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https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2024/demo/p60-282.html

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Median Household Income for a household where householder has a high school diploma (but no college) is $55,810. 24.1% of ALL US households fall into this category.

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[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

What the actual fuck is a householder?

[-] Camilo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 days ago

It's written down below the graph

[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

"Head of the household" is not self-explanatory.

[-] ShaunaTheDead@fedia.io 1 points 4 days ago

It's probably a dated term from when men were the de facto "kings of the family". I'm surprised it's still used in census data, but it probably refers to the primary bread-winner, aka whoever makes the most money in the household.

Edit: It occurred to me afterwards they might just be referring to whoever has their name on the deed for the house.

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