Economic Divide
- Tristan Traaen
- Jun 22, 2016
- 1 min read
The middle class lost ground in nearly nine-in-ten U.S. metropolitan areas examined.
The American middle class is losing ground in metropolitan areas across the country, affecting communities from Boston to Seattle and from Dallas to Milwaukee. From 2000 to 2014 the share of adults living in middle-income households fell in 203 of the 229 U.S. metropolitan areas examined in a new Pew Research Center analysis of government data. The decrease in the middle-class share was often substantial, measuring 6 percentage points or more in 53 metropolitan areas, compared with a 4-point drop nationally. READ MORE
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