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July 25, 2012

Household Income in America

People tend to way overestimate how much money people make. When we tell people the median U.S. household income is about $50,000, we're often told that can't be true and it must be much higher.

NPR has a nice summary of the household income for America's 114.6 million households that includes the following chart. It shows a breakdown of how many households made different amounts in 2010 (U.S. Census data).

Posted by Steve on July 25, 2012 at 01:00 AM in trends | Permalink

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