INCOME BY REGION, 2010-2011
  2010 2011  
  Number of households (000) Median income (1) Number of households (000) Median income (1) Percentage change in median income
All households 119,927 $50,831 121,084 $50,054 -1.5%
By region          
     Northeast 21,721 54,667 21,774 53,864 -1.5
     Midwest 26,772 49,762 26,865 48,722 -2.1
     South 44,912 46,875 45,604 46,899 0.1
     West 26,522 54,630 26,840 52,376 -4.1

(1) Income before deductions for taxes and other expenses; does not include lump sum payments or capital gains, in 2011 inflation-adjusted dollars.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau.