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Mean income

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-001145

Mean income is the amount obtained by dividing the total income of a particular statistical universe by the number of units in that universe. Thus, mean household income is obtained by dividing total household income by the total number of households. For the various types of income, the means are based on households having those types of income.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-001145
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
See alsoIncome
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001145",
  "term": "Mean income",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Mean income is the amount obtained by dividing the total income of a particular statistical universe by the number of units in that universe. Thus, mean household income is obtained by dividing total household income by the total number of households. For the various types of income, the means are based on households having those types of income.",
  "see_also": [
    "Income"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/mean-income/"
}

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