How the American middle class has changed in the past five decades
The share of adults who live in middle-class households fell from 61% in 1971 to 50% in 2021, according to a new analysis.
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The share of adults who live in middle-class households fell from 61% in 1971 to 50% in 2021, according to a new analysis.
About half of U.S. adults lived in middle-income households in 2018, according to our new analysis of government data.
In 2022, single women owned 58% of the nearly 35.2 million homes owned by unmarried Americans, while single men owned 42%.
Federal statistics show dramatic declines in U.S. violent and property crime rates since the early 1990s.
Despite some broad federal guidelines, claimants still face a hodgepodge of different state rules governing how they can qualify for benefits.
While the size of the U.S. middle class remained relatively stable between 2002 and 2016, financial gains for middle-income Americans were modest compared with those of higher-income households.
Although most Americans back a higher minimum wage, wide disparities in local living costs make finding an appropriate rate difficult.
Tax burdens in the U.S. are lower than most of its developed-nation peers – in some cases, well below.
The official poverty rate last year was close to its pre-Great Recession level, but the share of the U.S. poor in severe poverty increased.
In the U.S., the racial and ethnic wealth gap has evolved differently for families at different income levels since the Great Recession.
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