Since World War II, the share of total income going to the bottom 20 percent of U.S. households has

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Since World War II, the share of total income going to the bottom 20 percent of U.S. households has more than doubled. In 1950, the bottom 20 percent of households received approximately 5 percent of total income, while in 2020 they received approximately 11 percent. However, this increase in their share of income has been relatively small compared to the top 1 percent, whose share of total income has tripled over the same time period.

Since World War II, the Share of Total Income Going