Table 14.  Median Family Income by Selected Family Characteristics: New Jersey, 2002 to 2011
(Family Totals in Thousands)  (Income in 2011 dollars)
Two-year	2002-2003			2003-2004			2004-2005			2005-2006			2006-2007
Moving Average	Number			Number			Number			Number			Number
	of	Median		of	Median		of	Median		of	Median		of	Median
Family Characteristics	Families	Income		Families	Income		Families	Income		Families	Income		Families	Income
ALL FAMILIES	2,259	$86,832		2,243	$86,941		2,268	$89,092		2,296	$91,503		2,246	$89,154
RACE
White Family	1,791	$90,632		1,782	$91,624		1,809	$94,238		1,798	$95,513		1,722	$93,959
Black Family	289	$53,222		286	$51,791		289	$56,871		293	$54,977		286	$50,162
Hispanic Family	271	$55,388		275	$48,401		319	$47,362		351	$50,174		340	$53,081
LABOR FORCE MEMBERS
Families with no Labor-
Force Member	300	$30,074		274	$30,408		280	$32,696		267	$32,859		263	$30,229
Families with 1 Labor-
Force Member	670	$67,026		701	$66,074		678	$68,435		688	$67,280		694	$59,773
Families with 2 Labor-
Force Members	1,014	$109,137		971	$111,535		979	$110,536		1,011	$109,887		989	$111,880
Families with 3 or more
Labor-Force Members	276	$126,130		297	$122,227		332	$118,872		330	$122,873		299	$127,595
DEMOGRAPHICS
Married-Couple Families	1,727	$99,969		1,727	$101,500		1,739	$102,684		1,745	$104,488		1,699	$104,250
Married-Couple Families:
Spouse in Labor Force	1,190	$116,606		1,172	$115,594		1,202	$115,811		1,240	$118,665		1,197	$120,423
Married-Couple Families:
Spouse not in Labor Force	537	$59,811		555	$62,626		537	$64,437		505	$64,270		501	$61,340
Female-Householder
Families (Spouse Absent)	403	$46,397		370	$47,921		381	$47,443		412	$44,428		420	$40,838
EDUCATION (HOUSEHOLDER
25 YEARS AND OVER)
Less than High School	269	$37,171		252	$35,199		267	$38,229		269	$40,783		241	$40,981
High School Diploma	732	$70,377		704	$68,716		662	$68,601		650	$71,466		659	$67,486
Some college/Asso. degree	458	$84,744		458	$82,685		479	$82,660		486	$83,347		450	$80,794
College degree or higher	800	$126,431		829	$123,294		860	$130,976		892	$138,561		897	$132,669
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Table 14.  Median Family Income by Selected Family Characteristics: New Jersey, 2002 to 2011
(Family Totals in Thousands)  (Income in 2011 dollars) (Cont.)
Two-year	2007-2008			2008-2009			2009-2010			2010-2011
Moving Average	Number			Number			Number			Number
	of	Median		of	Median		of	Median		of	Median
Family Characteristics	Families	Income		Families	Income		Families	Income		Families	Income
ALL FAMILIES	2,188	$87,682		2,232	$85,199		2,218	$81,225		2,176	$80,163
RACE
White Family	1,672	$93,287		1,713	$91,158		1,712	$88,078		1,675	$84,921
Black Family	273	$47,928		283	$47,558		296	$49,267		296	$48,884
Hispanic Family	333	$51,584		345	$51,314		359	$53,337		372	$46,635
LABOR FORCE MEMBERS
Families with no Labor-
Force Member	269	$29,731		255	$31,191		252	$29,381		281	$31,997
Families with 1 Labor-
Force Member	675	$62,369		681	$64,334		660	$59,279		634	$57,311
Families with 2 Labor-
Force Members	945	$110,850		994	$103,880		995	$99,774		931	$101,367
Families with 3 or more
Labor-Force Members	296	$131,932		301	$128,310		311	$119,521		330	$112,998
DEMOGRAPHICS
Married-Couple Families	1,642	$104,382		1,654	$105,381		1,630	$102,302		1,577	$97,046
Married-Couple Families:
Spouse in Labor Force	1,150	$120,358		1,166	$120,944		1,155	$112,157		1,099	$107,641
Married-Couple Families:
Spouse not in Labor Force	489	$65,955		487	$70,218		475	$61,843		478	$58,151
Female-Householder
Families (Spouse Absent)	405	$38,536		402	$39,218		415	$39,356		431	$37,647
EDUCATION (HOUSEHOLDER
25 YEARS AND OVER)
Less than High School	218	$42,536		206	$42,002		190	$36,984		183	$31,829
High School Diploma	647	$61,261		663	$59,822		658	$57,166		626	$54,624
Some college/Asso. degree	434	$79,780		467	$77,696		501	$76,720		483	$76,614
College degree or higher	889	$127,566		897	$128,321		869	$129,953		883	$123,387
Note: The New Jersey income figures were inflated by the average of New York-metro and Philadelphia-metro
Consumer Price Indexes for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U).  The US figures were inflated by the national CPI-U.
Source: US Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS): March 2003 through 2012.
Prepared by : NJ Dept of Labor & Workforce Development, Div. of Labor Market & Demographic Research, 12/12.