[lbo-talk] Median income higher than in 1985

Wojtek Sokolowski swsokolowski at yahoo.com
Sat Oct 21 18:42:57 PDT 2006


"As the U.S. population crossed the 300 million mark sometime around 7:46 a.m. Tuesday (according to the U.S. Census Bureau), the typical family is doing a whole lot better than their grandparents were in 1967, the year the population first surpassed 200 million.

Mr. and Mrs. Median's $46,326 in annual income is 32% more than their mid-'60s counterparts, even when adjusted for inflation, and 13% more than those at the median in the economic boom year of 1985. And thanks to ballooning real estate values, average household net worth has increased even faster. The typical American household has a net worth of $465,970, up 83% from 1965, 60% from 1985 and 35% from 1995. "

more at

http://biz.yahoo.com/weekend/avg_1.html

Any comments? Doug?

Wojtek

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