Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoUS wealth by wealth percentile group. 50% of households own 2.5% of the nation’s wealth.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1245arrow-down1imageUS wealth by wealth percentile group. 50% of households own 2.5% of the nation’s wealth.lemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agomessage-square15linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareabbadon420@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 days agoCurren population is 347.533.640 99.9 => 347.533 people 99 - 99.9 => 3.127.802 people 99 - 90 => 31.625.562 people 99 - 50 => 142.141.258 people 50 - 0 => 173.766.820 people
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoMultiply the population by the percentage? (I didn’t find anything on that page suggesting that it wouldn’t be the case.) 342 million * 0.5 = 171 million people who are in the bottom yellow line. The top darker green line is 342 million * 0.001 = 342 thousand people I think you can do the others yourself if you like.
minus-squareBigfish@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoAround 350M Americans, so the bottom 50% is about 175M, next 49%'s about the same, top 1% is 3.5M, top 0.1% is 350K people.
How many people are in each category?
Curren population is 347.533.640
99.9 => 347.533 people
99 - 99.9 => 3.127.802 people
99 - 90 => 31.625.562 people
99 - 50 => 142.141.258 people
50 - 0 => 173.766.820 people
Multiply the population by the percentage? (I didn’t find anything on that page suggesting that it wouldn’t be the case.)
342 million * 0.5 = 171 million people who are in the bottom yellow line. The top darker green line is 342 million * 0.001 = 342 thousand people
I think you can do the others yourself if you like.
Around 350M Americans, so the bottom 50% is about 175M, next 49%'s about the same, top 1% is 3.5M, top 0.1% is 350K people.