Definition: Estimated annual income at which half of families earn more and half of families earn less, by family type (e.g., among California families with children in 2019, half had incomes above $85,332 and half had incomes below $85,332).
Data Source: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey summary files and public use microdata (Oct. 2020).
Footnote: Data are adjusted for inflation based on Consumer Price Index retroactive series using current methods (all items) adjustment factors. Families with children are those with children by birth, marriage, or adoption. These estimates are based on a survey of the population and are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. The notation S refers to estimates that have been suppressed because the margin of error was greater than 15 percent. N/A means that data are not available.
