Economics

See below for the latest data on:
  • Median Earnings for full-time, year-round workers;
  • Total Money Income of Individuals by Sex, Nativity and U.S. Citizenship Status;
  • Poverty Status of Population by Sex, Age, Nativity and U.S. Citizenship Status;
  • Housing Tenure; and,
  • Household type by Household Size, Nativity and U.S. Citizenship of the Householder;

MEDIAN EARNINGS for FULL-TIME, YEAR-ROUND WORKERS: 2009

For the past 12 months in 2009 inflation-adjusted dollars

TotalNativeForeign-born
Male45,36347,87434,313
Female35,20735,94230,254
    
Median household income in the past 12 months51,42551,99847,633
Source: Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005-2009 American Community Survey Five-year Estimates


TOTAL MONEY INCOME of INDIVIDUALS 15 YEARS and over by SEX, NATIVITY and U.S. CITIZENSHIP: 2008

Sex and total money income 1Total  Native  Foreign-born  
 Number* Percent Number* Percent Number* Percent
Both sexes104,01810087,691100 16,327 100
...$1 to $14,999 or loss5,6565.44,1124.7 1,544 9.5
...$15,000 to $29,99923,9752318,73921.4 5,235 32.1
...$30,000 to $39,99917,85117.215,21217.3 2,639 16.2
...$40,000 to $49,99913,84213.312,09813.8 1,743 10.7
...$50,000 to $74,99922,24321.419,76222.5 2,481 15.2
...$75,000 to $99,9999,1938.88,0099.1 1,184 7.3
...$100,000 and over11,25910.89,75811.1 1,501 9.2
       
      Naturalized U.S. Citizen Non-U.S Citizen
...Median income ($)41,945(X)43,595(X)42,05328,033
(X) Not applicable

1 Total money income is the sum of money wages and salaries, net income from self-employment, and income other than earnings.

* Numbers in thousands

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2009, Table 1.9


POVERTY STATUS of POPULATION by SEX, AGE, NATIVITY and U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS: 2008

Sex, age and poverty status 1Total  Native  Foreign-born  
 Number* Percent Number* Percent Number* Percent
Both sexes301,041100264,314100 36,727 100
...Below poverty level39,82913.233,29312.6 6,536 17.8
...At or above poverty level261,21286.8231,02187.4 30,191 82.2
Under 18 years74,06810071,452100 2,616 100
...Below poverty level14,0681913,25018.5 818 31.3
...At or above poverty level60,0008158,20281.5 1,797 68.7
18 to 64 years189,185100159,511100 29,674 100
...Below poverty level22,10511.717,06110.7 5,044 17
...At or above poverty level167,08088.3142,45089.3 24,630 83
65 years and over37,78810033,351100 4,437 100
...Below poverty level3,6569.72,9828.9 674 15.2
...At or above poverty level34,13290.330,36991.1 3,763 84.8
1 For details on how the Census Bureau measures poverty, see U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, P60-236 (Appendix B), Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008

* Numbers in thousands

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2009, Table 1.13


HOUSING TENURE: 2009

TotalNativeForeign-Born
Occupied housing units112,611,02997,703,57314,907,456
    
Owner-occupied housing units66.90%68.90%53.90%
Renter-occupied housing units33.10%31.10%46.10%
    
Average household size of owner-occupied unit2.692.63.5
Average household size of renter-occupied unit2.422.263.13
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005-2009 American Community Survey Five-year Estimates


HOUSEHOLD TYPE by HOUSEHOLD SIZE, NATIVITY and U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS of the HOUSEHOLDER: 2009

Household type and size Total  Native  Foreign-born  
 Number* Percent Number* Percent Number* Percent
All households117,181100101,585100 15,596 100
...One person31,6572728,73428.3 2,923 18.7
...Two people39,24233.535,39534.8 3,847 24.7
...Three people18,60615.915,64715.4 2,959 19
...Four people16,09913.713,22713 2,872 18.4
...Five or more people11,5769.98,5828.4 2,993 19.2
Family households 178,85010066,883100 11,967 100
...Two people33,8794330,51745.6 3,362 28.1
...Three people17,78522.614,95522.4 2,830 23.7
...Four people15,7612012,93319.3 2,828 23.6
...Five or more people11,42414.58,47712.7 2,947 24.6
Non-family households38,33110034,702100 3,629 100
...One person31,65782.628,73482.8 2,923 80.6
...Two people5,363144,87814.1 485 13.4
...Three people8212.16922 129 3.6
...Four people3380.92940.8 44 1.2
...Five or more people1520.41050.3 46 1.3
1 Households in which at least one member is related to the person who owns or rents the occupied housing unit (householder)

* Numbers in thousands. Universe is the civilian non-institutionalized population of the United States, plus armed forces living off post or with their families on post.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2009, Table 1.4