The richest 20% are getting richer

by Catherine Mulbrandon on January 8, 2006

Share of income richest 20% of families in the United States

I found this data on the Census web site. What is interesting about this graph is that it shows the richest 20% of families in the United States has been capturing more of the total income since the mid-70s. Which means of course the bottom 80% is getting less.

Tagged as: Income - High, Income - Low, Income - Middle, Income - Share of, Line Graph, United States, US Census

  • http://ctroiteli.ru/ evegiftstib

    Крайне хочется написать гадость, но может я один такой, подожду других комментариев

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_376HEQVCGUC726FPS2D54KK6PM Boondogle

    Not really.  Income is not a pie where some get more and others get less.  Actually everybody is getting more as more and more wealth is created.

  • Anonymous

    Yeah – as per Boondogle, there is no way that standard of living is less than in 1980. This is very misleading. I love this site, love it – but this is not presented well.

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