The truth about the median household income

The aim of the information contained within this page is to destroy some of the myths surrounding what the median household income or what the middle class has been making for the last 25 years.

This information is derived from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P60-189, Income, Poverty, and Valuation of Noncash Benefits: 1994, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1996.