Title: Real Median Household Income in Tennessee Series ID: MEHOINUSTNA672N Source: U.S. Census Bureau Release: Income and Poverty in the United States Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Annual Units: 2021 CPI-U-RS Adjusted Dollars Date Range: 1984-01-01 to 2021-01-01 Last Updated: 2022-09-13 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 41798 1985-01-01 42809 1986-01-01 43204 1987-01-01 48454 1988-01-01 46052 1989-01-01 47836 1990-01-01 45549 1991-01-01 47571 1992-01-01 46160 1993-01-01 46477 1994-01-01 51941 1995-01-01 51385 1996-01-01 53114 1997-01-01 51730 1998-01-01 56795 1999-01-01 59576 2000-01-01 53793 2001-01-01 54892 2002-01-01 55923 2003-01-01 55410 2004-01-01 54741 2005-01-01 54803 2006-01-01 54816 2007-01-01 53962 2008-01-01 50083 2009-01-01 51289 2010-01-01 48058 2011-01-01 51042 2012-01-01 50830 2013-01-01 50514 2014-01-01 50079 2015-01-01 54126 2016-01-01 57969 2017-01-01 61128 2018-01-01 60487 2019-01-01 60011 2020-01-01 57542 2021-01-01 62166