This statistic shows the median net worth of upper-income families as a multiple of middle-income families in the United States from 1983 to 2013. The income relation has increased from 3.4 in 1983 to 6.6 in 2013, indicating that the wealth gap between middle-income and upper-income families has increased drastically over time.
Median net worth of upper-income families as a multiple of middle-income families' net worth in the United States from 1983 to 2013
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Pew Research Center. (December 17, 2014). Median net worth of upper-income families as a multiple of middle-income families' net worth in the United States from 1983 to 2013 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/408412/net-worth-of-us-upper-income-families-as-a-multiple-of-middle-income-families/
Pew Research Center. "Median net worth of upper-income families as a multiple of middle-income families' net worth in the United States from 1983 to 2013." Chart. December 17, 2014. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/408412/net-worth-of-us-upper-income-families-as-a-multiple-of-middle-income-families/
Pew Research Center. (2014). Median net worth of upper-income families as a multiple of middle-income families' net worth in the United States from 1983 to 2013. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/408412/net-worth-of-us-upper-income-families-as-a-multiple-of-middle-income-families/
Pew Research Center. "Median Net worth of Upper-income Families as a Multiple of Middle-income Families' Net worth in The United States from 1983 to 2013." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Dec 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/408412/net-worth-of-us-upper-income-families-as-a-multiple-of-middle-income-families/
Pew Research Center, Median net worth of upper-income families as a multiple of middle-income families' net worth in the United States from 1983 to 2013 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/408412/net-worth-of-us-upper-income-families-as-a-multiple-of-middle-income-families/ (last visited December 03, 2023)
Median net worth of upper-income families as a multiple of middle-income families' net worth in the United States from 1983 to 2013 [Graph], Pew Research Center, December 17, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/408412/net-worth-of-us-upper-income-families-as-a-multiple-of-middle-income-families/