DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AMONG FAMILIES
(
percentage share by
economic level)
1980 1984 1988
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Lowest Fifth 5.1 4.7 4.6
Second Fifth 11.6 11.0 10.7
Third Fifth 17.5 17.0 16.7
Fourth Fifth 24.3 24.4 24.0
Highest Fifth 41.6 42.9 44.0
This table shows the statistics of income distrubition during the Reagan administration and Reaganomics. This illustrates how the income gap between the rich and the poor widened. In other words, the share of income received by the highest fifth increased, whereas the share received by the lowest fifth decreased.
Information gathered from www.wise.virginia.edu and a sample AP Government test my teacher had given to us.