This statistic shows a ranking of metropolitan areas with the lowest shares of middle-income adults in the United States in 2014. In 2014, the Monroe metropolitan area in Los Angeles was last in the list with 42 percent of the adult population living in the middle-income tier.
Metropolitan areas with the lowest share of middle-income population in the U.S. in 2014
Middle-income adults are defined as adults whose annual household income is two-thirds to double the national median, after incomes have been adjusted for household size.
For example a single person upper-income household has an annual household income of at least 24,042 U.S. dollars. A family of three would have an income of at least 41,641 U.S. dollars.
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Pew Research Center. (May 11, 2016). Metropolitan areas with the lowest share of middle-income population in the U.S. in 2014 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/547617/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-lowest-middle-income-population/
Pew Research Center. "Metropolitan areas with the lowest share of middle-income population in the U.S. in 2014." Chart. May 11, 2016. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/547617/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-lowest-middle-income-population/
Pew Research Center. (2016). Metropolitan areas with the lowest share of middle-income population in the U.S. in 2014. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/547617/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-lowest-middle-income-population/
Pew Research Center. "Metropolitan Areas with The Lowest Share of Middle-income Population in The U.S. in 2014." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 May 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/547617/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-lowest-middle-income-population/
Pew Research Center, Metropolitan areas with the lowest share of middle-income population in the U.S. in 2014 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/547617/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-lowest-middle-income-population/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Metropolitan areas with the lowest share of middle-income population in the U.S. in 2014 [Graph], Pew Research Center, May 11, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/547617/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-lowest-middle-income-population/
