After more than four decades of serving as the nation’s economic majority, the American middle class is now matched in number by those in the economic tiers above and below it. In early 2015, 120.8 million adults were in middle-income households, compared with 121.3 million in lower- and upper-income households. Pew Research Center

 

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The American Middle Class Is Losing Ground http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2015/12/2015-12-09_middle-class_FINAL-report.pdf