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Income inequality is getting worse in US urban areas

  • Written by Brian Thiede, Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University
Income inequality is getting worse in US urban areasData shows that the gap has grown in recent years.Hyejin Kang/Shutterstock.com

Income inequality has increased dramatically in the United States over recent decades, surpassing its previous peak in the 1920s.

In 2016, the average income among the bottom 24.9 million households was US$21,000. Meanwhile, the top 1%, or 1.2 million households, earned...

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