Keywords: United States Family Income Change from 1969.svg en From 1947 to 1969 the income of each income group increased from 73 for the top 5 to 94 for the bottom 20 but that year the minimum wage was cut from 1 60 an hour to 1 30 and since 1969 has declined by 14 adjusting for inflation Since 1968 the income of the bottom 20 has increased by only 6 while the top 5 has increased by 84 and the income of the top 1 has tripled Data from US Census Bureauhttps //www census gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/cps-finc/finc-01 html 2016-09-17 own Delphi234 other versions Generated with Wikimedia SVG Chart SVG Chart/box cc-zero Income distribution in the United States |