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Income Distribution and Poverty in the United States: Trends and Statistics

Explore income distribution and poverty trends in the US from 1960 to 1998. Data on household income, poverty rates, age groups, family types, and welfare recipients. Gain insights into societal disparities and policy implications. Source data from US Census Bureau and Department of Health and Human Services.

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Income Distribution and Poverty in the United States: Trends and Statistics

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  1. Fifth EditionEconomics A Contemporary Introduction William A. McEachern Income Distribution and Poverty

  2. Exhibit 1: Share of Aggregate Household Income by Quintile: 1967, 1977, 1987, and 1997 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March Current Population Survey. Income Distribution and Poverty

  3. Exhibit 2: Number and Percent of U.S. Population in Poverty: 1959–1997 Income Distribution and Poverty

  4. Exhibit 3: Poverty Rates by Age: 1959–1997 Source: Census Bureau, March. Current: Population Survey: http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/poverty97/povage97.html Income Distribution and Poverty

  5. Exhibit 4: Percentage or U.S. Families in Poverty by Type of Household Developed from data found IN u.s. Bureau of the Census Home Page, Income and Poverty, Table 4, 12998, at http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/histpov/hstpov4.html Income Distribution and Poverty

  6. Exhibit 5: Welfare Recipients Since 1960 as Percentage of U.S. Population by Year Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, August 1998, at http://acf.dfhhs.gov/news/6097rf.htm. Figure for 1998 is as of June 1998. Income Distribution and Poverty

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