This statistic shows a ranking of metropolitan areas with the lowest shares of upper-income adults in the United States in 2014. In 2014, the Laredo metropolitan area in Texas was last in the list with 9 percent of the adult population living in the upper-income tier.
Metropolitan areas with the lowest share of upper-income population in the U.S. in 2014
Upper-income adults are defined as adults whose annual household income is at least 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 72,126 U.S. dollars. A family of three would have an income of at least 124,925 U.S. dollars.
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Pew Research Center. (May 11, 2016). Metropolitan areas with the lowest share of upper-income population in the U.S. in 2014 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/547638/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-lowest-upper-income-population/
Pew Research Center. "Metropolitan areas with the lowest share of upper-income population in the U.S. in 2014." Chart. May 11, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/547638/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-lowest-upper-income-population/
Pew Research Center. (2016). Metropolitan areas with the lowest share of upper-income population in the U.S. in 2014. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/547638/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-lowest-upper-income-population/
Pew Research Center. "Metropolitan Areas with The Lowest Share of Upper-income Population in The U.S. in 2014." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 May 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/547638/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-lowest-upper-income-population/
Pew Research Center, Metropolitan areas with the lowest share of upper-income population in the U.S. in 2014 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/547638/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-lowest-upper-income-population/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Metropolitan areas with the lowest share of upper-income population in the U.S. in 2014 [Graph], Pew Research Center, May 11, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/547638/us-metropolitan-areas-with-the-lowest-upper-income-population/
