| Table 8. Median Household Income by Selected Household Characteristics | ||||||||||
| New Jersey and United States: 2001 to 2011 (in 2010 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 HOUSEHOLDS | $68,924 | $69,971 | $68,404 | $70,444 | $74,978 | $70,864 | $67,087 | $68,234 | $66,726 | $63,765 |
| RACE of HOUSEHOLDER | ||||||||||
| White | $72,756 | $73,273 | $71,828 | $75,392 | $80,119 | $76,340 | $72,868 | $72,981 | $71,051 | $67,937 |
| Black | $43,136 | $45,633 | $45,251 | $49,775 | $48,931 | $40,392 | $40,535 | $40,992 | $37,290 | $36,336 |
| Hispanic origin | $49,932 | $50,979 | $45,515 | $47,310 | $51,773 | $51,863 | $48,899 | $50,286 | $51,810 | $45,034 |
| SEX of HOUSEHOLDER | ||||||||||
| Male Householders | $80,889 | $82,545 | $80,646 | $82,341 | $87,311 | $84,708 | $82,790 | $81,858 | $79,086 | $79,835 |
| Female Householders | $54,081 | $55,421 | $55,580 | $58,740 | $62,187 | $56,469 | $52,332 | $54,011 | $52,454 | $48,342 |
| TENURE | ||||||||||
| Owner | $88,280 | $89,018 | $88,118 | $91,148 | $96,357 | $92,861 | $88,728 | $87,095 | $84,650 | $85,413 |
| Renter | $41,786 | $42,519 | $38,931 | $40,073 | $44,139 | $42,662 | $41,663 | $42,753 | $41,419 | $38,302 |
| United States | ||||||||||
| ALL HOUSEHOLDS | $53,362 | $53,007 | $52,929 | $53,126 | $53,608 | $54,211 | $53,605 | $52,468 | $51,642 | $50,518 |
| RACE of HOUSEHOLDER | ||||||||||
| White | $56,528 | $56,116 | $55,738 | $55,811 | $56,285 | $56,619 | $55,695 | $54,610 | $53,969 | $52,834 |
| Black | $36,808 | $36,205 | $36,018 | $35,658 | $35,571 | $36,213 | $36,248 | $34,943 | $33,614 | $32,643 |
| Hispanic origin | $43,109 | $40,863 | $40,575 | $41,070 | $41,759 | $42,064 | $40,805 | $39,754 | $39,403 | $38,762 |
| SEX of HOUSEHOLDER | ||||||||||
| Male Householders | $63,656 | $62,797 | $62,138 | $61,965 | $62,326 | $63,223 | $62,791 | $61,017 | $59,777 | $58,600 |
| Female Householders | $43,295 | $43,695 | $43,612 | $43,681 | $44,306 | $44,785 | $44,158 | $43,436 | $42,874 | $41,980 |
| TENURE | ||||||||||
| Owner | $65,479 | $65,458 | $65,490 | $65,564 | $66,377 | $66,975 | $66,014 | $64,890 | $64,165 | $63,029 |
| Renter | $35,256 | $33,981 | $33,184 | $32,976 | $33,542 | $34,172 | $33,658 | $32,948 | $32,271 | $31,663 |
| 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. | ||||||||||