Median Household Income 1979-89

Below are the facts proving that after declining during the Carter years, median household income rebounded sharply during the Reagan years.

Once again comparing the proper years demonstrates that the Reagan economic expansion was indeed a "rising tide" that "lifted all boats".

Source: American Almanac, Page 445, table 696 (1993 ed.).

Median Household Income 1979-89 (constant 1990 dollars)
Year	Income
1979	$29,634
1980	$28,091
1981	$27,425
1982	$27,320
1983	$27,581
1984	$28,197
1985	$28,688
1986	$29,690
1987	$29,984
1988	$30,079
1989	$30,468

Current statistics available from the Census Bureau.

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