MrJiveBoJingles
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: U.S.
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Money: who makes it and how much?
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Income level (USD) # of households % of households
Less than $9,999 10,067,027 9.54%
$10,000 - $14,999 6,657,228 6.31%
$15,000 - $24,999 13,536,965 12.83%
$25,000 - $34,999 13,519,242 12.81%
$35,000 - $49,999 17,446,272 16.53%
$50,000 - $74,999 20,540,604 19.46%
$75,000 - $99,999 10,799,245 10.23%
$100,000 - $149,999 8,147,826 7.72%
$150,000 - $199,999 2,322,038 2.20%
$200,000 and above 2,502,675 2.37%
Those are the figures for income in America from the year 2000 census. Adding up some percentages, I came up with the following table:
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Income (USD) % of households
$ 0+: 100.0%
$ 10,000+: 90.46%
$ 15,000+: 84.15%
$ 25,000+: 71.32%
$ 35,000+: 58.51%
$ 50,000+: 41.98%
$ 75,000+: 22.52%
$100,000+: 12.29%
$150,000+: 4.57%
$200,000+: 2.37%
It shows what percentage of American households make above a given amount ($10,000, $15,000, etc.). An interesting sociological fact is that nearly all people in America, from blue-collar workers just scraping by to wealthy businessmen and lawyers in expensive subdivisions with fancy cars, will refer to themselves as "middle class" if asked.
Since at least 2001 in America, incomes have been trending back downward toward where they were in 1990, causing the bottom income brackets to expand; that trend may have reversed itself by 2006: it's unclear so far.
What are income brackets like where you live? Is there a lot of "upward mobility" or are things pretty stratified? Do you come into contact with lots of people of various income groups? Do you ever think about this sort of thing?
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