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In today’s news: - Bidens to attend next White House Correspondents’ dinner - Lawmakers urge Meta to curb Spanish-language disinformation on conflict in Ukraine - A look at the impact of acquisitions of local news companies & more:
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The work-experience unemployment rate for lower-income adults in 2020 (28.2%) was somewhat less than in 2010 (32.5%). Meanwhile, middle- and upper-income adults saw slightly higher work-experience unemployment rates in 2020 than in 2010. pewrsr.ch/37Av8CZ
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The shrinking of the U.S. middle class from 1971 to 2021 was accompanied by increases in both the share of adults in the upper-income tier – from 14% to 21% – and the share in the lower-income tier, from 25% to 29%, a net gain of 3 percentage points. pewrsr.ch/3uYFQMv
A bar chart showing that the share of adults in U.S. middle class has decreased considerably since 1971
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For middle-income households, the onset of the pandemic lowered the median income from $92,042 in 2019 to $90,131 in 2020. Lower-income households had a similar experience, with their median income of $30,877 in 2019 falling to $29,963 in 2020. pewrsr.ch/3v0fSZh
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The middle class, once the economic stratum of a clear majority of U.S. adults, has steadily shrunk in the past five decades. The share of adults who live in middle-class households fell from 61% in 1971 to 50% in 2021, according to a new analysis. pewrsr.ch/3L5YV55
A bar chart showing that the share of adults in U.S. middle class has decreased considerably since 1971
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The share of aggregate U.S. household income held by upper-income families reached 50% in 2020, up from 46% in 2010. The share held by middle- and lower-income families decreased over the same period (45% to 42% and 9% to 8%, respectively). pewrsr.ch/38curQw
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From 2019-2020, the median income of lower-income households decreased by 3.0% and the median income of middle-income households fell by 2.1%. In contrast, the median income of upper-income households in 2020 was about the same as it was in 2019. pewrsr.ch/381eRqF
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Among first-time U.S. college students who enrolled in fall 2015, the degree completion rate was highest among students who started at four-year, private, nonprofit schools, and lowest among those who started at two-year public institutions. pewrsr.ch/37ZYhHF
A bar chart showing that only about 62% of college students finish their program within six years
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