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 bar chart illustrates the total households with respect to annual income in the United States in three different years, 2007, 2011, and 2015.
Overall
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, some of the categories in terms of income received yearly had a little bit
fluctuation
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of fluctuation
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in the
number
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of households in the US with the exception of those that got more than 100,000 dollars
annual
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in annual
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income that had a significant increase in 2015 with respect to 2011.
This
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trend can be classified as two patterns, the first one
that
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apply
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grew not that much in 2011 from the previous year examined and
then
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dropped slightly in 2015, and the
another
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other
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was the inverse of the first pattern where the
number
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of US households rose a little bit in 2011 and
then
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decreased not that significant four years later. For more detailed information, the richest group analyzed in the graph experienced a smaller
number
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in 2011 where the gap was around 4 million people.
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, in the next 4 years after that, the
number
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grew quite rapidly with more than 10 million people
belong
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belonging
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to the new group who were
the
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at the
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top in getting a lot of money in the US.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words number with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "significant" was used 2 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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