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2012 2011 2010 2009 1 8: District of Columbia: $92,266: $85,203: $82,336: $75,506: $75,628: $71,648: $67,572: $65,246: $66,583: $63,124: $59,290 2 1: Maryland: $86,738: $83,242: $80,776: $78,945: $75,847: $73,971: $72,483: $71,836: $70,004: $68,854: $69,272: 3 3: Massachusetts: $85,843: $79,835: $77,385: $75,297: $70,628: $69,160: $66,768 ...
The distribution of household incomes in the United States became more unequal during the post-2008 economic recovery. Income inequality in the United States grew from 2005 to 2012 in more than two thirds of metropolitan areas. Median household wealth fell 35% in the US, from $106,591 to $68,839 between 2005 and 2011. Causes
Several key economic variables (e.g., Job level, real GDP per capita, stock market, and household net worth) hit their low point (trough) in 2009 or 2010, after which they began to turn upward, recovering to pre-recession (2007) levels between late 2012 and May 2014 (close to Reinhart's prediction), which marked the recovery of all jobs lost ...
During the depths of the recession in 2009, as millions of Americans lost their jobs, homes and life savings, the highest-paid earners in the United States saw their average incomes increase...
Further, the Center for American Progress estimated that 76% of the real income gains between 2009 and 2013 went to the top 1%. In December 2013, Obama declared that growing income inequality is a "defining challenge of our time" and called on Congress to bolster the safety net and raise wages.
2012 () Budget of the United States federal government; Submitted: February 14, 2011: Submitted by: Barack Obama: Submitted to: 112th Congress: Passed: November 18, 2011 (Pub.L. 112-55) December 23, 2011 (Pub.L. 112-74 and Pub.L. 112-77) Total revenue: $2.627 trillion (requested) $2.45 trillion (actual) 15.3% of GDP (actual) Total expenditures
The US household income Gini of 46.8 in 2009 varied significantly between states: after-tax income inequality in 2009 was greatest in Texas and lowest in Maine. Income inequality grew from 2005 to 2012 in more than 2 out of 3 metropolitan areas.
The amount of exemption was phased out at higher incomes through 2009 and after 2012 (no phase out in 2010–2012). [48] Citizens and individuals with U.S. tax residence may deduct a flat amount as a standard deduction .
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009; Image title: Current Population Reports, Consumer Income; Author: U.S. Census Bureau: Unique ID of original document: adobe:docid:indd:f950e127-f452-11dd-883c-b1e553b1148c: Date and time of digitizing: 11:59, 7 September 2010: File change date and time: 05:49, 16 ...
e. Events from the year 2009 in the United States . The inauguration of Barack Obama as the president, occurred on January 20. The nation, still recovering from the 2007–2008 financial crisis, received various economic stimuli through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and similar legislation, which most notably gave Americans tax ...