Increasing share of income from wealth claimed by top 1 percent: Concentration of capital incomes, by income group, 1979–2010

Bottom 90 percent 90–99th percentile Top 1 percent
1979 36.183% 30.272% 33.545%
1980 37.921% 30.347% 31.732%
1981 38.156% 30.816% 31.029%
1982 38.859% 27.887% 33.254%
1983 38.231% 27.717% 34.051%
1984 39.526% 26.848% 33.626%
1985 32.727% 26.975% 40.297%
1986 28.078% 24.899% 47.023%
1987 38.315% 28.073% 33.612%
1988 35.294% 26.657% 38.050%
1989 33.086% 27.368% 39.547%
1990 33.839% 27.740% 38.421%
1991 36.229% 28.265% 35.506%
1992 33.389% 27.988% 38.623%
1993 33.767% 28.081% 38.152%
1994 33.319% 27.091% 39.590%
1995 31.831% 27.899% 40.270%
1996 27.348% 27.453% 45.199%
1997 29.978% 27.052% 42.969%
1998 28.251% 26.539% 45.210%
1999 24.298% 26.607% 49.096%
2000 24.292% 25.791% 49.917%
2001 26.476% 25.755% 47.770%
2002 26.433% 26.174% 47.392%
2003 25.220% 25.314% 49.466%
2004 24.123% 24.425% 51.452%
2005 21.667% 24.447% 53.886%
2006 21.617% 24.474% 53.909%
2007 16.985% 24.329% 58.686%
2008 20.707% 24.379% 54.914%
2009 22.903% 25.185% 51.911%
2010 22.911% 23.047% 54.042%

Source: EPI analysis of Congressional Budget Office data.

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