Income Shares by Income Group
This graph shows income shares by quintile from 1913 to 2010 with or without capital gains.
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Data taken from figure 2AA in the 12th edition of The State of Working America. See table notes
here. Income values are in terms of 2010 dollars. Zero values indicate no available data for that particular year.
Data were downloaded and compiled by Pat Maher. Data updated in 2014 by Harry Maher. Graphing software written and designed by Emircan Uysaler and Kim Spasaro.