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Household income

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-000900

The sum of the income of all people 15 years and older living in the household. A household includes related family members and all the unrelated people, if any, such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employees who share the housing unit. A person living alone in a housing unit, or a group of unrelated people sharing a housing unit, is also counted as a household.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-000900
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
See alsoEarnings; Household; Householder; Income
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000900",
  "term": "Household income",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "The sum of the income of all people 15 years and older living in the household. A household includes related family members and all the unrelated people, if any, such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employees who share the housing unit. A person living alone in a housing unit, or a group of unrelated people sharing a housing unit, is also counted as a household.",
  "see_also": [
    "Earnings",
    "Household",
    "Householder",
    "Income"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/household-income/"
}

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