$3,031
USD per year, nominal
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08All sources · source collection
Census Historical Income Table F-8: Families by Size and Median and Mean Income (All Races)
U.S. Census Bureau · 2025
Population measured
All US families by family size (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7+ persons), CPS money income
Source notes & limitations
Excel file (f08ar = All Races). The 4-person-family section is the primary source for the museum's family-of-four medians. Coverage window starts at 1947 — verify the 4-person column covers the full window. CORRECTION 2026-07-13: this source was registered with the f08a.xlsx URL, which is the ASIAN-families table (sections 'Asian Alone or in Combination'/'Asian Alone', 2002-2020 only); every transcribed value re-verified against the fetched f08ar.xlsx (All Families 2024 row 10: $105,800 median/$144,500 mean; 1950 row 86: $3,319 current/$35,290 in 2024$; Four People 2024 row 259: $139,900). Race variants: f08w (White), f08b (Black), f08h (Hispanic), f08wnh (White not Hispanic), f08a (Asian).
Where this source appears
36 records across 9 decades and countries. Documented gaps are included; a source cited for a gap does not establish a value.
36 of 36 records have a current source audit. A transcription check reads a declared numeric field from a pinned local source file; a calculation replay reads its operands and applies the declared method and rounding rule. A source audit does not independently validate the source or every claim in a record. The date is the last successful local audit; the build checks that its bindings still match.
US · 1940s
$3,292
USD per year, nominal
Transcription checked · 2026-09-0837,240,000
families
Transcription checked · 2026-09-083.64
persons per family
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08US · 1950s
$3,319
USD per year, nominal, money income before tax
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08$3,675
USD per year, nominal, money income before tax
Transcription checked · 2026-09-0839,930,000
families
Transcription checked · 2026-09-083.54
persons per family
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08$35,290
USD per year, real (C-CPI-U-RS adjusted, Census F-8 2024-dollar column)
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08US · 1960s
$5,620 (all families), $6,295 (4-person families)
USD per year, nominal
Transcription checked · 2026-09-0845,540,000
families
Transcription checked · 2026-09-083.7
persons per family
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08US · 1970s
$9,867
USD per year, nominal
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08$11,170
USD per year, nominal
Transcription checked · 2026-09-0852,230,000
families
Transcription checked · 2026-09-083.57
persons per family
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08US · 1980s
$21,020
USD per year, nominal
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08$24,330
USD per year, nominal
Transcription checked · 2026-09-0860,310,000
families
Transcription checked · 2026-09-083.27
persons per family
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08US · 1990s
$35,350
USD per year, nominal
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08$41,450
USD per year, nominal
Transcription checked · 2026-09-0866,320,000
families
Transcription checked · 2026-09-083.18
persons per family
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08US · 2000s
$50,730
USD per year, nominal
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08$62,670
USD per year, nominal
Transcription checked · 2026-09-0873,780,000
families
Transcription checked · 2026-09-083.14
persons per family
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08US · 2010s
$60,240
USD per year, nominal
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08$74,750
USD per year, nominal
Transcription checked · 2026-09-0879,560,000
families
Transcription checked · 2026-09-083.14
persons per family
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08US · 2020s
$105,800
USD per year, nominal, money income before tax
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08$139,900
USD per year, nominal, money income before tax
Transcription checked · 2026-09-0885,980,000
families
Transcription checked · 2026-09-083.15
persons per family
Transcription checked · 2026-09-08