NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Real Median Household Income in Kentucky Series ID: MEHOINUSKYA672N 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 44790 1985-01-01 42530 1986-01-01 47900 1987-01-01 48200 1988-01-01 44760 1989-01-01 50150 1990-01-01 50900 1991-01-01 47100 1992-01-01 45390 1993-01-01 45980 1994-01-01 49090 1995-01-01 53750 1996-01-01 56940 1997-01-01 57530 1998-01-01 61510 1999-01-01 56080 2000-01-01 58270 2001-01-01 60400 2002-01-01 57060 2003-01-01 56160 2004-01-01 52820 2005-01-01 52900 2006-01-01 55310 2007-01-01 53890 2008-01-01 54210 2009-01-01 56440 2010-01-01 53640 2011-01-01 50440 2012-01-01 51020 2013-01-01 55060 2014-01-01 51750 2015-01-01 51310 2016-01-01 54440 2017-01-01 58570 2018-01-01 63060 2019-01-01 63400 2020-01-01 63980 2021-01-01 59980 2022-01-01 55880