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.