The tables shown here are preprints of tables 95, 96, and 97 from Final Report PC(1)-1C which contains additional summary information on income.

For the country as a whole, the average money income of families and persons rose substantially between 1949 and 1959, according to 1960 Census results. The average (median) income of families was $5,700 in 1959, a gain of $2,600, or 84 percent, over 1949. For persons 14 years old and over, the median income was· $2,800; this was $880, or 46 percent, higher than a decade earlier. Only part of the increase in income represented a gain in real purchasing power since prices also rose during this period. In terms of constant (1959) dollars, the median family income increased from $3,800 in 1949 to $5,700 in 1959, or by about 50 percent.

Close to 7 million of the 45 million families in the Nation received money incomes of $10,000 and over in 1959 and an additional 19.5 million had incomes ranging between $5,000 and $10,000. At the other end of the income scale, about 9.5 million had incomes under $3,000. The remaining 9 million families were in the $3,000-to-$5,000 bracket (table 95).

The PDF to the right contains the 9-page report.