Lopsided income growth in
Pick another state or region:
Income growth, 1979–2007:
Change in income, 1979–2007:
Top 1%:
Bottom 99%:
Top 1%'s share of all growth:
Change in income, 2009–2012:
Top 1%:
Bottom 99%:
Change in income, 1979–2012:
Top 1%:
Bottom 99%:
Top 1%'s share of all growth:
Average income in 2012:
Top 1%:
Bottom 99%:
times greater
Adapted from Estelle Sommeiller and Mark Price, The Increasingly Unequal States of America: Income Inequality by State, 1917 to 2012, an Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) report published January 26, 2015.
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