Year

Mean Mercury Levels

Overall

Males

Females

Asian

Black

Mexican American

Other

Other Hispanic

White

At or Below Poverty Line

Above

Poverty Line

1999-2000

0.759

0.724

0.800

-

0.937

0.718

0.711

0.940

0.605

0.712

0.780

2001-2002

0.569

0.530

0.600

-

0.689

0.436

0.845

0.544

0.547

0.581

0.565

2003-2004

0.512

0.490

0.530

-

0.504

0.499

0.657

0.442

0.518

0.501

0.523

2005-2006

0.509

0.456

0.561

-

0.571

0.492

0.676

0.580

0.427

0.542

0.485

2007-2008

0.460

0.394

0.539

-

0.473

0.402

1.407

0.505

0.336

0.431

0.464

2009-2010

0.483

0.425

0.545

-

0.608

0.526

0.519

0.402

0.392

0.452

0.512

2011-2012

0.451

0.459

0.442

0.922

0.502

0.328

0.440

0.469

0.260

0.459

0.442

2013-2014

0.460

0.430

0.495

1.136

0.433

0.376

0.452

0.381

0.367

0.429

0.495

2015-2016

0.445

0.466

0.420

1.464

0.424

0.397

0.359

0.529

0.313

0.466

0.420

2017-2020

0.359

0.361

0.356

0.629

0.370

0.320

0.402

0.388

0.293

0.322

0.368