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Income — Second Quintile

Second income quintile from CEX 2000 Table 1. National headline numbers and per-stratum decomposition follow; switch to a specific state for the state-resolved version.

Annual rate
3.66%
since 2000-01
Purchasing power
$0.39
of a 2000 dollar
Rolling 12-month
3.09%
as of 2025-12
Coverage
312 mo

The Fixed Basket Index for the Income — Second Quintile archetype, January 2000 = 100. Download the full series: JSON · CSV.

Spendable-dollar variant

The headline counts healthcare at total cost — including the employer-paid share of the insurance premium (national-accounts-consistent). Counting only what a household pays from its own pocket, the Income — Second Quintile annual rate is 3.16%/yr vs 3.66%/yr standard. Same price series, healthcare re-weighted — see the methodology, or query ?basket=spendable on the API.

Per-stratum decomposition

Each stratum's contribution to the headline annual rate for the Income — Second Quintile archetype. Sum of contribution_pp approximates the headline rate.

Decomposition data unavailable.

Resolve by state

The Income — Second Quintile headline above uses national weights × national prices. For a state-resolved version (national weights × state-specific prices with documented per-stratum fallback), select a state below.

Methodology

The Income — Second Quintile archetype is one of 10 published profiles. See all archetypes for the full set, the basket page for per-archetype weight schedules, and the methodology page for the load-bearing pillars.