Figure A. Cumulative income growth for the median and top 5% of U.S. households, 1979–2010. The figure is based on Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement data available from the Census Bureau at http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/data/historical/household/. Data on the top five percent are from Table H-3, “Mean Household Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5%,” and median income data are from Table H-17, “Households by Total Money Income, Race, and Hispanic Origin of Householder.”