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, and make comparisons where relevant.

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, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar graph illustrates the
number
of households that are categorised by annual income in the US has changed from 2007 to 2015. The
number
of houses whose yearly revenue is less than 25,000
dollars
, 25,000-49,999
dollars
and more than 100,000
dollars
had shown an upward trend. There was a significant increase in the figure of homes which earned more than 100,000
dollars
a year, from 30
million
in 2007 to 34
million
in 2015. After growing from 25 and 27
million
in 2007 to 29 and 30
million
in 2011 respectively, the amount of families whose annual salary is less than 25,000
dollars
and 25,000-49,999
dollars
recorded a one
million
decrease.
However
, there was a constant in the
number
of homes whose yearly income is 50,000-74,999
dollars
and 75,000-99,999
dollars
, respectively at 21
million
and 14
million
.
Overall
, among these eight years, the
number
of households whose regular salary in a year is more than 100,000
dollars
has witnessed obvious changes,
while
there is marginal change in the group which earns 75,000-99,000
dollars
a year.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • household distribution
  • income brackets
  • annual income
  • percentage change
  • trend analysis
  • income group
  • significant increase/decrease
  • steady growth/decline
  • fluctuations
  • compared to
  • in contrast
  • notably
  • median income
  • poverty line
  • economic factors
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