Median Household Income in 2011

Median household income fell 1.5 percent between 2010 and 2011, to $50,054 after adjusting for inflation. The annual median has been declining every year since the $54,489 of 2007. But the 2007 figure was inflated by the housing bubble and its excesses. In fact, the peak in median household income occurred all the way back in 1999.

Here is median household income (in 2011 dollars) since the 1999 peak...
2011: $50,054
2010: $50,830
2009: $52,195
2008: $52,546
2007: $54,489
2006: $53,768
2005: $53,371
2004: $52,788
2003: $52,973
2002: $53,019
2001: $53,646
2000: $54,841
1999: $54,932 (peak year)

Source: Census Bureau, Historical Income Tables