Title: Real Median Household Income in Virginia Series ID: MEHOINUSVAA672N 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 66064 1985-01-01 68456 1986-01-01 70322 1987-01-01 68626 1988-01-01 72089 1989-01-01 72180 1990-01-01 70713 1991-01-01 70301 1992-01-01 72507 1993-01-01 67456 1994-01-01 68278 1995-01-01 64148 1996-01-01 67640 1997-01-01 72534 1998-01-01 72226 1999-01-01 74536 2000-01-01 74409 2001-01-01 77071 2002-01-01 74954 2003-01-01 80897 2004-01-01 73532 2005-01-01 72198 2006-01-01 76943 2007-01-01 77496 2008-01-01 78192 2009-01-01 76586 2010-01-01 75176 2011-01-01 75594 2012-01-01 76409 2013-01-01 76779 2014-01-01 75785 2015-01-01 70315 2016-01-01 75025 2017-01-01 78265 2018-01-01 83243 2019-01-01 86172 2020-01-01 86053 2021-01-01 80268