In absolute figures (estimate): 1  4,968,429 young people under 15 years old ( 2,534,785 males / 2,433,645 females) 2  10,495,608 persons between 15 and 64 years old ( 5,175,172 males / 5,320,437 females) 3  1,062,137 persons above 64 years old ( 510,328 males / 551,644 females)
Median income for a one-person household is $27,237 while typical income for a two-person household is $58,121. Median income rises as household size increases, peaking at 4-person households with a median income of $75,343.
The average US income is a less useful measure because it is skewed by high income households and mega income earners. According to Social Security tax records for 2011 you have 93 Americans making more than $50,000,000 with average earnings of $79,000,000+.ccording to this information 151 million Americans earned some sort of wages or compensation in 2011. The median wage in the US per person is $26,695. This tells us a lot since the median household income is at $50,500. Since the Census data looks at households, this data hones in on individual wage earners.