The data displays the shares of household income of quintiles in the U.S. from 1970 to 2016. About 51.5% of the household income of private households in the United States are earned by the highest quintile in 2016, which are the upper 20% of the workers. In contrast to that, in the same year, only 3.1% of the household income are earned by the lowest quintile. This relation between the quintiles illustrates the income inequality in the U.S.
Income inequality
Income inequality is a big topic for public discussion in the U.
