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:

Share of all income held by the top 1%, 1917–2012

  United States
 
 

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. go.epi.org/unequalstates