From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Median income per household member
Median income per household member
The median income per member of household is a mea- • Median household income
sure used by statisticians and the US Census Bureau to • Income distribution
determine the median income that exists in a household • Poverty in the United States
for each of its members. In order to obtain this number • Income
the median household income is divided by the median
number of persons in households of the same income
group. For example, in the United States the median
References
household income in the year 2004 was $44,389, while the [1] "US Census Bureau, median household income by
median income per member household was $23,535.[1] member of household". http://pubdb3.census.gov/
macro/032005/hhinc/new02_001.htm. Retrieved
2006-07-07.
See also
• Household income in the United States
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