Are YOU Part of the Shrinking Middle Class?

It’s becoming harder to stay in America’s middle class and, according to the Pew Research Center, more are falling out of the category.

In 2015, middle-income Americans no longer made up the majority of the people in the nation.

Across all 50 states, the percentage of ‘middle-class’ households, those making between 67 percent and 200 percent of the state’s median income shrunk between 2000 and 2013.

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Are you in the American middle class?

Pew Research Center’s new analysis shows that the American middle class lost ground in the vast majority of metropolitan areas from 2000 to 2014, and the shares of adults in the lower- and upper-income ranks rose in most areas. There was more movement into the upper-income tier in about half the areas, while in the other half there was more movement downward.

In all 50 states, the percentage of ‘middle-class’ households—those making between 67 percent and 200 percent of the state’s median income—shrunk between 2000 and 2013

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