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Which of the following statements best describes income distribution in the United States?
a. The richest 20 percent of the population has about 20 percent of the national income.
b. The richest 20 percent of the population has a much greater share of income than the poorest 20 percent.
c. Most people earn the same income.
d. The richest 20 percent of the population has slightly more income than the poorest 20 percent.

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Neuron
The statement that would best describe the income distribution in the United States today would be that the richest 20 percent of the population has a much greater share of income than the poorest 20 percent - b.

This indeed is a fact of the US today where a small minority has the majority of money. 
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The correct answer is :

b. The richest 20 percent of the population has a much greater share of income than the poorest 20 percent.

In the United States, the income gap between the rich and the rest of the population has been rising notably for over 30 years.

By 2007, the top 20% wealthiest owned 80% of all financial assets, and the richest 1% of the American people held 35% of the country's total wealth.  The next 19% had 51%. Therefore, the top 20% of Americans owned 86% of By 2011 the 400 wealthiest Americans had more wealth than half of all Americans combined. By 2017 the top 1% owned 38.5% of the country's wealth in 2016.

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