Registration No. 333-85886 Rule 424(b)(2)
Pricing Supplement			Pricing Supplement Number 16(d) Dated Monday, October 21, 2002
CUSIP Number	Principle Amount		Gross Concession	Net Proceeds	Coupon Rate	Coupon Frequency		Maturity Date
44181EMS4	$7,285,000.00		1.000%	$7,212,150.00	6.750%	Semi-Annual		10/15/2007
1st Coupon Date	1st Coupon Amount		Survivors Option	Product Ranking		Moodys Rating		S & P Rating
4/15/2003	$32.06		YES	Senior Unsecured Notes		A2		A-
Redemption Information: Non-Callable Joint Lead Managers and Lead Agents: Banc of America Securities LLC, INCAPITAL LLC. Agents: A.G Edwards & Sons, Inc., Edward D. Jones & Co. L.P., Fidelity Capital Markets, Merrill Lynch & Co., Morgan Stanley, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., UBS Paine Webber, Wachovia Securities.
If the maturity date or an interest payment date for any note is not a Business Day (as term is defined in Prospectus), principal, premium, if any, and interest for that note is paid on the next Business Day, and no interest will accrue from, and after, the maturity date or interest payment date.
Household Finance Corp. 2700 Sanders Road Prospect Heights, IL 60070		Trade Date: Monday, October 21, 2002 @12:00 PM ET Settlement Date: Thursday, October 24, 2002 Minimum Denomination/Increments: $1,000.00/$1,000.00 All Trade Settle Flat and clear SDFS: DTC Book Entry Only DTCNumber: 0262 via BNY Clearing Services, LLC InterNotes(SM) is the service mark of Incapital, LLC. All rights reserved.					Household Finance Corporation $10,000,000,000 HFC InterNotes Prospectus Dated 29-May-02 Page 1 of 1