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Are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer?

Our statistics can shed some light on this. A large number of factors have been identified as contributing to changes in inequality, the root causes are still not entirely understood.

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Publications

Publication | September 15, 2020 | Jessica Semega, Melissa Kollar, Emily A. Shrider, and John Creamer

Income and Poverty in the United States: 2019

This report presents data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2018 and earlier CPS ASEC.

Publication | September 10, 2019 | Jessica Semega, Melissa Kollar, John Creamer, and Abinash Mohanty

Income and Poverty in the United States: 2018

This report presents data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2017 and earlier CPS ASEC.

Publication | September 12, 2018 | Kayla Fontenot, Jessica Semega, and Melissa Kollar

Income and Poverty in the United States: 2017

This report presents data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2017 and earlier CPS ASEC.

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Working Papers

Working Paper | May 06, 2021 | Daniel Thompson

Is Retirement More Unequal Than We Think?

This conference paper examines income inequality among older households using SIPP linked to administrative records.

Working Paper | March 2019 | Brian Glassman

Multidimensional Inequality

Working Paper | July 2017 | Brian Glassman

Income Inequality among Regions and MSAs

This paper examines income inequality, the effect of government programs, and how these have changed over time among regions and different sizes of MSAs.

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Visualizations

Figure 2. Real Median Household Income by Race and Hispanic Origin: 1967 to 2019

Income and Poverty in the United States: 2019

Social Media Graphic: Earnings Differences
Figure 2. Real Median Household Income by Race and Hispanic Origin: 1967 to 2018

Income and Poverty in the United States: 2018
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Data Tables

Table | September 2020 | Jessica Semega, Melissa Kollar, Emily A. Shrider, and John Creamer

Income and Poverty in the United States: 2019

These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2020 and earlier CPS ASEC.

Table | September 2019 | Jessica Semega, Melissa Kollar, John Creamer, and Abinash Mohanty

Income and Poverty in the United States: 2018

These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2019 and earlier CPS ASEC.

Table | September 2018 | Jessica Semega, Kayla Fontenot, and Melissa Kollar

Income and Poverty in the United States: 2017

These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2018 and earlier CPS ASEC.

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