---
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/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-01.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)"
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/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-01.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-02.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-03.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-04.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-05.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-06.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-07.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![Distribution of adults by income tier in U.S. metropolitan areas, 2000 and 2014, cont.](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-08.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![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/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-09.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![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/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-10.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![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/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-11.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![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/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-12-1.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-12-1-png/)

[![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/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-13.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![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/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-14.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![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/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-15.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![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/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-16.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![The middle-class share fell in almost all U.S. metropolitan areas from 2000 to 2014](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-17.png?w=552){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![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/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-18.png?w=560){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)

[![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/20/2016/05/ST_2016.05.12_middle-class-geo-app-19.png?w=558){.aligncenter width=400}](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-png/)