What percent of the entire nation's income goes to the richest fifth of americans?

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Cooper Knox

4 November, 04:45

What percent of the entire nation's income goes to the richest fifth of americans?

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Alison Holland · Answer 1

Inequality is one of the hotly debated topics in the US. To the richest fifth of the Americans goes 50% of the national income. To demonstrate the differences in income some more stats will be useful such as that top 10 percent of the population averages nine times more than the 90 percent while top 1% averages 40 times more than other 90 percent.