S1903: Median Income in the Past 12 Months

Data Set: 2004 American Community Survey

Geographic Area: Pennsylvania

NOTE. Data are limited to the household population and exclude the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.


Subject

Percent of total

 

MOE

 

Median income (dollars)

 

MOE

 

HOUSEHOLD INCOME BY RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN OF HOUSEHOLDER

Households

4,817,757

+/-45100

42,941

+/-606

One race--

White

86.5

+/-0.3

45,255

+/-580

Black or African American

9.5

+/-0.2

27,870

+/-1842

American Indian and Alaska Native

N

N

N

N

Asian

1.8

+/-0.1

51,286

+/-4590

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

N

N

N

N

Some other race

1.4

+/-0.1

26,713

+/-1775

Two or more races

0.6

+/-0.1

34,059

+/-7259

 

Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)

2.9

+/-0.2

28,966

+/-3747

White alone, not Hispanic or Latino

85.2

+/-0.3

45,414

+/-613

 

HOUSEHOLD INCOME BY AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

15 to 24 years

4.1

+/-0.2

23,094

+/-1719

25 to 44 years

34.4

+/-0.4

50,493

+/-934

45 to 64 years

37.1

+/-0.4

56,005

+/-1111

65 years and over

24.4

+/-0.3

24,517

+/-738

 

FAMILIES

Families

3,216,764

+/-41114

53,680

+/-983

With own children under 18 years

43.9

+/-0.7

55,135

+/-1122

With no own children under 18 years

56.1

+/-0.7

52,803

+/-1120

Married-couple families

76.1

+/-0.8

62,101

+/-824

Female householder, no husband present

17.7

+/-0.6

26,684

+/-1092

Male householder, no wife present

6.2

+/-0.4

38,462

+/-2986

 

NONFAMILY HOUSEHOLDS

Nonfamily households

1,600,993

+/-29632

23,958

+/-923

Female householder

56.8

+/-1.0

19,073

+/-597

Living alone

50.2

+/-0.9

17,504

+/-579

Not living alone

6.6

+/-0.5

46,438

+/-3176

Male householder

43.2

+/-1.0

31,093

+/-876

Living alone

34.8

+/-0.9

27,923

+/-1482

Not living alone

8.4

+/-0.6

48,306

+/-4353

 

PERCENT IMPUTED

Household income in the past 12 months

26.0

(X)

(X)

(X)

Family income in the past 12 months

25.9

(X)

(X)

(X)

Nonfamily income in the past 12 months

25.2

(X)

(X)

(X)


Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2004 American Community Survey

 

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

 

Explanation of Symbols:

1. An '*' entry in the margin of error column indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.

2. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.

3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution.

4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.

5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.

6. An '***' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.

7. An '*****' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.

8. An 'N' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

9. An '(X)' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available.

 

Prepared By: The Pennsylvania State Data Center 02/1/2006