Economic Inequality in USAEarnings DispersionOverall Income InequalityPovertyTop Income SharesWealth InequalityEarnings at top decile as % median ★
Per Centmore Inequalityless InequalityGini – Equivalised gross household incomeShare of top 1 per cent in gross income(tax units, excluding capital gains) ★Per cent living in households with pre-tax cashincome below official poverty linePer cent living in households with equivaliseddisposable income below 50 per cent median ★Share of top 1 per cent in total net wealth (individuals) ★Share of top 1 per cent in total netwealth (survey data: households) ★
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A. B. Atkinson, J. Hasell, S. Morelli and M. Roser (2017) – 'The Chartbook of Economic Inequality' atwww.ChartbookOfEconomicInequality.comClick herefor an explanation of the measures of economic inequality.This visualisation is licensed under aCreative Commons BY-SA license