SA5H Footnotes

1/ The estimates of earnings for 1929-57 are based on the 1967 Standard Industrial Classification. Earnings are estimated by place of residence for 1929-47 and by place of work for 1948-57.
2/ Census Bureau midyear population estimate.
3/ Per capita personal income is total personal income divided by total midyear population.
4/ Employer contributions for government social insurance are included in earnings by industry and earnings by place of work, but they are excluded from net earnings by place of residence and personal income. Employee and self-employed contributions are subtractions in the calculation of net earnings by place of residence and all of the income measures.
5/ The adjustment for residence is the net inflow of the earnings of interarea commuters. For the United States, it consists of adjustments for border workers and US residents employed by international organizations and foreign embassies.
6/ Rental income of persons includes the capital consumption adjustment.
7/ Includes actual employer contributions and actuarially imputed employer contributions to reflect benefits accrued by defined benefit pension plan participants through service to employers in the current period.
8/ Proprietors' income includes the inventory valuation adjustment and the capital consumption adjustment.
Geographic Note-- Estimates prior to 1950 are not available for Alaska and Hawaii.
Note-- All dollar estimates are in current dollars (not adjusted for inflation).
(L) Less than $50,000, but the estimates for this item are included in the totals.
(NA) Data not available for this year.
(NM) Not meaningful.
Last updated: May 30, 2014-- revised estimates for 1929-1957.