University of Maryland
Sociology 441: Stratification 
graph overall inequality, 1950-2005

Other inequality trends:
Share of bottom quintile
Share of middle quintile
Share of top quintile

Quintile ratios:
Ratio of top to bottom
Ratio of top to median
Ratio of median to bottom

Family income levels:
Bottom quintile
Median income
Top quintile


  Source: US Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/income/histinc/ineqtoc.html
 
 
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Last updated October 23, 2002
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