ECSNorway Wrote:Statistics for Dartz.Got a couple of questions, here. First, while historical context is nice (hence why I used figures going back as far as 1993), your data says nothing about the last six years, which, IMHO are the most important. Does your source simply not have that data available?
2005.
Top 20% of the population starts at an annual income of $91,705.
Bottom 20% of the population makes $19,178 or less.
2001.
Top 20% of the population starts at an annual income of $83,500.
Bottom 20% of the population makes $17,970 or less.
These are not tax-return figures, these are from the overall population, so they include those who've fallen off the bottom of the tax rolls.
As for the "widening gap", the bottom of the top 20% rose by 10.18% from 2001 to 2005. The top of the bottom 20% rose by 14.88%. In other words, the poor are getting wealthier faster than the rich are.
Second: I would love to know the total gross income of that top 20% and of the bottom 20%. Averages mean very little when you don't even know how big the pie is in the first place.