Most Recent Sentier Release May 28, 2013
This report contains our latest estimates of household income for April 2013 as well as our time series, the Household Income Index(HII) covering January 2000 to April 2013. Download Report
You may purchase an excel spreadsheet containing the household income trend data including median household income by month, the Household Income Index(HII) for January 2000 to April 2013, and three charts showing the HII and selected measures of unemployment below. Price $25.00
Changes in Household Income During the Economic Recovery: June 2009 to June 2012 (27 pages as pdf) $25.00
This report provides an analysis of changes in household income during the recession and the post-recessionary period from June 2009 to June 2012. Included in the report are estimates of median household income across selected demographic, social, and economic characteristics. The report also provides a discussion of our Household Income Index(HII) covering the period from April 2000 to June 2012.
Who's Got the Money and Where It's Located (126 pages as .pdf) $50.00
This report examines shares of household income by focusing on which combinations of demographics, work effort, and level of education generate the largest amounts of income. It emphasizes the interplay between number of households, mean household income, and share of income and how these vary by presence of children, marital status of the household head, and age, work effort, and education of the head and spouse. In addition, the report presents estimates for a broad array of household characteristics including home ownership, presence of mortgages, numbers of children, changes in residence (movers), median and mean incomes, etc. for a selected group of 300 metropolitan areas and 375 counties.
Trends in Household Income: May 2012 Released June 28, 2012 (10 pages as .pdf) No Charge
This report contains our latest estimates of household income for May 2012 as well as our time series, the Household Income Index(HII) covering April 2000 to May 2012. Download Report
Trends in Household Income: April 2012 Released June 5, 2012 (10 pages as .pdf) No Charge
This report contains our latest estimates of household income for April 2012 as well as our time series, the Household Income Index(HII) covering April 2000 to April 2012. Download Report
Trends in Household Income: April 2012 Released April 30, 2012 (10 pages as .pdf) No Charge
This report contains our latest estimates of household income for April 2011 as well as our time series, the Household Income Index(HII) covering April 2000 to April 2012. Download Report
Recent Sentier Reports and Data for Purchase
Changes in Household Income for Regions,Divisions,States and Metropolitan Areas: 2007 to 2010 (42 pages as .pdf) $25.00
This report is based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS). Using two data files from the ACS, each based on 3.5 million interviewed households, we compare the level of household income for the three-year time period before the recent recession (2005-2007) with the three-year time period during and after the recession (2008-2010). The comparisons are made for the four regions, the nine divisions, the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and 297 individual metropolitan areas. It includes number of households, median household income, and the income levels defining the top 1-percent.
Excel Spreadsheet File for Regions, Divisions, and States: 2007 to 2010 (as .xls) $25.00
A spreadsheet showing number of households, mean and median household incomes, detailed household income distributions, and income levels defining the top 1-percent for the four Census regions, nine Census Divisions, and all States and the District of Columbia for 2007 and 2010. These data are based on the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 3-year estimation files for 2005-2007 and 2008-2010. The sample size for each file is approximately 3.5 million households.
Excel Spreadsheet File for 297 Metropolitan Areas: 2007 to 2010 (as .xls) $25.00
A spreadsheet showing number of households, mean and median household incomes, detailed household income distributions, and income levels defining the top 1-percent for 297 metropolitan areas for 2007 and 2010. These data are based on the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 3-year estimation files for 2005-2007 and 2008-2010. The sample size for each file is approximately 3.5 million households.
Household Income Trends During the Recession and Economic Recovery (23 pages as .pdf) $20.00
This report provides an analysis of changes in household income during the recession and contrasts those with changes during the recovery. This examination includes statistics by selected household demographic, social, and economic characteristics. The report also introduces a new household income index(HII) covering the period from April 2000 to June 2011.
Free Reports and Data
Trends in Household Income: April 2012 Released April 1, 2012 (11 pages as .pdf) No Charge
This report contains our latest estimates of household income for April 2011 as well as our time series, the Household Income Index(HII) covering April 2000 to April 2012. Download Report
Effects of Reductions in the Social Security Payroll Tax Rate for 2011 and 2012 (11 pages as .pdf) No charge.
Sentier Research has prepared a bulletin containing a brief analysis of the effects of the current and proposed Social Security tax rate reductions. The bulletin contains estimates of the level of savings acheived by households under the current reduction in place (4.2 percent from 6.2 percent) and the proposed further reduction to 3.1 percent. It includes estimates of payments and saving by household income deciles and by selected household characteristics. Download here