University of Maryland
Sociology 441: Stratification 
graph top quintile income, 1950-2005

Other family income trends:
Median income
Bottom quintile

Quintile ratios:
Ratio of top to bottom
Ratio of top to median
Ratio of median to bottom

Income share trends:
Share of bottom quintile
Share of middle quintile
Share of top quintile
Gini index of inequality


 

Sources: US Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/hhes/income/histinc/histinctb.html
 
 


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Last updated November 7, 2002
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