Title: Real Median Household Income in Pennsylvania Series ID: MEHOINUSPAA672N Source: U.S. Census Bureau Release: Income and Poverty in the United States Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Annual Units: 2022 CPI-U-RS Adjusted 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. Consumer Price Index research series using current methods (CPI-U-RS) presents an estimate of the CPI for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) that incorporates most of the improvements made over that time span into the entire series. More information can be found at https://www.bls.gov/cpi/research-series/home.htm. 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 51540 1985-01-01 56050 1986-01-01 57380 1987-01-01 59270 1988-01-01 60120 1989-01-01 61790 1990-01-01 59570 1991-01-01 60180 1992-01-01 57760 1993-01-01 58460 1994-01-01 59190 1995-01-01 62250 1996-01-01 61310 1997-01-01 64520 1998-01-01 66200 1999-01-01 62760 2000-01-01 67770 2001-01-01 68360 2002-01-01 65960 2003-01-01 65280 2004-01-01 65420 2005-01-01 66740 2006-01-01 67910 2007-01-01 66160 2008-01-01 67720 2009-01-01 63720 2010-01-01 63050 2011-01-01 63170 2012-01-01 64450 2013-01-01 67670 2014-01-01 66740 2015-01-01 73100 2016-01-01 73170 2017-01-01 72260 2018-01-01 74580 2019-01-01 80390 2020-01-01 79800 2021-01-01 78310 2022-01-01 72210