Income 1948-2020
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| '48 | '50 | '52 | '54 | '56 | '58 | '60 | '62 | '64 | '66 | '68 | '70 | '72 | '74 | '76 | '78 | '80 | '82 | '84 | '86 | '88 | '90 | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | '18 | '20 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-16 Percentile | 10 (68) |
** | 20 (352) |
21 (225) |
16 (273) |
16 (283) |
15 (289) |
22 (270) |
19 (288) |
20 (250) |
16 (236) |
15 (217) |
19 (501) |
16 (372) |
14 (373) |
17 (338) |
17 (248) |
17 (209) |
15 (303) |
17 (340) |
19 (356) |
18 (319) |
15 (352) |
17 (274) |
16 (253) |
15 (183) |
14 (205) |
** | 16 (173) |
** | 15 (320) |
** | 17 (942) |
** | 16 (671) |
** | 12 (964) |
| 17-33 Percentile | 17 (110) |
** | 16 (276) |
13 (142) |
22 (378) |
21 (371) |
18 (342) |
8 (96) |
18 (278) |
9 (117) |
21 (316) |
15 (217) |
12 (308) |
16 (373) |
19 (510) |
18 (361) |
16 (222) |
17 (216) |
18 (352) |
15 (307) |
13 (246) |
16 (292) |
18 (422) |
15 (247) |
17 (258) |
18 (213) |
25 (378) |
** | 18 (194) |
** | 17 (363) |
** | 15 (842) |
** | 16 (663) |
** | 15 (1165) |
| 34-67 Percentile | 28 (185) |
** | 23 (400) |
31 (344) |
31 (530) |
28 (492) |
28 (545) |
42 (513) |
26 (392) |
33 (408) |
31 (474) |
32 (464) |
37 (971) |
40 (940) |
31 (823) |
31 (619) |
36 (516) |
30 (375) |
35 (706) |
36 (712) |
35 (660) |
31 (552) |
30 (695) |
35 (572) |
37 (583) |
34 (410) |
30 (441) |
** | 31 (322) |
** | 39 (844) |
** | 37 (2128) |
** | 30 (1235) |
** | 32 (2560) |
| 68-95 Percentile | 32 (208) |
** | 37 (654) |
28 (311) |
23 (384) |
31 (540) |
34 (663) |
23 (287) |
29 (445) |
32 (400) |
27 (402) |
34 (498) |
27 (700) |
25 (585) |
30 (808) |
27 (536) |
25 (361) |
28 (357) |
26 (517) |
27 (540) |
30 (553) |
31 (550) |
30 (696) |
29 (486) |
25 (393) |
26 (317) |
26 (386) |
** | 23 (245) |
** | 23 (494) |
** | 27 (1512) |
** | 35 (1461) |
** | 34 (2695) |
| 96-100 Percentile | 13 (84) |
** | 4 (65) |
7 (74) |
8 (134) |
3 (57) |
5 (92) |
5 (63) |
7 (106) |
6 (71) |
5 (79) |
4 (54) |
5 (132) |
4 (93) |
5 (139) |
7 (146) |
5 (77) |
8 (96) |
6 (112) |
4 (86) |
3 (47) |
4 (79) |
5 (118) |
4 (69) |
5 (72) |
8 (92) |
5 (82) |
** | 11 (120) |
** | 7 (147) |
** | 5 (275) |
** | 3 (141) |
** | 8 (610) |
| N | 655 | 0 | 1747 | 1096 | 1699 | 1743 | 1931 | 1229 | 1509 | 1246 | 1507 | 1450 | 2612 | 2363 | 2653 | 2000 | 1424 | 1253 | 1990 | 1985 | 1862 | 1792 | 2283 | 1648 | 1559 | 1215 | 1492 | 0 | 1054 | 0 | 2168 | 0 | 5699 | 0 | 4171 | 0 | 7993 |
Percentage Within Study Year
Table 1A.9.
Source: VCF0114 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset,
weighted with VCF0009z
Link to see data by mode (2012, 2016)
Note:
Income percentile categories were constructed from the ANES survey data for family income. For each study year, the survey variable's original codes describing income ranges was approximated as closely as possible to fit within this percentage group version. Note that prior to 1972, an estimate of the current year's income was given by the respondent; in all later years, the respondent's estimate of income was for previous year.
See the ANES Cumulative Data File Appendix 'INCOME' for income ranges corresponding to these percentiles.
2012 and 2016 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.