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  2. List of countries by share of income of the richest one percent

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    This is a list of the world's countries measuring the income of the richest one percent each (before taxes and transfers). The source of the data is the United Nations Development Programme , and refers to the latest available date. [ 1 ]

  3. Wealth inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The richest 1 percent of households held only 8.5% of total income in the late 18th century. The Gini coefficient , which measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1(with 1 being very high inequality) was 0.367 in New England and the Middle Atlantic, as compared to 0.57 in Europe.

  4. American upper class - Wikipedia

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    The American upper class is a social group within the United States consisting of people who have the highest social rank, due to economic wealth, lineage, and typically educational attainment.

  5. What the Richest 1% Pay in Taxes in Your State - AOL

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    The top 1% of taxpayers — those who earn $561,351 or more — paid 42.3% of the total tax revenue collected in 2020, according to the latest figures from the IRS.

  6. What do the richest 1% really pay in taxes? - AOL

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    Alaska Minimum income needed to be considered 1%: 444,471 Average income of the 1%: $936,890 Average tax paid: $232,313 Average tax rate: 24.80%

  7. What the Richest 1% Pay in Taxes in Your State - AOL

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    1. Wisconsin. Minimum income to be considered 1%: $434,346. Average income of the 1%: $1,203,326 Average income tax paid by the 1%: $297,267 Average tax rate of the 1%: 24.70% More From GOBankingRates

  8. Distribution of wealth - Wikipedia

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    A 2006 study found that the richest 2% own more than half of global household assets. [14] The Pareto distribution gives 52.8% owned by the upper 1%. According to the OECD in 2012 the top 0.6% of world population (consisting of adults with more than US$1 million in assets) or the 42 million richest people in the world held 39.3% of world wealth.

  9. We are the 99% - Wikipedia

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    After the Great Recession started in 2007, the share of total wealth owned by the top 1% of the population grew from 34.6% to 37.1%, and that owned by the top 20% of Americans grew from 85% to 87.7%. Median household wealth dropped by 36.1% compared to a drop of only 11.1% for the top 1%, further widening the gap.