"Gary Coffman" wrote in message
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A more accurate and relevant figure for 1967 can be drawn from table
P-8 http://www.census.gov/hhes/income/histinc/p08.html . Here you'll
find that the median income for males 35 to 44 was $7,636. That is
$33,137 in 2001 dollars. By contrast the 2001 income for males 35 to
44 was $41,104, which represents a only 24% real increase over the 33
year span.

It's household, or family incomes that determine what cars can be bought,
Gary. That's why I used per-capita rather than per-worker figures. That
weeds out the changing patterns in the number of workers per family, etc.

If you check car sales per capita, you'll see that it more accurately is
reflected in per-capita incomes.

Ed Huntress