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| Description: Each rectangle on the left of this figure represents a fifth of the U.S. population, about 62 million people. The rectangles of the inverted pyramid on the right show the percentage of the nation’s income that goes to each fifth of the population. You can see that half of the entire country’s income goes to the richest fifth of Americans. Only 3 percent goes to the poorest fifth. The Inverted Income Pyramid: The Proportion of Income Received by Each Fifth of the U.S. Population Picture Stats: Views: 353 Filesize: 85.51kB Height: 362 Width: 1070 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=27898 |