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# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_interpolation
# Example Pareto interpolation to calculate household median income.
# Assumes that incomedata is a list of 17 elements containing table B19001 from the United States ACS 5-year summary file

from math import log

def calculate_median(incomedata):
	bucket_tops = [10000, 15000, 20000, 25000, 30000, 35000, 40000, 45000, 50000, 60000, 75000, 100000, 125000, 150000, 200000]
	total = incomedata[0]
	for i in range(2,18):