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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.

 

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http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2009-09-29-income-gap-census_N.htm?obref=obnetwork

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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.

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