Citations for Income By Zip Code List Vintage: Current

CUT AND PASTEABLE CITATIONS

2023 TIGER/Line Shapefiles (machine-readable data files) / prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau, 2023

United States Census Bureau. “B19001 HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2023 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS).” 2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 12 December 2024. <ftp.census.gov>.

United States Census Bureau. “B19013 MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2023 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS).” 2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 12 December 2024. <ftp.census.gov>.

United States Census Bureau. “B19049 MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2023 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) BY AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER.” 2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 12 December 2024. <ftp.census.gov>.

United States Census Bureau. “B19301 PER CAPITA INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2023 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS).” 2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 12 December 2024. <ftp.census.gov>.

United States Census Bureau. “DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS.” 2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 12 December 2024. <ftp.census.gov>.

HEADERS & DEFINITIONS

Geography

Median Household Income

In the past 12 months (in 2023 inflation-adjusted dollars)

Universe: Households

"Money income" is the income received on a regular basis (exclusive of certain money receipts such as capital gains and lump-sum payments) before payments for personal income taxes, social security, union dues, medicare deductions, etc. It includes income received from wages, salary, commissions, bonuses, and tips; self-employment income from own nonfarm or farm businesses, including proprietorships and partnerships; interest, dividends, net rental income, royalty income, or income from estates and trusts; Social Security or Railroad Retirement income; Supplemental Security Income (SSI); any cash public assistance or welfare payments from the state or local welfare office; retirement, survivor, or disability benefits; and any other sources of income received regularly such as Veterans' (VA) payments, unemployment and/or worker's compensation, child support, and alimony.

The median income divides the income distribution into two equal groups, one having incomes above the median, and other having incomes below the median.

Between 2018 and 2019 the American Community Survey retirement income question changed. These changes resulted in an increase in both the number of households reporting retirement income and higher aggregate retirement income at the national level. For more information see Changes to the Retirement Income Question.

Mean Income

In the past 12 months (in 2023 inflation-adjusted dollars)

Universe: Households

Mean income is the amount obtained by dividing the total income of a particular statistical universe by the number of units in that universe. Thus, mean household income is obtained by dividing total household income by the total number of households. For the various types of income, the means are based on households having those types of income. See the definition of income above.

Per Capita Income

In the past 12 months (in 2023 inflation-adjusted dollars)

Universe: Households

Per capita income is the mean income computed for every man, woman, and child in a particular group. It is derived by dividing the total income of a particular group by the total population. See the definition of income above.

High Income Households ($200K+)

Universe: Households

Percent of households with incomes of $200,000 or more

Median Household Income by Age of Householder

In the past 12 months (in 2023 inflation-adjusted dollars)

Universe: Households

A householder is "the person, or one of the people, in whose name the home is owned, being bought, or rented." See the definition of income above.

Household Income Distribution

In the past 12 months (in 2023 inflation-adjusted dollars)

Universe: Households

A household includes all the people who occupy a housing unit (such as a house or apartment) as their usual place of residence. A household includes the related family members and all the unrelated people, if any, such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employees who share the housing unit. A person living alone in a housing unit, or a group of unrelated people sharing a housing unit such as partners or roomers, is also counted as a household. See the definition of income above.

NOTES FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU

Although the American Community Survey (ACS) produces population, demographic and housing unit estimates, the decennial census is the official source of population totals for April 1st of each decennial year. In between censuses, the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program produces and disseminates the official estimates of the population for the nation, states, counties, cities, and towns and estimates of housing units and the group quarters population for states and counties.

Information about the American Community Survey (ACS) can be found on the ACS website. Supporting documentation including code lists, subject definitions, data accuracy, and statistical testing, and a full list of ACS tables and table shells (without estimates) can be found on the Technical Documentation section of the ACS website.

Sample size and data quality measures (including coverage rates, allocation rates, and response rates) can be found on the American Community Survey website in the Methodology section.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

ACS data generally reflect the geographic boundaries of legal and statistical areas as of January 1 of the estimate year. For more information, see Geography Boundaries by Year.

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see ACS Technical Documentation). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

Users must consider potential differences in geographic boundaries, questionnaire content or coding, or other methodological issues when comparing ACS data from different years. Statistically significant differences shown in ACS Comparison Profiles, or in data users' own analysis, may be the result of these differences and thus might not necessarily reflect changes to the social, economic, housing, or demographic characteristics being compared. For more information, see Comparing ACS Data.

Estimates of urban and rural populations, housing units, and characteristics reflect boundaries of urban areas defined based on 2020 Census data. As a result, data for urban and rural areas from the ACS do not necessarily reflect the results of ongoing urbanization.

Jam Values

Some data values represent unique situations where either the information to be conveyed is an explanation for the absence of data, represented by a symbol in the data display, such as (X), or the information to be conveyed is an open-ended distribution, such as 115 or greater, represented by 115+.

To facilitate sorting and/or import to a database application, Cubit shows all values that are not estimated due to availability, disclosure restrictions or sample size as -1.

Jam Values for Medians

The following is a listing of the jam values for medians. For example, if there is an estimate of “2499” for table B10010, then it does not indicate a dollar amount. It means that the median is somewhere below 2,500 and thus is not calculated.

Jam Value	Actual Meaning	Use for Medians
2499	2,500 or less	Income, Earnings
9999	10,000 or less	Value
250001	250,000 or more	Income, Earnings
2000001	2,000,000+	Value

Data Suppression: Blank Cells Indicate Missing Data

The Census Bureau identified data collection errors affecting Wyandanch CDP, Brentwood CDP, and Watchtower CDP, all located in New York. As a result, data for these geographies and their nested geographies (e.g. ZCTAs 11717 and 11798) have been suppressed. For more details about these errors and a complete list of impacted geographies, visit the Census Bureau's Errata page.

Additionally, the Census Bureau does not publish American Community Survey data for U.S. territories, including American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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