Word: medians
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...Median household income...
WAGES: Flat ?The median income in the U.S. finally ticked upward in 2005 after declining for five years. That's good news, but only for the top 20% of earners--those making more than about $90,000 a year. Below that, everyone lost ground to inflation Median household income, in thousands...
...Household income might have increased, but individual earnings dropped again last year. A likely explanation is that more members of households are working to make ends meet. Men's earnings have been flat since the 1970s Men's median earnings...
...think Hank Johnson will cruise to a very easy win here," says Emory University political science professor Alan Abramowitz. The district is 57% black, and encompasses liberal DeKalb County, where Emory University is located. With a median family income of $52,552, it is one of the most affluent African-American counties in the nation. The district supported John Kerry in 2004 with 72% of its vote...
...mood isn't any brighter in San Diego, another overheated market. In June the city's median home price fell 1% from a year earlier. That's the first decline in a decade. "$579,000--Getting Desperate!" reads an ad posted on Craigslist in the metro area. "There are three times as many houses on the market as there were a year ago," says Vikki Kuick, a broker who placed...