Word: medians
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...survey of students in Social Science 125, "The American Economy: Conflict and Power," suggests that the median income of Harvard students' families is three times the national figure...
...median annual income of the students' fathers is $20,970 while the national median...
...part of the American situation today is so full of contradictions as that which concerns the Negro. In terms of statistics and cold facts, the gains of the eight Democratic years have been spectacular. Negro median family income is up 53%; the unemployment rate is down 34%. The gap between black income and white income has narrowed substantially. Slightly more than a quarter (27%) of all Negroes are below the poverty line, compared with 55% in 1960. A far greater percentage of Negroes are finishing high school and going to college. Today, a Negro college graduate often has a better...
...median income of a U.S. family of four has risen 54%, to $9,695. More than 75 million Americans are at work today in civilian jobs, and unemployment has dropped to a 15-year low of 3.3%. It is true that too many Americans remain ill-clad, ill-housed and ill-fed, but the U.S. has come close to achieving its goal of full employment...
...this might be that just not enough to get into the Harvard bracket. Considering that the underrepresented income groups outnumber the privileged (i.e., Harvard income) in the population by about 7 to 1 in absolute numbers, the total scoring above 650 could be at least the same. The median preppie family income was approximately $26,000: that of the pubbies, $17,00: the mean for preppies was $45,000; for pubbies, $32,000. The preppie median according to Loewen's survey is three and one-half times the national median and 56 per cent higher than the rest of Harvard...