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Chart of The Wealthiest Americans

The Wealthiest Americans

2005 version of this chart

Sources

Survey of Consumer Finances (Federal Reserve), www.federalreserve.gov/econres/scfindex.htm;
Forbes: www.forbes.com/forbes-400

Tags: income inequality, economic inequality, wealth in the united states, income distribution, wealthiest 1%, wealthiest 10%, the one percent, equality, the wealthiest americans, wealth-inequality

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