	782
Under one million	12,099	284	195	495	451	518	452	526	489	504	420	481
Outside central cities	55,572	816	420	964	1,283	1,536	1,507	1,666	1,47	1,702	1,422	1,656
One million or more	38,355	568	265	526	830	992	928	1,054	984	1,091	934	1,023
Under one million	17,217	248	155	438	453	544	579	612	492	611	489	633
Outside metro areas	21,185	471	295	810	881	988	929	942	832	921	807	879
Regions/divisions
Northeast	21,128	400	242	546	772	787	644	755	601	705	574	608
New England	5,735	78	40	140	212	218	171	184	150	186	141	180
Middle Atlantic	15,393	322	202	406	561	569	473	571	451	519	433	428
Midwest	25,755	374	263	664	678	833	811	930	855	891	786	916
East North Central	18,050	286	185	467	468	583	593	691	585	613	542	639
West North Central	7,704	88	78	197	210	249	218	239	270	278	245	278
South	39,151	918	520	1,305	1,355	1,511	1,402	1,560	1,286	1,513	1,219	1,488
South Atlantic	20,827	480	272	617	692	735	723	764	663	768	657	783
East South Central	6,736	185	100	307	288	285	274	313	254	258	180	266
West South Central	11,588	253	148	380	375	491	405	483	369	487	382	439
West	23,263	451	197	429	680	777	749	760	662	783	699	786
Mountain	6,925	124	59	144	186	237	213	243	227	255	207	265
Pacific	16,338	327	138	285	495	541	535	517	435	528	492	521
Type of household
Family households	74,329	1,099	569	827	1,092	1,469	1,532	2,058	1,862	2,286	1,981	2,319
Married-couple families	56,747	463	153	292	419	741	825	1,236	1,079	1,409	1,247	1,498
Male householder, nsp	4,438	102	36	73	83	116	102	153	119	160	152	200
Female householder, nsp	13,143	534	380	461	590	612	605	668	664	717	582	622
Nonfamily households	34,969	1,044	653	2,117	2,394	2,439	2,074	1,947	1,541	1,606	1,297	1,479
Male householder	15,579	449	260	628	749	729	623	650	518	724	567	721
Living alone	12,004	408	235	587	703	668	547	582	453	607	467	625
Female householder	19,390	594	393	1,488	1,644	1,710	1,451	1,297	1,023	882	730	758
Living alone	16,771	555	380	1,446	1,614	1,652	1,383	1,215	955	820	645	661
Age of householder
Under 65 years	86,821	1,855	911	1,849	1,859	2,068	1,881	2,466	2,055	2,685	2,233	2,830
15 to 24 years	6,391	283	190	229	267	289	250	356	298	333	298	342
25 to 34 years	18,988	465	202	21	58	470	419	559	476	678	532	740
35 to 44 years	24,031	422	191	375	418	388	399	578	471	662	529	766
45 to 54 years	22,208	341	187	398	346	472	385	469	434	546	465	549
55 to 64 years	15,203	345	141	527	470	449	429	504	376	465	409	433
65 years and over	22,476	288	311	1,095	1,626	1,840	1,725	1,539	1,348	1,207	1,045	969
65 to 74 years	11,472	124	140	520	642	722	638	648	584	605	488	506
75 years and over	11,004	164	171	575	984	1,118	1,087	892	764	602	556	463
Mean age of householder	48.8	44.7	48.1	55.6	58.3	58.1	58.6	54.5	54.5	51.0	51.6	48.8

above the 1967 level. In 1967, 22.2 percent of households earned less than $15,000 per year, and 24 percent earned $50,000 or more. By 2002, 16.1 percent earned less than $15,000 while 43.4 percent earned $50,000 or more.

Types of Households

In 2001 family households made up nearly 68 percent of all households in the United States. Their median income was $52,275. The type of household, however, made a big difference in income level. The median income of families headed by married couples was $60,471. But male householders with no wife present made only $40,715, and female householders with no husband present earned only $28,142. Nonfamily households showed consistently lower median incomes. Female householders living alone earned only $17,868, the lowest median income. (See Table 4.1.)

Race and Hispanic Origin

The level of income also varied widely by race and ethnicity. According to the U.S. Census Bureau in Income in the United States: 2002 (Washington, DC, 2003), in 2002 the median income for non-Hispanic, white alone households (meaning those households for which respondents indicated one race, in this case white, non-Hispanic) was $46,900; for African-Americans alone, $29,026; and for Hispanics alone, $33,103. Across the scale, African-American and Hispanic households tend to have lower earnings than non-Hispanic white households. More than 27 percent of African-American

TABLE 4.1
Selected characteristics of households, by income, 2001
(Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year)

	Total	Under $2,500	$2,500 to $4,999	$5,000 to $7,499	$7,500 to $9,999	$10,000 to $12,499	$12,500 to $14,999	$15,000 to $17,499	$17,500 to $19,999	$20,000 to $22,499	$22,500 to $24,999	$25,000 to $27,499
Size of household
One person	28,775	963	615	2,033	2,316	2,320	1,930	1,797	1,409	1,427	1,112	1,286
Two people	36,240	603	254	483	607	906	987	1,250	1,127	1,384	1,223	1,348
Three people	17,742	299	157	194	283	309	337	444	438	472	397	509
Four people	15,794	153	116	124	164	214	217	288	229	373	303	372
Five people	6,948	75	52	73	72	87	81	133	136	147	152	186
Six people	2,438	35	22	18	23	56	38	57	31	64	48	64
Seven people or more	1,360	15	6	19	19	16	16	35	33	25	42	35
Mean size of household	2.58	2.07	2.03	1.60	1.64	1.76	1.83	2.04	2.09	2.19	2.28	2.28
Number of earners
No earners	22,661	1,593	715	2,095	2,355	2,289	1,980	1,681	1,379	1,133	989	863
One earner	38,639	505	448	753	1,000	1,394	1,330	1,907	1,561	2,132	1,631	2,111
Two earners or more	47,997	45	58	95	131	225	296	417	463	627	658	824
2 earners	37,971	41	54	92	117	213	276	392	437	572	596	742
3 earners	7,555	3	4	3	14	13	20	25	22	53	53	75
4 earners or more	2,471	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	8	7
Mean number of earners	1.39	0.28	0.47	0.33	0.37	0.48	0.55	0.70	0.75	0.90	0.95	1.03
Work experience of householder
Total	109,297	2,143	1,222	2,944	3,486	3,908	3,606	4,005	3,403	3,892	3,278	3,799
Worked	77,231	488	449	734	1,007	1,371	1,423	1,992	1,753	2,382	1,920	2,549
Worked at f-t jobs	66,589	291	233	422	558	896	957	1,516	1,348	1,997	,560	2,176
50 weeks or more	56,274	159	64	144	246	556	589	1,087	963	1,562	1,199	1,797
27 to 49 weeks	6,844	43	53	81	137	164	214	260	243	284	226	276
26 weeks or less	3,471	89	115	197	174	175	154	169	142	52	134	104
Worked at p-t jobs	10,643	197	216	312	449	476	466	477	406	384	361	372
50 weeks or more	5,621	34	57	100	203	245	204	267	233	224	171	207
27 to 49 weeks	2,306	26	30	73	106	105	124	93	72	78	85	78
26 weeks or less	2,716	136	129	139	141	126	138	116	100	82	105	88
Did not work	32,066	1,655	773	2,209	2,479	2,537	2,183	2,012	1,649	1,510	1,358	1,250
Educational attainment of householder
Total, 25 yrs & over	102,906	1,860	1,032	2,715	3,219	3,619	3,356	3,649	3,105	3,559	2,980	3,456
Less than 9th grade	6,841	205	202	633	640	634	539	473	384	350	264	274
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	9,437	293	244	585	660	691	547	581	463	554	336	470
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	31,360	596	279	875	1,104	1,276	1,267	1,399	1,212	1,331	1,234	1,257
Some college, no degree	18,141	280	173	299	426	495	473	592	518	653	504	648
Associate Degree	8,575	117	41	128	149	195	207	206	169	233	207	282
Bachelor's Degree or more	28,552	368	92	195	240	328	324	399	359	437	434	525
Bachelor's Degree	18,359	248	65	139	177	238	225	290	227	308	313	377
Master's Degree	6,974	75	18	44	45	67	59	64	91	83	95	112
Professional Degree	1,733	27	7	4	13	10	21	29	28	24	19	23
Doctorate Degree	1,486	17	1	7	5	13	19	16	13	21	6	14
Tenure
Owner occupied	74,399	1,014	466	1,186	1,450	2,057	2,042	2,178	1,989	2,143	1,939	2,172
Renter occupied	33,297	1,049	711	1,680	1,945	1,751	1,509	1,750	1,345	1,643	1,271	1,548
Occupier paid no cash rent	1,600	80	45	78	91	100	55	77	69	106	69	79

alone households earned less than $15,000 per year, compared to 19.1 percent of Hispanic households and 13.9 percent of non-Hispanic white households from the alone category. Minorities were also less likely to have high incomes. While 16 percent of non-Hispanic, white alone households earned $100,000 or more in 2002, only 6.4 percent of African-American alone households and 7.2 percent of Hispanic households earned that much.

Age

The age of the householder is also a factor in the level of income. For example, in 2001 householders age sixty-five and older, who are usually past their peak earning years, had a median income of only $23,118, while householders under age sixty-five had a median income of $49,227. Those from forty-five to fifty-four, the highest-earning age group, had a median income of $58,045. (See Table 4.1.)

Work Experience

Although working is an important factor in avoiding poverty, working in itself may not be enough to save a household from poverty. Of the 100.7 million full-time, year-round workers in the United States in 2002, more than 2.6 million did not earn enough to exceed the poverty threshold ($9,359

TABLE 4.1
Selected characteristics of households, by income, 2001
(Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year)

	$27,500 to $29,999	$30,000 to $32,499	$32,500 to $34,999	$35,000 to $37,499	$37,500 to $39,999	$40,000 to $42,499	$42,500 to $44,999	$45,000 to $47,499	$47,500 to $49,999	$50,000 to $52,499	$52,500 to $54,999	$55,000 to $57,499
All races
All households	3,043	3,930	2,818	3,571	2,543	3,433	2,278	2,655	2,324	2,890	2,033	2,400
Type of residence
Inside metro areas	2,353	3,069	2,170	2,828	2,002	2,762	1,761	2,102	1,822	2,347	1,671	1,932
Inside central cities	941	1,245	815	1,141	735	1,106	615	779	583	812	587	630
One million or more	530	785	488	721	430	697	406	477	341	549	327	406
Under one million	411	461	326	420	305	409	208	302	242	264	260	224
Outside central cities	1,413	1,824	1,356	1,687	1,267	1,656	1,146	,323	1,239	1,534	1,084	1,302
One million or more	841	1,199	860	1,109	850	1,155	775	849	784	1,008	757	925
Under one million	572	624	495	577	417	501	371	474	455	526	327	378
Outside metro areas	690	861	648	743	541	671	516	553	502	543	362	467
Regions/divisions
Northeast	529	748	472	603	419	582	437	489	407	548	381	478
New England	136	194	109	145	116	149	85	129	21	147	90	144
Middle Atlantic	93	554	363	458	303	433	352	360	287	401	292	333
Midwest	741	909	703	848	621	743	586	661	590	748	533	599
East North Central	540	598	489	583	421	546	416	468	419	553	346	404
West North Central	201	310	213	265	200	197	170	193	171	195	186	195
South	1,159	1,392	1,046	1,387	916	1,319	816	952	846	1,013	658	760
South Atlantic	84	730	548	770	454	698	471	528	485	543	345	443
East South Central	230	223	172	224	189	199	123	146	171	151	22	127
West South Central	346	439	327	394	273	22	223	278	191	320	190	189
West	614	881	597	733	587	789	439	553	481	580	461	563
Mountain	189	297	196	240	170	205	159	173	151	203	51	69
Pacific	425	584	401	493	417	84	280	380	330	377	310	394
Type of household
Family households	1,999	2,489	1,919	2,319	1,767	2,277	1,670	1,950	1,795	2,071	1,582	1,819
Married-couple families	1,324	1,677	1,321	1,625	1,281	1,705	1,289	1,510	1,407	1,647	1,280	1,479
Male householder, nsp	146	223	163	201	141	170	106	30	103	172	113	109
Female householder, nsp	529	590	435	493	346	402	275	310	286	252	189	232
Nonfamily households	1,044	1,440	899	1,252	775	1,156	608	705	529	818	451	581
Male householder	486	740	409	634	429	630	311	405	277	448	256	286
Living alone	386	627	321	527	342	491	226	304	176	342	169	180
Female householder	558	700	490	618	346	526	296	300	252	370	195	295
Living alone	478	635	400	534	285	441	218	227	183	299	129	208
Age of householder
Under 65 years	2,218	3,058	2,123	2,852	2,026	2,950	1,850	2,281	1,972	2,574	1,738	2,152
15 to 24 years	219	312	216	229	174	227	118	149	158	159	109	135
25 to 34 years	513	770	528	769	505	763	408	565	431	601	383	529
35 to 44 years	580	826	577	775	536	834	530	621	561	815	494	607
45 to 54 years	478	648	417	620	454	687	443	558	474	621	463	561
55 to 64 years	428	502	384	460	356	438	351	387	348	379	289	320
65 years and over	825	872	695	719	517	483	427	374	352	316	295	248
65 to 74 years	439	487	392	386	298	286	277	200	231	188	197	172
75 years and over	385	385	303	333	219	197	150	175	122	12	98	76
Mean age of householder	50.5	48.0	49.0	47.5	47.9	45.3	48.2	46.2	46.6	44.8	46.7	44.8

for a single person under age sixty-five, $18,556 for a family of four). Of all workers, full-or part-time, nearly six percent remained in poverty. However, those who worked did fare better than those who did not, with 5.9 percent of workers in poverty compared to 21 percent of those who did not work at all during 2002. (See Table 4.3.)

Education

Not surprisingly, the more education a person has, the more likely he or she is to earn a higher income. For example, according to U.S. Census Bureau historical income tables for 2000, for men with doctoral degrees, the median personal income was $70,961, and for women with doctoral degrees, the median personal income was $50,430. For those with less than a ninth-grade education, men earned a median income of $17,658, and women earned a median income of $11,370. High-school graduates (including those with general equivalency diplomas) fared better, with men earning $30,665 and women earning $18,393.

Ratio of Income to Poverty Levels

For purposes of analysis, the Census Bureau uses income-to-poverty ratios, calculated by dividing income by the respective poverty threshold for each family size. The resulting number is then tabulated on a scale that includes three categories, "poor," "near-poor," and "non-poor." Poor persons have a poverty ratio below 1.0. Persons above the poverty level are divided into two groups: the "near-poor" and the "non-poor." The "near-poor" have a poverty ratio between 1.00 and 1.24 (100 percent to 124 percent of the

TABLE 4.1
Selected characteristics of households, by income, 2001
(Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year)

	$27,500 to $29,999	$30,000 to $32,499	$32,500 to $34,999	$35,000 to $37,499	$37,500 to $39,999	$40,000 to $42,499	$42,500 to $44,999	$45,000 to $47,499	$47,500 to $49,999	$50,000 to $52,499	$52,500 to $54,999	$55,000 to $57,499
All races
All households	3,043	3,930	2,818	3,571	2,543	3,433	2,278	2,655	2,324	2,890	2,033	2,400
Type of residence
Inside metro areas	2,353	3,069	2,170	2,828	2,002	2,762	1,761	2,102	1,822	2,347	1,671	1,932
Inside central cities	941	1,245	815	1,141	735	1,106	615	779	583	812	587	630
One million or more	530	785	488	721	430	697	406	477	341	549	327	406
Under one million	411	461	326	420	305	409	208	302	242	264	260	224
Outside central cities	1,413	1,824	1,356	1,687	1,267	1,656	1,146	,323	1,239	1,534	1,084	1,302
One million or more	841	1,199	860	1,109	850	1,155	775	849	784	1,008	757	925
Under one million	572	624	495	577	417	501	371	474	455	526	327	378
Outside metro areas	690	861	648	743	541	671	516	553	502	543	362	467
Regions/divisions
Northeast	529	748	472	603	419	582	437	489	407	548	381	478
New England	136	194	109	145	116	149	85	129	21	147	90	144
Middle Atlantic	93	554	363	458	303	433	352	360	287	401	292	333
Midwest	741	909	703	848	621	743	586	661	590	748	533	599
East North Central	540	598	489	583	421	546	416	468	419	553	346	404
West North Central	201	310	213	265	200	197	170	193	171	195	186	195
South	1,159	1,392	1,046	1,387	916	1,319	816	952	846	1,013	658	760
South Atlantic	84	730	548	770	454	698	471	528	485	543	345	443
East South Central	230	223	172	224	189	199	123	146	171	151	22	127
West South Central	346	439	327	394	273	22	223	278	191	320	190	189
West	614	881	597	733	587	789	439	553	481	580	461	563
Mountain	189	297	196	240	170	205	159	173	151	203	51	69
Pacific	425	584	401	493	417	84	280	380	330	377	310	394
Type of household
Family households	1,999	2,489	1,919	2,319	1,767	2,277	1,670	1,950	1,795	2,071	1,582	1,819
Married-couple families	1,324	1,677	1,321	1,625	1,281	1,705	1,289	1,510	1,407	1,647	1,280	1,479
Male householder, nsp	146	223	163	201	141	170	106	30	103	172	113	109
Female householder, nsp	529	590	435	493	346	402	275	310	286	252	189	232
Nonfamily households	1,044	1,440	899	1,252	775	1,156	608	705	529	818	451	581
Male householder	486	740	409	634	429	630	311	405	277	448	256	286
Living alone	386	627	321	527	342	491	226	304	176	342	169	180
Female householder	558	700	490	618	346	526	296	300	252	370	195	295
Living alone	478	635	400	534	285	441	218	227	183	299	129	208
Age of householder
Under 65 years	2,218	3,058	2,123	2,852	2,026	2,950	1,850	2,281	1,972	2,574	1,738	2,152
15 to 24 years	219	312	216	229	174	227	118	149	158	159	109	135
25 to 34 years	513	770	528	769	505	763	408	565	431	601	383	529
35 to 44 years	580	826	577	775	536	834	530	621	561	815	494	607
45 to 54 years	478	648	417	620	454	687	443	558	474	621	463	561
55 to 64 years	428	502	384	460	356	438	351	387	348	379	289	320
65 years and over	825	872	695	719	517	483	427	374	352	316	295	248
65 to 74 years	439	487	392	386	298	286	277	200	231	188	197	172
75 years and over	385	385	303	333	219	197	150	175	122	12	98	76
Mean age of householder	50.5	48.0	49.0	47.5	47.9	45.3	48.2	46.2	46.6	44.8	46.7	44.8

poverty level), and the "non-poor" have an income-to-poverty ratio of 1.25 (125 percent of the poverty level) and above.

In 2002, 12.1 percent of the total population had income-to-poverty ratios under 1.00; in other words, close to 34.6 million persons in the United States had incomes below the poverty threshold. Those under eighteen years of age were most likely to be poor (16.7 percent of the juvenile population), followed by those ages eighteen to twenty-four (16.5 percent of the population for that age group). More than 18 percent of families with children under six years of age had income-to-poverty ratios below 1.00, driven by the large number of female-headed households, which typically have lower incomes. In addition, nearly a quarter (22.9 percent) of all single females had ratios below the poverty threshold. (See Table 3.4 in Chapter 3.)

Of the total population, 4.4 percent (12.5 million people) had an income classified as "near-poor," between 100 and 125 percent of the poverty threshold. (In Table 3.4 in Chapter 3, the right-hand column labeled "Under 1.25" includes all those with an income-to-poverty ratio of less than 1.25. Consequently, this figure includes both poor and near-poor. To calculate the figures on only the near-poor, figures in the middle column, "Under 1.00," must be subtracted from figures in the column "Under 1.25.")

TABLE 4.1
Selected characteristics of households, by income, 2001
(Numbers in thousands. Households as of March of the following year)

	$57,500 to $59,999	$60,000 to $62,499	62,500 to $64,999	$65,000 to $67,499	$67,500 to $69,999	$70,000 to $72,499	$72,500 to $74,999	$75,000 to $77,499	$77,500 to $79,999	$80,000 to $82,499	$82,500 to $84,999	$85,000 to $87,499
All races
All households	1,783	2,424	1,656	1,973	1,547	1,907	1,443	1,827	1,216	1,561	1,137	1,317
Type of residence
Inside metro areas	1,473	1,989	1,334	1,626	1,246	1,581	1,199	1,514	1,037	1,335	988	1,103
Inside central cities	494	679	416	517	381	500	399	459	302	418	295	337
One million or more	298	432	268	340	244	323	249	301	181	277	184	214
Under one million	196	247	148	177	137	177	150	159	121	141	111	123
Outside central cities	978	1,310	918	1,109	865	1,081	801	1,054	735	917	693	766
One million or more	670	915	623	756	607	767	555	774	494	669	508	552
Under one million	309	395	295	353	258	314	245	281	241	248	185	213
Outside metro areas	310	435	322	348	301	325	244	314	179	226	148	215
Regions/divisions
Northeast	307	508	297	395	293	384	260	320	264	282	245	255
New England	94	149	81	126	82	105	73	95	76	92	75	93
Middle Atlantic	213	359	216	269	211	279	188	224	189	191	170	162
Midwest	518	554	453	472	438	470	349	475	299	397	272	318
East North Central	370	370	312	317	271	304	239	333	207	268	194	200
West North Central	148	184	141	155	167	166	110	142	93	129	78	117
South	556	810	564	689	493	653	498	638	423	489	367	441
South Atlantic	263	467	311	374	279	370	258	348	234	252	203	236
East South Central	93	136	90	115	53	109	85	92	76	93	66	85
West South Central	200	207	163	200	162	175	156	198	112	144	98	120
West	402	552	342	417	323	399	336	396	230	393	252	303
Mountain	118	181	102	129	87	114	91	117	68	108	75	88
Pacific	284	372	240	288	236	285	245	279	162	285	177	215
Type of household
Family households	1,450	1,820	1,326	1,629	1,288	1,536	1,226	1,465	999	1,337	950	1,103
Married-couple families	1,182	1,528	1,093	1,412	1,105	1,325	1,065	1,267	874	1,158	826	1,003
Male householder, nsp	89	102	76	71	43	76	47	69	47	78	31	44
Female householder, nsp	179	191	157	146	140	135	114	129	77	101	93	57
Nonfamily households	333	604	330	344	259	371	217	363	218	224	187	214
Male householder	159	338	199	203	158	216	137	226	122	161	92	118
Living alone	88	244	125	128	75	134	69	139	70	92	52	62
Female householder	174	265	131	141	101	155	80	137	96	62	94	96
Living alone	91	188	85	79	69	105	50	77	49	31	49	54
Age of householder
Under 65 years	1,606	2,220	1,471	1,788	1,405	1,720	1,283	1,681	1,099	1,481	1,031	1,230
15 to 24 years	94	72	69	69	74	74	51	55	34	21	27	41
25 to 34 years	444	621	335	457	324	445	219	356	239	315	196	241
35 to 44 years	415	666	424	531	427	459	417	544	378	460	330	411
45 to 54 years	409	557	382	489	344	459	389	492	306	439	309	365
55 to 64 years	244	303	261	243	236	282	208	233	142	246	170	72
65 years and over	177	205	185	185	142	187	160	47	117	79	105	87
65 to 74 years	114	147	120	120	86	132	104	95	83	45	57	63
75 years and over	63	58	65	65	57	56	56	52	34	34	48	24
Mean age of householder	44.3	43.9	46.0	44.6	45.1	44.9	46.7	45.1	44.9	45.0	46.2	44.7