Table 7. Median Family Income by Selected Family Characteristics
                 New Jersey and United States: 1999 to 2006 (in 2006 dollars)
Two-year Moving Average 1999-00   2000-01   2001-02   2002-03  2003-04  2004-05 2005-06
New Jersey
ALL FAMILIES $76,462 $75,923 $76,652 $78,046 $78,144 $80,077 $82,244
RACE of HOUSEHOLDER
  White $81,543 $80,753 $80,328 $81,461 $82,352 $84,702 $85,848
  Black $55,237 $49,447 $48,843 $47,835 $47,836 $51,116 $49,414
  Hispanic origin $47,017 $41,700 $47,585 $49,783 $43,503 $42,569 $45,097
TYPE OF FAMILY
  Married Couple Family $89,071 $88,097 $87,779 $89,853 $91,229 $92,293 $93,914
    Spouse in Labor Force $100,859 $103,761 $106,735 $104,806 $103,897 $104,092 $106,657
    Spouse not in Labor Force $59,105 $56,944 $52,453 $53,759 $56,288 $57,917 $57,767
  Female Householder Family
    (No Spouse) $39,039 $38,062 $39,452 $41,702 $43,072 $42,642 $39,932
United States
ALL FAMILIES $59,513 $59,163 $58,294 $57,890 $57,816 $57,961 $58,313
RACE of HOUSEHOLDER
  White $62,287 $62,119 $61,514 $61,252 $60,931 $61,030 $61,397
  Black $39,288 $39,186 $37,955 $37,644 $37,594 $37,067 $37,457
  Hispanic origin $39,678 $40,158 $38,797 $37,954 $37,700 $38,472 $39,578
TYPE OF FAMILY
  Married Couple Family $69,126 $69,176 $68,735 $68,503 $68,249 $68,117 $68,887
    Spouse in Labor Force $80,174 $80,467 $80,506 $80,945 $80,811 $80,069 $80,564
    Spouse not in Labor Force $44,334 $43,366 $42,382 $42,091 $42,343 $42,779 $43,207
  Female Householder Family
    (No Spouse) $29,472 $29,770 $29,487 $29,379 $28,966 $28,480 $28,529
               
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.
Source: US Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS): March 2000 through 2007.
Prepared by : NJ Dept of Labor & Workforce Dev., Div. of Labor Market & Demographic Research, 11/07.