Table A1

Sample Reference Group Medians and Fraction Under Median For Largest Metropolitan Areas (2000 dollars)

Native Non-Hispanic White Men
	1980 <High School	2000 <High School	1980 College Graduate+	2000 College Graduate+
Reference Group Median Incomes
Metropolitan Area
Boston	34,895	30,644	55,901	67,722
Chicago	46,523	36,670	61,093	69,459
Dallas	36,116	29,632	58,372	68,539
Detroit	47,000	35,751	66,890	71,502
Houston	43,035	32,686	65,128	73,544
Los Angeles	41,872	33,708	64,674	73,544
New York	39,547	36,772	63,674	77,222
Philadelphia	38,140	32,686	59,326	67,416
San Francisco	44,756	36,129	62,820	81,716
Washington	39,547	32,686	71,186	78,652
Fraction Under Reference Group Median
Metropolitan Area
Boston	0.74	0.69	0.78	0.75
Chicago	0.71	0.78	0.76	0.74
Dallas	0.69	0.72	0.75	0.76
Detroit	0.76	0.74	0.78	0.77
Houston	0.65	0.76	0.75	0.79
Los Angeles	0.73	0.77	0.80	0.78
New York	0.76	0.80	0.79	0.75
Philadelphia	0.76	0.76	0.80	0.78
San Francisco	0.80	0.75	0.80	0.73
Washington	0.74	0.72	0.84	0.82
Native Non-Hispanic Black Men
	1980 <High School	2000 <High School	1980 College Graduate+	2000 College Graduate+
Reference Group Median Incomes
Metropolitan Area
Boston	27,919	26,558	46,523	56,180
Chicago	32,663	30,031	46,674	49,847
Dallas	24,198	23,493	40,721	46,987
Detroit	40,000	26,558	54,116	54,137
Houston	28,547	24,515	46,523	48,012
Los Angeles	30,244	25,536	47,895	55,577
New York	27,919	27,579	46,081	51,073
Philadelphia	30,244	24,515	46,523	45,965
San Francisco	34,895	28,601	49,000	61,287
Washington	30,244	27,579	53,500	59,244
Fraction Under Reference Group Median
Metropolitan Area
Boston	0.71	0.79	0.71	0.70
Chicago	0.80	0.92	0.70	0.70
Dallas	0.71	0.82	0.68	0.66
Detroit	0.82	0.91	0.71	0.72
Houston	0.68	0.82	0.64	0.75
Los Angeles	0.86	0.91	0.72	0.75
New York	0.80	0.86	0.78	0.70
Philadelphia	0.82	0.88	0.73	0.69
San Francisco	0.87	0.90	0.76	0.71
Washington	0.73	0.80	0.76	0.79
Native Hispanic Men
1980 <High School	2000 <High School	1980 College Graduate+	2000 College Graduate+
Reference Group Median Incomes
Metropolitan Area
Boston	21,628	24,515	39,791	48,315
Chicago	37,221	24,515	49,151	48,008
Dallas	27,826	21,450	48,279	51,073
Detroit	42,715	27,579	54,581	56,282
Houston	30,244	23,493	51,616	51,073
Los Angeles	32,570	22,472	48,884	52,094
New York	24,430	23,493	46,523	51,073
Philadelphia	25,651	23,493	52,047	51,073
San Francisco	39,942	26,558	49,791	61,287
Washington	38,523	24,515	60,477	64,351
Fraction Under Reference Group Median
Metropolitan Area
Boston	0.61	0.66	0.58	0.57
Chicago	0.64	0.68	0.68	0.64
Dallas	0.58	0.62	0.70	0.70
Detroit	0.72	0.75	0.73	0.75
Houston	0.56	0.62	0.69	0.70
Los Angeles	0.71	0.70	0.76	0.74
New York	0.73	0.74	0.68	0.66
Philadelphia	0.63	0.79	0.81	0.75
San Francisco	0.78	0.74	0.77	0.67
Washington	1.00	0.72	0.75	0.73

Notes: There are multiple areas with the same median in each year because reported incomes tend to clump at $1,000 intervals in the raw data. <High school Refers to less than high school; College graduate + refers to four-year college graduate or more.