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Consumer Unit Characteristics: Number of People in CU by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Highest 20 Percent (81st to 100th Percentile) (CXU980010LB0106M)

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2024: 3.2
Updated: Dec 19, 2025 2:05 PM CST
2024:  3.2  
2023:  3.2  
2022:  3.2  
2021:  3.2  
2020:  3.2  

Units:

Number,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Annual

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Title Release Dates
Consumer Unit Characteristics: Number of People in CU by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Highest 20 Percent (81st to 100th Percentile) 2020-09-09 2025-12-19
 
Source    
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2020-09-09 2025-12-19
 
Release    
Consumer Expenditure Surveys 2020-09-09 2025-12-19
 
Units    
Number 2020-09-09 2025-12-19
 
Frequency    
Annual 2020-09-09 2025-12-19
 
Seasonal Adjustment    
Not Seasonally Adjusted 2020-09-09 2025-12-19
 
Notes    
For each time period represented in the tables, complete income reporters are ranked in ascending order, according to the level of total before-tax income reported by the consumer unit. The ranking is then divided into five equal groups. Incomplete income reporters are not ranked and are shown separately.

A consumer unit comprises either: (1) all members of a particular household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a household with others or living as a roomer in a private home or lodging house or in permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel, but who is financially independent; or (3) two or more persons living together who use their income to make joint expenditure decisions. Financial independence is determined by the three major expense categories: Housing, food, and other living expenses. To be considered financially independent, at least two of the three major expense categories have to be provided entirely, or in part, by the respondent.

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2020-09-09 2025-12-19

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