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.
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The provided graph illustrates the population of different levels of income earned by people annually in the US from 2007 to 2015.
Overall
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, with the exception of the 3rd level of income categories which stayed at the same
number
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, the
number
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of households
belong
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to higher levels saw an increase,
while
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the two lowest ones dropped throughout the given time period. After a minor decrease from around 29
million
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and 26
million
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, the
number
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of individuals who have been paid $100000 or more peaked at almost 33
million
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in 2015.
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, people with $75000-$99999 income dropped a
million
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in population from 14
million
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in 2011, which turned up in 2015, reaching
at
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apply
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15
million
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.
By contrast
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, the two lowest levels (less than $25000 and $25000-$49999) experienced
opposite
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trend, peaking at 28
million
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and roughly 30
million
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respectively in 2011,
then
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declined
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to 26
million
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and 27
million
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by the end of 2015.
However
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, the
number
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of people who have earned between $75000 and $99999 remained constant somewhere in the vicinity of 21
million
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during 8 years.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words number, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
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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