Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Consumer Unit Characteristics: Number of Consumer Units by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Lowest 20 Percent (1st to 20th Percentile)

Title Consumer Unit Characteristics: Number of Consumer Units by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Lowest 20 Percent (1st to 20th Percentile)
Series ID CXUCONSUNITLB0102M
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 2023-01-01
Last Updated 2024-09-25 11:53 AM CDT
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 16190
1985-01-01 16199
1986-01-01 16884
1987-01-01 16187
1988-01-01 16243
1989-01-01 16558
1990-01-01 16653
1991-01-01 16757
1992-01-01 17241
1993-01-01 17124
1994-01-01 17149
1995-01-01 16662
1996-01-01 16491
1997-01-01 16975
1998-01-01 16782
1999-01-01 16307
2000-01-01 16268
2001-01-01 17715
2002-01-01 18456
2003-01-01 19455
2004-01-01 23223
2005-01-01 23441
2006-01-01 23738
2007-01-01 24008
2008-01-01 24122
2009-01-01 24165
2010-01-01 24210
2011-01-01 24435
2012-01-01 24927
2013-01-01 25090
2014-01-01 25364
2015-01-01 25672
2016-01-01 25884
2017-01-01 25981
2018-01-01 26333
2019-01-01 26367
2020-01-01 26295
2021-01-01 26642
2022-01-01 26860
2023-01-01 26719

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