Total share of all income held by the top 1% for the top and bottom 25 of 916 metropolitan areas, 2013
| Bottom 99% breakdown | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank (by top 1% share) | Metropolitan area | Bottom 90% | 90th–<95th percentiles | 95th–<99th percentiles | Bottom 99% | Top 1% (99th–100th percentiles) |
| 1 | Jackson, WY-ID | 17.3 | 4.6 | 9.8 | 31.7 | 68.3 |
| 2 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 27.2 | 10.8 | 19.3 | 57.3 | 42.7 |
| 3 | Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL | 27.6 | 10.7 | 19.1 | 57.5 | 42.5 |
| 4 | Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 30.7 | 11.2 | 19.1 | 60.9 | 39.1 |
| 5 | Key West, FL | 34.8 | 10.2 | 17.9 | 62.9 | 37.1 |
| 6 | Gardnerville Ranchos, NV | 39.2 | 11.6 | 17.5 | 68.2 | 31.8 |
| 7 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 38.3 | 11.9 | 18.5 | 68.8 | 31.2 |
| 8 | Midland, TX | 43.0 | 9.6 | 16.5 | 69.1 | 30.9 |
| 9 | Glenwood Springs, CO | 44.9 | 9.2 | 15.9 | 70.0 | 30.0 |
| 10 | San Angelo, TX | 46.1 | 11.0 | 13.7 | 70.8 | 29.2 |
| 11 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 42.9 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 70.9 | 29.1 |
| 12 | Summit Park, UT | 41.8 | 11.1 | 18.3 | 71.1 | 28.9 |
| 13 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 41.3 | 11.5 | 18.8 | 71.6 | 28.4 |
| 14 | Port St. Lucie, FL | 41.4 | 13.0 | 17.5 | 71.9 | 28.1 |
| 15 | Hailey, ID | 44.9 | 10.8 | 17.6 | 73.2 | 26.8 |
| 16 | North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL | 41.0 | 13.3 | 19.6 | 74.0 | 26.0 |
| 17 | Victoria, TX | 49.4 | 11.3 | 14.0 | 74.7 | 25.3 |
| 18 | Reno, NV | 43.1 | 13.2 | 18.4 | 74.7 | 25.3 |
| 19 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 42.6 | 12.8 | 19.2 | 74.7 | 25.3 |
| 20 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 47.8 | 11.2 | 16.0 | 74.9 | 25.1 |
| 21 | Sterling, CO | 49.4 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 75.3 | 24.7 |
| 22 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 44.4 | 12.2 | 19.0 | 75.5 | 24.5 |
| 23 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 45.8 | 12.0 | 18.6 | 76.4 | 23.6 |
| 24 | Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI | 51.8 | 11.6 | 13.0 | 76.4 | 23.6 |
| 25 | San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA | 45.2 | 12.3 | 18.9 | 76.4 | 23.6 |
| 892 | Dover, DE | 63.8 | 14.0 | 13.5 | 91.3 | 8.7 |
| 893 | Tiffin, OH | 64.6 | 12.7 | 14.0 | 91.4 | 8.6 |
| 894 | Fernley, NV | 60.2 | 14.9 | 16.3 | 91.4 | 8.6 |
| 895 | Peru, IN | 63.7 | 13.4 | 14.4 | 91.5 | 8.5 |
| 896 | North Vernon, IN | 64.9 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 91.5 | 8.5 |
| 897 | Fort Polk South, LA | 64.0 | 12.9 | 14.6 | 91.5 | 8.5 |
| 898 | Juneau, AK | 69.2 | 9.9 | 12.4 | 91.6 | 8.4 |
| 899 | Cedartown, GA | 59.9 | 15.0 | 16.7 | 91.6 | 8.4 |
| 900 | Grants, NM | 62.3 | 13.9 | 15.6 | 91.8 | 8.2 |
| 901 | Urbana, OH | 66.0 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 91.8 | 8.2 |
| 902 | Del Rio, TX | 64.9 | 12.8 | 14.2 | 91.8 | 8.2 |
| 903 | Beatrice, NE | 67.0 | 11.1 | 13.8 | 91.9 | 8.1 |
| 904 | Portales, NM | 60.1 | 14.6 | 17.3 | 92.0 | 8.0 |
| 905 | Ottawa, KS | 66.5 | 12.1 | 13.5 | 92.0 | 8.0 |
| 906 | Ozark, AL | 62.1 | 14.2 | 15.7 | 92.0 | 8.0 |
| 907 | Mountain Home, ID | 66.5 | 12.1 | 13.4 | 92.0 | 8.0 |
| 908 | Frankfort, IN | 66.1 | 12.3 | 13.7 | 92.1 | 7.9 |
| 909 | Hinesville, GA | 62.0 | 14.3 | 16.1 | 92.3 | 7.7 |
| 910 | St. Marys, GA | 62.5 | 14.2 | 15.6 | 92.4 | 7.6 |
| 911 | Susanville, CA | 58.1 | 16.5 | 17.8 | 92.4 | 7.6 |
| 912 | Rio Grande City, TX | 67.2 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 92.8 | 7.2 |
| 913 | California-Lexington Park, MD | 68.1 | 11.7 | 13.2 | 93.0 | 7.0 |
| 914 | Los Alamos, NM | 67.5 | 12.6 | 13.5 | 93.7 | 6.3 |
| 915 | Fort Leonard Wood, MO | 67.5 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 94.0 | 6.0 |
| 916 | Junction City, KS | 72.8 | 10.4 | 11.2 | 94.4 | 5.6 |
| United States | 51.1 | 12.3 | 16.5 | 79.9 | 20.1 | |
Source: Authors’ analysis of state and county-level tax data from the Internal Revenue Service SOI Tax Stats (various years), and Piketty and Saez (2012). Core Based Statistical Areas defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division; Office of Management and Budget, February 2013 delineations.