Income Data

Family Income, 1929
over $10,000 2.3 percent
$5,000 - 10,000 8 percent
$2,500 - 5,000 19 percent
$2,000 - 2,500 11 percent
$1,500 - $2,000 18 percent
$1,500 - 1,000 21 percent
under $1,000 21 percent

 

Share of Disposable Income Going to Richest 5%
1920 24 percent
1921 29 percent
1922 29 percent
1923 27 percent
1924 29 percent
1925 31 percent
1926 31 percent
1927 32 percent
1928 34 percent
1929 34 percent

Charts compiled from http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us34.cfm
Information for these charts from http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/index.html


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