The income definitions included in this summary are the official definition and three alternative definitions. The poverty thresholds used in these estimates differ slightly from the official thresholds in the way they are adjusted by family size, and in some cases use a different inflationary index, but are similar to them otherwise.

Summary Tables

Table 1. Median Income of Households by Selected Characteristics and Income Definition: 2003 and 2004 [<1.0 MB]

Table 2. Share of Aggregate Household Income by Quintile and Gini Index: 2003 and 2004 [<1.0 MB]

Table 3. People and Families With Alternative Definitions of Income Below the Three-Parameter Poverty Thresholds, by Selected Characteristics: 2003 and 2004 [<1.0 MB]

Table 4. People and Families With Alternative Definitions of Income Below the CPI-U-RS-adjusted Three-Parameter Poverty Thresholds, by Selected Characteristics: 2003 and 2004 [<1.0 MB]

Additional File Formats

Detailed Tables

RD-REV INC01. (Table 1.) Income Distribution Measures, by Definitions of Income
RD-REV POV01. Percent and Number of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds
RD-REV POV01 RS. Percent and Number of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds Adjusted for Inflation using the CPI-U-RS*
RD-REV POV02. People and Families With Alternative Definitions of Income Below the Three-Parameter Poverty Thresholds, by Selected Characteristics: 2003 to 2004
RD-REV POV02 RS People and Families With Alternative Definitions of Income Below the CPI-U-RS-adjusted Three-Parameter Poverty Thresholds, by Selected Characteristics: 2003 to 2004*

Table

Tables Discontinued by the Current Population Survey (CPS)

2010

Alt Measures of Income, Alt Measures of Poverty, Noncash Benefits, Population Summary, Income Quintile, Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty.

Related Information

Income & Poverty Publications

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