1947-1979 change in real income of poorest 20 percent of population: 122 percent.
Of richest 20 percent: 99 percent.
Change of richest 1 percent: 39 percent.
Change of richest .01 percent: 29 percent.
1979-2016 change in real income of poorest 20 percent of population: 12 percent.
Of richest 20 percent: 60 percent.
Of richest 1 percent: 160 percent.
Of richest .01 percent: 331 percent.
Source: Growing Apart: A Political History of American Inequality by Colin Gordon, 2018.
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Share of total wealth owned by top 1 percent in 1989: 29 percent.
By bottom 90 percent: 33 percent.
Share of total wealth owned by top 1 percent in 2016: 38.6 percent.
Bottom 90 percent: 22 percent.
Source: In America the Top 1% Are 70% Richer Than the Bottom 90%, Investopedia, 2017.
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Portion of US households with zero or negative net worth: 19 percent.
Of Latino households: 27 percent.
Of black households: 30 percent.
New wealth of typical (median) wealth of white household in 2016: $151,800.
Of Latino household: $6,200.
Of black household: $4,300.
Minimum needed to be included in the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans in 1982 (in 2016 dollars): $189 million.
Today: $2 billion.
Source: Billionaire Bonanza 2017, Inequality.org, 2017.
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