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Distribution of household income in the United States of America from 1967 through 2003. Numbers are normalized to 2003 United States dollars. The data source is DeNavas-Walt, Carmen; Bernadette D. Proctor, Robert J. Mills (08 2004). "Table A-3: Selected Measures of Household Income Dispersion: 1967 to 2003" (in English) (PDF). Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2003. U.S. Census Bureau. pp. 36-37. http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p60-226.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-16. 

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The data file entitled "income-distribution-data" is as follows:

 # Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2003 # Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor, Robert J. Mills # August 2004 # U.S. Census Bureau # U.S. Department of Commerce # Table A-3: Selected Measures of Household Income Dispersion: 1967 to 2003 # pages 36-37  # Household Income at Selected Percentiles  #                      Percentile					 #                      (median) #Year	10th	20th	50th	80th	90th	95th 1967	7790	14002	33338	55265	70443	88678 1968	8472	14912	34746	56937	71799	89076 1969	8600	15369	36074	59772	76117	93743 1970	8435	15126	35832	60148	76719	95090 1971	8446	14927	35463	59708	76599	94818 1972	9009	15434	36953	62878	80793	101215 1973	9314	15844	37700	64500	82360	102243 1974	9401	16064	36537	63477	81577	101433 1975	9125	15143	35559	61765	78652	98484 1976	9168	15615	36155	63247	80701	100839 1977	9259	15573	36359	64564	81742	104377 1978	9745	16398	38693	67874	87110	109348 1979	9589	16457	38649	68318	88588	111445 1980	9515	15977	37447	67028	86692	108894 1981	9280	15772	36868	66878	86401	108822 1982	9216	15548	36811	66920	87717	111516 1983	9167	15769	36593	68154	88712	113187 1984	9542	16175	37767	70092	92299	117253 1985	9583	16306	38510	71433	93483	119459 1986	9526	16586	39868	73853	97043	125264 1987	9452	16724	40357	74893	98333	125321 1988	9817	17006	40678	75593	101339	127958 1989	10315	17329	41411	76946	103865	131443 1990	9965	17059	40865	75341	101857	129307 1991	9776	16580	39679	74759	100833	126969 1992	9655	16190	39364	74533	101023	127230 1993	9635	16256	39165	75594	103010	131178 1994	9914	16484	39613	77154	104890	134835 1995	10501	17261	40845	78061	106436	135448 1996	10474	17239	41431	79395	108450	139541 1997	10588	17601	42294	81719	112241	144636 1998	10979	18164	43825	84529	114396	148995 1999	11420	18915	44922	87459	118969	156744 2000	11304	19142	44853	87341	119636	155121 2001	11105	18674	43882	86771	118080	156395 2002	10863	18326	43381	85941	116726	153438 2003	10536	17984	43318	86867	118200	154120  

The command file (entitled "commands") is as follow:

 set terminal svg size 1000 400 fname "Arial" fsize 20 enhanced set grid back lw 1 set border 3 set ytics nomirror set xtics nomirror set key top left Left reverse width -8 spacing 0.5 samplen 1  set ylabel "Income in 2003 US$" font "Arial,24" 1,0 set size ratio 0.4 # Skipping linetype (lt) 4; it's cyan and not very dark against white backgrounds. plot "income-distribution-data" using 1:7 with lines lw 2 lt 7 title "95th percentile", "income-distribution-data" using 1:6 with lines lw 2 lt 6 title "90th percentile", "income-distribution-data" using 1:5 with lines lw 2 lt 5 title "80th percentile", "income-distribution-data" using 1:4 with lines lw 2 lt 3 title "50th percentile", "income-distribution-data" using 1:3 with lines lw 2 lt 2 title "20th percentile", "income-distribution-data" using 1:2 with lines lw 2 lt 1 title "10th percentile"  

The output was generated with

 gnuplot < commands > out.svg 

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:09, 16 June 2007		1,000×400 (14 KB)	Alan De Smet (talk | contribs)	(Fix wonky overlarge key box.)
	17:02, 16 June 2007		1,000×400 (14 KB)	Alan De Smet (talk | contribs)	(Make legend bigger)
	16:58, 16 June 2007		1,000×400 (14 KB)	Alan De Smet (talk | contribs)	(Correct labelling.)
	16:44, 16 June 2007		1,000×400 (14 KB)	Alan De Smet (talk | contribs)	(Minor tweak to last, hoping to fix aspect ratio problem.)
	16:41, 16 June 2007		256×256 (14 KB)	Alan De Smet (talk | contribs)	(Distribution of income in the United States of America from 1967 through 2003. The data source is {{cite web | url = http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p60-226.pdf | title = Table A-3: Selected Measures of Household Income Dispersion: 1967 to 2003 |)

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