Title:               Median Household Income in Alabama
Series ID:           MEHOINUSALA646N
Source:              U.S. Census Bureau
Release:             Income and Poverty in the United States
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Annual
Units:               Current Dollars
Date Range:          1984-01-01 to 2022-01-01
Last Updated:        2023-09-12 1:48 PM CDT
Notes:               Household data are collected as of March.
                     
                     As stated in the Census's "Source and Accuracy of Estimates for
                     Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States:
                     2011" (http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/p60_243sa.pdf):
                     
                     Estimation of Median Incomes. The Census Bureau has changed the
                     methodology for computing median income over time. The Census Bureau
                     has computed medians using either Pareto interpolation or linear
                     interpolation. Currently, we are using linear interpolation to
                     estimate all medians. Pareto interpolation assumes a decreasing
                     density of population within an income interval, whereas linear
                     interpolation assumes a constant density of population within an
                     income interval. The Census Bureau calculated estimates of median
                     income and associated standard errors for 1979 through 1987 using
                     Pareto interpolation if the estimate was larger than $20,000 for
                     people or $40,000 for families and households. This is because the
                     width of the income interval containing the estimate is greater than
                     $2,500.
                     
                     We calculated estimates of median income and associated standard
                     errors for 1976, 1977, and 1978 using Pareto interpolation if the
                     estimate was larger than $12,000 for people or $18,000 for families
                     and households. This is because the width of the income interval
                     containing the estimate is greater than $1,000. All other estimates of
                     median income and associated standard errors for 1976 through 2011
                     (2012 ASEC) and almost all of the estimates of median income and
                     associated standard errors for 1975 and earlier were calculated using
                     linear interpolation.
                     
                     Thus, use caution when comparing median incomes above $12,000 for
                     people or $18,000 for families and households for different years.
                     Median incomes below those levels are more comparable from year to
                     year since they have always been calculated using linear
                     interpolation. For an indication of the comparability of medians
                     calculated using Pareto interpolation with medians calculated using
                     linear interpolation, see Series P-60, Number 114, Money Income in
                     1976 of Families and Persons in the United States
                     (www2.census.gov/prod2/popscan/p60-114.pdf).

DATE        VALUE
1984-01-01  17310
1985-01-01  18330
1986-01-01  19130
1987-01-01  19730
1988-01-01  19950
1989-01-01  21280
1990-01-01  23360
1991-01-01  24350
1992-01-01  25810
1993-01-01  25080
1994-01-01  27200
1995-01-01  25990
1996-01-01  30300
1997-01-01  31940
1998-01-01  36270
1999-01-01  36250
2000-01-01  35420
2001-01-01  35160
2002-01-01  37600
2003-01-01  37260
2004-01-01  36630
2005-01-01  37150
2006-01-01  37950
2007-01-01  42210
2008-01-01  44480
2009-01-01  39980
2010-01-01  40930
2011-01-01  42590
2012-01-01  43460
2013-01-01  47320
2014-01-01  42280
2015-01-01  44510
2016-01-01  47220
2017-01-01  50870
2018-01-01  49940
2019-01-01  56200
2020-01-01  54690
2021-01-01  56930
2022-01-01  59910