According to a Census Bureau report issued today — Income in the United States: 2002 — median household money income last year for Whites (not including Hispanics) was $46,900, for Blacks (not including Hispanics) it was $29,000, for Asians $52,600, and for Hispanics $33,100. The median for all households was $42,900.
The median income for full-time, year-round workers was $39,400 for men and $30,200 for women.
The median household income in Maryland was $55,912, highest among the states; West Virginia was lowest at $30,072.
$150,000 last year put a household in the highest 5%; $84,000 put a household in the highest 20%. Households with incomes under $18,000 constituted the lowest 20%.
There were 109,297,000 households in the U.S. last year.