Table 7. Median Family Income by Selected Family Characteristics
                 New Jersey and United States: 2001 to 2011 (in 2011 dollars)
Two-year Moving Average 2001-02   2002-03  2003-04  2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
New Jersey
ALL FAMILIES $85,282 $86,832 $86,941 $89,092 $91,503 $89,154 $87,682 $85,199 $81,225 $80,163
RACE of HOUSEHOLDER
  White $89,372 $90,632 $91,624 $94,238 $95,513 $93,959 $93,287 $91,158 $88,078 $84,921
  Black $54,342 $53,221 $53,222 $56,871 $54,977 $50,162 $47,928 $48,872 $49,267 $48,884
  Hispanic origin $52,943 $55,388 $48,401 $47,362 $50,174 $53,081 $51,584 $51,314 $53,337 $46,635
TYPE OF FAMILY
  Married Couple Family $97,661 $99,969 $101,500 $102,684 $104,488 $104,250 $104,382 $105,381 $102,302 $97,046
    Spouse in Labor Force $118,752 $116,606 $115,594 $115,811 $118,665 $120,423 $120,358 $120,944 $112,157 $107,641
    Spouse not in Labor Force $58,358 $59,811 $62,626 $64,437 $64,270 $61,340 $65,955 $70,218 $61,843 $58,151
  Female Householder Family
    (no husband) $43,893 $46,397 $47,921 $47,443 $44,428 $40,838 $38,536 $39,218 $39,356 $37,647
United States
ALL FAMILIES $65,042 $64,592 $64,509 $64,671 $65,064 $65,971 $65,506 $63,727 $62,700 $61,637
RACE of HOUSEHOLDER
  White $68,635 $68,343 $67,984 $68,095 $68,504 $69,265 $69,018 $66,858 $65,435 $64,618
  Black $42,349 $42,002 $41,947 $41,358 $41,794 $43,149 $42,603 $40,985 $40,028 $40,112
  Hispanic origin $43,288 $42,348 $42,065 $42,925 $44,160 $44,328 $43,143 $41,999 $41,267 $40,444
TYPE OF FAMILY
  Married Couple Family $76,692 $76,433 $76,150 $76,003 $76,862 $78,367 $77,580 $75,691 $74,979 $74,243
    Spouse in Labor Force $89,826 $90,316 $90,166 $89,338 $89,891 $91,691 $90,858 $89,106 $88,939 $87,997
    Spouse not in Labor Force $47,288 $46,964 $47,245 $47,732 $48,209 $48,190 $48,180 $47,721 $47,622 $47,823
  Female Householder Family
    (No Spouse) $32,901 $32,780 $32,319 $31,777 $31,831 $32,581 $32,219 $31,426 $30,739 $30,224
                   
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 2002 through 2012.
Prepared by : NJ Dept of Labor & Workforce Dev., Div. of Labor Market & Demographic Research, 12/12.