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 chart depicts how much money
earned
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by American families during twelve months
by
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the
year
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years
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2007, 2011 and 2015.
Overall
, the number of households who made money between $75,000 and $99,999
were
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the lowest in 2007,
while
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earning
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families
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were
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the largest. During the years, both groups of people who had the least and the most money had some fluctuations. Looking at the diagram in more
details
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, in 2007, there were nearly 30
million
of
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parents in the USA
had
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more than $100,000 salary,
however
, they declined to about 28
million
in the
last
four years. After that, they bounced back to around 34
million
, which
still
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the most people in four categories. As for figures for the income group
which
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less than $25,000 was close to the next level, differing merely
2
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to 1
million
from 2007 to 2015. The number of American citizens who owned
the
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rewards between $50,0000 and $74,999
remain
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steadily
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at almost 21
million
, which had
similar
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trend to the earnings group of $75,000 and $99,999.
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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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