Income Inequality

In 2024, the U.S. Median Household income was...

• $83,730

• $95,262

• $125,438

• $32,375

In the U.S., people without disabilities earn TWICE as much as those with disabilities.

• True

• False

In 2024 in the U.S., the highest median income by race/ethnicity was __________.

• White

• Black

• Asian

• Latinex

U.S. older adults have higher poverty levels than their children.

• True

• False

In 2024, women earned 80.9 cents to every dollar a man earned.

• True

• False

How many US states have a higher minimum wage than the federal minimum wage of $7.25/hr.?

• 12

• 30

• 47

• 6

How long has the federal minimum wage been stuck at $7.25?

• 2019

• 1972

• 2009

• 1998

Which country has the highest income inequality of all advanced economic (G7) nations?

• Canada

• Italy

• Japan

• United States

Between 1989 and 2016, the wealth gap between America’s richest and poorest families __________.

• more than doubled

• stayed the same

• decreased by 50%

• did not exist

Based on 2022 data, the median net worth of a typical white family was nearly _____ times greater than black family.

• 1.5

• 5

• 6.4

• 10