---
title: "Appendix B: Detailed tables and maps"
description: "[![Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-01.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-01/)"
date: "2016-05-11"
authors:
  - name: "No Author"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/appendix-b-detailed-tables-and-maps/"
categories:
  - "Economic Conditions"
  - "Economic Inequality"
  - "Income & Wages"
  - "Middle Class"
  - "Wealth"
---

# Appendix B: Detailed tables and maps

[![Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-01.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-01/)

[![Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-02.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-02/)

[![Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-03.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-03/)

[![Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-04.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-04/)

[![Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-05.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-05/)

[![Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-06.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-06/)

[![Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-07.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-07/)

[![Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-08.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-08/)

[![Changes in the distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 to 2014](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-09.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-09/)

[![Changes in the distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 to 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-10.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-10/)

[![Changes in the distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 to 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-11.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-11/)

[![Changes in the distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 to 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-12-1.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-12/)

[![Changes in the distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 to 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-13.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-13/)

[![Changes in the distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 to 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-14.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-14/)

[![Changes in the distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 to 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-15.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-15/)

[![Changes in the distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 to 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-16.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-16/)

[![The middle-class share fell in almost all U.S. metropolitan areas from 2000 to 2014](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-17.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-17/)

[![The share of adults in upper-income households increased in the vast majority of the U.S. metropolitan areas rom 2000 to 2014](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-18.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-18/)

[![The share of adults in lower-income households increased in most U.S. metropolitan areas from 2000 to 2014](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-19.png)](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2016/05/11/americas-shrinking-middle-class-a-close-look-at-changes-within-metropolitan-areas/st_2016-05-12_middle-class-geo-app-19/)