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What is average income per person in US in 2009?

Answer:
According to the latest US Census Bureau tables (2008, http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/cpstables/032009/rdcall/1_001.htm):

The median American income is

$50,303


(before taxes and excluding capital gains).

The mean (average) American income is

 

$68,424


due to extremely wealthy individuals in the upper quintile pulling the average up.


This information is for HOUSEHOLD income not INDIVIDUAL income. The individual income is a little more than half the household income. The link given above says this. The individual income for people over 18 is under 30k/yr.
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