Yeah, i know that they worked for it. But I'm saying that it's not middle class.
Here's a chart with incomes and percentage just to illustrate my point.
Income range
Households
(thousands)
Percent
Percent below
Mean number of earners
Mean household size
$0 to $25,000 (28.22%)
0
2
Under $2,500
2,566
2.26%
0
0.23
1.97
$2,500 to $4,999
1,389
1.22%
2.26%
0.52
2.04
$5,000 to $7,499
2,490
2.20%
3.48%
0.39
1.76
$7,500 to $9,999
3,360
2.96%
5.68%
0.33
1.66
$10,000 to $12,499
4,013
3.54%
8.64%
0.46
1.71
$12,500 to $14,999
3,543
3.13%
12.18%
0.50
1.84
$15,000 to $17,499
3,760
3.32%
15.31%
0.67
1.99
$17,500 to $19,999
3,438
3.03%
18.63%
0.73
2.10
$20,000 to $22,499
4,061
3.58%
21.66%
0.84
2.11
$22,500 to $24,999
3,375
2.98%
25.24%
0.79
2.14
$25,000 to $50,000 (26.65%)
1
2.5
$25,000 to $27,499
3,938
3.48%
28.22%
0.93
2.21
$27,500 to $29,999
2,889
2.55%
31.70%
1.01
2.30
$30,000 to $32,499
3,921
3.46%
34.25%
1.12
2.38
$32,500 to $34,999
2,727
2.41%
37.71%
1.17
2.39
$35,000 to $37,499
3,360
2.96%
40.12%
1.22
2.36
$37,500 to $39,999
2,633
2.32%
43.08%
1.25
2.49
$40,000 to $42,499
3,378
2.98%
45.40%
1.31
2.46
$42,500 to $44,999
2,294
2.02%
48.38%
1.38
2.60
National Median
$44,389
50.00%
1.35
2.57
$45,000 to $47,499
2,700
2.38%
50.40%
1.39
2.60
$47,500 to $49,999
2,371
2.09%
52.78%
1.49
2.62
$50,000 to $75,000 (18.27%)
2
3
$50,000 to $52,499
3,071
2.71%
54.87%
1.46
2.60
$52,500 to $54,999
2,006
1.77%
57.58%
1.58
2.72
$55,000 to $57,499
2,420
2.13%
59.35%
1.61
2.75
$57,500 to $59,999
1,786
1.57%
61.48%
1.70
2.87
$60,000 to $62,499
2,566
2.26%
63.05%
1.63
2.82
$62,500 to $64,999
1,774
1.56%
65.31%
1.79
2.89
$65,000 to $67,499
2,101
1.85%
66.87%
1.81
2.93
$67,500 to $69,999
1,637
1.44%
68.72%
1.74
2.80
$70,000 to $72,499
1,978
1.74%
70.16%
1.77
2.88
$72,500 to $74,999
1,413
1.24%
71.90%
1.82
3.00
$75,000 to $100,000 (10.93%)
2
3
$75,000 to $77,499
1,802
1.59%
73.14%
1.82
2.95
$77,500 to $79,999
1,264
1.11%
74.73%
1.98
3.04
$80,000 to $82,499
1,673
1.47%
75.84%
1.89
3.01
$82,500 to $84,999
1,219
1.07%
77.31%
1.97
3.10
$85,000 to $87,499
1,418
1.25%
78.38%
1.94
3.00
$87,500 to $89,999
984
0.86%
79.63%
1.98
3.03
$90,000 to $92,499
1,282
1.13%
80.49%
1.95
3.03
$92,500 to $94,999
917
0.81%
81.62%
2.17
3.25
$95,000 to $97,499
1,023
0.90%
82.43%
2.06
3.29
$97,500 to $99,999
846
0.74%
83.33%
2.12
3.33
$100,000 or more (15.73%)
2
3
$100,000 to $149,999
11,194
9.89%
84.27%
ca. 2
ca. 3
$150,000 to $199,999
3,595
3.17%
94.16%
$200,000 to $249,999
1,325
1.17%
97.33%
$250,000 and above
1,699
1.50%
98.50%
