CRAWDAD Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Household income declined across all groups, but more sharply for middle-income and poor Americans. Median income fell last year from $52,163 to $50,303, wiping out a decade's worth of gains to hit the lowest level since 1997. the median is the midpoint — half of households made more, half less • Pharr, Texas, and Flint, Mich., each had more than a third of its residents on food stamps, at 38.5% and 35.4%, respectively • Plano, Texas, a Dallas suburb, had the highest median income among larger cities, at $85,003. Cleveland ranked at the bottom, at $26,731. full article http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2009-09-29-income-gap-census_N.htm?obref=obnetwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergwheel1647545492 Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 I would fit in perfectly in cleveland! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh8sti Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 i wouldnt even fit in cleveland. Cleveland looks like Bexley to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc1647545523 Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 i wouldnt even fit in cleveland. Cleveland looks like Bexley to me. I'm finding it difficult to have much sympathy for you, you who have a life behind the hedges that most of us here would envy .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Hmm, not going to talk on here about what I make compared to that. But me and the g/f got raises this year so we beat the change. While I think the median paints a better picture, I find it funny what those numbers would look like if it were the mean. Anyone ever seen a distribution chart on house hold income? Asking because I think it would be interesting to see. http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2006/11/05/2005-us-income-distribution/ Hmm, that's not quite as skewed as I thought it would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Another interesting chart from that site... fuck the Bush's http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2006/08/15/average-income-in-the-united-states/ Hmmm, looks kind of like a stabilizing population graph recently.. little scarry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAWDAD Posted October 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 interesting-thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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