September 16, 2011 | 12:00 PM | By

“Income Gap: Is it Widening?”

The latest census numbers show that Americans in the bottom 40 percent income bracket control less wealth than they did a year ago.


We found that, based on the quintile measure, income inequality increased between 2009 and 2010. In 2010, the bottom 20 percent of households received 3.3 percent of total income, down from 3.4 percent in 2009. These households had incomes of $20,000 or less in 2010. There was also a decrease in the second lowest quintile from 8.6 percent to 8.5 percent.

— blogs.census.gov