The chart below shows the number of households in the US by their annual income in 2007, 2011 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, andmake comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart given compares the
number
of America's families
by their yearly income over a period of eight years.
It is clear that
the families
which were earning between 75k and approximately 100k a year
were in the minority. Also
, in 2011, the number
of households that were making 75 thousand dollars and above were at its lowest position in the graph.
In the year
2007, there were 25 million
families
earning below 25,000 dollars, the figure increased to just below 30 million
in 2011 and dropped to around 28 million
in the year
2015. The number
difference between the families
that were receiving lower than $25k and the homes that were making an income between $25k and $50k was decreasing over the 8-year
period, going from approximately 2.5 million
difference in 2007 to close to 0.5 million
. The number
of families
that were making between $50k and $75k had not been changing, it remained at slightly above 20 million
.
Both of the numbers of households making from $75k to $100k and $100k and above showed a declining trend from the year
2007 to 2011, having a gap of 0.5 million
and 2 million
, respectively. However
, the figure for the $100k and above group had a dramatic increase, from 27 million
to just below 35 million
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