Table 14. Median Family Income by Selected Family Characteristics:New Jersey, 1998 to 2006
(Family Totals in Thousands)  (Income in 2006 dollars)
Two-year	1998-1999			1999-2000			2000-2001			2001-2002
Moving Average	Number			Number			Number			Number
	of	Median		of	Median		of	Median		of	Median
Family Characteristics	Families	Income		Families	Income		Families	Income		Families	Income
ALL FAMILIES	2,064	$75,759		2,089	$76,462		2,217	$75,923		2,292	$76,652
RACE
White Family	1,680	$80,027		1,666	$81,543		1,776	$80,753		1,840	$80,328
Black Family	292	$52,320		301	$55,237		289	$49,447		281	$48,843
Hispanic Family	231	$49,981		220	$47,017		235	$41,700		260	$47,585
LABOR FORCE MEMBERS
Families with no Labor-
Force Member	268	$31,700		287	$33,431		332	$33,554		347	$30,613
Families with 1 Labor-
Force Member	603	$57,791		632	$62,528		657	$61,239		647	$60,455
Families with 2 Labor-
Force Members	884	$92,478		884	$94,029		961	$95,363		1,026	$97,634
Families with 3 or more
Labor-Force Members	308	$108,457		287	$105,947		266	$111,564		272	$115,875
DEMOGRAPHICS
Married-Couple Families	1,597	$86,990		1,620	$89,071		1,732	$88,097		1,777	$87,779
Married-Couple Families:
Spouse in Labor Force	1,059	$100,903		1,064	$100,859		1,120	$103,761		1,190	$106,735
Married-Couple Families:
Spouse not in Labor Force	538	$56,155		554	$59,105		611	$56,944		588	$52,453
Female-Householder
Families (Spouse Absent)	351	$37,937		345	$39,039		359	$38,062		397	$39,452
EDUCATION (HOUSEHOLDER
25 YEARS AND OVER)
Less than 4 years
of High School	230	$35,761		240	$36,340		277	$35,407		293	$34,645
4 Years of High School	677	$61,200		656	$62,420		687	$61,564		726	$62,033
1 to 3 Years of College	492	$75,322		511	$76,467		502	$83,928		471	$84,103
At Least 4 Years of
College	666	$120,670		683	$117,627		750	$115,372		803	$115,030
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Table 14.Median Family Income by Selected Family Characteristics: New Jersey, 1998 to 2006
(Family Totals in Thousands)  (Income in 2006 dollars) (Cont.)
Two-year	2002-2003			2003-2004			2004-2005			2005-2006
Moving Average	Number			Number			Number			Number
	of	Median		of	Median		of	Median		of	Median
Family Characteristics	Families	Income		Families	Income		Families	Income		Families	Income
ALL FAMILIES	2,259	$78,046		2,243	$78,144		2,268	$80,077		2,296	$82,244
RACE
White Family	1,791	$81,461		1,782	$82,352		1,809	$84,702		1,798	$85,848
Black Family	289	$48,843		286	$47,836		289	$51,116		293	$49,414
Hispanic Family	271	$49,783		275	$43,503		319	$42,569		351	$45,097
LABOR FORCE MEMBERS
Families with no Labor-
Force Member	300	$27,031		274	$27,331		280	$29,387		267	$29,534
Families with 1 Labor-
Force Member	670	$60,244		701	$59,388		678	$61,509		688	$60,472
Families with 2 Labor-
Force Members	1,014	$98,093		971	$100,249		979	$99,351		1,011	$98,767
Families with 3 or more
Labor-Force Members	276	$113,366		297	$109,859		332	$106,843		330	$110,439
DEMOGRAPHICS
Married-Couple Families	1,727	$89,853		1,727	$91,229		1,739	$92,293		1,745	$93,914
Married-Couple Families:
Spouse in Labor Force	1,190	$104,806		1,172	$103,897		1,202	$104,092		1,240	$106,657
Married-Couple Families:
Spouse not in Labor Force	537	$53,759		555	$56,288		537	$57,917		505	$57,767
Female-Householder
Families (Spouse Absent)	403	$41,702		370	$43,072		381	$42,642		412	$39,932
EDUCATION (HOUSEHOLDER
25 YEARS AND OVER)
Less than 4 years
of High School	269	$33,410		252	$31,637		267	$34,361		269	$36,656
4 Years of High School	732	$63,255		704	$61,762		662	$61,659		650	$64,234
1 to 3 Years of College	458	$76,168		458	$74,318		479	$74,295		486	$74,913
At Least 4 Years of
College	800	$113,637		829	$110,817		860	$117,722		892	$124,540
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.
Prepared by : NJ Dept of Labor & Workforce Development,
Div. of Labor Market & Demographic Research, 11/07.