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America’s Shrinking Middle Class: A Close Look at Changes Within Metropolitan Areas
Share of American adults living in middle-income households has fallen
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- America’s Shrinking Middle Class: A Close Look at Changes Within Metropolitan Areas
- The middle class is shrinking in most U.S. metropolitan areas, and lower-and upper-income tiers are gaining share
- The tale of two metropolitan areas: A smaller middle class could signal a move either up or down the income ladder
- Who is ‘middle income’ and ‘upper income’ in 2014?
- Metropolitan areas with the highest shares of middle-income adults in 2014 are mostly in the Midwest
- The 10 metropolitan areas that gained or lost the most in economic status from 2000 to 2014
- Median incomes of the middle class and other tiers fell from 1999 to 2014
- Who is middle income?
- Share of American adults living in middle-income households has fallen
- Many of America’s top middle-income metropolitan areas are in the Midwest and the Northeast
- Metropolitan areas with the highest shares of upper-income people are mostly to the northeast
- Most lower-income metropolitan areas are to the south or the southwest
- Household incomes in many metropolitan areas in the southern part of the U.S. were less than the national median in 2014
- U.S. metropolitan areas with the 10 highest and 10 lowest household incomes in 2014
- U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest and lowest incomes for middle-class households in 2014
- U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest and lowest incomes for households in the lower-income tier in 2014
- U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest and lowest incomes for households in the upper-income tier in 2014
- In 2014, metropolitan areas with higher incomes had larger upper-income tiers and smaller lower-income tiers
- The economic status of adults improved in about half of U.S. metropolitan areas from 2000 to 2014
- Median incomes of households in all income tiers fell from 1999 to 2014
- The median income of households fell in the vast majority of the U.S. metropolitan areas from 1999 to 2014
- From 2000 to 2014, upper-income tiers grew in areas where incomes rose, or fell by less; lower-income tiers grew more in areas with more of a decrease in income
- The middle-class share fell more in metropolitan areas with more of an increase in income inequality from 2000 to 2014
- Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014
- Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.
- Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.
- Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.
- Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.
- Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.
- Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.
- Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.
- Changes in the distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 to 2014
- Changes in the distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 to 2014, cont.
- Changes in the distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 to 2014, cont.
- Changes in the distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 to 2014, cont.
- Changes in the distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 to 2014, cont.
- Changes in the distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 to 2014, cont.
- Changes in the distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 to 2014, cont.
- The middle-class share fell in almost all U.S. metropolitan areas from 2000 to 2014
- The share of adults in upper-income households increased in the vast majority of the U.S. metropolitan areas rom 2000 to 2014
- The share of adults in lower-income households increased in most U.S. metropolitan areas from 2000 to 2014
- Changes in the distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 to 2014, cont.
- The middle-class share was greater in metropolitan areas with lesser income inequality in 2014