income in the Clinton years

[Doug Henwood]

There was a question about income growth during the Clinton years. 
Here are the Census figures by quintile and the top 5% - real income 
growth from 1992 to 1999.

                    all        white       black      Hispanic
poorest           14.9%       12.1%       26.5%       21.4%
2nd               13.2%       10.8%       34.9%       19.1%
middle            12.4%       11.2%       26.8%       14.3%
4th               13.8%       13.0%       23.3%       14.6%
top               25.2%       25.0%       28.1%       20.8%

top 5%            37.1%       38.0%       32.6%       30.1%

Doug