Household Income, 2006

This is an update to my post previously about income in the United States.  Based on 111,617,402 households in the US as of 2006.

Household Income, 2006Total PeoplePercent
Less than $49,99957,218,48051%
$50,000 to $74,99921,221,88919%
$75,000 to $99,99913,214,55112%
$100,000 to $199,99916,145,48214%
$200,000 or more3,817,0003%

It’s not much different than before.  82% of people make less than 100k in the household.  Of course, in some locales, 100k is plenty to thrive.  However, 200k+ is not all that much.  To have only 3% make that much, even including two parents working, is surprising.  I thought there would be more.

Look at the African America households by comparison. Much bleaker:

African American

Household Income, 2006

Total PeoplePercent
Less than $49,9998,857,31168%
$50,000 to $74,9992,064,16416%
$75,000 to $99,9991,070,0538%
$100,000 to $199,999967,9867%
$200,000 or more114,4741%

Comments

2 responses to “Household Income, 2006”

  1. disdaniel Avatar
    disdaniel

    Great post. It makes all the Census bureau info intelligible.

    One question: Why/how did the number of US households decline from 130 million to 111 million in just a few years?

  2. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    Just wondering if the income is taxable or pretax.

Whatya think?