Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Consumer Unit Characteristics: Number of Consumer Units by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Third 20 Percent (41st to 60th Percentile)

Title Consumer Unit Characteristics: Number of Consumer Units by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Third 20 Percent (41st to 60th Percentile)
Series ID CXUCONSUNITLB0104M
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Consumer Expenditure Surveys
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Thousands
Date Range 1984-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-12-19 2:01 PM CST
Notes For each time period represented in the tables, complete income reporters are ranked in ascending order, according to the level of total before-tax income reported by the consumer unit. The ranking is then divided into five equal groups. Incomplete income reporters are not ranked and are shown separately.

A consumer unit comprises either: (1) all members of a particular household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a household with others or living as a roomer in a private home or lodging house or in permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel, but who is financially independent; or (3) two or more persons living together who use their income to make joint expenditure decisions. Financial independence is determined by the three major expense categories: Housing, food, and other living expenses. To be considered financially independent, at least two of the three major expense categories have to be provided entirely, or in part, by the respondent.

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DATE VALUE
1984-01-01 16220
1985-01-01 16232
1986-01-01 16913
1987-01-01 16215
1988-01-01 16276
1989-01-01 16592
1990-01-01 16670
1991-01-01 16833
1992-01-01 17283
1993-01-01 17158
1994-01-01 17188
1995-01-01 16689
1996-01-01 16520
1997-01-01 16998
1998-01-01 16820
1999-01-01 16332
2000-01-01 16290
2001-01-01 17744
2002-01-01 18474
2003-01-01 19472
2004-01-01 23252
2005-01-01 23448
2006-01-01 23765
2007-01-01 24033
2008-01-01 24172
2009-01-01 24212
2010-01-01 24175
2011-01-01 24473
2012-01-01 24848
2013-01-01 25082
2014-01-01 25499
2015-01-01 25700
2016-01-01 25905
2017-01-01 26012
2018-01-01 26196
2019-01-01 26578
2020-01-01 26330
2021-01-01 26626
2022-01-01 26698
2023-01-01 27027
2024-01-01 26959

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