The average income of wired cable households in 2001 was 35% greater than that of non-cable homes, according to a new Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau analysis of MRI data. Wired cable homes
averaged $56,172 in annual income—an increase of 3.9% versus the year before; while non-cable homes averaged $41,626. Since 1995, the gap between the average income of wired cable and non-cable homes
has increased by 12.2%. Collectively, wired cable homes currently account for 77 percent of all American household income.