| 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. | ||||||||||