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Chapter 11. Income2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateAnalysis of Income DataIncome in Chuuk in 1993 and 1999 varied among the regions. Table 11.1 compares income statistics for the incomeearning population of the five regions in Chuuk for both census years. The median household income in Chuuk for theyear 1999 was $2,778 and the mean household income was higher at $9,627 while for the year 1993 the median andmean were $2,445 and $5,443, respectively. The mean income was higher than the median due to a few large incomes,which raised the sum of the incomes. The median of $2,778 in 1999 means that of the 6,385 households, half of thehouseholds had incomes below $2,778 and half of the households had incomes above this level. It is important to notethat the calculation of the median and mean incomes include only those persons who reported income; thus only 60percent of the 2000’s working age population aged 15 years and over were included.The five regions had large variations in their median household incomes in 1994 and 2000. The 2000 Census resultshowed that Northern Namoneas had the highest median income of $4,743 followed by the Halls at $4,167 thenSouthern Namoneas at $2,946. Pattiw was the lowest at $890. Just four years earlier, Northern Namoneas was thehighest, followed by Pattiw and then Halls. Mean household incomes showed slightly different trends but at a higherlevel. Northern Namoneas had the largest mean income followed by the Halls then the Mortlocks. Also Pattiw had thelowest mean income. In 1994, Namonuito was the third highest after Northern Namoneas’ first and Halls second. The2000 Census results indicated that family incomes were slightly higher than household incomes in every region. Thisfinding is expected because households of unrelated persons were likely to be persons of working age, and thus morelikely to be earning income.The median individual income for Chuuk in 1999 was $785. Among the regions, individual income had a slightlydifferent trend than household and family income. Individual income in Northern Namoneas and the Halls were stillthe highest with a median of $981 and $856, respectively. The Southern Namoneas region had the third highest withan individual income median of $793. And Namonuito had the lowest individual income of $568. The 1994 Censusdata showed a higher individual median and mean incomes at $987 and $2,87. The mean individual income once againshowed similar results. Halls had the highest mean individual income in 20000, which is probably a higher result of thelabor force participation rate, but the lowest in 1994. The largest gap between median and mean occurred in NorthernNamoneas suggesting that a few very large incomes skewed the data.Table 11.1: Household, Family and Individual Income in U.S. Dollars ($) in 1993 and 1999 by Region, Chuuk State: 1994 and 2000Household Family IndividualRegion Number Median ($) Mean ($) Number Median ($) Mean ($) Number Median ($) Mean ($)1994Total 4,875 2,445 5,443 4,696 2,268 5,140 9,283 987 2,875Lagoon 3,950 2,676 5,918 3,819 2,527 5,596 7,760 1,126 -N. Namoneas 1,811 5,263 9,480 1,731 4,945 8,936 3,593 2,663 4,804S. Namoneas 1,082 1,231 3,071 1,057 1,146 2,982 2,094 749 1,587Faichuk 1,057 968 2,725 1,031 948 2,669 2,073 691 1,400Outer Islands 925 1,567 3,418 877 1,285 3,154 1,523 808 -Mortlocks 583 1,140 2,977 553 984 2,647 914 793 1,943Pattiw 149 3,219 3,732 136 2,667 3,452 211 1,559 -Namonwito 90 1,818 4,072 88 1,556 4,029 171 718 -Halls 103 1,958 4,886 100 1,909 4,781 227 752 -2000Total 6,385 2,778 9,627 6,211 2,793 9,661 19,090 785 2,133Lagoon 5,012 3,002 10,460 4,870 3,017 10,478 15,088 830 2,108N. Namoneas 1,881 4,743 21,015 1,826 4,610 20,958 6,053 981 3,163S. Namoneas 1,541 2,946 4,828 1,484 3,070 4,947 4,712 793 1,544Faichuk 1,590 1,769 3,433 1,560 1,797 3,472 4,323 714 1,247Outer Islands 1,373 1,807 6,585 1,341 1,828 6,695 4,002 650 2,226Mortlocks 842 2,046 7,572 812 2,105 7,783 2,714 647 2,301Pattiw 137 890 2,333 137 890 2,333 313 588 1,021Namonwito 180 938 2,441 180 938 2,441 492 568 893Halls 214 4,167 8,904 212 4,167 8,960 483 856 3,945Source: 1994 FSM Census, Table P31; 2000 FSM Census, Table P2-19A comparison of the median income between 1980, 1994 and 2000 in Table 11.2 shows the change in householdincome over 20 years preceding the latest census. In 1994, an inflation factor of 0.48 was used to raise the 1980dollars to the equivalent in 1994 dollars. This factor takes into account the inflation that occurred over the 14 yearsprior to the 1994 Census. Interestingly, Chuuk’s household income had increased by about 327 percent. Similarly,an inflation factor of 1.0765 was used in 2000 to raise the 1994 dollars to equal the 2000 dollars. As a result,Chuuk’s median household income showed a 6 percent change over the 6 years before the 2000 Census.102 Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs