Background bands mark who was president. They are not an attribution of cause. Presidents do not solely control these metrics. Monthly points use the president in office on the first day of the month. Calendar year points use the president in office on July 1. Fiscal year points use the president in office on October 1, the first day of that fiscal year. A fiscal year runs through the following September 30 and can include two presidents.

Median income, Current dollars

Units: Current dollars. Nominal. not inflation-adjusted.

(Households as of March of the following year. Income in current and 2025 C-CPI-U (2000-2025) and R-CPI-U-RS (pre-2000) adjusted dollars (28)) All Races. When a year is listed twice, the first row is used.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Table H-5. Median and Mean Household Income by Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder: 1967 to 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-19. Series: www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-income-households.html

Median income, 2025 dollars

Units: 2025 dollars. Inflation-adjusted. (Households as of March of the following year. Income in current and 2025 C-CPI-U (2000-2025) and R-CPI-U-RS (pre-2000) adjusted dollars (28)).

Inflation adjustment is the one Census publishes in this column, not a CPI-U adjustment computed by this site. (Households as of March of the following year. Income in current and 2025 C-CPI-U (2000-2025) and R-CPI-U-RS (pre-2000) adjusted dollars (28))

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Table H-5. Median and Mean Household Income by Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder: 1967 to 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-19. Series: www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-income-households.html