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The median household income is commonly used to provide data about geographic areas and divides households into two equal segments with the first half of households earning less than the median household income and the other half earning more.<ref name="US Government, the different between mean and median">US Government, the different between mean and median. Retrieved on 2006-06-29.</ref> The median income is considered by many statisticians to be a better indicator than the average household income as it is not dramatically affected by unusually high or low values."<ref name="US Census Bureau on the nature the median in determining wealth">US Census Bureau on the nature the median in determining wealth. Retrieved on 2006-06-29.</ref>

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Demographics of the United States • Demographic history Economic - Social Educational attainment • Household income • Homeownership • Immigration • Income quintiles • Language • Middle classes • poverty • Religion • Social structure • Unemployment by state • Wealth Race - Ethnicity - Ancestry Race • Ethnicity on the US Census • Maps of American ancestries • 2000 Census • Race on the US Census • Racism Asian Americans • African Americans • Mexican Americans • Native Americans • Pacific Islander American White Americans • Caucasian Americans • European Americans • Middle Eastern Americans

• Household income in the United States
• Income quintiles
• Poverty in the United States
• Income distribution
• Median

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• Mean and Medium "All Family" Income 1947 to 2001, in Current and Constant 2002 Dollars (Census Bureau Data)
• "Median Income Statistics"