NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Real Median Household Income in the United States Series ID: MEHOINUSA672N Source: U.S. Census Bureau Release: Income and Poverty in the United States Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Annual Units: 2022 CPI-U-RS Adjusted Dollars Date Range: 1984-01-01 to 2022-01-01 Last Updated: 2023-09-12 1:48 PM CDT Notes: Household data are collected as of March. As stated in the Census's Source and Accuracy of Estimates for Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011 (http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/p60_243sa.pdf). Estimation of Median Incomes. The Census Bureau has changed the methodology for computing median income over time. The Census Bureau has computed medians using either Pareto interpolation or linear interpolation. Currently, we are using linear interpolation to estimate all medians. Pareto interpolation assumes a decreasing density of population within an income interval, whereas linear interpolation assumes a constant density of population within an income interval. The Census Bureau calculated estimates of median income and associated standard errors for 1979 through 1987 using Pareto interpolation if the estimate was larger than $20,000 for people or $40,000 for families and households. This is because the width of the income interval containing the estimate is greater than $2,500. We calculated estimates of median income and associated standard errors for 1976, 1977, and 1978 using Pareto interpolation if the estimate was larger than $12,000 for people or $18,000 for families and households. This is because the width of the income interval containing the estimate is greater than $1,000. All other estimates of median income and associated standard errors for 1976 through 2011 (2012 ASEC) and almost all of the estimates of median income and associated standard errors for 1975 and earlier were calculated using linear interpolation. Thus, use caution when comparing median incomes above $12,000 for people or $18,000 for families and households for different years. Median incomes below those levels are more comparable from year to year since they have always been calculated using linear interpolation. For an indication of the comparability of medians calculated using Pareto interpolation with medians calculated using linear interpolation, see Series P-60, Number 114, (https://www2.census.gov/prod2/popscan/p60-114.pdf) Money Income in 1976 of Families and Persons in the United States. DATE VALUE 1984-01-01 56780 1985-01-01 57860 1986-01-01 60010 1987-01-01 60760 1988-01-01 61210 1989-01-01 62260 1990-01-01 61500 1991-01-01 59710 1992-01-01 59210 1993-01-01 58920 1994-01-01 59550 1995-01-01 61440 1996-01-01 62350 1997-01-01 63640 1998-01-01 65980 1999-01-01 67650 2000-01-01 67470 2001-01-01 66360 2002-01-01 65820 2003-01-01 65860 2004-01-01 65760 2005-01-01 66780 2006-01-01 67520 2007-01-01 68610 2008-01-01 66280 2009-01-01 65850 2010-01-01 64300 2011-01-01 63350 2012-01-01 63350 2013-01-01 65740 2014-01-01 64900 2015-01-01 68410 2016-01-01 70840 2017-01-01 72090 2018-01-01 73030 2019-01-01 78250 2020-01-01 76660 2021-01-01 76330 2022-01-01 74580