U.S. Income, Wealth, and Demographics: Key Statistics and Trends
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Median income
80610
Middle class percent
54
Working class %
31
Lower class percent
12
Upper class percent
2
Highest earning 20% make what percent of income
50
Income at the top has what
Doubled
What percent of Americans live in poverty
11.1
Bottom 50% make what percent of wealth
2.5
The 40% after the bottom 50% make what percent of wealth
29
Top 10% make what percent of wealth
63
Top 1% make what percent of wealth
32
Top 0.1% make what percent of wealth
1
The top 20% of households have what percent of wealth
85
What percent is Hispanic
20
What percent is white
58
What percent is black
13
What percent are Asian
7
What percent has 2 or more races
3
What percent is Native American
0.5
In 1940 what percent had no HS degree
75.9
In 1940 what percent had HS or some college
19.6
In 1940 what percent had bachelors or higher
4.6
In 2019 what percent had no HS degree
9.9
In 2019 what percent had HS or some college
54
In 2019 what percent had bachelors or higher
36
More than 80% of students attend schools with acceptance rates greater than what percent
50
Varsity athletes at UNC percent
3.8
Varsity athletes at Harvard percent
20
Percent of Americans with no religious identity
21
Percent of Americans who believe in God
81
What percent believe in the God described in the bible
56
What percent believe in some other higher power
33
The US is an outlier as a wealthy country with high levels of religiosity
true
Evangelical protestant percent
25
Religiously Unaffiliated percent
23
Catholic percent
21
Mainline protestant percent
15
Historically black Protestant percent
7
Jewish percent
2
Muslim percent
1
Hindu percent
0.7
Buddhist percent
0.7
Percent of people who've done gig work
16
What percent have worked DoorDash, Uber Eats, grub hub, etc...
7
Amount for an individual to be at federal poverty line
15650
Amount for a family of 4 to be at federal poverty line
32150
What percent of workers are in a union
10
How many union members are there
14.7M
In 1983 what percent were ununionized
20.1
Wages are what percent higher for union workers over nonunion workers
16