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A Brief Look at Postwar U.S. Income Inequality

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txt Table 1 - Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Families, 1947 to 1994 [<1.0 MB]
txt Table 2 - Share of Aggregate Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Households, 1967 to 1994 [<1.0 MB]
txt Table 3 - Mean Income Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Households, 1967 to 1994 [<1.0 MB]
txt Table 4 - Average Income-to-Poverty Ratios for Families, by Income Quintile, 1967 to 1994 [<1.0 MB]

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These tables present data on the income and poverty status of households, families, and persons in the United States for the calendar year 1994.
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Money Income in the United States: 1995
September 1996
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