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Provides context from postwar trends since 1947, detailed comparisons of wage-and-salary income over time, and distributional statistics by family income brackets. 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The all-family average was about 4% higher than 1959 despite reduced economic activity near the end of 1960.","Answer",{"name":116,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":117},"How did income for families headed by people aged 65 and over compare with the overall level in 1960?",{"text":118,"@type":114},"Families headed by persons 65 years and over had an average income of about $2,900, far below the all-family median of $5,600.",{"name":120,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":121},"How did family income distribution shift from 1959 to 1960?",{"text":122,"@type":114},"There was a net upward shift of about 1 million families from brackets below $7,000 to above $7,000 on the current-dollar scale. 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Since prices rose some-  \nt between 1959 and 1960,the gain in real purchasingpower of the median family in the United states,how-ever,was only about 2 percent.  \nThe postwar period has been characterized by asignificant rise in family incomes and the upwardtrend continued into 1960.  Since 1947,average totalfamily income in current dollars has increased from  \n83,000 to $5,600,or by 85 percent.However,consumerprices have risen substantially during the period sothat only about one-half of the increase in current-dollar incomes represented an increase in purchasingpower.  In terms of constant(1960)dollars,the me-dian family income increased from $4,000 in 1947 to  \n$5,600 in 1960,or by 40 percent.  This represented arate of growth that averaged about 2t percent per yearover this period.  \nFor the important wage and salary component offamily income,it is possible to extend the comparisonback to 1939,which was the first year for which dataon this subject were collected by the Bureau of theCensus.  As figure l indicates,the median real wageand salary income of primary families in the UnitedStates has doubled between 1939 and 1960,up from  \n2,700 to $5,400(with incomes in both years expressedin 1960 dollars).The rise over the 21-year period asa whole represented an average annual rate of growth  \nof approximately 3÷percent.  This was about 1 per-centage point more than the corresponding average ratefor the 13-year period since 1947,reflecting themarked upswing in economic activity and the introduc-tion of a full-employment economy that took place dur-ing the early 1940*s.  \nIn 1960,about 6million families (groups of twoor more related persons residing together)receivedmoney incomes of less than 2,000.  They comprised13 percent of the 452 million families in the Nation.  \nFigure 1.--MEDIAN WAGE OR SALARY INCOME OF PRIMARYFAMILIES IN CURRENT AND CONSTANT(1960)DOLLARS,FOR THE UNITED STATES:1939,1947,1950,AND 1960  \nApproximately 2 million of them were families in whichthe head was 65 years or over,about 1million werefamilies in which the head was a woman under 65,andanother 1 million were rural-farm families headed by aman under 65.  Together these three groups accountedfor about seven-tenths of the total number of familiesin the range under $2,000(derived from table D andrecords).  \nThe income range between $2,000 and $3,000 in-cluded 4 million families,or 9 percent of the total,and the broader range from $3,000 to $5,000 accountedfor another 9 million,or 20 percent.  Families withincomes between $5,000 and $7,000 numbered 11million,or 24 percent of the total.  About 15 million,orone-third of all families,received incomes of $7,000or more.  of these,approximately 9 million had in-comes between $7,000 and $10,000,and 6t million,or14 percent of all families,received $10,000 and over(table A,derived from table 1).  \nTable A.--NUMBER OF FAMILIES BY FAMILY INCOME,FOR THE UNITED STATES:1960  \n\n| Famlly income   | Mumber of  \u003Cbr>families   |\n| --- | --- |\n| Total………………         | 45,435,000  \u003Cbr>……   |\n| mder 1.000.……                       |  …  \u003Cbr>2,285,000   |\n| m    4    虹1.999.                     .   | 3,613,000   |\n| $2,000 to 2,999…  ……        |   …  \u003Cbr>3,970,000   |\n| 串3,000 to 3,999.         ……   | ……  \u003Cbr>4,456,000   |\n| 4,000 to4,","cbCaifaAqOfmUjWQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifaAqOfmUjWQ","pdf",3659181,54,"English","# Income of Families and Persons in the United States: 1960\n## National median family income and purchasing power\n## Long-run trends in family and wage incomes\n## Family income distribution and key brackets\n## Changes from 1959 to 1960","[{\"question\":\"What was the median family income in the United States in 1960?\",\"answer\":\"The average (median) income of families in 1960 was $5,600. The all-family average was about 4% higher than 1959 despite reduced economic activity near the end of 1960.\"},{\"question\":\"How did income for families headed by people aged 65 and over compare with the overall level in 1960?\",\"answer\":\"Families headed by persons 65 years and over had an average income of about $2,900, far below the all-family median of $5,600.\"},{\"question\":\"How did family income distribution shift from 1959 to 1960?\",\"answer\":\"There was a net upward shift of about 1 million families from brackets below $7,000 to above $7,000 on the current-dollar scale. Gains were generally concentrated among families with heads working year-round full-time.\"}]","INCOME OF FAMILIES AND PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES: 1960 | PDF",1789917506,136]